Pesach Mitzrayim: A Korban Like No Other by Rabbi Yossi Goldin

okay so so we did we you had a little bit of homework from last night from last week those of you who were were uh were at our Shear last week last week we spent uh some time discussing in detail uh the world of corbon note the world of sacrifices trying to understand a little bit some of the different ideas for for corbon note the purpose of corbon note the goal of corbon note and I gave you a little bit of homework for those who had time which was to take a look if you remember uh at theim that describe the Corb P which is the obviously the Corban that is uh Central to certainly Central to The Exodus story itself and during the times of the big mikdash was Central to the Jewish aod around pesak and is also somewhat Central to our seder night and what I encouraged you to do was to take a look at the psim describing specific the in in they they differentiate between two different P there was the and what's called P the P was one type of Corban and the P meaning the P that was generally done on an annual basis in the BET mikdash was different um and the question that I posed was if you look at theim describing the p in the question was is it or how is it similar or dissimilar to the cor to Classic corbon as we generally understand them so I don't know how many people had time to do that and therefore we're going to spend some time this morning going through some some of those PIM in order to really set the tone for what I want to talk about today which is gaining a greater understanding or an approach to what exactly was the Corban p in in MIT so we'll start because of some time we'll we we'll do this a little bit quicker than than normal but if you look at source number one but I brought for us where theim in the Torah describing the Commandment for thean P that was done in in MIT so we're going to skip the the the first the first paragraph the first fsim but to really understand we have to understand the context the context is this follows in the very very beginning or I would say the very end of per who now declares to Moshe and we're not going to see this Su came inside this is the first paragraph where basically God turns to Moshe and Aron and says okay it's time it's time to get ready to leave it's time for the 10th maah I am going to now go and bring the 10th plague amongst am amongst amongst the Egyptians from every single firstborn is going to die and it is time for you to prepare to leave because they're basically going to turn to you once they all start dying and they're going to say get out of here so we're almost at the Pinnacle of The Exodus story right God has turned to mosha and said it's time to go everyone should get ready Etc and then all of a sudden there is a break between that narrative and God commands two mitv the Mitzvah of and the Mitzvah of and I'd like to spend some a few minutes just going through with you uh these Pim together so we're now in Source number one the second paragraph the beginning of perim we'll read through the Pim together I will translate it's important to see the different aspects of the Corban p God then says to Moshe again just to remember God has just right before this said to Moshe and Aon are about to bring the 10th plague they're going to everyone's going to die and they're going to tell you to get ready and they're going to tell you to leave and then Moshe then said and hasm says to Moshe and parro is not going to uh to listen to anything I've told you before he's going to be stubborn but then once this Mira once this plague comes he's going to tell you to leave so the first mitvah we have here is the Mitzvah ofes that Nissan is going to be the first of the many months and the concept ofes we're not going to spend time on that for today but it is an interesting question why is this the first Mitzvah why does it have to be commanded here why do this have to happen before The Exodus why couldn't this Mitzvah happened after the Exodus it's an important question to consider but then the Torah continues then continues on the 10th of the month um of this month everyone should set aside a SE a sheep a s one set for each household one set for each home and if a specific family won't be able to consume the full sheep the full for whatever reason each family is meant to consume the and if your family is small that they won't be able to consume the entire then one family can join with their neighbors and everyone should take part and basically should be a part of eating uh this meal on on on P night each sheep has to be whole Tam has to be without a blemish a male Oney old you should take it from one of the sheep and one of the goats that you have you're supposed to take it on the 10th of the month you're supposed to watch it observe it make sure that it's set aside from the 10th until the 14th of the month on the 14th of Nissan you should Slaughter it towards the afternoon evening everyone should should slaughter their animal you should take from the blood of this animal you should put it on the two um on the doorway on this on the different the three parts of your door the lentil and and forgive me I don't remember the different words but the sorry side post the side post and then the and then the middle post the lle in the middle put the blood on all aspects thank you wherever you're sitting in consuming this you should put Blood on the outside of the of the home you should eat the meat of this Corb you should eat it roasted together with the matah and the you should consume this animal there's a lot of important details here some of these Es are going to be very important so pay attention you can't eat it raw [Applause] and you should not cook it in water rather the way that the needed