Rav Avraham Kook's Eretz Chefetz 12:9: The Nefesh of the Rebellious Jew by Rabbi Aaron Goldscheider

all right wonderful we're going to uh we're going to get started and uh yes sh to everyone great to have everyone here this morning and we'll jump right into the uh the learning of uh Riv cook so the the topic that we're going to look at this morning is um is a very important topic and I would say is one of the classic teaching and uh one of the definitive teachings of Riv cook and the question is and we can begin with the following question and that is how is it that we relate toim how we relate to the wicked to rebellious to the non-observant how does the uh the Jewish community and the Orthodox community and the Ala how does it respond to uh to those individuals and I would say that one of the uh one of the sources we can look at is one that we're all familiar with and that is from the night of the Seder the pesak Seder where we have a Russia that's sitting at the Seder right that's what the hag tells us that one of the children that's sitting at the Seder is the Russia is the the wicked one The Wicked Child so um the response there at the Seder I would say is it doesn't appear to be such a a a warm response to uh to the Russia we speak about that you are to blunt his teeth many interpretations of that but at face value looking at that source and that's a very very important you know source of kazal so we see that you know that kind of reaction or that kind of response to a Russia is um sort of within the the realm of the way that we do respond to Ram okay that's that's one s yes please resp do includ okay good okay good but because it's not okay good point that's good I would say that's a um I think that that's an important reading but even with that in other words we we say that he's not including himself but we still respond strongly in other words you know that that still needs to be um analyzed and understood why that is the response so we'll see in a moment and um and throughout this year the interesting perspective an important one which comes from Riv cook which I think we can already anticipate what Riv cook is going to going to say but he's going to say it in a very unique way and uh from zman of liadi the first re of kabad that's also going to be a very important source and through the through a a talmid of ruuk as well so let's begin with the following piece we are in the very last chapter we've been studying this very special eret this is the ninth piece this is Tess in the last chapter in the 12th chapter of eret and the last chapter is really about Unity it's about Oneness it's about the Theus that is so needed in am Israel and here he writes the following and he's going to talk about the uh the PO Isel The Sinner of Israel and especially at this time going back to the early 1900s as these po Isel these Sinners are coming back to of Israel but as we all know they're coming back to the land of Israel not you know not to find a a nice apartment here and not to live the good life so to speak but they're here because they believe in AIT Israel they believe in building the land of Israel they're sacrificing for that they love the uh they love am Israel as a whole so they have many attributes very very special attributes and here R cook says the following and we read together this is the top of Page One Hanes sh is the nees that's found in the PO is the Sinners of Israel in this time of the footsteps of the Mah related to those that are connected with love to CLA Israel in other words these are people that are very much connected they have a great love for the Jewish people they love that they are also connected to the Revival of the nation so this is what they have these are the attributes that they uh that characterize that Community what we call the po Israel right those are sinners of Israel but look at these Sinners look at these Sinners what they have right they love Israel they love being connected to am Israel they love the land of Israel they love the the connection that they have and they're part of building the Jewish people again and here is the line that is uh I would say maybe somewhat radical he says it's considered to be more more more whole then Isel even more so than those that are shal those who are theun Isel and there he's referring to the religious community in other words that they have something that actually outshines that it's actually even greater than those that are sitting in the Bas medish those that are part of the traditional community in uh in Eric Israel at the time because they have these values they have these characteristics they they love the nation they love the nation of Israel they love the land of Israel they they are part of revitalizing the Jewish people in that sense they are greater so it's not only that well let's be donus and they're not so bad right there are those who would say that R comes along and says no they're even greater see those attributes as outshining that they're on a higher level than the schl that that Community referring to the religious community they don't have this added Dimension that they're not connected fully with a um with a benevolence or the goodness towards the rest of a Nation okay again we can talk about you know today maybe it's a bit different but what he's describing certainly at that time is they they're they're an isolated Community they're an insulated community that that's what they do they move into those communities they're learning they're producing beautiful children they're raising families but they're really just doing that you know to to to kind of create the holy Community for themselves they're not they're not concerned with the larger am Israel and this community