Parshas Behaaloscha with Rabbi Simcha Bunim Berger

Okay, good evening, my rabbi, sorry. Welcome to Torah Anytime. Tonight's shiur at Ahavas Yisrael is sponsored by David Metzger l'iluy nishmas his mother, Esther bas Avraham. The yahrzeit is today. Yud Tes Sivan, it's still today. And may she have a mazel tov on having an aliya and all the zechuyos b'ezras Hashem Yisborach should be for you, your family. Mazel tov on your daughter's chasunah last week, baruch Hashem. She should be zocheh b'ezras Hashem Yisborach all the good things, nachas from this child, baruch Hashem, from this couple, from all the couples, b'ezras Hashem. Zivel Hagen ben Mechael Leib ben Rivka Rochel bas Bas Sheva. And the iluy nishmas of Tzvi ben Simcha ben Nachman ben Akiva, my father, zechrono livracha, and my mother, Henya bas Moshe Chava Frieda bas Yitzchak Aryeh, aleiha hashalom. Rav Yaakov Yitzchak ben Leib ben Shalom ben Nosson ben Rebbe Nachman ben Rebbe Nachman, aleihem hadayeh. Tzvi Yitzchak ben Chana Esther ben Reizel Yitzchak ben Rochel Chana Hillel ben Chana Tzivia. Miriam Mayer ben Miriam Elazar ben Nosson Yitzchak ben Rochel ben Baruch ben Rochel, shlaveima Chava Rivka bas Devorah. Shua Shalom ben Yechiel ben Basya. Malka Frieda bas Rishka Bryna. It's from Shimshon Chaim ben Nachman ben Rochel Esther bas Esther Yugan ben Elina. Okay, my rabbi, say letter Hey. Letter Hey in parshas Behaalosecha. Rafi, good evening. Sotah, perek kama, page kuf ayin hey. Page kuf ayin hey, parshas Behaalosecha. Sotah, perek kama. Quoting a pasuk in this week's parsha, sheish me'os elef raglei ha'am asher anochi b'kirbo. Let's give the background and let's see the Gemara. The background is that Klal Yisrael was complaining that we want food. We want basar. We don't like the man. Nebach. In Yiddish we say them complaining they were complaining that the doesn't take care of us. Nebach. And Moshe Rabbeinu says to the what should I do? How am I going to give them all this food? The lotion is 600,000 people that I am amongst them. >> [snorts] >> You want me to give them basar. All all of the would that be enough? This is all of them. If I should gather together all the fish would that be if we just had this Rabbi said that fish don't need to have a they could just gather them. We just had it. But Moshe Rabbeinu uses the lotion be careful. The Gemara in Sukkah learns from this the following the following Indian. I'm going to quote for you the Gemara. The Gemara says all my land be near south and cool cam. Because of me all of you were saved. What are we talking about? The Gemara says like this. When Moshe Rabbeinu when he was a little baby was placed in a basket. Right. He was placed in a basket and placed in the yard. And came literally all higher. And she came with they were all going with her. And she saw a table about a table about a table about a table about a table about a table. She brought the basket. That word "zeh" is certainly extra and darshanable. Could have been enough. Why "miyaldei ivrim zeh"? What was the "zeh" for? This is the focus of the Gemara in Sota. She said a navua unknowingly. She said a navua Zeh, this is Basya. Listen to the Gemara. He, Mosherabenu, is the one that it fell into the water. No one else fell into the water. In as much as we were told that there was a decree that the Yidden's the Yiddisher kinder should be thrown in the water, and maybe we were under the assumption that nebach toyzn der kinder got thrown into the water. Zolst wissen, you should know, nobody. Only Mosherabenu. Were children killed in the shochtin mitzrayim? Yes. Right? Oh, right. You'll see it's a ben, then you'll kill him. And the fact that he shucked at the kinderlach because he was a metzora, and he went and bathed himself in their blood, that he did. But, if you want to know how many Jewish children actually fell into the water, zilcho, garnished, not one. It says a positive that they say, and they don't know what they're saying, so too They saw Moshiach and show you saw famous Rashi that quotes this Gemara that Moshiach would be lucky, would get punished through water. They made a gazelle, let him be thrown into the water. Now, listen, raboisai, as soon as Moshiach was placed in the water, the It stagnino said, It stagnino's. Loser, you know what that is? That's the stargazers. That's right. The