to be cooked was it needed to be roasted over the fire its head needs to be together with its innards and with all the other aspects of the animal you have to make sure to consume it that night you can't have any leftovers and anything that remains until the next morning must be must be burnt and this is how you're supposed to eat the says the Tor you have to have your loins GED ready to go your shoes on your feet your stick in your hand you should eat it with traditionally understood to be with haste ready to go quickly P it is a PES for excuse me do three families had one correct excellent question that's what it said earlier yes if you were to estimate based on yours that you were not going to finish it then you you you would combine with your neighbor so each individual did not ideally ideally exactly it was meant to be a family event which we're going to talk about but if a family was able to say hey we only have you know x amount and this is a very big sheep so then you were able to combine it together with your neighbor but an excellent excellent question exact that's exactly what the Torah says I'm going to pass through this evening I am going to Smite all of the all the firstborns and from man to from from from man to animal I'm going to create judgment for all of the Gods of I am excuse me this blood is going to be a sign on your homes that you are there I am going to see the I will skip over the your uh I will skip over your uh your home and by doing so you will not there will be no will no no um forgive me no plague will come upon your home basically by putting the blood as we all know by putting the blood outside the home who will be which is where the word p comes from will pass over the home and nothing will happen to your home so this is a general description of the different details of the p and then just to see a few more later later then continues to describe the Commandment regarding the well this is actually Moshe excuse me Moshe describing it to to the but also adds a few different elements M commands is grab take pull this animal and then you should Slaughter the p and you should take an which is a tree and you should dip it in you should put Blood on the outside and and no one is allowed to leave their home this is an additional thing which was not in the initial commandment no one is allowed to leave their home the entire evening the entire night of of of is going to pass through all of and he's going to see the outside the home and then he will not allow God will not allow the the Destroyer what seems to be the angel of death to come into your into your home wouldn't he have known where the Jews are anyway without excellent excellent question excellent question there are so many questions that we could ask about that and it's an excellent question why does God need the blood in order to know where the Jews are doesn't God know where the Jews are okay well let's think about that for a couple of minutes he ask you want to suggested answer or youw the simple understanding is that it wasn't for God it was for us and that that was part of our demonstration of faith in him but we we we we'll we'll touch upon that in a in a little bit um continues the Torah just to see a few and you should watch this guard this as a rule for you and your sons for for forever and then the truth is that we without getting into all without without seeing the rest of the suim inside the Torah then gets describes and says and if and if your son asks you what is this all about you should explain to him what this is all about which again as we know are theim which introduced the story to our children and from there we have in the ha the description of the different ways that we treat that we answer this question to uh to our to our four children so the question that I that I want to just pose once again after going through all of these details and there are a lot of details a lot of different aspects to the corbon PES my question to you is as follows is this a classic corbon or not or another way of saying this is in what way was this like a classic corbon and in what way was it not like a classic corbon anyone have any ideas what what what what yes what was this was that you had to set up to people in advance who's going to eat with the with you okay so so what was one thing that was unique was which is true by the way not just a but is also true of every single year is one of the unusual is that every single person needed to be appointed that you're going to be a part of this everyone needed to be before the PES was Sheed before the animal was slaughtered you needed to have people who were appointed to go to different groups you couldn't just join you couldn't just show up in the middle of the meal and say Hey can I have some you had to be designated as part of this of people who were going to eat from this that's true not just of that's also unusually true of the p on an annual basis but let's take a step back General General general questions what do we normally understand what what's Norm what's what is what makes something a corbon let me ask you this in general what makes something a corbon as opposed to an animal that I'm simply slaughtering in order to eat it what are the defining characteristics of a corbon can I what do you mean by place where you it where you it meaning you bring it to the Bas what makes what makes something a corbon is there a m here no M okay you'd think that would be the defining characteristic a step further not just where you are what usually what acts in the BET mikdash are the acts that make something a corbon generally the Coen doing what he has to do the he has to do the Shing what else does he have to do sprinkle the blood the defining characteristics I just