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What is special about the month of Nissan, in which Pesach (Passover) falls? Why has the 'New Year' changed from its original time - in Tishrei (when we celebrate Rosh Hashana) to being in Nissan? What is the depth of the idea that the people of Israel became a miraculous nation with their exodus from Egypt? In what way were they like a prince released from prison? What is meant by the midrash which states that Hashem redeemed Himself, as it were, when He redeemed us from Egypt? Find out in this week's Parsha Podcast.
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you're listening to the weekly partial
podcast with Ari goldwag recorded with
hashem's NeverEnding assistance in Rat
Israel 5784 2024 this week's para is par
Bo and we have the
completion in our para of the last three
makos the last three plagues and we have
hashem's command to the Jewish people to
bring a carbon
PES says the PK in chapter 12 verse one
hm says to M God says to
Moses
and in land of Egypt as
follows this month which is the month of
Nissan okay the first month it's going
to be the first month for you for the
months of the
year and go to
say
you're to take on the 10th day of this
month a
sheep each family has to have a sheep
they're going to bring a carbon they're
going to bring the sacrifice they're
going to place the blood on the
doorposts it will protect them during
Mak there's going to be a destructive
force that comes into the world to kill
out all of the
firstborns of the Egyptians but that
will not happen to anyone who is
protected by by this Mitzvah by this
Commandments
okay so it's very
interesting T starts talking about the
month of Nissan and says that this is
the first month but I mean the obvious
question is uh Nissan is in the spring P
PES Passover is in the spring when's
Rashana when is the new year it's in the
fall it's in the Autumn it's in Tish
usually in
September what's going on PK says this
is the beginning of the year Nissan is
the beginning of the year this is the
first month for
you and that's question number one and
question number two
is What's Happening Here with this this
is the introduction right we have a we
have a new uh a new new year right until
now as we'll see in the medish the new
year was was Tish really it was the
beginning of the year when Hashem
created the world which was in Tish
which was in the in the in the
Autumn but now from now on for some
reason there's a new a new New Year it's
going to be in the
spring and somehow it's connected to
bringing a carbon pesak bringing a
sacrifice because this introduction and
Hasam says this is the new new year now
you're going to bring you're going to
set aside this animal and bring this
corbon in order to protect yourselves
really
in order that you shouldn't
die during makus during when when Hashem
kills the firstborn males of the
Egyptians okay so we need to understand
what's going on here a bit so let's
learn this Mage together and we're going
to learn something very deep and
important and of course something that
applies to us and to the Gula to the
Redemption that's hopefully going to be
very soon maybe even this
Nissan and a few
months another
explanation there been multiple
explanations of these these this is the
month for
you says praiseworthy is the nation that
hasem is their
God there's something special about CLA
Israel there's something special about
the Jewish
people as we are being chosen
we are being taken out of Egypt we are
being chosen we will no longer be slaves
to Pharaoh now instead we will serve God
henceforth since since that time for 33
3,300
years when hasem chose the world which
means created the world he brought the
world into existence he wanted mankind
as a whole starting with Adam the first
man Adam arish Adam on through Noah his
children in all of the nations of the
world he wanted them all he created the
world Inay and he said this is this is
what I want you guys to do this is I
want you guys to serve
me
but but at a certain point When The
World defied God when the world re World
rebelled against God Hashem chose yakob
and his sons Jacob the people of
Israel and he made them the center of
his plan for for the
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world one of the moment in time which is
interesting because it's a different
time than when he created the
world the time when hasem chose the
Jewish Nation to become his special
people the time when Hashem chose us
made us into this nation redeemed us
that
time this is a new New Year this is a
brand new rashash this is the time of
redemption because the Jewish people
were redeemed from
Egypt and the Jewish people in the
future are going to be redeemed at this
time as well I would like to read to you
from the because he explains this in a
very clear
way
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we're understanding
the which indicates that this month is
your month what does that mean that the
Jewish people are now important they are
chosen they're different now than
everyone else in the
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world the way that Hashem is going to
interact with the Jewish people is going
to be different than the natural
order of the entire world when hashm
originally created the world there was a
natural order the world had certain
rules Shem did not go out of his way so
to speak to to bend the
rules but here in taking the Jewish
people as his nation in choosing us
there is a an intrinsic statement so to
speak by God and that intrinsic
statement is that there's no more nature
nature is
