Lag B'Omer: RASHBI Ensures the Torah will Never Be Forgotten

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and if you want to have this of connecting to the great tanoi mayor of we have an amazing topic today we're going to discuss one of the very well-known gamers in Shas perhaps the most famous gamara and Chas it happens to be one of my favorite gomaras we discussed at pesach time but now we're going to uh presented with a whole new spin the gamara tells us about a controversy that erupted between Ravi Yeshua and Raven gamliel now just some background is in order this is in the aftermath of the hormone-based tamikdash we know that when Rob I snuck out of the city's the city of ushalayim so he met Vespasian and Vespasian that he would accede to his request and one of the things requested was Tenley please give me yavne and her sages give me gamliel the Royal Dynasty Ram gamliel was the Nazi in the aftermath of the Corbin and his opinion was he was he accorded himself with great Authority because he felt the Jewish people were reeling and in order to consolidate their power in order to show strength he did not tolerate and he challenged his authority he did not suffer fools to say the least Ram gamliel had a very strict policy that in order to enter the base hamedrish one had to be Tori kabaroy and people who were so to speak somewhat hypocritical were not allowed in the gemara tells us a story that somebody a certain student came before of Yeshua and he wanted to know his mariv discretionary or obligatory rabioshua said it's discretionary he came before Ram Gamaliel he sent discretionary or obligatory says it's obligatory so this student started to instigate he said what do you mean Yeshua said that it's discretionary said okay let's wait until all the rabbis The Shield bearers get into the basement when they entered the base of medrus the shoya which by the way the gemara does not identify who this was we're gonna have to wait till the end of the story to learn to discover who the Shaya was he asked is mariv a discretionary or is it obligatory obligatory said does anyone argue on me and nobody's arguing around nobody would have the courage to argue around gamliel said no no no no not me so again Leo said he didn't take that Leo said but they told me in your name that it's rashus UA stand on your feet and let them testify against you rabi Yeshua stood on his feet he said if I were alive and you were dead I could contradict but now that I'm alive and you're alive we can't contradict so that's it continued teaching we're gonna be sure I was standing and he did not authorize we'll be sure to sit down as if to say look I'm in charge over here I'll let you know when to sit you challenge my authority and I'm gonna show who's the boss and the people started murmuring now you have to know it's not the tummy that's our challenging Ram gam Leo but rather the like some people they come to learn some people they come for politics you know some people how is davening ooh the dress show is amazing some people uh well the conversation during khazarus has shots was and some people they they're there they come to the show just to pick up the politics so the people the the common folk started bad mouthing around gamlia they told the mitorgaman stop darshaning how long will ringamlial distress rub Yeshua last year on he distressed rev Yeshua and Rosh Hashanah if you remember him gamil ordered Ravi Yeshua to come to him on the day thereof Yeshua believed was Yom Kippur and the year before regarding now he's distressing him they said we need to depose Rahman gamliel who should we put in his place should we put Rabia Yeshua no he's the baumisa it's going to look too politically charged let's appoint no he doesn't have this to protect him from the Wrath around gamliel we're going to appoint Rebels he's wise he's wealthy and he's he has he's wise he can answer questions he's wealthy if he has to go to the Caesar he could go and he is of prestigious lineage 10th Generation of it is Ezra so he has will not be successful in um in punishing him foreign [Music] said let me go ask my wife his wife said it's not a good idea maybe they'll depose you he said you know what it's better to be a king for a day even if they'll ultimately depose me it's interesting he said I have to ask my wife and then he didn't listen to her so apparently it was just a token gesture but not that he was actually going to listen in any event uh the gemara continues on that day he did not have white here he grew 18 rows of white hair this is what it means that day they removed the guard of the base hamedrish because had a policy called talmud kabara on that day the gemara says they had to add 400 or 700 roses very interesting the allowance of tamidam into the basement is actually a matter of halacha you know in the first mishnah perkiavas it says said three things one of them was to establish many tamidam the bartanura says in Contra distinction to ramangam Leo Ram gam Leo held called agreed with revelation the gemara continues the gemara says that ultimately now digamar says that on that day aguer moyavi came to the base hamadres and RAM gamliel had problems with them because said no it's not a problem because ba Sange and the gamara says that ultimately felt bad and he decided he's going to be Matthias of Yeshua so when he got to his house he saw that the walls were black he says to be sure from the walls of your house it seems like you're a blacksmith and ravishua mysteriously set back woe to the generation that you're its leader you don't recognize you don't feel that Sarah how they support themselves how they're so how they're sustained said you know I Afflicted didn't want to be Michael and until he said my family in the Merit of Hillel and he did now the gemara says now that they were Michael Ram gamliel is so they wanted to reinstate Ram gamliel they didn't know what to do to demote Rabbi Rebels