Ari Goldwag - Tetzaveh - Lighting and Oil

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari Goldberg recorded with a gems never-ending assistance in roma beit shemesh israel 5778 2018 this week's partial partial stood Sava and I'd like to share with you some thoughts from the medrash that have to do with the concept of the very first commandment of this week's partial which has to do with the is a team the olives the olive oil which was used in the lighting of the menorah very special capacity characteristics of olive oil there are a number of different things it's a an analogy and it comes to teach us something when the Torah gives us a commandment so there's so much involved in that there's so many there's so much depth to that so let's study this together let's look at this together and before we do I want to again remind you all about my new CD coming out and the single the first song blown up stickler code never stop dancing will be coming out immediately after pouring on Sunday and the album will be coming out log Bulmer and I'm calling on you guys to join me in the album join in helping to make the video as possible Ari Gold ENCOM / new album you can be part of it a lot of inspiration is gonna go out to the Jewish people through this music to face without to face off with our challenges no matter what's going on and we're gonna actually speak about the challenges a bit today in the partial podcast but that's the physic the strength you know Torah music these are all important tools Lobdell music but these are important tools in our voice of Shemin serving God so I ask you all to join with me Ari Gold ENCOM / new album all right so there's a few classic ideas that we see with the with these a team with the olives with olive oil and there's some ideas that are a little bit new and I like to share these ideas with use the first thing the first theme that the measure tells us and of course when really the first concept it means it's the you car is the main theme is like this Navajo da Hudak say the verse says you shall command this is what it means in the first one it says I ran on a pleasant olive you favorite toy our car wash I'm sure make a beautiful type of fruit or beautiful type of produce Hashem called your name we see that the Jewish people are referred to there are many different analogies within the Torah but one of the ways that the Jewish people are referred to is as an olive a beautiful pre beautiful produce if Elena knew your alibis ice has evolved odd the measured points out what is this the only name of the Jewish people have before class or refer to as other types of fruit while ever community line is lemon should become the crease well we find that the Jewish people are referred to as all kinds of other beautiful and prosperous types of trees the Geffen Dana we find that they're referred to as a grapevine to a fig tree in our Geffen room it's time to see the verse in psalms chapter 80 verse 9 refers to the Jewish people as a grapevine to aina we find that they're referred to as a fig give you coo ribbit to a Navarre XI so we see that the Jewish people are referred to as a fig in the verse in Hosea chapter 9 verse 10 khatam are like a date or date palm Shanna Mars a scum a safe dumb seller summer this is how tall you are you are compared to a date palms the Jewish people are compared to all kinds of different beautiful fruits delicious fruits trees that have a great stature area as they're referred to as a cedar she never cares about LaVon you scare a guy is like an almond Shanna Morrell geena's egos in reality I mean Ashlock machinery Lahiya parties remind him all kinds of different references to the Jewish people volumio Lamar so what is Jeremiah coming to refer to the Jewish people right Zeiss run on on which we quoted at the beginning that that they're a pleasant type of olive why does Jeremiah and that verse in chapter 11 verse 16 I'm sorry refer to the Jewish people as a Zayat as a as an olive elimar has ice has said to teach you something specific and it's connected to why we use the olive oil what what the significance of the commandment to light the menorah in debate something that is with olive oil my Isaiah says they ought to be learning when it comes to the olive so as long as it's on its tree my gardener and I say they pull it off my reading I say they bring it down and as ice an F but it's taking off the off of the branches and then they they pound it we should collect a nice and my lanai to the gas after they've pounded it they bring it into the olive press and I Sanders have a mock pain they then put it to be ground now I've taken a nice Sun hummock even I said Michael and then he surrounded with ropes the whole process to get the olive oil out so they surrounded with ropes new Vienna of automatic off they bring rocks oh my god - Hamlin and then the olives provide their oil the oil is the produce of the allas after a long and drawn-out process which also pounds and pulverizes the olives themselves so that is a muscle for the Jewish people that's an analogy for us tacky swell so - when it comes to the Jewish people buying Loomis Island the nations of the world come along the - my stomach McCallum welcome they come and they kick us around from one place to another McLaren lies some they capture them at Clarkson I saw McLaren they put the Jewish people and change my Keef and I said trotty I try to eat in Naha got ice and Chava so they go through this whole pulverizing difficult