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Ari Goldwag - Vayigash - Times of Redemption
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Why does the midrash quote verses which are references to the final redemption in speaking of the resolution of the story of Yosef? What are the characteristics of the Messianic age? Why are people going to be brought back to life first with their imperfections, and only then be healed by Hashem? What is the depth of the concept of redemption, and the Hebrew word Geulah? Find out in this week's parsha podcast.
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mafia she's real 5778
2017 this week's parshas Parsifal you
gosh we have the culmination of this
story 22 years of history of the Jewish
people the culmination we're yahudah
Judah stands up for his brother Benjamin
for Benjamin in the face of this
Egyptian tyrant and yo se finally
reveals himself to his brothers and
they return to Earth cease well to the
Land of Israel and tell their father
Yaakov avi knew about the fact that
Yosef is still alive and that he's a
leader in Egypt and the Jewish people
descend to the land of Egypt and so
begins their time in exile outside of
the Land of Israel for 210 years now
what's amazing and interesting which I'd
like to try to understand is that the
measures speaks about this final
interaction between between Yehuda no
safe and
the Jewish people descending to Egypt it
brings versus I'm gonna read it to you
soon inside because it's really
interesting beautiful the way the
measure speaks it brings verses that
refer to the future gule of the jewish
people the redemption of the jewish
people the final redemption the
messianic age it uses those verses in
regards to this final coming together of
you who de and yo safe the 12 tribes
Yaakov Avena the descent of the Jewish
people to Egypt there is an aspect here
of gula of redemption and of course the
the question that pops out for me and
maybe for you as well as we learn these
ideas together is that it's very
interesting or perhaps challenging to
understand why is it that the mesh
speaks about verses of gula of
redemption when it's speaking about the
beginning of Gullah it's the beginning
of exile what is the concept of
redemption what is the concept of gula
how does it relate to our story how does
it relate to us in our times
in the present time okay so I'd like to
read with you together
some it's Russian it's really cool so
listen up this isn't partial sorry Hey
in Section 95 the first the first
section within that section yes you who
the shut off the phone of the verse
tells us that after the the the brothers
returned and told Yaakov that Yosef was
in Egypt so Yaakov sent Judah ahead of
everyone else and now as I'll say to
establish a Shiva is to establish a
place for the Jewish people to sojourn
when they were in Egypt etc
so that's you the shuffle of fun of
systematics if the measures brings a
verse in Isaiah chapter 65 verse 25
which is speaking about the future time
the Messianic age and it says a vitally
yirou Kia Hood the wolf and the Sheep
they will graze as one no longer in the
future time no longer will a wolf try to
eat a sheep sheep will not be in danger
from the wolf the REA cobb acarya called
heaven and a lion just like cattle it
shall eat from the straw it will no
longer be carnivorous
animals will no longer be carnivorous
they will not attack each other they
will live in amazing harmony in the
times of the messianic age
this is this verse can be taken
literally and this verse is also a
muscles also an analogy for the fact
that those who in our times and
throughout history human beings who have
interacted with negativity with with a
warlike type of behavior well no longer
we won't have any war anymore
Lisa God doesn't bring this verse here
well I use a girl good hair if you want
to i Mihama you will not raise up sword
against each other they won't learn war
anymore there will be a time of peace
boy you're a says the magician amazing
an interesting thing listen to this
because it's gonna teach us about what
the Messianic age is going to look look
like what do we have to look forward to
boy you're a commercial Hickok Kaddish
for kaboom hazare my rap is a loss to
love anything that Shem has caused a
blemish in in this world God is going to
cure in the future time however miss I
miss wrap him those who are blind will
be cured they'll be able to see in mr as
a verse says this is also verse in
Isaiah chapter 35 verse 5 obviously
picanha in a different then the eyes of
the blind shall be opened a piece Kimmie
rapping miss rapping and those who are
unable to walk they'll be cured shenana
the verse says the next verse there
chapter 35 cause you dhalika isle pasea
then a a person who is lame shall skip
along like a doe misssara and listen
Elaine and those who are mute they were
their tongue will say praise they'll say
glad they will sing
okay so in the future time anything
that's broken anything that's
not in a perfect state will be fixed
dushashana Mahila Kokubo very
interesting the measures tells us that
the way that a person left the world
when a person passes away in this world
if a person was lame when he passed away
over a person was blind when he passed
away that's the way he's going to return
in the times of kiss amazed him the
future so we're going to have a revival
of the dead that are going to come back
to life as is described in Ezekiel
chapter on the dry bones it's gonna
happen in the future time so all those
who are dead are gonna come back to life
but they're gonna come back the same way
that they left the world I leave
everybody better person who died and he