that they should be equals you can't do that there can't be an assistant Rabbi it's a recipe for disaster so what they decided was Ram gamlia will darshan three weeks in one week and this is what it means to which the gemara concludes and who was the student that asked the question was it was now there are a lot of questions you could ask over here why was the identity of this student so top secret that it was reserved until the end of the story to reveal if we don't want to say who it is because he was stirring up the pot then we shouldn't say his name in the end of the story and if it's okay to say his name so say his name in the beginning of the story why hide his identity in the beginning of the story and reveal the event identity at the very end of the story one of the most amazing sparm not only on lakhbalimar but foreign period is the safer written by the Great Goin and Bal darshan Friedman Bells now he's one of the Russia Yeshiva in the shivas of bells and he asks and he has like 60 something mamarim in his safer kadahi rep shiman and we're going to be weaving together a number of his and further many many of his mamaram discuss this topic why is it that the gemara hides the identity of the student in the beginning of the story and does not reveal the identity until the very end of the story furthermore Why is the rashby stirring the pot after the rashvi asram gamlia is why does he go back and say well that's not what RAB Yeshua said I mean is that a good idea imagine you ask your Rabbi Shiloh you go to another Rabbi you ask him the same shine line when he gives you a different answer you say well that's not what the other Rabbi said you know that is a one-way ticket to sure machlikas if you ask one Rabbi don't ask another Rabbi and if you ask another Rabbi have the good sense not to tell the second Rabbi what the first Rabbi said I mean what's the what is the rashvi doing why is he stoking the coals why is he you know racing him on why why is he instigating over here it's like he's Fanning ever the Rashmi is a student therapy Kiva he knows what happened to the students of Rebecca shall I know so once he asked Rob you sure what's he asking Leo and if he and Rob answers him to tell him history already he knew two times why would he tell him what Rob Yeshua said and not only that rhyth said let's wait until the shell Bears enter and then remember then the Rashmi asks again Roman gamliel what do you say about mariv it's like he's setting this whole thing up or tells us when the rabbis entered karambi Avenue again this is in the aftermath of the horben when the Jewish people were reeling they made a very dire prediction they said is destined to be forgotten from the Jewish people like it says Kim will be forgotten whereupon the Raj V stood up and he said he says [Applause] we'll never be forgotten what does it mean that they'll be searching for Claire halacha it means that they won't find definitive ruling but heaven forbid the toe will never be forgotten why does the gemara tell us when they entered karambi Avenue they made this dire prediction that the Torah would never be forgotten who was the Nasi in the time of the Yeshiva the Massif he was the one who proclaimed called and he's the one who fought with ravia ishua now we understand why this dire prediction was made when the sage has entered karambiavna in the time of the Nasir saram gamliel who decreed that only a student is allowed into the basement and since as the gemara says in sukha raisi vene I see the children of us of who I see that the students who looking for Aliyah are very minimal so the the rabbis said that continuing in this approach continuing in this Pro approach the Torah will be forgotten if we insist if we continue in the darach that only basically perfect tamidium are allowed into the base matters that's the end of it that's the end of Torah will never have continuity there will be no endurance of the Torah but it was the Raj bishita who said Israel oh so says when the Raj we saw that was the Nasi and he was not allowing students into the basement only a student that was that he had to figure out a way he's gonna come up with a way where they're going to depose Raven gamliel put Rebel azaben Azaria in Revelation had an open door policy and this way all students would enter the base hamadrish and that would ensure so in the beginning of the story we can't exactly say who it was because it looks like he's just stoking the coals he's racing them on he's just you know instigating but his kavana was to remove ravagam Leo because with such a policy the Torah would never be have endurance in the Jewish people so therefore he started this fight so to speak with him again but be sure what do you say about matter of the Rashmi knew the rat that rabbit said it's vicious so yeah what do you say about marief he knew where I'm gonna he's and then he says all planned out calls everyone to the base matter she calls him Ravi Joshua and the beginning of the deposing of Raman Gamaliel begins now we have to ask ourselves the following question the instrument through to bring about this important remedy and tikon and Claw Israel should be deposed and we would install Rabia Allah into the base and why Revelation was the one who commanded the shimer to allow everybody everyone in so for this we have to come to another element which is uh introduced to the Jewish people in the teachings of the zaira of the rashvi and parishes mishpatim who says this refers to the area of Tyra called tairas The Reincarnation where even though it's above our pay grade to know what the exact meaning of it is and it is our job we focus on fulfilling all the without focusing on what is our specific Mission and who were we beforehand but nevertheless there is a um very rich tradition and Messiah regarding the gogulim of most notably individuals in the Tanakh even amaram and even reshine him now simply put and he says from