Ari Goldwag - Vayera - Avraham and Sodom

you're listening to the weekly parsha podcast with Ari Gold I recorded with Russians never-ending assistance in Ramallah shamash Israel 5778 2017 this week's parshas parshas Vieira and I'd like to draw our attention to an amazing deep and essential something that goes on in our parsha and really it's gone on already in in last week's parsha as well and it's the relationship of a from Avenue to the city of Saddam that area of cinnamon amaura and that relationship is expressed in a number of different ways which are intriguing and really need an understanding in the previous partition so we had a from Avenue first of all separating from load low twos his prodigy his protege goes to Saddam ends up there ends up living there and ends up captured when the during the War of the kid the four kings and the five kings and avril lavigne o Abraham himself ends up saving the people of Sudan of course his nephew Lo and in our parsha so we have first of all very interesting connection which I'm not going to get get into at length here I have spoken about in the past but the very angels who come to bheemavaram knows to him and to Sarah that's that's actually an important point really because he already knew Hashem had already informed him that he was going to have a child but those angels who are coming to inform really Sarah ma knows Sarah they go on to destroy Saddam and save loads avril lavigne was given an opportunity to pray on behalf of the people of saddam hashem says i can't just destroy Saddam without informing Avraham without affording it informing Abraham so Avram Dobbins he's not successful in his prayers because the people of Sonoma are really not not righteous at all but indeed we see that Avraham Avinu is intimately bound connected to Saddam and I Maura and I want to understand what is the idea behind that connection was the depth of the idea of that connection what does it come to teach us also and it's very much connected we find that the Jewish people throughout history we've always been we've always been sent into exile as Hashem promised Avram Aveeno in last week's part in the wristband of asaram the Jewish people are going to find themselves in exile they're gonna find themselves in a land which isn't theirs give me strangers in a strange land and they're gonna be worked to the bone they're going to be slaves there but afterwards they come out with miracles and they are saved but what is the idea that the Jewish people have to go into goes that we have to go into exile that we have to go not only into an exile but into the Exile of a place which is the most powerful Egypt at the time was the most powerful power in the in the known world and the Jews throughout history have always been you know whether it's a story of Esther the story the Jewish people in Persia where Persia was the power at the time or whether it was the Jewish people up till today in the Western countries in America etc the Jewish people always find themselves we always find ourselves in these exiles that are places which are powerful which what is the idea behind the exiles what is the idea behind the fact that the Jews go to these places also I won't understand and this is actually the key to understanding all the questions we've asked until now I want to understand the relationship between Avram and sorry Emanuel and this is an idea which I've shared a number of years ago but I want to bring it back because I think it really gives us a depth of understanding what's going on and abro Vino's relationship with sid known and then the Jewish people's relationship with Egypt and the Jewish people's relationship with any host country that they find themselves in and and of course our relationship with almost all in with the nations of the world at large generally because even when we are central we have become centered and artists through the Land of Israel we still serve and we will serve when the Messiah comes when Messiah arrives we will still serve in the same capacity we will serve the same purpose what is the idea here so let's look for a moment at Sarah and Avraham Abram and saw Abraham and Sarah their relationship is very interesting and we need to understand it Avram Avena we look at last week's part shaman forms Abraham that that he and Sarah are going to have a child amazing thing ivan is a hundred years old Sarah is gonna be 90 years old Sarah no longer has her period she's not able to conceive in a natural way and yet a Shem tells Avram an amazing miracle is going to occur they're going to have a child however my Vina laughs he just can't believe it it's some amazing it's an amazing it's amazing news and that's lasting sparks but in this week's partial in a Shem sends angels to inform sorry men who interestingly they don't inform her directly because Sarah can't hear it directly but rather a from Aveeno is told in she hears from the oil she hears from the tent she hears it by the way so sorry you may know is informed and she laughs as well but when she laughs so Sherman says why did you laugh lemon said suhaka Sarah and Sarah says I didn't laugh interesting conversation first of all HACC and when I remove inna laughs Hashem doesn't say anything but when sorry maida laughs I shouldn't uh say something so Fazal our sages tell us and if you look at uncle Asst uncle who says points out that there's a difference because when Adam Levine laughs it says vaca D he rejoiced but the language the translation of the word but when Sarah laughs is that she laughs in disbelief she didn't think that it was going to happen so but the problem with this the difficulty is that Avril Lavigne ooh we find so it sounds like his neva his his prophecy is stronger he's the one who gets the prophecy if she only hears it by the way and he believes it she doesn't even believe it it comes to Sarah however we find that it's not true we find that Sarah's the one with the stronger prophecy where do we see that we see that in this whisper as well because Hashem says to avril lavigne okasha time of the Hazara Shimabukuro ela sorry I'm a no sorry you may know our matriarch so she said something to her lovino she saw that year suck and you smell there was something going on in that relationship that wasn't good Shmuel was having a bad effect on him or Schmoll was doing negative things with him sorry says this boy you smell has to go right and I really knew he's the Yaak I said he's the one who has boundless love he wants to bring everyone Takas confession under the wings of the Divine Presence Ivan says how can I get rid of my son now can I send him away Hashem says Iram