Help Publish Tzipisa L’Yeshua in Spanish - R' Daniel Glatstein & R' Yosef Mendoza in Conversation

This Torah class is brought to you by tora anytime.com. >> Okay. Welcome everyone. I am delighted to be able to share a few minutes with my dear friend Harav Y Mendoza who has graciously now translated a number of our most recently Yeshua which is actually the so it's a great to be involved in any of the works of the especially the history of we've mentioned in the past is quite interesting the conditions that the wrote it under. Uh Rev Mendoza already has translated the mystery and the majesty and the remind me the mystery and the major mayor vales. So this is number four. >> This is number four right >> and I want to put up on the screen what this addition is going to look like. Let's see if you could see that. Do you see that? >> No, I can't see it. Uh yeah, there it Yeah. Um, could you read it because your Spanish is better than ours. First of all, what would the title be in Spanish? How do you pronounce that? >> Anelos really means uh yearning yearning for redemption or or yearnings for redemption. Actually, >> yearning for redemption. Okay. Um, let me >> and underneath it would be >> one second. Yearning for redemption. Let me get it back up there on the screen. Okay. And uh what's the subtitle? How does that go? >> Oh, the subtitles. I'll read it in Spanish first. The classical of uh which is basically translated and elucidated with stirring essays on awaiting the coming of Mashiach. Basically, that's okay. That's the title, >> right? Uh >> so Ra Mandoa this translation was a bit different than previous ones. The other ones Mystery and the Majesty and Rabi Mayor and Hagada you're translating the commentary here. It's not only essays but it's also translating the translation of the uh text of the So how how did you find doing this uh translation compared to the others? it was a slightly more challenging in terms that it's it's an in elucidation format meaning that you have the you have the basic uh the the the original Hebrew text translated into English in bulk letters and you have the rest of the gears which um uh elucidates or clarifies what the the the meaning is um adapting it to uh to our to our uh uh way of thinking or speaking now because I mean this this was written over about 100 and what 120 years ago u so it's it's a it has to be more flexible in terms of uh of the of the syntax and that poses certain challenges in in when you're doing in another language sometimes there was um I mean where you can adapt Uh sometimes the the the syntax so that the exact word in in the original is is in bold. You still have to work around it so the it doesn't it doesn't lose sense when you see the the bold and the and the regular lettering so it flows uniformly in Spanish. But yeah, it's it's a we we've done this kind of thing before. But yeah, that's that's one of the one of the ch that's basically the the challenge I would say. Uh uh the the the the language of the is is is in a classical Hebrew, you might say. Uh and uh it has to be, you know, expounded on for for for people to really get the gist of it if you don't if you're not into reading uh classical Hebrew writings, >> right? So, Rabbi Mendoza, if I may, there's another part I need you to read for the audience. It's the top the top part over the title TB Yeshua. It says addition, but there it says XXX. Well, >> you know, >> yeah, it means that there we're still looking for a dedicator. >> Exactly that. Thank you for helping me out with that. So, uh, if anybody out there from the Spanish-sp speakaking community, by the way, Rev Mendoza, which which countries are the primary uh audience of a Spanish-sp speakaking swarm? >> Okay, it would be where Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, Panama, those are the the countries with the with the biggest uh communities. You also have, of course, in in America, you have many uh Spanish-speaking Jews, uh expatriots, you might say, and even in init you have as matter of fact uh a son of mine, he just he made aliyah yesterday. >> Oh, >> yeah. Nice. >> He flew yesterday to another one three months ago. So we're we're going peace meal. >> Yes. So if if anyone out there is interested or even in the English speaking community and helping us publish this safer safer uh could not be more timely. We we all are following closely events happening in the world and we're all hoping that they're all bringing us closer to the great day. And uh this is what the safer is about about yearning for the redemption. So we have a dishion but if you want to put your family name on that that's uh that would assist us in publication. So what are some of your favorite thoughts from uh say for cphua? >> Well of course you have the let me go through the the table of contents here. Um for example what the the first of all the the obligation to to be with Yeshua that people sometimes don't know people think that perhaps sometimes it's it's you know it's it's a is a reactive thing not a proactive thing. Uh you know when things are going not so good then we start thinking about Mashiach. uh but when things are going to going well you know Mashia could wait a bit you know that that's the kind of mentality one has to fight against uh the where it says about the places in file to be to to be metab uh during a meal or shabas or around the year all all those things get give one you know a very uh nice global vista of what being matap Yeshua is is is all about. Now, as far as uh people in in the Spanish speaking world, Latin