Vayakhel-Pekudei - The Good and the Bad

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with our Eagle drag recorded with the shims never-ending assistance in aroma in my shoes real 5780 2020 this week's Varsha is purchased by yakiniku day and I'd like to share with you a thought that's connected to the parsha of course and something which I believe will help us in the challenge we are all facing with the worldwide situation but success call kaha Malave there was a command God gave to Moshe Rabbeinu to ask all those who had the wisdom of heart in order to be able to create the different parts of the Mishkan to create the Calum but Salo all kinds of craftsmen people who had tremendous talents and it's very interesting this Choice Awards kakum lave Kaka means wise lave of heart the measure she tells us like this something very strange at first and when we begin to understand and examine the language precisely and carefully we see there's an amazing concert that's going on here Deborah Kerr Kaka calm lave what his idea of kaha calmly how thou who did safe measures says this is what it means when it says in the verse Chikara and ivanova i am black and i'm beautiful plastic and shear shear him it's the song of songs chapter 1 verse 5 Quran Ivanova what is idea black generally represents black with sin or black with something that's not beautiful so what doesn't mean that I'm black and I'm beautiful we fight a lot manova does the measure if you're black if there's something wrong if there's some discoloration here going on so then what does it mean that it's beautiful if he is Clara Nava is there something which is black the word the color black always represents negativity morning etc how could be black and also be beautiful Allah I reckon SEC sorrow kanessa ctrl says and this is essential Knesset Easter L means the gathering the congregation of Israel we need to understand the concept of the gathering the congregation of the people of Israel what does that idea we'll get to that soon one recognizes Israel the the congregation of Israel says Clara and Eva Masai Renova neba massa voice I I am black in my actions and I'm beautiful when it comes to the actions of my grandparents my grandparents meaning there is a recognition on the part of the Jewish people that although I've done wrong nevertheless Hashem sees me is beautiful because of this who year it's the merits of my great-grandparents the others I don't sling and yak of their great merits shut him to twelve tribes the Jewish people the sacrifice of the Jewish people throughout the generations even though we're not doing per se but we would like to be doing there's a whereas because a black aspect there's an aspect of non beauty nevertheless Hashem sees its is beautiful because he looks the actions of our grandparents that's one aspect of the Shoah and ivanova black and beautiful how am i both like we said because of my actions might be bad but the actions of my grandparents were beautiful another example of a system in Iran you may try but not a bit army BC and I clash early Russian a7ii Sh'ma there's something that was the the motion here explain this slightly different in the language of actual measure itself but there was a blackness omits rhyme it was something I did wrong omits rhyme I served idolatry and there was a beauty in its rhyme which was that when a Shem said to to take the carbon Pesach to put the blood on to the doorposts etc to do the circumcision the Mila so I did those things so there was a negative thing that I did and there was something positive that I did okay and I'm black and I'm beautiful I've done something wrong and I'm also beautiful I've done something dark we could say and I'm still beautiful and also at heart Sina there was something negative which was the my set a goal which was the sin of the golden calf as we spoke about last week there was also something positive which was the fact that we said not sevenish ma we said the guy that we're willing to do the commandments even before we even heard what they were clear on elem so there was something negative at Yosef should never have I am around yum yum Beyonc if there was a rebellion the Jewish people were afraid as they saw the Egyptians coming they were afraid and therefore they rebelled against God for neva neva armory is that Katie Vaughn Vega nevertheless after the amazing miracle the splitting of the sea the Jewish people said wow this is my god and I would glorify him so something negative alongside something positive in the same situation should i neva my CIA goin Avenue in my son Myshkin there was something black there's something negative about the fact that I served the idolatry of the of the of the eagle and yet i rectified it this is Chloe's row we rectified it with the my side Myshkin with creating the Mishkan trying to be sure everybody was Cavani metallus sure but not only be sure sure I guess of II's there was something negative that was created with the cost of the ox or the animal choose the a gal the hey hey I got this in the Golden Calf but it was rectified through the shore to the Ox I was bored as a Corbin as a sacrifice in the Mishkan so we have the dual aspect something negative alongside something positive and the magic she finishes off Clara and even Michigan shanem our team as Macduff even on even Michigan I asked to call her calmly of an amazing thing the Jewish people at a later time so versed in your head skill in Ezekiel chapter 23 verse verse 38 the Jewish people did something negative they were mad Tommy the Michigan they caused impurity in the temple and yet there was a beauty in the Michigan which was the aspect of calm life which we set which we mentioned at the beginning the the wise of heart that there was an outpouring of a desire to give one's talents and was craftsmanship to the Michigan to the temple okay that's the first part of the mesh and the mesh needs understanding of course what aside the Ezra set of kanessa sees through all of the gathering the congregation of the people of Israel what is the idea of this this duality here where we have a negative thing that happens in the same place it's something positive and there's a rectification of sources emotion explained here in the majors what is the idea and how does that connect a calm lave what is the idea of as we said at the