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Shai's ready and Shai's family rub. My father always would say this over. So, I want to share this with the chevra. By the makah of arbah specifically by the makah of arbah. We know there are 10 makahs. Specifically Naftali by one makah says to tell your children Tell your children and your grandchildren that I toyed with the Egyptians. Specifically by this makah Hashem says to tell your children and grandchildren what I did to the Mitzrayim. That's and the that I put in them. They adapt them Hashem. Now, it's interesting there are 10 makahs. It's dumb kinim. It's hard to say one's more remarkable than the next. They're all not the for all the Mitzrayim to turn to a dam. Frogs. Every makah is supernatural. And yet by one makah and only one makah it says to tell your family this one by the locust. Now, why specifically this one tell your family about the locust? This is one to say over. So, my father said my father would say over it Rabbeinu Chananel. Rabbeinu Chananel writes at the end of the makah. At the end of the makah Parry like every single makah describes the arbah Mitzrayim. It was tremendously heavy plague. Arbah came. There was never before or after any marker like this. And then Paro comes running to Moshe Rabbeinu. And it says by Yater Hashem. There's many many languages in Yamin of prayer. And the language of Moshe Rabbeinu prayed is a lashon by Yater. By Yater Hazal say is a pitchfork. And what does it mean he pitchforked it? It means that which was din became hesed. Moshe Rabbeinu did something unusual with this prayer. He took something difficult and bad, the arbeh decimated Mitzrayim. It ate up all the crops. And it caused them to have no food. It was a tremendous tremendous clap for the country. Many deaths ensued. Tremendous financial hardships to Mitzrayim. Moshe Rabbeinu's prayer was a a pitchfork means it turned it over. It went from midas hadin to midas hesed. I'm going to explain that in a second. By Yater Hashem Ruach Yom Mayid. Hashem brought a tremendous wind. It carried the locust to the Yam Suf. Then the pasuk says the whole there would not remain one locust in the whole Egypt. Not one locust remained. Says Rabbeinu Hananel that Moshe Rabbeinu did was by Yater was mahapik midas hadin to midas hesed. Not only did the arbeh leave, but it made assured that there'll be no more locust plagues in Egypt. Not only did the locust leave, it assured that wouldn't be a locust plague left in Egypt. And Rabbeinu Hananel writes that the reason of all the makos, the 10 makos, specifically by arbeh, it says tell your children about the makah. It's the only makah that you could still see the remnant of the makah in Mitzrayim because a locust plague will not attack Egypt. That's what it means leinishar. There will not be a remain arbeh b'chol Mitzrayim. Rashi writes this that there won't be one arbeh that we know more locust plagues. So, my father had an article from the National Geographic. My mother showed me the article last night. He would show it yearly that in the 70s there was a locust plague in every part around Egypt. And the the article says as if the locust have eyes, they ignored Egypt. They go all around Egypt and like in a crazy way they did billions of dollars of devastation in the 70s. And inexplicably they were like darshaning winds why the locust don't seem to like Egyptian crops. Rabeinu Chananel writes that the only makah that has a remnant in Mitzrayim and I yom maseh arbeh that there won't be locust plagues in in Egypt. Every other place was attacked and I actually my father had an article from the National Geographic. As a matter of fact, Naftali, if you want to find out Egyptian borders, we don't have the Egyptian borders today are not the same back then. If you want to find out exact, just study that map and see where the locust attack. Maybe a corner of Egypt they attacked that might not be Egypt, but it's like they ignore, they fly over Egypt. So, my father would show this article to a lot of people at Amona. My father did say Said he said that for some reason in in in Mashiach times this promise would fall off. He said you'll see more recently locust attacks and he had a whole cheshbon. I don't remember Said's cheshbon of that, but there was definitely this article and there were attacks that it didn't attack Mitzrayim. That was a remnant of the makah of Arba. I did want to share that for my father. But I want I want to talk about of the of the three markers of the three markers in this week's parshas, the first one is Arba. The second marker that's in this week's parshas and it says the shell motion color the shell of a darkness came over I'm There's this tremendous darkness and it says it's no man saw his saw his brother. They couldn't see each other. They come meet up slices salmon. Before you know what? Before I go before I go to the market of of does anybody know what date the market of Arba happened on? What day did the year was the market of locusts? Anybody know? Not in English date. That'll be cute. July 4th. What Hebrew date is it? What happened in 2020? It didn't touch Egypt again? Isn't that interesting? And not Egypt. Do they say explanations for that? Read it to the heaven. Read it read it out loud. So the market of the market of the market is to take me to turn it to me and they had a locust plague no more locust. He didn't just say he should stop the plague. He said you won't have future plagues of locust. That's why you had that. David wanted to why did he do that my and some of them maybe for us to have a moment whenever there's no a plague, we're going to remember that once was a big plague here. But it's funny, why give