Ari Goldwag - Terumah - Receiving Torah, Receiving God

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast recorded with a shadows never-ending assistance in Revelation which is real 57 76 2016 this week's party has true MA and we have the beginning of a series of parse shows that speak about the hakama so Mishka and the creation and the erection of the tabernacle which would serve as a place where the Jewish people would meet God as it were it would serve as a place where the Jewish people would serve God when carbonate spring sacrifices be involved in the very special Aveda the service of God as God would command the Jewish people so vehicle each room ah very interestingly as you start off this week's parsha so we can't help but notice that it follows on the heels of the sinai experience the experience of the jewish people the revelation that one and a half million jews had at mount sinai open revelation of the Jewish people and the beginning of the receiving of the Torah the Ten Commandments were given as well as many other laws the mesh button which we spoke about which we learned about in last week's parsha when we get to this week's fashion we need to understand what is the reason why immediately following the experience at har Sinai the Jewish people receive a command and begin to erect and construct the Mishkan the tabernacle the place of the resting of the abode as it were of the Chane of the Divine Presence now as we read the following magistrate which I'd like to share with you we will see that it's clear from the measure shown this is the first metric on parse instruments the bits the measures that's the introduction to the whole description the whole command of building the tabernacle and what does it speak about what is the topic the topic is Torah the topic is that which is the relationship of God with the Jewish people they want that which represents the commandments the the instructions for life what it means to service and what it means to be a good person which is contained within the Torah so clearly from this measure there is some interrelationship interconnectedness between the Torah and the Mishkan it's also clear from the fact that we have this this connection the the placement the weight of the Torah place is the Sinai experience when they receive it right next to the building of the Mishkan it's also apparent if we think about it from the fact that what is the center of the Michigan the center of the Michigan the the Holy of Holies contains the iron hub riffs contains the ark of the covenant-- and what's inside of the Ark of the Covenant it's the Luke Lisa bris it's the 10 commandments and it's also the Torah the original Torah which motion remain who wrote those are contained within the Ark of the Covenant and that is the center of the Michigan so anytime you have something which is the center so that is obviously what the the locus of all points Ryan is a circle so everything surrounds the creative chakra from the Holy of Holies that's the point of relationship between God and the Jewish people so the Mishkan is clearly connected to the Torah the Torah is the center of the Michigan the Michigan the tabernacle is the place of serving God and it's center is the Torah so let's see together this mesh which speaks about the concept of the Torah and this is the introduction to the Michigan so we're going to have a beautiful lead-in to the cost of the tabernacle which we're going to read about for the next few weeks here's the mention it says like this week holy trauma the beginning of the parsha says that God commands the Jewish people to take for me to take on my behalf as it were a true donation the Jewish people are to bring all the donations all the different aspects all the different parts that are going to be the construction they're going to be donated for the construction of the Mishkan now the magic's learns what is the constant we call the true a classic question what does it say you shall take for me it should say you shall bring to me you shall you shall come and you shall offer to me what is they be equally you shall take for me a true myrrh a donation was the idea of taking here how would you see if the measure she explains like this this is what the verse means when it says he let cattle even a sati love him Taurasi altas over the Torah is referred to as a mecca and something that you take and something that you purchase as it were that then something that's given to us but we take it from God don't leave the Torah says the verse this is a verse initially in proverbs chapter 4 verse 2 the measure says altas a vow as a magnet rosado hem do not leave this item this thing that I'm selling you that I've given to you this amazing thing that I'm giving to you which is a Torah don't leave it understand how amazing it is understand how beautiful it is understand how good it is the first verses is a let cocktail you as a good Mecca has a good purchase as a good thing to acquire yes ha Adam now the message speaks about the Torah magic speaks about what is this amazing Mecca this amazing thing that we receive when we get the Torah aha don't you like calc Mecca you can have somebody who