The Secret How Israel Can Survive As Scattered Sheep Among 70 Wolves with Rabbi Aaron Dovid Poston

Heat. Heat. [music] [singing] [music] [singing] >> [music] [singing] [music] [singing] >> Shalom everybody. Welcome back to the Ibanate Midash. Welcome home to Torah. A warm welcome home to Torah. We are in the parat of the commentary called the the clear. He wrote another book besides the clear schar wrote ears begins with a medish and goes on for pages. The truth is the same thing tonight. However, the we only usually get through a page and a half maybe two pages maximum. This medish usually I I don't really understand how he fits the medish into his his thesis. But here I think in the beginning we're able to have some kind of comprehensive understanding. Now for those who are unfamiliar, we do encourage you to learn Hebrew. There are Hebrew sheets that we're using. We're translating them. We're explaining them. They can be found. There's a link in the description box below. Also, previous paras. And if you're interested in receiving the English source sheets, then please send me an email. Okay, here we go. The first pik of this medish springs el mosha b el parro actually go to parro. Now this is this is interesting because this is the last three of the 10 plagues right in paras. What's an [clears throat] pneumonic device to remember? The word bow has a gamachi of three. So right away you know every year you come to Paris Bo you're going to deal with the last three of the plagues. So you have this idea of coming to Pharaoh and it's not the only time it's not the only time that Moses is told to go to Pharaoh and we'll see. But in the meantime, the medish says and those are three groupings of acronyms. Literally the of is stands for dam, the first of the 10 plagues. The sadic is fora and the cuff is for kinim. And so they're grouped together. Then you have the ion for arv and the dalid for um de and the shin for that's the second grouping of three. And the last you have that's the bet the alf is for arb the is for and even though they're groupings of three the last one has four groupings. The last one the last of the 10 plagues is the plague of the killing of the firstborn. But on Pesak night, we dip our finger into the wine in the haga while reading the haga, the mgid, and we're mentioning each one of the 10 plagues individually with our pinky and dipping into the the blood, right? The the the wine which symbolizes the blood. And then after we do all 10, we go back and we do this pneumonic device of these three groupings. Now, what does the measures say? It's true that is the seder that's in the Torah below. Now, if you notice, if you actually look at the verses themselves through the narrative, the first two, God says to Moses either to go or stand in front of him, come to Pharaoh. But the third, right, the the lice just says to do it. He doesn't say go and warn Pharaoh. The same thing with the second set of three. And the same thing with the third set of three. But when it says here that if you have you have a friend you have another Jew that you have to give that means warning explain to him [clears throat] you're explaining to him that what he is doing is forbidden. So you only have to do it two times. The third time he's already been warned. You have no obligation. You have no reason to even tell him again because he's already been told. But what would that mean? literally that the truth is then why do you need the fourth and fifth? He warns him again in the fourth and fifth time. So in other words, the first and second time, first and second makote, Moses is told to go to Pharaoh and warn him. The third time he doesn't. But then the fourth and the fifth he does and the sixth he doesn't warn him and then again the seventh and eighth he warns him. So if that's true, why? What about the fourth, fifth and sixth and seventh eighth and ninth time? So the clear is going into very cabalistic ideas of three different worlds. Okay? And we're going to discuss that. But basically the the med says if somebody transgresses a transgression and then repeats it, you do not need to warn him. You shouldn't warn him again or give him any more rebuke. He's already been told and it's as if he has been warned. That is where the medish ends on the right side. It's something that is well known among the mystics that the world is actually divided into three general categories or it's generally divided into three categories. the now even though we're going to describe these three worlds, Hashem is in a world above theirs. So the upper world is the of angels. Okay? So you have we're going to be below human beings. Then you're going to have what we call the celestial spheres, right? The zodiac and all the um all the celestial spheres. And then you have the world of angels. And Hashem is above that. So we're not discussing Hashem's world. He's discussing these three lower worlds. So the upper of the lower worlds is called and the middle the middle world is meaning the world of all the orbits of the celestial spheres. And