say much much of what we're going to say in this area this is something that I that I that I read in an article by jonan Gman who's in in he points out all of the different aspects here he says if you look here this Corb P which we call Corb is missing some of the most fundamental aspects of a Corban there's no there's no sprinkling of the blood on the m and yet at the same time there are many aspects about this that are similar to a Mis to to a corbon what aspects what details about this but the way that this had to be brought remind us our Echoes of a corbon what kind of animal could I bring here what animal had to be brought for this it had to be a Ben Tim it had to have no blemishes it had to be about a year old it had to be a sheep these are not again every corbon in the mikash had different rules what animals you brought it from and how old they were supposed to be but something which is Ben usually indicates we're talking about a a corbon what else anything else sound familiar excellent okay we're going to get to that as well if you look here we're going to get to that as well here we have this idea of no and that's generally something which applies to says if you look at number I think I brought it here Source number five there a general rule is not allowed to have any here we also didn't have any good more than that though what is one of the what is what is the that we generally learn about if a person brings a Corbin and something is left over what's the No what's no noar means if I have left over I'm supposed to eat and again each Corb had different rules some were one day and one night some were two days and one night some were two days and two nights but the point was if I left it over longer than the time it was supposed to be eaten that was called noar what did I have to do burn it I had to burn it what does the Torah tell us about the cor P if you go back like in English no sir no sir exactly okay if you look here in that we just read you're not allowed to leave it till the next morning menu anything which is left over noar the same language you had to burn it if you look at source another one which which which R Points out is if you look at the way the Torah describes how you're supposed to eat it you're supposed to roast it its head together with certain other parts of of the animal points out that if you look at source number two I'm pointing ver number two but he points out the P it it it reminds us of another Corban the Corban that language of it being eaten Al is indicative is an echo of another corbon source number two just like certain parts of the animal were taken from the you should burn it on the and the hi and the meat you're supposed to burn it together with parts of the animal so we see here on the one hand there's Echoes certain that seem to indicate this is a corbon on the other hand we're missing the most fundamental aspects of a corbon there's no there's no so in what way is this if anything what is this really if we think about it what what is what is the really is it's real well good okay the way I would say we'll get to that in a second but I would say what it really is if you look at it very closely it's a family meal it's a family meal with special rules but then if it's just a family meal then what are the reasons for all those rules so again we have something that seems to be on the one hand very similar to Corban note but missing the fundamental aspect of Corban note what exactly is going on here yes you want to make a suggestion question the use of the word carine you're pointing out because first of all why should model what was done in the if they're doing it you know earlier thousand years earlier correct and oh no thousand earlier but meaning in in the whatever we don't know whe there was in the mishan but yes should have Echo this good and I think that's yes correct meaning when I'm bringing you obviously the the I'm bringing you are P that are relevant that are going to come after this but yet at the same time once we have the model of corbon not that we do we can now look back and try to understand what exactly was going on here sure went to something more simplistic which is here they say at this meal you're supposed to have and put the on the okay good how come that was not incorporated into the meals that we have oh okay so terms of the meals that we have today I don't want to I don't want to get into that that's a separate question which is how similar hour s their night is to what was done in m versus by the way there are some people there are some people who take a Mel and there are some people who put the Bots meaning there are people that do different things in terms of how we incorporate I don't want to spend too much time on that because that's but that's it's a good question it's a good question but I want to first try to understand what happened there and then we can get into a discussion about what's appropriate for us to commemorate that so you touched upon it very very briefly but the truth is is that I was a little bit misleading in the way I described this because I said that there was no sprinkling of the D the truth is there is sprinkling of the D there is sprinkling of the dam here in MIT where is there sprinkling of the D on the outer door on the wall and not only that the way the Torah describes it the way mosha describes It Is by it's Bowl you're supposed to dip the aov and you're supposed to put it around the entrance to your house look at source number three it is an amaz Source number three it's an incredible Source the gar says as follows ra says the following thing I said there weren't any in fact there was a in or three of them the way is the way he describes it what were the three there was a sprinkling of the blood