Ari Goldwag - Tetzaveh-Purim - Power of Prayer

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari Gold wag recorded with a gems never-ending assistance in ramappa Sheamus Israel 5777 2017 this week's precious partials to Sava and we're going to get into the big kahuna the concept of the clothing a special unique clothing of the priests of the high priest and specifically what was the power behind it but before we do I want to first extend a thank you to all those who have already helped out with my safer I'm really grateful we've already been able to bring in over two thousand dollars so we have completed the publication of the book we have that money I actually have received the book in my hands I've held it physically the first few copies I haven't got the full shipment yet but I've got enough the first few copies so it's very exciting and the book itself is paid off and we have approximately a thousand dollars toward the advertising I discussed it with my publisher as far as how much money is needed he said approximately two thousand dollars and that's for the print ads and other ads the online ads and I'd also like to do some kind of video which I estimate will cost another approximately a thousand dollars in order to promote the book so we are still two thousand dollars short of the full amount that's needed for the advertising as well I'm grateful again to all those who have helped and I encourage you if you've thought about it now's the time to take part in it if you want to do a $50 donation I've received you know all kinds of numbers $50 donation is great I'll send you the book a special signed copy and please when you make that donation on my website our ego lebesgue calm on the Buy Now page on the top of the page there's a donate button when you make that donation please just mark off that it's for the book okay let's get into the parsha so the very beginning of parted sava speaks about the big dick come who know the clothing the special unique clothing of the Kohanim of the priests and i'd like to understand what is the idea of this clothing it's also important to see and we're going to read inside of the measure speaks about it but there are parallels unique parallels between our parsha and the holiday which is about to be upon us which is poram the most obvious parallel is that we see that there's special clothing that was worn by the co hain by the priests and has signified the significance the greatness of what he was doing and who he was it's very similar in the parallels what happened with the OSI of exotic Joseph was given a special set of clothing by his father the sinus opossum to signify his unique role his leadership role amongst his brothers and in a similar and parallel way the clothing of the Kohanim represented their exalted status the unique status they were leaders they were those who served to cement the relationship between are shown between God and the Jewish people they were the ones who served on behalf of the Jewish people but they were exalted they were raised up and therefore they wore special clothing we find that there's also this same special clothing the Cohen gunnels clothing was worn by Ahava Roche after he saw the Jewish people seem to have been forsaken by God so he put on the Cohen gato clothing we need to understand what is the idea behind that why did he specifically do that why did he wear the clothing of the coin go the high priest what his idea of the clothing of the high priest there was a special breastplate and hat on it the different types of gems what is the idea of the gems how does it represent each of the tribes of the Jewish people what is the concept of that so we need to understand all of that we also see that Mordechai at the end of the story after it's clear that there's been this turn around already and the Jewish people are being raised up as Homme on the evil al-maliki is falling down Mordechai is given the clothing of the king he's given Akash various clothing the majestic clothing of the King and he wears it and he's he sits upon the horse of the king and how - to call out in front of him like a Alicia shower milk off his beak or oh this is what's going to be done to somebody who the King desires him so clearly the clothing in a Syrian since the clothing makes the man the clothing represents the exalted status of the person who wears it if he's wearing unusual clothing if he's wearing kingly clothing which is indeed the entire idea behind all of the clothing of the Kohanim other priests he's wearing kingly clothing it represents the fact that he is kingly that he is raised above that he is at a higher status that he's at an exalted status now what's interesting is that we read a number of silken take a total of 43 silk'n 43 verses that speak about the clothing from the beginning of our partial and then after that entire chapter the first chapter of our partial chapter 28 so chapter 29 starts in this way very interesting busy had over a share tassa lehem the khadisha son behind me this is the thing that needs to be done in order to sanctify the Kohala to sanctify the priests so that they will serve me now what is it that it's referring to so in the posh upshot in the simple understanding of the verse it speaks about the car bonus that are going to be brought it speaks about the the service that they're supposed to begin to perform but the measures tells us something very interesting and in doing so also brings along another reference to our story of poem - the story of