Ari Goldwag - Yisro - Lion's Roar

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari Gold wag recorded with a gems never-ending assistance and Rama HMHS rel 5778 2018 this week's part is partial zero and I think it's accurate to say that this week's part two the events in our parsha which is the revelation at Mount Sinai over a million Jews together experienced an unmatched an unparalleled revelation of God in that moment in those moments when God said I'm making a sham like if I'm a sham your God this moment this description of our Torah of our are partial is perhaps the climax of all that's gone on from the beginning of Genesis from the creation of the world all the way through the stories of Abraham Isaac and Jacob the tribes coming down to Egypt the exodus from Egypt Moshe I may know Moses I think it's safe to say that this is the pinnacle the climax of the entire Torah it's the high point it's the point where God reveals himself to mankind to the Jewish people and in so doing forges his relationship with the Jewish people in a most awesome display now that being the case we need to look at this moment we need to look at what's going on here and understand what is the central theme perhaps of the revelation of Mount Sinai and what was God coming to do what was the idea here and so to do that I'd like to share with you an awesome you know the the words of ghazzal an awesome beautiful Meldrick the words of Hazael our sages are so rich and so deep and there's so many lessons to learn from it there's so many depths that are hidden inside of each mesh and I need to share with you the last piece on our parsha which is in pair cuff test section tests the 29th chapter on section number 9 Table Rock our nation Akasha the major she explains that when God said I am Hashem your God hada who deceive so this fulfilled that that which we find in a verse the verse says in ammos chapter 3 verse 8 re Ishod meet Laura when a lion roars who shall not fear the concept of the line we're seeing we're seeing the message is saying that God is compared to a lion it's an analogy God is compared to a lion roaring lion roaring when a lion roars who shall not fear there's a lion roars means he's hungry he's angrier I don't know exactly what but somehow a lion roars and everyone is afraid I'd like to point out that the word are yay of course I'm very interested in in the concept of the line because my name is Ari and it's the same same word are yay the word Rea there's two very interesting things to see immediately and that is that the letters of the word are yay when you rearrange them so it spells the same word yireh which means fear so the very letters of the of the lion denote the concept of the line which is fear also interestingly the word RA as the same komachi is the word guevara which means either strength or withholding of kindness with test said and we have Guevara we have kindness and we have which is on the right side and we have Guevara which is the withholding of kindness so the aspect of the Aria the aspect of the line denotes Guevara it denotes strength or denotes withholding of kindness okay so we need to understand what is the concept in this context of Hashem being analogous to a roaring lion was the idea so let's study this together Zelda said the measure says 1 the first aspect here the first thing that we see is the following me Laura a Camela haggarium the verse says in jeremiah chapter 10 verse 7 that that jeremiah said your me oh and avi said who shall not fear you and he refers to God is the king of the nations ulica Yassa because to you it is appropriate okay so so you meow refers such time as the king of the nations which is unusual usually we refer to God as the king over Israel I'm on a V Milenio the Prophet said to Jeremiah Mara ISA LM America going why did you refer to Shem as the king of the nations Cohen avium carry and I say Malarkey's RAL all of the prophets refer to God is the king of Israel I took her I say Mel AHA so why why is jeremiah jeremiah referring to god as a king of the nations I'm real honcho Mattamy Meno nothing like going miss a taeho Jeremiah refer to God as a king of the nations because Hashem has said to him God had said to him you are a prophet to the nation's that's so who I've placed you to be and this was actually a reference not to the nations of the world but specifically to the Jewish people and as the it's Joseph explains it was a negative connotation it was referring to the Jewish people that they were behaving like the nations of the world in a negative way they were behaving in a way that wasn't in consonance with the Torah and thus they were referred to as as Gentiles honey I'm Artie Mel AHA lemare Malbin eval been a bass a la casa la Karamu class so the your mio in response to this reference to the fact that I shall refer to the Jewish people as a nation who who is like who is like that that he is a prophet to the nation's that Jewish people are behaving like the nations of Shem Jeremiah refers to Hashem as the king of the nations meaning Nayar the quemic to chef there's an aspect here of Nero's of year