these communities of quote unquote the PO Israel right these Sinners the rebellious ones that they have a great love for the nation for the rebuilding of the land of Israel the na of Israel and they also the last three words in the first paragraph and they're also not part of they're not taking part in the binyan with the rebuilding of ha the nation and a Israel that's not that's not their focus and in that sense the um so there's a higher level of nephesh that's the term that he uses that their nephesh the nephesh of the posi Israel is actually a a higher level than the ne than the nefes that's found in the quote unquote the religious community now that's not the end of his statement he now is going to speak about another aspect of the Soul another aspect of a of the religious person and that's the ruak now when it comes to the ruak in the ruak we could speak about more of the spiritual aspect of a uh of a religious personality he says the ruak is greater it's a greater ruach that they have in the religious quote unquote the religious community look at the next par paragraph but in that community in terms of the ruak now here he's saying something very positive about the religious community all right there's something great in this quote unquote the PO Israel but there's also something great in the religious community and what did they have they have a very unique Ru they have a very pure and a holy spirit r right because that's what they're connected to they're connected to Torah to even though they don't have yet right this this um this connection to building the nation K they do not compare to those in the other community who have that longing for the land of Israel the revitalization of am Israel he says in the other community again the PO Israel Community the Sinners right there's something lacking there and the truth is because of the lack of ruach that they have they can't really fulfill even the mission of the nephesh in the full sense I'm sorry so therefore they suffer with theam even their nees their nees is also not whole amongst the POS Isel because they're lacking mitv they're lacking yatem so here we see Ru cook highlighting the two communities there's positive in both communities there's something lacking in both communities as well okay now how is the tikun and again ruk is always looking for the how to create the tun how are we going to uh to heal this and how we going to create a a perfect Jewish Community perfect Society so he writes the following the last line so there's going to be a that's going to come through the light of mssiah the light of the Messiah but by the way that doesn't mean the Messiah has come yet the light of the msia is coming maybe we're in those days hopefully they we're in those days that the light of Messiah is here so he writes something here which is not going to be the uh the topic for this morning but he says one of the things that we need to do when we've spoken about this in the past is that we need to learn more of the Raz Torah we need to understand more of the depths or the secrets of the Torah and with that study of Torah that's going to bridge the gap between those communities continuing in all the different ways that that those secrets are to be revealed who and what will what is the goal is to bring in one one community that is bound with one another and that there will be a fixing of those or the community of the traditionalists that'll come about through appreciating the nees of those that are the what's what's calledit there is to recognize what they are bringing to the table that they are the hopes and the dreams that they have to be influenced be impacted by to be inspired by that community and how about the r on the of the Sinners right there's something lacking there they don't have the Mitzvah they don't have the Torah that they will be influenced by the other community that there'll be there'll be influenced impacted by the people of great faith and in both communities there'll be a great light and with that a great Chua will come to the world a great Chua will come to the Jewish world and to the entire world and at that moment we will be ready for G so when is G going to comea will come where we have Theos mashia we have this light of mashiah and what does this light reveal the light reveals that in each Community each Community is bringing something spectacular to the table in terms of what we need we need the great builders and those in the other community need to recognize that building the land loving loving the Jewish people as a whole building ER Isel and those in the other Camp need to be impacted and influenced and see the greatness in the religious community that we need Torah that we need Mitzvah that we need our M and when the two recognize one another so that is the uh that is the tikun that then we are in the words of Rook we are we are now now we're ready for G yes please in other words we're talking about Unity we're definitely we're definitely talking about Unity yes we're we're talking about Unity bring everybody together bringing everyone together and how do we bring everyone together when everyone sees the great quality the great qualities in the other community respect the great respect and Beyond I think it's it goes even Beyond respecting one another because you can respect somebody without without without seeing the other without seeing the benefit of the other without appreciating the other okay I respect you but I don't you know I don't really I don't get you but I respect you but RI cook is saying no it's not about it's not about that it really goes beyond that it's the Holiness that you have what you the the contribution that you're making the Holiness of your contribution