Let Us Assemble in the Name of Our G-d with Rabbi Aaron Dovid Poston

[Music] Shalom Alim everybody welcome back to it's the been a b mid within the mid we're so happy to be here and like every week we have people making tittis that's that's one of the reasons we're here um I want to welcome it's a warm welcome warm welcome to everybody to uh to this class home to Torah welcome home to Torah H it's Roes we are approaching the mountain right Kabal M Torah hopefully we're all preparing ourselves for that great and awesome day we're going to talk a little bit about it um but before we begin I want to mention unfortunately a uh um a Young Man passed away in a motorcycle accident uh a dear uh friend of the family and uh his name is Daniel Ben rebar and he should have AAS n actually the funeral is tomorrow on rehearsal uh we want to wish everyone a hug sh right this is Kabal sator so this coming week I just want to mention always there are these links below number one to previous classes which I encourage you to listen to as well as meaning meaning previous classes on this para each video has classes that are related to that para also we encourage you to use the Hebrew sheet is really important one of the I think the unique thing about our particular particular classes here is that we use Hebrew sheets and we encourage you to follow along H we delve into I'm going to say not just the learning of the Hebrew but the actual nuances of the Hebrew and we're learning from an expert so all our classes are based on the the writings of the CLE yakar the tud mhak the the star student of the Mah bem we will expand our spirit Journey cuz we're all on a spiritual journey and so we're in numbers 2 ver two and we're going to be dealing with something so important we're going to mention the the name the the word War many times tonight and it's not a coincidence this is this par especially this verse is going to explain how we will win this war that we're in now and that we've always been in okay so nothing's new Under the Sun the verse Begins the children of Israel shall encamp so this is Moses is telling the people through God's Direction how to um orchestrate yourselves by tribes surrounding the M surrounding the encampment of the divine presence so you have the Kim you have the levim in the center with the Holy not just the holy Ark but as we know the Tabernacle itself which houses the the Torah Scrolls that are inside the luos uh the holy Ark which is our weapon of War okay so it says each Man by his division with the flag staffs of their father's houses islo we're going to deal with that particular word digo deel a flag so each man according to his flag and it doesn't just mean flag Deo we're going to see means to assemble to okay it's in English here it says each Man by his division but it really means the Assembly of that particular group when we en when we encamped so we had the um the Tabernacle in the center and it was was lifted and carried anytime we went okay so the actual Tabernacle was dismantled and the Ark was carried and all the vessels were carried and all the pieces of the Tabernacle were carried but there was a formation okay the formation was that you had three tribes on each side of course there's 12 tribes so you have four sides so three tribes on each side we're going to get into that a little bit but here it says Le so they they were not only by the tribe but even subdivisions of families I want you to see that Rashi on that that Rashi explains every division shall have its own Flag Staff its own pole with a colored flag hanging on it what color were they 12 different colors according to each tribe just like on the Kosen on the uh the breast plate of the co you had 12 different stones for each tribe that was the color of each flag the color of each one was like the Hue of its Stone set in the Kosen that was worn by the kutle in this way everyone could recognize his own division for example they only really needed to Mo you know be in their positions when they moved while they were settled and they wanted to visit their friends and neighbors they were certainly able to in fact they could even go to to the Tabernacle which was amazing right like we would love to be able to go up to the Temple Mount and to serve Hashem well we had the Tabernacle which was a movable or mobile Temple but we went to serve we went to bring carbonos we went to pray okay we went to be seen we went to see but this is going to be very key in how and why us Jews are looking forward to the building of a beta mikdash on the Temple Mount why it is so Central and so key to our um national identity and as my friend Yehuda would like to say as our religion as well it is Central to our to our identity and who we are as people and our way of life so Rashi brings another explanation what does it mean with the signs the otot of his father's house according to the sign that Yakov Our Father gave Yakov vinu gave his children before he passed on how they should for um carry him when when he was buried in the marata buried Inon he assigned each one of his children a position in carrying his his coffin up to ER Israel and that was not just a sign then but they understood this is their position around the holy Tabernacle around the this tells you already something about yakov's understanding of Life After Life After Life okay um and the the the dwelling of the and it says in Genesis 50:12 it says his sons did for him just as he commanded them this hints to the idea that he told them how to stand and that meant Yehuda yakar and zulin they're going to bear his body from the East and