Bo - Meriting Redemption

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with hari goldwag recorded with hashem's now running assistance in ramaphishima mississippi 782 2022. this exparsia is partial's bow and we have the very beginning of our parsha of says that hashem instructed moshe to come to paro to warn him about the upcoming marcos the the plagues that were about to happen why because hashem had hardened his heart and made his heart heavy in the heart of his servants says imagine beautiful beautiful idea first we come at it from one angle then we come out from a different angle this is what the verse says the verse says initially in proverbs chapter 27 verse 3 it says that the weight of a stone and the weight of sand sand is something which is very heavy those things have a certain weight but the thing that's even heavier than both of those things is the anger of the fool okay that's the pussock now the medrush gives us two explanations one is going to seem perhaps a little disconnected from aeroparsha but the second one will be very much connected there's a very deep and important lesson to learn from both ideas evan says the mantra what is the concept of the weight of the stone what is the idea a person who sees the mountains and the valleys you see the mountains you see the valleys you can look in my vital podcast you can see those mountains and valleys in the background and what can a person say but how did hashem create these these are incredible feats you see the mountains they they're breathtaking that why oh the the water how is it that the water is able to float above the sand this is a little bit of a challenging line in the measures to explain but i'm going to explain how i understand it water if you watch the water come in the tide come in so as the water comes in you see the sand coming up in the water so water is something which causes the sand to come up and yet what do we see we see that the water is above the sand the sand holds up the water how is it that that's possible how how are these things ordered it seems like a difficult task another explanation that yosef says is that how is it that the water at the beach is able to stop the i'm sorry the sand at the beach is able to stop the water from rising above the land it seems to be something which is very difficult this is something that seems very difficult to human beings how did hashem create the mountains and the valleys but they think that it's that's something which took effort on my part vain says hashem it's not a great effort for me says in ishaiah in isaiah chapter 40 verse god doesn't get weary god doesn't get tired but me on your gaya but says hashem what does wear me out what is difficult for me yahuwah as it were somebody who angers me with empty matters we'll see in a moment what that means you have made god weary with your words chapter 2 verse 17. this is the idea that the anger of the fools is heavier or more difficult to god as it were than the other two than the other two things the stones the stones represent the mountains the sand what is the idea here it's saying that as the ato explains it when a person does things wrong and a person defies god when he does as the language of the message is divormed between them empty matters things that are not of spiritual import when a person does that so this is something that wears out god what is the idea the idea is that hashem hashem works hashem works with the attribute of divine justice and when a person defies god when a person denies that hashem exists when a person does all these things so me this the attribute of god's justice demands that a person who denies god should be destroyed a person who defies god should be destroyed and yet as the time of divorce speaks about god is called a melech aloof he is an embarrassed king why because even though he is the one providing the very sustenance the very life force the very breath that the atheist is taking and using that breath to defy god to speak against god to deny that god exists still hashem continues to give that person his life force he continues to give that person life so that's something which is a great challenge because really hashem set up the world that does mean things should be done measure for measure a person denies god their life should be denied but hashem doesn't hashem does the impossible as it were and hashem his patience that's the first part of the madrish teaches us another another idea which is which is related but it's still another idea and it's a very important idea in trying to understand why was it so difficult for the jewish people in egypt why do we have difficulties in our lives what is the idea behind the challenges in our lives why are we sometimes why do we sometimes interact or or have challenges from people who are not so good people why do things happen in our lives that don't seem to be so good so the magician is going to teach us a very important powerful idea what is the idea this is a brand new idea what is the idea of the kaido devonnet the weight of the stone which means wait can also mean something which is weighty something is that's important right we give kavod which is the same root as the word kaved we give honor to something which is important something which is weighty so hashem says i give honor to the stone what is the stone the stone is a reference to the jewish people came out detained the verse in genesis and gracious prayer test possible chapter 49 verse 24 it refers to the jewish people as the evan israel the stone of israel god gives weight to the stone the stone is important the fact that the jewish people as the atsu explains we are this why we stone was the idea of a stone it's referring to the evan happina the foundation stone it's the cornerstone of the building the jewish people are the cornerstone of the nations of the world we bring morality to the world to the extent that we keep the torah which is the blueprint of morality which was given