Parshas Chukas: The Majestic Light of the Clouds of Glory

this Torah class is brought to you by Torah anytime.com okay morning the uh we have the unfortunate uh opportunity that we have to hear about the the passing of this week's and the congregation that Aon had passed away and the people cried for for 30 days all of whereon the says heard those who lived in the South that came through the path of the they took captives of clra now very interesting that theim ju oppos the death of to the attack of the what's the connection between the and the attack of the so the just learned recently says like this have three great leaders three great providers who are they and through these great leaders were given three great gifts gifts the well ofam the cloud and the the was in the ofam the was in the of and the was in the of says the G when Miriam died the be went away why how do I know because it says in this week's paral also after Miriam when did Miriam die what day of the year no what day the when did Miriam die what very good actually right y niss not right around that time y Nissan Miriam died yiss and when Miriam died the went away what does it say afterwards so now the problem is after Miriam died the Jews had no water to drink so what they drink says it returned only in the of M and Aon so when died left says also in this week's par what we just read what did they hear it says they heard and they attacked what did they hear they heard must be if God remove he must be giving license for us to ATT in the next they were afraid right it doesn't say don't read it the nation saw that Aon died but rather by they were afraid that Aon died why were they afraid cuz now their uh their bubble right their protective shell was removed so says the garish the word ke has four meanings if says again and returned in once died okay so comes out that the were given to what we like to try to explain a little bit was what is the connection between and what did have that because of it warranted that we were rewarded with okay now very interesting the PK says that how many times in the does the word appear right you didn't know any times until now right one time one time what does mean I don't know very good very good Rashi says Rashi either says the South that clo were coming through the ne the same way the morum came in or Rashi says through the Great Scout they were going the root of the Great Scout who's the Great Scout the AR say in another KAS very interesting how did the cananim hear that Aaron died what they got the the got the how did how the they didn't have they didn't have all of this stuff right what they're not they're not no by the way besides reading newspaper all these papers you also have to learn just telling you that besides all these things that could occupy your life 24 hours a day there's no Mitzvah to read them if you want to subscribe support you no problem but you also the main Mitzvah of shabas is not reading all these newspapers is reading is reading uh is learning Tyra you know it's a little bit of a it's wonderful that we have we have all these periodicals but you have to understand the purpose of shabus is T anyway they have all the yeah but you could you could get a real T also right anyway so it says in um wants to know how did the cananim hear that passed away how would they know how would they know such a thing so says a very Innovative in what it means what does mean soash says says the word comes from the Aramaic word asra you ever hear that word asra what does asra mean a place in other words like this until Aon died what did we have an yeah once we had the an we didn't have to go through inhabited land we could Traverse uninhabited land desert dangerous terrain Rocky terrain mountainous regions valleys Rivers theave just went right through swept right through cleared the path killed the dangerous uh snakes and scorpions and so forth until this point in time there's no need for clo to travel through inhabitant portions but now that Aon died all of a sudden the Canan take note of the fact that now the CLA they're traveling through regular cities regular Villages and they're wondering to themselves what happened why all of a sudden are CLA so traveling through the inhabited cities oh so they asked and they found out that the anov stopped and they asked why did the anov stopped and they were told because passed away so say this is the meaning when the people saw Aron they they cried for 30 days how the can heard how did they hear because they came through the the inhabited portions all of a sudden their trip took on a different uh right when they put in the GPS you know they asked do you want Rocky terrain or arm do you want to avoid the rocky terrain so until now clo punched in no we don't need to avoid the rocky terrain and now all of a sudden their their rot took on a different and a different form okay they no probably not okay no how the canani how did they hear that Aon died when they saw the Jews stop traveling through the uninhabited terrain no now their Roots were through regular Villages all of a sudden now they were only traveling through okay fine they reached a point in their trip that is inhabited I don't understand no they were in the midb they were going in circles for 40 years no now now now they weren't now they weren't anymore now they were going they going they were going through inhabited areas went to not to is yeah but there there are people other than in is okay in the Mir of chavas in Kadesh Kadesh we don't know exactly who wrote it but we know it's uh it has very early Origins it's already reported by the and Ines we say