them that kindness? Why do that for them? Why does it say there? The worst locust swarms that happened in like East Africa was destroying every every region in that area but just barely touched Egypt. It was the worst in the past 70 years for Kenya. It destroyed crops. It's recorded as the worst in It's recorded as Read the article where it says it didn't touch Egypt. Read that aloud to the Hebrew. One second. That's funny. It affected 23 countries. Um it said they were observed in in the borders of Egypt in 2019 but it was controlled and didn't have any impact on Egypt. Relatively limited, kept under control national pest management. Kenya didn't think they controlled it. Kenya couldn't do it, only India. There was 20 What was it? 23 other countries? Yeah. It was bad but apparently Egypt like barely got it. They got all the credit for it. You've heard my father say the selfish pretty amazing. He didn't know the He wasn't the 2020. He was handling this when I was a little kid. He had the map. My mother showed it to me last night. Pretty cool map to tell you, right? Why I don't know. Why did he ask why did My Rabbeinu do that? Why give them a bracha like okay, the plague should go away? It says by Yeta. It sounds like he was trying to do that. Like he asked for Hesed. Why's he doing that? Like take away the locust. What do you have to give them? What do you do nice for them? Even after Paroah was breaking his time. Yeah, and they were horrible Mitzrayim. What do we want? You find some in you which I don't understand the gratitude to Egypt. My Rabbeinu remember was raised in the palace and maybe he had some It's funny that that David asked why would My Rabbeinu do nice for them. There's a Midrash. The savior at Doris brings the Midrash I never seen before My You know, Paroah die in Makos B'choros. I know that Paroah is a terrible person, why didn't he die? The Seder Hadoyros brings a Medrash that Basya bas Paroah said to Moishe, "This is how you reward me. I saved your life and raised you." So she So Moishe said, "Bis'chus you, father's not going to die. Gratitude to you." So maybe it's I don't want to make this up. Maybe Moishe had gratitude to Basya bas Paroah. There was an Egyptian who was very good to Moishe. So maybe I don't I don't I don't know. I don't know why he gives this gift, like a parting gift to Egypt. >> figure because now that there's never been one since then. So it makes that Arba. Maybe it's Yaakov says Moishe wanted to show this is comp- Don't say maybe punk that there's room to say there was a locust plague in Egypt. And listen, there are a lot of locust plagues in the region. So Moishe said there'll never be another one and it will highlight that the Neis of Arba was by Hashem. That's a Yankel Tainus. I don't know. I don't know. Isn't it only prophets from Hashem that like last forever? Like it says that if Hashem gives you something it can't ever be taken away. So what do you So is is Is a human I I mean obviously it was Jewish. He had been taken away those locusts though, meaning you won't get a different locust plague. >> that's what he did, right? So Yeah, for some reason here Hashem did it. My father had some Cheshbon, but he had a reason to say this. He doesn't want anybody to base all their Emunah. He said before Mashiach they're going to get a locust attack. I don't remember his Cheshbon Shaya. He had some Cheshbon that it's should not apply forever, but I don't remember his Cheshbon. But the Meisa the Meisa says what he said. When did the locust plague Do you know when the locust plague was? It was Tu B'Shvat. It's none other than this week. What day is this? What day this week is Tu B'Shvat? Chaverim, does anybody know? 2nd of week. 2 Bishvat, let's get exact. Right now, it is See, he's right. It's now 5th of Shvat, so it's in a week. You're right, it's not Yeah. Next Tuesday, a week from next Tuesday. So, it says the market of Arba welcome home, Daniel. Daniel Silver [applause] is back. Wow. Next Monday night? Sunday night, Monday? Sunday night, Monday. It's It was 2 Bishvat. The Bar Ditshiver says that the market of Arba of locust happened on 2 Bishvat. That happened on the 15th day of Shvat. The Bar Ditshiver writes from Levi Yitzchak writes that it says specifically about the market of Arba, "Bo el Paro ki ani echbadeti es libo. I've hardened his heart." Now, it doesn't say that it doesn't say that by by Choshech. It doesn't say that by Makas Bechoros. Specifically by Arba, it says I've hardened his heart. I've hardened his heart. And yes. And and the Bar Ditshiver said that this is a preparation for Purim. It's exactly a month before Great seeing Daniel. Exactly a month before Purim was the market of Arba. Shloshim Yom Lifnei Mashiach Machagim, make him prepare for a chag. And a month before Purim, Hashem showed that kings' hearts run in the hands of Hashem. The whole story of Purim is Achashverosh who's a melech hafuch to chani. He changes his mind. He decides this, he decides that, he decides this, he decides that. Says the Bar Ditshiver that on Rosh Chodesh on on Tu Bishvat, a month before Purim, Hashem said to Moshe, "By your parak, I have to sleep by the hearts of kings are in my hands." I want to and the Bardichever said it was purposely a month before a month before Purim. I want to express about kings. Everybody has bechira. Human beings have choice. The least bechira in the world is for kings and presidents, the least choice in the world. Says "Lev malachim biyam lachem." Kings don't have that much bechira. They have very, very limited choice, kings. And specifically the Bardichever says a month before Purim, Hashem says "Ki ani echbadti es libi." He has no say. Paroh has no say in the