and there was a what was the in it was the outside of the home take it a step further what exactly is happening here the way that I understand this gamar and I think this is this is implied this isman suggests as well he says you want to know what the was in in was the Jewish Home The Jewish Home became and was Sanctified in MIT it was the precursor to the m and there was and that's why that's why the that's why there are so many Echoes to a corbon because this was a corbon this was a corbon but before the Jews ever became a full nation and had a mishan and had a bet mikash they had the Jewish Home and the home was Sanctified through this entire process so this connects a little bit to why do they need to do this didn't God know what it was so part of the issue is going to be no this needed to be done for am Israel this needed to be done this act of dedication this act of I would say sanctification of the Jewish Home needed to be done for us for ourselves and to demonstrate outwardly our dedication to aosh and when a God saw that then he skipped he skipped over the home of course knew which home it was going to be but I want to but I want to take it take it a step further there are other similarities and once we understand that the home or the Jewish Home becomes the M then we can understand other aspects of this of this Corban P for example if you remember we saw in P forgive me let me just find the right p in that we read earlier there was a that no one was allowed to leave the home the entire night of of of of of of PES night now normally we understand that to be because it was dangerous and if we go outside Anything Could Happen say that there was the Mas that was around and anyone who stepped out of the home you were free game from a perspective if we understand that the home was the M was the area within which the corbon is going to be brought it takes on tremendous significance there is a when it comes to which is that there's something called means that once an animal has been Sanctified to be a Corban it is not allowed to be taken out of the bet mikdash the era of so when the person was told don't leave why was he told don't leave because that would act on some level a form of you had to stay within the confines of your which in this home in in MIM was the was the was was the Jewish was the Jewish Home another another detail somebody pointed out was the idea of there is that the is not allowed to have Kates on it here why did we have to get rid of hites in the entire Jewish home and then Echoes of that continue until today because our home was that M our home was that area was that Altar and therefore we had to treat it like a m and get rid of all that was present within the home and Echoes of that are what we commemorate and as we're as we're thinking and again we're all in the throws of prees cleaning and the annoyance and the frustration and everything keep in mind that at on some level the the or the original part of that was because of the sanctification of the home was because the home becomes the Jewish M the home becomes an altar we're being we're sanctifying our home and one of the ways that we express that one of the ways they expressed that in M was by getting rid of theit and one of the ways that we continue to express that is by getting rid of theit today as well another we notied is that is that the is how are you supposed to how are you supposed to cook this animal you're supposed to roast it the in the how was everything cooked roasted there was an altar there was a fire and everything was roasted so so once we understand that the home now becomes the M many other aspects of this Corban P are better understood and become more significant and so just to understand what we we what we basically suggested is that the Corb P inim was a unique Corban there was no bet mikdash there was no mishkan but there was a m and that M was the home and what that shows us is that the Jewish Home as am Isel are preparing to become a nation this Jewish Home becomes just just just one second becomes Sanctified in sense but if we take about and take a step back there's tremendous significance here why is it that a would want us to do this what's the significance of sanctifying the Jewish Home I I would even say I would even take take it a step further why did this have to happen right now okay this is another question that people pose all the whole thing with the p again there's lots of different approaches to the Coran p and there's many aspects to it but if it's all about the sanctification of the Jewish Home why couldn't they just leave Egypt get out of there and then then we whatever you want us to do we'll do we'll we'll bring it we'll bring this corbon we'll bring that corbon and as we pointed out it's not just that it has to happen before they leave Egypt it's happening right before it's almost as if God interrupts the entire Narrative of the 10th plague of Mak and says got do the Corb P why is the cor PES such an important step that has to take place before they leave Egypt why couldn't it be something that wouldn't it be easier to just be like okay you know we'll do whatever you want you want to give us R KES you want to give us this just take us out first get us out of here and then we'll do what needs to get done so we we could raise that question and and I would even pose it in a different way a third another way of asking this question this a question that I my father asked he said think about what we commemorate on pesak night usually when a person has some kind of event that happens that they want to commemorate they commemorate the actual event of Freedom the actual event of leaving Egypt we don't command memorate the actual event of leaving Egypt we commemorate the night