it's praising those who delay shabas late and who hasten its coming question is right it's obviously out of order why would it first praise those who are and only then praise the first comes first comes in the beginning and then comes in the end so I'm going to tell you a ver that appears in a certain safer I'm going to tell you why it's probably wrong and I'm going to tell you the way the way it really went okay you have over here number six it's this is a famous V but it's sometimes uh I think it's not reported correctly again the famous question is it's out of order now let's talk about the MIT of what's theion ofas so there is a med Raba that says like this that a b cannot be exact with their time nobody knows exactly when something starts or exactly when it ends in our show we have an atomic clock it's 2 and a half minutes late right even in AIC clock even in AIC clock it's usually off it's it can't be EXA exactly only knows yeah only knows time precisely so therefore if for theam shab starts exactly in the beginning of the seventh day right like the P says right for God God rests immediately when the seventh day starts but not a moment earlier but for for a human being we have to have you have now not everybody agrees that's the reason for writes that is aide from whatever time you have to keep because the and therefore tab is outside of whatever you're M about you need additional tabas but if you look at the Meda inas that says well B cannot possibly know when time begins and ends therefore that implies is only because of a suff we can't know exactly when chabas starts that being the case look at number six that we know that if to shabas is only to make sure you're not violating shabas because you can't know exactly when shabas starts but when we had that the the am came exactly when the morning started and the am came exactly when the night started there would be no need for shabas because that was a supernatural way to know the precise moment when chabas began and when chabas Ended as soon as came we knew it was Nightfall and you have to keep shabas as soon as the came we knew shabas was over so so long as existed there would have been no need for tabas so it's p over here in the safe area and when then did CL begin to keep tabas well when Aon was alive there was no need for t with shabas because we knew exactly when chabas began when chabas stopped when did Aon pass away on shabus he writes even though he has found no source for this there's no Source anywhere that Aon passed away on chabas but he says Aon passed away on chabas and therefore the first time CL Isel kept to shabas was the last day of Aron's life but they didn't put to shabas in the beginning of chabas cuz then they had at the beginning of shabas so they were not but they were so therefore the says the first time that the second time to me this is a little difficult cuz you're saying a hope shot in based on a theory that Aon passed away on shabas which there's no source for we don't know that for Moshe I don't know we'll see we'll see for mosha when I don't know so there was a war in between so it was at least one day so exactly exactly this this ver this V this ver is predicate on the fact that AR passed away on chabas I don't believe there's any source for such to think but I believe that the the V goes in the following way and I found this in the who lives in this neighborhood and he brings down this fromer who was he lived in between 1728 1791 he was a he was a of the but a and I believe he said like this and this is how RAB Warman reports it in his saer like this AR did not pass away on chabas but when AR passed away and the left guess what they came back in the Merit ofu andu passed away on shabas like we know that on we say because that's the time of the that's well died on so it comes out like this when passed away and left it came back in the when was the first time it left for good when M passed away when pass so that explains I think that is the more uh correct way it's the same right just more accurate figure out when if mha passed away ones and can't we just make a calul no how you going to know how many days each month you don't know about how many days no wait don't maybe maybe okay I like that exp okay says brought down says a very interesting and that is in the ideal world what's the ideal world what's the ideal way to make the calendar or through Witnesses or through calculation like we have today I think if You' ask most people they would say would certainly be more of an ideal way more of the and says the main way to establish the month is and what's the proof we see some what's the proof okay okay good the proof is in the pudding that CL you SW for 40 years in the midbar they could not see the the Lana they couldn't see the moon you know why because they had blocking them so if they had 40 years says so how were they how do they make the calendar in the in thebar they did it so you see that was the original gentlemen that was the original way to to establish the months in fact a and I believe it's in that says on the fourth line number seven how did they establish the month by seeing the Moon because of when the T says establishes the Mitzvah of establishing the calendar the main way to do it is through and not through is saying no right they didn't see the moon at all that's what he says they didn't see the moon at all and therefore the M we see from there says so in the midbar M made a calendar they got in the mail you know they got in the mail from theu and you know maybe that they got calendars in the mid says Theus and now with this R we could understand a very