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Ari Goldwag - Vayikra - Special Nation
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What is the reason for the Jewish people's 'special nation' status? Why does the midrash stress this so much right here at the beginning of Vayikra with the founding of the Tabernacle? Why was it so important for the nations of the world that the Tabernacle be protected? Why were the nations unable to receive the Torah at any level at that time? What will change in the future when 'the honor of Hashem will be revealed to all flesh?' Find out in this week's parsha podcast.
Featuring:Ari Goldwag
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you're listening to the weekly partial
podcast recorded with a Shems
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shemesh is real 5770 6 2016 this week's
parsha is partially okra and we have the
tories description of the core bonus of
the sacrifices which were brought in the
michigan the tabernacle and when many
many many years later be brought as well
in the bay some english in the temple
and the party begins like this why you
cry Alicia God called out to Moses ye
barish ma love and God spoke to him a
oil moyet lame or from the tent of
meeting and he said as follows haberle
b'nai israel speak to the people of
israel they are marked allium and say to
them Adam key awkward me cam Corbin
Hashem when a man from amongst you shall
bring a sacrifice to God Munnabhai hey
mama how about karma not sign from
animals from cattle from sheep Doc
Rivers carbon hem from them shall you
bring those sacrifices I'd like to share
with you some adduction on these Pokemon
these verses and the Midrash iam are a
little bit unclear they bring some
concept which will see immediately which
seems to be unconnected or sore it's not
very clear how it's connected and we'll
see that as a very beautiful less in a
deep lesson that I believe the Madras we
are trying to teach us it says like this
this is impartial days first sim in the
first concept the available name Israel
speak to the children of Israel her
martyrdom autumn keokuk em carbon Hashem
say to them that if a man shall bring a
sacrifice from amongst you etc z shah
rukh asif the metric immediately starts
out with the with a statement which
needs an understanding which needs
Hesburgh zeche Armacost so this is what
the verse says in Jeremiah chapter 31
verse 19 a vein yeah Kelly a frame do I
have a more precious son than a fri am
very interesting that the plastic is
referring to the Jewish people with the
name of frying a frying is the name of
one of the two sons of yo safe right we
see every Friday night when we bless our
children we say you simca like in calf
Ryan McKay menasha may God make you like
a fry manoj the two sons of Joseph Jacob
was giving a blessing as he was about to
pass on from the world he was giving a
blessing to yo safe at sadak and the
blessing that he gave him was that the
the children of Israel throughout the
generations down to today would always
give blessings to their children with
the name of a frame emanation even
though menasha was the older son as the
Torah talks about nevertheless he plays
the frame first of rhyme was the bethere
he was the chosen and indeed eventually
when Messiah comes when the Messiah
arrives so there's too much she owes one
will be from David from King David a
movie from Yosef exotic but specifically
from a frame he's referred to as
misshapen Yosef for his referred to as
mashup in a frying so this part of the
magic springs speaks about the
preciousness of the Jewish people and
refers to the Jewish people as a frying
a fryin can sometimes be used that name
can sometimes be used just like we
talked about the children of Israel we
also can refer to the Jewish people as a
frying and the message continues and
says ah sorry Nick ouya Karim there are
10 different things that are referred to
as precious the a low-hanging amongst
them are these hot IRA vanavara the
concept of Torah the concert of prophecy
wat arun understanding vadas wisdom basi
clothes foolishness voucher and wealth
wat Sadiq game and righteousness Umi
such miss essential Hasidim the death of
the righteous vasquez said and kindness
visceral and the people of Israel are
referred to as precious and when we say
precious here the excessive points out
that it can also mean something which is
unusual something which is out of the
ordinary because the concept of
something which is precious is something
which is out of the ordinary that's why
I refers to a few things in here that
seem to be out of place like foolishness
and even wealth is not something that we
typically think of as something which is
spiritually valuable but well third
certainly is something which is nadir as
