Eretz Chefetz 11:2 The Holiness of Work and Toil By Rabbi Aaron Goldscheider

uh I want to wish everyone a uh good morning Boer to and great to see everyone this morning let me just Begin by announcing the uh the sponsors for today's shiur the regular we have a regular sponsor and we have a second sponsor dedicating the she this morning for Rua for rabbi pof's daughter she scheduled for surgery this morning Monday morning and we pray for AA to Dina all right we have uh we have the to continue our learning of Rook from the sa ER and um Rook is going to be discussing a very important issue and it's an issue that is uh that is still being discussed today in the Jewish world and that is the place of work of avod of having a profession where how do we view that where where is that to be placed in terms of the priorities in Jewish life do we look at that as what we call a Bev is that something that's just secondary that we're kind of forced into a situation where we need to find some work in order to pay the bills or do we find in some way Holiness and uh significance in work in what we call Mala and uh we'll see in a moment where Riv cook stands on this but I want to begin with the following and that is just to appreciate how this issue was a very very sensitive issue in the days of R cook so going back to the early 1900s 88 late 1800s early 1900s I want to share with you the following and this is from the writings of Theodore Herzel and Theodor Herzel is thinking about the first flag for a new state of Israel for a country that will be the homeland of the Jewish people and what to place on that flag so this is the bottom of page one this is taken from Google and uh it says the following in Theodore herzl's 1896 Dar uden a book that he wrote he stated we have no flag and we need one if we desire to lead many people we must raise a symbol above their heads so he speaks about the importance of having a flag and what was what is the flag and by the way we actually have the drawing of Herzel in his diary of what he had in mind for the flag of Israel I would suggest a white flag with seven golden stars the White Field symbolizes our Pure Life that is the whiteness of the of the flag the purity of the nation of Israel and the stars are the seven gold golden hours of our working day so this is what Herzel has in mind for the flag of the state of Israel and this comes out of the uh the Socialist perspective of the importance of work of all things to place on the flag that represents the new state of Israel that we're going to symbolize the the work ethic the importance of working every day seven stars in the flag representing the seven hours of work aware that the N movement had no official flag David son a prominent Zionist felt that the design proposed by Herzel was not gaining significant support herzl's original proposal however was for a flag completely devoid of any traditional Jewish symbolism and by the way we know that that flag of wolson was based on the Talis and those are the the stripes on the flag but here we have Herzel who suggests the idea of seven golden stars reading the last two lines here representing the 7h hour workday of the enlightened state to be which would have advanced socialist legislations so this is what rev cook this is the world that rev cook is in this is the uh the culture this is the thinking of the day in terms of putting great significance and uh coved honor to the to the work that one does and how does RI cook respond to that what is the Jewish perspective right what is our perspective in terms of in terms of work in terms of putting in a uh a long day of work is that something that's esteemed is that something that has value is that something that has kadua or is that something that is really secondary it's really not that's not the essence of of Jewish life and by the way we'll see in a moment that this is one of the struggles of the ISA the ISA world the ISA movement the importance of studying Torah and what is the value of of working and where does where in in in our priorities where does that fit in so let's look at the words of Rook now this is found ER we're studying we're making our way towards the end of the saer where per Al and this is the 11th chapter this is bet this is the second piece that's found in parak Al and now we're reading the words of ruk which are found originally in his work oot and he writes the following it is uh absolutely a simple fact that every act that a sadik does he does in a way and even his physical activity and here it sounds like he may be referring to the work engaging in work in an occupation that it's lifted up to be a TK as a fixing of the world now he uses a very interesting phrase here and that is the love and that's what that's what it means says R cook when we speak about love of work of Mal love love of a profession now where does he get that language from it if you just look quickly on the second page top of page too I guess the other side of the page this is a mishna that's found in AOS and appropriate for these days as many have the Min to be studying P during these weeks on the shabas Shay this is the top of page too if anybody needs another soury there a few copies up here Shay so this is a statement that's made and interesting again you have great Rabbi Shaya that he has to make this statement to love work to love having a profession to love the work that you're doing what does that mean okay so let's now come back to ruk ruk says that one is to love the work that they're