then of course there's that's the that's the world we're in the lowest world and the clear says Hashem set into motion let's say either the laws of physics or we don't even know what all the laws of physics are because we're we're constantly discovering new things but Hashem placed a pattern. He made the world in a certain way where things run like like I'm using the word like clockwork. You can predict the outcome of certain things. Now what I'm going to tell you guys should scare the jabzies out of you. >> Maybe it's a word, maybe it's not. But the world, the upper world with the world of angels, it's conducted somehow or another 70. There's gonna be 70 nations down below. But they have administering angels above. Those 70 angels above conduct the world. The world is conducted according to the 70 angels. And we'll see why in terms of masle as well. But that's where the angels are. And they're running the world. They're running the upper world. What about this world where the 70 nations actually are aliimos that we the Jews are in this world? Guess who's running the world? >> The 70 nations are running this world. You got the 70 angels arch or let's call them administering angels above and the 70 angels below. I'm sorry. The 70 nations below. What about the oil? That middle world which we call the world of the zodiac of the celestial spheres. That's poel bishim kamo gaga hamona alabalikim vashar mitsus hashelat. So that middle world, the world of the celestial spheres that has an an influence. It's poel bishalim. It it's going to activate everything in the lower world. Somehow that runs the lower world just like and he uses an example gag hayak like the either the orbit of the moon or the moon itself which is mimona which basically means that it um it's either appointed or how did I translate it supervises it's over the living beings of this of this world and all other existence in this lower world the Moon has tremendous effect. Now, we all know that if the sun, if the earth moved away from the sun, either closer or further, we would either freeze to death or burn up. We don't look at the moon the same way. Well, guess what? We should. The influence the moon has on the tides alone. I mean, I think that they say the reason Earth has life, all the other planets, they haven't found any life, is because of water. Water seems to be the lifegiving force that we have here on this earth and the moon has a tremendous effect. We our bodies are made of let's just say if we believe the scientists 95% of the body is made of water. Of course the moon is going to have an effect on life itself. So even if the moon was not there or out of orbit or closer or further life would be different. So the celestial spheres have an effect on life itself in this world. Now, these three worlds we say do not change their duty. They're they're they're working according to Hashem's will. But basically, he set them in motion and they will not change unless Hashem has a desire or a will to tilt them, to move them, to alter them. It's only Hashem, right? own Elon because Hashem is manigan. He's the one who conducts and uh o oversees and instructs all of creation. And only if he wills it can it can it change. And why would he want to change it? If he feels it's necessary to proclaim his power and his might. Okay, now this is where it begins. He's going to say that basically Moses is confused. It's really difficult for him to understand once he has the ability to see what we just saw. Now imagine knowing this that there's 70 arch angels uh administering angels and they all hate us and you have 70 nations in this world and they all hate us. That's what he they're all mited. It was very difficult for Moshe understand. Israel shalam. What was so bothering to Moshe? What really bothered him? He wanted to know how does Israel exist? How can Israel survive? When he saw how the world works with the 70 administering angels above and it says Israel. They're all anti-semites. They're all anti-ionist. They're all against Israel. >> So too, the 70 nations down below in this this world and Israel is considered a a scattered sheep amongst 70 wolves. So the clear car continues. So too even when we talk about this the middle level the the um celestial spheres a mazi Israel this whole concept that there's an influence by the stars on the planet doesn't affect Israel for some reason whether for good or for bad. There's in other words that's usually called fate. Whatever the influence of the stars have would be marked into creation as the mara. Well, Israel is outside the mara. >> Okay. Are we the kain? This is what bothered Moshe. If that's the case, how are the Jews able to survive? It's a miracle. It's I'll just give you one example just I recently came up in conversation that in West Point and probably many other uh militarymies they learn about the the book of Mcabes the book of Mcabes is studied because of guerrilla warfare because of insurgency but they don't study the six- day war you know why because it's outside of nature there's