matter. He's a king. I'll decide when he lets If you read the parshios, Paroh mamesh is up and down. Go out, no. Go up, The Bardichever said it looks like Paroh is a crazy guy. You read these parshios, he looks nuts. He keeps chang- Over and over he's changing his mind. I don't mind that Paroh is crazy. The Bardichever says he's not crazy. He's He did not have choice. He did not have choice. Kings have less choice than other people. I want to express and we do our hishtadlus as we're in in New York, there was a lot of nerves who would become the mayor of New York City. And right fully, our job is to do hishtadlus. I do want to express that once somebody put in the position to know you we trust Hashem, a leader and a ruler has very, very little power and very little say. Lev malachim biyam lachem, the hearts of kings go through Hashem. They do not They get limited bechira, the hearts of kings. And the Bardichever says that specifically here Tu Bishvat, the makas arbeh, and Hashem controlling Paro like that was an announcement that kings don't have so much bechira. They just not They have limited less choice than other people. Daniel had was there in Eretz Yisrael. It's amazing. I'm I'm very happy to be back. Good to have you back. Good to have you back. >> [applause] >> How well are the guys doing in Eretz Yisrael? A lot of them are doing really good. Yeah. I saw He's enjoying Eretz Yisrael. Everyone is enjoying. He's momish. Good reports on guys. Shaya's Yeshiva is alive and kicking. Rav Fish's Yeshiva impressive, right? Yeah. Yeah, amazing. The Shabbos was just so beautiful. When's the last time you were in Eretz Yisrael, Shaya? 2017. But you were just there. That's right. You were there that small last Pesach, man. Okay, that's a little bit of just some details of makos, a little bit about makos Arba. One of the aspects of makos Arba, I do want to speak about one aspect. I'm funny, I'm trying to move forward to darkness. Zevy, welcome home. Let's go. Good to see you, Zevy. >> [applause] >> How was Zevy? It was good. Yeah. Amazing amazing stay. Zevy, one aspect of makos Arba that I want to speak about is Hashem played with the Mitzrim. He toyed with the Mitzrim. I want to talk about it a little bit about what Hashem did. He did something a shtickel cruel to the Mitzrim, but I want to explain it, Shaya. Hashem Hashem likes people. Hashem likes his bri'os and cares about his bri'os. He did something to the Mitzrim a shtickel mida keneged mida that I'd like to express about. The Mitzrim The Mitzrayim had a makah at the end of the last week's parsha. There was a makah called barad. And barad did crazily crazy damage to the Mitzrayim. It killed people the barad. It was It was fire It was to get fire mixed with hail. That was very dangerous and damaging. And it destroyed the crops, which obviously threatens a country if there's no food. However, some crops dis- um survived barad. Because the rule was there two types of crops. If the grain was hard, if the grain was hard, so barad came down and cracked the grain. But grain that was soft, that wasn't yet developed, the barad hit it, the grain just folded and came back up. So the Torah describes at the end of parshas Va'eira pishtah v's'orah kusa. Pishtah and s'orah were destroyed. Chita and kussemes lo nuku yafilei s'ena. There were two types of crops that survived the barad. Since they were soft, the barad smacked it, but they were soft. The chita, the wheat, it bent, but it came right back up and survived yetzei. So after barad, when the Mitzrayim checked out the country, it was like, "Shoo, we still have wheat. We'll survive. We'll live." Everybody was like breathing a sigh of relief, Mitzrayim. After the makah of barad, Mitzrayim was like, "Shoo, okay. We'll survive. The chita lived." When everybody's breathing a sigh of relief after the month of the makah of barad, it comes to Bishvat, everybody's like, "Whoa. Okay. Wow. We We made it. We still have some remnant of crops. We'll be okay, Mitzrayim." Everybody's breathing a sigh of relief, and then what happens David? In swoops the locust. And everything that was saved from Marcus Baruch and they were like dancing in the street. I dancing is a good smell cuz they were real in the stream, but there was a degree David of like okay optimism and then the Arbus swooped in and destroyed it. It says about Arbus, it says "I saw a lot of people in the stream. I toyed with the stream. Hashem played with them. He made Isaac. He made like a joke with them. They were like excited. Shoo! Baruch Hashem like okay, the Baruch at least the heat is safe. They looked at the heat. They were breathing and just when they were breathing a sigh of relief, in came the locust and swooped down and it ate up all the heat. Why did Hashem do that to the to the stream? That's me that can I get me that. The stream did to our people of what's our void as per off. Our void as per off, it says back breaking labor. The goal of our void as per off is to give the people no hope for tomorrow. What the stream did to us is give us no hope. There's not not only is it bad that now there's no hope for a good tomorrow. It's to break the spirits of our people. Our void as per off. Per off is to break the spirits of our people. They wanted no optimism and no future. Reb Shalom Rebaskin David came to you Shiva. He described the life in jail. He described what it means that there's not a better tomorrow. Things could be bad today, but there's a sense of optimism. It's going to get better tomorrow. Things are headed somewhere. Always our people no matter what we've gone through, we always know that there's a better future. What's that song people sing "O Dio te to"? Let's go. That's