and that both communities need to see that in one another yes influen and hash that's right and hash influence one another and so that's a uh no it's a good point especially from our side in other words how do we have we want the secular Community to appreciate Torah in mitzvot so how do we do that in other words we're we're kind of like waiting around well don't you know shouldn't you love Torah and Hashem and all the mitzvot and what do we do to make that happen so that's a uh that's the hash maybe it's not just waiting around for it to happen that we need to do what are the what are the actions that we need to take what are the kind of things that we need to do so that happens yes please um I thought about how you yes you make a good point you make a good point right I right so it's it's more it's complicated yes it's complicated when um how we how how how we implement this idea yeah it it definitely yes it's it's a complicated issue but as an idea as a uh as a grand idea as an ideal so this is something that RI cook is uh Ru cook is is speaking about and speaks about in uh in many in many of his uh many of his teachings now here I want to look at I want to look at a couple of sources with you in terms of where R cook where where he where we find this idea of seeing the um of seeing the best or seeing the nefes what he highlights the nefes of the of the rim and I would say not everybody necessarily is on board with this this is not not an obvious point but I want to begin here with a gamar which is actually a very well-known gamarra and many of the women in the room will appreciate this gar because it's a teaching that comes from a woman in the gamar in the gamarra bua who corrects her husband on on a particular issue and it's her correction that the gamar says is is uh is accurate that she is correct and that RoR is wrong so let's look at the gamar it's a gamar that you you may be familiar with a gamar that's found in Bros DAV in Bros you have it on the bottom of the page and it speaks about a very similar topic that we were just talking about in terms of poim in terms of individuals that RoR feels are acting inappropriately and actually prays that God should punish them for their for their actions so let's look at the words of the gamar mayor that there were a uh here it's translated Hooligans some very very difficult individuals that were living and giving ra a very hard time and he was they were making a lot of what's s sarus we all know that word they make a lot of they were they Mak it very difficult on R May a lot a lot of difficulty May sir mayor says thear that he DAV ra means that he DAV concerning them that they should God should God should punish them harshly they should be put to death that God should end their life for all of the the terrible things that they were doing I imagine that they were doing terrible things they're not just guys that were uh you know giving him a hard time but that RoR felt that they deserve the punishment Min something very serious and here we go de his wife brya said why is this your uh why is this your approach it says in the it says that God should bring an end to the sins does it say in the that you should remove the Sinners it doesn't say remove the Sinners it says to remove the sins so she teaches rabi mayor and says it says in the p is referring to so uh this changes the mind this convinces RAB mayor if we just skip three lines down says so rebbi mayor changes his position he doens that they do chva where and in that way there won't be rishes not to remove the people but to remove the r the evil and he DAV for them and those people did chuv so that is the gamarra so we see interesting that we have two positions here mayor is no slou she's considered to be one of the one of the greats of the gamarra one of the greatest of all the sages of the gamarra and yet he takes the position somebody that's sinning and somebody who transgresses in such a serious way that that person really deserves to be punished and that is the response to such a person and here bruer comes along and says that's not the response it's not about the person it's about the sin so let's look at the following this is the comment of RI cook on this passage in the gamar turn to page two the bottom of page two and this is from the Anaya these are the um this is the commentary of of cook on the gamar Bros so he quotes the gamar so if you just that's in the Bold this is Number Two by the way the bottom half of the page um so if you go like five lines down where it ends with the Bold word says like three words in that's so this is what writes that we all know we all agree that everybody has free choice hasem doesn't determine if you're going to be a Russ if you're going to be a sadic everybody has free choice but we also know but we have another Principle as well and that is if somebody chooses a the path of righteousness that Hashem helps that person in their righteousness now not in terms of somebody's a Russia that's not the case but Hashem will step in if somebody's trying to do good things you're trying to do mitzah give Saka trying to do Hashem helps you with that so what was the thinking of rebbi Mayor Al re mayor k being that these people were deplorable people through and through and they're not looking to change their way how is my prayer going to help in any way that's something that is it's uh it's set it's something in other words they deserve that that's the punishment that they deserve for all of their sins they deserve to be wiped out they deserve to be removed from this world so that's um so I'm going to let Hashem do that and that's you know that's that's going to be my position God is not going to step in and change that and that is the