Ari Goldwag - Vayera - Hashem's Revelation

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari Gold mag recorded with a showman's never-ending assistance in our Marvin wish israel 57 79 2018 this week's parsha is part of a IRA the torah tells us about the revelation that Avraham Avinu had after he performed the circumcision by God's command after he had his bris so the verse tells us beginning of our partial chapter 18 verse 1 which is really a continuation from before by eerily lavish M billion a memory and Hashem appeared to him to whom to Abraham in a linear memory which is where he had his bris where he had a circumcision who gave us a high alcohol my young he was sitting in the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day okay so I shall appear saying that's what the first verse says now as we read the verses here some things need explanation next verse is ah in of IR he looked up he he he lifted up his eyes and he sees the names Lashon Ocean three people were coming need Savin my love standing up standing over him my yahoo I yours the cross some they were they were just standing there staring they weren't moving along he saw them he ran to greet them and peso for I'll be shocked art saw he ran out from the entrance of his tent he bowed down to them he asked him to come in to come over he asked them if you could give him some food some drink etc we know that we know this story now the Rambam at the very beginning of our parsha wants to understand a few of the different details of the sukham and it's not just understand only the narrative that the Torah gives us regards to the interaction of Avraham Avinu with Abraham with the Malakand with angels but also why does it start off speaking about the fact that God is revealing himself to Abraham and then all of a sudden kind of switch to talking about the angels and also as this as the narrative progresses as the Torah story is told so we have the Malakand are going on to lote to saddam to destroy Saddam to save load and we have conversation between Hashem and Avram Aveeno between God and Abraham then in turn Abraham asks God to perhaps save the people of Saddam the narrative is is like it's kind of a it's it's a combination of different statements or a combination of different parts of the story that it just needs an explanation what's going on is a sham revealing himself to Abraham is there something separate that's going on with the Angels is that all part of a unified revelation so the Rambam quotes the rama who actually understands that these verses are a description of a unified revelation what I mean let's see inside it's important to know the Rambam understands it a certain way in the rom bond tears it apart and give some ambadas gonna learn his own understanding of the verses but first he quotes the Rambam his plan he shows how the Rambam shot cannot be correct be safe from my rendezvous him in the round BOMs guide to the perplexed the verse says like this never I'm sorry the he says like this Nawrocki a partial a loop rod he says that this parsha this whole section of the Torah is first speaking in with a general principle and then giving us the details okay what does that mean I reckon tequila first verse tells us that he near a lavish M / Marcin avoid that God revealed himself in a prophetic vision to Abraham very high Samar as ice what did this prophetic vision look like what was the perception of Abraham in his prophetic vision he NASA aina of Amara he looked up in Asia legislation Russia needs some olive and he saw three people who were actually three angels so the Rambam understands that first the stuff the initial state of the Torah is that Shem revealed himself to Abraham and then the story that continues which is the revelation of the melaka home and i'm telling him but the fact or really telling Sarah Amina that she's going to have a child and so that's an unfolding of the merinov or of the prophetic vision of Abraham well Amy I'm not so CK America and then Abraham says to them if I found favor in your eyes please don't pass pass by Jesse Marshall are my merinov Voula acclimate him I go behind sugar him according to the round mom so that was all part of the prophetic vision Abraham had this prophetic vision and he spoke to the to the to the greatest of the three malacca the three angels and he said those things now the Rambam says if this is true so we are at a loss to understand a number of things via amara linear love rock inertia michael embosser if i'm irvine a row a lavash m if in the mara if all if you are if we are to say that the Rambam is correct that the there's a general principle that sham revealed himself but all he saw was Malcolm was angels so then how can we start up saying that it's Hashem who appeared to Abraham that seems to be a separate statement because the my lock him are not God obviously the angels are not God himself King in a linear L am living my mother my Chava because if that's indeed the case that the angels were what he saw so the Nash am is not revealing himself not with any kind of vision and that was any kind of thought he's not having any thoughts or hearing the voice of Hashem God my name's have a Hall in a voice says her I'm bound we never find any