we say in Hebrew it's something which is
unusual which is out of the ordinary so
the Jewish people are also out of the
ordinary and the message continues and
brings proofs to each of these things
how do we know that the Torah is out of
the ordinary how do we know that nuvvu
is something which is out of the
ordinary and precious how do another
wisdom etc and to prove that the concept
of the Jewish people is out of the
ordinary is precious it brings us where
it's a binocular Leah frame because the
Jewish people with size for being
referred to as you straw as we said
they're also referred to as a fry
mini a curly fry my bi-curious all i'm
dimly the standing of the jewish people
in God's eyes is very precious
beautifully the metrics wants to
illustrate how precious the Jewish
people are to God I be a labar kahana
Omer yarbrough kana says you'll be cash
power myshko call Olivia Camila volume
time is margolies law you see nice and
light hashem says when I wanted to take
the Jewish people out of Egypt if power
would have been willing to release them
if I would give the weight of every
single Jew in precious gems and precious
stones would I not have given it to him
I certainly would have I would have much
preferred says Hashem rather than
destroying Egypt rather than causing all
this death and all the tools and
bringing all of these plagues upon
Egyptians I would have much preferred to
pay them to pay the value in in in gold
literally further Jewish people to be
able to release them and yet Hashem saw
that they were not going to be willing
Pharaoh would not have let the Jewish
people out even if you would have given
them their weight in gold literally and
so that's why I xem brought the mockers
brought the plagues but it's something
that God does not want to do God loves
all of his creature creatures all his
creations even those that are not doing
what's right so a Shem did not want to
bring these the destructive muck is the
plagues upon Egypt but nevertheless we
see how precious the Jewish people are
to God that ocean was willing to bring
these plagues upon the Egyptians upon
his creations despite the fact that
that's not really what he wants to do
memory is soccer BSO says another way a
similar concept but let me dumb in the
talent God would have been willing to
pay for their release Bacchus mesh
pockets Chucky nemishe bahas mishpocha
Lara in like dumb him God prefers to
give money rather than to change the
order of nature and to bring all of
these the plague of lysol of these the
lights which really doesn't belong there
all these wild animals to bring them all
to place where they don't belong
changing the order of nature God doesn't
like to do that you would have preferred
to pay heavy biq sterling dimly but we
see the value of the Jewish people the
the release of the Jewish people taking
them out of Egypt how precious that is
to God how important it is that God
really values the Jewish people
oculi frying like the verse says is
there anyone more precious to me than
the people of Israel so this is the
first message that I wanted to share
with you that we see that in the context
of the Michigan for some reason and this
is what I would like to understand for
some reason in the context of the
Michigan the building of the mishkan the
now the Michigan is coming into use
we're going to bring these car bonus of
sacrifices in the command to the Jewish
people to bring the car bonnet to bring
the sacrifices Hashem expresses how
special somehow some way it's not clear
why but specifically here I xem
expresses how special the Jewish people
are to him I want to share another too
much Russian with you that expresses
just so beautifully hebei niyati Leah
frame in yellow Joshua meeeeee the pasta
the same verse refers to the Jewish
people as precious and as a child with
whom God wishes to play what is idea is
a yellow shall shew him what is the idea
the Jewish people being referred to as a
child with whom God wishes to play
benched I am Ben Shaw leash on him
typically if you want to talk about a
child who you play with you talk about
child who's two or three years old and
the 80s it explains that what happens
when a child is two or three years old
he's just beginning to speak he hasn't
yet been able to formulate completely
his words nevertheless the father enjoys
conversing with his child enjoy is
interacting with his child as soon as he
hears the kid saying something he tries
to figure what does a child mean it's a
game and he tries to understand him and
he encourages him to say more clearly
until the child is able to speak on his
own in a similar way I xem has rock on
him a shaman's compassion upon the
Jewish people a Shem has such a he loves
the Jewish people he has such a value
for the Jewish people they're so
