PARSHAS BECHUKOSAI - STEPPING INTO SHEVUOS - A Special Mishmar in memory of Dovi Steinmetz, z”l

We come and go off like by mayor. Tuesday Some call that it call it a Yom Tov. It's for sure a Yom Simcha. That's clear. He spoke about it previous year a whole sheer Mar Kheimis why Lag B'Omer is a Yom Simcha. One of the things that happened on Lag B'Omer Reb Shimon bar Yochai was nifter. The obvious question is if Reb Shimon bar Yochai was nifter, why is it a Yom Simcha? To bring out the question Zayin Adar Moshe Rabbeinu was nifter. Not only it's not a Yom Simcha as written in Shulchan Aruch it's a Yom Taanis. So if Zayin Adar, the day that Moshe Rabbeinu was nifter is not a Yom Simcha, it's actually a Yom Taanis, a Yom to be misable. So why is it that the day that Reb Shimon bar Yochai was nifter, Lag B'Omer is a Yom Simcha? The Torah it's that said is that there's a very big chelek between the day that Moshe Rabbeinu was nifter and the day that Reb Shimon bar Yochai was nifter. When Moshe Rabbeinu was nifter like the Gemara says 3,000 halachos were forgotten. So it's actually a Yom Taanis. The day that Reb Shimon bar Yochai was nifter was a day that the Zohar was niskaala. There was big ohris, big giluyim that happened on the day that Reb Shimon bar Yochai was nifter. Now it's a Yom Simcha. Every Thursday night this Mishmar we made l'ilui nishmas Dovid Stamets, Yissachar Dov Berish ben Reb Shloime Aryeh. And from when he was nifter we started I think pretty soon after, every Thursday night there's a speaker either that's brings a in Torah on the parashah, on musar, on avodah, in Yona Yom Tov. And also another big movement with the the of his father Neriah was to to have a and put out these cards. Hundreds of thousands went out. Wherever you go, you see people saying it, being mazik. And now, I didn't really know him that much, but I saw a lot of pictures. You see what wherever he was, the room was lit up. There was a height. But for tonight's year, as his yard site was now Lag BaOmer, should be a shamashite. The Gemara in Megillah says the following. I'm just going to say the Gemara inside that's connected to this week's parashah, the parashah of the Torah. The Gemara asks a question, why do we read the Torah? Tanya Shimon ben Elazar omer, Ezra taken the Israel in Torah in kind of Torah. Ezra was to read the Torah parashah before before we should miss the Torah the Torah at the end of the Torah. Should in Torah should be read before Rosh Hashanah. So my timer to get rid of the start a fresh new year. So the Gemara this way the Torah at the end of the Torah I understand because it's before Rosh Hashanah, it's the end of the year. Marsha in came the Torah now before Shavuot. What does it mean Tishrei Shana Kilo I said the end of what year are we that we read the Torah as like the Gamara. So the Gamara says that at Shavuot Shavuot is also so to speak like a Rosh Hashanah and like the Gamara. Shavuot like the Mishnah says we are needed in Paris Elon. So may to Rosh Hashanah but not the Rosh Hashanah that we're more familiar about Tu Bishvat. The Shana Ma'aserot but it's a Rosh Hashanah to Dean for Paris different. Tu Bishvat is more it's a new year for Ma'aserot. Here it's a Dean so maybe the Gamara says Shana Kilo I said. Frankly the Mishnah brings for a missing going. What week are we holding now? Parshat Behar Bechukotai. This is not the Shabbat before Shavuot. It's actually two Shabbat before these are Shabbat Bamidbar also. Frankly what does it mean we do it the the week before Shana said is the how week in between. Zac this we but that's going to make sure that there's a week in between that even though it's Shana said shouldn't get too close separated shouldn't go right into the next year. To bring it out a little bit more it's brought in Shulchan Aruch the Shulchan Aruch all the way at the end of Dalet the last seven in Dalet tough Hess. The Shulchan Aruch says Dalet says Parshat Bamidbar is the parsha before shavuos by midbar. Why? Because of this Gamorah that toy is before shavuos and he adds a few words and he says it's a he says not too close. Not too close to the then. So what it says in the Gamorah is we're going to learn the this shabbos. To finish it off before shavuos not right before shavuos the week before. And also the shias. This is all very good for us that we learn every single year. So it works out more or less. We can move with the parshas a little bit and it's always going to be that is a week before shavuos not the last week. By the way it should also be before shavuos but it'll always be that is is a good week before shavuos. But that lane every three years so what they finish the every three years. What happened with them how did it work the shavuos? They as we did there for us it works