very beginning how does it connect to the idea of kahan lave that there's a wise of hearts what is what is this duality is there a duality here and before I continue I want to point out that there's a duality in Hakam Leyva's well the idea of Kaufman is distinct from the idea of lave lave his heart lave his emotion and ladies also lave mavin his idea of be no the idea of intuitive understanding karma is but intuitive understanding karma wisdom is something which is beyond that it's it's it's the the raw wisdom itself it's not something that I figure it out it's the the letter of the law so to speak it's the concepts themselves with bina with intuition I'm able to apply those concepts to other places where I didn't know that they apply but Kaufman and bina are different veena is intuitive veena is emotion and hakama is wisdom raw intellect beyond emotion okay so they're really two different aspects that are coming together which are opposite aspects in a certain sense and I believe that that has to do with the idea here of sugar the nava of blackness and beauty of darkness darkness and spirituality and yet alongside beauty okay so that's just a hint hint to what to where we're headed but we need to understand what is this duality what is this contry distinction of beauty verses negativity of wisdom versus intuition and what is the idea of knesset astrology said okay so now the message continues with also very pleaded very difficult to understand statements mom and lock all you Aisin says the Meldrick what melaka were you doing what was the idea of calmly what was the melaka here what was the the craftsmanship that was required which involved crime wave which involved wisdom and involved intuition so the measure says something which doesn't make sense it at the first glance I learn a mock save what is the public save is a statue my shirt Tikku may eat um this is the trauma this is the offering that you are to take from them so Knesset Israel Shh Schumer this is the congregation of Israel again the measure chooses this language is a congregation of Israel so he trauma which is the that which was donated Shannara coach Israel Hashem races to uh say the Jewish people are called the first of God where the highest aspect of God we are like the the Cohen the priest of the nation's we're the ones preach in a certain sense through our actions through our good deeds we're the ones who represent Hashem in the world okay we the ratios to us and we're the first we're the ones that God donates as it were the first of the produce that's the Jewish people are very difficult to understand what does it mean what is idea of the congregation amis are coming together and what is the idea that we are the first of God's true MA we are God's donation to the world so to speak that's what it sounds like and and I'll mention also here one of them a fortune and the measure she explained that when the Jewish people resisted schewe takumi a tongue it wasn't just the money that they were giving as a donation to the Mishkan but rather through giving that money they were donating themselves they were donating themselves that also needs beer we'll see if we can get them explaining that as well java class of 2nd st she throw measures has another difficult to understand statement the goal is silver that was given this is the congregation of israel shanem arabic says configuring an equable kesef to met the puck in turn refers to the wings of a dove which are covered with silver and the jewish people are reference to as silver reference to as gold unfortunately explained elsewhere where the jewish people are referred to as a muscle as an analogy we referred to as a dove we were God's perfect dove silver gold covered with silver covered with gold what is the idea when the flesh is heir to throw magic continues and says a further challenging statement another challenging statement nauseous what was the nauseous the bronze that was given to the Mishkan as a trauma as a donation so reference to the Land of Israel she never Mahara ritesh's the Land of Israel from its mountains you shall quarry bronze okay so what is what is this stuff what is the what is the silver and the gold here Jewish people what is the bronze the Land of Israel Kahless there were other true money's there were other things that were given Kahless was the blue dyed wool so Knesset says the man - what's the blue died will represent it also represents the Jewish people she never - no Matsuzaka no facility less where to put the blue wool represents us this is our at this is our uniform the Jewish people's uniform is this blue dyed wool so the blue dyed wool is the congregation of Israel once again and then measures has further more about our gum on Vitelli Shawnee these purp the purple walls the red ball wool is oaken ecstasy strong again it's a congregation of its ocean Emmer I'll treat Eliyahu refers to the Jewish people as tall as king who - uh nice of society refers to this this type of these types of wool the Jewish people are referred to in this way no I'm I'm sorry who the rig mas um we've also find in regards to the are gum on the the purple wool that's the Jewish people what is the idea here that all of the different aspects of the Mishkan represent the congregation of Israel are coming together the people of Israel last thing the rockers of another a possible explanation what is the gold and silver and the bronze represent serves Avraham it's Abraham genève con Makeev shana ishq Azov he went through the fiery furnace just like gold goes through a fiery furnace he was tested the kesef what's the silver the it's Huck it's Isaac chanita Becca chef shanita chef Casella Gavin's bad he was placed upon the altar just like just like silver where he was purified on the altar like silver is purified when the hushes a yeah kai-shan mr and the bronze refers represents jacob Shannara neha she may retain a sham eagle DeLuca the Torah uses a word Laban when he realizes that it was you that was yak of sorry who was bringing blessings into his house he's as nice a she I was able to check out with my magic and I saw that it was unique a she is the same word as nauseous which means bronze and I'm a dreamer a little shamey of course the man was saying to us please learn me up try to understand what's going on try it on the same other trying to say so