was blind will return and he'll be blind
okay red shoebox arish when a person if
he was deaf when he died it will come
back deaf healing will be lame if he was
mute he'll return mute James you higher
Kailash cocklebur lavash
mightor says something else interesting
that the the same way that he leaves the
world if a person left the world and he
had clothing on or a certain type of
clothing so he will return in that kind
of clothing
in a mensch I'm gonna actually skip a
little bit here but the measure Springs
approved fact that there's that there's
spiritual clothing so to speak in in the
upper worlds and upper realms Shmuel
Hanavi Samuel when he was brought back
when his spirit was brought back he was
seen in his clothing and the special
clothing that he wore when he was alive
the Lama so manner says why is that why
is it that when he comes back he comes
back in the same state why isn't in
combat wisely I'm cure him already when
he returns shim-sham chanukah kuba
should I ever question creep on me
Shimizu reap on Michael dish borrow cool
haha cough heavy on we don't want people
to say look when the person was alive
Hashem didn't cure him only after they
died the - I'm curious we don't want
people to say that rather
damaged I'm a saint and I son la loi
hear him part of it is that people will
think it's not the same person look if
everyone knew and identified a person is
being a blind person or being a deaf
person but they come back and almost
they're able to see or be able to hear
they would think this is not the same
person so a Shem does Oaxaca - Burcu I'm
Kang Yeon Doo Kamisha ha ah ha ha ha
near appears and let them return the way
that they left the world and then a Shem
says I will restore them - or I will
cure them of their el of their ailments
la mala finally nicer el innumerably son
no one else has that power no one else
has created except for me says God first
in Isaiah chapter 43 verse 10 I'm going
to be the one who's going to cure them
Bava highest metropolis the amazing
thing the measure tells us really
interesting the animals as well will be
cured Chimere what does it mean cured in
this case it may mean also in regards to
if they have any physical ailments but
beyond that they're going to be cured of
their carnivorous nature of their of
their desire to cause other animals harm
she never is a Vitelli Arouca hood so as
the verse tells us that the wolf and the
lamb will graze as one they will all be
herbivores and I believe that human
beings will also return to a state of no
longer eating meat as it was
total times Anoa I
call miss Rapp him everything is cured
Misha Haven Michalek all nos Raffy I
love another shot for laughs mine now
the only exception to this the exception
to this is the one who brought this
great blemished in the entire world who
was the one who brought the blemish the
entire world it was the now hush the
snake because the snake caused Adam to
eat from the inside ass to eat from the
tree of knowledge thereby causing death
to be brought upon the world and all of
reality to lose its state of perfection
to lose its proper way of being and to
fall into this degenerated or
degenerative place as it is today so who
is the cause of that it was the not much
the snake therefore the snake will never
be returned to his previous state that's
what the measure says and it's also
interesting 8006 brings down mentions
and explaining what's going on here that
when other my research on sin is brings
it from a know or maybe my resume now I
have multiple sources I've read the
different commentaries here that the
there's a hazael our sages tell us that
after all of our reach and after the
first man eight from the eight sadhus
from the forbidden fruit so he actually
gave of that fruit to all of the animals
all the animals also partook of the
forbidden fruit and therefore they lost
their place their state of grace their
state of highness
that was lowered
okay not much of who I read I release
the offer because the cause of all of
the problems why did all the animals end
up dying it was because of the nephesh
listening so therefore he doesn't return
never author
now the message comes to us and speaks
about our verse that speaks about how
this verse which speaks about Messiah is
actually also speaking or no it's also
or maybe it's only
we can discuss that try to understand
that but it's also speaking about our
story
is a vittala James opinion it speaks
about the fact that the wolf and the
Sheep they reside together today they go
and engraves together in the fields so
who is the wolf says the manage the wolf
is Benjamin little aylesh Martin wolf me
knows me know me because the versatile
person is Benjamin Zeb you troff mean yo
man it's like a wolf that goes to find
its food so Benjamin is the is the wolf
and the the
sheep are the other short-term are the
other truck she never says in Jeremiah
chapter 50 verse 17 Seth is really
Australia Rukia hood to spread out sheep
of the people of Israel they shall all
join together and they will graze as one
so we see who are the sheep that are
grazing they're gonna come together in
the times of Michelle from times the
Messiah the Jews will return to their
homeland they will gather back together
but we refer to them as sheep
now so there's a state of Google as a
state of redemption where all of the of
the Sheep come back together and they
graze together with the wolf who's the
wolf in Yemen like we said who are the
Sheep the Jewish people the other tribes
Amos psyche Ivan yo man you mind my
Yaakov a man I'm lay everybunny him off
from the first time they were separated
right the the wolf was separated from
