Bereishis - 6th Portion

Join me in learning hitas for the sixth Torah reading of Berachus. We are going to be learning verse 23, chapter 4. And Lamech told to his wives, Ada and Zillah. Ada and Zillah. Shman koili nishei Lamech. Here nishei Lamech. Hear my voice, wives of Lamech. Hazena im rosi, listen to my speech. Ish harakti lifiti Did I kill a man by my wound? V'yeled l'chaburati, and a child by my bruise. What was Lamech telling his wives? Why was he calling them? What happened here? Rashi explains to us in verse 23, Shman koili, listen to my voice. Why was he summoning his wives? So the Torah tells us because and Rashi explains, sh'hayu perushos mimenu bitashmish, l'fi sheharag es Kayin v'es Tuval Kayin beno. Because they separated from him. They didn't want to have anything to do with him in any marital relations because he killed Kayin and Tuval Kayin his son. How did he kill Kayin and his son Tuval Kayin? So Rashi tells us the episode that happened. V'eh sh'haya Lamech suma, Lamech was blind. Tuval Kayin moshecho, moshecho and Tuval Kayin was his helper leading him along the way. Vayar es Kayin merachok, he saw Kayin from a distance. V'nidmalo, and Tuval Kayin thought that Kayin was k'chaya, was a was an animal. V'omer lo aviv, so therefore he told his father, limshoch bakashas, to pull back the bow. V'harogei and the arrow went and killed Kayin. He killed He killed Cain. The Cain and Shiyarda when Lamech found out that he killed Cain, Shinar a coo Sh- Sh- who Cain's Cain that the one that he killed was Cain his grandfather, he got Kaful Kaf, he banged one hand on the other very strongly. And what happened was this so back is beneath beneath the rug A. And in between banging his hands together, his son got caught in between which was Tuval Cain and he killed him. Because of that, Hoya Nasha of Porsches B'man who's wives would separate from him. V'hu M'faison Shman B'koyle and he would always try to speak to them to encourage them to appease them that they should come back to him. Saying Lishmali L'tashmish be together with me. And what was his argument? Via Yish Shishar Aktis, do you think the person that I killed Lupitsi? I did it on purpose. It was my wound who Nerag, you think I did wanted to kill that person because I purposely injured him? V'chi Ani P'tsai T'b'meiza, do you think that I did it on purpose? Shaya P'tsa T'rya Shmi that this wound that this killing should be on my name. The Yeled and the child Tuval Cain Asher Akti that I killed the Khabarosi to my wound Nerak L'mayna D'ya Khabarosi because of my wound is this something that I wanted to kill? He's using this in the language, these words have to be said B'timya in a question type form. Vali Shagigani I did it by accident. V'lo Meizid, I didn't do it on purpose. So, why are you distancing yourself from me? Lo Zeo Pitsi V'lo Zeo Khabarosi, this was not a purposeful wound or damage that I've done. What does the word Pitsi mean? So, Rashi explains the word Pitsi. Pitsi means Makas Kherev Ayekhates is a wound that comes because of a sword or an arrow which causes blood to come out because of it. In Old French, belass. Now, the Torah continues with verse 24. Because if the revenge for Cain took seven generations, how much more so the Cain's revenge will take much more time, 70 times 7 generations. What is he saying here? Verse 24, Rashi explains as follows. Kishiva say you can Cain. He's meaning to say as follows. Why are you distancing yourself? What are you worried about? Cain Cain that killed his brother Abel on purpose, need his punishment was suspended for actually for another seven generations. And he shall the eye that I only killed by by mistake, like how much more so that it would only be suspended for for many many generations. Why is she even the Shiva? What kind of terminology is this? 70 times 7? So if you hear he explains he takes a number doesn't mean exactly 70 times, but he's using a reference of many many more times. That's what he explained. Medrash Rabba Medrash Rabba explains it differently. They heard him alone. And the Medrash Rabba gives a whole different interpretation to this. That really Lamech didn't kill anybody. What happened was his wife separated from him once he already did them he already had brought children into the world. So why did they separate from him? They knew that it was going to be a decree. That they serve after seven generations the family of Cain will ultimately be killed. Omri said, "Manu Yeldish Labahal, why are we giving birth to children for no reason? It's for a waste. Lamachar tomorrow Hamabul Bad, there's going to be a flood. Vesheita Vesakal, everybody's going to be gone." The who Oimer Lamech, what Lamech was telling them? V'chi Isha Akdi L'pitzi, have I killed a person to a wound? Meaning, V'chi Ani Akdi Es Hevel, that I killed Hevel that you're blaming me? Shaya Ish B'keima. And he calls it He Why