Ari Goldwag - Shmini - Revealing God's Glory

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari Gold wag recorded with a Chance never-ending assistance in rubbish Israel 5777 2017 this week's parsha as partial shamini once again before we begin I just want to remind everybody about my new safer my new book which has been published and will be soon then stores in the united states throughout the world and is now already in stores throughout Israel wherever you can find English books it's called perfectly imperfect it's a book on personal growth beautiful ideas or the Shems help that we have been so high over the six the last six years to put together and to be able to produce and get out into the stores now I'd like to share with you an idea on partial termine our parshat for seven days Moshe aveda have been involved in setting up the tabernacle bringing the initial core bonus the initial sacrifices and on the eighth day our purchase starts chapter nine verse one lucky by Amish meanie and it was on the eighth day core emotional I run of the run of Moses cause the aaron and his sons whose nickname is thrilling to the elders of israel first to mr li our own and he said to our own cockk alabama car take for yourself a calf with hot touch is a sin offering viola to mmmm and a ram 40 low offering they need to be whole craze of nash em and bring him as a corbin as a sacrifice in front of God verse 3 Valbuena install to the valley more to the children of Israel I want you to say as follows kahoo series in lakatos bring a goat as a sin offering the egg of a crevice mini Shana to mmm Lola and bring an olla offering completely burnt offering of a calf and of a sheep worse for Bashar viola schlom him an ox and a ram for ash la même offering this worthless now shem to be brought as a sacrifice in front of God whom in cabo de lavar shaman and flour offering mixed with oil key hi I'm Hashem neural exam for today God is going to reveal himself to you today is the day that a Shem is going to reveal his glory to the Jewish people in his Tabernacle in his michigan and the verse seems to be saying that this is the order of business this what needs to be done in order for that revelation to take place I like to read two more verses like us I associative among sure they took that which Moses commanded up in a all annoyed to the front of the tent of meeting to the to the Michigan by a crew kool aid of I undo the finish em and all of the congregation came close and they stood in front of God verse 6 a llamar Moshe Moses says then our sheets of a sham pursue this is the manner that God has commanded that you should do via Iraq alaikum kodesh em and by doing this God's glory will be revealed to you versus continue to explain and to describe what happened there what was brought the carbonyl summer abroad etc etc and then in verse 23 the verse tells us why you have emotionally iron all night Moses and Aaron came to the tabernacle by Yeats away vocalist arm they came out they blessed the nation via recover national kalam as a result of all the things that were done so God's glory was revealed to the entire nation but takes a Ishmael of Nash am the result was that fire came out from in front of God by talk alarm his bath and the fire consumed that which was upon the altar as all of us who love Him the old offering the facts vehicle on by our I knew the entire nation saw and they gave praise to God by you plop them and they fell on their faces they bow down now what struck me in these verses and I'd like to speak about it length is the idea that we see that there is a way there is a specific way that a person can have access to God Hashem says if you follow these instructions if you do these actions so in this particular context it's very clear what they needed to do need to understand why it was that they needed to bring these components obviously what were these sacrifices is about what was going on here very interesting majuro sham Russia's would like to share with you but the idea that you see because oh you know generally speaking is that the Jewish people are instructed you want to have a relationship with God you want God to reveal themselves to you you want to sense God in your lives you want there to be a revelation you want to come into a relationship with a Shem this is what you need to do 1 2 3 Phil out this list and everything is going to be amazing you're going to have a relationship with a Shem and I was just thinking about it in terms of you know sometimes we want to we want to connect to God we want to connect the spirituality we want to understand the Shem we want to see how Shem in our lives and we wonder or is there or are there things that we can specifically do is there like you know kind of a lever let you pull in order to have a shell themselves so to speak in your life is that something that I can do is it something that we can all do and I believe that part of the message here that the tour is teaching us is that yes there are specific things that we can do in order fresh em to reveal himself in our lives God will openly show himself to be present in our lives just like in these verses all of the Tyra is not just the document from 3,300 years ago it's not just an ancient document that spoke to those people then this is a document that was written and that we have preserved and stays with us for all time so it talks to us it speaks to us directly and says to us a message and i believe the message of this parsha is that there are things that we can do to reveal a Shem in our lives and I want to just look at and try to understand based on the Russian what was missing why did they have to do these things what were they doing exactly here what were these car but it's the sacrifice is about what was missing because the first seven days it's very interesting maybe we'll get straight in here Rashi tells us like this this is a Raschi right here at the end of silk in the verses that i read to you it says in verse 23 so the versatile just that moses and aaron came out and they blessed