Ari Goldwag - Vayelech-Yom Kippur - Lengthening Lifespans

you're listening to the weekly parsha podcast recorded with a gems never-ending assistance in 5777 2016 this week sparta is parshas viola and before we get into the part I just want to thank all those who have contributed to my safer more Hashem thank god we've already passed the $2,000 mark and we're getting ever closer to my big goal of $10,000 I want to encourage all those who'd like to see that happen to be part of it to go onto my website onto the contact page of Ari Gold like calm and there there's a donate button and you can just press that give the donation of your choice and let me know that that's for the book so thanks again now I'd like to share with you a thought on this week's part also connected very much sesame to be the 10 days of repentance and Yom Kippur that upcoming day of atonement that day when we make a Shem our King this entire time is the time when we're focusing on the fact that we make Hashem our King that we focus our lives on serving as Shem so let's focus for a moment on the parsha Torah tells us this isn't part of a yellow chapter 31 verse 14 by mr schima Moshe God says to Moses Hancock we Emeka alamos your time your days are coming near to pass on from the world cries oh sure call out to joshua vcr Sumalee about Savino come stand in tent of meeting and I will command you my gala how many of Shirley's yachts were muddied the verses tell us about this conversation that Hashem has that God has between between himself and Joshua and Moses and now what's interesting is the language of the verse in referring to the fact that Moshe was soon going to die he was 120 years old as the verses tell us the very beginning of the parsha in telling us that he's coming it's it's the time is coming from to pass from the world it doesn't say explicitly it's come your time to die but if you read the verse carefully the words almost indicate that it's the days that are coming to die and I'm trying to understand what's the concept here what does it mean that Moses his days are coming to die so the mattress shares with us an amazing thought an amazing idea the measures you know we find that an iam the retirement come alkaloid machinery Malcolm I hear that words of Torah are sometimes weak in one place but strong or another another place so there's a measure which I'd like to share with you but it's actually also am a Jewish besides from being in our pressure it's also in Co Hollis in ecclesiastes and it actually is actually much more extensive much more detailed in that magician that's the Magister that I'd like to share with you but it's very much connected to our parsha and the question that the measure she addresses the question of whether it's possible for a person to live longer than his appointed amount of time on Rosh Hashanah and on Yom Kippur we speak about the fact the Hashem judges the world he decides who's going to live this coming year who's going to have a life of goodness who's going to be rich who's going to be poor I shall also judges as as we say me be Keith say I mean labor could say who is going to pass from this world in his time and he's gonna pass in this world not in his time meaning there's a certain amount of time that a person is it's it's given to that person to live a certain amount of years Moshe Rabbeinu was given 120 years to live and now the question is some people are going to pass on before that time before that a point of time because perhaps they've done a sin or there are many other factors that God has of course we can't possibly know all the factors but Hashem decides when a person is gonna go with us before their time or it's at their time but the question is is it possible for a person to live beyond the time that's set for them our verse seems to indicate that Moshe men who died at 120 and the Gemara tells us the time of the sages tell us that there's another verse it says s mispar Yamaha i'ma lay that there's a concept that God fills the lives of the righteous such that they are born and they die on the same day it's a good Martin Rosh Hashana that speaks about this idea and it tells us this idea and it says that Moshe Rabbeinu was born and died on the same day Zion either the seventh day of the month of other he was exactly 120 years that's exactly what the verse tells us been mayor best Mashona our nightly hoy he says I was 120 today on the day that he's about to pass in the world so we see that it's a set amount of time and it seems from our verses that that set amount of time can't be passed it can't be more it's only precisely that amount but actually the measure tells us there's a maha locus an argument between rebek eva and the red button are they keeping the sages as to whether it's possible to live beyond one's appointed years so this is the major shoots in coelus in the third section in in the third chapter in the fourth section it says like this a slit a slum listen there's a time to die measures tells us mais la lettuce he a slum was that from the time that a person is born it's already determined the time that he's supposed to die you shush Adams eyelid who needs are Olive come Hashanah media at the time when a person is born it's the creat upon how many years is going to live in Zaha if he merits Marshall Nash nice of he completes his years in love but if not parks in light mayhem they diminish from the time that he was allotted the service the verse says it's a verse in Michelin proverbs chapter 10 URIs a Shem toy chief yeoman when a person has fear of God it adds days it adds to the time he's able to complete the time that's been allotted for him nice fish I'm dick Sarna and the years of the wicked are shortened the time that a person is on this earth depends upon his deeds captive Arabic Eva these are the words of the sage Romaic Eva Robin and Omron the sages say no Ames akka myseif in law right what is the verse say initially in Proverbs it refers to the fact that you're a sham ty sofia meant that the fear of God will add years and that it's an indication of the fact that it's possible to have more than ones a lot of time in lav mics and lavish nerve but if a person has not married so he ends up with less time Eames Akamai see Finlay how do we know this was another place where we see this idea that if a person merits so he ends up with more time Shannon reservoir says it's a verse in Isaiah chapter 38 