before we left Egypt when we all sat around having a Corb P you if anything what should we be doing we should be commemorating we should be waiting until the next day when they all left and doing whatever we're going to do to commemorate why is it that the way that we commemorate leaving Egypt is not the event itself but it's the carbon P that we do the night before why does it all have to happen why does it have to happen before we leave Egypt and why do we commemorate it before we leave egyp why do we commemorate that evening specifically yes well then perhaps before a nation born I mean the blood on the door post talks about the blood of Earth the position of the of the is a FAL position all of the symbolism is there for birth rushing corre and going the I've heard I think I think I think I've heard that Foreman has has has an entire idea he's about the birthing but even before that yes birth a nation there has to be a very strong holy solid family unit because m is impossible without beautiful so I want to just talk for one second and then we'll get to you in a second just because what she has suggested is exactly what my father suggests my father suggest that the before it had to happen before the nation was born because before the nation was born before as we're about to become a nation as we're about to leave Egypt and form that unit of a Nation reminds us the most fund FAL and important unit in this nation is the family unit if the family is strong if the family does what it's supposed to do then the nation will be strong and so K turns to am Isel and says you're about to become a nation this nation is about to be born and you want to know the most important thing you can do to prepare for that as you're also holding the stick and getting everything ready and get ready to go go home and have a family meal spend time around the table sit with your family process what you're what what is going on and strength in that unit look at source number six Source number six for you and then and then we'll get back to your to your comment SL question God deliberately refrains from marking the birth of the Jewish Nation with constitutional conventions Mass rallies or Declarations of Independence each Israelite is instead commanded to return to the privacy of his home where he is participate in the family meal that is the Corban PES by insisting upon a retreat to the home as a Prelude to our nation's birth God delivers a simple yet power F message as you begin to prepare your historical Journey stop and Mark this evening within the societal unit most critical to your success remember always that your survival will depend upon the health of the family if the family is strong if the home fulfills its educational role your people will be strong and your nation will endure the Jewish Home is and always has been the single most important educational unit in the perpetuation of our people what our children learn at home more than what they learned in any other setting indelibly shapes both their knowledge of and attitude towards Jewish tradition and practice furthermore Jewish experience will be enriched across the centuries not only by the nuclear family but by this extended family as well God therefore insist the shall be for each father's house it says Cate and say that Cate means a larger family the extended family and Sal refers to the nuclear family but that impact is still is still true as well and and and I want to just add that this theme the the the the importance of understanding the family unit as the building block to everything is something that is highlighted another another aspect of our of of our Torah that my father points out as well my father notes at the end of safer braus in his book he says why is it that the that that that that the Jewish people had to begin twice and this is rashi's question this this isn't this isn't a famous this isn't you know a question that we don't know familiar question Rashi ask why does if the Torah if the Torah is just a book of mitvah vot why don't they just start with the Mitzvah why do we have all of safe for reparation and Rashi gives his answer raan gives another answer that it talk comes to talk about the idea well Rashi says it's to remind us that this is our land that God gave it to us ran says it's that the creation of the world is a history of understanding uh everything it's the foundation of AR and the truth is that if we go through sa saer braus we can see a myriad of of lessons that we learn from saer bra and I think most of us would agree that Sab plays an integral role in understanding and shaping our understanding of our Judaism but at the same time the fundamental question is this Judaism almost begins in two stages you have the AOS and you have the entire stage of individuals that become a family and then you have saer shamos with the beginning of a Nation why do we have to begin in almost two stages and the suggestion my father said is that one of the lessons we learn from safer barus the messages overarching messages of sa braus is that before we became a nation we had to be a family look at Source number seven again I I skipped a little bit here because it was a long essay but I just wanted to bring some of the extras cuz I think it's a a very important uh part why does the Torah include the story of the patriarchal error why not begin as the first Rashi suggests with the national period of Jewish history and yet one can again one can't help but wonder if there isn't perhaps something more less more lessons to be learned not only from the specific stories of the patriarchal era but from the very existence of this introductory period itself one can't help by wonder why God would choose to begin Jewish history twice the patriarchal era