Ari Goldwag - Shlach - Running Thread

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari Goldberg recorded with Michelle never-ending assistance in Revelation which Israel 5777 this week's precious car shows schlock I'd like to remind you all about my safer perfectly imperfect breaking out of the ordinary and striving for greatness available wherever quality Jewish books are sold this week's our show we have two topics which seem unrelated and we have one at the beginning of the partial one at the end of the parsha and I wanted to understand and I want to try to understand together with you what is the connection between these two ideas the two concepts the beginning of the parsha we have the parabola we have the Spy's which were sent by Moshe abandoned by Moses to the Land of Israel in order to check out the land to see what are the challenges that we're up against what kind of people live there what kind of land is it where the fruits the land they came back with a negative report as we all know came up with a negative report the Jewish people that night cried as a result they said I shall hates us God wants to bring us into this land to destroy us they cried and as we know Iselle tell us that because they cried Edna a sham promised them that this night it was the night of tissue above it would be a night of crying for all generations so within the very parsha itself within this first concept the few things any explanation what was going on who are these people how do they have such a negative view of air to throw what was the reason behind it also what's the understanding of the fact that Hashem insane because they cried they made a mistake they accepted the lie they accepted the lives of the Moraga mother spies so they made that mistake so that to be punished for all time what's the understanding of the depth of the idea the fact that because they cry that time so we have crying for all generations I also want to understand the connection between that parsha and the partial which follows not long afterwards which is the partial sittest the concept of the mitzvah of Titus there's an obligation if a Jew has a four-cornered garment as we indeed do so on each of the corners which plays the sis the special strings what is the idea here behind the tit this was the concept that sitteth these special strings what do they represent to the jeweler they represent us how do they represent as the Torah says they represent all the mitzvahs it's to remind us of all of the commandments are 613 commandments how does the cities function in that way we'll see more about this soon but I want to understand what is the concept of Texas and how does it relate to the story of the Morrigan to the store of despise the mistake that they made when a state of the Jewish people made and how perhaps it's it's a rectification of that mistake and that would explain why the Torah places the concept of citrus in close proximity to the story of the spies so in order to get an insight into this idea first thing I would like to focus on is looking at the stories of spies what was the mistake of the Marah glim how did they make this great mistake so it has I'll tell us an amazing thing very difficult thing to understand when we first hear it and that is that when the spies were sent Moshe Rabbeinu felt it was the right idea was the right thing to do Jewish people should know what's going on what they're up against so that they can have the proper be talk on trust inertia now the spies were sent they were all great people they were heads of their tribes they were they were truly leaders and when they went into our teeth row when they went into the land of Israel so 10 out of the 12 had a negative view they saw things negatively why do they see things negatively or hazael tell us as they just say because they knew somehow that when they would get entire to throne when they would enter the Land of Israel they would not have their leadership status anymore their leadership status would be taken away from them not clear to me exactly why or how they knew this but that's what they know and as a result of the fact that it has an idea and it is bias inside of their heart wherever they went inside of the Land of Israel all they could see was a negative side of her to show their glasses were tainted by their bias such that there was no chance that they would see anything good about because they knew in their heart of hearts that coming into the artists are leaving the middle bar leaving the wilderness and coming into the Land of Israel meant that they would end up lowered so because they had this egotistical reason that was underlying their view and their thoughts they saw things negatively and they came back and they gave information or they give their opinion about the information which wasn't what they were asked for they were just asked for information they came back and said it's impossible for us to be able to enter the land to overcome the people who are there and they said Allah an outright lie against Hashem against the land of Israel that the land of Israel was a place that could not be conquered and as those of land that eats up its inhabitants that consumes its inhabitants so that's the pusher understanding as a hazael explain to us of the stores maragua now I want to turn for a moment to the concept of citrus and I'd like to share with you an idea there are kind Freelander writes about in his book Susac time he speaks about the idea of justice he brings up a few different points within the content of Pythias and when we understand them when you ascend the depth of these ideas we see that there's a common thread no pun intended there's a common thread between the concept of titovs and what happened with the maragua and we see we will see that citrus is a peacoat it's rectification it's the same idea but used in a positive way as far as what happened with the moroccan with the spice so let's look for a moment at the questions that are coming Freelander asks he asks we find a few things about sepsis first of all we find that somehow the tips remind us of all the midst of a Shemin reminds us of all of the commandments of God when we look at those pizzas it's meant for us to see them and as our cause I'll say as the sages say the kunafa till tellus right originally it used to be there even some people who could they believe that they've found again that blue dye it used to be that everyone had blue dawn on their titties special blue and the reason that was blue or it was the color actually Russian calls it your rock which is not clear exactly what the color is but the reason that it had this color on it was to remind a person of the color see and then see is a reflection of the