Turn from evil and Do good

okay okay before we begin I just want to ask of you to please ignore the where is it the glare yeah there it is on my glasses from the light it's bothering me too it's very distracting I know we're gonna have to go through this together [Music] so we're already in the second portion of the Book of Numbers and the reason it's translated as numbers is because in this book there's a lot of wealth counting God counts us many times by our tribal families each time expressing his love for us as a nation as a whole and for the individual for you for me for him for her there is absolutely no one else in this room but figuratively him and her okay guys yeah you as individuals not as figments of my imagination although that's I mean what what you are but but you're cool with that right okay just making sure there is absolutely no one else in this room the tribe of Lady was sanctified and given the responsibility to transport the Mishkan the tabernacle this job was a big job that required a lot of heavy lifting so for it the tribe of lady obviously excluding the priests the sons of iron were split into three clans groups clubs gerashenko Hass and Murari each of these three divisions had separate responsibilities in regards to what from Michigan they had to transport and carry and and and transport why am I looking for more words you get it already part of the garrisons job the clan of garrison was to carry the coverings of the Michigan I'm using my hands a lot over here you see I'm like we're doing the whole dance Gus's job was to carry the stuff inside that was protected by these coverings right the holy it's furnishings the holy furnishings of the Mishkan such as the altars and the tabernacle the altars were in okay not the tabernacle such as the altars the menorah and the holy ark okay now listen up the coverings of the Mishkan represent the things we do to stay away from evil to stay away from sin much like the coverings well did what coverings do and cover over the Mishkan we too must protect our inner sanctuary and steer clear from negative influences and that's represented by the covering the holy stuff within the sanctuary represent the holy stuff that we do the mid slice that we do or the mitzvahs we don't do yet Garrison whose job it was to carry the coverings was born before cause whose job it was to carry the furnishings because Aaron's service represented the steering clear from negative influences is an important and not just an important but is a vital prerequisite to really amping up our doing good game that I say Taif the misfits that we do we really can only fully get involved in that arena when we are steering clear from negative negative influences if you're tied down in negativity then you should be doing good and you can do good but you're not really moving forward so the forefather of the client who is in charge of transporting the coverings was born first because interestingly although of course the goal is to actively engage in more goodness in our life and that's why in fact the clan of Kos in charge of the furnishings was counted first we must first steer clear from negativity and from evil in order to really amp up our Mitzvah game I know I know it's not a game I'm just like I'm trying to sound hip and cool okay however no let me sit back down okay okay however staying away from evil is not the focus it's vital vital in order to get further with the goodness but our mind mustn't constantly be preoccupied with how can I stay away how can I avoid more negativity rather our mind must constantly be preoccupied with what Mitzvah can I do now between me and God between me and my fellow what can I do right now so turn away from evil which is nothing but foolishness anyway and focus on the goal get in my shock mode increase and joy increase in love increase in terror study and with the revelation of mashiach evil that right now we turn away from will be swallowed up for good pun intended and and if you didn't get the pun then this is mildly awkward for me and we'll just we'll just let it sit then I'm gonna walk away [Music] it's not about you [Music]