nothing they could possibly learn it's beyond comprehension So Moses is bothered. What is the Jewish people's existence dependent on? Now ready to hear this tells us a midrash a different midash. Midrash init Moses was we know this we are all familiar with this. Moses was bothered by three things that God told him. He told him about the manora. He told him about the shrutzim. He told him about this is going to be for you the um the new the new moon. Let me just get rid of that guy. Okay. The new moon. This is going to be the new moon to you. All three of these things Moses asked God for more information, perhaps even to show him. So we see like this. There were three things that bothered Moshe. He didn't fully comprehend until God showed him right as if with his finger as he pointed it out to him. And what are they minor sham? So the candalabra in the in the in the tabernacle the shrutzim that would make one tame. Of course, they're already forbidden. But yet, the Torah tells us these make you impure, i.e. um impure to eat the truma or if you touch the truma, it touched the truma, a cohen could not eat it. Uh and and the shavana the what the new moon actually looks like. How would you be able to determine the new moon? Okay, so those are the three things the medish discusses. Bottom line, why in the med? Why was Moses so bothered to know the the uh the conduct of these three worlds? I'll tell you why. He says, because Moses was still bothered by this idea. How are the Jewish people able to survive? knowam how can we the uh the lost sheep I wouldn't even call lost scattered sheep survive among 70 wolves and minor right the first mention of the three was the minora and that was raelon so let me just quickly run this down we talk about the three worlds one of of angels ones of the world of the celestial bodies and then our world where living things exist. So the minor is going to somehow be a hint to the world of of of angels. The uh the the uh sanctification of the new moon is obvious going to deal with the middle world with the celestial spheres and the lower world right with the shratsim the creepy crawly things on the earth that's obviously this a hint to this lower world now let's hear the words of the kakar he brings down in psalms 139 139 9:12 right so how does it hint to how does the manora hint to the upper world the upper world is above the sun and the moon right in Psalms 139:12 for the night shall light up like day as darkness so is the light that's my understanding it must be that this is a a place where there is no darkness there's a constant light in the world of angels in this. And he says it that world is a light is a a world of light and either clarity or brightness. And he says this is understood only by the only by the mystics. But I'm going to try to explain what I think it means in my humble opinion. But as I progress, maybe I will be proven wrong. But in the meantime, when he says that this upper world of angels is all light and somehow the minora, we know the minor has seven candles. And those seven candles he says is hinted at because there must be seven arch angels. In other words, we we have couple a lot of numbers special numbers in Judaism. The number seven is very special and 70 is very special and 10. So 7 time 10. So I think that even though there are 70 administering angels, there are seven arch angels that are seen or see the face of Hashem. They're closest to God. These seven angels they are and he ends by saying this would be clear to the mystics. Now thee in in the he's going to discuss it when we get there. Hopefully you know we'll have a lot more clarity. What about the shaana? The idea of sanctifying the new moon. What it should look like? Obviously, this is hinted at by in the world of celestial spheres. Now, out of all the celestial spheres, it was specifically the moon that was mentioned in the midash. Why? That's what they understood then. I don't know if it's any different now, but that's the reason for life in this world because of the moon which I attempted to find and I will have to reexamine but it he does discuss it and it's very mystical. What about the schwraatzim the creepy crawlers that we said that uh this was one of the things that Moses was bothered by he didn't understand it because of the idea that they areim have either small legs or no legs and they basically crawl or creep on the earth this would hint to the lowest world as we know in in Genesis 8:17 just describes the wordim as those that are ros and creep on on the earth. On the next page is these are the three things we just mentioned that Moses was bothered. He didn't understand really how Israel could survive. And what did Hashem do? God showed him as if with his finger. Hashem showed Moses and he hinted to him the only way. The only way Yuda the only way David Khan By and all the people online the only way the Jewish people are going to survive the secret to the secret to the survival of the Jewish people is Tora. How do we know? It says in Exodus 31:18, right? You see that on