the walls of your house it looks like you're a blacksmith the touch mates deals with the following ruling or a Nasi were someone of public Torah Eminence is not allowed to do malacha before the people you can't he can't be dragging benches he can't be you know mowing the lawn you can't have the god of Adar mowing the lawn it will demean his esteem in people's eyes foreign clearly had some kind of Malachi he was a blacksmith he said I didn't realize that privately you do malacha to which of Yeshua said back woe to us that you're the god of Hadar because as the nazia degeneration it is incumbent upon you to be aware of the financial status of the because it is the job of the leaders of Israel to ensure that are taken care for taken care of from the community and apparently you're not aware of this of the situation that we're going through but there's a deeper meaning over here when Ram gamliel says it seems in the walls of your house that you're like a blacksmith namely who is yahishua the ramami Pano in his safer Google he tells that yahushua the Tana review was the girl the ibor of none other than Yahoo was thrown into the fire with akhav and the reason is the plastic says and Rashi explains from had a big indictment and that is his children married Gentile women and he did not protest and therefore he was punished when he was thrown in the fire and he was scorched yeah [Laughter] because his children married and he didn't protest and therefore says Rama Mi Pano the secret the secret of the Tana Ravi Yeshua being a blacksmith that refers to the fact that in a previous life he was thrown into the fire and was singed but says that wasn't the only person he was a Google of who else in Tanakh was thrown into the fire harun remember avraham challenged nimrod and haran was sort of straddling both sides of the fence he said if avra must save them on his side of avram perishes I'm a nimrod side and avram was saved soharan said throw me into the fire and haran was burned so harun was not really my son he thought he would be saved and says haran was nescalgal as yahushua crying godal who is the Mage the Firebrand scene from the fire Haron was the one who nimro threw in the fire and because he was Hashem he was elevated to the level of who was the tikkon of haran and Hashem wanted to save him because he died Hashem and therefore the second time around when he became you sure he was saved but even Yeshua koingaldo had an infraction he let his children marry going so he was Miss galgal as the town of yahushua now we see from yahushua the idea of cold talmouth we could bring him into the basement because even though first time around haran maybe had improper motives but second time around he was a bigger Sadiq and ultimately he was elevated to the status of the Tano yahushua so we see from the life of RAB yahushua that even though in the beginning led him into the basement foreign now the ramami the um Sherman says this is the secret of what we say in others to have nasan foreign Not only was River Elizabeth 10th Generation from Ezra and Not only was he a kohen and Not only was he wealthy like Ezra and a coin like Ezra but cesra mommy Pano he was the gilgal of Ezra El Lazar benazario was the gilgal of Ezra and who was the Google of the camera and why did Ram gum Leo lose his nasiosai because just like Nehemiah if you remember we're going to learn momentarily the gamara as safer Ezra who wrote it it was mostly written by Nehemiah so why isn't it called why is it called Ezra said because kept on saying Hashem remember my merits remember my sidcos remember my righteousness remember so because kept on saying God remember me latoiva he he we don't call the safer safer Nehemiah we call it Ezra so likewise he exerted his authority like Nehemiah and therefore he lost his and just like Nehemiah asserted himself excessively with authority and he said tashem remember me for good remember me for good remember me for good and he lost the name of his safer so to Ram gamliel asserted himself too many times and therefore he lost his nasios I We Know by the way it's very interesting that originally when the tire was forgotten Ezra went up and he reminded us to Tyra he strengthened the Torah so he could say likewise the Google of Ezra when the Torah was going to be forgotten in Caribbean so Revelation was insured that Tyra would not be forgotten just like Ezra and he reminded us the Torah by the way there's an incredible album the album says he said that the world stands on three things in the times three these three pillars were fortified through zubavel Yeshua they fortified avoida Ezra fortified Torah and then Nehemiah built up the walls and this is what it means he was Allah he fortified the Ahmad of Torah so maybe we could say that just like Ezra fortified Torah so too Revelation allowed all the tamida men he fortified Tyra fortified the walls similar to Haram and gamliel fortified the authority of the Jewish people the security of the establishment of the Jewish people but now let's study this asks Camille call me all the teachings of safer Ezra were said by nechhamia my time alone why is the Torah not called by the name of Ezra excuse me by the name of the entire save for Ezra was written by Nehemiah why isn't it called credit for himself God remember me for good look what I did look what I did he took credit since he took credit he lost credit and it's not called safer nechemiah it's called safer Ezra by the way it comes out amazing points out why did riba Elizabeth Azaria why is he appointed in lieu of Robin gamliel it comes out amazing he just like nechemiah lost the name of his safer to Ezra you hear this Robin gum Leo lost the nasios to reveal azerb in Azaria doesn't spell this out exactly the ramami Pano just says that Ezra was Ezra because said remember me for good Ram gamlia lost his nasios but oh who did randomly lose his nasirus to he lost the tourism in Azaria just like