the nation Rashi says I'm a vegan I am a shaman okay no Elena the blessing that the gay the Jewish people was that the pleasantness of God should be upon them it should be upon us which is a verse in to him in Psalms chapter 19 verse 17 he russian ruslan schottische machinima mahadev him maybe I Shems will that his Divine Presence dwell upon your actions upon those things that you have made we should call Shiva see me luam see there was something missing here there was something going on here there was attention there was a meta there was a suspense all seven days that the Jewish people were watching his motion rubino prepared the mishkan he put up the Michelin he did seven days of bringing sacrifices Shenmue dimensional Michigan motion put up the Mishka sheemish bro you're parable call young he was involved in in doing the aveda bringing the core bonus the sacrifices seven days he put up the Michigan we put it that he pulled it down he disassembled it lay sorry char sabishii know those first seven days which the last seven days of aadhaar leading up to rosh chodesh nissan the Divine Presence did not rest upon a mission where you thrown the Columban the Jewish people were embarrassed they were upset they couldn't understand a fire no moisture they said to Moses moisture of a new collar tie up shirt or a saloon Moses all of this effort that we put in should sister Shekinah banana what did we do it for we did it so why don't we make this Michigan why did we bring all of our gold why did we invest all the time and effort months and months in creating this beautiful tabernacle of place for God's presence to come and yet we see nothing's going on they were very upset they were very disturbed and why Venetian escapa la navaja ago why did they want the Shekinah why do they want to see God's presence they wanted to know that the mistake that they had made in worshipping the golden calf that God had forgiven it had truly forgiven it so as soon as they would see the Divine Presence they would know that Hashem was with them as he was with them before the cops on him so they were waiting seven days and nothing was going on they thought oh my goodness all of this all this effort that we've done all the tumor that we've done the prayers of Moses on our behalf it seems like it didn't work they were praying they were diving they were waiting what happened nothing the copper mill ahem Zetas varsity wash em tasu so that's why says the measure said that Russia's quoting this is what a sham metal he said this is the things that I should see varsham pursue this is the thing that you need to do this is what I Sherman's commanded veera la Concorde a sham if you want to know how to get a relationship with God if you want to know how to have em reveal himself in your life this is what you need to do the Jewish people were concerned we did this great sin we lost our connection to God we lost our relationship with a sham we sinned we broke those Ten Commandments so they needed to do specific things to beam a hopper to atone for this sin they need to bring specific core bonus in in recognition of the sin that ring says the mesh as Rashi the a girl at the broad they had to bring a calf in order to atone for the sin of the golden calf there were other carbons that had to be brought to atone for difference in the CEO was to atone the goat was to atone for the sin of the ten brothers when when they had sold yosef exotic that was a seer there was a goat there that they had done that had been involved with that story we needed capara for that there was a separation between the jewish people in God that needed to be broken they needed the Brit the the wall at stood between us and God needed to be broken and so they did all that they needed to do all that it wasn't enough to set up the mish con tu brute to start bringing the car bonus to those seven days iron is the one it's not a coincidence of course iron is the one who was involved in the Messiah a girl he had been involved in the sin of the golden calf so iron at he could dive across to me many mush up into something amazing as Rashi says it iron my brother he is the one who can do it he's more important than me in this respect Shalee decarbonize / gaza to his car bonus through his sacrifice to his efforts on your behalf tissue screen above him he's the one is going to bring the Divine Presence to rest upon you potatoes are mahkum baja boy and you will know that a sham has chosen him the Jewish people needed to be reassured of a number of things Percy need to be reassured that their relationship with Hashem was not destroyed by their sin was not destroyed by the fact that they had been unfaithful to God that a Shem forgave them truly was willing to come back into a relationship with them but not only that they had a leader who had led them what allowed them to make this great mistake so they needed to be reassured that this leader was indeed a great leader and that he could be counted upon to work on their behalf to restore that relationship with a xem sao moshe was showing him that indeed that was the case indeed they would be able to re-enter into relationship with shem and these were the things that needed to be done these were the car bonus that would be macabre would atone and restore that relationship to the way it was now there's something very interesting a beautiful Orihime on these verses which tells us something awesome about what was the zehava that they needed to do what was it that they need to do in order to crush them to reveal himself in order to restore this relationship with a Shem they had lover so the earth sciences are fat ass man whatever what we need to know what was that matter this is on verse 6 the oreck I was explaining what is the idea what were they what was necessary in order to restore that relationship when near as she have a llamar a la maestra heath care costs of the summer here's a beautiful thing that it seems to me that they had ever what does it mean that this is what needs to be done it's referring to something that