challenging type of process and then the result is what very much the story of Purim after going through these difficulties and challenges the Jewish people do chew over we repent a college boy who I know not having God answers their prayers I mean I mean how do we know this is true SHINee my buddy uncle Ebenezer Al the verse tells us the Jewish people called out to God right and speaking about because of their great slavery their great challenges are great difficulties so it's not just a punishment or it's not something that we've done wrong but what it is is it's a process of squeezing out the oil what's the oil the oil is the chuva the oil is the repentance the the be cush the desire to come close to God the calling out to God that is the oil that's produced through this great process of challenge okay Matt Solomon suka we also find in Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 30 the verse refers to the fact that in the future time there's usually Pilar going to do chuva they're going to repent before the coming of the Messiah because there'll be so much difficulties you kill Rocco Michelle like Allah God is a compassionate God have a Zeiss round on your favorite IR so that's the first explanation in the marriage I'm going to share with you that explains why the Jewish people are referred to as an olive a beautiful olive because the produce of the olive is this oil which is squeezed out so it comes down what is the idea that the Torah is commanding us to light to use olive oil to use this kind of oil which is produced through this challenging process the idea is to teach us that through the processes that we go through through our difficulties through our challenges the result the product is the oil that's produced is the chuva the desire to come close to God and that lights up the world that lights up the that's like the menorah that serves as a place where God shines because there's four who answers us God manifests in the world because of that process which produces our desire and our call to God for help and the light comes in the light of God comes into the world or a beautiful second concept Deborah the measure says another explanation morrow yum-yum's release Roku's eyes why did Jeremiah want to analogize I know if that's the word create an analogy of the Jewish people to a la calamari mr. Mirza busy all liquids mix together you can mix orange juice and grape juice you can mix water and apple juice you can mix all different types of liquids Varsham an enema sorry I've a limit the characteristic of oil which is the product of the site of the olive the characteristic of oil is that it does not mix with other types of liquids coffee sorrel enema sarvam in my vehicle of him so now listen carefully to this because it sound like a different idea but I believe that it's a similar idea the manager is telling us that in the same way that olive oil rises to the top and does not mix with different liquids so to the Jewish people do not mix with the nations of the world with the idolaters - never relate to Scott in when the verse tells us there's a prohibition for a Jew to marry a non-jew the idea is that the Jewish people are separate the Jewish people are raised above Deborah Kerr a another aspect of this because it's the same concept column ask him autumn already behind Vania Day is a tough time in Italian when it comes to all different types of liquids so you mix them up can't tell which ones on top which ones I'm bottom they're all mixed up Paula chemin when it comes to all the oil if you like to marry the challah much about them even if you mix it with all of the liquids in the world not snow model Mohamad always rises above of a saint of a show choice and retention mocking so to the mushroom the the analogy here why Jeremiah excuse me refers to the Jewish people as olives and why the Torah wants to seize olive oil when it comes to the menorah is because the Jewish people are compared to that because when we do the will of Hashem so we stand above needs seven OMA lemon i Viacom we stand above the idolaters or the nations of the world should Mr Whitney some Hanukkah value and the verse tells us also in Deuteronomy but chapter 28 verse 1 I shall place you above have a Zeiss run on Fay Pretoria okay so the idea here is that the Jewish people have the potential to stand above to stand above and and I would say that this and it's an extension or continuation of the previous idea the previous idea always we go through challenges we call out to God and God shines into the world through us and I think this is the same thing here we don't mix with the nations of the world we do not marry them we stand above but this also means that we are doing the will of God we are letting God into the world through us by letting out into the world through us so we serve as a light unto the nations right there's that light again light unto the nations which the measures quotes later on here actually we'll skip over here to this section very interesting tidbits or measure says that what it says in regards to the city of the surah surah to Martinique Lila C refutes or said that you are the most beautiful autumn art the Midrash is Madea can says you say that you're the most beautiful of all here in Maine a moment but nobody else has that you think you're beautiful are you shall I Michael arum Shipka when it comes to Jerusalem everyone says her praises shanem are the verse says in Asia chapter 2 verse 15 house I saw her shayera clearly CofE