establishes the importance of the Jewish Family and Home in a very real sense this introductory period of Jewish history can be seen as a journey towards one specific moment the moment when Yakov lies on his deathbed surrounded by his children unlike ab and each of whom had progeny who were lost Jewish history I apologize I think I M got cut off can I just read this this one second I'll give it back to you in a second yakob unlik Yakov now knows that all of his children intend to follow in his way ways after three generations of struggle with outside influences and internal turmoil the Hebrew family is finally whole the patriarchal era can now safely end the Journey of the patriarchal households to that moment teaches us that before we could become a nation we had to be a family the home centrality finds its roots in the earliest moments of our people's story in the Journey of the patriarchal error Century families centuries before our nation is created and so that message that we had to be a family before we became a nation is why KES turns to the nation and says Before You Exit MIT the night before in the midst of the drama the unfolding drama of The Exodus before you leave we asked the question why do this have to happen before why couldn't it happen right afterwards take us into the desert tell us what to do and we'll do it the answer is no this was a crucial message that K had to give the nation as they're preparing to become a nation Hashem says go back remember that the most important unit in the Jewish nation is the family and as successful as the family is that is how successful a Jewish Nation will be and so the night before they leave the Torah tells it yeah is it a shared is it a shared meal it is a family meal but it's not just a family meal it's a family meal within the Sanctified home the home with the blood of the mbak on it representing the sanctity of that home representing the kadosa of that home and it is through that that the nation truly understand that the nation that the the family is the most important is the most important unit in the in the in in the home that also explains for us by the way why we in our own homes we don't just commemorate the actual Exodus we commemorate the night before we commemorate that lesson that lesson of the importance of the of the family the Holiness of the family the only Mitzvah in the Torah that there isn't explicit commandment of why this of all the MIT in the Torah everything's important sorry translate yes and you should tell your sons on that day there is a specific commandment a Biblical commandment to tell the story of The Exodus to our children every Mitzvah I should be telling to my children every single Mitzvah that I do I want my children to do I should be relaying that message why am I specifically telling this message my children this Mitzvah because this Mitzvah is the Mitzvah of family understanding the importance of continuity understanding the importance of relaying the misora from parent to child that meal that we have on Sedar night is commemorating the meal that they had remembering the Holiness of the family home and The crucial nature The crucial the sensual nature that it plays within the overall Jewish picture yes I'm sorry you waited Patiently I actually un it added to one other thing I want to say so I thought I was coming to join among the family absolutely absolutely and absolutely one one second I just want to comment on that piece and then there's a couple a couple of other points so you're pointing out is that the other message is not just about the sanctification of the nuclear family but it's a recognition and an understanding that all of the Jewish people are a family which is why by the way here in is my father likes to mention this as well we feel more comfortable saying things to to to to complete strangers that we normally wouldn't in another country because after all we're all family right it's that that person who yells at you to put on a sweater or to bring this or to do home or take care of your kid or this that they're doing that because in the end of the day we're all just a family as well yes 100% no one here knows so how do we so therefore therefore we're all a family yes yes also May a way of getting close to God absolutely wait a second because you're sacrificing the god of the Egyptians correct and I think that's a really important correct there is there is another there are many other aspects correct you're saying that you believe in God and this is not Absolut absolutely there's no question that there there there are many other there are many other lessons here from the k p and one most prominent among them is the fact that we're taking the god of the Egyptians and slaughtering it absolutely I I wasn't focusing on that piece specifically here but that is certainly uh an important message and an important lesson of of what's being done here which also connects to what we've been talking about your question about why they need what didn't God know the answer was well it took a lot of courage for the Jews to do what they did and put that blood on the and therefore God responded in in kind yes this message resonates today with absolutely when they started to fire against us we finally got together together live in a neighborhood we one shabat three fathers were in the Army three women with 15 children had a Shabbat together yeah correct another time one of the young people was killed the whole Community got together sh absolutely the unity the unity is something that we need to we only think well let's let's let's let's hope that it'll continue let's hope that hope we don't need any more Wars hope we don't hope rat we don't need any more Wars in order in order to continue I just want to kind