Ari Goldwag - Vayishlach - Shimon and Levi

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast recorder possessions never-ending assistance in Rome efficient wishes Ralph 5778 2017 this week's purchase parshas high-ish lock before I begin this year is dedicated by Arthur Schiffman to his grandparents his grandfather's Leoben Aharon and Pincus man Yakov and I'm going to depart a little bit from my normal type my normal style of podcasts and this week I just I'd like to read with you some interruption which I found to be extremely interesting and I'll share with you just some questions on them and I'm not gonna give you like a blow out like understanding or a blowout take-home but there's definitely a take home and there's definitely it's just interesting to learn together to try to understand a magistrate to read it and to see their questions that come up as we read it together and those questions can be explained if we understand that the depth of what the minister is trying to say and yes there are deep messages and there are also simple messages so I want to share with you so this week some more simple messages okay so here we go now in our partial this week so Yakov Aveeno Jacob and his children they returned to her to surely come back to the land of Israel and interestingly the the we of course have the interaction of Yaakov has with a sub but the first place where they find themselves the first location is this city of shrimp and we have the story with Dina her abduction and her being violated by shem and we have Shimon and Lavvy who come and they make a deal with him and the killing out all of the people of Scott much is of course a difficult story to understand but I'd like to share you some aggression which speak about it and can give us a little bit of depth and certainly won't explain everything on explain the things that are most difficult for us to understand but at least give us a little bit of understanding okay so the first thing is just really cool some really cool Madras I'm really interesting things I think and the measures just has its way of teaching things in an unusual way like it's like wow you know that's that's the mentorship goes for that wow factor okay this is in partial pay section you number 10 the occlusion even a Yakima Valley V so the posse tells us that Shimon Levy they took their weapons or whatever they took they and they went and they and they killed out the city of shechem now the first thing is that the measures wants to understand the lush and language of the verse is very interesting it says the two sons of Yaakov Shimon and levy I wanted to just say shimon levy why does it have to refers them as the sons of Yaakov you mash machine a machine with a levy the verse tells us says the magician that it was shimon an AV so so your dad machine Yaakov him we already know we've already met these people we already have we've met these characters of course so why is it Torah want to tell us the that there been a lack of the sons of Jacob Ella Vinayaka shallow not lu8 Samia cough mattress says that they were the the tourists pointing out that they were the sons of Jacob but they did not actually take advice from Yakko they did things on their own they went off on their own into this act Shimon Valley V it refers to them as Shimon and Levy why is it referred to them in that way should learn a clue eight Suzumiya interestingly even though they agreed that they were going to do this action they didn't actually this is the way they do so he explains it they didn't take advice from each other they weren't on the same page when it came to going into the city of Shechem and killing out the inhabitants they each had their own motivation actually it's discussed by the net see if it's something I talk about in my safer my book perfectly imperfect and then it says that Shimon had one motivation his motivation was the honour of the Jewish people which is a good motivation but not as high as the motivation of lavey ladies motivation was the honor of God okay just that's just the side that's not the measure says but that's just interesting the measure does say that they had different motivations they didn't act really converse about what was the reason why they were doing things okay Dina you know here's where it gets really interesting to me okay Dina they were the brothers of Dina Jewish name haisa gosh what am I so the measure says what only Shimon and lady were the brothers of Dina Dina was the sister of all of the schwa them all of all the tribes yes it was her sister you're her brother LaVey yahudah you know I'm saying roofing there were other brothers that were also her brothers so why is it referred to them as sweet this way this is an amazing thing this is to me one of the main take homes of the manish elevation us new alumna from allah Nick ray Sal show mom why were they called why was she called by by their name she's called she is called Dina the sister of Shimon and Levy there called her brother why mum because they stood up sorry it's because they stood up for her they stood up for her and they were willing to to risk their lives for her to save her to get her out of there with a cavasso we find two other examples of this very very interesting examples but tiga Clara mana via a hoist our anniversary's to the fact that Miriam who was the sister of our own she went and she took a tie she took the drum and she was singing with the with the women after Priam Soph after the splitting of the see a refer sir as the sister of Aaron why she called the sister of Haroon if you're a siren who saw what she was only the sister of Aaron or legend an oyster she was the sister of Moshe as well elevation Asin Arunachala how can i crush money later in the Taira there's a story Tara describes the fact that Miriam had spoken Russian art spoken gossip about her brother moisture available Moses and then the verse tells us it's