a very cool attitude. Hashem's doing good to us now, but even the challenges of now, good stuff's coming. Good stuff, there's a tomorrow. Good things are coming. We're headed to good places. That's always been the attitude of a Yid. The Mitzrayim in Mitzrayim purposely Avodas Perech back-breaking labor is there's no optimism for tomorrow. Not only is it bad today, it's never getting better. In matter of fact, some of them farsh write that it says "Sivlas Mitzrayim." And the lashon sivlas is this sense it will never be better. It is this way and it will always be this way. That was what the Mitzrayim were purposely trying to do to us. So, Hashem in middah k'neged middah, they have like a little source of optimism. They're like, "Oh, Baruch Hashem, the chittah wasn't touched." Bang. The Arab come and and eat up the chittah is taking away the hope for a better tomorrow. Even what you think, at least, even that's not here. And Hashem purposely like attacked the hope for There was a little hope. There was reason for optimism. Even that I Like, we can't even be optimistic. We can't even be optimistic. The little that might be good, even that won't be good. Taking away the hope. The middah k'neged middah is what they did to us. That it Good, it might be tough today, but there's a better tomorrow. There's reason for optimism. Hashem middah k'neged middah, where they took away our hope for a tomorrow, Hashem attacked that on them. So, that That which survived, Baruch Hashem, will be good. No. The Arab come and eliminate that. That's the middah k'neged middah. I'm sorry? Says each makkah was 30 days. Each makkah was 30 days? It was a month, each There are different There are different see. It does say 7 days. How long did the market go? It was It was 30 days till the next market happened. There are periods of warning. My should have it. It says three days of the That's true. From market to market, each market its own month. So, from market to market was from Purim From Purim was a chef. The From Purim and then the next market is is Pesach. So, every market has a month. But you're right, there's the There's the warning before the market. There's the market itself. There's my diamond after market. What were you saying, Daniel? All the markets were one year. That's the head. It was one year. Every market gets a month. But it's right. It doesn't mean the market lasted No, the markets were one year. Yes. The markets are 12 markets. The 10 markets and it says it was over one year that the markets came. But it doesn't mean the market lasted a month. >> [clears throat] >> Because he's right. There were warnings, then discussions, then the market came, then my should have it. Every month there was another market. That's That's how it works. Why is it a year? What was those two extra months for missing? I don't know. I don't know. It says timing it should be 10 months. Why was it one year? If each market is a month, what's the what's the been a year? The 10 markets, each one was over a period of a month. What's the one year? That's a good question. It's funny that that it's listed only three and miss. And the rest of fair fair question. I don't know. What did you say? For 86, but it doesn't seem fair. Doesn't seem fair. Avram says they deserved worse. They get one year like they tortured us for all this time. Keep in mind that it wasn't Avram after the Maccus life didn't go back to normal. Mitzraim has never been a superpower ever again. So, I don't look at it that the Maccus they were pulverized for a year, but I don't look at it that then things went back. They were a superpower never to be again. So, I don't know if the punishment was only a year the Maccus this specific this specific. Reb Miller quotes from I don't say the Egyptian history books from history books. What's this thing? Where does Reb Miller quote from Reb Ezzy? What's the like the papyrus? Where did Reb Miller quote from? Reb Miller quoted from like a guyish history book which describes the Maccus mamesh. One of these one of these Reb Miller quotes you ever seen this? And the guy like describes the Maccus a guy who was there describe what was going on in Mitzraim. You have a quote of it Reb Ezzy? You have a quote of it? You read it for the heaven. Yeah, very good. What's it called? What is that? Just going to check. >> Your hope was what? That you still didn't have They didn't realize after the first six, after that they changed their mind. To me to me what I see I'll tell you what I see in this. I want to say this after all I want to say Ellie, I want to say like this. David, I want you to hear this. What's this me the connected me the like you dashed our hopes and what we like at least and they purposely were trying to attack the things we had hope in and to like take away that was the attempt. So Hashem like plays with them. You're hopeful? Let it goes away. What's this is what's the cruelty like what is that? What Hashem like haha. To me what I see in the me the connected me the David We were suffering for 86 years and when you suffer you feel very alone. Does anybody see I see in the me the connected me the Shaya to the Egyptians that Hashem is hugging and kissing and saying I'm so sorry that was happening to you. It's not the cruelty to them it's the fact that Hashem I momish was with you. I was quiet that's Hashem's way there's reasons we were going through something but I think we saw in the way the material were punished me the connected me the Hashem you saw that it was like very very validating and the sense I momish was with you in this. I momish am with you in this. So in the me the connected me the material getting it in such ways I'm Israel like felt very