in our para we understand that is exactly where Yehuda Yak zulin stood I mean that's where their encampment was to the east there's also another point in Rashi I just want to mention at a distance of a meal and you can see in Joshua 3:4 when it also talked about the the having the Tabernacle and it's to shabbat how do we know the 39 the 39 acts of forbidden labor because all that went into building and maintaining the mishan the Tabernacle however inside of this encampment there's also we all know that you're not allowed to leave your house I shouldn't say your house your your civilization you can't leave the edge of your city more than 2,000 cubits more than 2,000 Amos unless you build and it's like a rabbi injunction how they do it and why it's done but you can't leave civilization more than 2,000 OS and the um er of tum and right can actually extend your civilization extends your house the border of your of your city by another 2,000 Amos and therefore the the Rashi says why does it say at some distance because that's what it says in our uh part in our verse numbers chap 2:2 some distance from the tent of meeting they shall encamp meaning that um they're still able to each encampment had to be within 2,000 amamos so that the people could walk on the Shabbat to the Tabernacle otherwise it would have been a problem to walk that distance on Shabbat okay so now let's go into the clear car and he begins by telling us MIM we actually find in several different sources in the oral Torah so this whole ideas expounded on and elaborated upon very much regarding this idea of the flags now before we go further it is interesting that many military um units right not just Israel but throughout the world uh depends upon Flags so it's not just tour guides that use flags to let you know where they're at and where they're when they're moving forward but many armies do that and um it's a show of strength and a show of force and when when we were kids we probably play played King of the mountain or something similar they could have been tag flag tag whatever you want to call it all kinds of uh military uh kids games um basically you want to not just steal the flag but you want to then mount it onto your position and that would show a sign of Victory you don't win until you bring the flag back and or well you want to plant your flag there onto their their spot so he brings a verse from tah hilum that would be in Psalms 20: 6 number two in the sore sheet let us sing praises for your salvation and let us assemble now that's what it says in he in English but I would rather Translate as assemble and raise the flag because this word go go you can look in different translations some explain it's an assembly and some explain it as in terms of greatness and victory raising the flag in the name of our God may the Lord fulfill all your desires all of your requests so B go we're going to use that word because that is deel it's the same word we've been using all along for a flag now the clear says so what happened is at the moment of shab right when there was the Revelation the giving of the Torah you know what we saw the Jewish people saw angels and not just Angels but angels with flags the Angels themselves had divisions and Legions and flags and guess what happened at that moment that the Jewish people wanted to have Flags just like them interesting and that is in a midash I think I have the medish here interestingly enough it's number three on the sore sheet mishraa 2 three it's really too long in the beginning but it does give you an idea and I think we should read it a little bit and then skip to the end the Holy One Blessed Be he loved them with a great love as he arranged them according to banners meaning us the Jewish people just like the ministering Angels so that they would be what distinguishable from where is it derived that it was a love for Israel just as King Solomon in sh shim Song of Songs 24 it's King Solomon who said in Song of Songs chapter 2:4 he brought me to the banquet house now that would be the temple and His Banner of Love is upon me so it says El Elan now interestingly enough the word Yin is the gachi of 70 and there are 70 Nations this house is a house of all people this is where all people come to pray and designate their direction of prayer as well which we're going to talk about but then it says his Banner of Love is upon me and this is the Jewish people talking through King Solomon I'm going to skip a little bit here because he gives a very very nice uh analogy but I it's taking it's going to take too much time to go through it um but later on in the um in the medish we speak about the 22 myriads of angels that ended with him on as it sayses so the Chariots of God were 22,000 and um they were all arranged according to their banners so you see that in Song of Songs 5:1 Yuda yeah de mirva so that means again deagle well they translated as preeminent again the idea of raising up raising up you heard it raising up raising it up okay Mira among a myriad now here is what the medish continues to say when Israel saw that they were all arranged meaning all the Angels were arranged according to banners they began Desiring banners we wanted to be like the Angels if only we could be arranged according to banners like them therefore it says that's why King Solomon said he brought me to the banquet house and His Banner of Love is upon me this is har which the Torah which is likened to Wine which was given a drink of wine which I have mixed in Proverbs 9:5 M that is to the banquet house so that is sin and remember the the the Tabernacle is like a microcosm