The courtesy bells - Tetzaveh On Fire - What Do You Care About ?

[Music] upon entering the B mikdash for the first time and catching a glimpse of the Cen GLE one would have been in awe the sheer Beauty the utter Holiness the saintliness that he exuded The Majestic eight intricate garments he wore so regly but when would when you would have looked at the very bottom of the Cen gle's outfit you would have been struck by something odd the Hem of the ill a four cornered blue wool garment was adorned with an alternating array of 72 golden bells and pomegranates with every move the kle made the bells would jiggle and create a very loud sound what were those bells doing there what purpose did they serve what exactly did the Heavenly fashion designers have in mind with those bells so when we peek into the medish for clarification it doesn't exactly alleviate our bewilderment the medis barar Shar says that the bells were there in order to teach us a moral lesson that one should announce himself before entering a room anytime you walk into a room you shouldn't just Walt in rather you should knock first and that is why they were bells on the cang's Garment to announce his entry before he would go into the kadash now it's a little strange this is a very nice lesson but this nice lesson in decency seems a little out of character in The mishan you think the sanctuary of Hashem who knows absolutely everything really needs a knock before entering sign hung on the doorway Hashem knows exactly where we are at every given possible moment you think he really needs us to knock before we enter who are we fooling why would the ty choose this exact location to teach us this lesson why not teach this lesson at a slightly more mundane location for example I don't know Paras Pinas we should say that when you go to a friend's house for a sleepover you shouldn't just barge into his house you should knock like a decent human being why would the cing GLE have to be the one to walk around in jiggling bells in order to teach the world this lesson it seems rather strange I saw a beautiful explanation given by Mor k he says that in the eagerness to enter the the may become so transfixed on attaining a high level of spirituality that he may forget common courtesy he may forget to knock before entering the Tyra is telling us that the search for spirituality can never supersede simple basic etiquette we often have lofty spiritual aspirations how many toes do we have to step on to get there by specifically placing this message right before the K entered hashem's presence the Tyra is telling us that even when searching for the holiest of the Holy we are never to forget to act like a mench let me tell you a story a young Widow once entered the study of ARB she was not only feeling immense loneliness and pain due to the passing of her husband she felt a tremendous sense of urgency she felt guilty and wanted desperately to do something anything for her husband's memory perhaps she should start a free loan gah perhaps she should accept upon herself an act of spiritual self-improvement perhaps she should be saying more to Hill for her soul she didn't know what to do ROM maaman looked at this sad broken young woman and told her the following I understand your need to do something spiritual to uplift your husband's Soul this is my advice to you go buy some toys for your children take them to the park and enjoy life with them forget the Quest for this great spiritual tikun and help your children rejoice in life that will uplift your husband's Soul the most every single day thousands upon thousands of people begin their day with learning Tyra people learn in shows people learn in trains people learn in massive yivo scattered around the globe right before before they learn they all whisper a prayer they all whisper the same exact prayer everyone opens to the front page of their garas of their sh of their mnas and Whisper a prayer that's printed there what's in that prayer what does it say is it a plead to Heaven that our holy words of Torah should soar straight to the Heavenly Throne is it a prayer that Heavenly Angels should come down and enjoy listening to the words of Tyra coming out of our mouths is it a prayer that the Tyra we learn should Elevate our souls and uplift our spirit no no and no it is a small 15-second prayer in which we ask Hashem to help us steer clear of making fun of our friends mistakes we beg Hashem to save us from misleading others with learning incorrectly and taking enjoyment from intellectual blunders our peers make why is that moments before we learn Tyra considered to be the most intimate Embrace with Hashem the ultimate hug withes why there do we place such EMP Enis on our interpersonal relationships with others and none on a relationship with hem the answer is that if our relationship is with Hashem is built while climbing on the backs of others Hashem is not interested if our relationship with Hashem is built while putting others down Hashem is not interested if our relationship with Hashem is built While others have to suffer Hashem is not interested I remember Rose tener the of m n Baltimore remark once that at the very beginning of daving it says one should forever have fear of Heaven both in public and in private he would say notice how it adds the word Adam it could have said but it doesn't it adds the word meaning to say one must firstly be Anam a mench a man a considerate decent human being before one can ever attempt to have proper yay the ultimate prerequisite for developing our relationship with Hashem is to develop our relationship with others in our NeverEnding quest for spiritual growth we must always remember those little tiny tinkling bells on the bottom of the coing Go's outfit reminding us to never forget the people around us we must be considerate of the people who look up to us to those that see us as exemplary if we stop to bend down to help them to love them to respect them Hashem will surely do the same for us [Music]