astrologers, It stagnine Paro. When Paro is when Moshiach was placed into the basket, into the yam, whatever sign in heaven, which spoke about the need for them to do something about Moshiach, about Moshiach, what was satisfied, good word. Therefore, bitlu gazera say who. They were met at all the gazera at that time. The call the person who went into the water was my share of a new in that basket. The hay main what they didn't know which I they made Mariva who like and this really what ended up the undoing my share of a new chance of going into was years later almost 80 years later or even longer maybe a 20 cuz it happened towards my share of a new at the end of his life. So it's probably 119 years later when my share of a new instead of speaking to the stone hit the stone may Mariva. They saw it and they made a mistake. Coming back to our parish show the high new the common my share now says the Gamora I want to explain a when my share of a new says the cloud you saw say may 600,000 people that I am amongst them. I saved all of you as soon as I went into the water the gazelle was bottle. So if not for me my going into the water was my battle the gazelle. So I have the of all 600,000. That's what it means say rag lay LF I have body. I have a shaikhish every single one of them because I saved them. As I state in the Gemara, says the Zera Shimshon, Tosefos over here asks a question. Hukshu be Tosefos. Tonight Zera Shimshon is sefa sh'tain. Tosefos is to understand Tosefos and the shakal v'tahor the Gemara. Hukshu be Tosefos. So Tosefos asks a kasha. Moshe Rabbeinu barintzach. He's Do you know what that means? He's proud. Right? He's telling Klal Yisrael not that he took the pride in the wrong way. You knew what that meant. Moshe Rabbeinu barintzach. Klal Yisrael, I saved you. Right? Fregt Tosefos, you saved them? How come there was that g'zeirah to go into the water to begin with? It's because nolad Moshe in Klal Yisrael. I don't call that saving. You're the reason that the g'zeirah started. >> [laughter] >> But so, let Look at He quotes Tosefos. Tema. Ad d'rabbah. Bishvili nigz'ru g'zeiros. It's because of him that the g'zeirah happened. She'ro'ah sagninus Paroh. Paroh saw that there would be the sagnina Paroh saw that there would be a Moshe in Klal Yisrael. So because of Moshe Rabbeinu, they made the g'zeirah. Excuse me. Fregt Tosefos, what's the big deal that Moshe Rabbeinu says nobody died because of me? Excuse me, without you the g'zeirah wouldn't have been there to begin with. A greisa gedolah. You get us into trouble. >> And then >> [laughter] >> And then he takes credit for >> And and you want to take the credit for getting Exactly. It's like get the kasha. Mayor, you could ask that kasha, too. Tosefos fregt yet. Right? You're taking credit for saving Klal Yisrael when you got us into the begin with. And then you got us out. Right? Lo medubshah v'lo no'uktzah. I'd rather have no honey and no sting. Better we shouldn't have the gazera and better he shouldn't have to go out and save us. So, what's the biggest What is my And Masha knew and he knew that there was a gazera because of him. So, what's the pshat? Good kasha. So, Tices answers He was the first one thrown into the Yuar. Tices goes on. The gazera in benu and the original gazera was whoever is a boy will kill them. It was only because of the people who would fight which is And who is that? That is Aharon. So, Tices gives a very good answer. Tices says the gazera wasn't because of him. The gazera was came benu and so that wasn't his gazera. That was What's that? That was a gazera against all the boys and that gazera ended when Masha benu was first thrown in. That's what Tices says. But, the Zera Shimshon doesn't like this answer. And the words of Zera Shimshon and the Somebody in here I think Tices doesn't I think what he means to say doesn't understand what the Zera Shimshon is asking. I think that's what I think he means to say. I think Tices because Tices does say a terets but we're going to continue reading the Zera Shimshon and see what his is. Why? [snorts] Can next page that feel the Masha What is the saving grace that he's the first one. English beshiel What just cuz he's number one that went in? What's an after dinner? Now that nobody died, there's no in this which still happened because of him. You