sky and the sky is that color which is the color of God's throne of glory the key see I covered so the teachers have a reminder for us they contain within a reminder of the fact that we are servants of God God is our king and it's incumbent upon us to keep all of his ministers to give all these Commandments so that's one thing where we find that city somehow is as he says that busy see it's foundational in the fact that it reminds us of all of the commandments so we need to understand what is the idea how does it relate to the concept of Justice what is the depth of the idea that it reminds us of all of the mitzvahs another important thing that we see is that there's an obligation when it comes to davon would come to prayer so we stand wrapped up this are taped by tickets we wrap ourselves in the talus and that for corner garment which has done it the strings somehow for some reason there is an essential component of the prayer of the Tula that we do essentially somehow it corresponds to the concert of Titus nothing is done happenstance it's not just it just happens to be that we we're artists no and in fact even on Shabbos interestingly that on Shabbos even though we don't worry Dylan throughout the week we wear the film the phylacteries but on Shabbos we don't really turn them but we do edit it this some of the stitches are intimately connected with the concept of Fela of Prayer what is that connection with the depth of that connection another important point that he wants to understand is the connection between two tests and in co-sponsoring we speak of the fact that were to remember the fact that we left Egypt and that's included in the concept of the citrus how does it citrus remind us of the fact that we left issues or what is the relationship between the concept of citrus and the concept of your TSM trying of leaving Egypt so recline Friedlander explains beautifully that the idea of the tip is the content of the citrus is that the cities reminds us or helps us place in front of ourselves to have it cleared you know have that constant reminder that we are servants of a Shem now we are Hashem slaves and we are when comment upon us we are obligated to fulfill all the commandments as a result of that central focus as a result it's all apologize it's all a direct result of the fact that Hashem is our King Shem Turkish elements time before we left Egypt we were slaves to power to Pharaoh and whenever he would say that's what we would do why because we were his slaves because he was our King now a Shem has become our king he's taking us out of Egypt so that we become instead of being slaves to Egyptians instead of being slaves to Pharaoh now we are slaves to our shell now it's incumbent upon us to do whatever it is that Hashem commands us to paly I say it's a direct result of the fact that he is our king because a Shem is my king all that comes out of that the the result of that is that I'm going to do all the commandments all the mitzvahs and the Sitz is somehow the cities are like the clothing or more accurately the uniform that I wear that shows I am a servant of Hashem just like is the postal worker you see a policeman is your fireman you see different people that have different jobs the clothes remind them who they are or in certain or certainly the clothes tell us who they are we can see if I see a person wearing a blue cap a blue shirt blue pants I know that that person is a policeman etc each each and everyone has their specific uniform that reminds them who they are and helps them to do their duty and helps others to see they are and respect who it is that they are and what their job is so that citrus represent the Aveda represent the service to of those the servitude that we have to Hashem and the focus the reminder the connection to the case they are covered there's a reminder that Hashem throne we have to keep that on our mind as always it's like Ashley like a person who's sent on a mission someone who's sent on a mission let's say a person is sent to go to quit starts to go outside of Israel for whatever reason to bring back a certain object to his Rebbe to his master to somebody so as he's going out there if his focus his whole mind is Ashley hood if that's his focus to them he's not going to let anything else deter him he's going to be completely focused he's going to take care of all I need to be taken care of in order to get that thing that he's supposed to bring back that's his chili horse that's his focus and so the tits ists help us remember and focus on what is our purpose in this world why am I here I am Ashley acaba Shem I am an agent of God I am sent here into this earth to fulfill God's will that's why I'm here but it says served to remind me of that Schlick hos of that agency and who my agent is Malcolm Locke am the king of all kings a Shem himself what's interesting as recline Freelander explains is that within the parsha it speaks with the fact that lisa surah how about Karma for anything that a person is reminded through the Fitz's not to do what he naturally goes a person naturally is drawn after his eyes and after his heart interesting right person sees something personal see something that they desire at IVA something that the physical desires would like right so then they're drawn after their desires they draw it to their heart drawn up to their eyes that drawn an add to that which they see an eye which they desire but the tire is telling us that we'd sit this the power of the tip this is to remind us that we're not to be drawn after our natural desires but rather were to be drawn after that which Hashem desires for us now which a sham tells us is good for us and the way I was thinking about it in the context of this contrast is that the natural state of a person the person default is they have certain desires that are imbued into them they have a desire for food they have a desire for to be important to be significant they have a desire to procreate these are natural designs that are inborn and and there's something that underlies all that we think and all that we see and all that we do and that's the foundational rot zone that's the foundational desire that that motivates a person to move and our son is telling us that with its cities it's possible to change to make a decision to change what is the root of our desire just like our desire can be rooted in a physical need in a physical desire a shaman telling us that cities remind us and help us focus on the fact that we can also be rooted and we can also our foundation the foundation of how we think can also be based on the fact that we are Slocombe of a shine that we are agents of God and we are servants of God and that we're here you know why am I here Hashem is