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Ari Goldwag - Tazria Metzora - Winds of Change
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What are the causes of the spiritual disease of Tzara'as-Leprosy? Why is the person who contracts it referred to as Adam? What are the 'measures of the winds' referred to in the verse in Job? What is the concept of the winds of destruction that threatened the world in the time of Job, Jonah and Elijah? Why is the Messiah referred to as the 'wind of our nose?' Find out in this week's parsha podcast.
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this week's part shows Terry emits aura
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about the partial we have this week
podrían mats aura we speak about the
matura somebody who has a spiritual
malaise he has a spiritual malady and
it's called sorrows which can be
translated as leprosy it's not the
leprosy of today it's a spiritual type
of leprosy and it results because of a
few different things one of them
famously is on a person speaks Russian
Hara when he speaks negatively of others
speaks gossip so that person can
contract this disease or us another way
is through Guyver through being haughty
being egotistical it also can cause this
problem I like to show you a beautiful
mesh that speaks about the idea of
Seurat how it comes why it comes what is
the sorcerer what's the reason for it
versus like this this is in chapter 13
verse two other key about orbits re safe
is a positive virus it speaks about the
Khalif the process that a person needs
to go through if he finds this leprosy
on his skin what he has to do he brings
it to the priest of the coin yes we
diagnose yes go through a process in
order to be more tired if you apply
himself
IWC if the measure says that this is
what it means when it says reverse
Locksley's LaRocca mishko to find a
balance for the wind remind to condemn
ego and the water was prepared in
precise measure this is a verse in job
and yo which of the 28 verse 25 and the
first section of the maturation seems to
be unconnected to our parsha but it is
of course connected and we'll get back
to that I'd like to bring it to the end
of the message where it actually speaks
about
what this has to do with Serrat with our
partial locks like lorac Michelle
the wind has a certain balance remind EK
mamita the water was prepared in measure
i'm reviewed emerge more units and a
mesh wall filled with every tarisha new
nickname la mala
Lynette Noel of amido even the words of
Torah when a person is brought into the
world so he's given a certain measure
even a certain amount that he is
supposed to receive each person it's
preordained is predetermined that this
person is going to have it easy let's
say we're going to have special insight
into learning to sukham to learning the
verses and that's his place in surah
other areas of Torah he can try to
access but it will be more difficult be
more challenging for him Noa Micra
mission accom would Halawa sargodha
there's sukham there's nash Nyhus
there's the Gemara the talmud there's
doubt the law as a whole office and
there's a guide to the meddra sh so josh
is economic run there are those who are
sham free ordains that this person is
going to his specialty is going to be
micro the verses the bible itself the
Echelon Mishnah those who Anna come
commissioner that's their specialty VH
the Talmud are those their specialty is
Gemara th the Haggadah those who their
specialty is Manish the ages of the
Kulin are those who marry to have all of
them there they're well rounded they're
able to access all aspects of the Torah
so each person has a specific way that
he comes into the world that's a
Mitchell there's a balance there's a
media there's a certain measure that
each person is meant to access when it
comes to Torah it's imprinted into their
soul dark hair another explanation let's
slice the Ruach Mitchell that like go to
the source before that is that Hashem
makes the wind have a certain
measurement night Shiva eylem the way
the world is have Rhea summon each
planning ruler you say or people can
describe everyone can see on a person
that this person has a little extra
whinnies a little bit egotistical he's
planning rockets ara person we can see
that this person is a little bit more
humble SHINee number you up get to cut
time some people we see that that person
they were born this way that they have a
little bit of a foolishness in them
reminds you can Amida
and there's a measure when it comes to
the water olympia Mushu Kolkata - Hesiod
um the person when it talks about the
elements of the person we have different
elements in the world we have fire we
have water we have earth so the human
being is made up of two different
elements water and blood the Shizuka am
I am Ravi no dumb below had done Robin
Elam I am
when a person Meriton person is
imbalance so his blood has a certain
measure the blood is not greater than
the water and the water is not greater
than the blood Guzman should I take when
a person is spiritually there's
something out of balance in his
spirituality mhmm I'm Robin Adam the
NASA nod refocus when things are at a
balance so he has too much water there's
so much water in his system and it
overpowers the blood so to speak and he
starts to emit different types of Lake
with different types of moisture which