difficult at the end of so we learned already two days ago da now we're going to learn three weeks from now this way you have a head start the says and we spoke this out if anybody wants we have a and every night after 9:15 matter of 9:30 to 10:15 T so free advertisement so the says at the end of that I understand why it's such a happy day but what was so great about says the gar Tu was a really great day you know why it's when the M midbar stopped dying we know all Jews between 20 and 60 they passed away in the 40 years in the midbar because of the every year they would D dig their graves and every year out of the 600,000 15,000 Jews did not make it they didn't make it um they would lie in their grave on Tish abas would come out and many Jews unfortunately remained dead in their graves the 40th year you have only 15,000 Jews left they stay in their graves they wake up in the morning they see the sun shining they don't know are they in G then where are they they see this is this world what happened maybe the calendar was off by one day maybe you know mha's calendar wasn't uh wasn't they went the next night oh maybe the calendar still off until they saw the full moon when they realized it's already a mid month and then they realized on them andar them that's what brings down what's the we just said a said that 40 years in the midbar so that means they couldn't see the moon say how' they see the full moon says nits this was the 40th year the 15th of a who just passed away 15 days earlier and when passed away what left covered oh covered left they're able to see the moon they're able to see the moon then that's why they're able to see the moon because left so I'm just pointing out that this ver is arguing uing on said because it came back immediately but we see from way he learns that what that the left did not come did not come back probably at least immediately for at least probably 30 days so if you want to reconcile these two ver you would have to that the an left when Aron passed away that we do and it must have come back on so they don't work out unless you say that is why the says that you have to say passed away on chabas but R I let you try to figure this out but here you have two uh very sharp ver that are very beautiful one is and one is how the Jews were able to see the full moon on but they don't work hand in hand they don't go together what oh by the way shab is not aab you have to do it it's not a every Jew has to doas okay yeah right right okay so takes care takes place in you mean is in the second year no no last week yeah jumps up ahead 40 38 years okay is when talk about the death ofon already that means he's already up yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah uhhuh okay now this is a very interesting uh amazing ver thei says in rash that by all the of all the it says the word by every single it says with the exception of by it doesn't say it just says it does not say the word says it's the day of I consider it it as if you never sinned in other words in doesn't say the word we don't need just forgives our sins and there are few questions on this they're very nice in it doesn't say it does say by all the it says if you're going to tell me is so holy we so we don't have to bring a so then why would it say you can look it up it's there you'll see right no but don't don't rely on me never trust never trust Sam said Samer said that his uh he his Godless was that every single thing he looked up he can't trust the source you got to look everything up yourself but but it says it ver right remember that right so that's the question the question is in par it does say series another question is what is saying because since when do have anything to do with could be one of three days many many years if they any time they were mades the the months Al sh was not Matra sh is only Matra today because we're we make the the calendar and the way we make it it's always but the real way to do it has nothing to do with it's the 50th day from not it's it's right right it's it's either could be the fifth the sixth or the seventh so RAB Warman in he says says like this the says there's a very big difference between saer Bidar Ander whatever is reported in Bidar are the car the Jews brought in the midbar whatever was reported in is you got it is for all generations so it comes out like a glove in Pinas which is about midbar these are the carbon the Jews brought in the midbar in the midbar they made the month what so in the midbar was always it was always and therefore by the of it doesn't say why because in the midbar was always there's no but in which is these are the has nothing at all to do with it could be it could be necessarily and therefore by the it does is beautiful you got it these are the like the says in where it says this is the that theid in theid always therefore it doesn't say because in theid was always does not say the word in God forgives our sins we don't need a but those are the brought in the those are is always excuse me not necessar and therefore it does not it does say in say that you couldn't see the moon or the okay we'll see we'll get to that we'll see number 14 the K we we'll shed light on this issue light we'll shed light on this yeah okay it talks about anybody know what year that was second year second year what month of the year do we have take a look the first month they complain they couldn't do the first the first month they were told now the beginning of the the beginning of is what month you got it no there's no it says okay is in the second month but this story took place in the first mon the beginning of is the