Zera Shimshon Parshas Mikeitz Chanukah 5786 with Rabbi Simcha Bunim Berger

Okay. Good evening. Welcome to Paris. >> I just want to once again thank Torah anytime for giving us the opportunity to spread. I understand that in these thousands and thousands of people listen and watch these shim. So it's a tremendous and I want to thank them and I also want to thank is all of you participants. We became a zerosimshin family together. We're all talid and kinder of the zerosimshin. He's like inerti who brings us together and we're all here and we've been and I'm seeing the same faces like I said earlier this is we're on seven years already bar hashem and we've been doing this together week after week. people who are shleing from Payic from just the other side of Muny from Du from Yenham people who have simas they make it their business to be here I want to thank Mayor for putting this together week after week after week and making sure that it's sponsored [applause and cheering] mayor mayor in this because without you right they get the they get the and they get >> I know who they are [laughter] and of course all of the sponsors. Okay, we start tonight. It begins shabis peric bay a famous gimar kahana. There are two gimaras that are written next to each other in the name of the first says just like the maximum can go up till 20 if it's higher it's parcel the beam in the mui up till 20 am is kosher if it's not it's pul the also up till 20 am is kosher Lala is pos that's one gimra and the reason of course is pier you won't see the lights you won't see the nan if it's too high up and part and parcel of the mitzvah is at the end of alhan that's how we tuck that in over there we don't make such a big deal about it and yet when we talk about the we are making a big deal or depending on your gear, right? And we make such a big deal about the lights and we make a big deal about a, you know, we make a big deal about these things too, right? Like yesterday they had a quiz. How many donuts do they give out in Shiners? How many, right? How many donuts and how many cups of coffee? That was part of the quiz. How many cups of coffee a day? 685 cups of coffee a day. >> Donuts. >> Donuts. [laughter] What? Why so much about the candles is says the even though the nest of the shemen was big [snorts] but did you remember the story of Alicia and that lady who didn't have any money and they were gonna take away her kids and he told her get a bunch of Caleb Lock the door. What do you have in the house? Some she wasn't that the same miracle asks the right for one lady. So what's the big deal? Asker that that's the big miracle. [clears throat] Let's go over to his terret. And he says with that's the last paragraph in the middle columnarates. Listen to the of the reason for lighting the candles. [snorts] Hashem and bimra. It's not the only It's not just about the candles. It's not just about the oil. Ella, the hadlas is a rem to something much bigger on multiple levels. The rem of the lights is a rem of the victory in and itself. What was this victory? What was the battle all about? The battle was a religious battle. Stop doing and mitzvah. Stop acting Jewish. No more briso. There should be no difference between a yeid and a No more have you know when they came into the B mikdash it says we sayd they broke the walls. Which walls? Says the says the Mishna there was a wall in the in the basiktod that was separate for the Gentiles. The go can go till here and you had to be Jewish to go farther. >> What's that? >> Very very low. >> It was a low wall but it was a wall. Biz is the go from here you can do is the y right but after that is us. That wall they broke. That's the wall that they broke. That's the wall that got under their skin. That's the wall that they said no difference between us and them. That little wall, but it was symbolic, right? It was symbolic. And they wanted that wall broken. No difference. No between us and them. No more shabas. No more bris. No moreish. Stop counting time like Jews. You can count time like everybody else with a solar calendar. Stop with this lunar calendar. Stop with your bodies having a brisma on them. You're an arm just like us. Stop with all of that. And therefore, when Cla beat them, they didn't just beat a nation. They were able to retain and we're able to keep our and mitzvah and do what we want which is what the wants. Listen to the words of the fact that they were able to overcome their enemies. The goal of Yan was they stopped there. Gazerus came to bring darkness. You know what the significance of? I heard from the sh is the ael inscribed in the sh meaning the ael. That wasn't a mistake. That's who you really are. You really are revolutionaries against Hashem. You're really a people. So I want you to engrave the Aigel episode. That's who you should be. That's what they were saying hash that the ago represents the kilo. Go back to the way you were then and be bris with the aishar. Forget about hari. Forget about right. go back to never forget say like you did back then that's what they wanted not like Hmon who wanted to wipe out the Eden not like who wanted to destroy the B mikdash you could have the B mikdash it's just this was the battle and in says the next paragraph in up on top in column three They left the darkness and they came to light. Like it says they went from darkness, right? Was darkness. the the the the darkened. So you know what the is for? It's not an end in itself. It's a means to an end. It's about the light that Claus had in their victory. So this minra is allencompassing. It's not just about the oil itself. It's about what we were fighting for. And we can even add that's why we're being it's like when you go to a battle and then one of the nations raise one of the people raise up their sword in victory. These lights are the victory symbol because it's light against darkness. It's nondoing mitzvah. And look at this. Now we have another mitzvah. So