purchases something eh boys of a mic Asif ordinarily a person buy something it's gold if it's gold it doesn't have any silver in it Yeshua kesef anybody Zahav if it's silver if it's a silver item it doesn't generally have gold because this Silveri know if it's ass all right I'm it's silver it's gold it's gold you don't mix silver and gold generally speaking I'm a Lamech action it's a teal ahem but this thing this amazing thing this good thing the Torah has all aspects you should buy cacif it has an aspect of silver and will soon see it also has an aspect of gold how do we see that the Torah as an aspect of silver and a Mars the verse says my sash am immersed iris the words of God are pure words casted saref purified rarefied silver yesh boys of it also has an aspect of gold Shamima as verse says in Tehillim in some chapter 19 verse 11 Hanukkah madam is aha when we pass her off the Torah is more dear than gold and from amazing amounts of pure gold so we see that there's an aspect of silver and gold in regards to Torah Nancy also it explains that these two aspects refer to two different ways of coming approaching two different aspects of the Torah one is the aspect of the the niggler the revealed aspect of the Torah and what is the aspect of the the hidden aspect of the Torah so the gold is that thing you have to dig deep for it's the the hidden aspect of the tour and the silver is that which comes more easily which is the the which is that which is revealed measure continues yay show them like a subjects of a like chromium there are people who specialize in buying fields which are meant for developing crops but they're not necessarily involved in buying orchards krumova like Sunday there are people who are involved in buying orchards but they won't necessarily be involved in buying fields which are for crops well Mecca Hosea when it comes to the Torah Yeshua said it eh by Crom him there's an aspect of the tour which is comparable to a field there's an aspect of the Torah which is comparable to an orchard it has both aspects Shanna schlock Wyeth projects remind him the verse of the song of songs chapter 4 verse 13 refers to the Torah as schlock ayat which they see as it explains is like the words saw the base of schlock in which means that it's a type of field so type of field that can be used for produce but also first of it as a paradise which is an orchard so it has both of these aspects it has the depth here also they see us if explains that the the field and the orchard are two aspects of Torah which have to do with depth and have to do with the revealed aspect that which is more superficial yes aha Adam like a mecca when they are demanding I did Maheu you can have someone purchasing an item and people don't really know the value of it it could be even a person himself who's purchasing it is not aware of how valuable how valuable it is about mascara Sarsour miss vada melaka but you can tell by how much the agent gets you can see when the agents fee the value of the item that was sold if the agent is taking a great amount of money clearly it has great value you know think about it if if a match is made if there's a matchmaker so that person gets a certain amount of money I think the current rate is like a thousand dollars in two thousand dollars to make a match so that shows the great value of this thing it's you're setting up this couple for life you're you're creating you you're giving them the opportunity to have a relationship with God willing will last for their lifetime it has a tremendous value and you can tell the value of what's going on there based on the agents fee cateura so - in regards to the Torah you know them your damn mahi person doesn't realize how valuable it is how great it is and let me ask our Shalaka moisha but you can figure it out from the reward from something that happened to Moshe into Moses he was the agent as it were he was the one who brought the Torah to the Jewish people what does it say about Internet after he received the Torah brought it to the Jewish people verse tells us much Allah Yoda Moses didn't really kick on our part of bowdabra itto that as a result of having these conversations with God bringing a tour to the Jewish people so there was a light that shone from his face a light that the Jewish people couldn't even look at it was so bright it was so spiritual but that was the result of his beingness Arthur being the agent so you see from the fact that he was imbued with this amazing spiritual light we see the amazing power the amazing value the amazing goodness the toy of the Lekic tithe what an amazing acquiring that we have when we learn the term receive a Torah me have that relationship with God through the Torah now here comes what I think is the most amazing part of the measure this is so beautiful so poetic you shall have Mecca Shama Shama Corie neem Curt you might have you ever heard of an item or when you purchase that item the person who's selling you the item comes along with the item mean you buy something and the guy who bought it from now becomes yours as it were America - Burcu but when it comes to the Torah God says Leah started the Jewish people McCarty la gente