Mordecai and it says that what is the idea of the words that we're talking about here we're talking it says Isaiah had over a share tossa this is the thing that you should do to them in order to sanctify them but the word diaper besides for meeting a thing this is the thing that you should do the word duffer also means a word or it means something that's spoken so listen carefully to this measures there are two parts of it and we'll see that they're connected number are care said like this visi heard of are this is the matter this is the thing hadou lives if this is what it means in a verse in hosea chapter 14 verse 3 says Cucuy makam delorean the verse speaks about the idea of repentance bringing words to God bringing the the words themselves that feel of the prayer the repentance itself is what allows us to come back to God Xiomara kouzef this is what it means in the verse it says in psalms chapter 26 verses 6 & 7 err qazwini am Kappo it speaks King David speaks of the fact that he's going to wash his hands in Columbus he's going to relieve himself of sin etc uh sh'mey raba cole todo in order to make her a voice of thanks so he speaks just of making his voice heard in order to repent in order to cleanse himself of sin yaqula lahu prevailing you might think that would be necessary in order to have repentance in order to be cleaned to have some kind of sacrifice some at Lamar that's where the verse tells us lakshmi a bacall toda it's enough to just speak with one's voice to speak about the fact that one is grateful to God the one thanks God or that one is mind that he admits to God that's enough for a person to be able to have his repentance it's a beautiful thing to have carbon O's to have sacrifices but as we'll see it's not necessary the fishiest well I'm room because the people of Israel sarah bernhardt lump master of the world Hannah simcha like to move may being carbon misc a problem we find that if a prince if one of the exalted people of the Jewish people sins he can bring a carbon he can bring a sacrifice and he'll be atoned for mushiya quite a if someone who has been anointed a king etc if he sins well maybe carbon let's Coppola he can bring a sacrifice and he gave me the tone for oh no a load of carbon the Jewish people said we don't have any kind of sacrifice that we can bring I'm real ahem so God says VM cos he stole Yakubu gamer the verse says that the entire Jewish people shall make a mistake there's a certain sacrifices they can bring rouhani amano so the Jewish people respond to God and say look we're poor being on aloha become bonus we don't have the money to be able to bring a sacrifice or the hem saw sham responds devar money move hot cash what do I expect from you what can you use what are the tools that are always available for you in order to repent just words that's all I request Shanna Marquis who you welcomed varnish wash em take for yourselves words and return to God Vani Michael I'll call upon a second and if you do that so then I will forgive you for all of your sins now what are the words the matters that were speaking about veined var military Tyra says the man dish what are the words that you can come and bring to God and offer as a sacrifice it's words of tora-chan mr as the verse says the beginning of deuteronomy first chapter first verse Allah had the barramundi burmecia these are the words that Moses spoke and he speaks many many words of Torah I'm alone on the Odin so the Jewish people say look we don't know meaning there are Jewish people who are not learning there are Jewish people who are learning and can offer that as their sacrifice so to speak but there are people who don't so what are we supposed to do I'm Earl ahem God responds behoove a spotted leaf on a venema cobble there's something that every Jew everywhere can always use in order to come close touch M that is tears and prayers if you says God if you cry and pray before me I will receive it and this is something we find throughout history always save him another woman's rhyme libbets Philippa do you see us um when your forefathers were enslaved in Egypt did I not redeem them through their prayers shanira's verse says my uncle - r l mean avoid Avia's aku the Jewish people they groaned as a result of their hard enslavement their hard labor and they called out to God we may do Xu and the days of Joshua Liberty feel aussi Ceylonese him was not in the merit of their prayers that I did miracles for them she never of the verse says in Joshua chapter 7 verse 6 my you cry o show us some lace off it speaks to the fact that he rent his garments umam artillery 'not a buck he'd undergone mer the verse refers to the fact as the easiest of explains that the Jewish people in order to succeed in their battle all they had to do is pray as a result of that prayer they were able to succeed amia shaved him Divya schemata tuck awesome the days of the judges I heard their prayers I heard they're calling out to me with tears she never Mikey's a common a stylish my glamour the verse in judges chapter 6 verse 7 speaks about the Jewish people calling out and God answering them and the measures goes on to give numerous examples of the Jewish people as a result of their calling out to God as a result of their prayer as a result of their taça so they were able to succeed they were able to be answered by God and they had miracles performed for them now what comes out of this medicine is an amazing thing and we're gonna see how this applies to the poem it's very important to