happens afterwards because if I equivocal a dove I am the definition the verse tells us that the congregation came close and they stood in front of God dick take a cost of lemon of Nash em the verse was very careful when it shows the words that the Jewish people as a congregation stood in front of God well I am honestly I'll might it doesn't say they stood in front of the tent of meeting it doesn't say they stood in front of tabernacle and for the mission on down low here's our plumber it was necessary to say Sharia marb Islamic via KU el pene almighty didn't need to say they stood in front of the mish money visited didn't you consider they said in front of God didn't need to say anything it already said that they brought the car bonus the sacrifices that were that had been requested they brought them in front of the all right so why does it say this again and the US alone are shaken wats mom the eric ashley moser Musco raha samuel essential if Nash am what it means is an amazing thing they prepared themselves intellectually they prepared themselves so that they would appreciate the fact that they were standing in front of God Bettina's ugh says there are I'm this aspect he has sagas tacos Ashley moves when a person recognizes understands on an intellectual level on an emotional level that they're standing in front of God then it's not just like these are nice things to do because God asked me to do them I'm going to miss this why because that's what we do because this would you do know when I do this mitzvah when I pray when I put on my tefillin when I learn Torah when I'm involved in prayer when whatever I'm doing that spiritual when I recognize that I am standing in front of God I'm doing this because God asked me to that's the highest level that's the ultimate level of Sheamus of perfection kumar's of it as king david said it sounds were 16 verse 8 chapter 16 verse 8 x using GV crm the nagatomi he said I place God before me always kiba's enloe you month Mia me know she a tyro by doing it by placing God in front of me always the verse says it refers to the fact that it won't ever occur that it will be pushed away from my right side that God is in front of me that the Torah is that which I need to do the words of the turkey a mischievous other makino tsukushi wats love name Ella ok he quotes here there i'm up the Shelf NRA's that says that when a person is aware of the fact that he's in front of a king he doesn't behave the same way as he does when he's by himself when a person recognizes that he's in front of a sham and he's a relationship with a sham so it's a different type of behavior that he's going to have the caution came with Lamela I'm welcome certainly fees in front of the king of all kings okay his skill moisture but my sister when Moshe understood this story understood this action on Earl isaiah rashad sevashram tatsu he said this is what a shame has commanded to do Parrish Siva Hashem cheetah soooo so it's God who has commanded you to do this be aware of the fact that this is a commandment of God to you come in my reason but I take them always recognized in value in your mind but you know pay attention to the fact that key item under /em that when you're doing this thing you're serving a Shem vieira a little crush em amazing when you are aware when I'm aware of the fact that I am doing an action which is God's command this is what I Shem wants me to do right now Hashem reveals himself to me God enters into that place so I'm willing to recognize it some comes that's the first aspect of the work I'm is the awareness the recognition what I'm doing is God's will second thing all your carving the kalol underneath nap champ another thing that it's referring to what it says that they are standing in front of a Shem this is what a person needs to do how do you get in front of a Shem how do you get a Shem to reveal himself to you this is it the second I aspect is shallow ha yo Massa Marvel been a novena sham that the intent was that when they were standing in front of a Shem there's no separations between me and a xem keep its if the verses in Isaiah chapter 59 verse 2 I've on a second volume of the Illinois gamer the verse refers to the fact that what is it that separates between me and God there's only one thing that separates between me and God and that's my sins the sins that I do separate they distance me from God they place me at a distance they place a comma deal they place a barrier between Marina guard Isaiah i getcha ashley Michelle and this tells us that they were whole with God that they were on good terms with God so how did it happen and the oreck I'm continuance I'm not gonna read it inside but the oricon continues and says that there's an order to leave there's a foreskin on a person's heart that needs to be removed there's a separation between us and God and that separation happens right inside of our chest on our hearts it's the emotions that we don't allow ourselves to feel and it's in our minds there's an oral as a mock there's an orla separation of force going to put our minds that separates between us and God doesn't allow us to think doesn't allow us to have that intellectual understanding doesn't allow us have an emotional understanding another time is saying the way to break that barrier is to first recognize that it exists I have to recognize I had sinned i've separated myself from God the entire purpose here of what they were trying to do all these carbonates were to say look what I've done look how i've separated myself from God and in that recognition in that Corbin in a sacrifice the word corrigan succumbs to come close through that sacrifice bringing these core bonus that remind them of their sin it's a recognition it gives them an opportunity to have the recognition that they created a barrier between themselves and God and in the recognition by recognizing it what comes out is that the partition falls the distinction between them and God falls they're able through their thoughts and through their emotions they're able to recognize and I