foundation of the Torah so they're they're on an evil path and there's no way out of that evil path and therefore that's going to be my position and they deserve to be punished from Hashem they deserve to be removed from this world that's one position that's rebi mayor's position position but BR says something else however but BR has great Insight here says b you do not have a wicked person in the world we're on the top now of column two there's not a person in this world that would not prefer to choose a better path in life it's only that the is forcing that person it's pushing that person down the wrong path therefore it's only because of that the person is theable he's just going in the path of but there is no such thing as a person who is evil through and through if the person just gets a little bit of if they're advised and they get a little bit of from a little bit a lot or a little bit is the key line you never stop praying to the person will choose a path of righteousness even the greatest Sinners it say this is the position that is the more insightful position it reflects the the the high quality of the the nees of a person this is the way that God has created Every Soul that there's goodness within Every Soul the there's no way of changing that that's found in every single person and even the Sinners even the PO Israel even here in the story of RAB mayor she turns to her husband rabby mayor and says you have to have faith these people there's there's the potential of goodness the potential for them to do therefore she says and she convinces her husband that we need to DAV in for them and the gamar says that it was effective that she had and that's the last position the gamarra the gamar doesn't argue that the gamar says that she got it right rebi mayor got it wrong and the fact is that they did chuva so this again I think some of this m is we still have in our community today in other words two positions how do you respond to the r to is the people who have left the fold people that are rebellious to Judaism right what is our response of them do we just kind of as remor raor said just let you know they're they're Sinners they deserve what they deserve and that's it and brius says no that's not how we respond we respond with with faith that they can that they can that every person can turn things around that there's goodness that the very essence of his soul is goodness believe that Elohim that's right we believe that rebbi mayor didn't rebby mayor or at some point or at least his first position was that that there once you reach a certain level of sinning and transgression and rebelliousness that that's we we kind of step away from that now by the way there are sources and we'll see a couple of sources right now that seem in the Torah itself and in kazal that do take that position RoR is is is not the first to take that position or it's not unique to Reby mayor and by the way let's look at the following Source this is one of the classic sources on the topic and it's the balat and this is really where kasus begins one of the most important statements Inus and with the safer yes Rosanne before I find the difference between Russia yeah you know Russia well that you're your your point is you know your point is it's you're making a great point and that's one of the points that RI cook that's his opening point to some degree he says you're calling them po Isel but they have a nephesh that's even greater than those that are in the religious Camp so don't call them pohe Israel they actually have attributes that outshine the the religious so your your question is a good one and yes defining that or recognizing that it's not so simple to say you're religious and you're not religious that's not a that's you can't easily make that statement that's exactly what ruk is teaching so let's look at the following this is uh this is from thean and this as as many of us know maybe maybe we've studied this work as well this is the top of we're on page two the top of page two and and this is a famous chapter in nanya it's the 32nd lamad Bas and people point out that it happened not maybe it's not by chance that it's lamad Bas lamad Bas is La which means the heart and the balatan is going to speak about the heart he's going to speak about the heart of every Jew but he does speak about the fact that we do have a Chic law that says the following so look at what and this is again this is part of a a larger chapter it's worth just you can look it up go to kab.org or wherever you like just to read through this chapter but we'll highlight just one section from it and he deals with the gamar which says that there is an obligation to hate Sinners so again R mayor's position that he that that there is a that there's a certain contempt that one needs to have for those people that are rebelling and sinning is something that we do find in our sources by the way I'll come back to the AG that we started with and the Russia however we try to interpret it right the the hagada does not say put your arm around the Russia right that's not that's not the that's not the response of the Russia the a now again we can we can kind of work on it but it says the Russia asks his question what are you guys doing right what is right what is what is this what this mitv and how do we respond if you were in Egypt you would not have gone out and you know what and we're gonna that does not sound very warm and loving and it isn't really it isn't again them and everyone tries to like read you know read read into it but if you straight up it's taking position that there's a place for for contempt for Ram for those that remove themselves from the community whatever it may be but but there's contempt there there is a response