the sheep the wolf was left behind with
his father that was min young man was
left behind with Yaakov Avena didn't let
him go down I can't show you I'll show
you already my him I mean last time I
said well you mature and I say when they
came down
the second time so they took Benjamin
with them and they were protecting him
cameos everybody so saying of ours be
Naaman by Joseph it says that he had to
lift up his eyes yet to like stretch out
to see oh my god swear there's Benjamin
why why why isn't necessary for for
Yosef to lift up his eyes to be able to
like crane his neck to see him because
as some unfortunate explained here the
brothers were protecting they were
surrounding him okay so he was
surrounded there so
if cameos if or America verse says okay
I'm sorry said that right now are ya who
though the verse also says as we said
before as we quoted you have the wolf
and the and
and the Sheep together and then you have
the lion behaving like cattle and eating
straw so who is this line re Isaiah who
de it's a reference to Judah who are you
who do we find the verse refers to Judah
as a lion
Quebec are the verse says he's going to
be like cattle who is the cattle
Quebecers are yes if it's a reference to
joseph
corey scherer they're like the verse
refers to him as an ox which is cattle
named Sue Ellen key aha so the verse
tells us they were all eating together
at the second time when they returned
and in the last exposure so we have them
all eating together all in the same
place all grazing together so to speak
we have the lion we have the Sheep we
have the cattle we have the wolf if all
of these aspects are coming together
all these different aspects of the
Jewish people issue the fun of he
Somalia vivia re a Quebec or you healt
have enough you gonna see with the shock
of fun of so that is why Yaakov Aveeno
felt comfortable as him a fortune
explained cuvee no felt comfortable
sitting down Jude originally when Judah
brought back the the cosinus have passed
in a special coat of Joseph and he said
hot care nah he said to Yaakov of Ian to
Jacob is this do you recognize this coat
whose coat is this and Jacob saw the
coutny said tariff tariff Yosef he said
Joseph was killed he thought as
unfortunate explaining he thought that
Judah had killed him that's what he
assumed perhaps in a deep subconscious
level not clear exactly what it's saying
but until this moment Jakob was cautious
he wouldn't have sent Yehuda to down to
be alone with your safe because he
suspected him of having killed yo safe
but now that Yaakov saw that everything
came back into a state of perfection of
love of the lion with the lamb the lands
with the wolf the Lions with the cattle
everyone's in a state of
love so to speak so at this point Yaakov
is not afraid to send down you who died
you say seem down yahudah can now go
down and and pave the way for the Jewish
people to descend to Egypt now
the there's another measure which I'm
not going to read inside which also
speaks about this these verses in terms
of the verses it speaks about our verses
which speak about the completion of the
story here coming together of the of the
brothers in
in and uses the references of the verses
that have to do with Messiah let's do
the Messiah the final redemption and so
like we started the beginning I want
understand what is the meaning here what
is the idea or what is the depth of of
the fact that the Torah the metric
there's a Redemption here what is the
redemption here it seems like there's an
exile here what is the redemption here
what is idea of gula of redemption how
does that apply here how does that apply
to the Messianic age how does it apply
to us because we are staring we're
looking at the beginnings of the
redemption in our time so so how do we
see that or how do we understand that
what is the concept of gula what is the
concept of redemption
so I think that in our Madras we see the
foundation of what is gula the first
part of the measure speaks about the
fact that when Messiah comes all the
animals are going to be back to the
original state of our nation come before
the sin of Adam when the animals were
not carnivorous when they did not attack
each other the human beings are gonna be
back in a state of perfection physically
physical perfection there won't be any
blemishes and then there won't be any
sickness there won't be any blindness
there won't be any any lameness all
these things will be brought back that's
the key here that's what Google is
Google is where everything has brought
back returned to its original state to
its state of perfection that's what
Google means Google that means things
are brought back to where they should be
to where they were originally until they
fell from that state of perfection
that's what cool is mushiya the
Messianic age is not new it's not a new
state it's a return to the original
state before autumn are we shown sin
that's what Messiah is that that's what
this manager is telling us it's very
clear it's very clear okay so that's you
know the when we look at a person who's
blind he has eyes that he can't see so
it's very clear the way it's supposed to
be but it's not he's blind and he needs
to be returned to that state that's what
Google is right he doesn't come back to
life being in a state when I'm a
when they see us I'm a sum of course he
doesn't come back to life in the state
of perfection already the ghulam means a
return to the original state we
recognize that we've lost the original
state and we return to that original
state that is gula yo see if it's attic
and his brothers 22 years before they
were in the perfect state already they