comes out of him Upanishad um Robin I
love my Manasa met Sara and the reverse
is also true and sometimes the person
can have too much blood the blood
becomes stronger as a result you know
the physical body always reflects the
spiritual and that's really the idea of
the matura
that a person who's out of balance will
see what this means and how it applies
to us but the person who is out of
balance spiritually so on a physical
level that's manifest and if he has more
blood than water on this you know the
way the measure is explaining it or
describing it so we come to maturity
becomes leprous a wdx Evod um the
measures finished is often says that's
why in the verse which we quote at the
beginning autumn keyable
or be sorry when a man shall have on his
skin this Saros is leprosy why is it
referred to as an autumn autumn is the
name of the first man while referring to
ourselves in that way because the the
word are dumb is dumb
which means or blood because sometimes
there's an imbalance there's too much
blood that's what the verse is telling
us a dumb that a person has too much
blood it's they've gone in the way of
the things that caused Tehran's if
they've behaved in that way they sin in
that way so it increases the blood and
it causes them to have sore us it causes
them to have leprosy so it's very
interesting
comes out of the verse which speaks
about this wind and the mich call the
balance of the wind and the meda which
is the measure everything is measured in
the human being what a person is in the
proper measure when it comes to
spirituality when it comes to his ego
you know a person needs to be
right-sized
person needs to be aware of their
talents aware of who they are and not
try to extend beyond that and also not
to think that they're less than they are
that's also incorrect that also creates
an imbalance if a person is talented if
a person is able to sing beautifully and
they say you know I don't want to sing
I'm not interested in using my talents
that's also an imbalance or a person
can't sing very well but they think that
they can and they try to sing in places
where it's not appropriate for them so
then they're going to get in trouble
it's going to be an imbalance there as
well so that's a good mushrooms a good
analogy for any of the talents of a
person or person is egotistical it
really means that they're trying to
extend into a place where they don't
belong they're trying to place
themselves in a position which is
incorrect for them and the results will
be that if a person extends themselves
there they're diabetic they're your
typical or they're speaking about others
in a negative way which is also
inappropriate and creates a spiritual
imbalance the result is that the
contracts are us the spiritual leprosy
now I'd like to come back to the first
part of the measures it's a remarkable
intriguing measures that seems I'm
connected at first but actually it's
really saying a very similar idea it's a
like this other half moon of relation
become accepted so Ruach should lovely
missional diverse suite which we quoted
speaks about this balance when it comes
to the wind so the wind as we were
speaking about until now has to do with
the spirituality the word Rua doesn't
just mean wind it can also mean
spirituality can mean the spirit of a
person so a person needs to have balance
when it comes to spirituality that's
what we saw before but in this part of
the marriage so the word Rua is
literally means the wind itself there
are a few places of the mesh where the
wind was imbalanced it was too strong it
was stronger than it should be Coronado
Hawk of asylum and it could have caused
the destruction of the world they delay
and these are the three circumstances
academia of was in the time of joke
Ayana moments in the time of Jonah
academia almost no time of Elijah de
Mayo but in terms of job she never says
in a rugged old Obama haver hammock bar
was a great wind that came from the
other side of the wilderness he may yo
inertia member the verse says in jonah
hashem until rookie doula young that
there was a great wind that was upon the
sea and it threatened to capsize his
ship meili ocean ever in the days of
Elijah the verse says i emirates a
vimana to bahar the verse describes the
interaction that God has with Elijah and
Shem says him go out stand on the
mountain etc he national earlier God
passes rookie Doyle of a closet with
Farrakhan him and there's a great wind
very powerful such that it would destroy
mountains so see three different verses
that describe a great winds unusual
winds one time a job one in time of
Jonah one a time of a larger America the
bar shallowing the beauty of our show
him said he also shall be a avi social
you know here I so shallow Leo he says
that this wind was the same when there
was the same power it was the same type
of wind it served a similar purpose and
it's interesting as we read this because
it starts off sounding like this wind is
something which is destructive for the
whole world but then it says that its
destructive just for the individual who
was experiencing it so let's let's stay
together and focus here try to
understand what's going on
she'll I saw her by its high so I
socialize job's
affected just his house and it was as
the eighth Joseph explains it was the
type of wind that it was clear that was