that's not a that's not warm that's not embracing so the balatan deals with that here look at the following so mashar he quotes from the gar that if you see your friend who is sinning is actually Gara that has this statement that you see a sinner you have to have hatred for the sinner or for that person again we could talk about for the sin you should report it to your ra this is what the gamar says you should report it to your Rabbi and that the rabbi should also have contempt for this person that's the statement the gamarra which the balatan has to deal with now what how how do we you know how do we deal with that gamarra so this is the first answer that he offers he says by the way I I don't think you're going to be satisfied with this answer either but this is the beginning of his answer he says it's not talking about any any one any individual but somebody who is in your community who also shares your observance of Torah in mitzvot in other words not just the guy in the street and not just a secular Jew or know better what he should know he should know better he should know better he's part of your community he davens with you right he comes to shou and he's still sitting in this way says the bat and you tried to convince him convince him right you did to and you've spoken to this person and again and again you've spoken to this person the person still is not willing to change um so he says that that's that the the reference is means somebody who is who's with you who again shares your same and he doesn't return from a sin and he quotes so there is a place says the balat and that's again he's struggling with this gamarra the gamarra says that there can be hate so where can there be hate to somebody who's a colleague to somebody in your community somebody that you've tried to bring back to Judaism or to you know he's again he's uh he's a he's an upstanding member of your community yet he's sitting in a certain way and he's not and he's not open to changing to that person you can have contempt are you satisfied with that I don't know it doesn't sound but there is that that's his interpretation but then he says the following let me just add one last thing but he says even when we're talking about the hatred of that person again that's the exception he says Where what the gamar is referring to he says but whenever we talk about Sin in other words that line the gar that you are to hate and contempt what does it mean words that you have a contempt for that R that's in them the but you still have love for the person but you know that the person has goodness that's that's there right that person is essentially good and to know that person has a that person has great potential and you still have a great Ava for that person so here the balatan is saying what Rya said says the same exact thing in other words you can't hate the person right there should not be contempt for the person even the one that you are some okay we can kind of work on this but he says there actually are times that you can have a certain hatred but it's never a hatred towards the individual for what they're doing it's for what they're doing it's for the r in other words the fact that you areal shabas you're you're saying Lush andara I don't hate you for I don't hate you as a person for that I hate the Lush and Hara I have contempt for the fact that that that you're doing that but that you can separate and that's not easy to do always right to separate the the the act the transgression from the person but the person you love there's great Ava for the person the potential that you see in that person theim that you see in that person that's always there so that's the balatan that's the famous and that's right 101 right to love that person to continue to see the N to continue to see the nitsu it's the spark of Hashem that's found in every person and you hate but you still in other words you you there's there's there's something very important about hating the sin in other words that that should bother us as well in other words to see that that there's shabas I had a guest over the shabas he said my first time in Baka my first time in the German Colony said I love the community I love you just visiting but he said I was I was really surprised and it he said actually the word that he used he said but it hurt me to see how much there was that was his real he's from a more religious community he said it hurt me to see the shabas I think that's that's a beautiful I again it's that's a beautiful way of expressing it in other words why are there so he didn't say that he said but it hurt me to see the chabas that I think is what the Cena is it hurts me to see that somebody's speaking lard that somebody's but you love the person right but you love the community yes please you learn that from y was what he was yes yes that's what we learn very good very good and he highlights their he highlights their their shortcomings they're faults that needs to be stated but he gives them a but it's a braa right but it's AA now there's braa I love you you're my son you're my children I give you the full braa but I need to also point out to you that that was not acceptable that's not something that you should be doing so to find that's that's the balance right that's that's the balance it's not an easy balance and I think again Rook is for that as well in other words then to see the greatness to see the beauty in the community even where they're posim right in other areas they may be POA there may be transgression but to see the greatness as well okay there's yes did you no it's this is like parenting 101 yes it is yes you're right you're you're exactly right you're exactly right it's parenting 101 if only we could parent that