understand and there's gonna be more very interesting medicine that speaks about poram but before we get there what comes out is an amazing thing that the the Torah speaks first about the big day koona speaks about all of the the special clothing the special uniqueness of the Kohanim of who they represented who they were and how they serve God how they represented the Jewish people they worked they served on behalf of the Jewish people but the Torah tells us after gives us this whole description of the uniqueness of their specialness of their special clothes says visa hat over a share tassel ahem this is the thing you want to know what it is that makes them holy what it is that allows them to serve on behalf of the Jewish people in order for the Jewish people to receive God's grace the answer is not the simple tribe the simple shot is the next words on the cop IRA Hollenbach are bring a certain sacrifice bring different you know let them wear a special clothing etc etc so it seems like the clothes make the man it seems like I have to bring something special have to spend my money says the meddra SHhhh do you know what the center of it is yet the power of it is the Kohanim the priests as they would bring these carbonates they would be praying the prayer the words the offering of our lips Kakui mock him devar him what is it that causes what is it that is the that which is pile which creates roots actually effects the spiritual power that draws the Jewish people toward God it's not the external aspects of it it's the internal aspects of it it's the prayer it's the calling out it's the crying it's that true show of submission to God that true show I can't do it by myself I cannot accomplish this without you my god now listen to the second part of this Madras it's a continuation of the Madras and all of a sudden is shifts it's been speaking here about the Jewish people generally but now it shifts to speak specifically about the times of Mordecai and Esther and it says number ah hair another explanation Kakui mocking varam we spoke about the fact that how does one access God when there's no car Bonus when there's no sacrifices it's through one's words it's through one's prayers amar Myesha Moses says verses in Deuteronomy chapter 33 verse 27 when I look in Kevin there is a sanctuary for God where is that sanctuary for God where does God manifest in the world Elias throw this is a reference to the people of Israel Shabazz whose son never Harlem in their merit the world was created by Leila Allam I made and upon them upon the Jewish people the world stands it's because of the Jewish people the world stands and that God manifests in the world Robbie I mer Rebbe says he quotes the second half of that verse by a garish pinaka leave that God causes the enemy to be sent away Zimmerman this is a reference to a man who was the antagonist of the Purim story ich sarva wave home on it refers in our verse in Deuteronomy - the enemy refers to Haman as the enemy the lammott sarva of' why is he referred to as a Tsar which is an oppressor and an enemy Sarla Milan so there's a dual aspect here he is an oppressor so to speak to the above to Hashem to God volume limit on needs an enemy to those below to the Jewish people Sarla of ossie oppresses the patriarch so I'll give the bonhomie is an enemy of their children sadly he is an oppressor to me says God Diwali of Lacan he's an enemy to you so he has to be destroyed now I'm gonna skip a little bit in the mesh measures quotes two verses later the end of this blessing of motion of Moses it says vodka by Massimo Sidra refers to the fact that we will trample over all of their exalted ones all of the exalted ones of the nations of the world we may mortify times the Mauritian Amer the verse says become an SL a bush the SS us we see that Mordecai became higher in a certain sense he was trampling he was riding on his horse and he was made high above the kings he was wearing the very clothing of the king meat garland Mordecai love led aagadu Lazos what caused Mordecai to be able to come to this greatness now listen carefully because this is the center of the idea that I'd like to share with you what caused him to have this greatness to be raised up mr Seamus Paula Bahasa I will tell you that the reason is because he was praying at every moment he was using this power of devar of words of prayer of Bethy of tears and he was using it at every moment even when it would have seemed unnecessary shenana the verse tells us mordecai a disclosure nasa the verse speaks about the fact that mordecai knew all that was going on even though it was happening behind closed doors he knew that hominin made this deal with a hush forgiving him this money and he knew that the Jewish people were in danger and as a result he put on sackcloth and he started to cry and call out to God now things moved and things changed as the story progressed but he didn't change what he was doing me Akash Watts when we could do love even after he saw that he was that he had received greatness he had been given this horse he had been given these clothings he was rising up he was going up lo hagas libo his heart didn't get expanded he didn't you didn't get the overly excited like oh my my not feel he didn't stop praying meaning he saw that things were going well he saw that things were heading in a good direction but he didn't see the full salvation yet he didn't stop praying a Yasha Mordecai the verse tells us that even after he had been placed upon his horse etc he went