is this the city that was referred to as the most beautiful meaning even though jerusem lost her splendor and beauty which is it's in lamentations speaking about the destruction of Jerusalem but clearly before that all of the nations recognize the special Beauty the special spiritual beauty what we're talking about here of Jerusalem Jerusalem is the highest point of the world on a spiritual level okay see if heart Cienega see itself on cue a smile of welcome she might even break our bond it's a place that the carbone's sacrifices are brought should I show how they sell Yakima specify now first the to Jerusalem as so far in the north why because it's the place where the core bonus the sacrifice abroad on the northern part of them is back of the altar the calculator is is run on your favorite tire that's why it says that it's refers to the Jewish people as this as this olive why you change some and Mayor copy some English mayor just like oil is used to provide lights it's a place which burns and provides lights so to the base I'm ENGLISH the temple the temple is the place and Jerusalem is the place which provides light to the entire world Jeanette Marris the verse is a hope of glory the nations will go by your light okay so we are we are raised above the nations just like olive oil and and we provide light that light is to guide the nations of the world we're here not to yeah we're not supposed to marry into the game but we are meant to be an example of goodness and spirituality of godliness in the world well hey Nick we used to outsider I don't even hear my call that was awesome the Jewish people through their faith through our through our fulfillment of the Torah we we shine a light to the world Lacock my brother sparkled in Mitrovica shamans I saw and that is why Hashem says to Moses but the Jewish people bring and use this special purified oil olive oil so that it represents and teaches us the bass hum English is a place which shines out to the world both visited both literally actually because the light of the menorah was extremely bright and al TV in a supernatural way and it represented the fact that the Jewish people the base I make - the Jewish people the spiritual light comes from us to the entire world very beautiful that beautiful idea now the last point I would like to address is so how do we do that how do we shine this light one way is as we said through the challenges and the difficulties and calling out to God that's one way right and through our Emunah through our faith in God we bring that faith into the world but the last way that I'd like to share with you is another piece of the mesh the piece that we just read was the very first section of the magician our parsha and this piece is the third section it's partial I'm above 36 section gimel Deborah hers is run on beautiful beautiful idea so essential ray high active retirement you're in the other boys a big head see this see how words of Torah shine for a person when he is involved in them words of attire when we listen to a shear like this or we study whatever it is whether it's the Amish whether it's Gemara whether it's Talmud whether it's mission whatever aspect of Torah we study Allah cetera it shines for a person when he's involved becoming Shan Isaac any idea who Nick Shaw very interesting person who doesn't study Torah he doesn't have the light the Torah is light it shines for us Marshall them the message gives us a beautiful analogy let me show I mean by Fela Bala Holly person who's standing in the dark and he wants to come along he wants to move whatsoever Manitoba he comes across a stone and he trips over it matzo beef knife above if he finds a sewer he falls into it he gets punted back and he smacks his face into the ground llama why she'll hire by any Nair because he did not have a candle in his in his hand ha kodesh a merely divert area so a regular person does not have words of Torah in his hand what's up here of an actual of amazed what's the darkness of the world the Torah is coming to shine through it's the darkness of sin right a person who falls into sin so he enters into a spiritual dinner spiritual darkness he and he dies a spiritual death chicane Rococo yeshiva cos the verse says in in Proverbs we almost Maine moose are you will die if he doesn't have moose or if he doesn't have that guidance hey mister LED retire what is the guidance the Torah the words of Torah are the guidance Kazak by moose are all tariffs is the verse there in in proverbs chapter 4 verse 13 says hold on to masseur and don't let go don't let go of the Torah lama who makes art as he died officiating a day of aterna because he doesn't know the Torah he doesn't have that light of the Torah the Torah it's not just rules for us to follow to make our lives difficult the tour is giving us a set of guidelines to light up the darkness our yetzer Hara or evil inclination is dark it wants us to be to be lowly it drags us down destroys us and kills us okay puts us into a spiritual death and the Taira the Taira saves us from that it lights up our way shanira there who sham cafe lily of america shailu the verse says also in michl a she have to for verse 19 the way of the evil ones is like darkness they don't know they don't even see that the tripping policemen chasing matira those who study the Torah he mean about hamako him they light up in any place it's interesting it doesn't say the Torah gives them light they light up a person learns Torah they are lit up from the Torah