Parshas Shemos (2) - Moshe Rabbeinu: The Rest of the Story

This week's para is para shamois and we have holding at the second chair of para shamois peric bay puk alf. So para sham and really safer shamois begins with the story of the exodus the story of the yidden who were and with who took us out of brought us to our gave us to made us the chosen nation and ultimately took us into eritz where we were able to fulfill the purpose of creation. Now the very very beginning of parasho peric olive sets the stage for what's to come and that is the we're living in the history of the living in traces itself back to when was sold to there was a hunger the hunger got so bad that the sons of Jacob were forced to come come to mit encounter with and ultimately and the nephesh settled in immediately the shifts and talks about how although once upon a time had a pretty good but and he imposed different taxes and different cruel and unusual albeit cunningly like we talked about in the previous year on the yidden and it got to the point and was very very difficult to the Jews. Peric bay in this next year is going to set up really the next critical building block pun intended for the story of the Exodus for the story of Sepho and that is by introducing us to Mosher Rabenu. So really if you think about it and you just look at the poetic nature of param was setting the stage part one of setting the stage is the she of mitim part two of setting the stage is introducing us to raenu and as we'll see in the third share the mitz and raenu are going to converge and that's when raenu is going to be told by that I've chosen you to be the one to be the leader to orchestrate and oversee the gula to be the one that's going to take theanimates right so really per of is the story of moenu and I think it's to give it a little bit of an introduction then we'll go through the and then when we're finished going through the we'll talk a little bit more about the the in the very very end of The Tyra it's the third to last P in says there were many says in a place 1.2 2 million. But there never was and there never will be a that was on the level of and this is part of the the eulogy that the Tyra gives Rabenu at the very very end of the Tyra Dan in his and this is in his in his through he asks a very basic fundamental question outside first. How could the Tyra say? We know one of the foundations of our faith. It's one of the is that a person has every person has free will. Say yes person has mas and it's predetermined before a person even comes to this world. Is a person going to be a gibber? Is he going to be a is he going to be an usher? There's certain aspects of a person's life that are predetermined. Of course in Maz we can change it but at the same time there's certain elements of a person's life that are predetermined but every person has free will to decide is it going to be is it going to be but we could do whatever it is we want to do how could the what will be if a person in some future generation exercising his free will achieve a level where he's mish like maybe even greater. Wouldn't he then be that would be as much if not greater than how could the and to answer this Dan says what I believe is a think it's read a few sentences inside says Dan there's no doubt in my mind that the idea the and the was and completed him in a miraculous way. And he got him to a point where it's impossible for a person to reach without this kind of divine assistance. Like the says in this being it's not that a person can come to because if the was something that man could achieve how could the say is never going to withhold a person from being able to achieve the he wants to achieve. So what's the terra saying that if a person is staging and he's coming to the point where he's about to reach all of a sudden is going to come give him a fr and he's going to come crumbling down. Hashem would never do that. So how could the like is in the category of miracles and it's something that's outside the realm of what we consider nature of what we consider. And then the goes on to explain and why it is that is something that's I'm skipping a little bit. He wraps it up and he says, "This is what the is coming to teach us." [snorts] And the reason that akadeshu created this miracle or performed this miracle known as moisha, it's like the other miracles that performed so that there should be a so that the should be able to exist in this world. In fact, says from all the miracles that performed so that this was the most critical one. This was the most crucial So like this there would be no in the future that would be able to come and lie and say that he's saying that's notified us. We're in that talked away in the end of that was something that's and if that's the case we know for a fact any person That's he goes on and on and on. But the beautiful poetry and the that lays out here in his and that is that the Rabenu was a ness. We're going to learn the story of Mosher Rabenu. We're going to see so many elements of it. Most of it we already know. But to appreciate that really the madrega was not a madrega that a person can come to his madrega is a madrega of ni it's from the kadesh created why would made this miracle of it was something that was necessary just like there were other miracles that were put into place and then the parishes we know all this but says from all the miracles that created and performed this was the most essential one because at the end of the day our is so much predicated on and it's for that reason had to be someone that was beyond reproach someone where it's impossible to go ahead and argue against in fact and that's rooted in the idea that is where do you see it in the you see those words says the what should come to mind is this that I'm telling you over here in the truth is when you think about again I'm not going through this now this is going to be part and parcel of the of it's really through butenu wasenu went to several times and he was made on himself is the only person who was able to communicate with at will. In fact, he says in a human being is able to achieve the majes takes his calls. It's an incredible major based on the he goes into great detail in a very nuanced way where he distinguishes between the of the refers to as is the med says in the beginning of parish he was he was an ish was