only happening to joke which would
threaten his belief in God that was the
purpose of it was wise God doing this to
me
she'll Isis venal I saw a shell you know
the the wind of Jonah also was only for
his boat she lightly my social Elio
God was trying to teach Elijah something
and that wind only affected him
vane macaca Doyle ahem la social le o
the measures points out that even though
it's true that all three of them were
great and all three of them had a
similar aspect about them nevertheless
Elijah's was the greatest of them it was
the most powerful of them who deceive I
you must save a lot of a that's
where it says go out and you stand
on the mountain and I believe the
Magister is trying to show us that it
was an individual specialized wind that
was just for him
so really we need to understand is this
a general wind is this the wind that's
going to affect the whole world as it
seemed to be saying it at the very
beginning because it said we're high or
low half of its own it should have
destroyed the world sometimes like it's
something that affects everybody but
then the major seems to switch and say
that it's only affecting that individual
that person so which way is it hold on
to that question one more piece in the
majors that also seems to be
disconnected but we'll see is very much
connected I'm out of time come back here
I mean look ashame rabona talked about
he said and there those who said that it
was said in the name of the rabbis email
Hamish is beau a cheerful Colin a foster
Shama shoulder he Boris this is an idea
we've seen before it's an amazing idea
that all of the souls that Hashem
intended should come into the world all
of the personalities that God wants to
come into the world must exist before
them the King Messiah can come in order
for the Messiah to come mashiac he's
going to perfect the world he's the one
who brings the world to his completed
state it can only happen after all of
the souls have been brought into the
world so here we're using the same verse
we're speaking about this rock and
there's a missional there's a balance
diminish is telling us that there's a
certain balance there was embedded into
reality that there are certain
personalities certain people who need to
come into the world and perform certain
purposes they need to perform certain
jobs in order for there to be a
completion in the world in order for
mushiya to arrive which represents that
completion everyone has to come into the
world and perform to accomplish that
which they've come into the world to
accomplish
now the a POC appoints out that when we
refer to mushiya to the messiah we refer
to miss rua hapana mushiya Hashem the
wind of our nose or the spirit of our
nose the Messiah of God why do we refer
to mushiya to the Messiah as the wind of
our nose the first place in the Torah
that we hear about the wind or the rooh
of the spirit that has to do with a nose
is when Hashem
breeze into breeze that spirit breezes
that wind the wind of life into other my
reach on the first man Hashem gives him
life gives him spirit and interestingly
in our context so we have this book all
the souls that were mentally created are
referred to right here on the magic
valine I'm worth to say Michelle autumn
re shown there was a book of the first
man how those exceeds the saber tell us
Adam we refer to as we spoke about this
a few weeks ago that there was a book of
sham wrote at the beginning of time in
numerating all of the human beings in
all of that which they were meant to
accomplish and that's that's ingrained
into reality and they're all pieces of
that original soul of other Mauritian of
the first man so the Ruach appley the
spirit which is imbued into Adam that's
blown into his nose so to speak that is
that spirit we are all pieces of that
spirit of that rule and so the the first
man encapsulate s-- incorporates all of
humanity into him we all have to come
into existence accomplish what were
meant to accomplish before mushiya who
is a reincarnation of Audemars be shown
he's the same soul as the first man so
he also includes all of us that can only
happen when we have all come into the
world and accomplished that which were
meant to accomplish it's an amazing
thing
so the rueake pay no mashiac is the one
who is the spirit who encompasses all of
us just like Adam is the one who
encompasses all of mankind all humanity
it's an amazing thing if you think about
you know mushiya is going to come the
Messiah is going to come and what's he
going to look like how will everyone
except him and the answer is that when
you look at mashiac when you look at the
Messiah you will see yourself when I
look at mushiya I will see myself
everyone will be able to see themselves
because of the fact that he includes
everybody he has a piece of everyone's
soul within him everyone will feel like
this person understands him this person
will be able to guide every one of us
that's our Tobruk and when I speak about
Michelle when the verses speak about the
Messiah it speaks about him as someone
who's about about you
he's someone who has the ability to give
advice he's on the mark because he
incorporates everyone into him he's the
one who can guide everyone to their
purpose
but really what we're saying here is
that the ruach the wind or the spirit
which is mushiya his purpose is to bring
everything into balance to place