am standing in front of God that Here I am the actions that I'm doing the mistress that I'm doing it's because God commanded me to do them I am choosing to be different than I was yesterday yesterday I did the opposite of God's will today I'm choosing to do God's will today I'm choosing to do that with josh m is commanded I'm standing in front of God when the person removes the the barrier that was created by the sin and instead does God's will recognizing that this that he's doing is because God told him to do it that provides him since the orihime that gives him the opportunity that a Shem comes into his life shan reveals himself to the jewish people and what an amazing experience it is when you know you read this and you see at the last two verses which recorded before so after they receive this blessing and after they see that God has revealed himself and there's the fire comes down what's the idea of the fire consuming a Corbin it's a recognition that Hashem indeed has been a piece that indeed Hashem wants their actions that their actions have found favor in front of God that relationship has been restored they see a shot they recognize the kavita Shem God's honor is being revealed to them that means that they see Hashem is with them they perceive God's divine presence in their lives that's an amazing thing and they see it not just it's not just the feelings on an emotional thing it is that but it's also they see it with their eyes but the fire comes down my tackle arms bath and and receives down which they've offered and what do they do by economy arona the entire nation they sing they praise God they're just awestruck and there moved emotionally they sing by a plop on em and they fall on their faces they bow down they recognize that Hashem is their master indeed a shaman is received that which they have offered the relationship has been restored in the last point that i'd like to make that I see here is that it's it's the the I like to underscore the relationship has been restored that means that the Jewish people their natural state and every single one of us our natural state on an individual level is connection to a Shem the the real place that a person starts off so to speak when it comes into the world is connection connection to God that neshama that which animates our bodies is the soul which is a piece of God so we are by default connected to God but we lose that connection or we perceive that we've lost that connection as a result of our sins as a result of those things where we defy God where we turn away from God we turn away from our true selves ourselves of the capital s we create that barrier that must suck my deal that barrier that stands between ourselves and our God but it's not real it's imagined it's false but we do all these efforts you know we put in all this effort and we build this mission we do God's will we perform the missus we learn the Torah we we do all these things that's that kindness but we say well where's God I don't see it it's been seven days I've been working on this we put up the mishkan we bring this carbonyl seven days and it doesn't seem like God's revealing himself to us doesn't seem like God is in our lives we wonder perhaps that must safavieh perhaps that barrier that we've created that's it we can't get back into their relationship with a Shem and then we find out that no as long as we do it right as long as you recognize the instructions of the orihime the instructions of Rashi the instructions of the Torah as long as we recognize hey this is the sin that I've done this is what I've this is the barrier I've created I need to do something to remove that barrier I need to recognize and and bore through the hole I've created in my soul too to mend that whole need to know cut straight to where the problem was it was an eagle there was a golden calf I need to atone for that with a calf I need to recognize the sin that I've done there was some synonym there was some baseless hatred that was reflected in the CEO in a goat that was brought that was that was the blood was dipped in I need to bring another thing I need to recognize that's the thing that caused the separation between me and God and then to atone for that and I need to remove that barrier I need to see what it is that stands between me and God and when I see that so I bring I recognize that what am i doing the mixer that I'm doing I've been doing for seven days but maybe I didn't really properly focus on what this was about that was a shared see wash em then I'm standing in front of God and that this is a mix of a Shem this is God's will so there's two parts of it here that the according to Orihime and and this is really this is the take home this is what i can do differently i can recognize i can imbue i can infuse the my submit so the things that I'm doing anyway I can infuse them with a recognition that I'm doing this because God said to I'm coming back into that relationship then gobbled place his divine presence within my actions within the missus I'm doing there are his will Shem will manifest there because I recognize and I draw it in into my mind and my heart that I'm doing because God said and also I recognize that I created certain barriers between myself in God and I need to remove those barriers do chuva repent recognize the things I've done wrong remove those barriers myself from that stand between me and God so whatta bless you please bless me action should help us that we should be able to indeed to imbue are you Tish guide our Judaism with recognition awareness that we're standing in front of a simulation should help us to remove all the barriers that we've created so that we can return to that pristine state to that place where we are originally and where we get to ultimately which is complete and whole connection to God thank you so much for listening a wonderful shabbos this podcast was made possible through the gracious donations of listeners like you for more podcasts like this please visit www Ari Gold wag.com or search on iTunes re go black [Music]