if you wanted to take away our observance in your face, not only are we not doing thanks to you, we're doing even more mitzvah. We're going to light candles now. Make another AND CELEBRATE WHAT? NOT says the celebrating the pmen that we found. Celebrating the victory of good over evil through a symbol of lighting neighbors cuz that's what they wanted to take away from us. The wanted to close our eyes. Do you know who did this? Yadic writes [snorts] there's lightadikim or of the minor zua. And for the people who are do you know how did that [sighs and gasps] when Marishan was created? There was an animal that caused him to sin. Do you know which animal that was? The admi the garra says we die because of because the bitarish comes in different forms. One of the nashes was Asus Pifar. She was a who was there to yus to make him sin. And Ysef atic beat that. Do you know when Ysef was given the REM that he would beat the rake aim and the didn't bite him? He went into the pit with the no and the nash had no over him. When the had no over him that meant that understood that this says that this is what writes it's my job to go out of this bar and conquer all the and all the that will happen right that that is my avoid and what happens to at sadic he goes intimate He gets to he gets tested. They try to be mamaim and as much as she tries the can't bite him again and again physically spiritually until and then par has a dream and it's time for to come out of jail and he does. If there's anyone who was neglig says the zerosim Therefore, when Mitim came to buy food from him in this week's para, you know what he said to them? >> What did he say to them? >> Make a bris. I'm not being mash my food to any get out of here. They went to Parro. They said he's nuts. >> I was about to say that. >> His mush. >> Do you know what he told us to do? >> Listen to them. >> Right. He says, "But Rashi brings it down." >> I said, "You better listen to him, right? Why didn't you?" So, get your own food. He said, "We did. It got spoiled." So, his didn't get spoiled. He must know something you don't know. If I'd be you, I would listen to him. And said, "No. No way. I'm not giving to them. You want food? Take a breath." That means that was macking this thing. That's why we said over a week ago I heard from my Rebi. Now you can see who he is. He's right there. We mention him every year without fail. The Shapiro would always say that was that should be of you know why? Because if would have assimilated they wouldn't be told anymore. The only reason we have told us is because of Sov was the was the person who was to be and separate from the of the go. Now listen to what we just said. What did the Ivanim want? No brisma become an auro. The yanim were there to contaminate us. Theim broke the wall. Theim we're saying what? >> How do you say the wall? >> The what is the wall? >> The end. the end or >> it's in it's in the song right that's the that's the wall that separates says and we're going to go back to the now that this feeling that we have to separate ourselves from the Gentiles and from the is exactly what inserted in that's what they fought for they fought for the fact that what were they doing they were you remember that in for those of you who learned that who was the they were contaminating our daughters they were contaminating our boys they were contaminating us no difference between and no difference between the soy that said have no to me or to you want to know what the and you want to know where that comes from? It comes from but you know where they got it from from that was when did they see that? when he was thrown into that bar and the were there and the couldn't bite him says that's when he realized that I my job is to beat the and beat he did that's why when he was at that moment in the house he saw the face of his father where is the face of Yakov au inscribed on the says he saw the >> he didn't see his father sitting in inan crying. He didn't see that face of his father. That's why the says [clears throat] in he was given a letter. He was given one of the letters of Hashem. How did he do that? Cuz he reached the he saw his father on the he realized that the Hashem comes here now when I don't listen to this woman. And this is where there's a difference between us and go when nobody knows the difference except me and her and I'm not doing the I'm staying separate. When we make a kdush hashem very often somebody insults you, somebody says something and he hurts you and you make avag you say nothing. Only the aish and you know that you could have answered him back but you become a mara. They say you can go to somebody who gets embarrassed and [clears throat] ask for and the is it happens they get why because you connect to the at that moment because you made a kdish hashem and the fact that you held back the garra says in mus the one of the last mission right the garra says if a person one of the v is this over there the garra says if a person says if a person could have done an ara and doesn't do an right he gets what's a second it's a second to the last mission if you have an opportunity to do an a and you don't do the ara you just did a mitzvah and you did a mitzvah by breaking the [clears throat] so you get the of a mitzvah number one and you also get the of breaking your na your your nature you You know what happens then? You broke your nature. So you overcame a the nature has no over you says the that's why you're to a ness and have the same word. You know why? Cuz it's the same thing. A nest is when nature doesn't hold back. I said the >> when doesn't hold back. Nees means that nature has no means my nature said I should have done this and instead I overcame my nature you overcame your nature nature has no over you overcame the natural instinct to do what every man would have done if he didn't fight against his and therefore was to be his own nature and he became the mashp and everything happened