doing in other words to to find Holiness in that to raise that work to a level of kadu that is what it means that work in itself the very Act of having a profession being engaged in a profession that in itself again there may be secondary reasons why you could find Holiness in it but work in itself intrinsically has Kad say and it's given again using using a um using a surprising term here A striking term that work also is given B bis with a within the Covenant and at this point there is no doubt that to fix the world in the fullest sense and to extend and to widen the light of Holiness you can find that in all work that one does so here how is Ru cook responding to again I mean in general this is a question how we how we think about the idea of having profession being engaged in work but specifically in his day how is he relating to the idea that you have a that you have this community you have theim that are engaged in the pr and the pride that they have in the work that they're doing R cook says that's Holiness that's part of the bris that's part of the Covenant right you're elevating to elevate work is to elevate kadua let's read one more line or maybe a couple more lines in R here any act that's done any movement that's done that s literally saves reality me from that which is toou that which is um chaotic there's something great in that in other words we have a world that can be very chaotic and to be engaged engaged in work to bring um civilization to a place where you have where you have order that that is considered to be also an act of Kad let's read one more paragraph and there's a particular power of or to give or a light of Holiness to the very essence of work that work that you can find in work power that's similar to the power of Tor would say this is a a radical a radical statement to make as people often ask what is it in the writings of R cook that they find problematic I'm not sure if this is these words and this idea is something that that everyone would agree to that in work itself and itself that you can find you can you have a bit of the of the the strength of Torah itself that it brings you to the world to come that it fixes the blemishes and it brings CH a repentance to those that are involved in work okay and one more line in ruk and then we'll we'll look at a couple of sources around what ruk is saying here he quotes the following gamar and look at this gamar the gamar says God this isar greater is the one who enjoys the benefit of their hands of their work of their profession even greater than the one who is now that's a rad that's not R cook speaking by the way that's the gamar it's gamar Bros which we'll see in a moment the gamar Bros says let's read the words and translate greater is the benefit or joy that one experiences from the effort of their hands meaning the work that they do y even more so than than the one who has now what do you do with that exactly so we do you want to make a comment please yes well what's coming into my that's right very good beautiful beautiful power it's very powerful and it's novel and I would say as you just suggested it was not what was being said by the rabbis by the traditionalists by the isan by by the religious community not only are you not religious but you spend all your day working and working really isn't a value the value is Mitzvah is is Sedaka is Torah it's Talma Torah what is how does where does that fit in in terms of value in Judaism and here ruk look at the language of ruk all the kadua that's in it and it's given bis and it's like Torah itself it has the power of Torah so let's try to understand what ruk is saying and uh and is is ruk just you know trying to find you know being danus and kind of speaking in a in you know a flowery language about what they they're do doing or are there sources for this and here I want to share with you the following sources where uh I believe R cook is um is highlighting the beauty of work the beauty of work from a haki point of view from from a Torah point of view and again let's go to page two and an important statement to begin with is that statement in peros that you have one of the great rabbis when the Great tan who comes along and says you are to love Mala you are to love you are to I mean to use the word to love Mala you you might say you you have to you know you got to find a job and you have to make some money but to say to love it what does it mean to love it so here I want to share with you three different interpretations and this is found in a very interesting safer that came out recently there's a rabbi Aron lansi he is a rashash Shiva in Silver Spring Maryland and uh he is one of the uh an important very important Rabbi in America today he wrote a book called B Torah for life and essentially what he's dealing with in that book which is really a great book um is how does the Yeshiva student move from the world of the Yeshiva they've been studying for three years for five years for 10 years they now have to face reality their in-laws are not going to support them any longer and they now have to enter the workforce and how do they how do they do that now not only how do you do that but what is the perspective what is the Viewpoint are you leaving leaving the Yeshiva and everything that you're now doing now that you're becoming an accountant a lawyer psychologist right is that all is that all B is that all you know just kind of we're forced into finding some occupation some Mala or do you see that in a very positive light you see