Maharal Shiur Parshas Ki Savo 2026 with Rabbi Simcha Bunim Berger

Evening Shabas. This is the paris. [cough and clears throat] This week's par gives us says and the nations of the world. What does it mean? The rush when a person wears and tire looking with me [clears throat] and they'll be scared of you. What are they going to see? They're going to see And those is going to stun them. That's going to make them scared. And what will they seem that the name of the moral initus? Imagine that brings a gimra in the beginning of pericim when a person dins a person supposed to be serious. The garra tells over two stories and you're going to see this in your moral. You'll see it. I didn't quote the beginning of the on the other side but you'll see as I read the Gmorra for it's going to be right in the top of the page. the >> it's two lines over here you see from the previous page. So, we're going to pick that up. Was sitting in front of his rebi and he was very he was jovial. He was happy. He was very I don't know if he says jokes didn't say joke his said that a person supposed to be says if you show yourself then you'll have what are you making so you're so uh Yeah. [sighs] >> I'm wearing fillin didn't see that. I'm not happy. I'm wearing the says the same story with what happened was sitting in front of Rav said he saw my saw you should be happy. There has to be a balance vigil. I put on I'm wearing fill when a person two different gimaras same results the tal he was happy and the said what's this happiness had a t on him both of them in both instances had the same story we're happy about we're happy because we're wearing doesn't say we're happy about our happy because we're wearing What does have to do with what is and is not like that is not like that right? What's what's this specifically about since this week's para like we said so this week's par is actually one of the par you could talk about the and today we're saying the is explains the moral the morale is going to learn a couple of mayor you're looking with me [sighs] What was the within? Why each of them gave a separate? Why one gave the and why the other question about why there were different because one was talking about ding and the other was talking about the gill was in the middle of ding. So he said that was that's why he asked about the other was now I'm going to the next point because I want to see in depth the second of the itself on the one hand when a person is not independent when a person is dependent on someone else. It's not the best place to be. boss that you understood Yiddish >> very well [laughter] [gasps] that that was international. Yeah. In Yiddish the word is shaft. Shaft means to say he's telling me what to do. Right. If you're selfmp employed it's the best thing. Right? So the fact that we have the abisher who lis is our boss. You could have said that that would have been a sbo for a person to be in a certain depression. And because of his fear of the you could have thought that a person would have because what do you mean you know he's the thought it's like we said they're the identifying with us. Like we said, on the one hand, a person has to be respectful. But do you know who my boss is? I don't just work for some schllock. I have the best boss in the world. I get treated with royalty cuz my boss is the it's good to work for a good boss. While it's true I might be the fact that my boss is the in him. He's my master. He identifies. You know what he says? He looks at us as his. So of course it means on the one hand I'm not depend I'm not independent but let me tell you something Rabbi Isai when you have the best boss in the world it's okay to work for him. So it's fine if you had a great boss who gave you everything that you needed and everything that you wanted and treated you fairly and treated you respectfully and did everything that you wanted you wouldn't you wouldn't leave the job then that job you would take so says the is the fact that I'm not independent [snorts] but because I know who my boss is. That's the on the one hand I'm happy I've got a boss boss. That's that's one shot. That's one shot. And now the moral so and now says a deeper shot. Why did the they were very happy they were and it's to be so happy. They both said but we're wearing fillin. What's the second says the gashmi is physical part of a person is every in itself is constantly is not stable. It's always changing. That's the whole idea of it's bound and by the fact that it's bound by time and it's limited means it's a flag. The first the day that you're born is your first step towards death. Every day of life is another step towards the end in an so there's no in this world that this world is limited. Where is says Marel And why is because is a world of nits. It's endless. It's not limited in their mit is from their belt is not we said beforehand that's my said the kadusha of tfillin when it's in your ze is not as kesh as when you put on your tillin why the has the name shindal where is the name shindal shin is on the shell the dalot is in the back and the yud is on the shell yat when it's in your fill and zeal it's on two separate batim and the name is not written together. But when you put the on your body, >> so you're now the shin