prophecy that looks this way Renate live orally lucious aru guys according to the roms understanding so then Sarah didn't actually do these things she didn't actually make cakes make make bread Vallejo sovereign Ben buck or Abraham didn't actually go and and get an animal become like Oh Sarah Sarah didn't actually laugh I cook Omar everything was just a vision it was just all a prophetic vision of Abraham and Cain bajalia ever ravenica hello mr. Scheck Hakeem ah - Ellis the Harris the calls that then this kind of vision just is like a regular dream the dream that a person has which has many many details that are not significant not important but that can't be the case and he shows that there are other places where we see that there's a revelation of Vimala of a of an angel for example when Jacob fights with the angel says by yamagishi my acara's olives they just tell us that the man who fought with Jacob with Yaakov Aveeno was in fact an angel so what happened over there that was specifically that was specifically a different kind of vision he proves were number of different places I'm not going to get into every single one because there's not enough time to do so but he proves that there's two different types of Navis or really they're not it's not even a neva it's not even a prophecy when when the Prophet sees an angel whether it's a Yacouba vino where there is even Hagar hugger saw she was the wife of a rama she was not a prophetess herself sorry man who was Sarah was hugger was not she saw an angel that's not something that requires the highest levels of prophecy in order to attain that kind of vision but rather he shows from a number of different examples that it's possible to see a mile off to see an angel person who's accosted a person who's a righteous individual person who is striving to attain a level of raw Hakodesh of divine inspiration but has not yet reached that level we find by by the wife of man Noah Shem Sean's mother she Sean's father they saw this angel or maybe she only saw and we see by Daniel okay so we find that there's two different parts there's there's an actual merinov one actual revelation of God the person sees as it were some kind of he doesn't see and God is not has no form but the person has a vision where they clearly hear God's Word and and that's one type of Navarra the other kind of the other thing that goes on is that we see that a person can have an experience of amalah have an experience of an angel and that's a completely different type of thing so he shows that the Rambam isn't correct we're not we're not saying the type of Navarra and then talking about the angel but rather there are two different things that are going on here okay and I'd like to read a little bit of it inside he says like this he named a calm alchemist a ramen every time that the sages are awakened lady a nokia Sam alkane Annan of war they specifically tell us I say just say that when a person sees a malecon he sees an angel it's not a prophecy in RM ilaha mohammed REO mcclellan of him cashiers cars a banana do well Amara to create Gillian I'm when a person sees an angel is called a and uncovering of the eyes Kimmo a vehicle ashram is a nebula VRS ma Hashem like we find explicitly in the verse in numbers 22 verse 31 it says in regards to build my Russia but lot Bala so he saw Hashem uncovered his eyes and he saw the mala you saw the angel okay my spell Alicia a mirage shampoo cognizant of AR by Veera we find in melaka maze he's in second Kings chapter 6 verse 17 that there's an idea of the eyes being opened in order to see an angel I'm welcome assure ya sky machine and no shame so interestingly he says that sometimes the melaka me angels are referred to as men as people can now purchase a precious light came by avec issue my also regards to when load sees the angels and Lahab though when when Jacqueline when Jacob sees the Angels the angels fights with the angel so but hey my him saying ish also says by the verse tells us that when Yosef was looking for his brothers when Joseph was looking for his brothers well that's what we're saying avoid never obey my love him so there is this idea that he saw an angel you saw this and really appear as a person as a human being so there's such a thing you carry a cell yeah the mul Bush that a an angel can dress up as it were as a human being and be seen by people but it's a different type of thing Palma commercial team seborrhea Hashem Adeeb Ramallah arias Malfatti brush em this is an important thing because we find that sometimes the Torah refers to or describes the situation where the person experiences a mirage sham like we have over here he experiences a prophetic vision but also at the same time he hears an angel speaking sometimes it's in the oil in this order as we find it here where first they have a vision and then the male speak but sometimes it's in the AAB the opposite first-years uh here's the mala here's the angel speak and then the voice of God like I said with the red moisture but tequila's never wasa if you find the beginning of Moses his prophecy first it speaks about the fact that here's the maliki here's a a an angel there's two separate things with the Rays acharya alright a gala by never liked him chimera