Rossi kaviraja Lincoln MKT emo I have given you I've sold to you as it were my Torah but I am being purchased along with it or you are receiving the Torah not only do you receive the Torah but God comes along with the Torah as it were Shin Emma as the verse says the equally true MA and you will take so ordinarily we understand it something you will take for me a true me you will take for me a donation but the message is understanding the verse to me and vehicle II and you take me with your true ma when you bring when you donate as it were to the Mishkan when you donate when you give something and you purchase as it were the Torah which is the center of the Michigan you purchase that relationship with God God comes along with it when you when you accept when you receive the Torah God comes along with the Torah mashallah Mela it's a it's an analogy we can we can compare this to a king shall isolate Basia Heda who had an only daughter but let me i'm alejandra taller one the Kings came along and he said I want to marry your daughter because Lily Lily arts every little each day so he marries her he wants to go back to his land he wants to go back to his home he wants to take his wife with him I'm a lady the king says to him the king who it was his daughter says be T Shanna sati La Hoya he DC this daughter that I'm that you know you married her which with my full consent but this is my own daughter the fresh she read any aho I can't I can't I can't leave her I can't I can't separate from her lemon hollow any awful officially you I can't tell you not to take her with you because she's your wife was a toy Vasily just do me a favor okay Shekar Malcolm Chateau Haley wherever you go kita necklace Ailee make make a little room for me show the rest of him so that I can come and visit Jenny a howl on EFS beauty I just can't give up my daughter I can't she's too precious to me Paco Morocco - broccoli throw this is what a Shem says what God says to the people of Israel there's nothing like a mr. Tyra I have given you this Torah that's my daughter as it were the fresh a man tiny oh-ho the tar is so precious to me I can't separate myself from it let me knock him out with Lu anyhow I can't tell you not to take her I can't tell you not to take the Torah Alabama could shoot a Malcolm but what I need you to do is wherever you go by second ah su Lee make a house for me all the recycling so that I can live there she never wants to make gosh make a place for me to live a place for me to dwell as it were a place for me to place my divine presence and that goes alongside the Torah amazing beautiful measures when we receive the Torah we receive God and there's a command implicit as the Magister understands and that's what the tire is saying be equally true love that there's a taking here there is a taking the receiving here when I give to the to the Michigan when I'm giving what I'm recognizing that I need to create a mission I need to create a home a place to connect to God a home for God's divine presence what I'm recognizing is that the Torah which is the center of the mission the center of the tabernacle the center of my relationship with God the tour is what I need to receive vehicle e I take the Torah and when I take the Torah I take to myself God because God comes alongside the Torah it's a circle it's an it's a never-ending circle I need to build this mission I need to create a place for God to come in and I need to create it by receiving the Torah when I receive the Torah God comes with it and then again I need to create a place for God to come in and again I need to receive the Torah and again God comes with it it's it's a circle of spiritualities a circle a cycle of rising and coming into a deeper and deeper relationship with Hashem with God now when we look at the measure we look at the muscle the analogy of a Midrash the Torah is referred to as the daughter the the only daughter of the king and that what does that mean if you think about it who is that you imagine the princess the only princess of the king who is that woman who is she and when a king comes and takes her another king from a different land comes and takes her what is he doing the daughter anyone's daughter is a reflection of the parents the if it's an only child if it's an only daughter it's a precious daughter so the parents have invested all of their kindness all of their efforts all of their energy into that into that child into that daughter so the Torah is that place where God has placed all of his energy and if you think about it a daughter will reflect she has the genetic code of the parents and she has she's been raised along with those parents the princess is somebody who's so fine so beautiful so so refined she has developed all of those qualities which she's seen in the in the palace from her parents from the king from the Queen and so she reflects the most who the parents are the Torah is that which reflects God's will in the world when we keep the Torah when we try to understand the Torah when we try to follow the dictates of the Torah the commandments of the Torah what we're really doing is we are receiving their marrying as it were the princess we are