the source sheets in Exodus 31:18 written with the finger of God. This is talking about the luos. The l represent the Torah. So the l were written with the finger of God. Zion. This is all hinted by when God said the word zlo in the Torah. The word Z is listed by all three. All three what? Byel. Right. Right. To fear God and keep his commandments for this is the entire man. This is the entire man. We're going to see what does that mean. Does that mean Torah or mitzvah or both? And it's also written in Deuteronomy 30:10. Remember the word is key here. Z is something that we Rashi mentions is like God is pointing his finger. So we see we're going to see the word by all three. We're going to find that the whole lesson right the way that the Jews are able to survive and maintain you know what and I think even um I heard a story involving who is that great monk in Tibet or Nepal the Daly Lama that uh he actually wanted to know from the Jews what is your secret of survival because for them they needed to survive but there was only one real example and that's the Jewish people and he came and he wanted to know what is the secret of our survival. I don't know if it would apply in its fullness but obviously if the if the nations kept the seven that would be a great start. So that's why the measure says it was the making of the minora the that this new moon will be to you the word. So you have the word Z appeared this will be the new month to you and by the word Z applied in all three that the Jewish people will be able to survive in all three of these worlds only in the merit of Z like we mentioned. which hints to the mitzvah themselves. We see this inelis 2:10. It's amazing what it says over there. What does that mean? Let's read the whole pik. Where is it on the source sheet? So, this is king. This is uh King Solomon number 14 on the source sheet. And of all that my eyes desired, I did not deprive them. I did not deprive my heart of any joy and my heart rejoice with all my toil. And now these are the important words. And this was my portion from all my toil. What does it mean? It's mine. I It's a part of me. I did something. All my toil I gained something from it. Right. So there's a little bit of a mlous here in the Gmorrahy plegy. There's two that argue it's by the way. One says this is um remember it's King David then King Solomon. King Solomon is saying my portion is my staff and the other one says it's godno which rashi explains over there it means a cloak what do these two things represent even the midrash world a staff at least by a king and a cloak also by a king mand armor macloor giten in 68b according to the opinion that it's a It's the staff shavo miser viz maklo. So imagine king David passes this information to king Solomon. Solomon has his staff. Now, it could have a sexual connotation of a staff that gives forth seed, but it's basically my staff, my my sign of kingship, okay? It's going to be transmitted to my children. And one of my children, I don't know who it's going to be, is going to be Messiah. Okay? So when he says those words and this was my portion my from all my toil whatever I did to deserve I have no idea what I did maybe it'sot but there's something that I'm holding in my hand a staff that is going to be transmitted or here in this case I'm going to give birth to the Messiah okay because it's coming from my seed miserero and that's what it means his male and as a proof proof text for this. You have Isaiah 11:1. And a chute shall spring forth from the stem of Jesse. Right? We're talking about Messiah coming forth from the seat of Solomon. Mand armor. Oh no. And according to the other opinion that it was a cloak and Rashi explained it as malvush. First of all, in the language of the mubalim, the clothing that we wear is the mitzvah that we do because in the in the resurrection of the dead, those mitzvah that we do will be basically our clothing, our body raim. So rashu says it's a mush. This hints to the misses that we do. And we see in Job chapter 29 verse 14 number 17 on the source sheet I put on righteousness and it clothed me. Okay, this is talking about the fact that I did mitzvah. I did righteousness that is my clothing and this is what according to different opinions his portion we went according to one stream that it was his seed her staff that was going to create Messiah and that is all hinted in the word z. So we have in Jeremiah the word zed relating to Messiah. Jeremiah 23:6. We're on the last page already, page four. Right. It says, "In his days, Yehuda shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely. And this is his name that he shall be called. The Lord is our righteousness." Okay. So we see this referring to Messiah. The names is our righteousness in Hebrew. Okay. And according to the other opinion was mitzvah near. It's also hinted at in the word in Ecclesiastes 12:13. It's number 12 on the source sheet. as we mentioned, it's like the last verse in Ecclesiastes, right? And keep God's commandments, for this is the entire man. So, it's referring