means ice so he says that he's not explaining it here he's not gonna explain it in this particular area but he will explain it in Exodus chapter 3 verse 2 as perhaps we'll get to when we get there okay so what's going on here so what is the idea so it's not all one big navour that manifests it's not one prophecy that manifests as Abram seeing this whole entire story that goes on but rather sturm bond there's two separate things that's going on one is the revelation that he's experiencing godliness soon seem exactly what that's about one is that he experiences God and the other is that he sees the Malcolm he sees the angels okay so now viene para para is the explanation of this this section of the Torah is a hierarchy that's Miami Z yo abro after it says that on this day Abraham had his circumcision or Cheniere a lavish MBI Sequoia Milla say so it says that God revealed himself to Abraham when he was sick Yeshua's car pacifier learn if claim I you I'm a chef Licia know he was sitting in the entrance of his tent to cool off because it was very hot outside he's cuter lady actually how you miss Kavanagh Novoa interestingly he says that it's telling us is that he didn't have at this moment the intent to receive any prophecy but rather like an eyeful up on a blemish Paulo doesn't it didn't happen the prophecy that happened to him didn't usually it says he fell on his face when he had the prophecy or he wasn't praying that's not what happened here alpha P Cain BA 11 Mara's ice never nevertheless he came to him Balin Imam RA the Torah tells us where did this prophecy occur it occurred in Illinois memory lady I'm welcome I share boy Nemo it's nice this is the place that he had his circumcision Ziggy - Tina I love them I love the cover Eli says the Ramban what is the idea here what is the concept it doesn't even say that Hashem spoke to him it just says thou shalt appear to him what does it mean that Hashem appeared to him if perhaps we could even say that God did not speak to him at this time the idea here is an amazing thing and I think that there's something here that's really deep that we can actually see in our own lives segi - Tina I love la mala of the Kavli lie it was God revealing himself to Abraham and giving him honor Canaan Shah Baba Myshkin a Yeats ooh Bevacqua um by aqua - M Yakko - ml cola and we find that there were blessings that occurred when it came to that come as I Michigan on the the putting up of the Michigan so and there were blessings that occurred and then afterwards God revealed himself to the nation what does that mean Kiev Nash dad loose of a mrs. Amish gone because they were involved in the construction of the Michigan of the tabernacle so hilarious arena they married it to have a to be able to see the divine presence in quila quina can Becan let's let's obviously a mitzvah Ludovic Lau in both instances God's revelation here is not in order to tell them anything to command anything even to speak to them a legume Muhammed saw and NASA's far amazing thing God reveals himself to Abraham so that he can experience a a reward as it were for the mister that he did in other words when the person doesn't miss one person fulfills a commandment and specifically I believe this is my own understanding here specifically a commandment that is difficult so there's a by definition when a person does Hashem foolish M's will God's will is revealed in the world so what happens the result is that there's an experience of godliness there's an experience of godliness in that person's life Avram did something difficult he was 99 years old he had a circumcision he did the bris LP based on the command of God so the experience that he had as a result of that was he felt God's presence and it was the same thing with the Jewish people when they built the tabernacle to fulfill God's will they felt God's presence well idea kirisaki mas mas am and this is to show them God did this for the Jewish people and for Abraham specifically in order to show them that God accepted and desired their actions condemn our as a verse says in Psalms chapter 17 verse 59 EBIT Zedeck has a pinaka i in righteousness will see your face as ba Baracus through no Safa i will be satisfied in a witness from your picture what is the idea there's a seeing of God or really more more accurately an experience of God a spiritual experience that occurs when a person fulfills a commandment when a person works against his ego against his eat Sahara his evil inclination and he fulfills the word of God the experience is a spiritual experience at a Miyako bomber and also by Jacob it says by if Google volume on Ohio him that the the angels of God they met him vain some deeper relationship with our they didn't even say anything to him they didn't bring anything new raptures a hilarious malik al yang so their own bond is telling us that there is a time when a person sees an angel and has the same effect Yacouba vino JK was returning with his family to the land of israel at the behest of God at God's command and as a result when he came to our seas only came into the Land of Israel so he had a godly experience Vedic a massive resume and he knew that his actions were accepted that he had done what was right Eni Allah Avraham