the Holiness in that as R cook speaks about so here we go so he shares three sources really based on this mishna and the First Source is from a savior called the kbo which is an ancient work and he writes the following we'll read the Hebrews transl as well so one who is involved in work is involved in yesu now what's yesu it means that you are making the world a civilized place you're settling the world so to speak he Mitzvah that is considered to be a great mitvah and we find the following Al this is a fascinating source and that is that one who's Bonas one who's involved in building a home V one who is planting their Vineyard that there's an exemption of that person that person leaves the battlefield or he doesn't go to the battlefield leaves the battlefield and he goes to take care of those needs building a house planting a Vineyard why that he's involved in creating a world in making a better world that is considered to be a Mitzvah says the kbo and that's the exemption again you have two Mitzvah you have a Mitzvah of of Defending of being on the battlefield of being a soldier but the Torah says in that case if you were involved in those matters so you that that that trumps that overrides the Mitzvah of being a soldier so that's that's Source Number One Source number two which is taken from the meiri the Mii is one of the famous rishonim we have the meiri his commentary and he writes The Following on this m we find the following it says in the following way which is I guess more a poetic in a poetic formulation even the very first man who was created he couldn't he wasn't allowed to taste anything there was no benefit he couldn't have anything in his life until that the first thing that he needed to do he was placed in the Garden of Eden that he was there to work that's the first thing that we know that God places man here on this Earth and what does God say I want you to get to work I want you to have an occupation I want you be engaged in work that's something that that you know ostensibly that's that's a healthy thing if that's what God wants of man and it says the following and here we have also the statement which interesting this is R cook mentioned the same idea that just as to is given with a covenant so too is given that is given with a covenant question what that means exactly it sounds to me like in other words you can't find a p in the T per se one of the mitzah that says you are to work but we have something that's called bris which means Covenant which means the relationship that we have with God a relationship with with what we are to do in this world and part of that is occupation part of that is to be engaged in work in doing something that's beneficial for ourselves and for others around us please yes yeah very good so he's excellent so you're right so he's going to say that right now it's the next line actually the meiri writes yeah please the quot before about going to war and [Music] yes I'm not sure good qu I'm not sure those are good questions I'm not sure the answer to that the question is what what type of war in other words is that only is that only mitz or mil is it only in a all good questions I don't know the answer to that yes please we don't know we don't have an author of that it's an early like 1200 1200s we don't have the the author but it's considered to be a a uh an important work okay so we read on so it's part of the bris the idea so says the that what that means is that work is also can be categorized as Mitzvah to think of work as occupation as a Mitzvah as well and as you just mentioned a moment ago and we could see this again it doesn't say it the word as means it doesn't we don't read the PK that way as a Mitzvah per se but we can look at the PK as a hint to that means we can we can lean on it we can rely on the p and it says it doesn't say keep shabas it says work six days the Torah says you are to work six days and then you do all of your work and then you can enjoy shabas but the emphasis you could see in a sense the t is emphasizing the importance of of work and one more one more source and this is from the gr this is from the Von he quotes from the Von and this is always a major question in terms of how a person um you know finds the time to study how much study time and how much work time and here this is really a fascinating formulation says the if there's a Mitzvah that you are to be engaged in now the word often is used in the way that it's used here and we'll see means an occupation work we have the D of you know the respect that we are to have for others but for the most part when it's used inal it's used in this sense mean the way of the world meaning the work that you're doing the work that you're engaged in there's a mitzah to perform Mitzvah look at what the vagon says that work is also considered to be a mitzvah even with one word of Torah because you have again one should learn every single day but the vagon say as long as you get in one word there's another Mitzvah to perform as well and that is to engage in an occupation in work interesting formulation and I'm not sure again this is this is a big discussion in general you know how one balances the time in terms of work and in terms of learning but in this formulation the Von he says as long as you get in your word of Torah if you have another Mitzvah you're on call you're a doctor you have to be there till 6:00 in the morning until 600 the next morning that's all Mitzvah right that's all Mitzvah get in one word in the morning say you've