understood. There are midrashim that specific material A mid three did a certain thing to a year he got it back and the year was able to see the become on the specific mid three in a specific way he bothered you he got it back. And there was something about that that said to the year I was watching the whole time. I saw what he did to you. I Rebbe did you find this You curious how they Could you read it to the Rebbe? >> [clears throat] >> He was going to In the end he shows what he got. Listen, there's just an interesting David like this. At the very first of the 10 plagues, Egypt was in the greatest disorder and the land fell into ruin. Now, here is a quote from an Egyptian David, this is a quote from an Egyptian history book. The river is blood. Plague is throughout the land. Blood is everywhere. Men shrink from tasting. They thirst for water. That is our water. That is our happiness. What shall we do? All is ruined. From the Ipuwer Papyrus. Each plague was a blow that sent Egypt reeling. The accumulated effect of the 10 plagues actually devastated Egypt. This is from the Ipuwer Papyrus. Some Egyptian sage, some guy who was alive then wrote a book. We like We like hearing this. We don't need the Torah doesn't need It's not like the Torah needs Well, I read it in the Torah, but it has The Torah needs no validation. The Torah is MS. It's interesting. It becomes fascinating to hear their perspective of what was happening, how they understood this, how they absorbed it. The Torah writes and it's MS. But there is this this this book that Miller quotes which gives a sense of the Egyptian he he quotes it over and over an interesting sense of how the Egyptians like related to this to the Maccabees. What do you say? Yeah. Hey. For real. Rashi has two Shabbat them. What was the Maccab Shamar? What happened by Shamar? They couldn't see was one thing. What else happened? They couldn't move. Rashi brings two Maccabees. Two things happened in darkness. One thing Rashi says There was a darkness of they couldn't see. For three days they couldn't see each other. Three other days like a double darkness. Thank you, Zachary. A double darkness. She would come and take that off. They couldn't move. You would shave and you have a lot of maid. Somebody was sitting couldn't stand. The only maid and you have a lot of shame and somebody standing couldn't sit. So there were two types of dark darknesses. There were two types of darknesses. There was one darkness, a darkness of not being able to see. They were all issues of they couldn't see each other. And another type of darkness that they couldn't move. They were frozen. If you were sitting, you couldn't stand. If you were standing, you couldn't sit. So Marcus had two aspects to it. There was one just a darkness. People couldn't see each other. They were all issues of a man couldn't see another one. And another type of darkness of the inability to have movement. That's a different That's an unusual type of darkness. That's not our darkness. That like issues of that nobody was able to move. If you were sitting, you couldn't stand. If you were standing, you couldn't sit. So there were almost There were six days of Marcus issues. Three days the inability to see. Three days the inability to move. I want to express that the equal darkness in this world is you not see another person. They were all issues of that. It says that the Marcus did not hit the Yidden. So what is our What is light? Is the ability to see another person. Is a person that is what light is. Is the ability to see another. Darkness is the inability to somebody else. Light is the ability to see somebody else. Right cast them out straight up. He once said right cast them down said call him a speller bad have air with my say double. If you're in a match of a very big match of a big bind and yet you dive in for your friend who kill you have been answered. It doesn't say you will be answered. It doesn't say who yet and that kill you will be who then it's been answered and right cast them down Schlitter said that the way out of darkness is to see another person. For person suffering the word sire means narrow. And when a person goes through difficulty they can become very self-absorbed. And he said the answer to pain is see another. I shake is like grow wishes suck it is the inability to see another person is the self-absorption of self. That's the deepest darkness in the world is the person's completely self-absorbed only stuck in their own thing. And are in in the in our place that was our that was high shake by Mitra in but there was our in the match in our cities that was our what is our it's when you see another person when another person is seen when another person is noticed when another person is cared for what is high shake like grow wishes suck him nobody saw his brother. The not noticing of the other completely one stuck in oneself one's own sugar. I find it fascinating heaven that difficulty can do two things to a person. It can make a person this is our choice. Difficulty I think it can make a person very self-absorbed. A guy is like a canker sore. It's hard to notice another you're like busy with your own pain. You're like totally focused in word I'm in pain I'm in pain. And pain is another thing that it can tend to do. It can actually make you feel for another. I'll tell you something funny. My shoulder's bothering me. I want to say that I've called my son Manny. I I love my son Manny. I've called him many more times since my shoulder's hurting. My son has a difficulty with his shoulder and it's making me think a lot about him. This past summer, a year ago, one of my best friends in the world, Gurey, now going back almost 2 years had a back