instructing me to do things I am here in order to accomplish God's will that can be the foundation all the way down to a subconscious level that can motivate us and cause us to do better thing to do good things to follow in the ways of the Taira to keep the 613 commandments in this vein kind of further explains that the titties are specifically that which we wear in art feeler but feel of the concept of prayer is the avoidance the service that we do is easily live leadership believe it's the service of God that we do with our hearts it's a place that we show that all of our needs are provided for by God we give up our credit cards together we give up the fact that we think that we can do it ourselves and we pray we ask God to provide us with our needs because we realize that we can't really do it ourselves we need God to give us all that we need so so that Fela is the place of avoid it's the place that we show that we are beholden to God we recognize that God is our master and so therefore it's appropriate specifically appropriate that it's it's it's which represent our office our servitude to God and our the fact that we are beholden to God that we Huertas at that time when we're praying when we're showing our of this when we're showing that we believe that God is our master now let's look for a moment at the parallel between what happens in Citrus and what happened with despise when it comes to tickets we see that the foundational idea that I Shem is my king can be the motivator you mean a subconscious reason why I do all the things that I do that's it that's the focus that's the root God is my king therefore I'm going to do good deeds and learn a new lesson I'm going to do kindness I'm going to be loving to my fellow Jew there children of God I'm going to put on tefillin I'm going to put on sit this all these things why what's the foundation was the reason what's the subconscious route it's because God is my king in a similar way in a parallel way Lahab Hill in a negative way the spines the moraga l'm they had a negative thought they had a negative foundational subconscious thought which was i don't want to go to the Land of Israel because I will lose my identification I will lose my greatness I will lose my position I will lose my ego and that foundational thought that root idea that ruts on which they weren't even perhaps conscious of that desire was what caused them to see everything in a negative light and ran through everything that they did and everything that they saw throughout those 40 days that they were in the Land of Israel going up and down on the land even bringing back these amazing beautiful fruits to the Land of Israel all they could say was negative things look how big the food is the inhabitants of the land of Israel are all so big they will destroy us we will not win against them that negative kind of thinking that negative kind of speaking was the result of a foundational idea which was running through everything and so I believe that that is the parallel that is the idea that we see from sips as we see that it's possible to have a certain negative influences are negative foundational idea which runs through everything and that's what was happening really if you think about it Emmet's Ryan what was the negative foundational idea that were they were the servants of the king named Pharaoh and so the result of that was all of that which we did in servitude to him because Shem shows us an amazing thing that just like it's possible to be in complete servitude to evil forces to one's ego or to a pharaoh it's possible to take that same concert the same ability the same foundational idea and say look what is the root of all my actions what is my focus what is my what is that which can run through what is the thread which can run through all of my actions it can be the fact that Hashem is my king give me the fact that I want to do the will of Hashem what is that will how can I find out what ashrams will is that's my job that's the reminder though of the tits Asst the titties are look at the kisi a cover remember the fact that God is my king that can I see can I can I picture in my mind God's throne of glory can I recognize that my soul is rooted there and it's my soul is rooted there in the throne of God's glory that means that my entire reason for being in this world my entire purpose is to fulfill Hashem will and I can tap in to that deeper roots on a deeper desire which is much greater much higher than the regular physical desires which run through all of my normal thinking all my day-to-day thinking so this is the opportunity that our teachers provide for us it's a place where we can see a reminder daily you can touch them we can feel them we can look at them and it reminds us we are servants of a Shem this is the uniform that I the servant of God get to wear and I know that many of my listeners are not of the male persuasion but are of the female persuasion and I want to say that for for the female the prayer itself that Fela is such an awesome place that we can hold on to where we can remember what it's all about the fact that that we are completely dependent on a show that God is the source of all the goodness that that we want to have in our lives that's a place for us to remember and Fela is not constricted it's not only the three times a day that a person my table and chakras Mincha and Maariv but feel is something that we can do all day long prayer is something that I can do at any moment I can always reach out and say ashram please help me or I can always say ah Shem I want to do your will Shem I want you to be the reason for what I'm doing here I want you to be the one who provides me with success I want you to help me to remember to recognize that if I have successes because of you so prayer as a prime Friedlander points out Villa is so interconnected with the concept of success it's that place that we connect us Shem and recognize that we are his servants and that we're here to do his will and even though we're asking for all our physical needs it's only as we say in the Shamal it's only in order that we be able to serve em properly so I'm going to ask you to bless me and I'm going to bless you some should help us that we should be able to recognize that Hashem indeed is our King Ashin should help us to use the reminders that he's given us and keep our focus keep the route at a deep subconscious level connected to keep it connected to who we really are to that Kezia cover to the throne of God's glory where our soul is based thank you so much for listening of a wonderful Chavez this podcast was made possible through the gracious donations of listeners like you for more podcasts like this please visit www.un.org/webcast [Music]