first day of the second month so how does that make any sense the beginning of bamidbar is the second month and the middle of Bidar is the first month does that make sense so look at number 12 question I'm sorry yeah the beginning of begins yeah the second month of the year so the beginning of the saer is the second month of the year and you get to the middle of the saer it says the first month of the year so we're going backwards always yeah okay so says you have to say in this case raan doesn't buy into that but says that in this case you have to say the question is why why would the Torah put it out of order the answer is T says like this the answer is because if the saferra would would have started with the fact that they brought the carbon PES in the first month that would have been very embarrassing for cl cuz that was the only carbon PES they brought for all 40 years so we didn't want to begin the safe a with something which is a disgrace for clel so we we put it in the middle by then by then you know people are not necessarily know what's going on the first PUK they they're already follow they're following still but the second PUK it's like 1118 in the shear is everyone here everyone here I don't I hope so right 11:30 we know we're we're all together right but you know um the is like 1118 and 51 seconds so T says we don't want to start with the k p we don't want to draw attention this was the only K brought in the midbar for 40 years comes the safer Zer and he says why was it that CL only brought one carbon PES throughout the 40 years why didn't they bring for 40 years what happened says a tremendous and the is like this he bases it on the it says about the why do you need AZ for carb P because you need to bees what do we see from here carbs and in the so that's why for 40 years the Jews could not bring k p because a a component of bringing p is they had toades the month so how do they bring it that year I don't know that he doesn't answer that he doesn't answer but this is his suggestion why in fact did the Jews not bring the k p 40 years the answer is like says that in the 40 years in the desert they could not see the moon and they had to be madesh the month up could see the moon they couldn't see the moon it was Black by this by the cloud now R we're learn we we just finished learning sa for Ezra Tuesdays we learned if anyone wants to join us in the Young Israel in saer Ezra writes that until that when Ezra came up to he brought the carbon PES why didn't they bring the the carb p in the as soon as they built the second B MD we know Ezra did not come up when they built the second B mdash he was still in B why was Ezra the first one to be m a p you know why because Ezra restored K so before him they had aik so you have you could bring a p no you can't because to bring the you need wanted to know how they know says you have to pay me for giving you credit right it says so K says like this K says that what does it mean they couldn't see the moon they couldn't see the moon then it was dark 24 hours a day it it was parentally dark how did they see the Sun how did they see the moon so K says of course they saw the moon but they saw it through the hazy clouds you can't bees through a glass or through any prism you have to see it clearly we're not talking about talking about okay look at number 14 they cannot testify by seeing it through a cloud or through a uh a prism a prism through a clouded prism okay what's distinction between is not it has different guidelines is making it nothing is not related to okay we don't have but we have we're not making it a new month so we're doing today we today we do but there's aah that when you see you make a on it we don't do it in the first three days was the was when the when the when the moon was born when the okay with this perhaps we could understand a very difficult it says like this it says about theuma it says when a rash brings down the that a the butar has to watch it what's he watching it for any car that's you don't need inspecting we could trust the if why do you need a loer to watch right that's the of if you look in the beginning of take a look at in the beginning of remember that the fun of says what's looking at what's looking at can I do my thing without this watching me well you don't trust thear what you need now if you need a CO let if you need let him what's he looking at says look at number 15 you give it to the assant he takes it out by himself outside the camp he puts around it chips of wood of a fig tree another Slaughters it before him now why you need another Co very difficult rash brings down the even like others trun and he has to check all 18 TR now normally when you sh you got to check the TR but there's an opinion in the gar that not by paruma you're going to take out parts of the animal and check it but you have to burn it toim so there's an opinion in the gar that by the paruma you don't check it because otherwise it wouldn't be T so the on the says well obviously holds like the opinion that you do check it and you don't rely on Ro what's the other opinion going to do with the that says the Zar and Alazar is looking apparently he's looking to check it from a tra so it's very difficult there's a called Rashi sometimes quotes it inum and there's amazing take a look at number 16 you ready the 40 years we were in the desert we didn't need any outside light sources we didn't need Moonlight we didn't need sunlight when the clouds turned red you knew his Sunset H when the clouds turned white they knew the Sun was shining and the was so bright it was like they could see through the walls they