of fear of of judgment so the idea here is that Hashem comes like a lion he comes as a king of the nations so to speak he comes in judgment upon the Jewish people he comes to give them boundaries I would say very you know like a parent a loving parent Hashem is our loving parent He loves us but at the same time it's very interesting we're gonna see very soon we're gonna see that there's a dual aspect that's going on here there's an aspect of the fact that Hashem approaches us with gyro with fear were supposed to fear God we're supposed to a relationship of respect I would even say but also fear a child has to have proper respect for the parents child has to understand that there are clear boundaries Hashem is coming and saying these are the boundaries within which our relationship is going to be forged these are the rules this is the Mitsos the commandments that you need to keep these so in in that respect God is interacting with us with Europe as a lion roaring and saying you want a relationship with me this is what you have to do right so God comes an atheist Gemini Kaka I am a shame your God right there's a there's a certain year uh there's a certain respect that we need a certain fear that we need to have not to cross the boundaries not to enter into a place which is a defiance of God's will because we're entering into a relationship with God so and that's why the measure she talks about the fact that the Jews sometimes behave in a negative way we break the boundaries we behave like the nations of the world who are not commanded we behave like those who do not have as many boundaries we have a relationship with Hashem which is unique and special and what comes with that unique and special relationship is deep a deeper sense of respect for those boundaries Marshall it's very interesting mashallah Denise deus shemitah key saya Hooven it's an analogy to a person who is a moneylender a moneylender who lends out money he has he has a purse full of golden coins well I'm a bit severe and he came out to the marketplace and he's calling out mishima vaca Sharia sure whoever wants to can come and borrow money or you are called Shamima barking everyone who heard it ran away Limor to schiavelli partly Misha loved a new column Lloyd because the people why did they run away from this moneylender because they said when it's gonna come time to pay who will be able to pay if you borrow money how will we be able to pay it back so there's a sense of responsibility there's a sense of I am now coming into a relationship with Hashem God is saying I am a sham your God and everyone the response is fear almost you I want to run away why because whenever we enter into a relationship a relationship comes with challenges and it comes with with boundaries and it comes with responsibilities and it comes with commitments okay Casca Viejo yanukovych merkel is see night lieutenant de brace so - as it were God came down to Mount Sinai and he wanted to give that sense at the bridge the 10 commandments sure oh yeah I'm gonna smite it why did I shall want to create these boundaries it's like a child who has no boundaries and has is running around wild okay if you don't give him clear boundaries what's gonna happen is he's going to be destroyed he's gonna end up as a thief he's gonna end up in jail he's gonna enter who knows what's gonna happen to him because he has no boundaries so Shem saw the world was on the edge that if there would be no boundaries given into the world if there were be no rules so then everything would be destroyed the world you know at people destroy themselves evil evil can spread when it's not curbed so Hashem said here's what we need to do these are the boundaries Shanaya Eretz Raja Ashman I'm not foo very interesting the diverse refers to the fact that the land shook there was noise were earthquakes it was a grand sight it was an amazing mom at her Sina it was an amazing experience for the Jewish people but it was a fearsome experience it was a challenging experience because God was laying down the law literally okay now moody Shania me rifle ooh you smell Marty senchan oh yeah her Colorama the Jewish people were shaking the world was shaking her Mirotic's the the the mountain Mount Sinai was shaking shanem have a hard color mode it was the verse refers to the fact that was shaking callaloo llama why was this why did I sham do this Allan McNish Adeeb Adeeb Rochelle came because Hashem was giving us these Commandments for life w save ass Arya shrugged Mila hero and the Navi tells us the Prophet says as we said in the beginning when a lion roars who shall not fear so there's a roaring there's a roaring there's a shaking look that occurs because of the boundaries being set the commitment being made a relationship being forged so there's fear and they're shaking okay now so so we see that this is that what happened at that time this is what happened at the exodus which was the Google of Claudius throw the forging of the nation of the Jewish people the exodus the redemption of the Jewish people and it was a time which cuz I referred to as they went back to the state