precious to him like a little child who
can't speak so well you know he won't
have a relationship with God we don't
really know how to express that so well
but a shaman here is even the littlest
hint from us that we'd like something
from him that we have it to be that we
pray to Him we don't do such a good job
of it maybe but still chemin wants to
hear em encourages us a sham teaches us
as we go along you know as we're growing
up in our spirituality as we're
progressing Shem helps us a sham loves
us so much then the verse says kimi dake
dobry boys are
kara no I whenever I speak to him I will
remember him again and we know the
Russian of da da bere of speaking in
this way is usually a language of
speaking tough I'm ready who the bar
obscenely the hooter bhairab seaman
explains a field of a shanty madhavaram
oi even when I speak to him tough Amy a
whole is Babu I can't stand it sham says
I have such a love for the Jewish people
they're so precious to me that I can't
stand to speak to them tough Kim ed
debris by keep avada de bourrée boy and
what's the reason why what's the reason
why I have such a love for them it's
because my word is always within him the
Jewish people and very interestingly
they Co safe says that the Jewish people
as opposed to the nations of the world
the Jewish people have something very
special I actually like to read it
inside the the hds of shoshone uma
Loretta lockable dvori that all the
other nations did not want to receive
what I said mccain's occurs Quran
annoyed since the Jewish people indeed
de buri by my word was accepted by the
Jewish people they did want to receive
my word so they're fresh em says I will
always remember them I will always
desire them even if I have to talk tough
to them since my word is inside of them
since they accepted my word therefore I
will always want to speak to them I will
always love them even won't I have to
speak tough to them so in this second
measure should we see the preciousness
of the Jewish people not just on their
own but also in comparison to the asylum
to the nations of the world the nations
of the world did not receive the Torah
we know there's a famous meddra shamon
around to the nations of the world and
said will you be willing to receive my
Torah and this one said this nation said
well what's written in the Torah and God
said well it says don't kill they said
well not we can't accept that and then
he went on to the different nations and
each one said what's written a tour and
a Shem said to them a certain thing
which would have been their challenge
and they said no we can't accept a Torah
because that's just too hard for us then
a sham comes to the Jewish people and
they don't even ask what's written in
the Torah they just say not Savannah
Sh'ma will do whatever you say so the
Jewish people receive the Torah as
opposed to the other nations so we see
that as a result of that there's a very
special relationship that a sham has
with the Jewish people because of that
acceptance
because of the fact that the Word of God
is within the Jewish people and now the
third message that I want to share with
you the the measures really brings it
home it says like this Dabra albinius
rel speak to the children of Israel
review dashain rubbish Melbourne Nachman
reviewed and said in the name of Ivy
Schmo you wish Melbourne ocwen mashallah
mashallah proxxon it's a it's an analogy
to a king that he had different clothing
well him it's a vase a venire I'm more
like cop 11 already said to his servant
I want you two to fold this up I want
you to shake it out I want you to clean
it well pretend that call of careful
attention to this particular clothing
ola of doing so the servant said a dirty
ham Elif my master kimiko proxxon Shh
laja intimates obviously llz from all
the different clothes that you have how
can you only commanding me to be careful
about this specific one I'm relationally
might be Cola goofy so the king said
this is my this is my under clothes this
is my undershirt it's what's attached to
my body that's how I want you to be
extra careful about it's the closest to
me Omar much love necklace particle
Moses says to the to the mass of the
world to God Reba initial oil a mess of
the world Michigan ways Afton tis Shh
club a yamaha ultimate ave c al le
Sorelle why is it that from all the 70
nations of the world you have all these
different people you're not telling me
to speak to anyone only to the people of
Israel Sabhas benezra like the verse
says command the people of Israel barrel
Benet's to Oliver says speak to the
people of Israel and more Albanese fell
over and over again you're always
telling me to be careful and to speak in
direct the Jewish people how come what
about all the nations of the world
amarlo yeah shem says shenmue keenly