done your Mitzvah Tor for the day but you now have 24 hours of Mitzvah that you're engaged in as well which is as significant that's what the Von says and look at the following one more Source from the says the rabbis teach there four items that we always need to be we always have to strengthen because we sometimes we're a little bit lazy we're a little bit you know we don't give it the attention that it deserves I would say three of them are obvious the fourth one is not so obvious Torah that we always need we need right we we need to learn more Torah we need to be reminded the importance of that to be involved in doing good this is the bottom of page too if you're look at very bottom source that we have to be and what is the fourth the dere dere means occupation to be engaged in work interesting to have that within this this category of Torah and the fourth being yes the work that you're doing you're a doctor you're a psychologist you're a lawyer you're an accountant you're a social worker whatever it is that you're doing that that is considered to be something of great importance and says the gamar this needs as well just like does just like my and daving this is also considered to be a Mitzvah that to put in all of your effort to put in you know to put in um to put in the extra hours in that as well that that's considered to be a Mitzvah I uh I woke up this morning and I um I walked outside with my son my son I'd bring him to school every morning which is a nice on my part and um and there was a flat tire a flat tire so um so what what do you do here in Israel if you have a flat tire you should know yeah very good you call youim that's correct so you call youim so I called yidm yidm is a volunteer organization and they come right away to help you with your flat tire and I did that and we called and within 8 minutes they were there this fellow was there and uh with his motorcycle and he knew exactly what to do and he pumped up the tire and he told me which gas station to go to and I was thinking to myself as I was thinking about the our shear and our learning this morning so that's work right that's aod now where does that fit in is that just is that just like a b is just say kind of like this is what this person does and and he helps people with flat tires or is it something that has a lot of kadua to it has a lot of Holiness that he runs over to help me that I was able to get my son to school on time and my other kids and it wasn't a whole tension in the morning for me dealing with a flat tire and all this was taken care of in a few minutes with this person who spends time doing that now is that a MIT is that just you know just what he does on the side or is that kadus or is that also Holiness the that he does to help somebody in the morning to help a family in the morning the the repercussions of that of like all my kids and getting everyone out and have my class today and dealing with a flat and all of that was taken care of in eight minutes with this guy who jumps on his motorcycle this is what he does all day that he's running around helping people that have flat tires or have car problems so I think this is what R cook has in mind we don't always think of it that way and R cook says that sadic reminds us right the person who has this Insight reminds us to view it that way and he's telling the Jewish World of his day and our day as well when you see another Jew that's working right make sure that you you know make sure you take a step back and and judge that person and see the gdusa in what they're doing yes concept is so critical right you're asking a good question you know Robie lanski in his book so he talks about this you know and he says in the aiva world and as they're studying so they don't really want to highlight this because they want they want everyone studying they want everyone to be committed to study but you're right and that's why he wrote the book he wrote the book because he felt that there was a need to share this message we need to we need to know that this is how the Torah speaks about work as well the Kad of work absolutely so there's a yes there's a need for you're absolutely right I think it's missing it was one of the things that was you know to me this isn't such a Kish because I went to Yu so in yu that's the philosophy of whyu that's not like tum m in other words that's the that's the very core that's like the that's the fundamental principle of whyu that you study gamara all morning long and then you go to your biology class and then you you know then you take your elsat and your preparent to be a lawyer and accountant other words that's the very fabric of whyu so to me it's not but yes in the aiva world and certain communities They Don't Really these sources aren't the ones that they're necessarily going to be sharing but then it becomes very problematic because you you leave the aiva then you feel the rest of your life that all these hours that I'm an accountant or a lawyer say out that I'm just kind of like that's secondary I don't know if there a way but yes but feeling like that's second the real thing is Torah that's the real Mitzvah and everything else is not and here are your sources that talk about that needs it's like daving and T needs and mitah yes please problem right right right well you have that you know in the in the aiva world they have girls that want to marry What's called the learner earner you know that term a learner earner that means that is somebody that learns and also earns that also has a