of SII and the banner viigo of Love is upon me so they said and this is what they said if only he would show great love to to me likewise it is said and this is in Psalm 20:6 we're going to deal with this a little bit more we will sing with joy at your salvation when we have Victory we would want to raise the banners in the name of our God and this is so interesting this is the week of yum and of course sh so the Holy One blessed he said to them to the Jewish people how you have desired to be arranged according to banners by your life I swear I will fulfill your wish God Will Supply the banners and he will uh um fulfill our wish to be like just like the angels in Psalms 20:6 God says may the right says may the Lord fulfill all your wishes Yehuda immediately the Holy One Blessed Be he informed Israel and said to them go and arrange them according to banners as they desire immediately the Holy One Blessed Be he informed Israel and said to Moses go and arrange them according to banners as they desired so you see that we we saw the way they were arranged the they the the angels with banners and we had this desire and I'm bringing this out because we're going to see that the non-jews the Gentiles are going to be greatly disturbed by this and the big question we're going to ask or the clear asks is why why should it bother them so much let's go into the clear once again the last thing we mentioned was this puskin shim that's in chapter 6:10 who is this that looks forth like the dawn this is the non-jews speaking do you understand what he's saying that the nations were looking at the Jewish people in their balatan in their elevated State and they were astonished they were confused to Mayim and that's when they said this the famous verse in Song of Songs chapter 6 verse one now I want to go into this because I never realized what is actually taking place this is actually quashi the non-jews looking at us and saying to us what did God offer you what do what's so good about we can give you better we're going to make you in charge of Hollywood the state department the UN I don't know all kinds of uh non-governmental agencies you're going to be important people this is what the goam say this is what the non-jews are going to say this is the Rashi return return oh shulamit they say to me return the following I'm sorry return from following Hashem in other words turn away from Hashem what is shulam the one who is perfect in your faith with him return to us they see the Jews having solid am Solid Faith choosing to follow the Torah and they let us gaze upon you what did they say we will appoint you as Governors and rulers in the Hebrew the clear card is going to use duim the hegemon which is like leadership a Duke and predominance and when it says in Exodus 18:21 you shall appoint from all the people so did Rabbi tanum interpret it another interpretation for and we will gaze upon you we will ponder upon what greatness is given to you but she says meaning this is the Jews returning and saying to the non-jews what greatness can you possibly aot me that will equal the greatness I have as being close to Hashem or even the greatness of the divisions of the dances of the encampments in the desert as what we see is the whole world will know and they probably did see it during periods of time in our history that the Jews are the closest to God you look in the encampment we were surrounding the and then the non-jews are on the outside so too in Jerusalem the whole fight is about Jerusalem about the Temple Mount believe me when it comes to the negotiation the they say it's going to hit the fan right you know what I mean it's really gonna get hot it's going to get really hot so we're going to get into this Vision this imagery of not only the desert but all the time if if you can imagine the desert you can see that the Jews are close to the encampment of the and through our history when we had the temple and the temple is very dear to us as I start off by saying we should see the temple rebuilt in our days that the non-jews understand this they understand this and this is why they were so upset let's see how the clear card develops this idea we are 1 2 3 4 five six lines down the last words we read are what was um when they say shuu the Clear the non-jews are saying attach yourselves to us we can make you Governors we can make you great turn away from the omnipresent turn away from God and believe me there's a very strong influence in Exile especially and we've been in exile for 2,000 years but what does Israel respond is the Jewish people respond to these non-jews what what could you possibly offer us and the word is like not just dancing it's encircling now you don't no understand why the Jews how do they dance in circles you can get a little dizzy I get it you can get a little monotonous as well but try to find try to find some different moves you know sometimes they change the direction of the circle but anyway that is the very interesting idea so the clear says RAR what is the clear what is the uhu this verse telling us the Jews respond what kind of greatness could you possibly offer us when we're dealing with the closeness to could you possibly offer us a better deal than Yehuda had on the Eastern uh border of you know of the Mak on the encampment he led the group into war could you offer us a better deal than that that's the Jews response and the cleart ends this paragraph by asking the any intelligent person would wonder what's going on Mak Hulu what is what's disturbing them so much um let me just read the rest basically they like what message are they conveying