problem. And when somebody else has pain, sometimes we struggle to to be with them. I remember it was the middle of Sulam and was in pain and I cared but running it's very hectic. And the next summer when my own shoulder went out and I had a pinched nerve, I was thinking about a lot. I was like, "Oh my goodness, I missed it. I missed it." It's interesting. You're in the middle of the gym and somebody turns an ankle. You're in the middle of the game. A guy turns an ankle. The way I Shem made it, it's normal, is your ankle doesn't hurt. You're like, "Ugh, can't he just stand up and play? Come on, you you judge him on his injury because you don't feel his pain. You judge him on his injury. When we tend to go through difficulty, it actually can make us more present to another's difficulty. As a matter of fact, we're commanded as a people, be good to geirim. You yourself were geirim. You experienced this. And the nature of of pain and difficulty can have two opposite effects. It can make us self-absorbed and just be focused on our stuff and ignore other people. Or we could choose something different. In our difficulty, we could say, "Oh my goodness, I forgot to see him." It can make us more humble, more empathetic and this is the job. The darkness of mitzrayim specifically is by roish es achiv. Nobody saw his brother. They didn't see the other one. And the or that was in our world by yehudim eis or which is exactly by the way when was makas choshech? Adar. On Purim. On Purim was makas choshech. And what does it say in our communities? By yehudim eis or. By the by the mitzrayim, by your enemies there was choshech. By yehudim eis or. What's choshech, Avraham? By roish es achiv. Nobody saw his brother. It's interesting that somebody can say I mean it means dark. There are many ways to describe darkness. You could say by roish es his finger, by roish es his food, by roish es his dog. It doesn't say that. Says the choshech of mitzrayim was by roish es achiv. Nobody saw his brother. They were out of touch with another. So then what's our is when you see another. When you could say by yehudim eis or. In klal yisrael there was or. People saw each other. People noticed each other. People were aware of each other. That's the or of klal yisrael. I want to ask the chevra. I want to ask the chevra that it's very very normal in the winter a lot of people get a certain a certain down. That's a normal winter thing. The sun is not out. The less hours of sunlight. People get colds. People get them. I ask the chevra notice each other. Notice the next person. See the next person. It's interesting. It's very very difficult to be sick in yeshiva. Very. You feel like everybody's running and moving and you're like frozen in the dorm. I'm asking a guy notice your roommate. If he's not feeling well, take care of him. Bring him breakfast. Bring him lunch. Bring him supper. If your friend's not here, he's home. He's not fearing we'll see your friend. Our light is when people see roish es sachiv, a person sees his brother. He notices friend. He validates and sees and notices. Morty, I was describing Morty describing to Ivan Eisner the role of a dorm counselor in Yeshiva. And if I had to sum it up, it's roish es sachiv, see your brother. Or see your brother. Makas choshech, which happened on Purim, was a makah that the Mitzriyim stopped seeing each other. There wasn't the notice of another. There wasn't the the seeing and and caring about another. And the or that was by the Yidden was seeing another. I think it's a very good segue to welcome Moishe Glazer back home. When I'm talking about seeing of another, Moishe Glazer, thank you for being here. Welcome home. And not only did you come, but you uh excellent. Welcome home. Welcome home. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for coming. How did you both get here? Who? Hey. Thank you. Welcome home, Mo Muller. Have you rested up, Mo, from the trip? Most people said that this year was the most like on time of all the years, and I just thank Mo for being mesuder and arranging in a beautiful, comfortable, unpressuring way. >> [applause] >> Mo really just made it work. So, I thank you, Mo, a lot. Mayor Mayor, it's really awesome to have you back home. Welcome home, Mayor. Excellent. When was the last time you were here, Mayor? 6 months, Mayor? Even more? Were you here Pesach time last year? This is more than six, like nine months. Okay. Welcome home Mayor. Welcome home Maisch. Daniel, remind me of brother's first name. Gabriel, Gabriel, welcome Gabriel. I'm thankful you're here Gabriel. What did you say? Yeah, when I'm speaking when it we're talking here about the mitzrayim and very specifically enemies of our people our goal is there should be light for all the nations. Rowish as people should see each other. People should notice each other. People should see each other. We're supposed to be like like Shaka says in Arlegon. I want to get We've discussed briefly Marcus Arba Locas. We've discussed briefly Marcus Khoshech the mark of darkness. I want to move a little on in the parsha. There's a There's a possuk I want to ask the chevre and we'll close with this. It is getting late and get ready for Shabbos. Hashem asks a favor of our people in this week's parsha. And it says Hashem says to Moshe Hashem says before Marcus Bechoros Thank you Daniel. One more nega of the El Par of El Mitzrayim. I'm going to bring one more makah on Paroh and Mitzrayim. Acharei kein yishalchecha mizeh and then I'm taking you out of Egypt. And Hashem says dabber na. Hashem asks a favor. The Gemara in Brachos says Yakov b'matana minayhu. Hashem rarely asks us favors. Here Hashem says, "Please do me a favor." And Hashem says dabber