living yes yes yes very good yes please it doesn't have to be exclusive it's not right exactly right it's no no very good point Harry it's not exclusive and it's not one over the other and it's finding that balance it's the beauty of davening the beauty of learning and of of an occupation and bringing those two worlds together but the key is this Rook is teaching to see the Gan to appreciate that the eight most of us are not going to be learning eight hours a day we're going to be at our at our office office we're going to be sitting at our desk and how do we feel about that and how do we view that and how do we view others that are doing that and to see the kadha in that okay and I want to share here ri cook has a beautiful I think a beautiful uh understanding of the gamarra actually that he that he quoted in the piece that we open with here's the gamar this is Page Three here's the gamarra the gamarra says and again to some degree it's a little bit of a shocker shocking statement of the gamar this the top of Page Three greater is the one that has ha that benefits has the joy of the effort of of an occupation of the work that they're doing even more so than the sh even the one that is has fear of heaven and then the gar goes on I'll just read quickly the the one who fears God it says it says the one who fears God that person is praised but the one who works says the it says not only is it are you is there joy in that you'll have joy in this world so there's like this double reward says the gamar there's even thisa aspect to the one who's working over the one who has year it doesn't say it doesn't add that term now again this is like a wow of a gamarra that it says how great is the one who benefits from their work how does how do we interpret that so I want to read to you one line from Rook the opening line this is anay his commentary on the gar in Bros and he writes the following the language here is a little bit a little bit challenging but we'll I think we'll we'll we'll we'll break through and see of cook has in mind actually I have it in Translation by the way just for your own knowledge there's a rabbi Daniel man he teaches uh at era and the g he has translated the entire on and chabas it's on the era website if anybody's interested in that so here you have a translation of this piece below let's read the the just the opening really one line from the opening line or two from murf cook to see his his language so how does he understand what is special what is so special about the one that is that is the one that's putting in the extra effort this great feeling that a person has shall where you have a sense of of joyo from the from the work that you're doing other words everybody has to find that that area of work you're a doctor you're a social worker you're a teacher you're a psychologist like what is it that brings you great meaning in life that brings you Joy that you have a sense of purpose in what you're doing every day so sayra cook that feeling is a great feeling when you find that and you're doing the work that you're meant to do it's really like the greatest feeling of wholeness and goodness it's one of the greatest feelings and by the way it's not when you don't find it it's not always easy but when you find that and you're doing that which you feel is your calling and that you're making making your contribution right in the field of science in the field of medicine the field of Psych whatever it is as an accountant as a lawyer as a as the adim guy that hops on his bike and helps me this morning right that sense I'm sure he felt I felt really good about it hopefully I think he felt good about it also that he helped this person that was the beginning of his day where and for him that's that's meaningful it's not for me I'm not I wouldn't get hop on a bike and be changing tires but for him that's his he's good at that he finds meaning in that so he says when you do that there's nothing Rook says there's nothing like that feeling that really is that that's the ideal that's like the optimal because engraved in the in the nature of a person words you can choose in life that which is you know to find your calling through this diligence by being engrossed engaged in this work and I think that's the key and that is that you now are whole as a person and that affects everything else that you're doing so what is that what that means is that if I'm spending my day doing that which is my calling my mission that I feel good about that that's going to affect the way that I Davin it's going to affect the way that I learn it's going to affect my but the person who's just right he has fear of God but he hasn't really found his place and maybe he's just sitting and learning but that's not really really what he's meant to do so that person doesn't feel a sense of wholeness that person doesn't really feel that sense of purpose so I think that's where of cook is getting at here and that's the greatness of of work and being engaged in work and for all of us you know finding that that right path and finding what it is the contribution that we're supposed to be making and when we do that there's a great reward in that that is the and says the gar like a double reward that's theaba and I think RI cook says theaba is really theaba that you're feeling that you're feeling right now you're feeling a little bit of when you find that when you find that purpose so that also is a way of understanding and appreciating the the greatness of the greatness of work and finding