the der from dimension which means in English through your body [snorts] the name of the the become more holy. Holy becomes holy. You become holy. [snorts] The fillain themselves have a have an uplifting. You're now writing the name of the aisher on your body. Your body the abisher's name gets written through you. Do you know how kadesh you are? The aish's name is on you. Do you understand? You're giving I always give them mush. You take a light bulb. Yeah. Flick the light off. You could see the bulb. That's with an iron. Skin with anes. The light of the started sparkling out that you had you had to wear a mask. Why's when he was born was that skin and that body would have lived their he didn't have to die didn't have to have fillin [snorts] the brought you know I think I told this to the once I never saw it inside that in the way it's supposed to be the way a baby when he's born has no teeth. What happens afterwards? The teeth grow. So, so in the which is since the are the which is to us he didn't have to cover his body his body was there was no but when it was when the what happened by the >> what was the shot what happened by the teeth >> what the way the teeth grow in a person. It's not there when you're born. >> Right? >> So it means that the body can something can grow out of it. Right? >> So the says that would grow out of a person at one point in time all day. There are people that >> what the represent they'll be scared of you because where are we holding I want to say you want to know we should be like theatim that lived in the time of the bdish if we could be like an So the base of would be in a good place says when kazal made a gazro on de say it over all the time I'll show you shabas you don't wear right why not >> what does that mean >> shabas is the >> shabas is the means to say that what you get from you get from shabas you want to understand there's a inim says like this you go to an amorit back in the time of kazal you say can I eat this fruit zuk yeah you can eat this fruit. You can't. No. No, you can't. One second. Can you He asked him on the weekday. Z, you asked him on the week. You ask on the weekday. Yes or no? Can you trust him or not? No, you can't. Why not? Cuz he's going to lie, >> right? Cuz he's going to lie. [snorts] So shabis, if you ask him, right, and he says yes, you can eat. Says, what's the difference? says and I ask you how many of us feel shabas if you feel like that then you're the of that's how far we are I felt shabas with such a that [clears throat] the guy who told you on Wednesday I took off my I couldn't believe him the same person you know for sure he's saying the truth is willing to fill him >> so maybe but so therefore you see how has that the in meant I have to say the that's so that's why you don't have to wear fillin Because it means it's the when a mench lives and what he does and what he doesn't and therefore is a he himself is two people say together with their own essence they're saying when you're wearing you're Not the goof which is limited and and he was happy. What are you so happy at that moment? That's why it says that a person who put on why you think the run around and put on people to give him a chance to be like this he has a would put once. So he wrote the shiny on his body the name of the he wrote the name of hem on his body. So with makesh you're allowed to be it's not the of that brought them the don't make a mistake it's not don't make a mistake it's not the mitzvah it's the kite it's what the mitzvah of accomplishes which is the connection to the in such a way that it's so connected to the I'm living my life that day. That's why is a it's not it's not the week day. It's it's not week. Shabas says man let's not shy when he's perish there is no other mitzvah like It's the [snorts] only he tie allows us to tie ourselves you're so I no one if a person how big was you never have to tell a person I don't want to speak why would I want to speak about anything anything why would I want to as soon as you understand how is it's obvious the reason you have a then it's I can't talk with just like can't lie on shabas right I don't want to talk with my I can't talk with my what do you mean is connected to me right now I should say I should go and say things which are not I can't go and do that I've never been >> [snorts] >> like we said because he's limited. We're now connected to him. understand that the is so big, it's so great. You're so connected to the You do that once, you're a You do that once a person with his tattoos and with the you tied your one time you were the to you and your mad you're turned the light on for one moment. Your R with an became R with an ALF. your R with an I and became R with an and now now you're gonna have a now somehow someway some after it's all said and done you'll be able to have a that's what the promises to so that's what says in the of this week's para the yual spirit When he wears his tune the way he's supposed to, even the see it. Even they see it. It's so kic which means it's so recognizable. Everybody sees it. It makes an impression on the world and they get intimidated by you because they're not intimidated by you. They're intimidated by the way you're connected to the Zach as he saw on the