how great and precious and elevating right does Israel become just because of the desire they want to be like the angels and have these formations and the non-jews are so upset this causes the non-jews to have such a tremendous amount of jealousy and what is it all about and if you hang in there we're going to answer that so the clear begins his answer this is what makes the most sense to me that what did the Jewish people really desire their main desire was they wanted to show they want to show the entire world all the na that the name of God is called upon them and that the non-jews should be in awe that's what the Jews desired when they wanted to be like malim AR Ros and through that if we could only be arranged like the angels in different formations then it would be as if we were lifting up our flag on high in a Victorious way in all four directions of the globe in all four directions of this world that's the next page because they surrounded in all four directions remember the we were the closest what was in the middle hashem's presence so to speak the the and the Ares and then the clear says tail sh pon ol a tail is in Hebrew is a mound or a Hilltop and that's exactly what harab it is it's the hilltop that everyone is turning towards but it's a play on words the word t peot tail is a mound or a Hilltop peot peot is mouth that all of our prayers all of our lips lip service but it's not just lip service our prayers are facing towards this mountain you heard of tpus it's in the neighborhood it's right around the corner tpot so I have here a medus I want to share with you about that it is it's in Bros 30A again I'd love to share the beginning of it but it it will take a little bit long I'll try to go through it quickly it says one who's standing in the diaspora should focus his heart towards ER Israel and there's a verse First Kings 8:48 and one who is standing in erel should focus his heart towards Yim as it says in a verse in First Kings 8 verse 44 and one who is standing within yush should focus his heart towards the temple as it says in second chronicles 6:32 what if you're standing in the temple you should focus your heart towards the kosim the holy of holies as it says First Kings 8:35 and if you're actually standing within the holy of holies you should focus your heart toward the seat of the Ark cover the korit that's a top the ark The Dwelling Place of God's God's glory want to go down to this other idea oh it just goes on it's beautiful if you're like in Moscow you face South if you're in Yemen you face North if you're in China you face West if you're New York Miami you face East but this is how it ends an illusion to this is found in what R Ain some say it was RAB Aina what verse alludes to this this is in song of song 4:4 your neck is like the Tower of David built with terrets talot 1,000 Shields hang from it all of the armor of the mighty so he interprets the word talot as the hill the tail toward which all mounts PE turn which obviously is the Temple Mount very nice let's continue the cleard then says on the second line down that all the nations will see that Israel walks Yu proceeds moves with the name of God and I have to tell you that yes just like before October 7th there was great division there was also I'm going to say it I might get in trouble for it there was a lot of what people called themselves as secular Jews there are no secular Jews anymore today every Jew has accepted the identity of one nation and they love each other right Hali but that's a dream but we're getting close H we really are moving we have moved from October 7th in that direction especially if you compare what it was like before so this is very important that we have more of a national identity I just want to tell you that there are service you know uh Army uh fighters who went into homes in Gaza and they found in every single home a picture of the Temple mount with a golden dome on it and they know what they're fighting for whose day we us it was brought to their attention right to the to the ones who are wearing these green titas they're all wanting titas they're all wanting to unify Y and they're not willing to give it up like they were whoever they are maybe some of them thought about possibly uh sharing or giving up parts of erel I think that has long gone the ship has sailed right Ron the ship has sailed it's gone left the P left the port okay so this is the sign remember what's going on in the middle the center it's a sign anybody who's around that Circle all our eyes all our lips are are towards the center and everyone sees that like say and we this is kind of something we pass we touched on last week in the future also you know what God's going to do for us in the future we talked about he's going to he's going to walk amongst us in G but it's not just that he's going to dance with us listen to what it says also he's going to make a circle a dance circle in the Garden of Eden where hashem's presence will be in the middle that's like another dimension and in this world we're mimicking that Dimension right because that's the whole idea of the encampments around the center the and he quotes the verse we gave a whole sheir on last week God says after the three Promises of the PPP parasa peace and presence then he will be in our presence right he said he will walk amongst us P all faces are of right are towards theim so the whole world will be facing us we'll be facing Hashem everybody's facing God's presence so to speak now that's in the world to come that's in another sphere so too the whole thing is being played out orchestrated right here