actually hinted to in the verse that Aaron stood up for he said as the easy if explained he said be dining please know which this literal train is mean please no don't don't let her be punished I was also at fault but the but the a taste of explains that it means B let it let the let the blame be placed on me B means on me let it be placed on me let me let let me be the one who is punished I said harem so because Aaron stood up for Miriam because he stood up on her behalf so therefore she is called the sister of our own they come to become joined in a certain sense and the same thing is true of shimon and lady because they stood off Rodina so they are her brothers they are her brothers ok if you okay so we read that ok ok Havas aww really amazingly interesting is that there's another place where you find this you won't have expected the measures to bring this one this is kind of the wow factor eval devar Cosby bustin C median Eliza there was a Vera a sin that was committed by the great-great-great-great grandson - mo actually interestingly and it was he was he slept with a Midianite woman which was a big of era it was a big transgression and she hadn't been converted to Judaism and that was a great transgression and the result was that he pinnacles came and killed him Zimmer he was his name and killed her her name was Cosby she was a Midianite princess and she is referred to as the sister of the Midianites the sister yeah I saw myself what does it mean that she was the sister well a by some us and I said she was just a member of their of that nation of the nation of Midian official national national Masonic resume a / ma why she called this sister it's because she knew what she was getting she was putting herself in a dangerous place she was coming to the Jewish people to try to cause them to fall in sin but why was she doing that she was doing that in order to protect her nation so they Jewish people who shouldn't come and wipe out the people of Midian now because she was standing up for her people she is called their sister very interesting she's called it's interesting to watch another magic shows alumina craze she didn't she stood up for her she risked her life for her nation Nick Christmas Alicia her nation is called and connected to her name so somebody who stands up for somebody else is called to their name Miriam is called the sister of Ahram Cosby is called this sister of Midian and and Sherman and Navy are called the Brothers of Deena okay so they're they're connected they're connected in a different way so I was just thinking like what is it take home of this I think it's very powerful that when we stand up for somebody else we become connected to them you know in a way that's unusual and a great example of this you think about is you who Dan Benjamin you who dimed Benjamin we know that you who de stands up in the story later on about where yo saved they don't know that it's yo so if the brothers are coming back and and the Goblet was found in Benjamin's bag and Benjamin's back so you who de stands up for monument for Benjamin and they become bound for all time we know that the portion of Judah was right next to the portion of Benjamin in fact to be some English the temple was on the border between e hooda and Benjamin the credit recognition the Holy of Holies was in the portion of Benjamin but the rest of the base something which was in the portion the rest of the temple was in a portion of Judah so you see that they were connected for all time in fact today the Jewish people Jews why we call Jews is because we come from Judah the Jewish people today consist of Judah and Benjamin you only you it's only possible to be today from three tribes either Judah Benjamin or lady the Levites the Kohanim the priests are from Lavy Levites are from LaVey but so Benjamin and Yehuda today because you would have stood up for his brother Benjamin they were intimately bound forever for all time so it's a great lesson when we stand up for somebody else we become their brother we become their true brother and it's also a lesson for for those of us who are brothers and sisters what it really means to be a brother with what does a true brother look like what does it look like when I when I relate to my sisters or my children relate to their siblings it means that we stand up for each other it means that we care about each other we're intimately worried about each other we stand up for them and we risk our lives for our siblings we're willing to do that and those who are willing like we see interestingly we learned from Cosby though is too early are not our biological sisters or brothers but those who were willing to stand up for to risk our lives on behalf of them we are also called their brothers so I think about that in the context I live an artsy strong line of Israel I think about that in the context of those who stand up for us my brothers and sisters who are in the army of the of the Jewish people here in Israel and so how when they stand up for me so they're risking their lives for me when I stand up for them that's my that's the way I understand and I've lived through Wars here in Israel and I especially appreciate the times where we dedicate and we stand up for our soldiers I think it's a really important thing it represents the fact that these are my true brothers they've stood up for me that makes them my true brother so that's the take home here for me measures continues each cowboy each one his sword relies Ramm Benchley Chasseur Shana oh very interesting they were 13 years old when this happened she meant a lady and eight says he gives us a whole husband shows us how this is true where we see it that they were exactly 13 and 14 years old Shannon leaving they were men already they were on their own they were on their own they were their own person and yet shamil Shalala vbar see see the next piece of the measure says us like this Shmuel