does he use the terminology Ish and Yeled in the actual verse, man versus child? Saying, Shaya Ish B'keima, that Hevel was a great man. V'yeled Ani Shavshani, but he was a young child in years. She's Ari Kol B'tzalvin, that my children are going to be destroyed because of that sin of that individual from so long back. And he continues to say, and he makes a calculation. Uma Cain Sh'harag, if Cain that killed Hevel in his own sin Nitna Lo he was suspended his punishment for Shiva Deiros for seven generations, Ani Sh'lo Ya'akti, I that I didn't sin at all and I didn't kill anybody at all, how much more so V'chol Shekein, how much more so that I should merit Yitlu Li Shivi'im Arba'im, that my punishment or that this punishment should be suspended even many many more years? The problem is Zeh Kol V'chomer Shel Shtus, this calculation that he made is nonsense. Why? Because if God will push it off because of Cain, because of Lamech, then he'll push it off again. Who else is going to be obligated in this judgment? V'im Kein, if so, Ein Hakadosh Baruch Hu Keiyem Es Chaf V'keiyem Es Hadavar, and Hashem will never keep his word. Because every generation say, "I didn't kill him, so why should I be the one suffering?" And it goes so on to be suspended for more and more generations. So therefore, Lamech's calculation was useless. Now we go back to Adam. Verse 25. And Adam came to know his wife again. To a child. And they gave him the name Shays. Why they give him the name Shays, Seth? Because God has granted me another offspring. Another one instead of Abel because Cain killed him. Because Cain killed Abel. So, Rashi comes to explain to us what does this mean that Adam and Eve [snorts] got back together? The Torah tells us this verse of Adam had giving birth to another child. Right after the story of Shays. Telling us that they didn't listen. Lamech came to Adam, the first man, the cover. And he started complaining about his wives that they separating from him. I'm a Lamech. So, Adam said to the wives of Lamech who separated from Lamech. Are you to be particular about God's decrees? You do what you got to do. But who you ask to and who will do what he has to do. Who are you to get involved in what God's calculations are with Cain and whether flood is going to be? I'm a Lamech. So, the wives of Lamech told Adam, if so, big talker. Straight out of you correct yourself first. Follow you. You separated from your wife 130 years ever since the meekness of ever since the sin of the tree of knowledge that God said that from then on people will die. You separated from your wife cuz you didn't want to create any other children that were going to die. So, why are you telling us not to get involved in God's business? You do the same. Miad, immediately, Vayehi Adam, immediately Adam went and connected back with his wife. Umahu oid, why then does it say again? L'lamdecha, to tell us and he tastefully ta'avah ta'avah say, that this time it was even more pleasurable than he wanted before. He was more excited to do it even than the time before. As the Torah now continues to tell us about the generations that were there from the time of Sheth, and how they continued to populate the world. Walasheth gam hu Walasheth gam hu yulad ben, and Sheth also gave birth to a son, Vayikra shmo Enosh, and he gave him the name Enosh. Az huchal likro b'shem Hashem. Only during the lifetime of Enosh was the name of God invoked profanely. What is this telling us? Az huchal, the word huchal doesn't only mean begin, but also means to profane, for making weekday. As Rashi tells us, verse 26, lashon chulin, in an expression of profane profanation. Likro b'shem Hashem Adam, b'shem Adam atzmo u'v'shem Elokim baruch hu. By calling people and idols by the name of the Holy One, blessed be He. Why were they doing this? Lasot avodah zarah likro b'shem Elokim, in order to make those objects idol worship and to call them deities. Therefore, they would start calling other things by the name of God. Now, the Torah in chapter 5 begins to tell us the order and the record of all the descendants of Adam. Chapter 5, verse 1. Zeh sefer toldot Adam, b'yom b'ro Elokim Adam, the following is of the descendants of Adam when God began and he created of Adam. God made him in the likeness of God. At first they were made as an androgynous as we explained as one as male and female by you and he blessed them by you and he gave them their name Adam humans became he born him on the day that he created them on the day that they were created. Thus say for tell the sodomy and really tells us This tells us that this is was that on the day that he was created he had I'm sorry. This this is the record of the descendants of Adam. There are also as he continues with as we mentioned earlier there are many different types of explanations. What does it mean? This is the day of the creation of the man but this Rashi