could see through vessels it was like Superman right they could see through they could see through uh they could see through the xray vision they could look in the barrel and know what was inside and in the future when the comes and is going to restore the we again are going to have that brilliant light when we say the words Kum what light are we talking about not a sun we're talking about the return of the an a brilliant source of light or like the PK says we're not going to need the Sun during the [Applause] day we see a very big in the provided so much light you could actually see through vessels by the way says in the gar is talking about the man and the gar says why they have to light the Mina what they needed the light in the in the mishan but for 40 for 40 years we went by the light of God and they needed light in the mishan so tus asked what do you mean 40 years we went by the Light Of God we always will go by the Light Of God even today when the sun comes out it's the light of God says tus no it's specifically talking about the 40 years why cuz look in the that says the provided so much light they could see through the walls they could see through Caleb so that if that's the case what do you need the manira for and the answer is we didn't to show the was residing in but you see even qu that for 40 years in the midmar the provided them with Incredible brilliant light perir right you ever hear perir it's very nice but you still again you have to DAV in also you have to say shakas and then if you also say shakas then you could say says like this right you know we that what everything in the Bria sing what by the way don't say during dur what are you allow to do you're allow to look in your s and answer in that's what you're allowed to do no says even NOS what if someone's you have to do it again no no other other right anyway that just you know side okay so we say in like this this we say because I believe says the is called right that's part of the but right says that rain is one of the three keys God maintains sole possession of what do you mean that's discusses I believe Inus and but literally it means like this even when the the sky is clear God troubles the thick clouds yits to spread an The Cloud of his light what cloud of his light right says kki in his commentary to you hear this kki wrote A Commentary to par he lights at number 19 what's his cloud of light look in the Bri of the that when the an was resting on CL it was so bright they didn't need sunlight they didn't need Moonlight they could look through Cale this is the shear of an provided so much light that Hashem scatters his clouds through the that provide brilliant light so if you look in the sa he brings down from R of Amsterdam who was a uh was uh he passed away in 1790 he was a contemporary of the nuda if you look in you have a correspondence betweener and writes in the about Amsterdam I to receive the face of was on my way to do a i merited to be to gain from his Aroma of his Aroma of humility this this is what the writes about am so he he brings down like this he says you don't have to say that the that says that again the question is what does it mean what does mean that the check the 18 is that like the that we don't rely on Ro and they burnt the paruma not how else did they check the TR says amdam if you look in the of you'll see that the with such a tremendous light source they were able to see through so if they're able to see through they could see straight through the animal and they could check the tro even without taking out the internal organs so you don't have to say that when it says you don't have to say is going like the M that they didn't rely on Ro whether they did rely on we don't know they didn't have to rely on Ro right because they could check the animal straight the used X-ray vision of he was able to see inside the animal oh right so even though thear brings down that no we don't Che we rely on Ro this has nothing to do with it in this case we didn't have to take out the this is the meaning of what looking at he's looking to check through if theum became a TR what what one says they relied on and one but we don't have a proof that according from that they did not rely on the by the way says now we understand what the connection is in between the Y of suus at the end of out all the it ends with the Y of suus and right after that it talks about the Mitzvah of the man Su man what does sukus have to do with the Mana what do we celebrate on suus what did the an provide light so wants you to know that when you get to the mitah Mana the Mana is not for light that you already had from the that you just read about so why do you have the Mana this way you come to the right conclusion the purpose of the Mana it was that the is but wants to make it clear that the purpose of the man was not for light the purpose of the was for say further it's amazing thing how many use this so so far look think about it we used it for we understand how they check the TR we understand rash why has to at it right what's looking at he's looking to check we understand the between the of in the of the says of all the only one of them is spelled out in of all the the Torah only specifies one what is that why say cuz you would have thought that there's no the M you know why CU you don't need light if you light a candle in the Mish it's pointless it's purposeless they have as much light as they need you going hold a little candle you already have you know x-ray vision you need a little candle so say like this why does the Torah go out of its way to specify to teach you that even though in the midar