can't change the fact says the Shimshon. It's true maybe there was a that the other that the other children that the boy should be killed, but there was also of this. And this you want to take credit for? How can you take credit for? That's the Shimshon's What is the big deal about the fact that was saved that he says I saved you. The here which is going to give us a whole new insight and understanding of how how was not just important for you. All of being through started not just in this generation, but started from the beginning of time back from the beginning from the Let's see. Let's [clears throat] start with the words of the Shimshon. The the Shimshon. The as I can. was telling them as follows. The first thing I want you to know says the Shimshon is that had to make a to throw the children in. That gazera to happen because that was critical for yetzias Mitzrayim. They had to make a gazera that the children should be thrown in. Without him, that gazera never would have happened. And why is that gazera so important? The reason that the Mitzrayim ended up in the water and we ended up in the water was because of this gazera. They may aim dimula abdo the ham navdo be mayim. They said let's throw all the children in the water, right? Why did they make such a gazera? Because as Rashi brings down, they said I'm never going to bring a mabul again to the world. So therefore, they felt that if they could throw the Jews into the water, then the mabul that could have affected them as a mida keneged mida wouldn't. What did the Abishter do? He didn't bring the mabul to them, he brought them to the mabul. He brought them over into the water and made a mabul by He [clears throat] did He made a mabul, but he said I don't have to bring you to the water, I don't have to bring the water to you, I'll bring you to the water. I'll bring you see rabbis and pay attention. Me handle to the mabul. We're going to talk about this in a few minutes, why the mabul is so important. >> [clears throat and snorts] >> The im loya Mitzrayim nitan be yam and if the Egyptians wouldn't have gone into the water, lo oilam nikam lo nikra Mitzrayim. The yetzia and the completion of what the Abishter wants in yetzias Mitzrayim would have never happened. How so? Who says so? You know who says so? The Ta'amei HaMinhagim. Where does he say it? K'mo she perush Ta'amei HaMinhagim be seif maseches Pesachim. The Mishnah over there talks about the fact that we make a seudah in middle of a hallel. How much of a hallel do you are you supposed to say before you interrupt hallel with the It's like a lechem mishna. You start a hallel. You never It's a mishna. It's a mishna. The hallel you have to start saying hallel. The matzah is a chelek of the It's a chelek of the and then afterwards you make a you make a matzah you make a sandwich, right? The hallel makes a sandwich of the matzah. The hallel makes a sandwich and you eat the matzah in between the hallel. With this you fulfill the mitzvah. How much do you have to do? So Beis Shammai says the halleluka that's enough, the first perek. Beis Hillel says no, you have to do the second perek. You have You have to do which is where we Breslov always like Shitas Beis Hillel. Why? Why? Says the Tosefos Yom Tov. Before we make that you have you have to have said Krias Yam Suf. Why? The Yeshua, the ultimate Yeshua, the ultimate help, the ultimate freedom of Klal Yisrael was when the Egyptians were drinking in Wasser. Why? It says Yom Tov of Pesach doesn't finish after Layla Seder. I know for many people that's the highlight the Seder, but the emes is al hayom loku chamisha makos or 200 makos or even whatever was in Mitzrayim a given clean gout. It was small money compared to what happened even b'zisa hayam. Everything about yetzias Mitzrayim was all s'char konchin. Everything was done when? When Klal Yisrael was out on the seventh day. That's when they're considered free and that's when it's considered avdus hayam. The Zera Shimon Moshe. Do you see how important the gezeira of throwing the children into the water is? B'shvili nigzeira gezeira. This gezeira he hois sibah shekulam nitzu miyad Mitzrayim. Not, says the Zera Shimon. Now pay attention. Not me being saved. The gezeira of putting the of the Jews in Mitz- in the water was the reason that the Egyptians would get a middah