just like the king and the analogy
wanted the servants be careful about the
the goofy ah about his about his
undershirt because that's the closest
him God says the Jewish people are the
closest to me they are attached to me
therefore I want you to speak
specifically to them direct them the
most what's the reason so the measure
says explicitly I Marlowe so I Shems
explains to him one I loved on the most
why they're the closest to me shakeela
mallu cbc night because they received my
kingship and Mount Sinai for your honor
and he said
casa di xem NASA vanishment all that God
has said we will do and we will listen
and the measures goes on and on and on
giving all these different examples and
analogies speaking about the
preciousness of the Jewish people to God
and my question here is why in this
context why in the context of the
Michigan in the context of Hashem
commanding the Jewish people to bring
sacrifices why is it here as we are
about to put up the mission the Michigan
is now being erected that the Madras him
and the pasuk itself really is speaking
about the preciousness of the Jewish
people Adam Cockrum you can the person
will choose from you to bring a
sacrifice from you from the
bidirectional moshe that God spoke to
Moses to say to the people of Israel
specifically the people of Israel
someone bringing from you from the
people of Israel the preciousness of the
Jewish people why is it here in this
context that the measure is giving us so
pointedly this message of the Jewish
people are so precious and that it's
saying the verses are saying that their
precious as opposed to the Ummah Solomon
and moisture Bane was saying perhaps I
should be speaking to the Ummah so maybe
I should be speaking to the seventy
nations why are you singling out the
Jewish people and God says I single them
out because of Sinai because of that
experience because of them saying not
seven ish ma what is understanding here
what is the concept what is the idea of
the chosen asst of the Jewish people and
furthermore in the future time we find
that key base evasively Carla hall alarm
in the temple the base hamikdash when
it's rebuilt that third and final tempo
when it gets rebuilt it's going to be a
place not just for the Jewish people but
for all the nations so why was it
different in a time of the Mishkan and
Mount Sinai why was it true that the
Jewish people were singled out made into
a unique nation when in fact in the
future all of the nations of the world
are going to come Taha'a kushina under
the wings of the Divine Presence to have
a relationship with God what was
different then and what's going to be
different in the future so in order to
understand is I want to share with you
one more Madras which really brings home
this concept and I think it begins to
give us a hint as to what's going on
however you should have been lavy
this is actually piece in the previous
parsha meaning in the beginning of
viagra said like this Ruby Sherman lady
says you know how you almost oil me item
oil my do feel and if the nations of the
world would know how important and how
precious the oil Maui the Michigan was
the tabernacle was for them oh you might
even I sayali a circus treas they would
have surrounded it with protective
measures protective forces what was so
why was it so important for the womb
asylum what did the nations of the world
benefit from the Michigan at might say
we find she actually hukum a Michigan
before the Michigan was erected how you
only saw him shannoncoade bore when in
to resume type in Yucatan when Hashem
would speak to the Jewish people when he
would speak to Moses when we speak to
Claudius or as a whole so there were
individuals amongst the most eilam among
the nations of the world would also here
I'd like to really read to you inside
this is really amazing AC oseph explains
this Bennett risen what does it mean
when it wasn't be taught me type in
neuchâtel hein it means parish 80 lorae
they would be so overcome as a result of
hearing this voice of ash and the voice
of God that they would have a bowel
movement involuntarily vena cava not
sure how you could show me majko the 80s
says that it doesn't mean that the
entire all of the people of the most
solemn of the nations of the world would
would hear ashrams voice because I yep
sure couldn't be chiamami cited him
specifically those who are meditating
haha fates ammonia in sha allah allah
has gallows we're trying to have a
revelation there were those amongst the
nations of the world who were trying to
have prophecy so those individuals they
would be so overcome as a result of the
prophecy that the Jewish people
receiving the head level of his godless
level of revelation that was happening
was just too much for the asylum for the
nations of the world baka vana he
