Shlach - Striving Higher

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari Gold wag recorded with a Sheamus never ending assistance in Ramat Beit Shemesh Israel 3779 2019 the six Barcia is parshas sloth includes Lords and that's the part we're going to speak about and I'd like to share with you a thought a hidden that I had on shoes as I was walking to learn with my son Moshe douve to share with you a beautiful idea which is based on a concept and I'm a CEO susharma which is more from the Madras concept which is brought by reclaiming Friedlander and I think a very deep and important idea which we need to understand in our service of Shem in our vitae so Shawn every time we strive to grow higher there's always something there that's going to block us we need to understand that that that that it's true and we need to understand how to overcome that okay in our part should we have the sin of the Spy's Moraga ylim which was a terribly unfortunate event which took place they returned they said there Deborah they said their negative report about Eretz Israel on the ninth of of they left on the first day of Sivan which is coming up sorry the first day of Thomas which is coming right up it's our to Kufa it's this time of year and I want understand what was the depth of the of the sin and I want to understand why did it happen and it's something that we've spoken about in the past but I wanted to bring a new light a new deeper insight perhaps into this idea and we find that as I'll say the mission brings a message that says what caused the spices same you know that they were on awesome they were important people there in a seam of each tribe obviously if we had yoshua and Khalif who were tremendous so Deacon tremendous righteous individuals other people were also on their level that's certain and in some way shape or form and yet when they came in to Eretz Israel they saw only negative they saw all the negative things and they spun all of those negative things so that I mean so I would not come in Tartus really didn't want Jewish people to enter into the Land of Israel and the question is why why were they biased what was the bias that underlied all of that that which they saw neo Xuan Kali were able to see the fact that there the people were dying there the the great ones were dying there as a diversion as a distraction so that the people they wouldn't wouldn't notice them but the other ten spies they saw something negative this is a lack of Shiva you said these negative words about the line of Israel to land that eats up its inhabitants what was the idea why they make a mistake what was what was the mistake because I'll tell us the manager says that the mistake happened because they knew that when they would come in to earth see straw when they were coming to the land of Israel they would lose their positions of greatness they would lose their an excuse they would lose their leadership they had that leadership now because they were in the mid war for some reason it was only in the mid bar and wasn't going to be in the Land of Israel because they were afraid to lose their positions they preferred that the people of Israel staying in the wilderness in the mid bar as a result everywhere they went they saw negative things why was because the bias that was inside of them that created that negativity because they're in their heart of hearts they didn't want to enter the Land of Israel that's the metric mr. Sean brings and the question is the question that always bothers me whenever we come to this parsha is what does that mean why did they think what made them assume or believe that they would lose their position when they got into the Land of Israel when they came to Land of Israel they weren't to see him before they would sell you Kim there were good people if they were there if they would be useful to a minstrel if they would be useful as leaders certainly they would continue to be leaders why did they assume or why do they think that they could lose their position of power as a result of coming to the Land of Israel such that to such an extent that they would be so negatively biased towards the Land of Israel to everything that they would see in the line of Israel that's the question that's why I want understand the foundation now hold put that question on hold for a moment because I want to ask a different question which isn't so no get us right now because we're not in that Kufa but the question is an important question and it very much is connected to exactly what we just spoke about the question we just spoke about we find that between Pesach and Schwarz that's the time that we have the build up the counting the serie so I'm Erin we're counting from Pesach until she was from Passover until choice we're counting up to the receiving of the Torah now although it's a joyous times the time of anticipation of receiving the Torah the Jewish people left minced rhyme they were on their way to har seen at Mount Zion to receive the Torah despite the fact that it's a time of profound joy profound you know looking towards the positive looking towards receiving of the Torah nevertheless we find that it's also a time where we have a certain level of a valus of it's a time where we lost 24,000 students of rebbi akiva they died during this time during the during the scuffle between Pesach insurance why if we can ask a funny question okay we understand we're used to it we think we don't think about it too much but we know that there's an available amino that there's this mourning period so we don't listen to music regular music we don't take haircuts people don't get married and that's Kufa what is the reason like wouldn't it have been you know Hashem had a decree on these twenty four thousand