way all the time you know to always express the love and to be able to find balance between expressing what is uh what we may find at fault and that doesn't right it doesn't it doesn't affect the the relationship and the love that we have okay there's something else that I want to highlight and we can turn out to page three in in the in the writings of R cook in terms of appreciating the um especially in his day and it's true today as well uh in terms of what we call the po Isel this is found in uh his classic work is classic work oote and we're on page three and I have it bracket a bracket where he speaks about the following now I would say one of the classic ways that we that we talk about um that we talk about finding good in others is we either say we say we should be down in other words to okay somebody maybe wasn't brought up you know with a religious background we don't necessarily understand exactly what happened we're down kavus or um we also had and the Kish was famous for this position as well of what was called tinisha Tino shisha which means that you you weren't brought up with it like a quote unquote a kidnapped child like what are you sp you you know the secular Jew in Israel today you want them to be religious well they they never studied they never studied in a in a in a Day School in Yeshiva they were never exposed to to were learning they were never exposed to Mitzvah so what does it mean to you know to to kind of Harbor a hatred or or an enmity towards somebody that doesn't that doesn't have the background so that's the language the konish use that language as well but there's something else that Ru cook I think adds to the adds to the equation or to this the way that we judge others and he writes the following just two lines from the writings of cook here the great of every generation K do you see that I'm on the middle I have a little bracket there in the arrow this isid from orot from his famous work orot and it's trans at below the great people should not be looking at the um that the deficit thank you the deficit how they TR yeah the deficiency the flaws that are found in others that's that's not for great people and by the way I don't think he means only for the great rabbis really for all of us all of us are great people says the great people we're all sadik right that we're not supposed to be looking for Flaws in others shall nees Israel we shouldn't be looking at the negative negative aspects of the nephesh that's found in Israel and here's the key line the fact that they are connected this connection that they have to that we are to enhance we are to uplift theik now what does that mean and again I think this is new to of Cook or certainly he's highlighting it in a way that I believe has not been highlighted earlier byid Masters and others and I don't think you find this in the balatan either that he says the fact that these Jews this really goes back to what we spoke about earlier that a Jew is connected to the CLA in other words the fact that they're connected to the nation and the way that they are sacrificing for the nation the contribution that they're making for the nation there's great Holiness in that and we need to see that and again it you know it's so true today in terms of uh you know the whole issue of of aus in in Israel and those that are serving in the Army those that are not serving in the Army those that are serving in the Army to see the connection that they have and the sacrifice that they're willing to make literally willing to give their life and again the question Rosanne that you asked before how do you judge how how how do you determine who is a holy person well is a holy person somebody that gives their life or has given the last nine months of their life they've given years of training to protect us to protect Israel so that we have a land of Israel where does that fall in the you know in the spectrum of religiosity of what's considered a holy person so R cook says that is something that we need to see that sadim that uh that righteous people need to see when they're judging others and I think he's very sensitive to the fact that that's and that has changed somewhat coming back to the land of Israel because we didn't have them the same way the last 2,000 years in terms of what it means to be connected to the CLA and he saw those that were coming back to the land of Israel and those that would be coming back to the land of Israel building the nation no matter what they're doing in terms of their observance but their right that that point of Holiness that they're connected to the CL that's something that is enormous in terms of in terms of Holiness in terms of sanctity and to see that and to appreciate that in uh in our fellow Jew um let's look at at uh we're going to skip that source for now I want to look at one other really interesting Source this is go to page four this is a talid maybe considered to be one of the greatest Tam of ruk his name is Rabbi Yakov Moshe and as I mentioned here so the grandson was RAB who is the the dean of of uh uh Seminary the Yu rinal program and he was a rabbi in the Bronx for many years that was his grandson and his Bas matter is still in uh it's still there in shed you can see that right across from coming out the Wolfson Towers if you ever shop there or go to doctors over there you can stop in his base Mish and um so he write he has beautiful he has about 19 I think it's 19 or 20 volumes now of What's called the M marome on all different topics he was again he emed the teachings of uh of R cook they were very very they were very very close very close friends if not you know they're really best friends with uh with one another and he speaks about the role of the um a particular