is only here to tell us the simple interpretation. On the day that it was created Rashi tells us this tells us that on the day that he was created he also had children like we mentioned earlier that the children were created before the sin of the tree of knowledge. Now the Torah continues in verse three. By you hear Adam. And Adam lived 130 years and he had he had son in his likeness and in his form by you and he called his name Seth. What's this 30 and 100 years? Because 130 years at until then he had separated from his wife like we just mentioned with the story of the wives of Lamech versus Adam and when he got together with his wife again that he gave birth to Seth. And the days of Adam. After he had Shays, after giving birth to Shays, years, and he had other sons and gave birth to other sons, and he had other sons and daughters as well. By here, you call you may by you may call you may Adam after he had and all the days that Adam lived came to be total of years by you may and he died. Verse six. And Shays lived 105 years and he had a son and he gave and whose son's name was Enosh. And Shays after he had and Shays lived after after giving birth to Enosh 807 years during which of that time by you may gave birth to other sons and daughters as well. By here, you call you may Shays and all the years and all the years of Shays were 12 912 years by you may and then he died. Now, next generation by here Enosh 90 years by you may Enosh lived 90 years until he gave birth to Cainan. By here, Enosh after he had Cainan and Enosh lived after he gave birth to Cainan and Enosh had 815 815 years. By you may and he had other sons and he gave birth to sons and daughters. By here, you call you may Enosh and all the years of Enosh were 905 years by you may and then he died. Verse 12. By here, Cainan and then Cainan lived 70 years by 70 years by you may and gave birth to a son Mahalalel. By here, Cainan after he had and Cainan lived after giving birth to after he had a son Mahalalel years by you may and had other sons and daughters as well. You call him a Canaan and all the years of Canaan were years and then he died. Verse 6:15 I'm sorry 65 years and gave birth to a son Jared. After giving birth years and I gave birth to other sons and daughters as well. All the days of my life was was 895 years and he died. years and gave birth to Enoch. After giving birth to Enoch 800 years and had other sons and daughters as well. All the years of Jared was 962 years and then he died. Verse 21 65 years and gave birth to the son Methuselah and Enoch was unlike all the other people in this time. Tells us that Enoch walked with God meaning he was righteous. After giving birth to Methuselah he lived for 300 years and he gave birth to other sons and daughters as well. What does this mean by Yishalech so Rashi tells us and reminds us that he was a special and unique individual. Yishalech Enoch What does this mean? Just because he was going in the ways of God and that's why he died. That's seemingly from it may look like from the first glance at the verse. What it means is Rashi tells us tzaddik he was a righteous person. V'chol b'dayto but he wasn't strong to stand up against the people of his time. And therefore was concerned that at any time loshuv he can go back from being righteous v'lo harishian God forbid to become evil. L'ficha therefore meera Kodesh Baruch Hu God hastened his death v'silkay and took him away from the world v'amiskay b'smana and he died before his time. V'zeh this is the reason shishina hakosuv b'susay that the Torah changes with the language when we talk about his death. B'misusay when it talks about his passing lechtef to say v'einenu that he's not with us. B'olam in this world to be able to complete his time as we're going to see in the next Rashi in the next verse. V'yechi v'yechi kol y'may Chanoch verse 23 v'yechi kol y'may Chanoch and all the days of Chanoch were chamesh v'shishim shana 65 years ushlish may shana and 300 365 years. A young life relatively speaking to all the other people that lived in the 900s and the 800s. As we just mentioned in the Rashi v'yishalech Chanoch elokim Chanoch went in the ways of God v'einenu but he's no longer with us. Ki lokach elokim God has taken him as we just mentioned in the Rashi a little bit early that because he was righteous and God was concerned that he may become evil and that he wouldn't have the strength to stand up against the evil people of his time he was taken before his time and therefore the terminology is v'einenu he's no longer here and it doesn't use the terminology v'yamas and he died. Ki lokach Rashi says lifnay mano before his time. As As we find another terminology, he nearly him as much as when it talks about as a kill that his wife died before his time. It says I will take before from before you the desirable of your eyes. This concludes the sixth Torah reading of Bereshit.