explains it further the intent is bahala
hannah vu Ababa beetle ha hush that when
prophecy comes so it comes through a
nullification of all the senses at
chennai filter de mala goof to the point
where the body falls into a trance who
falls into a sleep-like state Lanisha
was sickly la vodka do
and all other person has is his remains
with his mind meaning he's experiencing
things just through his mind via do I
owe it is also further known shamita
vahi Sheva that the nature of the influx
cachet ababa eilam when it comes into
the world when God wants to reveal
himself in the world lapham he might
sell us after Bill tira William there
are times where once the influx is
coming into the world it also comes upon
those who are not fitting that they
haven't prepared themselves properly
them so see shiro but it comes through
someone who is fitting commercial kassav
like the verb vs bots altima na rua then
I'll extend out of your prophetic vision
someone who is a master profit so we can
bring that prophecy that spurred on to
those who are still neophytes that
haven't really gone through the process
the ESM rock machinima miss by the mats
melissa but they can achieve that by
preparing themselves and meditating and
so to speak turning off the regular
senses and he says an amazing thing here
v MK name's Amanda Pella and therefore
it's not such a wonder she base so high
is godless visceral that at a time when
I shall reveal himself to the Jewish
people net Samara Duncan Lewis Allen
some of that spirit some of that spirit
of prophecy was extended to the nations
of the world Oklahoma Hancock but they
did not have the power they didn't have
the spiritual power to be able to
receive a key necklace go from their
body was was weak awesome Radha to the
point where they were seized by
trembling vineet Razoo alireza and it
caused them to have a bowel movement
involuntarily keikain tahara automobile
adisa that's the way of trembling of
being in fear that it brings this so
until there was a mish gun this is what
would happen whenever I shall his voice
would come down motion would receive
that prophecy it would extend to others
throughout the world to the nations of
the world but they were were not able to
receive the prophecy was too intense for
them even further says would be similar
maybe c mon Dieu part sewin Heidi Burge
I'd say the word I shall come out in two
ways in two aspects climb lease rel life
for the people of Israel the Jewish
people could handle hearing it Bassam of
Islam asylum but it was def it was
deathly for the
of the world how the who deceive this is
what the verse says kacamata tawba ya he
you heard it and you lived at Shamattawa
ISA you heard it and live a woman shanem
amazing but when the nations of the
world here at they die turning a BMA
I'll might see bahia finishes off the
idea and explains that when it says may
I hell my it that God spoke to Moses now
he speaks him from the tent of meeting
he speaks him specifically from the
mission from the tabernacle but lemme
show ya callin if suck this teaches us
that was only within the tabernacle that
motion would here at that voice the
prophecy would not extend the logical
oil annoyed the prophecy wouldn't extend
it no longer was going to cause
spiritual damage to those outside of the
Michigan outside of the tabernacle so
the Ummah solemn the nations of the
world would not receive this damaging
spiritual influx and rather they would
continue to live that prophecy that I
wanted to bring to the world would come
in a limited way only to those who were
truly worthy and thereby wouldn't cause
so much damage so if it will most solemn
that to the measure is saying if the
nations of the world would know how
precious the mission was that had
limited the prophecy so they would do
things to protect the Michigan the
tabernacle to make sure that nothing
ever happens to it so that it always
continues to limit this spiritual influx
is coming into the world I think that
what we see from this metric and we see
it elsewhere as well we see in regards
to her scene I see in regards to Mount
Sinai is that when a sham reveals
himself in the world when a Shem wants
to create more awareness of him he wants
to bring more spirituality into the
world he wants to bring the world to a
new plateau a new level and spirituality
which is what was happening when he was
bringing the tour into the world when he
was giving a Jewish people to Torah
which is what was happening as the
Michigan is being built as the Michigan
is coming into effect as its power is
coming to affect and guys revealing
himself there every time a Shem wants to
bring the world to a new plateau so the
first people the first ones that are
going to experience it are the Jewish
people and there's a reason for it the