of autumn Irishmen cause of my faith they went back to the state of the first man before the sin there was a return this is Messiah the Messiah had arrived his name was Moshe Rubino his name was Moses and he brought out the Jewish people and what happens when Messiah comes when the Messiah arrives is that there is a shaking because a relationship is being formed okay so that's what happened at that time and the message continues and tells us that's what's going to happen in the future as well I'm ready yum-yum I'm miss shush you whoo nice and kind law Elam when Hashem gives life to the world Hashem is is croute you know like we said before the world was shaking it was shaking it was on the edge of destruction Hashem brought laws in Hashem created boundaries so that the world would not be destroyed if that's how I was then Michelle show me some kinda merits Russia because she have in the Fremen are hunched over all did retire a lot has come a Bahama you want to understand what's going to happen in the future time when the Messiah arrives which is actually the present time as our hazael as a great sages today I've told us and over the last hundred years they've told us that Hobbes crime spoke about the first world war in the second world war he was able to see prophetically that it was there was about to be a second world war that these were the Wars of goguma Berg priests aging a messianic era we are entering or we have already entered the beginning stages of the Messianic era according to our great sages so if we look at that in light of the fact that there's a shaking up that happens there is a massive shaking up that occurs is a judgment on the world because you have on the Fremen are hunched over all the Retiro allah has come a Bahama certainly it's going to have there's gonna be a shaking when a Shem comes to judge the world there's a judgment that occurred years ago during World War two 100 years ago during World War one there was a judgment and that judgment that shaking that guevara that re Suge that lion roaring that's the experience when it comes to Shem creating a new relationship with the world bring in the world to a new place spiritually bringing the world to a new relationship with him which is what we're we're beginning to see in the world so Shem comes to collect so to speak he's the noise sure he's the one who lent the money created the relationship and said this is what it has to be this is what you have to do this is what our relationship looks like have you kept that relationship has that relationship been respected that's the question neshama asks as we enter into a phases of google of redemption so allah has come a Bahama is gonna be certainly if that's how it was by the gula when I came to the Redemption from the Exodus there was a judgment that went on certainly it's going to be that way in the future time before the Messiah the shanem has a verse says in not home in chapter 1 verse 6 lifting zama me a man who can stand up in front of God's anger mamimi Calculus young boy who can be sustained in the day that God comes cashewnuts a umbria quite a llama behind clay when God is looking to be a piece no one can stand up to it cuz you come back around a boy me I'm on the phone of when God gets up in his anger who can stand before him heavy Emilia ha melih ha this is the concept of the verse that we quoted earlier which says who shall not fear you the king of the nations it's a reference to the fact that God comes in judgment that God comes in in creating and forging a new relationship with the world with the Jewish people in the world so there's a judgment that goes on yes that's the first concept the first concept is this intense judgment this intense sense of shaking that the world has to has the experience as the Messiah arrives as the gula occurs as they receive the Torah as they forge a relationship with God okay I'm gonna skip a section here because I want to get to another point its I'll just give you like a small sum up of part of this section because it's interesting the the message refers to the fact that we find that you shall on Jerusalem is referred to as a lion we find that King David Shia the Messiah's referred to as a line dove it is is representative it could be that he himself will return and be a messiah to Malaika Sinha's Elsa are you know we have different opinions in our sages or mushiya himself the Messiah could be that he's a person who's gonna be living in the generation of the Messiah but in any event the Messiah David ml King David is referred to as an re as a as a lion and so is the Jewish people refer to as a lion and interestingly Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon eeeh he's also referred to as a lion and he comes to destroy the temple and take away the maquas take away the kingship the rulership the Jewish people are meant to be the rulers of the world to guide the world in the true path of God that is our you that is our ultimate purpose in the world and we will fulfill that function properly when the Messiah arrives but that function was stolen by Nebuchadnezzar he's destroyed the