the Torah itself shines in them through them the Torah as we'll see is like a Nair like like a candle mashallah misha i made by fail of an every other it's a comparison to somebody who is in the darkness but this time this person has a candle in his hand oh I haven't really initial he sees a stone and he does not fall he does not trip Robbie villain off all he sees a pit but he does not fall into a llama I'll show you a building there the reason is because he has this candle the candle is the Torishima nearly rag lead varaha a candle to my feet is your words painting turrets latekka show the verse also says in Proverbs if you shall run you will not fall but hey Neera sheesh my Sodom and also the verse says that a candle of God is the soul of a person a Marco - for who God says who you hang nebula America VOD your candles in my hand and I'm sorry my candle should be in your hand and your candle should be in my hand he's an earshot Kaddish bro who what is the candle of Hashem that we want to be holding on to so Torah that's a reference to the Torah she never is the verses key near mitzvot tire or the midst of the commandment is a candle and the tour is light mauki near myth so what is the idea here what is the concept that the candle is a mitzvah alikom Isha is a mitzvah nomadic nails necklace more who whoever does a commandment so it's as if he has lit a candle in front of God I'm a high-enough show and he gives life to his soul Shaniqua snare which is referred to as a candle his soul shanira narration is my Sodom the candle of God is the soul of man whom I'll retire or what is the concept of the Torah being light Lahari Tom shot him at Happy Valley boy haces mitzvah many times and here's this is the key this is the key how we are able to fulfill the concept of giving light out to the world being a light what is the lesson of the menorah menorah represents the Torah what is the essence of the the light the Zionists the olive the olive oil that we're lighting the essence is the light that we give off which is the Torah how do we do it here's the this is the key right here Marvin Turner or Allah Harvey Perlman Channel have a liberal Ozzie Smith so a person really wants many times it happens that a person really wants to do to fulfill a commandment what happens the eight Sahara Shiva Tulare mirror and the evil inclination inside of them says mala Colossus Mitzvah or Casa Akasaka you're gonna fulfill this commandment you're gonna get to duck you're gonna charity you're gonna lose out on your property you're gonna lose out on your money like we spoke about last week watch other nice and hey I'm Taylor Monica why giving it to anybody else give it to your own kids leave it for them as an inheritance the Easter time I'm in Lane la Mitzvah it's a type says the good inclination side of the human being the part of that person which is spiritual which is good which is the soul of a person it says - no don't listen to that lower part of you give to the Mitzvah give to the poor person give that money toward doing a good deed ray maxi be near Mitzvah the Mitzvah is a is a candle what is idea that the midst was a candle listen to this is beautiful minor Isaac's you Dalek when you have in there which is lit a field LF I love from coronary said welcome at Lincoln a memento or by McCoy you can light millions you can light millions of lights from that same flame and it doesn't take away from the original flame the light stays the original flame stays in its place call me Sheila mitzvah in Omaha stirs in the house of so to anyone who gives money toward fulfilling a commandment buying a beautiful essrig having a beautiful Shabbos all these different things giving charity I mean sadaqa it doesn't take away from his Nahas and why the Catholic sorry the Cockney Marquis never eats Vitara or that's the idea that mitzvahs the toy that we do the the when we give our money toward that thing we don't lose anything it's light it's light it has a characteristic of light the more that we shine and that's the characteristic of spirituality the the Taira and godliness is referred to as light because light is something which you have it and it keeps growing and growing and growing it doesn't take away from the original life doesn't take away the spirits anything that's truly spiritual doesn't lose power only gains power and only you give it away you get it the more you give it away like the inserting then the certain other context is spoken the more you give it away the more you can keep it the more you share the more you share taller the more you share the money you give it towards spiritual things it takes on the character of the money I'm sorry of the spiritual things the money takes on the character of the spiritual things the money become spiritual you get paid back you don't lose that money I want to bless you and please bless me my gosh um should help us to understand these ideas to incorporate that that amazing spiritual light we should be able to recognize the challenges as something that's squeezing out of us that olive oil so that we can call out to God and connect to God we have the opportunity to be a chef should help us to be to rise above to be greater to be that light for all of the nations and how by studying the Torah by studying words of spirituality by being involved in the fulfillment of the commandments and by spreading Hashem spiritual light thank you so much for listening I have 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 [Music]