born all these which are so far above our pra stop making a little bit of sense when you understand this it's true there's no way for a person to achieve this madrego these were miracles the mo theft of moherenu was a of miracle truth is in the world of kabala moher raenu is nish was made up of all the of every single says more than once is made up of 600,000 had we 600,000 that make up were branches so to speak of his tree of his Elon that was his grace and fact says that say in the beginning of that were born that that women were giving birth to six children at a time. Everyone's heard this maj that says not 600 not six but it was 600,000. How could someone give birth to 600,000 babies in one shot? So says it's referring to who had Mosha whose nish was made up of 600,000 says that's why was Shifra Shifra was the one that because she was the mother of Mosha which on some level obligated her to be the mother of every single Jew because really is made up of the nishas of every single Jew. Again these are all miraculous. That's supposed to be that's the slated around Alpin. What we're going to learn now is the story of Mosha Rabeno which by the way again we all know the basic story the rashi maybe even Ramban version of it for sure but now that we look at it with more mature eyes it's rather very interesting and very fascinating and that is the topic as hashem of this next year. So the Pik begins and really the story of begins. So there was someone from the family of Ley that went and what he do when he went got married and who did he marry? He married a girl from the family of Ley. Kazal say that this Ishmi bay slave was Amra and this basli was kazal also say that and at this point had been previously married the rest of the story quotes it based on is that when this is in the previous So got up and said that if this if we have a baby boy it doesn't make any sense for us to have children. So he divorced his wife was the god and when am divorced his wife all the people they followed suit and they did what the god did. So they divorced their wives and every single Jew went and got divorced and Miriam who was a little girl at the time who was and's daughter went to her father and said you know your is worse than being but if we don't have any children for sure this zer is going to be misgame I think you're making a terrible terrible mistake and say am listened to his daughter think of the humility and said you know something my you are right and he went ahead and he got married again and kazal say that's the where did he go he went proverbially speaking he followed the advice of his daughter not for the first time but rather he remarried married her and he said, "You know something? Even though Par made we're going to stay married, everybody did the same thing and is going to continue to thrive as a result of Miriam's great advice that she gave to." But either way, the says this became pregnant and she had a son she saw a son and he was she went and she hid him for three months. She says, "What does it mean? When he was born, they realized that something was different. This is not an ordinary child, right? This something very very special. See the introduction to today's shir for further analysis on this point. If you take a look at the Raan, he says such a beautiful. He says, he says, everybody knows every single mother loves her son. Doesn't matter if the baby's cute or maybe even if the baby's not so cute. And every single mother is going to hide their baby if there's a of some sorts with every possible way that they can. And the would not have to say that the reason Basy went and hid her son is because oh he was such a cute kid and as a result look at those cheeks I better hide him. Right? It's impossible because every mother thinks that about her baby. What is the of this? She saw something very very different. There's something different about this child. Every child we have to say but this is different. I think this child is special. I think big things are going to come from this child. This is the Indian of and that's why even though every mother was hiding their child but there was a little extra oomph in this one because they saw that this child from the moment he was born was destined to greatness. So how long did they hide him for? For three months the but once three months passed they couldn't hide him anymore. Rashi says according to Gamar it's based on the fact that Mitraenu was born to 6 months and a day. Now what happened was the Egyptians had a they knew the time that the Jewish theites were supposed to have ch children and as a result they would come after them and look for the child meaning they were following the pregnancy and as a result they were looking for the child. Now the assumption usually is a child is born to nine months but because Mosha was born a little bit prematurely. So they had this little buffer of three months to be able to hide Mosha. But once the three months passed now ready the mitim were going to come knocking. And as a result at that point it was impossible for them to hide mosha anymore in the house. So they had to come up with a plan B. So ye took a took a little basket that was made of wicker and she smeared it with clay and with pitch. She put her child into it and she placed this in the reads right at the side of the in the meantime this little boy sister also known as Miriam was standing right and she's watching she wants to see how this is going to play itself out in the interim the daughter of par went to bathe by thear and she went together with her. She's the daughter of pirates. Obviously, she has some sort of royal entourage and as she's going down to bathe. So, she sees this. It's inside the wreath and she stretched out and she went after this. What does mean? Everybody knows Rashi says Rashi says she sent one of her nar says she's a bas she's not going to just go and slept this by herself. So she asks one of her to go ahead and one of her to go ahead and do it for her. She brings another shot means that she stretched out her hand and really was very far away but a miracle happened and her hand stretched and like this she was able to now get this tape. She opens up the table and she saw a child and this child was crying. Rashi says the word usually is a connotation for someone that's a little bit older. So even though