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Parshas Ki Savo
This week's parsha. So, we're going to
go step-by-step
through the basic points in the parsha
and finish with a lesson on this week's
parsha. So, the parsha this week starts
off with the mitzvah of bikurim. The
theme is after the wars
with the nations and we settle into our
land, Eretz Yisrael.
The land of Israel.
And the first fruits grow. We bring
those first crop to Jerusalem and we
bring it in front of the Kohain and we
say a very specific language of thank
you. The language that we find in the
Haggadah, anybody pays attention on
Passover,
this part of the parsha is the basic
elements of the Haggadah that we expound
on on Pesach. And we go through our
history until the beautiful ending of
being in Jerusalem that we have this
opportunity to serve Hashem
with a happy hearts. Then the parsha
continues and goes through the mitzvah
of maaser, right? When you have maaser,
there's the parts that go to the Kohain,
the part that goes to the Levi, there's
something called maaser sheini that you
bring up
to Jerusalem and have the produce there.
And years three and six, the produce
goes to the poor.
The parsha continues and describes our
unique relationship between us and
Hashem. How when we do our mitzvahs,
our responsibility to Hashem, we are an
am segulah to Hakadosh Baruchu, a
treasured nation.
And the parsha goes on to continue and
tell us when we come into Eretz Yisrael,
what is the first thing that we do?
We write the Torah
on the rocks.
And we write it as the pasuk says,
"Be'er heitev."
With clarity that Rashi in all 70
languages
with clarity this is our monument.
And then we have the blessings
if we follow the path of the Torah
and the curses if we do not.
Which is so interesting to me also I
would say I just had this thought and I
wonder what our viewers think about this
and like a lot of times you get a
question especially if you're a cure of
rabbi like how could Hashem bring the
holocaust?
And when you learn this week's parsha
that reality becomes clear
and we understand what the
is but it's almost the question is the
opposite. How could a nation meaning if
you don't believe why how could it be
that somebody could hate a nation so
strongly that is willing to give up
everything like we know in the holocaust
he was ready to lose the war just to
kill Jews.
So if there is no belief system of
blessing and curses how could someone
have said like I could just imagine
another nation just like we just hate
them like like what's up over here you
know what I mean? Just a thought on the
side I'm actually excited tonight I'm
going to an event by somebody Alan and
Bonnie they're actually hosting a
holocaust survivor
who's 102 years old. So now a lesson on
this week's parsha that when we have the
mitzvah of bikurim
and it's really a lesson about thank
you. And thank you is such a central
idea in the Jewish faith.
Meaning when we say thank you right we
come into the land of Israel that Hashem
gave us and we bring the bikurim
but when we say thank you it's not
enough just to say wow thank you Hashem
for this produce.
When we say thank you after we work the
field and we went through the 11 steps
that it takes or or the processing of
farming and we recognize everything
comes from Hashem we can say wow thank
you Hashem for this grain.
That's not enough.
Let's go through the history. Let's
understand everything from the start.
Where did we come from? This is not
simple that we're here.
First, Yaakov served Lavan.
And then we went down to Egypt. We were
oppressed. Hashem took us out. Brought
us here.
We grew the crop and he gave us this
crop. That's how we say thank you. We go
through the details and express it in
every most detail. And that's what
brings the service of happiness.
And we could apply this lesson to our
personal life that like
I look at people that are happy people
and
and they actually they actually do this.
They actually go ahead and they journal.
And it's not enough, "Wow, thank you
Hashem. I have a beautiful life." No.
Did you take the time? And I'm starting
to really do this. And please express if
this is something that changes you
to go through like, "Wow, like Hashem,
wow, my eyes are working, my mouth is
working, I'm able to talk. I have this
beautiful ability to give a Torah class
on heat that fruit. Um I live in Israel
and I have a beautiful wife and
children. And go through the detail. And
then our whole minds become thankful and
happy people. Cuz our natural self is
actually negative. Just It was just
funny, this came to me. I turn on the
like the water where I live when off one
day. And I'm like sitting and
complaining and like, "Oh, we don't have
water in the shower and then and then
and then my kids and smelly and the
whole thing."
And I realized I'm like, "One second.
The amount that I complained about not
having water, do I say thank you every
day for having water?"
Just a thought.
Everybody should have a beautiful
Shabbos
and only good. We should serve Hashem
with happiness and thankfulness. Good
Shabbos.