in any choice of a Yamaha Commissioner Shana here first of the fact the king even though he had sinned and he had done certain others but nevertheless he was able through chuhwa through repentance to rescind the decree and add on 15 years to his life so we see that it's possible to add on years to one's life Ammar Lajo however beekeeper responded and said Michelle oh you see falow don't think that he was getting more years than it was originally intended for him you should know that the years that were added on were the years that he was originally supposed to have if he had not sinned now I'm going to skip a little bit here and I would like to show you this story that the major springs which is to prove the concept of the eye the other Hama of the sages that they said that it's possible for a person to live longer than the set amount of time that was set for him when he was born so the marriage brings his story amazing story nice to be echoed Megiddo let's see poori here's a story of a particular great person who lived in a place called Safari which is in the North Shore bustle like Mila you had the opportunity to make a circumcision ceremony for his sunny I just had a baby for although I'm shy I into anal Hobday and the people from this particular place called int aina came to honor him but Allah I'm Amish women Halawa Ben ha laughter was a great sage came along with them as Lamech I'm a mitzvah served axalta they came to the place where they were fulfilling the commandment a bris Mila and when they got there waha voyda me a new car masculine camara teak the father of the child was giving them ancient wine according to the magician our parsha was seven year old wine for our Marcia Tony had an convert over and he said to them drink of this very fine wine the ANA rockets pomorie dish man he said an amazing thing I believe I completely depend on the master of the world meaning God Damini I know masculine I mean much to say then I'm going to use this very same wine at my son's wedding this baby's wedding I'm going to give you of this wine to drink as well Vilano beret and all of the people present responded to his statement and tsukishima chef nasty lebra's just like you brought him to fulfill this commandment of the Brits of the circumcision cockney sailor Tyrell a Koopa so may merit to bring him to be able to learn the Torah become a bar mitzvah to fulfill the commandments and to marry off your child under the Hopa mean chameleon when he heard the voice of these words meaning when he heard the sound of these words nothing of Sherman Halawa mahasaya fisherman caliph de went out at night it wasn't customary for people so much to go out at night there were people who could attack them etc but nevertheless he felt strengthened by all that had happened there the mitzvahs that had been done the commandments that had been fulfilled by the words of faith in God that had been said by the prayers and he went out now who did he meet when he went out that night parvesh Li Honda Brio so he meant a particular agent people's agent that's the literal translation but as the measures tells us in our parsha it's referring to the maloja Mabus he met the Angel of Death emerl a mean became da tune rats in a low echoing Tavia a to napkin a shorter leash ah Malcolm of his turn to remember Halawa the angel of death said to him you're going out at a time which is not such a wise time it's a dangerous time to go out and why are you going out right now it's because you trust and your good deeds you think that your good deeds will be married to protect you so at first remember then hollofson wasn't sure he was talking to he didn't realize so he says to him our lay at man at he said who are you Orellana little tiny debris osa he said I am the agent of people meaning I'm the one who takes care of people as it were on the Molokai mob is the Angel of Death I'm la ville ama up exhibition so rip shimmer Michael Apted noticed that the Molokai Marvis the Angel of Death was upset he said why do you look upset I'm I mean call me like she I saw then a shaman we also call you I'm I'm upset because of the words the tough words that I hear from people each and every day I'll relay my email what exactly are you talking about I'm relay Hadean my new codecs are tuned Yama Dean he's set him like this look I have a job to do and there are people who are messing on my job this particular child who he had his bris today he had his circumcision today Pisgah gabby the NCVS a min ha ha the plus in Yemen I have a decree I have a piece of paper that says on it as it were that that child is supposed to be mine in 30 days from now he's supposed to pass away that child I have I avoid masculine and his father was giving you wine to drink Vollmer ishtam Hamer Tov and he said to you drink this good wine Dinah Rockets will marry the schmeyer because I trust in the mass of the world me Nana masculine I managed to say I'm going to give you this very wine and his wedding pochamma SWOTs vez and the my mother's the angel of death said I heard this and I was upset did Solis in Nevada USA because their prayer the response of all the people present saying that it should be so indeed just like you brought him to this bridge to the circumcision so should you bring him to the timely fulfills the commandments and socially bring him to be married so that very prayer is nullifying to zerah the decree that I have in my pocket I'm supposed to take that child but I'm not going to be able to if they're if their prayer is fulfilled now remember laughter here is this and he says himself this is the the Hamas the angel that has information and he's revealing it cover like hey yeah Haddad maximally Piske I want you to swear to me Superman collector to the angel death that you tell me when I'm supposed to pass on from the world he was telling him about the child he wants to know about himself órale he sent an amazing thing listen carefully I'm really less I know Charlotte Aldi dog like a little Avril I do not have power over you I don't have power over anyone like you I'm really llama so Sherman caller said what do you mean why Omar you said to him the Angel of Death said an amazing thing the Holly of EMI tuned mitzvos every single day you are involved you work hard to study the Torah fulfill the commandments boys and seduce and you give charity a college bar whom I said yummy mal you made him God adds on to the