role that can only be played by the what we would call the posim he doesn't use the word posim but he used those that are um looking for the uh theim he calls them theim those that are that have fallen from their madrea those that are again you have to find the right language we don't want to call call them you know Sinners or transgressors the those that are have fallen to a lower a lower level so what is their role so he says the following we'll read one line without we're not going to read the whole paragraph here if you like on your own um but he says as we're moving closer and closer to Messianic days and we're in that right now do you know that we're in we're getting we're we're getting closer when everything going on this is not everything that you're reading everything we're reading every day everything that's happening in the world this is not uh this is not chance this is not coincidence we're moving into a Messianic age we're in it says R cook said we're in it already in 1910 so certainly today but he says one of the essential things that's needed during a Messianic time is that we need to bring the message of the Oneness of God of Judaism or the wisdom of Judaism to the world that's one of the things that needs to happen by the way there rabbis that are talking about this today Chev has been no how many non-jews know that there's such a concept as that that they have seven Mitzvah that they are to live by how many Jew how many Gentiles know that very few why not well we haven't spoken about it we haven't taught it right no Jew how else would they know about it Jews need to be teaching it so they're rabbis today they're saying it's time to start teaching it again they need that's they need to know about it and we are the teachers we're the ones that have that knowledge we have the mitzvot and we know about the sh Mitzvah but when does that happen well it's hasn't happened for a long time maybe now it's time for that to happen in general that as we're moving closer to mashia we need to spread the message of the Oneness of God and the wisdom of the Torah so he says what does this community and we have a big community of those that are the those that are not in the religious Camp so he says they have RAB carab says they have a very special role and an essential role to play at this time and let me read the words to you this is and you'll you'll follow along we'll read together four lines up from the bottom of the first paragraph the last word in the line you see the word we have amongst the Jewish people and today again maybe we have a majority in the land of Israel today they are on they have fallen to a lower Madre you know what they do that the religious Camp cannot do is that they can have a talking about hash they can have hash on the entire world in a way that we cannot the religious Camp doesn't have the language we're not on the internet we're not on Instagram right we're not we're not not we I I am but the that that world right the religious world they're they're they're not able to communicate that message to the bigger world who can communicate that message to the bigger world it's not going to come out of Mayar it's not going to come out of gula it's not g not going to come out of benab brck and if that's essential at this time well who's going to do it well there is a community that knows how to do it now they may not be that knowledgeable but in terms of and they may not again in terms of observance of mitzvot it may not be there in the full sense but they're able to begin this process of spreading the word of Israel and the Torah let's read on that in this sense that they are receiving a um the um the the the old the the Yoke of of the kingdom of God meaning that they're doing something on behalf of of hasem even though they understand it in a you know not in the fullest sense that they're disconnected doesn't mean that they're fully disconnected from that they their Community is a community that doesn't have Torah in its fullness why that they're able to receive the message from them and they represent and we actually spoke about this last week they represent that community that was when they went in the midbar that they were just outside of the cloud there were people that were less connected but there people and this is very just fascinating to see how rbap and again coming from this tradition R cook of trying to find a a very special that this community has and the that they have and what they are able to do is something that the religious community is not able to do and to bring the message of of Israel and of Torah again maybe not in the full sense but to begin to to trans um transmit that message to the greater world and if you think about that you have like certain Stars I don't know I'm not so familiar like a Jerry Seinfeld right so he on on the internet he's talking about Israel and his support of Israel that has a tremendous impact that has we're not able to do that the Jews of mayaram can't can't do that they can't bring that message to the world is 10 million or 100 million people that are watching when he's defending Israel so you have personalities like that and says that's those personalities from that Community have a tremendous um a tremendous contribution to make at this time who Cheryl sber yeah she also okay Cheryl Samberg she's everywhere former CEO Facebook right Facebook woke up Jewish one of these who went to sleep woke up to very nice very nice no it's a great example by the way and she's a traditional woman Sheryl Sandberg because I know she wrote about when her her husband right right her husband died suddenly and she spoke about Shiva she spoke about schim she's not a religious woman but she observed many of the and