and it's it certainly not for everyone to be sitting andar learning full-time for most people that's not going to be their calling for most people it's it's finding that work and appreciating that seeing the gusa in that and seeing how that fulfillment really brings out the best in a person and the best in terms of their Schamus in terms of their relationship with Hashem in terms of their AEM one other um main source that I want to share with you the bottom of the page this come comes from a cabalist and here actually this is brought in this book Rabbi lansi brings this Source I was very happy to find it there's a great CIS is he was known as the leem you see on the top on that number 12 this is the source his name is RAB schlomo El yashiv he was known as the bashem and Rook studied with this balm he lived 1841 to 1926 his grandson was the famous Rebel yashiv if you've heard that name the famous POS here inam passed away about uh 25 30 years ago that less was is it less than that okay uh and that that was his grandson the grandfather was the great cabalist who Ruff cook studied with when he was still in Europe and he studied with him in ER as well and he speaks about also what it means to be oam and let's just look this is from the writing of the leem and again this is a bit cabalistic but I think we can really understand it in a in a very basic sense as well look at where it's bolded on the page I'll read to you we'll read together in the Hebrew do you see that that second line where it's bolded this is the writing of the again in a saer called and we're reading now everything that a person is engaged in and in the area also in terms of the occupation the kind of work that the person is doing and here interesting R cook also uses that term that if you remember earlier the word toou meaning that the world is not a perfect world it's far from being a perfect world and whatever we're engaged in that perfects this world that brings some Perfection and wholeness to the world that's a that's walking in the ways of God that's what God does there's a world of toou and God now brings organizes brings brings sanity to the world brings order to the world day one day two day three that's what we're doing also in the work that we're doing as an accountant as a lawyer I talk about you know when I came uh I used to come to Israel in the Summers and there was a barber shop which is just a few blocks from me and it's still there today when you walk into the barber shop there's a big sign and it says these are the Mitzvah that you are observing as you get a haircut with me so there's a list of like seven eight you know lot of cut is there this area not using a razor and to have this in mind and this is what the barber has in mind also as he is giving you a haircut and for you to have in mind as well so again that's like a you know a an example of of uh you know sort of like an actual like Mitzvah Mitzvah that we can think of but it's true in everything that we're doing in a larger sense also says the balem we're perfecting the world we're bringing a tikun to the world you're helping somebody else as a psychologist as a social worker as a teacher right as a lawyer that you're helping somebody else somebody that's helping you with your computer you're going through a difficult time you need somebody to do that so he comes in and does he fixes your tire so this is all so to think about it that way and that's and that act and certainly thinking about doctors are those that are healing and people that are doing that kind of work in terms of the Holiness of that work and says the B there's not a single thing in this world that you can't do some tikun some fixing and that's what it means to know God in all of your ways so this is also a beautiful way of looking at uh this is the rebi of rev cook so I found that very significant again it's you could think about it in more cabalistic sense but I don't think it's so cabalistic and everything that we're doing to think about is the tikun that we're doing and that tikun becomes an act ofah okay last last idea that I want to share with you and this happens to be from this coming weeks par par from the par ofai and we have a in this week's paraa that says the following if you look at source number two this is uh page four Source number two I the Lord your God I took you out from being slaves I broken the bars the O the Yoke that was upon you and I will lead you so so that is a important term for our where we have two at least two places that I can think of that we have it in our daving so by the way we say it right before every single day right before we davom we're praying that God brings us based on this what's it means what that's right that we're standing Standing Tall that we're standing standing erect what right some say the for that we shouldn't come here in a right not standing up we shouldn't be coming here God forbid just be buried here in Israel we should all be coming that we can that we can walk off the flight and L and that we can be here standing so that's uh that's one place that we say it and we also say in benching every time that we bench that God should bring us so what does this mean so ruk has the following the following line really one line it's it's a bit cryptic but I'll read to you the following and I think he says something very basic here what's com this from the the word he says is in the plural it's like a double not just I guess singular coma that there's a that there's two two levels like two floors so