Ekev - Focusing On Reality | Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky

hi this is damski and welcome to the paraa in five where in five minutes we give you a little idea for the paraa for you to have something to say over if you're someplace and they say no do you have a v on the paraa so you can think to yourself wow I'm so lucky I listened to the paraa in five by Rabbi olowski AEV and I asked a question last week since wants us to say the first par of every morning and every night because it says and because Hashem wants us to say the second paragraph of every morning and every night because it says why weren't they put next to each other and I said I believe that the first paragraph ofma Was put into because it fits in there thematically and the second paragraph of shma was put into pares AEV because it fits into there thematically what is the theme in aov there's a lot of different ideas in aov but from the historical perspective it is recounting the story of the a as tells us M went up on who spoke to us and then he goes up the mountain that part we have here the people build the agel mosha comes down he breaks the luos he goes up for another 40 days and 40 nights he gets a not to destroy B is but he says he won't be together with us and we say that's not good enough and he goes up for another 40 days and 40 nights and gets another set of luas and comes down which means what the first paragraph ofma As we mentioned the last time is there's only hasem and therefore love Hashem because that's the greatest pleasure that's that's it it's very positive it's m her night but there's a reality and that is people are not always consistent in their behavior as you no doubt know if you ask people why they should not speed drive very fast uh if they're intelligent people they'll tell you because I have less control over my car and I am more at a risk of killing myself or others and then see people do speed and you say why are you speeding and they said cuz I'm late but you have a better chance of killing yourself or others you won't be late you will be the late so and so and they say I know but I'm not focusing on reality the agel is all about us not focusing on reality we were pulled into the illusions of the Satan where we saw the world turning back to too we saw mosha dead we saw everything over we we were out of control we lost our perspective on reality so we put up speed cameras and we say if you speed you're going to get a speeding ticket you're going to have to pay a big fine and get points on your tickets and your on your license and your insurance will go up oh in that case I won't speed the fact that I might kill myself or others well that's not such a motivation but I don't want to get a punishment and therefore in the first paragraph of always say love Hashem because that's the greatest pleasure but if that doesn't work for you then remember the following if you're good you'll get a reward and if you're bad you'll get a punishment if you're good then you'll get rain and you'll get your crops and everything will be good and if you are bad then you will get uh uh exiled from your land there won't be any rain it'll be a terrible thing because unfortunately rewards and punishments help us to be consistent with what we know to be correct cor that's not the best motivation the best motivation is I want to be standing at highi I want to be able to have that intimate relation with kades that is described in the first paragraph of shma and that's the best but in the second paragraph of shma we say if you slip and you want to do the wrong thing and you're inconsistent because people always are inconsistent people who have diabetes eat food that they know they're not supposed to eat people are always inconsistent I saw an email it said I miss going to the gym today that makes four years people are inconsist not because he doesn't believe in it so therefore if you get a punishment or you'll get a reward it's childish but if you're a good boy you'll get a candy if you're bad you'll get a PCH that serves as a motivation for people who are not in touch with reality the agle is about not being in touch with reality and the second paragraph ofma tells us do the right thing and if that's not enough then I will give you motivations to do the right thing and not to do the wrong thing mem we will all do the right thing good chabas