Jewish people as we've said so many
times to present the Klau represent the
coil the nefesh a coil is the soul that
includes all of the other souls the
Jewish people are like that sadak are
like the righteous one like like emotion
like a Moses who includes all of the
souls of the Jewish people the Jewish
people include all the souls of the
nations of the world so Shem first
speaks to the Jewish people and the
Jewish people themselves actually are
purified are you know come to earn it to
a certain extent through the
difficulties that they endure through
the challenges through being in a mist
ran through being in an Egypt through
going through the whole process with
sinning with a golden calf then being
purified through the through the chuva
to the repentance that they do but when
I shall reveal some stuff he doesn't
only want to reveal himself ideally to
the Jewish people the Jewish people are
the soul of the nations of the world so
Hashem wants to really reveal myself to
everyone but the thing is that the
nations of the world at this point in
time at the time of the Michigan the
time I get to see some time of the time
of the exodus from Egypt they're not
ready to receive it a Shem goes around
what does it mean in the majors what
does it mean when that Shem says to all
the nations the world will you receive
the Torah and they say no we're not
willing to well you this nation receive
the tower what's written the tour no
we're not willing to it means that they
weren't really ready to receive that
relationship with a sham they hand
purified themselves it wasn't at the
time for it will there be a time the
future the answer is yes that is the
content of meshia the Messiah arrives
all of the nations of the world will be
ready having gone through all of this
time and purifications and difficulties
and challenges all the nations of the
world will be ready to receive the Torah
will be ready to receive that
relationship with a sham he basically
severely cover the whole army in the
future the base I Minister temples going
to place for all nations to come and to
interact with God but that wasn't yet
true a sham wanted to be Quran you know
in essence a sham wished to reveal
himself nations of the robot they were
not able to receive it that so we see
from this message they were not yet
ready to receive it but the mishkan the
the revelation of Hashem at the time of
the tabernacle at the time of it being
established was really meant could have
been for everyone if they would have
purified themselves if they would have
been willing to give themselves up to
God's Will but they weren't yet ready so
the idea here is saying the idea how
bein a Kalia frying the measures is
teaching us an amazing thing that the
Jewish people are precious the Jewish
people are special they're the ones who
are the closest to God and the measure
should also which I didn't even mention
but there are numerous magician to speak
about the fact that a sham has thrown
away the Jewish people uses an analogy
that they're like the wife who's been
thrown out of the palace of the king but
the idea is that the Jewish people
undergo drastic and difficult challenges
throughout their goalies through their
exiles through the way that they're
treated even by the almost item
themselves by the nations of the world
themselves and in this way they earn the
merit to be able to have a special
relationship with God but I just want to
finish off with one line from the major
shear it's in partial olive you dial
Domini adaalat the fourteenth section
leadership I item has a keen on Iglesias
leading in this world the way it works
is that the divine presence is revealed
only to individuals have a loss at level
in the future time this is a verse in
Isaiah chapter 40 verse for vinegar
quidditch am God's honor will be
revealed borough hall vasoactive all of
the flesh will see together all of the
entire world will experience together
not just individuals not just the Jewish
people but the entire world keep esmd
beer everyone will see that it's God's
mouth that's speaking I want to bless
you and please bless me back a Shem
should help us to be able to experience
the new levels of revelation that she
was bringing into the world those new
levels understand that the difficulties
and the challenges that we have is
individuals or that we have as a nation
those are all in order to bring us to a
new place of Revelation a new place of
closeness new place of relationship with
a Shem should help us to see that shrimp
should help us to experience that and a
sham should help us to be zeljka to
merit that day when indeed rojo bus are
you active all of the nations of the
world all people together will seek EPMD
bear that it's the mouth of God that
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