temple which was referred to as the RA as the lion he destroyed he took away the monk was the kingship from the Jewish people and he took it to himself he is referred to as a lion so whoever is in charge so to speak whoever rules the world so to speak it's called a lion very interesting okay so that's the Jewish people as represented by that and the Magister says that when when the base of Amos was destroyed so Hashem roar - M is the true line i Shama is the true leader the true source of everything in the world and he he's the source of spirituality as a source of all goodness and unity so he as it were he was roaring from his place as a matter says I don't want to get so far into that idea as I do want to get into the last concept which is brought in the measure it says like this now are fair are you shocked another explanation of this verse in in our context of the fact that the lion roars America - roughly through God says the Jewish people Makabe on Atem a sensitive race do you acquiesce do you agree to receive the Ten Commandments I'm really hang they said yes Shannon as the verse says in Psalms chapters 90 2 verse 4 Elias our Valley novel so the simple understanding of the verse is that it's talking about a ten strings harp ten stringed instrument that that was used or will be used in the future time when Messiah arrives discussion there's lots of discussion about it but Elias or the magic understands it to mean something different in this context a layoffs or means a Lila cabal a Sarah Sedaris I saw as a ten strings harp but we're gonna use it here to mean the ten strings so to speak of that sarah diemer's of the ten commandments a la la means on but it can also be read as a lie which means upon me I accept upon myself the Jewish people said we accept upon ourselves to fulfill the Ten Commandments a lie a sir Elias certain acaba la serda theorists and as the ACS have explains Valle a novel this is the duality which wanted to to come to to speak about to delve in to try to understand the beauty of this measures the depth of this men - the richness of the mentorship that when the Jewish people receive this asserted embrace which are represented as an ayah sha God is roaring right this tremendous fear tremendous respect tremendous laying down of boundaries but when they when they receive it says they as the ACS have explains it there is a Gila burro other there's a rejoicing in trembling the verse says in Psalms the Gila Barada somehow it's possible to rejoice to be joyous as one is fearful as one is respectful you know in our generation the Western world we're not comfortable with the word gyro in regards to God we don't like the word fear we don't want to be afraid of God we won't have a relationship with God we want God to love us but that is a failing of the Western world that we can't handle boundaries that we can't handle it's very hard for us to have respect and that's why there's so many problems in relationships there's so many problems of divorce etc etc relationships between parents and children religions between man and wife etc all of that stuff stems from a problem in boundaries as parents we have our times laying down boundaries for our children as in our relationship with our friends or with our relationship with our spouses we have hard times respecting each other's boundaries and even laying down what are bound our boundaries are the beauty here the beauty here it's it's so beautiful because the tire is telling us this is the foundation the foundation of true reality is rejoicing in boundaries wrist and the joy in respecting each other's boundaries Claudia so receives the Torah Elias our Valley novel there is the ten they receive upon themselves the Ten Commandments and they novel is is a musical instrument they are rejoicing in it they are singing they are they're happy as they receive these boundaries it's a beautiful thing so beautiful so deep Hammond the Kim D bear Mila leonova so now that the next point in the Midrash is also very remarkable God speaks the verse in almost says chapter 3 verse 8 God speaks it's the next words in the puss ik of when the when the lion roars who shall not fear when God speaks who shall not prophesy I remember you have o Bashar maybe F : we have all said in the neighbor vehicle nakisha knots nautical they spoke with cetera amazing thing beautiful thing deep thing deep concept when I Shen gave the Torah C portlet Sava no bird made a sound I fled para no bird flew Shar leg or a an ox didn't make a noise I find him lay off who did none of the animals none of the angel were flying stéphane miroux kadosh kadosh the Angels which ordinarily say holy holy holy in reference to God they didn't say word hi I'm Lane is Dazza the waves were all silent they didn't move the the the the oceans didn't move huh breeze lady brew nobody spoke la roche Sakuma harish the entire world was absolutely silent yet suck all the voice came out an idea channel a katha i am a Shinra god no movement no shaking and and as its pointed out in the before Shamir before God spoke there was incredible noise and shaking the higher