to him miraculously Everything everything happened to him that and that recognized and therefore they said we're going to make an and there's going to be a nest we're going to fight against this Greek army we're going to be outnumbered it doesn't matter we're going to be and we're going to fight for you and we're going to fight and we're going to have a nest and so they tapped into the energy of when did that start? When was thrown into the That's when he was thrown to the dark side. That's when he was thrown to the of and that's where he brought light into the of that's the zuadic that brought. That's how and why we light these candles as a commemoration. And what's the last words in that you just read? It's one of the newest mitzvah maybe the right after all the other mitzvah that we had. There was a mitzvah no mitzvah. That is the mahalak of why these two are together for another few minutes. Let's say what the zeros mahalak is how does he connect the two is what we said now was based on the zerosimshin's kasha and let's I want to like spend another few minutes we start I don't want the zeros to have tinus in meim that I open I never said his so let's say let's say over the zerians let's say over the zerosion says like See where it says Eloha? That's what we're up to. [clears throat] I understand that the that the Kaneka are there not just for the NIS. I think we made it very clear it's not about the candles per se. The candles are a mitzvah about light over darkness. It's the that's there says the [clears throat] why are we responsible to really say thank you that he was he put us there. He put us into this Torah. He had to save us. Why? Goas even if you say we have to go to goas because Hashem told but remember we didn't have to go to these when Claus went to Mitim the the par which he quotes says Mitim in a certain way was a good place for Clausaul. How come? Because despise Jewish people like it says in this week's par such a big deal they're supposed they got to take us out. >> Yeah. So the so you know what the answer is because of the Egyptians they went [laughter] above and beyond and they did extra. So therefore for that right the took us out and we have to say thank you because based on what he did they did more. But he put us by the Ivanim and the Ivanim were there. They were zim and they were the ones who would were going to to disallow us to do ty mitzvah. So you put us there so you have to take us out. That's what the asks and he gives an analogy. He says like this. He says the MS is that with their like even though he put us into a difficult situation by putting us the they did it on their own. It was their own. And he says I'll give you a mush. If you throw somebody to in a pit of water and you don't let him get out, you're m for killing the person even though you don't dunk them into the water because just by putting him in a situation where he can't get out that's already called that's already he's you've thrown him into water. But if you put them into a place where there's a noush where there which means that the no we pass like the when it bites somebody it does it cuz it wants to bite someone not because it has to. So even when you put a straight to a person, Yehuda says the man who puts the because the errors comes out from you. They wanted to contaminate us with that when it was 27 worlds. What did they brought light to the other 103 and they said we're not hash we're not listening to you. They were the 310 years. When you look at the candles, you see the continuous light of that shines through the gulas. You see the mysterious nephesh of taking a goof and making it light. Of taking a goof that wants to fight the person. Right? That's the secret. The lowest part of the body is called the regal. We light the candles until there'll be no more regal. There'll be no more. That's as long as we're lighting the candle. The that you have of looking at a candle when it's lit during the awakens. You see the you see the light of what? of aangite what they put in the kadusha of their ms where did they get from they got it from so our pume that we're supposed to shine a light to the world and tell them is after his 207 job of 207 to say you want us to put on karan pink the light is shines in those places where you where there's still darkness that's and I said over my if would have been and we would have been bias said over all the time would have become this could have this rekindling could have been we were in to it but we will be with Hashem >> [gasps] >> So they wanted to contaminate us with that when it was attacking 27 worlds or what did was they brought light to the other 103 and they said, "We're noting Karen. We're not listening to you." They were called the 310 years. When you look at the candles, you see the continuous light of that shines through the gulas. You see the mysterious nephesh of taking a goof and making it light. of taking a goof that wants to fight the person. Right? That's the secret. The lowest part of the body is called the regal. [snorts] We light the candles until there'll be no more regal. There'll be no more. That's as long as we're lighting the candle. The kayak that you have of looking at a candle when it's lit during the khan that awakens you see the you see the light of what like what they put in the kadusha of their mira where did they get from they got it from so our pume that we're supposed to shine a light to the world and tell them is after his 207 job of 207 to say you want us to put on Karen Pak the light is shines in those places where you where there's still darkness that's and I said over my rebi if would have been and we would have been bias Sheni said over all the time would have become this could have this rekindling could have been we to it but we will to see the candles to get the R to bee to It should light up our of our nephesh and should be lit through these through these beautiful and pure candles. You know,