asked the following question to lady bar CCR Merle I'm out Dane Dixie viola well you're better the verse says that they came to the city with shortness was with shortness is that going on the fact that the city was they felt sure of themselves or is it going on the fact that Sherman lady were sure of themselves I'm are lie so he responded and said but to compile all confessions O king they trusted in the power their elder of Yaakov immuno Jakob they knew that a miracle excuse me would be performed on their behalf as a result of the merit of Jacob they felt that they were standing up for the honor of Jacob perhaps so they felt that they were doing what was right and therefore they would have a miracle happen which is true which was what happened they were able to completely destroy the city completely kill out all the people there and it was the merit of therefore of their father not their forefather their father but learn how you know Yaakov rates a shiatsu bone away so my sir just tells us that it wasn't the will of Jacob that they should do such a thing became a shiatsu bone away so my sir but since the children did this action I'm Armani Manya is one idly poppy on whom asylum very interesting he said to himself how can I leave my sons Shimon and Lavvy to fall into the hands of the nations of the world MA Marisa what did he do right he wanted to protect interestingly he didn't go in and fight on behalf of Shimon and Lavery he didn't fight with them but what he did do is not a hiring Akash day he took his sword and his bow well I mean like a pistol Shem and he stood at the doorway of Shem the doorway of the city I'm ready me of all my so I know this Davila Hamlet Bondi and you know come connect them if the rest of the nations of the world wants to come and fight against my sons as a result of what they've done here I will fight them who do who are melody ice if we see that this is something that is referenced by aku himself when he speaking to Joseph he gives him a blessing money no Satya Hashem I had a heckuva guy read the verse says that he gave him sham he gave him the city of crime as them a fortune explained the commentaries say he gave Yosef as an inheritance the city of skirmishers India today where you can go to karaoke if you can go to where Joseph is buried so that was given that city was given to yo safe haven was seen as an outlaw who knew Yaakov car with Akash too much crime so how do we know like we said that he took out his sword in his bow in scram she never as the verse says yo safe he was telling Yosef I'm giving you the city I surely cuffed me on a murdered Bihari the cash because I took it from the Ameri anak and I'm sorry that I took it from there my hammer rights with my sword and with my bow so clearly he was involved her in this war at some level so the measure she's telling us that he was involved by standing and preventing the most Island the nations of the world from coming in and taking away the city in and further battling with Shimon and lady so he protected them even though he wasn't happy with what they did but he protected them and thereby he he took the city it's the question that I had when I was reading this and discussing this was well he didn't actually take the city she when a lady took the city so what does he mean that he when he says Behar Bokashi eyes he protected the city but he didn't actually keep he didn't actually take this and he didn't capture the city so what is the shot what does it mean what does the measure saying what is the first same so I was thinking that the understanding of the magistrate's understanding of the verse is that they think about this step back for a moment what what does it mean who is concerned that the silent would come that the nations of the world would come as a result of the fact that Shimon and Lavy attacked and killed the people of sham why would they come what would be their gambit and I think that shot is I think the idea is as well soon see I'm gonna read you one more meddra SHhhh the kunai and the canaanites the people who lived in that country they knew they had a Mis aura they had a tradition that they would be destroyed at some point they would be killed out by the Jewish people but only as a minister is going to say when the Jewish people were strong with 600,000 men strong as it would be when the Jewish people would leave miss family would leave Egypt they would come to the Land of Israel there was 600,000 men so the Canaanites knew that it wasn't yeah at the time so that's good dimensions gonna say that Yaakov was concerned about that that's why he was worried that they were going to come so so but what what does that mean what's the idea here the idea is that the Canaanites knew that it's not yet the time for the Jewish people to inherit the Land of Israel it was not gonna happen for another 400 years everybody knew about the the Neva or 300 years at this point the Neva of Avraham Avinu of Abraham that the Jewish people would at the land but it wasn't at the time so by Shimon and Levy attacking the city of Shem and killing out the inhabitants there what they were in essence doing was taking possession of a piece of air to sell a piece of the Land of Israel too early so the Canaanites would should have the asylum the nations of the world would have and should have prevented the Jewish people at that time as embodied by Shimon and navy from accessing or taking taking the Land of Israel which was going to be theirs in the future because there wasn't at the time so Yaakov was concerned that they would come and try to protect and maintain their own connection to the Land of Israel which by the way if you think about it this is what we see going on today and going on seven years ago when the when when the Jewish people established officially through the last comma supplies through the permission of the nations which is also interesting but since then