he was a little child, but he actually had a mature sounding voice. And as soon as she saw this little baby, she was overwhelmed with compassion for him. And she said, "This must be a Jewish child." Says, "How did she know it was a Jewish child?" says of an Ezra because she saw he was gamal. So if he had a brism theim were keeping bismillah by the way were they or were they not but he had a brism and because he had a bismillah that's how she knew he was raan quotes he says you don't have to come on to that it's a nice shot but it's certainly not necessary if you see a baby abandoned during a time that of there's a pretty good chance that so just the narrative lends itself to her thinking that that's probably what's going on. In the meantime, Miriam, who was standing from afar, suddenly comes and she enters the scene and she goes to Baspare as if she has no idea who this child is and she says, "I see you're holding this baby." Right? The baby is crying and you know, she's trying to cue the baby and trying to pacify her or him a little bit. says, "Would you like me to call is you know maybe one of the one of the Jewish menes?" So like this uh that woman will be able to go and nurse the child. What's the rest of the story says that they tried nursing the child but would not eat would not eat from the came from this mitzv. So this girl just came, Miriam, and she said, "You know something? I have a little bit of an idea. If you would like, I can call one of the professionals at this. You know, maybe they'll be able to make it work." Either way, listened to the suggestion. Yeah, I think it's a pretty good idea. So Miriam went and she called the mother of the Y. Now, unbeknownst that it's the mother of the Yallet, but she goes ahead and she calls. >> [snorts] >> So now ye meets Baspar. Bas parry is holding this little baby that she just found inside this which is inside the and again she doesn't realize this but she's talking to the baby's mother. So tells her could you please take this baby and could you nurse the baby for me and I'll even pay you. Wow. So she took the child and she nursed the child. asked for it a little bit. Child got older and now had to return the child. So she returns the child to Baspar because again it's not officially childpare found this child and this child was very byp right she really had compassion towards him and the deal was that you take the baby nurse it but when the baby gets a little bit older you're going to bring it back to me and that's exactly what happens in this. So the child gets older returns the child to Basilain and Baspro raised this child as if he was her own son. She even gave him a name. She named him. She said that the reason I'm naming him is key because I slept him out of the water. And that's what the word means. So Bas raises this child. She even names this child. She gives the name Mosa, a name that would stick by the way. And the reason she gives the name Mosha is we have a very long rabbi that we spoke about once upon a time. I am the related rabbit I guess. But it's based on Nebenezra on this P right here. Debzra says that the word moa which means to shle out is a word that's kesh pyra you would think spoke Egyptian she spoke mitz she didn't speak if that's the case it's like a little hard to understand when the pik says that calls would make sense sense if her mama was aesh but you're dealing with bas spoke Egyptian and if that's the case it doesn't make so much sense that from the shish of the word she would give the name of says he says the name the name that gave Mosha was not but rather she gave him a name that was Egyptian. A name that means in Egyptian. When the Tyra called him, what the Tyra is doing is the Tyra is translating the Egyptian word into what does that mean? We're tracing the etmology of the Egyptian name. However you say that in Egyptian, the translation into is oh if it's Mishu. So we're going to go ahead and we're going to name. So who gave the name Mosha? We the Tyra gave the name Aisha. But the point is is that it's based on the concept the idea the thought the of Baspar but the name that Baspar gave was an Egyptian name is just the translation of that Egyptian name. So it says Dean you're probably wondering what was the name that Baspar gave says I'm going to tell you the name. That was the name. So really raenu's name that he was given by baspari was but it's not raenu it's raenu and the reason is because the translation of the name barbanel has a very very long on this heaven ezra he's very not happy with this eanzra says first of all I never heard of a concept of translating a name there's no such thing names are names are names if this is your name this is your name now could be someone from another country and another nationality is not going to know how to pronounce your name right it might be I don't know but it's that name right it's always the name so the name that was given was but we translate the name into another language I how does it make sense that would say I think Deanza made another mistake is not referring to Baspare says is going back on the aim it's referring is the one that gave the name. We've all been making a terrible mistake, says theel. He says, right? Who's the is also referring to? Either way, again, we have a half hour rabbit on this from once upon a time. We're holding and we're moving along. The it was around that time got older. He went out to his brothers and he saw what was going on. He saw that they were being beaten. They were being tortured by the Egyptians and specifically he saw an Egyptian man who was hitting an Ishri who was one of his brothers. So we have to hit the pause button right away. Rashi asks if you look at it says if you look at Betty became a becoming a god again. Right. He had two bar mitzvah in and then again and says the first time it says it means he got older. He just physically got older. When the says in what it means is because he's growing up in the house of par right whose son is he quote unquote he's the son of bas par. So he has uh a bed in the palace of par likes him and we know this is shades of but either way that's what the second means. The Ramban brings Rashi and the Raan is the Ramban says that you know what the two are. He says the first means that he was a little boy and the boy got older to the point where he