na b'ozneihem. Hashem says to Moshe, "Could you ask Klal Yisrael that vayishalu ish me'et re'ehu v'ish me'et re'utah klei chesef v'chlei zahav. Do you mind? I'm I want to I'd like to read the Rashi. Ein na lashon bakasha. Na is a request, says Rashi. B'bakasha mimcha. Listen, if I could ask you a favor. His cheiram al kach. Could you Klal Yisrael, we did not care much about money, Zevy. We wanted out of Egypt. We did not mind leaving poor. Now, we like money because we want to serve Hashem and we could use money, Yosef. But I promise, on our minds at this point was not money, Yosef. On our minds was getting out of Egypt. For 86 years they tortured us and all we wanted was out. And Hashem says to Moshe, "B'vakasha mimcha mimcha, I have a favor. Please ask Klal Yisrael to make sure to get some money before they leave." Says Rashi, "Shelo yomar osei tzedek, Avraham Avinu should not say, v'avad'tem v'einenu osei kiyam bahem. You promised me that you'll torture Klal Yisrael and you kept that. V'acharei kein yeitz'u b'chush gadol v'einenu kiyam bahem. But you didn't keep your promise that they should leave wealthy. So, please be my two semi-nigh who have a favor, make sure claw Israel gets money. And I want to ask the Hebrew why was this so important to Hashem that we leave mitzrayim rich? It was a favor specifically asked from Hashem. And Hashem says do me a favor, make sure the hidden get money. I want to make sure that that that it's very clear I kept my promise of making silver and gold. And my question one is why was it so important that we leave wealthy? Why does Hashem want a question one? And question two is we get wealthy twice. We left very rich cuz by Marcus Hashem we knew where all the stuff was hidden and before we left we said pay up. They owed us billions of dollars for slave labor of eight decades. They owed us a lot of money and we got paid nicely, Daniel. We left very wealthy. However, we only had a certain amount of millions or billions. By Korea later on in Parshas Bishalach, we became it says much much wealthier. And my question to the Hebrew, I have two questions, Joseph. First of all, why was it so important that we leave rich? We're leaving mitzrayim, we're out, we're very happy to leave. We'll figure it out. It was very very important making silver and gold to leave wealthy. And my question one is why was that so important? And question two is why do we become rich twice? We leave mitzrayim, we had a lot of money. They paid us and gave us, we left very wealthy. But then later on the mitzrayim chase us. By the Yamsuf in a weird Hashem made a nice. Mitzrayim brought all the money to the Yam. They took all the money and brought it to the Yam, which was a weird thing to do. They do not need to empty all the coffers and all the wealth they have, but when they chased us Daniel into the desert, they brought all their treasures. And when they were swallowed up by the sea and died, we got fabulously wealthy, even richer. And my question is what Hashem promised to leave wealthy, why do we need to get to in installments? We got rich twice. We got rich upon leaving and then they chased us and we get doubly. Then we got like filthy rich, crazy rich. Why twice? So, I want to ask the Havruta maybe to think about that over Shabbos. Why was it important we leave rich? From the difficulty, from our pain, acharei kein yeitzei'u b'chush gadol, we should leave wealthy. We shouldn't get out of the airport. It should be we got wealthy one. And why do we have to get doubly wealthy? Why twice? So, why doubly wealthy that's a Sugya b'li neder maybe we'll talk about it Pesach time maybe Shabbos we'll see. I do want to express what I've been speaking about all week, that the difficulty we go through Hashem is giving us something, we're getting somewhere. Sometimes myish we can sense it. I see what you're doing to me Hashem, what you're bringing out of me. Sometimes we don't understand it. But this this belief we have that the challenges, the vicissitudes of life, Hashem's bringing something beautiful out of us. He's doing something. Hashem is bringing us somewhere. I think the importance of leaving Mitzrayim rich is we should sense this did something for me. We literally had money in our hands. We left Mitzrayim with millions. Is the Is the world should reflect the spiritual truth? If we just get out of mitzrayim and it was dark and baruch hashem I escaped that, years later when we're like living in wealth, it's important we always remember where did you get where did you get so rich? From mitzrayim. That the attitudes I've discussed that today there's a lot of shame. People show you what happened to me in the past, what I've been through, what I've done, what I experienced. And somehow instead of shame it should be we I want to try to make it a source of pride. I went through a lot and was able to create an illumination. I was able to find, I was able to get free, I was able to get out of mitzrayim and my whole story has a beauty to it. So Avram I appreciate that for years instead of that nightmare that we strive to forget, woah mitzrayim. I have no recollection. Years later mayor, we were trying to buy some food we're like rich people. Somebody said where did you get that money? Oh mitzrayim. The connection and the relationship to the past was it was something that enriched us greatly. I think there's an attitude to the challenges. They're hard. I don't want to pretend and I want to express the cry, to grieve for sure. But to also be aware that it's a source of great wealth. And we physically this is the fact. And it was important to Hashem and he says "Timatzeina chein b'einei chein. Please do me a favor. Take money upon leaving Egypt." I