to speak two floors we use that in modern Hebrew right that man and this is quoted from a and from the gamar in Baba Basra that man was created with two levels what does that mean that a person is made up of two parts that you have the physical part and you have the spiritual part that is man that man has created that way and we're praying that when we come back to the land of Israel says R cook that we should also be made up of those two parts and what are the two parts we need the spiritual part we need a world of learning we need and all of us to be involved in that world of learning but we also need the world of gash we just like just like Adam arish we need a world that's also kute in the sense that we are physically materially that we are strong as a people right that we need that's what we're praying for say R cook that we want to come back to the land of Israel not only in the spiritual sense but to build this land and that we should have the greatest lawyers the greatest Health Care System here the greatest garbage collect whatever it is that everything the physical world that we all live in here that we want that to be that we want that perfected as well hopefully we're getting there yes please this neighborhood we located in yeah called Talia yes not far from here neighborh very nice that's right it's called Kam that's right very nice very nice very nice okay I want to close uh I want to close with the following so this uh this was actually shared by uh by my uh my friend Rabbi Judah Michelle and he shared this I don't know if you happen to have seen it in in Tor Tibbits but it's very very beautiful and it relates to the idea of Kut and really relates to the whole idea that we've been talking about this morning could be it could be tall and proud it could certainly tall and proud certainly tall and proud and that's how that's how rashi rashi that's the he uses two words and I have it here in the source number three on the P rash what's says rash so that you're standing and it's Zak and you're standing in a as as you said in a proud way that you're standing erect with an erect posture so with that I want to share with you the following so of the many many soldiers that were killed on October 7th one of them was Sergeant aad kohen Hashem Y and um RAB Jud Michelle shared this in in Tor tibus and I want to share this with you as well and that is this is the and you see in front of you I have it here in the source sheet this is the this is the door of his home on purum now on purum day there were people of course people that would be coming to bring shalak Manus and it's not easy to bring shal Manus to a family that that just lost somebody again it was a few months earlier but to come in with with in a joyous way and to deliver shus m is not an easy thing to do so this is the sign that they placed on their door by the way you can see just on the left side is mishak Cohen this is the family of aiat who is 41 years old married with Children and this is the home that people would be knocking on and bringing shalak Manus to so he writes they write the family writes the following I guess the I imagine it's it was the wife who write who writes the following if you can I'll read it to you happy Pur to this house I want you to come in with your head held high the I'm sorry and that's the language of Rashi I want you to come in standing erect Standing Tall um yes to fill this place with strength and with Joys and with joy and only at that point to knock on the door there is a family the family here is a family of a hero that in his life and in his death he spread light and hope I am proud of you so this is what's written on the door where the wife wrote this message to come in with and again this is the the the term that she uses here right in the middle which means to come in that's the language of Rashi right to come in KOMU to come in Standing Tall standing proud there was a hero that lived in this house a hero that spread only light and goodness and hope and we continue in that way so I think this is what Ru cook has in mind as well when he saw the those khim those that were coming back to the land of Israel The Pride that they had the courage that they had to build this land of Israel and ruk unlike other rabbis and so often Rook is able to do this and how beautiful uh is this world of Rook the teachings of Rook to always see always see the good always see the light always see the potential and here he sees in the work that they were engaged in that we're all engaged in to see the kadush in that to see the Holiness in that and the pride that we should have in that especially those that are building the land of Israel that and he writes that as well and I'll maybe I'll just end with that that's the we didn't read that last line from uh on the very page one I'll just read the last line from Rook this is the the the third line and how much more so of course this is Rook is always going to come back to Israel this being done in Israel to be doctors and lawyers accountants and and working the land here in Israel how much more how how much more special that is yeah there is a certain lonliness to work there is again it's called you know something that was cursed from the from Adar Rishon but we bring it out of that cursed day we bring it out of that Darkness we bring kadha and Holiness and joy to our work especially as we're building and rebuilding the land of Israel all right I wish everyone well good to see everyone and everyone have a good week yes please