listened to surah whatever she says listen to her and I hustle tell us and believe Rashi says it there on the verse that sorry I may know was a greater prophetess than a form of Eman and Abraham and the question is is that so how are we to understand that it sounds like when it comes to the Neva of having a child Avram is greater when it comes to live or getting rid of your Schmo of having that intuitive understanding that that's the right thing to do sorrows greater is what's that understand what's the idea so the idea here in this is foundational is very important to understand that the idea here is that there is a male aspect and there's a female aspect there is a Verma Vino who's the male aspect he's the all-inclusive aspect however my vino is the hasit he's the one who wants to include everyone he wants all of mankind to be brought to God he wants all of his children your small Yitzchak he wants to bring them all into his plan I said he's the boundless love he's the one represents that idea sorry I may know is the female aspect she's the aspect of guevara of limitation right think of it in terms of the the human reproduction the male has endless millions and millions of seed female 1 egg limitation single egg right female has to limit things set boundaries that's the ability of the female that's the aspect of the female we live in a finite world when we're talking about the physical world in relationship to God so God is infinite world is finite we are finite the human beings we are the female aspect of God we reflect God's light moon Sun moon reflects the light same same kind of things the Sun is the male aspect though the moon is the female aspect now with sorry II may no it's an amazing thing sorry I may know is guevara she's limitation so when it comes to her navoo when it comes to her prophecy she has the ability to have a deeper prophecy in regards to guru she is to be listened to when it comes to aspects of guevara okay so when she says we have to get rid of you Shmuel he's having a bad influence he can't be included there's a limitation Shem says to Sarah whatever she says listen to when it comes to limitation Sarah's new voice greater IRA Medina when it comes to Kat said when it comes to kindness when it comes to expansion Avram Aveeno is greater he's the male aspect in that respect and now we're not saying by the way here born we're not saying men are better women are better we're saying each one has a specific ability generally speaking they're also places where the female acts as male right being the relationship between a mother and the child so the female is the aspect of giving the child is the aspect of receiving of limitation conversation for another time but I remove you know when he gets the Neva about there being a child about to be born miraculously vaca D he rejoices his laughter is a laughter none of this belief a but of rejoicing of immense gratitude sorry I mean when she hears the scene of well she can't hear it directly the new who has to come through a form of II know she hears it indirectly and she can't believe it she she she laughs in disbelief because that's her media I mean it's not and it's not like there's something wrong with that's her media her Mina is guevara of limitation she recognizes her limitations it's not possible that this that that I could have a child so now with that understanding about the male and female assets we need to understand that in this in a similar way the Jewish people are the one nation the infinite aspect and when we speak about one we speak about one it's it's parallel to the way Hashem is one a Shem is one he is infinite he's beyond he's all-inclusive he's outside of everything and inside of everything Shem is infinite in a parallel way on physical level and also on a spiritual level the Jewish people are the one the male aspect all-inclusive aspect the soul of the umma soem of the nations of the world the nations of the world are the female aspect of the Jewish people the female aspect of the world they are limitation they are just like Sarah is Guevara they're not there's a certain aspect within almost all which reflects the fact that they cannot receive in the same way that Claudius well can receive spirituality now it's the job of the mental aspect to be the funnel to bring that spirituality and offer it offer it to the female so that she receive it she has to choose to receive it though it's very interesting thing it's it's an its foundational its foundational Avram Avinu and this is this is the shot in the relationship between Avraham and Saddam and the Jewish people and Egypt and the Jewish people throughout throughout our reality throughout our history and our host nations where we found ourselves and today the Jewish people even with in Eretz Israel and the effect that we have on all the nations of the world the foundational idea is that arm of vino was meant to infuse spirituality into the people of Saddam that was his job but they needed to receive it so there was a problem in their ability to receive and that's why they were lost where do we see that we see that in last week's partial album of vino saves their lives Avraham Avinu is now a Hawaii he's in charge of them so now when he comes to the king of Sonoma brings all the people back the king of Saddam he missed this opportunity but he should have said to them he should have said to Avram avinu teach us you have now you have now you're now over us you have now captured us so to speak you have saved our lives now teach us but instead the Mel Saddam says give me the people you can take all of the rush you can take all of the wealth but give me the people album says if that's your response I can't teach you I can't keep the people right it's really strange he should have kept the people he should have taught them but you see that our movie no as the male aspect cannot force the female aspect to receive they have to choose to receive Mella the Malik's name missed the opportunity the Jewish people throughout their time in Egypt the result talks about this that the Jewish people the purpose of being in Egypt was in order that they received a rim now notice the difference between the Jewish religion and many other religions the Jewish religion does not ever force converts we do not proselytize we stand and wait for them to come and even when they come even when the the gay rim the converts come they're interested in Judaism we push them away meaning we want them to really want to receive it we recognize that we are the male aspect they are the female aspect in order for them to receive it they have to really want it in Egypt the