let's try to understand what's going on here and I think there's an amazing deep idea here that's so powerful and so on important for us to understand where we are and where we're headed and what we're trying what what should we be trying to focus on as we face off with this incredible event that's going on in the world and I want to share with you just quickly in one minute my Russia Shiva said I my pair said in a voddy esterday which I listened to this morning he said that we are witnessing an amazing mind-boggling event in the world we're a witnessing an unparalleled event where the world is completely frightened because of its fear all of the entire world is coming to a halt all business or financial things everyone is hiding in their houses everything is coming to an amazing halt it's it's a historic moment and we need to take heed we need to realize it I call this bar who God himself has come down into the world and placed the fear into all of our hearts and we need to step back and we need to recognize it and we need to try to inculcate into ourselves the lessons the shamans tried to teach us and what is the lesson so I want to tell you I thought that I've been having throughout this week is something that my wife said she was my I heard this idea in my mind and there's something that's going on it is a shirah of innova there's something that's dark there's something that's challenging and there's something that's beautiful going on at the same time Clara it's so dark it's so difficult it's so hard to understand what's going on and not just me sad as I mentioned previously not just from the point of view of the fact that they're people getting sick in there are there people that we know not just that but from the other side of it there's something amazingly beautiful and whether it's because now we have some time to be with our family whether it's now we have some time to introspect and think mrs. Boyd it'd be by ourselves out of the busyness of the world out of the noise of the world but there's something else which i think is amazing and if you're an artist rel you don't know that this is going on and if you're not in Excel you might not even be aware of it but in Arizona right now we have been having the most rain I think we've had it maybe in 50 years and maybe in a hundred years the most rain that we've ever had the King area has filled up full to capacity already a month ago and we've had rain since they were talking about them that they might be bringing up the dam to stop the water from overflowing the people of area not only were they that worried about but they were ecstatic that they might be flooded because of so much rain now it's a big kasha it's very hard to understand and if you think about it also in light of the we were talking about two months ago everything was that was going on had to do with Trump's deal of the century had to do with we're finally gonna annex all of the Jewish areas in the West Bank you know like that - uh Merlin's be precise like that that we've quieted down from that we're not talking about that because we're all focused on the on this the crazy things that are going on but I just want to point out and this is important and this has to do with calm lave has to do with wisdom versus intuition and has to do is hire of another as Dukan SEC strong and explain very soon how it does but side by side side by side this is our colors for who does things when there's a negative situation when there's a situation which is tremendously difficult Hashem places c-money me places signs in our path which are obvious and the only reason that we won't notice it is because our eyes are not open that there's beauty alongside the darkness it's so important it's so essential right now at this moment it's not a coincidence that last week we read about the a go and this week we read about the Michigan and that's what this measure should saying imagines you're saying number one that when we when we do a sin when we do this incredible sinner or the Canada a go but notice immediately afterwards we rectify it with the Michigan with the with the selfless giving that the Jewish people do and by doing that when we notice that yes there's negative of course there is yes there's difficult yes there's challenge and I'm not minimizing it because I'm also facing it just like everyone else when it comes to the financial matters and fear around causing anybody in our vicinity are our parents anyone around us to get sick so we have that fear but alongside it there are so many blessings or Hashem we have family baka Shem we have people to support us baka Shem we have community in our community might be it's it's hard to connect it to the community right now but we have community whether it's online whether it's through the phone whether it's through our whatsapp groups whatever it is we have people who we can connect with and discuss and talk about these challenges and we have rain and the rain is first of all it represents the fact that hecklers for who is bringing to us financial prosperity and here in excess well I want to point out that was just a few months ago that they started sending this natural gas which is an incredible incredible source of income for Erick's Easter off the land of Israel so side by side with Hashem pulling the rug out from under our feet so to speak I wish for who is also showing a size and we got to keep our eyes open for them hi Ronnie VIN Nava there's there's negative things going on here there are perhaps you know we can't understand why it's going on you know there's there's negativity there's the various that we've done there's the fear of the hey Dagon there's our current a various personally every single one of us needs to think about that and we need to just like a customer who shows us hey there's financial problems going on but I promise you I'm showing you C Mon them a financial prosperity also for the Jewish people we got to look out for that in our own personal lives in our own personal challenges we need to see and look for the place in rush M is helping us there's the Schreyer on Ivanova and here's we get to the idea of calmly calmly comma and Deena are two opposite spectrums one we could call him male wisdom the Gemara wisdom the intellectual wisdom the way halakhah the way it's supposed to be and then we