k'neged middah that they would be fed drunken. >> [snorts] >> I caused this gezeira and this gezeira caused the Egyptians to be destroyed. So I had to be k'eelu the one who was the focus so that this gezeira should happen. He hois sibah shekulam nitzu Mitzrayim. V'al zehu she Tosfos v'ai b'shvil gezei- nigzeira zu. Im kein, if one Jew would have been thrown so you're right, the gezeira was the catalyst for Klal Yisrael to go out. That's not my problem, says Tosfos. It's not my problem that that was the gezeira. My problem is but what but didn't somebody get hurt? Wasn't there something didn't some- So what does it a help if the shot is my sure a vein was the one to come out? Says twice miss who my sham says is a very much a mission to me out of my stream. If I don't describe us me so, what would be the big deal if my sure a vein was this was a gazelle that got us out of my trying, but look how many people got lost. The tears show me show me the gazelle like my show me me a straw. Nobody died. The other bush have a clue my show should be showing me the gazelle. The zoo bush show gazelle zoo me tell them cool on the crazy answer. According to the Zera Shimshon, what twice is what the more means to say is that my show a vein was telling them not because of me and I fell in where you saved. Because of me, there was this gazelle and this gazelle ultimately once the Egyptians said that we're throwing in the Jewish kids, that's it. You Egyptians are gone. You Egyptians will now be destroyed and you're going to go into the water. So, that gazelle Now, listen to this. States in a real college. My show a vein of the tomorrow says in holding that Saturday game all my show me not a minute I am. Where does my show a vein of where is the show of my show? The tomorrow says home and I don't have a minute I am. Estimate of the tournament I am more than I have a minute I am my show me not a minute I am. It's not poor him. So, we're not going to talk about the Esther, Haman, and Mordecai which we have in the past. Today, we're going to focus on my show a vein. What is it says the tomorrow? Says the tomorrow, it says at the end of parishes Bereshit. Why you are doing but Adam be shy guy who boss her? >> Says the Gamorah base gimel shin mem is gematria Mosha. Gimel and base is five. Hey. Gimel as a bishagam shin and mem is Mosha. Bishagam the hoyu and his days shall be mayo ve esrim shona. 120 years. Meaning the pshat in the pasuk is saying that the Abershter says I have charatah that I made man and Adam I'm going to wipe them out. >> [snorts] >> But and why? Because what is man worth? Bishagam who basar is not a shtick flesh. But in that in that loshen state the remez of Mosha Rabbeinu that he is 100 and would be 120 years. Says the Rebbe Kodesh the neshama of Mosha Rabbeinu is given in the dor hamabul. Cuz the Gamorah says or the Medrash brings down in parshas Mishpatim at the 10th generation of the world the Abershter wanted to give the Torah. Asiri year Kodesh. If the world would have been royal then the Abershter would have given the Torah then. And if the Abershter is giving the Torah Mosha Rabbeinu has to be there. Because it's called Toras Mosha. So if the Abershter was going to create and bring the Torah down Mosha would have been there. However, because they weren't zoche, instead they weren't interested, look what the Kodesh Baruch Hu darko, so memelo they were wiped out. What happened to Moshe Rabbeinu? Came in a mayim mishichiu. I didn't pull him out just of this mayim. I pulled him out of the dor hamabul. Min a mayim mishichiu from yene destruction. That's why I pulled him out. Where does Moshe Rabbeinu get such a grace in the neshama? States in Shlah Hakodesh. States in Shlah Hakodesh. Rabbeinu Dorshu, when Yocheved was 130 years old, the Torah Kodesha tells us Vayeilech ish mibeis Levi yikach es bas Levi. She was 130 years old. Her 130 years was equal to Adam Harishon's 130 years, where it says in the Torah "Vayehi Adam ben me'ah v'shloshim shanah v'yaled kidmuso v'tzalmo." Yocheved hayesa bas Kehas umos hakishnu led Moshe Rabbeinu alav hashalom hagoyel. Dechinei, you should know that the neshama of Moshe Rabbeinu was the neshama of Hevel. Hevel, the son of Adam, who had the potential, was one of the was the second person born in the world. Hevel is given the neshama ki