in this world theel that the whole idea of the of the flags as we spoke about when you played tag or War as a kid or even as we know from these famous pictures of okanawa or I can't even pronounce half those islands that we conquered in the South Pacific but even Washington was on a boat a little boat Crossing the Delaware and you see him with the flag right when you go to war you bring the flag and you want to plant it and I hear that there's even a several flags on the moon trying to um claim ownership right isn't that the idea conquering or claiming ownership whatever but here you have that is the sign in war and this sign this flag is Bash Hashem and I know and we've watched the soldiers go out to war before they go they have a commanding officer hyping them up we're doing this for Amis we're doing this for your sisters and your mothers and your children and we're doing it for God and we're doing it for the future of Israel now even though that's true that that's what the Army Commander is saying the King David warned us even though right this day goes Basham Hashem God himself says it's not it's not for your sake it's for God's sake and look what it says in Psalms 44:4 it's number eight on the sore sheet for not by their sword did they inherit the landu it's not by your sword neither did their arm save them but by your right hand and your arm it's capital Y and the light of your countenance for you favored them okay this is very important to keep focused on B hasem these the the we have to remember it's God saving us we thank Hashem like we just experienced y it becomes so obvious this was a miraculous War and the cleart goes on he says sh Hashem it's not by your might right but it's by hm's you it's all attributed to him so too that's in this world so too in the upper worldsim but it comes to the angels they also are close to God and they surround His holy throne and they project a sense of awe and fear on all creatures on all of creation like it says in song of song songs 6:10 go back to Source number four I didn't emphasize the latter part but the latter part of that verse I'm sorry I'll read the whole verse again for you where it says who is this who looks like who looks forth like the dawn Fair as the moon clear as the sun and the latter part is awesome as the bannered Legion now that I don't think that's a great translation auma it's like an okay awesome not awesome but a the fear Nora right Grand and awesome awesome so here you have this idea that that is what's around the Angels when they're in the middle that's the same thing that's going to be around us when we have the the Bas of M or unfortunately we don't have it but if all the Jews are thinking right Hashem is the one hasem is the one who saves us and we're going to be obedient to him that is as equivalent to this idea as he says that by this you know by Israel having this centered they're very SC centered and that's going to be the goal with or without the temple we must be god- centered then the fear of the Nations will be on them just like the just like all creatures have an awe of the Angelic forces and God himself promised jakov he he um protected Yakov he told Yakov this is what you have to do in Genesis 28:14 where it says over there right gain strength God says to him spread out Westward Eastward northward and Southward right we all know the song where am I finding the verse in number 10 it's Genesis 28:14 God says your seed shall be as the dust of the earth and you shall gain strength see the word gain strength strength in the Hebrew what does that mean gain strength right y VBA these are the four directions and this is exactly the way the um he commanded his sons to carry his coffin and it's the exact same way that Moses tells the the tribes to situate themselves if you look all of chapter 20 of Psalms but we're going to point out verse 2 Verse 6 verse 9 but all of chapter 20 seems to be this conversation Hashem is having with the non-jews um with the Jewish people as well so in Psalms chap 2 verse 20:2 May the name of the god of Jacob fortify you the Jewish people are fortified fortified you it's the name itself that fortifies the Jewish people that is the protector and regarding this in verse 6 chapter 20 verse 6id again that word Nido right let us assemble or let us raise up ourselves in the name of God let us raise the flag of on high in in Victory on all the four directions um in the name of our God and that's why the non-jews in um we said in Song of Songs 7 verse1 wondering they're in pain right they see the Jews fortified in the name of God this is going to freak them out more than anything now is true there is a physical human Victory and that is maybe what it's considered because you see in the physical world the way that the the banner is waved the banner is carried the but that's not the way in other words by the non-jews they can have a victory in war but it cannot even compare to the war that the Jewish people had when we carried the ark and destroyed the enemy the idea of the encampments is a Godly War right it's a Godly manifestation of the encampment of the Jewish people and then it brings us to verse vers 9 in Psalms 20:9 now it's very interesting because we're going to talk about two parts of this verse the verse begins like this they kneel and fall who's they the non-jews they kneel and fall but does that mean that's a victory no not necessarily as the cleart says who knows the outcome just because they fell guess what the rest of the verse says but we rise and give give and we rise and gain strength and that's Hebrew is We rise and we gain