back to his place shame shall hiya Maithili went back to what he was doing before he continued to pray he continued to be focused on his prayers and asking God for salvation amazing thing Vanessa National Kiva is color ELISA Ella the verse refers to fact in Deuteronomy chapter 30 verse 7 Hashem is going to cause very challenging and difficult things curses to Kurt to occur Liliha not upon UL Oliveros enough assured of Fuuka it's gonna happen to your enemies to those who hate you those who have been running after you attacked America merits Fela love are you supposed to stop praying at that point just because bad stuff is happening to your enemies don't stop praying l Maxie bocharov what does the verse say afterwards Matata shoe fisherman Tokoloshe am you need to go back to where you were before and listen to the voice of God meaning you need to focus and pray and continue to ask God for salvation until it's complete Christian awesome Mordecai just as Mordecai did by llamo Rafael Sharmila the verse says he went back you shall Sacco toñito you went back even though it seemed like things were going his way still went back to his prayer to his crying to his sack cloth to his fasting the caffeine America hooey mocking the volume that's what the verse tells us take with yourselves words Animesh finishes off Afghan whoever's $1 in regards to iron a kind regards to the priests it says the same words this is the manner this is what needs to be done the words need to be done official latest article - pro kleh iron what was it that caused aren't to be to appease Hashem as it were what allowed him to have grace in front of God Elliot's feeling was only through prayer she never over iron a son of hashim avoid lush meadow Hashem had been angry at our own as a result of causing the Jewish people or being involved in the Jewish people's sin of the golden calf it was words it was prayer Zadar it's this matter it's the words the prayers that Aaron would pray that would bring about forgiveness for himself and for the Jewish people so we see you're an amazing thing we see an awesome idea that they are clothing what is the clothing represent the clothing represents the greatness of the person it represents his exalted status you know it's like when you see a king and you see a great person you see somebody who is very respected someone who has great power in the world it makes a person willing and ready to do whatever they say if a famous person would ask you to do something you would do it in a moment and that that point that idea is represented by the the special stones that were on the breastplate of the coin of the high priest represented by his special clothing his kingly clothing here's a person who whatever he whatever he asks you to do you're gonna do what he says in a certain sense he's godly if Hashem would reveal himself to you and say this is what I want you to do you wouldn't think twice you would of course want to do whatever God asks now that's the power someone who's a great person and that's represented by the clothing that he wears that shows us that he's a great person and the measures tells us an amazing thing that despite the clothing despite the greatness despite the good luck so to speak the good direction that Mordecai saw things were headed he didn't stop he didn't stop praying because what is the reason why he has that power what is the reason that good things are going on where they were speaking about Mordecai or they were speaking about the kahan and the priests and specifically Aaron where is the grace coming from where is the connection to God coming from where is the goodness flowing from it's flowing because of the prayer that's of the Magisters telling us now what happens in prayer why did Mordecai continue praying and look it's it she should have realized everything was going right everything was okay Mordecai continued praying because the prayer that Fela is that which causes us or gives us a recognition our the fact that everything is from God as long as I'm in a state of she would of servitude to God of submission to God of surrender to God as long as I'm in that place so it's nice to have car bonus it's a beautiful thing to have sacrifices it's a beautiful thing to wear clothing that represents that I am somebody who serves God but the true depth of where bazhanov are where's the true depth where do I really show that I'm in servitude to God and allow that flow of godliness into my life it's through the prayer because the prayer is where I show where I admit to God where I'm Ida I admit to guy thank God I admit that I can't do it on my own that's where the flow comes and that's where God will manifest himself and reveal himself in my life I become a place where God manifests in the world and all of the challenges and difficulties which are represented by the hammam by the enemies by those who wish to oppress me really to oppress God so to speak not allow God into the world all those places disappear because I have allowed God into myself and I have allowed God into the world I want to bless you and please bless me Shem should help us recognize in the amazing power of prayer poem is a special time for us to pray we can ask God for anything anything important God answers us important it's a tremendous time my Shem should help us to make use of this special time of Purim and to recognize that the true power the true power comes when we allow a Shems power into our lives 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 you