that again that that got out there and here she's second in Facebook she's got impressive resume this documentary she made oober most she's I didn't know that okay so this is that's it okay so we all need to look at that but that's exactly it a Cheryl Sandberg Who quote unquote is part of the the no mream or of the posim community andam says well they have a they have they have a they have an essential role to play especially at this time and to appreciate that role and what they are able to do especially pre mashiach when when it's all about about bring the message of Hashem to to the world yes AR but I think we all individually have a part to play I think that's we all do Friday night shop is dinner I mean people come to shop come to your wow we this is beautiful I we we all do no we all that's exactly it that's exactly it those are some of the things the hash that we can have somebody actually the other day said to me they they got off a bus and they happened they had like 20 minutes before they had a meeting and they saw the other side of the street they were I don't know leftist secular whatever you want to call it that they were having a bit of a a a gathering and he said and he said let me go over and let me like open a conversation with them and let them see with somebody that's wearing a k he is pis behind his ears and let them see that I want to hear their and I said that that's absolutely beautiful those are the kind of things right the more interaction that we can have and the respect that we show one another as you said Harriet the more that everyone does it we can we can make a world of difference yes I think a to protect me my enemies okay good yes yes let me um let me just end with two uh two anecdotes and we'll we'll conclude with uh conclude with this one is and I'm sure many of you probably saw it again talking about the again everything is is the internet today and what people are seeing online is uh one of the G to is rasher Weiss here in Israel today rashita and you may have seen that clip where he uh he spoke about visiting a soldier the soldier that had lost uh he lost both legs and he lost one arm one arm and he has a a stump on the other arm and the questions he said the questions that he was asked and the questions about how to put on Fillin and the question is how he's going to hold alula and esrog and the way to do Nas in the morning if he needs to do on the stump of his hand as well and he said and I'm sure again many of you heard it he said if a person like that were to have left Judaism if they would have rebelled if they said I don't want any more of this after going through this pain and this suffering we would all understand that and here is somebody that's asking all of these Hal questions and the the faith that this person has and the faith that he has in Hashem and to continue to try to be mtic in every Mitzvah so to see the greatness of our to see the greatness of soldiers right to see uh the contribution that they're making the faith that they have and for again in our community the community that of the of the PO Isel to appreciate what um everyone's contribution everyone's uh uh the the unique uh the unique aspects and gifts that they're bringing to the table we had um this past shabas in ouren we had a guest from um from yiva University Rabbi Hashi reichman who's won the Rashia Isa who's been there for about 50 years one of the outstanding tamim of RAB salvic and we had him at our chabas meal so he mentioned that he has a he has a friend a very wealthy person who's raising money now for sillin for soldiers we've heard a lot about situs making I'm sure many of us have have made sitzes for soldiers they continue to do so and he said that this friend of his that he that he raised or again ACC combination of money that he put in a million dollars to buy enough filling for Four soldiers $1 million I don't know exactly how they're it's filling today about $400 or $500 a pair so you can do the math how many that is but again what are we talking about we're talking about tfillin that's needed for soldiers that don't own a pair of tfillin that they've never warn tfillin that they now want tfillin that they want to put on Fillin every day so that's and then he said that he raised that money and then there was need for more he's raising now $5 million for more fill there's more and more requests for fill in from soldiers so this idea that R cook felt that that community and maybe that Community is beginning to as I said maybe or mashia that this is the beginning of the light of mashia that they're seeing what's special about a world of of mitzvot and observance inem and I'll just end with the following that rein again he was there over shabas he's here for a couple of weeks he said this week he's going to Shilo I'm not sure if anyone has heard about this he's going to visit Shilo who's invited to Shilo because there are five par adomas there are five red heers that are in Shilo now where do these five red heers come from from Texas there's evangelicals that are uh breeding cows that they believe that they're part of the Messianic dream or this process so they have sent over these cows here so he's going to see he was invited to come see these five red heers par Adas and the paruma again is the is what we need for to be matah for the B mdash for the building of B mikdash that we're preparing for that so ruk says the way to G the way to the Messiah is through everyone seeing the best in one another is not judging one another if there's any hatred it's just hatred towards the Mitzvah or to the transgression of the Mitzvah of the a but it's but it's absolute love absolute love for uh for the person all right everyone have a have a good day