receiving the the king himself as well because the princess really is a reflection of the king and so the Torah is a reflection of God himself as it were right we find hazael tell us our sages houses are says you sir Elvira simcha chabry who kado there's an aspect of the Jewish people there's no datura there's an aspect of God himself which are all one and what that means at its essence is that in spiritual terms this is very deepest is very important you said it's an amazing foundational concept that in spiritual terms if we want to talk about coming close to God we want to talk about having a relationship with God we want to talk about having leading a spiritual life what does that mean it means reflecting God means reflecting the ways of God as our Cazalas our sages tell us we're put on this earth to go in the ways of God maha-rathah Moffat our ahoo my Ohana na Fatah huh no just like God is merciful we also are instructed to be merciful and to the extent that we reflect and that we imitate God as it were we become more and more like God we become closer and closer to God in spiritual terms in the spiritual realms the more two things are alike the closer they are because in the physical world you can be close to something that's not like you because you can stand right next to them in proximity but in the spiritual realms there's enough space so what makes two things close is the degree that they are similar the more that we follow the dictates of the Torah and the Torah itself as a reflection of who I Shem is who is the one who gave us a Torah it's the princess who reflects all of the things that the princess has learned in the palace the Torah is that princess and we are the kings we are the the princes who have come to marry the princess we are the ones who have come to to develop a relationship with that princess to try to take on and and gain from all the princess represents to grow from that and to to be more and more like her father like the king like God himself as it were and that's the promise here this marriage the promise is that if I am willing to appreciate the beauty the silver the gold all the different aspects of of the field and the orchard of the Torah if I can recognize how amazingly powerful the tour is even by the fact that Moshe may know Mustafa was the agent to bring a tour the like that that shone forth from him as a result of that I can recognize the amazing light of the Torah if I can recognize how amazing a beautiful loose like a hyena sati la femme - you're a scientist I've ooh don't leave the measure says don't leave that amazing that amazing thing that you've received recognize how good it is recognize how beautiful it is because when you recognize how good it is you get the true MA you get God along with it God comes and says I want you to make me a place to be with you I want you to make me a place that I can come and visit my daughter as it were I can't separate myself from from this daughter so if you you have married my daughter if you have desired and come into a relationship with my Tara Hashem says then you're going to have me as well I'm going to come alongside the Torah you will as a matter of course have a relationship with me now as we read all these parshas the mission of the tabernacle there's so many details so many different calum the vessels the structure itself all of these different aspects we can get lost in the details but it's so important how do we not get lost in the details by focusing in on as we said at the beginning what is the center of the Michigan the center is the Torah it's the relationship with Hashem it's the opportunity to make ourselves more and more like Hashem more and more compassionate more and more good more and more refined more and more perfected it's very clear by now that the reason that the Mishkan is the the command to build a michigan to create this place follows the story of the of rc9 of the revelation at mount sinai of the giving of the torah the mesh bottom of the laws because once we receive the Torah once we receive this commandment once you enter into relationship with Hashem we have become the Calla we've become the bride of the Torah we've come into relationship with the Torah so what follows immediately is the Mishkan is the place for God to reside in our midst on ourselves through the Torah I want to bless you and please bless me back a shem should help us to develop that relationship with the Torah to develop that desire to become more spiritual to learn from the ways of the Torah from the beauty of the Torah the test said the kindness which is contained within a Torah to understand more and more who is this princess which is the Torah how beautiful and how well-rounded and how refined it is sure should help us to see that should help us to develop that relationship and in so doing a ship should help us to make ourselves and our homes and our buttock necess our synagogues a place for a true dwelling of Hashem divine presence thank you so much for listening of a wonderful Shabbos this podcast was made possible through the gracious donations of listeners like you for more podcasts like this please visit www.gfi.com/webmonitor you