of just kind of bring everything together um one what we've what we've suggested today the question we started with is is in what way is the cor P of of similar to the core that we had discussed last week the general sacrifices we there were many similarities certain that that were similar to corbon in general and yet what seemed to be missing fundamentally was the fundamental aspect that defines a corbon which is the mikdash the mishan and the m and the question we asked was how can this be a corbon if it's not if it's missing that and the suggestion that was made based on the gar in was that in fact there is a and this is the precursor to the m itself which is in MIT the M was the Jewish Home The Jewish Home was sanctified and became the which is why certain like no not leaving the home um only roasting inside the home were aspects that are generally limited specifically to the m itself and dka here that's where is basically saying your home now becomes the M for one evening and many that apply to now apply to that what's the message behind that we suggest that the message behind that was the importance and the recognition of the Jewish Home The Jewish Home is the the building block of the Jewish nation and so turns to says before you leave Egypt what you need to do is first before you become a nation you need to First be a family which we pointed out mirrors the message of saer B coming before saer shot that in order for us to become a nation we had to First be a family we're reminded of that ases turns to the Jewish Nation the night before they're supposed to leave and says the best thing you can do to prepare for leaving Egypt is to celebrate is to sit there and commemorate as a nuclear family and to be there uh be there be there together and that also explains why this had to be done before left Egypt because it was a message that they needed to be inculcate within them before they left Egypt now once we understand that we can Now understand a little bit more and we we mentioned this but just to kind of bring it all together now let's turn to that that that's PES MIT there's also something called which was every single year um every single we as a nation would bring the K PES just just just one one quick idea that I want to share with you one of my one of my favorite Tor that's connected to this is a question there of Sal asks at regarding the end of the the end of the we know we sing and the question he asks there's two times of the year that we sing Thea as a as a formal part of the of the of the of our text once is on pesak night the other one anyone remember why those two so salvation suggested that because there are two days of the year that were fundamentally altered once the betam mikdash was destroyed that without the betam mikdash the way that we celebrate or commemorate those two days are fundamentally different what are those two days yum Kipper and P yum Kipper in the times of the Mish and time the mikash everything was surrounded the aod and the BET mikdash of course it was a day of but it wasn't just a day where we all went to our own shs it was all the aash P night the Seder that we have was fundamentally different because it involved the cor it involved so much more and therefore say Sal these are the two nights when we miss the bet the most when we miss the rebuilding of the and therefore it pushes us to sing so just to again remember what was the Corb p in in in Li wrot it was a Corban where everyone was done in the bash but it was different it was different than your classic Corban it wasn't just eaten by the kohanim it wasn'ted on the the blood was sprinkled on the M how was this eaten as a family so you have the echo of Pim coming together with the standard Corban note creating a very very unique type of Corban the Corban p as observed in the BET mikdash was fundamentally different than all other corbon all other corbon note were brought for different and were done in very very unique ways had to be and some of it was eaten by the Kim some of it was burned on the on on the here the blood was sprinkled on the m and everything was eaten that that aspect of sanctifying the home of eating as a family again it wasn't done in our homes our physical homes because we all had to come to to bring it to them but you had a almost a hybrid of Pim and classic corbon coming together and being observed around Jim sitting as a family commemorating everything that happening while also making sure to incorporate the aspects of classic corbon note in the bet in the betam mikdash and we Friday night I'm sorry Sor night why is it as we all know it's no coincidence that Sor night is one of the most familial typ of evenings of the entire night it all comes back to this it all comes back to Leeder was a night where the family was Sanctified Le MIT was the night when when when the family was Sanctified the importance and The crucial nature of the building blocks of the Jewish Home were established and that is why there is a Mitzvah he got you should tell your child there is a Mitzvah where God commands us sit around the table and pass this along because there is no greater way to continue the family and National tradition than to sit around as a family and commit commemorate what was a Holy Family Meal within the context of a of a holy home um so this year as we sit there as we continue to clean for pesak and deal with all the details and all the things we need to do remember that this is all not just preparation of just you know getting rid of theit we're sanctifying our homes we're getting our homes ready for an evening that is Holy within a family together with a family of Holiness and hopefully marking that in a meaningful way wishing everybody a wonderful rest of the week and same to you