Jewish people were there to infuse spirituality into the physical Saddam and Egypt both had this extreme physical aspect right Saddam as the posture could test to the fact that it was keg on a sham in that area before the destruction of Saddam so it was like like the land of Egypt there was water flowing through there there was crops growing it was very wealthy area that's why Luke wanted to move there Egypt was the same it's the you know these were the places which were the pinnacle a certain respect of the physical realm at that time and so Claudius who comes in there this is the extreme physical aspect the extreme female aspect of the world classic comes in there in order to infuse the physical to infuse the female aspect with spirituality to draw them towards spirituality indeed many people came along with the Jewish people when they left Egypt but part of the purpose was you know it's a funny thing they kept asking Pyrrha to let them go why do we have to ask why Hashem just take lolli sellout just leave no because we won't just like buy milk Saddam the king of Salem we wanted him to say take the people we want him to choose that we want the King Paro to choose to admit that the Jewish people are in charge that God is in charge that the spirituality that that the Jewish people represent is that which is meant to infuse the physical and this is true of the Jewish people throughout our history throughout our time in all of our colleges and all of our exiles we've been sent out on a mission as it's a Gomorrah it's at Isis and conditioned the fourth parakeet speaks about the fact that part of the reason that the Jewish people went into exile was to bring guarantee us to that the converts would choose to come back to all those sparks were spread all these Jewish souls were placed into non-jewish bodies they are supposed to return to their roots but they can only do that if we go out there and we're available for them to return so the idea is that the Jewish people are our purpose is we reflect the male aspect which is consent which is all-inclusive and and we're meant to draw to allow the female aspect which is the womb asylum to choose to join us and to be infused with spirituality that's what's going on history till this very day that's what we're here to do and so the Jewish people are meant to do which is by the way you know on the flip side of things when the Jewish people lose their connection to spirituality still they maintain that lofty level on a physical level that's why the greatest scientists are Jews that's why there are Jews throughout all you know the arts I was just noting how there are certain people who you wouldn't even guess that there are that they are Jewish who are very famous singers and musicians there are some were more known that their Jewish but what's how does that happen or why is that happened because that's infused into the very life essence the life force of the Jew is that we are there to infuse something it's supposed to be spirituality but we are there to infuse the world with something hot or something greater with access to really ultimately Hashem to God that's the connection you know Avram ensued ohm that was and and we see that also by the way by Noah was also meant to do that he was that sadek before Claudio Comella before the Jewish people started with Avraham they were still individuals who had the ability to do that there was not he wasn't successful I don't IV know also when it came to Saddam he wasn't able to succeed but that's where sham says I can't destroy Saddam without first talking about it with Avraham with Abraham because he needs to know this is these are his people these are the ones that he is supposed to infuse with spirituality and that's the the connection between Avraham and Saddam now it's a conversation for another time and it is something that I've spoken about can go back in the previous partial podcasts but it's the connection between the destruction of Saddam when when the female aspect you know gets more and more and more and more separate and gets to the point where it will never join with the male aspects so then the female aspect is destroyed that's what happened other times nah that's what happens here with Saddam and that's what happens throughout history the the aspects of Egypt that couldn't connect the kleiss well they were destroyed and that was what happened when the Jewish people left and an ester amok is the ten plagues but those who were able to connect to the Jewish people were brought along that's the era of Ralphs the mixed multitude that joined the Jewish people from the Egyptians but the idea is that there's a goal that really all of the female aspect all of the 70 nations should be joined together with the Jewish people ultimately should be raised up infused with spirituality and that ultimately will be obtained that goal will be obtained it will be reached when Messiah comes when Messiah arrives as verse tells us that 10 of the 10 people of the nations of the world will grab the four corner garments of the Jew and say teach us about God because that is our job our job as Jewish people is to be a light unto the nations to teach the world about God that was Abraham's relationship with Saddam and that was the Jewish people's relationship with Egypt and that is the Jewish people's relationship with all of the nations of the world throughout time and until time ends so I want to bless you and ask you to bless me Shem should help us to recognize who we are what is our topic it what is our purpose and each and every one of us has this because it might be inside of our own families I had my family and the male aspect of the family so my wife is the male aspect in relationship to the children I'm you know all inclusive in relationship to everyone and that's true that can be true on a broader level depending on each person has a different ability to affect the people around him might be the rabbi I have a synagogue it might be a communal leader it might be many different things but a show should help us understand who we are on personal level and on a more national level and on a global level some should help us to fulfill that purpose to continue to do that which were meant to do on this earth and Hashem should help us that we should be Zeta you should merit to see the day when all of the world will indeed be infused with that spirituality of God thank you so much for listening I had wonderful Shabbos this podcast was made possible through the gracious donations of listeners like you for more podcasts like this please visit 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