students that they're supposed to die they didn't they weren't missed night but covers ellezi they didn't have the proper honor for each other let them die during the during the three weeks when the base I mean this was destroyed that was a time of sanity no I mean this was destroyed because didn't people didn't show proper honor to each other let them die then but then died after Rosh Hashanah between ashes on Yom Kippur there's a din it's a time of judgment let them die then what is unique or special about the coup for the time period between Pesach and shoes then it was specifically then that there was a judgment out against them because of their Avera because of the sin the improperly show honor to each other they didn't properly respect each other what was the idea of a specifically then now I wanna asks another point on this but I want to point out that this question I'm about to ask is actually part of the answer as is always true whenever you have a question the beginnings of the answer are always embedded in the question because the question helps us to understand something that we didn't see before whenever we ask a question it always unlocks something because if we if we accept that that question is true is a valid question it's going to give us if we try to understand the answer a deeper understanding there's a piece in a crime-free lender and I and I was looking to find that wasn't able to find it but he brings down a measure that says an amazing and interesting thing about the Kufra the time period between paisa and choice between Passover and Schwarz and that is that we know that that time pace between pace second choices is great whether it's a time of great weather in Eretz Israel it's springtime it's a time when you know it's not too hot yet it's not cold anymore from the winter it's just great it stopped raining energy strong we love the rain here but it's it's also nice to have a break stopped raining we have this beautiful clear period of time of weather wonderful weather now hazael tell us an amazing thing that that period of time between Pesach and truest is how the weather always was before the model before the flood in the times of Noah before that flood so all year round that was the weather the weather was always perfect okay so what it means what does that mean what occurs out trying to teach us with this idea it's very deep very beautiful as are teaching us that that time period somehow on the calendar between paisa wrench force the spring the spring time of the year that Kufa 49 days 50 days it's the ideal time it's a time of ideal weather which indicates something deeper because whatever we see manifest in a physical world is always a hint to something that's true in the spiritual realms if we have perfect weather it means that it's a perfect time it means at that time of year is a throwback that's because I are saying it's a throwback to the times before before the model right when people used to live for thousands of years right it was a time and we had other Maori Jean right that was the ideal state where they lived forever there was not supposed to be any death okay then we had it things went down you only lived to be 930 years old not too shabby right they lived in those times to be in there nine hundreds and as the generations went and specifically there was a turnover in the time of Noah after that people started living much less I'm Raveena when we only lived to be 175 right yes I lived to be only 180 Moshe Rabbeinu by his time already they only live to be 120 you know and so on through the time until we get to devour Malik's estimation I saying about I'm Shamim Sean Aviva rush my name's Shauna people live 70 80 years they're strong which is where we find ourselves today right so we had a degeneration as the generations passed right we had we had a lowering but there's a time on the calendar which is a throwback to the way it used to be there's something special can you imagine if all year round the weather would be that way we would live much longer perhaps right but the idea is that things are in a more perfected state things are a more perfected state during that time during the time between pays off and choice we have something which was unaffected let us say by the flood now this leads me to a question because if this is a special spiritual time that makes you live longer wouldn't that be an inappropriate time for Farabi Akiva for his students to die I mean the very fact that we the tour is given that the Jewish people are taken out of mitzraim the Google that happens during that Cooper during that Pathan period from Pesach - voice they're travelling and they're on their way to receive the Torah that indicates this very idea that this is an extra spiritual time it's a deeper time of deeper spirituality it's a place which is affected by the sins of the door a mob Allah needed to be destroyed because that's a remnant from that time what's the idea what's the understanding then in that time the students at rib Akiva died well so I want to point it out something else which is very interesting because I'll say they just teach us that there was one location in the world one special location in the world which was not affected physically we had the space and time which was not affected by the model by the flood and now we have a location in the world which was also not affected by the flood and that's the Land of Israel Aaron C straw has a very specific beautiful advantage over every other place in the entire world it's a location in the world where they were not it was not affected by the flood what exactly does I mean did the waters not come on entirety so it's a whole discussion so Kamara I believe somewhere in shots I think it's a shut