out. We're always holding the before shavuos and we're at the end of the more or less by rosh hashana but if it takes three years to learn the whole to learn the whole so how does it work the they don't answer. Answers the following is a shabbos is my diet the lotion of Gamara. The Gamara says Ezra came Ezra made a kind of to read the Torah. Which means not just that happens to be it works out very nice to read the the Torah. Just like these we have the dollar shares. It's a kind of we take out a second say for Torah. It's like the people that are over that let finished every 3 years. They took out a second say for Torah. You know what comes out voice side it's more addict. Even us that we laying the Torah. It's not just happens to be it's talking this week's about closer but it's also the fear of Sonic. It's with the Ezra T came. It works out that it's in the same Torah. It's a little bit like the discussion of school. I don't want to go into it now but if it's very close so what do you take out a second say for Torah. Here it's not just very close it's in the Torah. Should I add come? I can the Gamara. The Gamara says we read the Torah. Why is it a killer sale? It needs explanation. What does it mean killer sale? I mean the shot is that to read the Torah to finish up the bad things for the year. Why don't we read Torah before Pesach? Pesach is also a day of the mission that has iron and Russia shown in the mission that says the Pesach what's the day of the Torah for Torah. So why don't we have a career of Torah before the day of Pesach as well also? Why this Torah of before Russia before this and the Torah of before Russia shown now you going to answer me it works out pretty practical that's who were holding in the two classes. And what's the one is made this why did he make it this way? This is Zohar Zohar is what added on to the Zohar. We're still on the week of like we'll say over a Zohar. The if you're afraid the Zohar brings it. The brings the Zohar. The Zohar says it's interesting just if it would be we'd spend time on the Zohar. It's a whole story in the Zohar that the at the time were lost they had a in the two classes. And they had they said we don't know where is we couldn't get they couldn't find him a whole story cuz he was in the but that's that's for like now we're going to focus on the part. That the Zohar says over there. That is a difference between. The Zohar. Of this week's and the at the end of the year. The fundamental difference is that the of this week's is a that was going on by region. And the at the end of the Zohar is going on the by any that is was still in that the goal is I just like the Zohar. The says it without bringing the Zohar. It is interesting actually the actually brings. But we're going to go like what the Zohar says that this the this week's referring to the by region. So it says the following. And with this he explains why we read the now before this. What was the reason for bias region? Yes, we cut them all down. Oh. So you're pointing out a very good point. It's a good point. The says that cloud is so close to the virus. And that is a because in your mirror in your mirror is speaking saying the from the and we read this to in the morning in the you may just clearly from the that the reason why the happened because you were the tire. We didn't learn. That's why the happened. But you're right. The says actually from the someone want to be if there's no tire then you come to the virus. But the says the happened because he was there is no limit to the tire. Is the mailer the mailer [clears throat] says the following. He says what does it mean to be to know the cell? You read the to be more before to say it's before tire to be more person like he says to be more person at the of the tire. The says we should make sure to take the learning serious to be more carbon bias region. Like a yeah, very good. Like a to be more to to get better in leave the tire. Why? Because the carbon bias region happened like the says because he was the tire. Interesting. To add on a little bit more onto this point there that the is that's why we laid it out before this. What was the question we asked? Why not read Pesach? Very good. Pesach is also a Yom Hadin, but it's not just stamp on the killer itself. Sean of a killer itself the the claw of the of not learning that's a killer Sean. For Rosh Hashanah for two of The two of them make sure that it grow that it should grow properly. It shouldn't be it shouldn't get ruined. Just like now Shavuos is Rosh Hashanah of the Elan. So what's the and what's the week or something? Yes. Yes. Yes. To be to be most of an acute over here to explain. So what did we say so far? Just to make it very clear. This Shavuos we're going to read the because it should