days that you're supposed to be here so I couldn't even tell you based on you know the centum at the time you were supposed to be here because based on your merits you're always getting time added to your lives armored laser beam McHale after heard this and he said he raava me coming coach Aubry who it should be the will of God hey Model S I tell it I'll piss Keenan Kahului O'Hara Shula Evora melanin just like you don't have power over me and my friends because of our good deeds may you also not have power over this child or this baby who was just born because of the prayers that we prayed on his behalf hoo-boy and wrap him in shamaya haya Manuka and after that Shimon halat and his friends prayed indeed on behalf of that child and the child ended up living now just the final point in this marriage Amer be Kiba I be Kiva says my Aloha my sir don't prove anything from this story ain't Lea my salami Comelec I don't want to look at this story so much as the many many verses that indicate not like you you're telling me that it's possible to add on your so your life but I'm going to show you verses that make it clear that there's a set amount that a person can live for it says verse in Exodus chapter 23 s miss Parramatta a male the number of your days I will fill Sharon moyshe coming misses us of a comet sedullus we know that Moses how many Commandments did he fulfill how many righteous acts did he do how much charity did he give will be safe from them are like what does it say about him in the end hane cover you Mahalo most are verse your time has come to pass on from the world so he sees his Ruby Akiva that there's a certain amount of time that a person is set that they're supposed to be in this world Moshe was said to be a four hundred and twenty years so sham filled his life gave him every single last moment that he was supposed to have and it happened of course because of the fact that he the righteous acts that he was involved in causing others to do righteous etc but you can't get more than amount that is set for you now in reading this Meldrick the point that I want to bring out from it the thing that I see that stands out for me it's not so much whether it's possible to add on to one's life or not to me that's not the main point of the Midrash what is the main point of the metric is that if a person wants the merits have time in this world the person wants to be able to live a long life in this world so the way that a person merits that is through prayer it's through good deeds it's through charity through all of these things and it's so apropos to be speaking about this idea during that service to meet you over the 10 days of repentance as we say in the prayer service on Rosh Hashanah on Yom Kippur that Hashem is deciding now based on our actions of the previous year but also based on what's happening at this time depending on how we behave during these 10 days of repentance Shem is deciding who is going to live out this year who's going to live out the amount of time that was set for him when he was born who is not going to live at that time who is not going to merit to have an extended life etc but the idea is how does one merit with sueschubert soufeel Otsuka like we say in the dominating the prayers that it's true through repentance which means acting in a proper way changing one's ways changing the things that we've done wrong chuhwa repentance and it's through - fela through prayer and it's through charity sadaqah giving to others Knesset kindness is through these things and as the mother harvest the Angel of Death himself told of Sherman Halawa he was upset it makes the angel of death upset as it were he can't do his job when when we are doing what we're supposed to be doing the angel of death can't do his job when we pray with a full heart we hear someone say a blessing that someone should have good things come to them and we responded to say a mane so it should be God's will we say that sincerely when we come to a bris we come to a circumcision ceremony of a friends and we see those words just like this child has merited to come into the bris he's had this bris so may he come into the Covenant of Torah and to the Covenant of a relationship with his wife one day when we say that wholeheartedly we are helping that person we have to believe in the power of prayer we have to believe in the power of good deeds and good actions to extend their life because Hashem is looking at us amazing thing I saw her climb Friedlander speaks about the idea what is the judgment on Rosh Hashanah what's the judgment on yom kippur what's going on in this time shamans are looking at us and he's saying how much does this person bring about covet mouthwash or mine how much does this person bring my honor into the world how much this person manifests my will in the world Hashem looks at each and every one of us and says you know if this person is doing a good job playing his role in the past year in my plan so then I'm gonna give him that role to continue to do in the coming year and if heaven forbid a person is not doing that so Shem says well this person is not fulfilling their role it's time to move on so to the degree that we show Hashem that we are interested in the role we are interested in being someone who represents God in the world who manifests God's will in the world we are willing to be servants of the King to that degree so that we show him that through chuhwa repentance roots Fela through prayer through sadaqa/charity and precedent kindness to the degree that we do that Hashem says okay this is a person who I'd like to have continued to represent me in the world I'd like to bless you and please bless me back of Shem should help us that we should indeed be able to take the opportunity which is presented to us an ostomy Chuba recognize look at the examples that we have like a most German / Moses who filled up his life was so much good and merited to live such a long life Shem should help us to recognize the opportunities that we have both now and throughout the year shrim should help us to be able to utilize those opportunities and indeed merit to have the blessing of this versus Mizpah Yamaha male that our lives be filled filled with good deeds filled with kindness filled with God's will I thank you so much for listening have a wonderful Shabbos and a Gemara cosima Tovah 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] you