America, um being Mabu Yeshua, yeah, it has its challenges basically. I mean, communities in uh with the exception of Argentina perhaps uh but in the rest of Latin America, Jewish communities are generally well off. That means that you know you have creature comforts galore. Uh so we we have to you know sometimes we have to always struggle to see behind that you the admonitions of I believe when it's at the very end of the book uh where it's about the the brother of the Maharal says you know with about uh being preoccupied with beautifification of our homes uh that kind of thing you have a you know people over here by and large people live comfortably. So for example now uh right now um you can't detect this but my house uh reeks very strongly of paint that my we're having a painter uh you know paint the the the uh the the the the dining room. So how does one approach from painting the dining room to chandeliers and whatever you know it's like one has to get the right perspective on you know it's uh so we can get a better asking price so when mitem shift comes very soon we'll be able to get a better price for it you know that kind of thing but not you know doing it for as an end unto itself that that is I think that's one of the key challenges I believe in America the same thing now in America things have been more you know more labored lately uh since October 7th and people have started you to feel perhaps the weight of gullis once again and it's not so pleasant uh facet uh in Latin America while in Argentina we we've had incidents uh over the past decades By and large, u Latin America has been sort of a cocoon. Uh besides what what happened in Argentina with the bobbings, uh in the Israeli embassy and the AMIA, the the the the Jewish royal organization 1994, but generally speaking, Jews have kept sort of a low profile in other countries and have le led more or less uh quiet lives. And uh we have to see that CPU is is something you have to be proactive about. You can't wait for the going to get tough when until you feel the urge of being. That's I think that's the the key the key challenge we have. on uh somewhat of a side note. >> Mhm. >> Uh one of the most prominent politicians in the uh Latin American world, Javier Mle has been very outspoken supporter of Israel and Judaism. has that in any way uh brought any greater awareness about the about Judaism or uh Jewish studies to Latin American countries. >> Um well uh you might say so. Um he he is a very uh um I I don't know what would it say? uh he's an uncommon sort of character in terms of the political landscape definitely in Latin America. Uh so uh whenever you know there's he speaks you know in Davos and you know the the economic forums and speaks about the para it's like you know mashite that that's where people would basically uh think uh now you have uh certain sectors in the broader Jewish society who um especially in Argentina who are wary of it because uh he basically is putting, you know, uh uh his uh thumb where it hurts, you know, to to have a non-Jew give you muster on Judaism when you when people are not so you know um amicable within our own people. Uh that uh that that that that you know unsettles them basically. >> There's there's an ongoing debate in Argentina, you know, h how do we handle it? How do we do this? you know, in it's it's four or five years for a presidential term. What comes afterwards, you know, it's it's it's very interesting. But yeah, uh we have uh it's it's sort of a it's it's it's an it's an you can awaken you know your your awareness you know if if if somebody from outside can see uh things that one doesn't see so clearly and he has no uh he has no qualms about saying it as it is. um why shouldn't we at least within our own circles be as assertive as he is from the outside? Uh so it's it's it's it's very interesting. He's he's he's uh put a new framework in terms of of uh the dynamics of uh I guess I don't know inter inter um community dialogue or whatever. It's it's it's very interesting. It's very interesting. >> Yeah. I that that's what I say. I I know uh I've been in uh very much in contact with from since before Malay was elected with the Israeli ambassador with the Argentine ambassador to Israel who as you said he's a big tal that the totally you know a novel thing to have as a top diplomat in a country a person's mama he's got he writes on on Maharal on on on on the Ramal uh all around the the annual cycle manage very very profound writings and uh I've I've worked with him as far as uh translations etc. So it's it's been very very very interesting to say the least the all these de developments. So to conclude, >> if you could share with our Spanish speaking audience >> in Spanish maybe, >> okay, >> why this would be a special opportunity to to help publish Yeshua uh from with with explanation, elucidation and stirring essays. >> Okay. Uh >> Mhm. >> How about we'll end with in >> in your in your uh one of your native tongues. >> Okay, I will do so now. tooth. Correct. that um this this book is an invaluable tool for us to acquire the correct perspective and on on being Yeshua because you know it sounds like uh like a tautology like like a truism but every day brings us one day closer to so we have to be ready. >> Thank you very much. So continued in our and look forward to uh many more many more projects together. Oh man, can you hear us? >> Thank you for your time. Thank you very much. >> Oh my god. >> Oh man. You've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by toany anytime.com.