up so the the question is what is the idea that excess role is not affected by the flood what is the idea that this time period is not a Fleck affected by the flood and why is it that again why is it that that time period is when the students entry kiva died why is it important to understand that these two ideas are connected it's clear that they're connected because this what does it have to do with us with our parsha the the it's very it's very much it's powerfully connected the spies came in to Eretz Israel and they had never been an artist so they had never been in the Land of Israel they had only existed in exile they only lived him it's time in Egypt they only lived in the wilderness during the time that they were in the wilderness they had never come into our tea stall and as soon as they came into our teas well something's switched something changed something changed for them they recognized that there's something different here they saw that there was something going on people dying and all of a sudden something clicked we're going to lose our positions of power why excuse me why are they going to lose their positions of power now hear this this is an amazing thing this is amazing insight an amazing powerful you side that's so important for everyone of us to understand because it happens to every single one of us any place any physical place in any spiritual time place any place in time which is unaffected so to speak by the flood what happens what happens in the Land of Israel why is it so holy when one out what are the results of the fact that it's holy what is the result of the fact that this time period between Pesach and schmooze is on a higher level it's on a higher spiritual plane the result is that in that place there's more din in that place is more judgment in order to access a higher level of spirituality in order to be in a place which is more spiritual in order to exist within a time which is more spiritual there's a higher demand there's a greater demand on the person in order to be in that place or to exist in that time we see this to be true it's brought down the fortunes say I believe it's our own bond partial soccer a MOS it speaks about the fact that Eric sees through the land of Israel so we had the Canaanite nations it's true also about the the actually I think the ROM bond is actually by the story of Saddam Saddam on amaura where those people were incredibly immoral they were involved in all kinds of behaviors that were inappropriate specifically homosexual behavior which the Torah calls it to Abel an abomination but in Eretz Israel the land of is why do they have to be destroyed the people of Saddam and immoral for this behavior and for their unwillingness to give charity etc what do they have to be destroyed because of that why are the seven nations they have to be destroyed an army starts to come in and live here in Israel and keep the tire and the mints not Israel it's it's different here and I much for being wished that he could come into our cheese fell to the land of Israel why he wished that he could come here in order to be able to fulfill the special mitzvahs that are the penalties throughout there's certain commandments that can only be kept in the Land of Israel what is the idea the idea is that when you come into a place of greater kedusha greater holiness when you're striving for a greater level of holiness there's greater than there's greater judgment for sense to be on a higher level in order to exist in that higher space that's the insight that's the foundational concept that's the idea here as soon as those spies came and said she's thrown you know it's amazing thing when when most Ravana sends them in so it says that I should that motion of being called Hoshea i which was yo she was originally me called him yahushua why he needed extra help not to fall into the to the planet of spies Kali runs to have round he Davin's by the quorum by the graves of our great forefathers Herman Cain Jakob Sarah rifka Leia right he Dobbins there why why is he praised as they should be pulled why would he be pulled in what would cause him to be pulled in and the answer is that what happens when a person comes to Eretz Israel and this is true until today when a person comes in there to throw there's a different there's a different standard there's a different thing that's going on here there's a different way of living here there's a higher spirituality that's demanded of the human being of the Jew of the Yid who lives in artsy's throw there's a higher expectation for those who are beneath ira those who are sitting inside of there to seroquel arts which is the base measures there's a higher there's a higher requirement there's a higher level a higher demand is is asked of anyone who steps into this place once the live energy stone wants to live the line of israel wants to live a life a true life of tara of the true life of a bent IRA it's a higher demand it's also true it within time until she was you know it's a time of excitement anticipation to receive the Torah it's a time when we are being called into a higher spiritual realm and as a result of that it's a time of DIN it's a time where we have to work on our meadows it's a time and we have to work on our be another llaha vero it's not just everybody kiba's students died during that time and what does that what it have to do with me no it's something that has to do with me not just because of them but because it's a special time where we're in a higher and elevated spiritual time it's a time of receiving the Torah requires a higher level of us and required of a higher level of the students of rebbi akiva it was defconn that time the time that was a throwback to pre model it retained a spiritual