as just like to Ezra now watch this there's just one little problem over here I don't know about you but what do we call the safer today you call the safe for Ezra we call it is nowadays we don't call it Ezra we don't just we don't call it just but we sort of gave nehemia back his role we didn't give it back to him entirely and only it's still called Ezra but it's also called why is it also called because why did Ezra why did Nehemiah lose the name of the safer he took credit for himself and he lost the name of the safer and it's called Ezra and it was called Ezra for many many years until came back in a Gilgo as RAM gamliel and RAM and RAM gamliel was punished for taking credit for himself so he lost the nasias but then once he lost in the Cs and he was punished and he asked for mahila just like Ram Gamaliel got the nasias back albeit not solely to himself he shares it with Elizabeth so too Nehemiah gets the name of the safer back albeit not entirely he shares it with Ezra so originally it was just called Ezra and the Hem you lost it entirely but then when Nehemiah God kapped just like we all gets his Stellar back he's he becomes Nazi again nechemy gets the name of his safer back now it comes out that this student although in the beginning of the story it looks like he's just Stern stirring the pot and a great Cinema and he just you know instigating instigating but look how the story has a happy ending because he was able to demote Ram gamliel the POS Ram gamliel they instituted a new policy in open door policy all the students came running in they added 400 to 700 benches thousands of tummy them were were added and as opposed to what was in the beginning where asiden Israel in the end it was so in the end of the story The gamara says by the way now that it has a happy ending if you want to know who was the student who instigated this whole turn of events it was the rashby ah the Raj B up to his regular modus operandi we orchestrated the whole thing in order to facilitate that the Torah would not be forgotten from the Jewish people in fact the pasukach says to Ferris schleima of radamsk the name is Yoda aleph which stands for because the rajvi was the nitsus of my sharabinu and the rajvi ensured that's why the rajvir orchestrated this whole thing and if I could add two reduce we could say if you look in the last parekh of safer which we have this to learn when I was living in Queens we were giving this year in Nevada on Tuesdays this is going back you know 10 years ago we learned together I'll never forget it I don't know if I'm never gonna forget the material but I'll never forget that I learned it with you we learned safer Daniel we learned Ezra we learned we learned a number of the Trey Asar we learned to make a Las rose that if you look in the final chapter of nakamya one of the things nakamia has to deal with is some people came from a Faraway lands so the malbum asks what was the issue with what was the issue didn't San Jose come and use like rabbioshua says in brachice and perhaps we could answer you're right review Yeshua says that in brachice but this is held not like that he held that sancherev was not Nevada so Nehemiah here in Sparky ISE who did not hold sangheraf with maval amanemaya and if we may add another amazing idea the reason why Ram gamlia lost his Nasir says he followed in the ways of he exerted too much authority over Yeshua just like Nehemiah said God remember me for good how many times does in the final chapter of Nehemiah say God remember me for good one then we have in base then we have in possible three times says remember me for good and corresponding to that asserts his authority of ishua three times once in Baha'i rice once in Rosh Hashanah and once regarding whether marav is or if mariv is so it's very interesting that who orchestrated this whole turn of events that the Torah would not be forgotten from the Jewish people that Ram gamlil was deposed that we were able to ensure that that we're able to ensure that there's no uh closed door policy this was all instituted by the Rashmi but we don't say his name it occurred to me that if you remember in the hagada we learned that the Haggadah was a replay of this story that's why the hagada for the hagada to begin that there's a minute it has to be when Ram gum Leo's deposed so that's why the hagada begins was appointed the Nazi and that's how all the kinderlacha allowed into the basement but by the end of the story we let Ram gamliel back in and he gets three weeks and run gamliel says perhaps this explains you know in the Haggadah there's no mention of the following Tana why does the following Tano not appear in the Haggadah the rajvi why is well maybe because just like he's not mentioned in the dep the deposing of ram gamlia in the story of the hagoda is merely a narrative of this story so just like in the story of his name is not mentioned perhaps also perhaps in the Haggadah he's not mentioned either okay Rabbi Sai so one of the great principles of is that Torah will never be forgotten let's just develop that very briefly we know the 24 000 students of rabi Akiva all perished and of course they stopped dying on lagbeimer because they all died says that rabikiva began teaching five tamidam they were a mayor of Jose the learning of Torah meaning we would have thought that that's the end of the Torah all the students are dead but like volume of the day of the room yakiva began to teach again and he demonstrated to the World by teaching the rajvi that Torah will never ever be forgotten so this is the symbol of the eternity of the Torah and although it may seem that the Raji was stoking the coals but his kavana was to have an open door policy so that all the students could enter the basement and this way he would fulfill the meaning of his name of Ruby yes we wanted to protect learning for the future you've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by torahanytime.com