have the female wisdom which is the intuition which is the understanding of things reading between the lines also knowing where to step back and not be so tough right the father is the one who's very tough makes the rules the mother I'm saying generally speaking the mother is the one who says how come you got you got a patch come my little dear I'm gonna give you a hug I'm gonna give you a kiss Oh yo yo yo yo we have a hakama and we have the we have the raw wisdom and we have the intuitive wisdom the craftsmanship that comes from the side of bina the the music the art all of these things and they seem to be a clash they seem to be a clash they seem to be a steerer now in the base timing that you have something called Knesset Israel an FCC Israel is a bringing together of these opposite aspects these opposite forces the male force and the female force chochmah binah coming together we have Knesset zero we have the bringing together of all the different parts of climb through all the different pieces each one with their special talents we have the wise people we have the not so wise people we have the talented people we have the not so talented people we have all different parts of Claus will come together that's called Knesset Israel it's the back and forth it's the shock I Ronnie it's the negative things that we've done side by side with the positive things that we've done and we have both of those things we come into this world and in order to have become you know to have free choice we have to be able to choose what's wrong and we also have to be able to rectify that and there's a back and forth there's something that we've done wrong and there's something that we do to rectify it there's this back and forth and there's a coming together of the opposite forces that's represented by the shirani the gum nava I've done something wrong and I've also done something right and we're asking at Kadesh berroco to look at the positive Hashem yes we've done the kata ago yes we've done what's wrong but look at the Mishkan look we've done we were we were I've they have a desire in mitzraim we served idolatry in Egypt but look we said we did this mixer of the carbon Pesach yes at her c9 we did the hey tango but at her senior we also said not seven ish my focus on the positive focus on the good the back and forth back and forth back and forth look at the good look at the good yes there's tough times happening and it's it's it's not so clear when it's going to get better yes there's tough times but look at the good just like what you want a shrimp to look at our good Hashem wants us to look at the good that's going on that's what's going on in the second part of the mesh as well Klaus RL is Claudius oil is the kanessa C's rel the gathering together of the the opposite aspects that's I cook that's where we are we are that brought together aspect I can't really explain this point I believe I've gone into it at length in speaking about Yaakov Aveeno as the all-inclusive aspect and in speaking about Claudius rosio inclusive aspect of all of the nations that's the idea of the number 71 Yaakov is the 71st college girls at 71st it's all inclusive aspect I can't get into it at length right here but it's this it is the concept of Knesset er L is this bringing together of all the pieces Claudius RL is the lights unto the nations it's the soul of the nation's that's what the Jewish people is and that's the trauma the Truman is giving of ourselves coming together in the Michigan it's the highest aspect it's the type it's the good that we want to call - well cool to see in us and we want to see in all of the nation's that's call you Sorrell we are the light in the nation's and it's it's the light that the nation's are supposed to follow and it's also whether it's Australia's artists rel is the the place where everything comes together in the entire world the oil of the sheva all of the goodness in Assam wants to send down into the world the influx it also comes into the world through arity Sorrell through that this is the place where it's the combined place it's a place of combining of coming together this aspect of calm calm lave wisdom intuition coming together it's the aspect of Knesset astrology ælis is the Russian cold it's all inclusive interesting I haven't really thought about it but somehow it's in a sour gum on and the blue and those and the purple wool tawny the red wool etc there's an all-inclusive aspect in that and that's who I am is like an Yaakov were they were the progenitors of the Jewish people they were the they contained within them all of the spiritual calculus the spiritual power that would eventually manifest through the twelve tribes of the people of Israel and through the six hundred thousand souls of the people of Israel that coming together of all of those souls all those aspects focusing on the positive focusing on the positive and each and every person around us now is the time of challenge now is the time when it's easy to become upset because we don't have our needs per se now at the time when it's easy to we're disconnected from all those around us in a certain sense and therefore in a physical sense and therefore it's so important to focus on the positive to focus on all the things that are good in our lives to focus on the fact that we have our families to focus on the fact that we have our health to focus on the fact you know if you look at the numbers it's it's terrible it's terrible the people who get a 10% 10% of the people are dying but 90% of the people are fine ninety percent that's a lot of good that's a lot of good and it's and it's so easy to focus on that small percentage which is bad Chris Paul who is saying Clara clozaril says Ryan Ivanova there's darkness and there's beauty focus on the beauty focus on the good focus on the ring focus on the plenty focus on the positive things in your lives I want to bless you and ask you to bless me Hashem should help us to be able to indeed recognize the nava the beauty that's there recognize that that the part of life is this up and down and that even if we're in a state of down right now there's always a promise to you Rita let's Eric alia we're going down in order to get to an even higher place at a future point 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.carmensognonvi.com/newsletter [Music] you