want it to be years from now you're like people say woah, where did you buy that car Daniel? Oh that was money I got from mitzrayim. Forget what you tell somebody else, what you tell yourself. Years and years from now we're like still the yid is still wealthy today. Where did you guys get all this money? Oh mitzrayim. It's interesting historically historically Hashem has gifted our people with wealth Hashem and that we're a nation that has means Hashem. And we're also a nation that's been challenged and pushed around and gone through a lot. But specifically here that the wealth comes from Israel. They handed to us. Ask them for it. It's so cool to me that we asked Israel. Hashem could have made it we leave wealthy Daniel. We found some money on the way out. It's not that way. It's Israel. I want the hand you money. I want it to be forever that people say where did you get that money? Oh, that shirt that he Where did you get that from? The gave it to me. It's not worth it though, no? It's funny Daniel asked they were my grandmother did not want reparations from the Germans. She didn't want to touch a penny from them. And it's a lot of in Israel is it true those nice cars there are a lot of Mercedes that they get that from the Germans? I think there's something very very cool about that. Now somebody could say what they're paying to hurt us. It's not the point. What we went through is we cry. But absorb Zevy is it hard for you those Mercedes? My old my felt like you. I grew up It's hard your generation the Holocaust is like distant. I have I want to go back only recently I my whole life I said I wasn't going to go to the concentration. You believe that or I will go. I will go. I'm named Daniel the ones I'm named for and my grandmother my old my's father who was killed at Auschwitz. And I do want to go back. Me and you who are along with my friend Rebbe Ezzi. I do want to go back, Rebbe Ezzi. More recently, I've decided I want to be there. I want to I want to face I want to face the place that that hurt my family. I want to face it. Why? I want to go back. I want to face it. Why? Because this was the story of my family and I want to face my story. Why? But I want to say that the money that that we got and got out of Israel and see Mercedes Yankel, I'm not saying they could pay us back and I don't even I'm not even thinking about them. I want to say that our experiences have produced beautiful people. >> What do you mean? And if seeing a nice car helps like help somebody formulate that, maybe that's the purpose. Ask them hand us money mitzrayim. They're not paying for anything and we're not like even focused on who done it. It's not what we're focused on. We are focused that the experience handed us something. Maybe shy in the physical sense that I have money from it is the sense what I went through gave me something perhaps. >> like you Yeah, it's hard for me cuz like if I hear a story about like a guy who like grew up in like an abusive home and then he creates a program for like children who were like that's beautiful to me. It's like you're getting something emotional from something emotional. Yeah. In this situation where it's like you went through something like And then there's money like I know But I like when the physical respects reflect spiritual truths. I like when our world like that which we see reflects that which is spiritually true. That's how the world's supposed to be. Somebody's good looking reflects a soul that's in order. So I like that we have money here. Where did you get that money from the mitzrayims? There's something about it that I like. I Somebody said what they paid you? What? No way. And my oma didn't want to take reparations. I admit that. It was just her yahrtzeit and I acknowledge oma did not want to take money from the Germans. You're not paying me. You killed my family. I do I do want to express I'm I Oma's property right now. On the property that the Germans ripped from my Oma and her parents hands. They murdered her parents. There's a car dealership on the property right now. It's a car dealership that belongs to us. But I want to express I don't think so. But But I I don't know I'll know legally. Maybe I Maybe we'll go together when we go together maybe we'll find out. I want to go to that I want to go to the dealership. Daniel, I want to go there and say, "Welcome. Shalom aleichem." And tell by the way, I just wanted you to know you're on my property. Real? I you can get the crap? They did they got some money. My Oma wouldn't take it. She gave it to the family. She wouldn't put her hands on it. I could go with you Mrs. Stern. Mrs. Stern Yeah, you're a stickler, right? But the Kanye super Godel to me speaks of a people that our experiences gave us something. And if physically we carried money, perhaps the messaging of that which reflects the spiritual, we had gotten somewhere. There was a kid in Shamayim. There was beautiful things that came out of our difficulty. Have an excellent Shabbos. What time Yossi is candle lighting? Candle lighting? What time Nachum? Nachum, we need you here badly. Welcome on 4:37 candle lighting. 4:55 brick wall. Nachum, thank you for all the arranging and everything is thrown. I tremendously appreciate [applause] all that Nachman does. Thank you, Nachman. Is that the question? Thank you, Abish. Good brother. That's Egypt? That's where it was? That's the map. Literally up there. Not a single spike over Egypt. How cool? Yeah. That's Ethiopia. That's That correlates to being mommish. How cool is that? Locusts don't like Egypt. Thank you for coming, Yanky. Appreciate it a lot. Few questions on the fire Hey, Ali. locusts. Number one was Were the Jews still slaves not