over the way things have been until now
nature doesn't exist in regards to the
Jewish people we spoke about in in the
podcast that for the Jewish people for
the people of
Israel uh Supernatural is
natural but that's what is
saying wanted us to have a month a
celebratory
month for the moment in time when we
were
chosen and we
became the supernatural
Nation we're going to see shortly that
there's other reasons why this month was
chosen we'll get to that but I just want
to bring out this amazing point the
Jewish people
when hasm created the world Tish
represents nature it represents the
world is created in Tish we still
celebrate that
rash the world's
creation the beginning of God's work but
it's just the beginning and it's just
nature when does everything change that
God interacts with us in an overt way
doesn't just let everything go on its
own Hashem chose the month of Nissan as
the celebr month the moment in time
where we have a different kind of New
Year a different kind of rashash Shana
Nissan is also a rashash the Mish in in
rashash Shana aptly said that there are
four different rashash Shas one is in
Tish and one is in Nissan excuse me
Nissan is a special new year for us in
which we celebrate that we are Beyond
nature we are Supernatural
natural the fact that we are here the
Jewish people are still here after 3,300
years is nothing short of
miraculous but it was imbued into us at
the very
onset when Hashem took us as a nation he
did it in a supernatural
way through through the signs and and
wonders he chose us in this way to show
us that this is not just a onetime event
this is not just a one-off that
Hashem performs miracles for the Jewish
people but this is the essence of who we
are and this is what we're going to
celebrate every single year in the month
of Nissan when we celebrate pesak when
we celebrate
Passover and there's going to be a
future Redemption which will parallel
the original Redemption and it's going
to be this Nissan this concept of Nissan
it will will be this Nissan this will be
what Nissan is at its Essence the
miraculous time the word Nissan which is
the month of P the name of the month
means
miraculous says
the says in 7 verse5 just like the days
when you left Egypt I will show you
further miracle
so it's not a one-time event it's
something that stretches through our
history Miracles are the natural state
for us and it's also what the future
moment is going to look like when we get
to
Nissan when we get to the Nissan
of of
redemption says
the interestingly and this
parallels talks about all the things
that happened in Nissan one of them is
that Isaac was born miraculous birth
right his mother was 90 his father was
100 miraculous
birth it's also when y was bound on the
altar y a was commanded to sacrifice his
son that happened on Nissan too as the
marzu
explains in order for there to be
potential for y to be killed it has to
be the day that he was born because we
find that the a the there also says
inash that the a they live full lives to
the day they're their their the day of
their birth is also the day of their
death it was also the day that Jacob
stole the blessings from ASA he received
the blessings from his
father Hashem promises is Hashem hints
to us through this special day through
this special month you want to know when
your salvation will come you want to
know when you'll be redeemed from your
enemies it's it's the month of Nissan
and I'll mention by the way oh says wait
what about ader didn't we have a
Salvation from our enemies in ader
that's porm right porm is not in Nissan
but the fact is that the story of porm
when Esther went in and had the parties
with hamon and and said he wants to kill
us hamon died on P right the fast
P so the per story itself also
happens in Nissan this is the time
Nissan is the time of
Salvation as a says this is the first of
the months for you this is the month the
month of Nissan is the time when we have
a very special relationship with Hashem
and we acknowledge that we live in a
supernatural way because that's the
first point in the
m so it's about us
being us being lifted up above all of
mankind now the mes says another aspect
of what this month
represents
this is comparable to a King he had a
son his son was incarcerated in
jail and he took him out of jail which
means think about it why would a why
would a King have his son in jail his
son must have done something wrong but
he saw let's say I'm trying to
understand the Mish you saw that his son
is ready to change saw his son is ready
to come out of jail and become a new
person to act like a
prince
the king as he takes his son out of jail
he says I want this to be a special
aniversary for our
kingdom my son coming out of jail means
that there's a future for my monarchy my
son coming out of jail means that
there's hope for for our
kingdom because he's ready to take on
the mantle of
leadership my someone out from Darkness
to Light from being in incarcerated to
life from from being enslaved to freedom
and
from to
Redemption so to Hashem besides we spoke
the first aspect here really was that
Hashem brought us into a brand new
existence a supernatural existence but
the second Point here is that our
existence was
crushed our exist was crushed as long
our talents were crushed our whole being
our whole National Essence was crushed
as long as we were in jail as long as we
were under the boot of the
Egyptians but when we came out it was a
cele celebratory it became a celebratory
time why because now we can be who we're
supposed to
be okay there's the the the supernatural
aspect that's the first aspect but the