they keep trying to prevent us they keep trying to come in and and take away our gains take away the are capture of Shem so to speak so that's that's a concern always when the Jewish people come into the place which is rightfully ours there's always a concern that we must oil in the nations of the world will try to take away what we've gained so now Yaakov when Jacob was standing at the Pisgah shelf scram yes he wasn't actually actively capturing the city of Shem but by standing there to protect Sean and Lavy with his with his sword and his and his bow which as Rashi tells us in the in the verse over there invitee that the sword and the bow were his prayers right it was his his prayers his mitzvahs who use his merits so by him standing there in essence he was maintaining the fact that the woman saw Elam would not come in the nations were will not come in and take away the city of sham which they had now captured they had now gained through their war so Yaakov Aveeno in essence first of all I just hit me first of all he he stood there with his merits he stood there with his sword and his bow also when they came in in the first place this is this is amazing as you read the measures the stuff starts to come together the when I came in the first place how did they get him what did they what did they trust him as we said they trusted in this horse of Yaakov Aveeno of Jacob they knew that they would be successful they believed that they would be successful because of the fact that they had the merit of Yaakov of Jacob on their side so it was Yakko himself his merit that stood for them made them feel that that they had the confidence to come in there in order to indeed capture the city and it was Yaakov himself standing up for them to protect them from the women some from anyone coming in to try to take it back from them which maintained their ability to have the city to keep that to keep that city to themselves so that's I believe the shot in the magician I think it's an amazing thing if we think about our too strong we think about like what's the take home of this as well we think about what is this course what is our merit that we have to be here in the Land of Israel what is it it's because of Yaakov universe because of Jacob it's because of that connection that's close the merit of our forefathers the merit of the connection that they had to God and as long as we maintain that connection that merit so we continue to be ziko and it's the promise of God it's the promise of God to the obvious to offer me a sucking Yaakov the Abraham Isaac and Jacob that that is the merit that we have to be here and when does it happen that's the next measure actually to mention later this is your base number 12 so I'm skipping one I mean I'm a lady a hard time I see Yaakov and responsible Shimon our lady did they he said to them you've you've darkened me a heart to me see Robert meets Louisa how is her heart to me so the sages say that what he was saying to them was that the the barrel which was full of water it was clear and you made it dark you shook things up and you brought up all the sediment from the bottom of the barrel Masseria is he be decking on him this is what I was cording to you before there was a massara there was a tradition that the Canaanites had she an exceedingly Paul Bo D there you know that they're gonna fall by my hands by the hands of the Jewish people hello Sean McClure who I assure t fret Hashem said it's not gonna be until you become men until you have six hundred thousand machinery but you need six hundred thousand men okay so he said to them that it's not yet the time to be used to be capturing line of Israel until we have that spiritual power of so many people right which is going to be in the future when the Jewish people come into when they leave Egypt they have that many men have that many that that spiritual power that many people serving a Shem in that relationship with God so then we'll be able to capture the Land of Israel but now you're playing with fire you're starting up with something it's not you at the time okay but they responded interesting ever be who departs Iman who are comets with steel alloys so they responded and said no the barrel the salmon was all was all shaken up everything was shaken up we didn't have if they could come in and start up with us and take one of the the daughter of Yaakov Aveeno of Jacob and violate her so that means that they don't have the proper respect for the Jewish people we stood up for that honor and we settled down the sediment and we caused it to be clear so that they won't start up with us that was interestingly their response but you see over here an amazing thing and I'm sure I've said this in years past but I saw once I heard so many somebody I heard someone speak about this or I saw it written written up that the Jewish people in the year 1948 we had 600,000 Jews in this country so it was the time in 1967 there was double that amount there was 600 over 600,000 men so as mama SH it was literally like it was in the times of of the Jewish people coming into the Land of Israel and now today we have 6 million 6 million Jews here so we have 10 times that's 600,000 so bottom line the take-home here is we need to have a certain amount of people serving God connected to God in order to have the merit to be here we need to have the source the merit of Yaakov Avena of Jacob that that connection to God that he had we need to continue that connection then we can be but to us we can be certain and then the last point the first point that we mentioned which is last one I'll mention now is that we need to stand up for our brothers and our sisters and when we do and both literal brothers and sisters and and figurative brothers and sisters and when we do we forge a relationship that's unbreakable thank you so much for listening and 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 [Music]