it's not but a time will come when you don't have am and you don't have you get to is so therefore the Torah says not here when you get to you're gonna have to know about the LA of unbelievable it says in you could right y says you'll judge the people at all times what do you mean at all times are you allowed to judge at night no are you allowed to judge a court case at night Al thear says um how we going explain the gar struggles how you can explain the says we see from here that even though you're not a star at a court case at night if you star during the day you could finish it at night says that's the but what's the meaning of the if you remember if you ever learn remember the the says you allowed to judge at night because you have electricity to turn on the light says it was always light so therefore [Laughter] tells okay by the way the also adds he he brings as a remise to this that when the the light of God the light the light of God there's no difference between day and night right there's and then the P says what's the connection between God's light and the kid in his mother's womb says the the the is bringing a proof that the light of God is Not subject to day and night because we know the kid's mother's womb he could see straight out he also has an x-ray vision so just like this type of Light which is a special light right a supernatural light this is not restricted by walls not restricted by Darkness so to the light of okay sobody say why then with all of this information that we have about the and its brilliant light what does this have to do with ar very simple gar shabas tells us if a person only has enough money either forab Orab why sh what got to do with light so Rashi says in a number of places that there's a that the quotes later on sh refers to because people are to sit in the dark when you're sitting in the dark it's really painful so I don't know why in restaurants they turn off half the lights yeah I'd rather eat a good piece of uh chicken at home where I could see the food than I have to eat yeah I have to pay $50 and I have can't see it the gamar it's bad atmosphere it's bad atmosphere the gamar says an an excuse me um a blind person is Never full why cuz eating is more psychological than it is if you can't see your food you can't be full maybe they don't want you to see what you're eating right but in any event by the way Rashi adds Rashi adds why why is light why does light bring Shalom bias now she says because when when it's dark you're going to trip over something you're going to bang your head on the wall and you know who you're going to blame so it's not going to be good right so therefore n n promotes sh and of course we know was the preeminence the Paragon of so very possibly we could suggest in this who he created the for he was given the great which provided This brilliant light let's take it even further says the that what bris is this says the this bris is the promise that God will never forsake God what you say God will never forsake in hasem saysed opposite the nations of the world I will do wonders what wonder is this referring to says the this is The Cloud of Glory resting on the Mish and the honor that will reside on it to the eyes of everyone and go before them before everyone's eyes very important familiar with this it says care of that the nations of the world say to God God your nation could see you how do we see Hashem it's impossible to see Hashem says the V that God allowed us to see him to the point where the nations of the world were astounded were so surprised that they said in who is this nation going up from the midmar what was the way that God demonstrated that he is with cl the if you look at the last the last what's the very last what does this mean why does conclude this way the answer is says what's ending now we had the from the moment we left says the unbelievable first of all we only had it temporarily until the yam second of all not every Jew could have seen the an at that point when God was taking us Adam andov only the N were able to see it not everybody but now with the the came down call says the of all the Miracles that God ever did to the Jewish people the greatest miracle was that God allowed every single Jew to see him in the Ania C to the point where the med says that when the G saw that CL were able to see that they said the Jews must be gods and to the point where said we want a the biggest that ever achieved and received was the of and that is why it says at the end of sh every Jew saw it says the GR that's why when they traveled M said Kum when they stopped M said what do you mean sh who's he talking to he's talking to the says the this is a greatness that nobody ever achieved that we never had anything like this says the and this is what we're hoping for the says the eyes will see when God will return to I have a very simple question for you how will our eyes see hasem returned to the says you can't see so what does it mean right there's a song even you know the song everybody so what does AI mean that our eyes are going to see re return to the answer is it refers to the return of the the an was the closest visualization that a human being ever had of the when we say ining when we say ining what's the that we ask Hashem to shine on what light what light was a special flashlight H's going to shine right what is the light the answer is this is the light of what light is this this is the light of the return of the that we're all hoping for that just like gave us This brilliant light in the Mish we are yearning for just experienced another Torah class brought to you by Torah anytime.com