by god to the world so we represent godliness morality in the world we are the evan apina we are the cornerstone the foundation stone of the world so hashem gives us honor as it were the natal god also gives honor to the to the sand alias we find it the jewish people it's a reference to the jewish people god is giving honor to us why because we are compared to sand shiners basic says the verse refers to the fact that the number of the jewish people is going to be like the number of sand by the sea is he protects us he honors us he considers us to be extremely important because we are the foundation stone and we are also like sand and this is also explained by the hcs what is the idea of sand the jewish people are like sand it means that just as sand is inside of water let's say a liquid or inside of the waves of the sea and yet it does not get mixed up it's always it maintains its individuality it doesn't it's not like uh salt or something which can uh be absorbed by the water sand is never absorbed so to the jewish people are never absorbed so because of these two aspects because of the fact that we maintain our identity we maintain our separatists from the from the nations of the world we maintain our morality we continue in the ways of our forefathers and we are that foundation stone of the world because of this hashem honors us and he says that whoever touches them it's like they're touching the the inside of an eye the eye is very sensitive place if you touch the eye it could be damaged if yeshua says that when it says touches the eye it doesn't just mean touches a person's eye it means as if they touched my eye kevi as it were god is saying if they touch the jewish people it's like they're touching my eye they're touching something very sensitive about me the apple of my eye the jewish people are the apple of god's eye something very important and this is the point which is really a hammershock a continuation of the first part of the measure we saw that what is it that's hard for god what is it that angers god even though god can disciple everything god can carry anything right what angers him or what's difficult for him so to speak is when a person denies god when a person goes against god he defies god so now the jewish people have a function in the world and that is what provides us with protection the jewish people's function is to act as the cornerstone of the nations to act like the to act like the sand and not get absorbed not assimilate into the to the nations around us but what happens if casual heaven forbid we do what happens says the madrush is that if we do so then we're defying god and it's a very difficult thing for god as it were to to carry us we don't deserve to be carried because we're not doing our job we are not fulfilling our function in the world says god as it were the jewish people have angered me they have defied me they are allowing themselves to be absorbed into egypt or into america or into western culture or whatever cultures that the jewish people have been have faced throughout our three millennia of existing existence they need to be destroyed we don't have that protection if we're not doing god's will almighty but says hashem almighty harassing but i'm going to save them says god they don't deserve to be saved they don't deserve to be carried it's too too much for me it's too weird it makes me too weary but i will save them because there's something that even though i could be makhab them because of their fact that they're like a stone i could be mojave them could honor them because the fact they like the home but they've lost that honor they've lost that protection so what is going to protect them something else which is even more heavy which is even heavier which is even more important and that is [Music] paro would say something pharaoh would say about the jewish people that you know why they're going to be destroyed do you know why they're going to completely assimilate and be lost it's because god can't save them god can protect them god can't take care of them therefore he let them die or he killed them because of this statement of power because of this kind of statement of the nations of the world god says despite the fact that the jewish people have angered me despite the fact that they have gone against me they've defied my will nevertheless i will not destroy them because i can't destroy them because of pharaoh what will pharaoh say what would the nations of the world say how will it look if they are destroyed so in the second understanding what is the idea of the anger of the fool which is heavier than both which is more important the anger of the fools the anger the the angry statement of pharaoh that he would say if the jewish people would be destroyed if they would be killed he would say about them he would say really about god that god could not protect them or god he's not interested in them he wishes to destroy them he says the magician amazing thing that is why god that is why god possibly says means literally it means that god made his heart heavy but as the magister's understanding at this point means i have made i have made this this important his heart what he would say what he would think is what's important to me important enough to to weigh the decision on to the side of them to the side of mercy such that i will not destroy the jewish people even though they don't per se deserve to continue their existence it's an amazing thing we wonder why is it that the jewish people have to undergo such difficulties why is it that we have to face off with such enemies why is it that the nations of the world why do they come against us why do they have to why do they want to destroy us the message is telling us that there's an important function in that because we don't per se really deserve the good that god wants to give us and created the world with me which means that things are measured for measure if i am nice to others hashem is nice to me who is honored