didn't accept it but they were in that
perfect state Yosef had these dreams
represented the fact that he was the
leader of the Jewish people represented
the fact that he was the one who was
supposed to guide them and help them
right he brought negative reports to the
Father why because he understood his
role in the Jewish people which was to
show them to guide them to help them be
who they're supposed to be which is what
he continues to do throughout our story
and this is why he brings them through
this whole difficult saga that is Yosef
that is his role that is who he's
supposed to be that is lost they they
deny the fact that that's who he's
supposed to be they're not willing to
accept it at the beginning of the story
ultimately Google occurs Redemption
occurs things return to their state of
the way things are supposed to be now
does that look like Google doesn't look
like the Jewish people are artists from
the land of Israel in this case now in
this case although there is a gula there
is a Redemption the redemption here just
means that the Jewish people return to
their state of being in a perfected
state in the way it's supposed to be
with Yosef at the helm he's the sadiq
he's the righteous one he's the one who
knows how to guide them to spiritual
perfection to achieve that which they
need to do to rectify that which they
need to rectify that's his purpose
that's his role and interestingly and
this is actually a completely different
discussion but interestingly he does it
as the leader not just of the Jewish
people he does it as the leader of the
entire world
which is someone sent me an email
yesterday chef
Jourdan Sheva Tov skis sent me an email
asking why is it that you that yo save
us to reveal himself when when you who
that says you know what the message
speaks about this this
conversation which is not in the Torah
where yahudah and the brothers say
they're gonna destroy Egypt they're
ready to destroy Egypt no safe is a suit
at that moment he sees they're gonna
destroy Egypt has to stop and he has to
reveal himself but what is the idea
behind that because Yosef has to be the
leader over Egypt in order to be the
leader over the witch and Egypt
represents the entire really the entire
world at that time so Yosef is the
leader of Egypt and then he's the leader
of the Jewish people okay so that's the
function he can't be the leader over the
Jewish people unless he's or we need
both of them to function simultaneously
the Jewish people need to lead the world
right you're safe is that Sadiq is the
mashiac of his generation we're coming
into a state of perfection for his
generation which is which is reminiscent
of or or really it's the same as the
concept of Messiah
they can't he can't allow them to
destroy Egypt because he needs to the
Jewish people need to
lead the world that's our purpose and
that's the osseous purposes and he's
functioning in that way that's the
machetes going to do as well he's not
just gonna leave the Jewish people is
gonna leave the entire world the Jewish
people are gonna be the leaders of the
entire world okay so that's just that
point but the idea here is that Yosef
add Sadiq he's coming into a state of
returning that's what gall gula means
Redemption and I thought and this is my
own finish but my own novelty but the
word God the root of the word God which
means to redeem is given a la flama
those three letters gimel Aleph lament
the letter gimel in sacred surah in
other places represents the aspect of
Guyver separation ego where we separate
from each other the letter gimel is also
gamma which means Liga mal means to be
weaned to be separated from your source
of life to be separated to feel separate
when a person is egotistical to feel
separate he can do it himself rhaggy mo
represents guy represents separateness
I'll lift the letter Alif represents
unity it's the first letter of the
Hebrew alphabet and also is its pet it's
the same letters as Paulo which means
awesomeness exaltedness something which
is beyond understanding that's the unity
of all of reality is the letter Aleph
letter alam it means to learn Lamade
means to learn gimel Aleph Lama what is
goola goola is when gimel the
separateness the brokenness
Aleph Lama learns that it's supposed to
be in a state back into the state of
oneness back in the state of unity back
into its original state Aleph is the
first letter it's the original aspect so
we have to go through this whole story
22 years of challenge 22 years of
difficulty 22 years of
this whole process coming along in order
to reach the point where we return to
the original state to the olive and the
gimel the separateness the defiance
learns about the fact that we're really
to partake of unity that's what gula is
its return to original intended State so
that's so that's what we're speaking
about here and that's the Googler here
it may not be the final ultimate Kula it
was the gula of returning to the the way
things are meant to be to the way things
are supposed to be within the Jewish
people and also within Egypt itself so I
want to bless you and ask you to please
bless me ashram should help us that we
should be able to be second to merit to
understand what are the things that we
are missing what are the where are the
places that we are spiritually sick
perhaps or spiritually missing
spiritually blemished some should help
us that we should experience our own
personal gula our own personal
Redemption which means that should give
us the guidance and the
spiritual understanding to return to the
place of our spiritual perfection which
is possible for each and every one of us
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