nefesh Kayin. Nisgalgel bemitsri shaharag Moshe. Veharuach beKorach, veneshama b'Yisrael. Kayin came back in three different people. His nefesh, his ruach, and neshama. And Moshe Rabbeinu had to have a shiyachus with all of them. With all three. Moshe Rabbeinu's neshama was the neshama of Hevel. And his neshama went through all of the levels of golus when he was in this basket. Pay attention. was when a third of the world was washed out. is dor hamabul. Gedolah is dor haflaga. Noifeles is Sedom. Shoko keneged kol Yisrael. K'Moshe Rabbeinu, all four goliyos. All four sins of all four goliyos. That's dor enosh. was put into the teivah, that was like the dor hamabul. When he was dark in there, like anshei Sedom. dor haflaga. >> [snorts] >> Therefore, all of the goliyos that these different generations created, Moshe in the basket was soible for all of them. M'meila, when it says asher anochi b'kirbi, I am in all of you, and says Rav Chaim Volozhiner, asher anochi b'kirbi, there's a part of Moshe Rabbeinu in every single Jew. And I went through all of the four goliyos in this being thrown in the basket. If I was put there, then you don't have to go there. Yedua, we said over many times, I heard from my rebbe in the rear coders bring that up. What did cloud you so do that cloud you so have to have their kinder get shocked and they have to be in civil mitzrayim? Satan has out because the nishamas of cloud you so had been in this world. Dora mabul. Dora anoish. Dora sedoim. Dora hafaloga. Each time the abishter was trying to bring these nishamas back and give them a chance. And every single time they were miscalculated until there was only one tikkun. And that tikkun was send them into mitzrayim. And all of the survive Cuz all of these nishamas had created all of this kilkul. Now Moishe Rabbeinu comes along and Moishe Rabbeinu has a koach of a sherish of a nishama of hevel. Which means to say that he potentially should have been the father of a half of the world. So Moishe Rabbeinu has the koach and nishama kimpt arayn at 130 years old like Adam Harishon gave birth at 130, this nishama comes back. He's put into the basket when he's born by Yismach The whole house is full of light. This is not a stam nishama. This nishama goes into this basket and this nishama is soivel kol minei tzaros. Satan shla kodesh keneged every single one of those generations. Says Moishe Rabbeinu and our gemara zok dezer shimshon >> [sighs and gasps] >> I went through all of the goliyos. Bishvili atem nitzaltem. Moishe Rabbeinu asher every single Yid has a chelek asher anochi bekirbi. I'm in you, and subsequently, you are an extension of me. If I'm in you, and you're an extension of me, and I went through this, then you don't have to go through this anymore. I patterned you by Yosha Hashem by Yoma who as Yisrael. By yet Oz Yosher Moshe u'benei Yisrael. Moshe Rabbeinu and benei Yisrael could say the shira because Moshe went through it all. Oz Yosher Moshe. Through him, benei Yisrael, all of benei Yisrael gets up the zelbe shira. This is the koach of a man like and this is the koach of Moshe Rabbeinu. And yet there Yid has a koach of Moshe Rabbeinu in us. Yeder Yid that goes through a tzar is saving klal Yisrael from a tzar. In our Monsey community, unfortunately, they're going to grace a tzarah this week. Very sad for many mishpachas. The tzar, rebbe I say, is not a protistic tzar. It's a klal Yisrael tzar. And in this week's parsha, we learn that when someone goes through a tzar, be it who it may be, it's not a protistic tzar. And the tzar that they have is a tzar for gantz klal Yisrael. Through that tzar, klal Yisrael gets a kapara and klal Yisrael is oisgelest. And klal Yisrael is redeemed. It's a terrible story. The Ribono shel Olam should see that Be'ezras Hashem all the family should have a grace and a nechama. Should be zocheh Be'ezras Hashem Yisbarach to see bekarov This and a normal for them and a normal for cloud Israel and the way the Zera Shimshon teaches us that my sure I been knew ain't my sure give a my sure I been knew but he was so evil and he can tell cloud Israel I share a Nike be careful boy. My sir is all of your sir. Should be so you can take her wish them from cancer. No one should know from sir. All of us to Yeshua's kindness get zoomed for no sir not has with some kiss. >> Amen.