second aspect is just simply now we can
be who we're supposed to to be now our
potential our our talents instead of be
being used for backbreaking labor now
we're going to start to to use our
Artistry our artisanship in the creation
of a mishon the Tabernacle in the
service of Hashem the service of
God we're going to redirect our n
National purpose from being a slave
Nation to being a nation that is the
prince of
God who now expresses The Godly purpose
in the
world says God takes us out God takes
out the
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captives he takes out the captives means
in their chains with from their chains
that's so clear exactly the is saying
takes us out of
Darkness the says
into took us out of darkness and and the
shadows of
death took us out from from these a yoke
a heavy Yol an iron
Yol and what did instead what Yol did he
place on us in said the ol of Tyra the
sweetest uh Yol that could be placed on
us the the the T which makes us into
princes which makes us into great people
From Slavery to
Freedom he says you are the children of
hem we become we become the children of
God all of us every single Jew is a
child of hem every single one of us has
the potential to manifest godliness in
the world to be that Prince who's LED
out of jail and
now and now can be all he's meant to
be
God is the mighty Redeemer the Lord of
hosts is his
name so the month of Nissan expresses
this incredible
Joy it's it's the moment we got out of
jail it's the moment we were released
our our potential was released our
talents were Unleashed and now we're
able to to be who we're supposed to be
now we're able to be those princes the
children of
Hashem so that's the second
aspect the second aspect first is the
miraculous second is just the simple
ability to be who we're supposed to be
to be the princes of Hashem and the
third and final aspect is as we're about
to
read besides for the the personal
Redemption that OCC for
us besides for that there's also
something else that happens and it's
really an obvious uh result Snowball
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Effect explains
that means that not only is this
Redemption for you this is the month
that represents your miraculous nature
and your
moment when you left your incarceration
it's also a Redemption for me God
says I was redeemed with
you
says that Hashem as it were redeemed
from Egypt the nation of the the nation
of the Jewish people and their God so
God redeemed himself so to speak
this month is a special month not just
for you but also for me says
God redeems us the car
PES by us bringing the PES it redeems us
and it redeems God as it were now God
can be manifested in the world because
now we are the princes now we are the
ones who have the ability to be who
we're supposed to be and and have the
ability to
reflect God's light in the world so our
Redemption is really God's Redemption so
to
speak it's the
culmination of God's plan for the world
it's the culmination of the moment when
we come out and now we can manifest
godliness in the world and that is the
specialness of what the month of Nissan
is the month of Nissan is that moment in
time where Hashem reveals himself in the
world there is a supernatural existence
there is something more than just tea
than just nature there's something more
than just being crushed under the Yoke
of an oppressive enemy an oppressive
culture that seeks to Rob us of all we
are spiritually
as we come out of that oppression as we
are redeemed from that
oppression we start to manifest
godliness and this is true then and this
is true now you think about what is
going to be the result of the
challenging time that the Jewish people
are going through here in Israel if we
think about it what's it going to look
like how will things
change well we can't imagine it yet but
there's going to be an
incredible hit an incredible opening for
us the Jewish people are going to be
returned to their creator return to
their
purpose so many
people are in in the middle of a a
process of reconnecting to Yiddish kite
to Judaism to the the traditions of our
past it was already happening before but
it's happening in a stronger way more
open way even now and so there's a Gul
that's
happening there's a Redemption that's
happening and I believe that we will see
a very very strong manifestation of that
this Nissan this Nissan starting with
the beginning of the monthes Nissan
spoke about it in the msah podcast
number 17 check it out but this is
happening but it's not just a personal
Redemption it's a Redemption of the
whole world when the Jewish people act
as we are supposed to when we reflect
the light of Hashem when we
act properly we leave when we leave the
jail when we leave our constriction and
our un willingness to be the The
Messengers of Hashem and we leave that
behind and we become the prince that we
are
the we not only redeem ourselves we
redeem the entire world and as it were
Hashem is also redeemed along with us
because now God is Manifest in the world
in in a clear way I want to bless you I
ask you to bless me hasm should help us
that we should be able we should be we
should Merit to to see the power of
Nissan to be reminded of the power of
this month that we are that we should
understand that we are not bound by the
Earthly we're not bound by our T by our
nature but we can transcend it with
hashem's help we will transcend it with
hashem's help we will return to him we
will return to being the princes that we
are supposed to be and all the world
will be the better for it thank you so
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