to either it's all referring to Torah, but it's either referring to the Torah itself and therefore um and the Messiah or to the mitzvah. Okay, let's continue to the next paragraph. It's very possible to say that until Hashem showed Moshe with his finger. What he's saying here is that until God showed Moshe with his finger, so to speak, he was hinting to him that in the merit of the Torah, in the merit of the Torah that was written with God's finger, that the Jewish people would merit three distinct time periods where God's control would override the matrix. the would override the system that he put into place. All three of these worlds, right? He God would override the the system that he placed into the three worlds on account of the Jewish people. And all three of them, we already saw the word Z, but they're all hinted at by the word finger. Let's start with Maba. So he's going against the chronological order. He's going backwards. Iso Lamos Mashiach is just before that and leaving Egypt is already happened. So these are the three time periods the clear wants to explain where God will override all of nature and we all know that he did that by the leaving of Egypt. But let's go back to the order. when when in the world to come the righteous they're going to be on a level even higher than these three worlds and this is all hinted at with the with the finger of Hashem it says in Gmorinus that that in the future world this that Hashem is going to create or allow some kind of circular dance around him by the sadikim in the garden of Eden and everyone is going to be pointing to the center they're going to be pointing to the so to speak to Hashem h with their fingers and we see this in Psalms 48 you see it on the source sheet. So it says over there in Psalms 48:15 who almut okay which means like this for this is our this is God our God forever and ever. He will lead us as in youth. This is referring to theim that are dancing in the circle in what about the mashiach Israel that Hashem is going to override all three worlds on account of Israel. Who he's going to override? The angels in heaven and the nations down below. And listen to what it say in it says in Isaiah 24. I want you to look pay attention to 21. It's chapter 24. Verse 21, verse 22 and verse 23. And it shall come to pass on that day that the Lord shall visit punishment upon who? The host of heavens. God's going to punish those heavenly angels that were against Israel and upon the kings of the earth, which means also the ones on the earth. And let's just continue. He says in verse 24, "And the moon shall be ashamed and the sun shall be abashed." That's talking about the middle level, the the the level of the celestial beings will also be affected. All these are hinted at with the I call you goam that they're all pointing their fingers towards the redeemer as it says in Jeremiah 23:6 and this is his name that he shall be called the lord is our righteousness the word z again right is zimo it's it's referring to the redeemer the messiah And what about leaving Egypt? It's obvious that God overrode all of creation. He started with the world above. There's each nation has a administering angel and God took out uh the angel of Egypt. And what about the middle world Moshe just like the son stood still for Moshe as well as Yeshua. Like we learn if you look in Tuser and what about the lower world there were 10 plagues that affected the lower world and this is also hinted with the word because the necromancers of Pharaoh even admitted in Exodus 8:15 he it is the finger of God. So really, we're going to just sum this up real quick. May be hard to handle, but the truth is the it's not Israel. We need you can only fulfill the Torah init. But God created a system that we would even be in galut. We would only survive through the Torah. But we're coming back. We're coming out of exile. So now we can really fulfill the Torah in its fullness. Well, as soon as the majority of of Jews come back to Israel, this is what the non-Jews have been trying to keep for I don't know maybe 150 years with the story with the white paper, right? Keep the Jews out of Israel. Keep the Jews out of Israel. Whatever it is, I think they say from river to the sea, Palestine. Well, really, we're looking for the day when all the Jews come home. And you can take that and eat it, right? all those people that scream those words because we're come we're coming home. I know there's a song like that and if not it should be right. We're coming home. So it's the Torah that is our the the secret to our survival but keep in mind we cannot really fulfill the entire Torah in its entirety outside the land of Israel. So come on home brothers and sisters. That's all I can tell you, right? The secret of Jewish, not just continuity, existence, maintenance, and the way we can fulfill our purpose is, and I'll just say, the Torah of Israel initem. We'll see you all next week. Have a great have a great week. [music] [singing] You [music] see your [singing] body [music] [singing] [music] shing. [singing]