somebody who honors others right everything that we see in the world we know how we interact with our children we know how things go with our spouses with our friends the world is programmed we human beings are programmed that the way that a person acts with us is how we interact with them so measure for measure if we are mockers we anger we anger god so then we don't deserve to exist like we saw that's the the most difficult thing for god as it were to continue to give existence to those who don't deserve to exist but hashem so what we see is an amazing thing that part of his rock i mean part of his mercy is the very fact that he introduces enemies to the jewish people he introduces a paro he introduces someone who says these people they they if they're destroyed if they're destroyed what will the enemy say it's because god hates them it's because god doesn't have the power to protect them and that would be a tremendous hashem and we say in this way we say we ask god to bring mashiach we say um that god brings a redeemer to the sons of their sons that's us for his name's sake with love which means to say that we don't per se deserve to come there's different opinions about what kind of generation it will look like when the messiah arrives there's one opinion it's going to be a dorset a generation which is that all of the people in that generation are not worthy they're not worthy of redemption so why are we going to get redeemed it's because of god's name with love because of god's name god god is able to turn towards his love god is able to redeem us god is able to save us bring us out of egypt y for his own name for his own name's sake because of the fact that his name will be dishonored so now he has an excuse so to speak to be able to save the jewish people so pharaoh doesn't say that god can't do it so that the ayatollah doesn't say that god can't protect the jews so that the nations of the world don't say that god can't protect us there's a gemara in in that i'm learning currently surrounded you design 116 117 and the gemara says an amazing thing the kimora says an awesome thing it says that we say halo we know we say halal and pesach [Music] this amazing expression of praise which is in the safer to hillam in uh and the uh if i'm not mistaken and the the statement that we make there in halal we make these amazing statements we we praise god but say something strange they took us out of egypt that we think hashem yahweh and israel the people of israel say god's god's praises forever question is when was this written when was halal written that's the gemara asks and the gemara says could it be that if king david was the one who wrote this and he wasn't just you know collating some some beautiful psalms from previous generations so what did they say on pesach when they shook the lula of until then could it be that they didn't say hallo the gemara says that each of the generations when there was a difficulty when there was a challenge throughout all of these different generations before the yeshua came before the salvation came they said halal and after the salvation came they said hallo they said these words now what are the words so i've heard this actually i think i think misunderstood it doesn't mean that we're thanking god for the salvation before it happens it means that there are verses in there it says god don't do it for us because we don't deserve it do it for your honor for your name's sake give honor it shouldn't look bad for you if something bad happens to the jewish people as a result of our humility and saying god it's not for us we don't deserve to be saved as a result of that recognition the result is that hashem says says i will do it i will do it for my sake for my sake for my sake will i do it it's an amazing thing the message is saying a different aspect of it in this aspect we're saying that when we are humble when we recognize that we don't deserve it hashem does it for his sake and he saves us that's an amazing thing but this is another aspect of it which is that sometimes we might not be ready to say that we don't deserve it and if we're not ready to say that so hashem will create a situation where there is somebody who will say something that will cause god to save us and that's called our enemy that's called a pharaoh that's called an ayatollah that's called a nazi regime if they will if the jewish people will be destroyed what will god say what will what will the nation say what will pharaoh say that is what motivates sometimes hashem to save us but also like we saw in the gemara leilani is also motivation so this is what i would like to take out of the major and this is the foundation of giula of redemption in those times in our times number one we need to know that sometimes we need enemies we need those enemies not to destroy us we need those enemies because because of the fact that they're there and they would say where is their god god has to come in and show that he's there and protect us and save us even though we don't deserve it that's number one and number two is the humility the humility we don't deserve it i want to bless you i ask you to bless me hashem should help us that we should recognize number one we don't necessarily deserve it number two what can we do to deserve it strengthen ourselves in our videos hashem strengthen ourselves in our service of god our dedication be the evan israel be the cornerstone of the nations of the world be kiko be like the sand that doesn't get absorbed that's able to stand strong in one's own identity and hashem should help us to recognize that even when there are challenges even when there are enemies those enemies are indeed there also for our good so hashem can save us and give us all the things that we need thank you so much for listening have a wonderful shamas this podcast was made possible through the gracious donations of listeners like you for more podcasts like this 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