berea Safina whose five taka and so too when Abraham experience divine presence he also had a merit and a promise can't ever be or they high yamazaki leave unveil and the Jewish people went down into the the sea was the splitting of the Red Sea so they saw God in a spiritual experience Russia kaalia Marshall O'Brien physical anafi there was an ordinary maidservant Woods was able to see at the young at the sea something that even as a gala profit profit wasn't able to see so who some a honeysuckle chamois noobish Ann Machado it was a merit to them they or could be that the word here is hood doesn't just mean a merit but it was a purification experience the purification Zaku's as a result of the fact they believed in God and they experienced this amazing miracle and in Moses his servant okay and I'm still gonna read a bit more there's it's just the piece is so beautiful I just want to share it with you I'd only be shocked at SEF sometimes I Shem in a time of anger will appear in this way we value the you call it Valley I'm calling either their God my Sam I've on him why does she knew her but oil my company's rel the entire congregation wanted to stone him I think it's referring to the fact that he went to stone motion art and when I came to the sin of the spies and a Shems presence was revealed there what's the idea of years Ella Hagen I love what about Siddiqui McCoy though this was in order to protect the righteous ones his his the ones were close to him and for their honor okay that's the basic idea let me see if there's anything else here it's pertinent I reckon iglesia la vecina was shot 11 My Luck my lawful advisors each day how the hearts a light okay I'm sorry try again but with partial ruts the side that covered her Natalie base she awesome you know first Hashem when he when the Torah was written when God wrote the Torah so he wanted to show us that the first that there was an honor this experiences spiritual experience that Abraham had as a result of fulfilling God's will performing a circumcision American Eagle is a la vecina Machado mala mala koola Vasquez each day so God revealed himself and he also at the same time consecutive the concurrently that's where I'm looking for he sent his melaka ms angels to make sarah aware of the fact that she was going to have a child the gamma had to lay off here before i and also to save load his his nephew because of abraham ever miss vasudeva been in PHP neck far-right Avram already knew that he was having a child he saw at the end of last week's parsha sorry p.m. Oh Judy bream Avram cashew dish my sorrow and now Sarah finds out as a result of the my love the the angel who is speaking to Abraham can we show our assertion mass the verse tells us the service hearing okay so that's the idea here as the ROM bond understands it and the bottom line is that there's two separate things that are going on one is the aspect of a sham revealing himself as a result of the amazing thing that Iran did the Mitzvah that He fulfilled the commandment and the second thing is that there are angels coming at the same time in order to make sir aware of what's going on and in order to be involved with what's going on in Saddam destroying Saddam saving lote and that is the understanding of the verses and what I what I was inspired by in this room bond the thing that touched me the most was the fact that when a person doesn't mitzva and i don't think that this is something that's reserved only for great tsadikim great righteous individuals I think that this is something now that anyone can experience when a person fulfills the will of God when a person does something which is God's will whether it's the midst of satire whether it's the commandments of the Torah whether it's following in the advice in the in the direction of the good eylem of the great Torah scholars who understands God's will who have study God's will so when a person does such a thing especially when it's a difficult thing to do when it's Benny good when it's in in concert contradicting as it were his ego his it's a horacio inclination so the result is that a person has a certain spiritual experience they've done the right thing they've transcended and they feel they feel good they feel good but I would say that they feel actually the presence of God because God has revealed through our actions when we fulfill the commandments when we fulfill the Torah when we try our best of a full God's work word what we're doing is we are bringing godliness into our lives and into ourselves and into the world and that is the power of what the ROM bond assigns the power of amidst is the power of fulfilling a commandment so I want to bless you and I ask you to bless me that shrimp should help us to indeed be able to strive to fulfill God's will to strive even when it's difficult to do that which hashem wishes for us do that wish which God is interested in and that which is right even when it's hard and Shem should help us to indeed experience the true joy that comes with doing what's right and to recognize that indeed that experience is an experience rush of himself thank you so much for listening 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 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