strength with absolute certainty that we will be absolutely Victorious all of our Fighters when they fight in the name of God now he goes through a little bit of a story back and forth furthermore when it comes to the non-jews there's something missing they don't get it what is that that God is the center of our universe we're all looking in they're looking at us and the question is do they get it do they see us now the truth is could be our fault maybe we're not doing it enough and I'm calling on every Jew out there join us in fighting the war for God so to speak kavako by putting him in the center because that's the sign with all the people who are surrounding us they will see that is the center so that's how we're going to win the war as it said means the signs the sign being the flags in order that the the the go God's divine presence will be that very sign that every Everybody all human beings will look towards with their own with their own eyes now there's one more thing I want to close with I want to end with these last two ideas the clear card does not bring them down but it reminded me we end all of our prayers right whether it's benching whether many of our prayers with Shalom sh amen we're asking Hashem May the one who creates peace on high and that's where everything is happening to bring peace to us and to all of of Israel so we discussed the Angels okay there is no such thing as conflicting Angels okay there are s there are um Arch angels of each Nation it's the Nations that have the problems with each other I get it and they're Arch Angels okay of each particular uh Nation God offered all the the Torah on sh and they all said well what's in it they are lacking they um they're lacking uh certain understanding certain spiritual understandings But ultimately each SAR each ministering Angel they have a mission and the mission is ultimately to help the Jews not to hinder them or hurt them but not all the nations not all the individuals of that Nation are fulfilling their so I I beg I I ask all those noahides everybody who's not je is get with the program get with the program support the Jews in our mission number one number two that the uh the inter um the relationships between the different nations there's going to be a war between you guys fought on high if you don't if you don't have a reason for fulfilling your mission if you know you're failing to fulfill your mission there's no reason for you to exist and hasem will take you out so you might as well it's like a win-win you might as well fulfill your mission you have nothing to fear um and that is to uh to recognize Hashem as the one true Lord over the entire universe that's like number one number two figure out a way for peace and ultimately Hashem will bring down he's the one who creates peace on high he will bring it down to all of us but here's the most important thing at the end of ding right we say umem ow Shalom the Lord will grant strength to his people the Lord shall bless his people with peace now I've been listening to a lot of podcast and pundits and the ones let's just say rightwing they're not all religious but they're let they're not even rightwing Guys these are people that have woken up truly woken up and they say listen we're in the Middle East you have to um show strength the more land you give away the more weakness you show the more they want you must in order for Israel to win this war we have to have the strength to stand up for what's right and I see lots of people doing that okay online question is you know to bring it down uh we're asking God to Grant strength and it will take God's blessing to Grant strength but that's what we need we need to stand up for the morals we're talking about any equation of Kamas to Israel is I don't it's a crime right so we are the victims in this case not that we're trying to be victims but if you have if someone is sick physically sick and you give them something to eat that they normally like all of a sudden it does it takes tastes bad right it's like it's like sour or it's bitter and what was not so good maybe is very sweet to them so that's like physical what about if someone is spiritually sick the same thing what is sweet is bitter and bitter is sweet what is good is bad and bad is good the whole world is going through a spiritual sickness I shouldn't say the whole world I don't even know if it's half I don't know if it's a third or 2/3 I have no idea but a significant amount of people who join these rais who I didn't say Israelis join these rallies against Israel or support Hamas or even support giving money to terrorists or support them in any way on campus you got Shala you know I I wish you a real a real um a healing experience so basically it's like this we're coming out of our Exile we're slowly Awakening Hashem is going to give us strength see in galut when we're in Exile we do have to I'm not sure the word flatter CTO right Yakov made some peace temporary peace with asov when he came back to Israel H we were not in a position of strength and he called himself asa's servant okay there was a certain idea that when we're in GIS we're not in Authority we have no right to Demand right but at this point I think we're waking up to the idea that we can no longer be in the weakest position because that does not help anybody it's not helping us and it's not helping the world so he will grant us the strength Shalom and I wish everyone a a fantastic cabal Torah on this m Torah coming up and a real piece continue to pray for the Peace of Jerusalem and with that I wish everyone not just a show but have a great life [Music]