be to make sure that we strengthen a little bit of Torah. But the the Torah says that Shavuos is a Yom Hadin for us. So what does that have to do with Torah? Okay, it's Rosh Hashanah for us. It's a Yom Hadin for us. The law The law says the following. Oh, very good. Very good. You're holding. You're holding. Very good. So the law that we need for us Paris is referring to a person behind Elan that's Elan Shavuos we need on the Paris our Shavuos are needed says the law our Paris our that come from the Elan on Torah. On Torah. So it's the Yom Hadin for Torah the heinu for the previous year. So, we read the to be a person should make a on a fish. Did he really Did he really utilize the time for learning? I want to add on the Avnei Nezer says that Shavuos is a Yom HaDin on Torah how much Torah a person's going to have for the coming year. How much a person could be masik on the stand and learning. So, it's One second. One second. So, it's pretty serious when we hear the side shuvon the avar on what happened this past year and side to a on the osid to have a better learning on the avar. On Torah on Torah. Is that another another reason why we learn on Shavuos night only? Uh That's a good point that's you're bringing it up. These are a famous question. We stay up the whole Shavuos night. And the question is how much How much do we gain already? How much do we gain by staying up Shavuos night? It's maybe maybe a first aid. It's 4 hours. But then after Shavuos morning, you go to sleep and you wake up for sleep. How much did you gain already? You know, by those few hours. You sleep both days Shavuos. You would just sleep that night. You could learn the first day in the afternoon, the second day. So, some say a little bit that you sleep because Shavuos is a time that you really have to buckle down on learning. So, would be that you sleep also on Torah. >> [clears throat] >> Just want to spend with the permission of the tzibur a little bit in the practical. So, we speak about Torah. It it a little bit if I could say a little bit lofty, a little bit let's try to make it a little bit tangible, practical. So, I want to start first from one angle and then we'll go to another angle. These are Gemara of my life is Tanoim. In a person's life, what are you supposed to do with your life? Rebbe Shmuel says, the Gemara says, the Torah says, "Be yourself to the Ganecha." The Torah says a person has to work for a living. A person has to work to be able to support his family. Rebbe Shimon bar Yochai says, "Really you're going to be busy with working? Torah, only Torah." This is like the Gemara, you can't you can't be busy be a shot. Read the Lashon haKodesh Torah. That's what the farmer's point of when he came out. That's a different Gemara. But as I said like the Gemara, Rebbe Shimon bar Yochai said the Gemara brought the Solomon hey. Rebbe Shimon bar Yochai may after Adam Yochai is busy in his field. So, the as Rebbe Shimon bar Yochai said in his mind she is strong and so on and so on my coin. It's all covered. They could sit and learn. So, the Gemara says, the Gemara says the Gemara says the Gemara says, Harbu asu people did like Rebbe Shmuel and worked. Lashon haKodesh Gemara, Harbu asu Rebbe Shmuel but also be Adam. They worked, they supported their family and Harbu did like Rebbe Shimon bar Yochai but they also be Adam. So, I heard over in the name of the Yeshua Moshiach, the vision of the Rebbe, he says the following word. But this is the Yesod. Harbe to do to learn the whole day like Rebbe Shimon bar Yochai says, not everybody is people have to work, they have to support their family. But the s- shorter part of the time more of the the little part that you could do like meaning to say is the whole day he wasn't anything in this world, nothing. That the most of the people are not of them are like the says. However, the more a part of the time a person comes home and he has a sheer. He has a hour that is that hour he could be like to be completely taken out of this world. His phone is off. He doesn't go out to people that hour that he's learning he's fully connected. So I think point number one. Everybody in their level when they're learning they should be fully fully. Fully connected and limited time. Very good no interruption. What say? Yeah. One more point and like I said from a different angle. To be able to be limited time. This is going to help for my voice. Yeah. Thanks. Some people are going to say and it's a fair time and like what we just mentioned people that are working. They're busy. I reach out to different people they want to have a say. And they rightfully say they would love just not possible. They work many hours and they come home and then they help out with the families also rightfully so and they have