with the you know the mountain was was trembling the people were trembling then there was noise there was thunder there was lightning it was an awesome spectacle and then I was silence absolute silence and in a silence God spoke and he said on Nike I'm like aha i'ma show me Oh God the measures goes on I'm not going to read it inside but the magic was not to say that that there wasn't even when you know ordinarily when you speak there can be a an echo there was no echo there was just one voice you wouldn't mistake it that there's more than one ocean there's only one God and I'm like ha ha very quiet very simple undeniable undeniable there's no two ways about it it's very clear and if you have shown like if I am a shiny oh god there's only one God that's one God the only one God and that's Hashem and that was the revelation and it was a quiet revelation and it followed shaking and trembling and noise and then it entered into a place of absolute quiet and I think that this is not a different statement than the previous statement which spoke about them receiving our sensitive rice and rejoicing at this area so there was the ten commandments are lots of movement this is what you've got to do this is what you got to do this is what you have to do and and the rejoicing someone is joyful it's like you've reached that place when you're happy you've reached that place at experience yesterday working on a song for my new CD we're coming out soon maybe I'll talk to you about next week and there was a little problem in one of the songs I'm working on with a with an artist musician out in actually in Seattle and I said you know there's something off here that's are you and and he went said is that better and I said no it's not fixed yet and we went through like five revisions until it finally got to the point where it was fixed and we both laughed we he wrote to me haha and I was really laughing when we finally got to that end like when you get to that place where you're finished you have the back and forth on the back and forth and you get to that place of you stop moving that's where you're quiet that's where you laugh that's where you rejoice you got to that place and it was a challenge and there was so much noise but you got there right that's this joy there's the trembling there's the shaking there's the back-and-forth there's the boundaries and then you get into that place where you're in the boundaries and you're not moving around and you're just in the relationship that's it that's it huge tikal island Kadesh 800 breeze change its momentum the entire world was silent I'm also skipping hear a bid there's someone there's so much here but a matter of time the entire world was silent so that they would know everyone would know there's nothing besides fresh em just quiet not even an echo God's voice is so loud not even an echo there's only God even in the statement and I catch some like echo I am a son of God just quiet Lamar 90s turn Akaka with Austin Lubbock seven likely an active human FM time and the mesh ends off again connecting us to the future time whereas Shane uses the same we're an IV I an IV I know he used it twice and he says I am the one who consoles you and if we think about consolation we think about the the movement of the Jewish people throughout history we think about the Aria shock the Jewish people are this lion we were the leaders of the world and then we were thrown away we lost our leadership to Nabucco nets the king of Babylonia and so many nations have taken leadership since then but here the Jewish people are returning in times of the Messiah here we are right now in the land of Israel reclaiming quietly our leadership role in the world and it's an Fe innately human mmm but it's uh it's I God says that I and the one who is consoling you a consolation is very similar very similar to this there's so much movement and all of a sudden there's just joy there's just simcha there's so much movement and there's just quiet I'm the one sham says and you look at the entire history of the Jewish people the challenges the tribulations the Holocaust so the Inquisition's so much difficulty so many so much lions roaring and then we get to this final point and it's just quiet we're waiting for that quiet we haven't gotten there yet but the quiet is the joy it's the nahama it's the consolation I want to bless you and I ask you to please bless me back that we should be able to have this respect understand the beauty of the boundaries of the of the relationship with Hashem with God what it really looks like we should understand that these laws 613 commandments are not here to strangle us but they are here to give us a true relationship with God so that we have true fear drew respect and true joy that comes that follows that fear and respect we should be able to experience this simcha this song should be able to experience this nahama this consolation thank you so much for listening a wonderful Shabbos this podcast was made possible through the gracious donations of listeners like you for more podcasts like this please visit WWE [Music] hurry gold lag [Music]