everyone in their right place no one is
greater than anyone else
no one is egotistical and it doesn't
mean that someone doesn't have a
significant job and it looks like
someone else has a smaller job but
everyone understands they're all pieces
of a greater whole they're all essential
Hashem is great plan and that's this
book this saber told us Adam which
speaks about every person's
individuality who they are what their
purpose is and how they are essential to
the plan of creation if one is missing
we can't have machine at the Messiah
can't arrive what that really means is
that the Messiah whose job is to put
everyone in balance his job is not
complete until everyone is in their
place doing what they're supposed to do
now let's look at the previous concept
which had to do with a wind that was
very great and was blowing in such a way
that it potentially could cause
destruction we said is it cause
destruction to the whole world or is it
individual - Ellie Oh - Yonah to EOF and
the answer is that they're both really
true and it's most clear in the case of
yo Nana le oh and I'll focus on them
that they were individuals who had a
level of prophecy they were able to see
things they had a message which was for
the entire Jewish people or for Yona it
was for this great city of nineveh of
100 and 100 thousand people because they
had that message because they were a
soul that incorporated all those people
into themselves
Leo's message was for the Jewish people
as a whole and yonas message was for
that great city because they had that
type of soul which was all-inclusive in
a certain way they parallel the idea of
Messiah so that wind was for them when
when they were not willing to give over
the message that they were meant to give
over for Yana it was to give over TuneIn
vague for Elijah it was to give over to
the Jewish people as a whole when they
were unwilling to give over that message
there was an imbalance that was created
their job was to bring the Jewish people
into balance for a Leo / Yana his job
was to bring the city of Nineveh back
into balance by showing them the error
of their ways so that great wind
represented to them individually some
which was true on a global level which
was that there was a destruction that
was happening there was an imbalance in
the people that they were meant to guide
and show and instruct to repent because
of that imbalance destruction was
inevitable that it would come on the
world and when Yona India goes and
guides those people gives them the
muster gives them the direction shows
them the error of their ways so then our
Shems wrath is abated and all as well
everything comes back into balance but
that's his job
that's the owners job in order that the
Ruach that great win which is
threatening to cause destruction nor for
that winter to calm down everything the
wind the souls of those individuals whom
he's meant to instruct and who he
represents they have to be brought back
into the proper balance this in essence
is what's going on when it comes to the
tores when the person has the proper
balance when he knows his place when
he's done a sin and he recognizes that
he sinned when he recognizes that his
ego has gotten the better of him and he
brings himself back into a place of
another of humility
so then everything gets back into a
place of balance his spirit his rule
comes into a place of balance his wind
becomes calm down so to speak it's very
interesting when we speak about a person
who's Hardy we refer to him as that he's
that he's full of hot air right it's the
same concept the the Ruach the wind the
spirit of a person is affected by his
ego and he's not imbalance and so the
measures his instruction is that just
like we see when it comes to Elio to yo
na te o that they needed to watch out
there was a great wind which represented
that there was an imbalance in them that
there was an imbalance and knows that
they needed to direct so two for each of
us we need to see where there is an
imbalance we need to see where you know
in the olden times so we would
immediately detect something on our skin
and we would know that there was an
imbalance on a spiritual level the
spiritual was more clearly manifest in
the physical but the Torah is forever
it's message is eternal and it's telling
us something for us and that is that we
need to see and recognize and look for
those places where our win where our
spirit is out of balance
and we need to get lastest lorac mishko
like the verses in job we need to find
the balance for our win for our spirit
- economy do we need that water to come
back into its proper measure so that
it's not Adam Kia Barba sorry it's not
somebody whose blood has become too
great such that it causes this leprosy
we need to recognize where there is an
imbalance and try to our best to the
best of our ability to bring ourselves
back into balance so one of less you and
please bless me I should help us to
indeed recognize and be interested and
try to see where it is and sometimes
we're going to get feedback it should
help us to appreciate the feedback not
to reject that feedback from others the
way others interact with us as a result
of our imbalances should help us to be
able to recognize it be able to work on
it and to be able to find that proper
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