obligations and they have some it's very hard. So I want to say over like this I want to give a little bit of a eight we're speaking about physical limit of Torah. We live here in Monsey. The Vision Rebbe of Monsey had something for his Hasidim. He called it Satluch. One of the things that was recorded in the Satluch, in the papers, in the notes [clears throat] that was written in, one of the things that people took note of was how much time they learned. You see a person, he thinks that they pass as he learns. He doesn't realize that he only learned once this whole week. Person has it down on paper. He sees at the end of the week, he keeps a little bit of a track of what's going on. He was once a bar mitzvah bocher that went into the Rebbe. I guess he wasn't Ganson mature yet, and he asked the Rebbe if he doesn't. The Rebbe said, "Of course I do." And he pulled out a paper also. To keep a cheshbon. So, where am I getting with this? This is something to note. The Vision Rebbe had the to unbelievable thing, but I want to bring out a point over here. I want What did he say? A master? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Even when he said Yom of what he used hard to to see was listening to recordings. Yeah, the previous Vision Rebbe over here in Monsey, Reb Mottel. Anyways, one of his Hasidim came in, and this is the point that I want to try to make over here. A physical limit of Torah even when a person is busy. One of his Hasidim came in, and he took out the paper, and the paper was blank. Of course, it came with an explanation. Why is the paper blank? He said, "Listen, I work many hours. Usually, I have time in the evening to learn. It just so happens to be that now both of my parents are in the hospital, and the little bit of time when I'm not working, of course, I went to the hospital to visit my parents back and forth, taking care, helping out. So, I couldn't learn. So, the Rebbe said 100% but he said more than he said at least when you come home before you go to sleep, you're wiped out, you have no you don't have brain space at all. Take out the Gamorah. Open it up, put it down, open it up, and then close and put it away. Oh, wow. >> Please take out the Gamorah. Now I I would think that that is even just take out the Gamorah. At least have that connection. Even if a person can't learn at least take out the Gamorah. You're connected. You have a connection. But I want to tell you the story goes a little wider. The person said I talked a listen. If I already open the Gamorah, you think I didn't just I already I learned the mission. I learned the mission. So, what I want to point out is that even if a person a person a person doesn't have time. He didn't have time. Everybody agrees he worked at a little bit of time a little bit of time a little bit of time it's important a person finds time. He also says in the Torah about so he's dealing with his parents. He's always there. Absolutely. He's dealing with his parents and like that no one was saying that he shouldn't do it. The point is still to find a little bit of time. Somebody once asked Rabbi Salanter he said I only have 10 minutes a day to learn. What should I learn in those 10 minutes? Homish, Halacha He said Musar. So, what why Musar? It's about Musar, but why Musar? He said cuz when you learn Musar, you'll see you have more time. >> [laughter] >> So, these so it is Avada Kedavra the son of a killer whale cell. Avada And the voters to eliminate Torah. Everybody knows at their level and their madrigal where they could push in a few minutes a day that really these mom and no time you can find a little bit of time. Especially now all the days of Sefirah but now we're holding in the final third of the Sefirah the Hamsofer says that the 49 days of Sefirah is to be talking what the world stands on Torah Avodah and Gemilus Hasadim. He says the first two thirds is for Avodah and Gemilus Hasadim. Now the last third is Torah. So it's for us to be to eliminate Torah. The Messiah We began the the Torah is in the Nishmas uh Dovid Steinmetz and in this week's parsha the party as per easy Yakov. Yakov is with a vav. So Rashi says why would why would a vav? Cuz from Elio five times Elio is without a vav and Yakov he took Elia Elio took the vav as a mashkin. Taka this is the 50 yard side is 50 yard side we should taka be so good. Yakov Avinu took the vav as a mashkin five times five times. Yeah, we should be so good to be a good day to compare to be a man of you. And maybe after we just discuss we'll sing together the Ani Ma'amin. >> [clears throat] >> Ani Ma'amin >> [singing] [singing] >> I'm going to sign. There's one more sign. Beautiful. One guy that asked for more so he got a sign. Now you can finish up already. >> [laughter] [applause] >> Finish up soon.