dimension until this very day which is reflected in the weather of that time but it's a manifestation of the higher spiritual level and a higher spiritual level requires a higher spiritual level that the person maintained a higher spiritual level as for that reason the students of herb Akiva died in that time now when the when the spies came in to Eretz Israel all of a sudden they immediately sent something's different here if we come in here we're going to be judged differently working on that level they immediately saw that they were that something more would be required of them they would lose their and seriously sense that if they would remain the people who they were if they would remain on that level they would not be considered gusher they would not be considered important in the Land of Israel they would lose their level they would lose that greatness and and so soon every where they went they just saw negativity why cuz there was didn't that's what happens when a person when a person is afraid of living on a higher spiritual level so he's drawn back there's tremendous resistance how can I do I can't come I can't accomplish that I can't do that I can't be on that level I can't maintain that higher level of spirituality and that's true in every one of our lives whenever we want to climb to a new level in spirituality whether it's in Bhutan in our trust of a Shem whether it's in our tire learning whether it's in how much time we dedicate to Torah learning to the base measures whether it's working on our meters whether it's developing our character traits in our banana Mahavira whether it's entering a new state perhaps of marriage whether it's having a child all these things are involving a new spiritual level a higher level and whenever we try to get into a higher level there's a there's a DIN there's a judgment there's resistance that pulls us down and makes us think no way I can't get there but here's the amazing thing here's the coolest thing that comes out of this entire discussion and that is that a college bog who sent a nice row and he prepared them for this land of Israel he said you're gonna go in there just as College said alloy now let we can go up and we can get in there why because we can have see a fetish Maya the despised were not incorrect the spies I don't want to say that they were right but they were not incorrect that it's an arrant of hellish fell it's a land which potentially if we are not holding on that higher level if we are not ready to stand up and and become greater it we could get lost here energy strong it's a place that is it it's a greater challenge to live on that higher level but I Shem says Allah but colleague says Anna Shem echoes that in the tire alloy now there we can go up your rationalize so we can get it why because Hashem will be with us if we want it and we don't give in to negativity we can have whatever we want we could have any spiritual level that we want the only thing to be afraid of is being afraid the only thing to fear is fear itself the only thing that holds us back from that higher spiritual level is the fear that I won't be able to maintain that spiritual level but ash um promises us if you want it if you want I will give it to you I will help you I'll give you this yeah the shrine of our our sages Kumar and suka at the end of sucky there's a whole discussion of attained Sahara kumara says every single day the 8th Sahara rises up against a person to kill him we have a we have something inside of us it's the same that's that then that resistance that once the destroyers doesn't want us to grow in Rockland is what's called spirituality in our relationship with our show the relationship with others with our relationship with ourselves and Shem says the molecular who is really actually if not the fact that a sham is helping us we would not ever succeed against our Yahara against the evil inclination but there's a promise if you ask Hashem for help if you believe a sham will help you he will help you he will help you you can come to earth this row you can move in here you can be on that higher level you can you will remain enough see you you the spy who thinks that I can't do it you will be able to do there's a promise if you really want a sham will help you you want to live in that time between Pesach on Schwartz to receive the turret do you know how you do it believe that you can do it believe that shun will help you do it you want to know how you can have beat ahkam you can trust in a sham you can reach that level where shun gives you whatever you need whatever you want just believe that he's gonna do it for you cuz he promises that he will borrow Hagin received a passion vanish a miracle whoever trusted shemesh mo beat his trust I shall be the one that he can lean on it's an amazing thing you saw a bottom line every time then we walk in and we want to rise on a new level rise to a new level there will be resistance all we need to do all we need to do is trust in ash em believe be positive optimistic don't give it in to the negativity believe that our Shem is going to help Hashem will help I want to bless you and ask you to bless me a sham should help us to take the opportunities to live in a higher realm a realm that's untainted untouched sure shall help us to take those opportunities some shoppers recognize that there's gonna be difficulties there's going to be resistance is gonna be judgment but that we can get through it with a sham selfish and she give us that help and help us to see that he's helping us thank you so much for listening have a wonderful Shabbos this podcast was made possible through the gracious donations of listeners like you for more podcasts like this please visit www.rkphotomagictrix.com [Music]