didn't need to nurse anymore. Baby was able to eat solid food, right? Didn't need a nursing mother. Thus, the only reason this child was because of the fact that said it was she her job was to be the main. Well, if the baby's not nursing anymore, the second is he just got a little bit older. No one said says the mean that's liked. No one says that's what it means. IT MEANS YOU GOT OLD you became a Ramb says it's another important also that we need to speak out and that is so the Pik says got older according to the Ramb he just got older right he has now something like that according to Rashi it's a so what does he He goes out to his brothers. So he becomes a little bit older. What does he do? Goes out to his brothers. It feels like we're missing a piece of information. Raman says we are. What happened was and at that point his mother sat him down and says, "I want to tell you a little bit. [snorts] I'm not really your mother. As a matter of fact, I found you once in a uh as a matter of fact, I want you to know that you're a Jewish child. You come from the those that live in Gishan, those people that are being beaten up right now, right? Those people that are in some form of slave labor camp, albeit in a cunning way. But the bottom line is you come from that. And he was very, very taken back. the poetry of the Raman. They let him know that he's a Yehudi. And as soon as he heard that, he says, "Oh my gosh, these are my brothers. I want to see them because they're her brothers." So immediately as soon as he heard this, he says, "I want to now see with my own eyes what my brethren are being subject to." See, he went out to see his brothers. He was just told that they're his brothers. And you know what he saw? Could not handle what he was looking at. As a matter of fact, he saw with his own eyes how some SS guy is beating a Jew and he's pulling his beard or whatever he's doing. And he couldn't be. It was not something he was able to see. And immediately he looked this way, he looked that way and he saw there was nobody watching him. He took out this mitzvah and he quickly hit him in the sand. Tell us a little bit more about who this mitzv is something that I'm going to get to. But is that this is hitting an ishim he couldn't handle. The next day he went out again and this time this time he saw two that were fight cuz I'll say it was not just two ordinary but this or these were the infamous and turned to the Russia why you hitting your friend. So or one of them said but since when are you in charge of us? Oh, you're suggesting that you want to kill us. The same way you killed that Egyptian yesterday heard what said he got very scared. He said, "I looked both ways. I thought that I was able to do this in a subtle way, but I realized now that I was unsuccessful. I think I'm in a little bit of a trouble." Rashi says, "What's this? you're coming to kill me. What does mean says from here we learn that the way killed wasn't physically even though the says but it wasn't a physical blow he killed him with the shame the Ramban brings rashi and Ramban asks that if the way that killed the mit was with the how did aim know if means he punched him in the nose and he took him out like really really good or who knows what he did to him. Okay, they saw it. So, but if all he did was say something. So what said something all of a sudden this guy drops dead in some miraculous way how are they able to connect the two things? So the Ramban says maybe when killed the mit what he did first was he put his hand on top of the mit. What is this reminiscent of the we spoke at in the beginning of par the says when a for says that it was very hard for him to see. So he told bring a to me right he hugged them and he kissed them says in order for a to be there has to be some physical connection between the one giving the braha and the one receiving the braha that physical connection you can have through sight but being that was already old so he couldn't see them properly so therefore YOU NEED A TOUCH AND that was the that was the if it's true for it makes sense it would be true for claws as well, right? They come from the same. That's a could be the in this. But either way, realizes now those infamous words. As a matter of fact, went and they ratted out and par heard what happened and he wanted to kill Mosha. Now, if you take a step back, it's interesting, right? Because Maitraenu is a Benbias in the house of par. I mean if nothing else he's like a son to Basia who's the daughter of Par Rashi says that the second vayd was no para. So he's not just some ordinary person that just committed homicide, right? is someone that has a little bit of proteia but at the same time immediately decided that Mosha needs to be killed was forced to be a fugitive and he ran away from par where did he go he settled in the land of mid and he parked himself next to a well why did he go to a well says because he had already found his by a well doesn't say this when He came to town. So where did he go? He went straight to the well. Of course, right? And does the same thing. He goes to the wellness. Okay, now we have to take a step backwards. The priest of Midian had seven daughters and they would go and they would take out water. They would fill their trucks to water and to give to drink the the sheep of their father. This is something that they would do every single day. On this particular day, there were male shepherds that came and they sent them away. And all of a sudden, they're being bullied by these men. Mosha got up. He's over here. He was of the and he took care of their So they came home to their father. Why'd you get here so early today? And they sent an Egyptian man referring to saved us from the shepherds and he got us the water and he took care of our and that's why we were able to come here a little bit early. Take a look at the Ramban. The Ramban depicts a little bit the the rest of the story. The Raman says that what would happen is that whenever these would come to the well. So if the men were there, the men would always come first, right? They were stronger, they were bigger, and they would intimidate them. And as a result, they were always able to come first. On this particular day, they decided they're going to get there a little bit early. And the reason they're going to get there a little bit early is that if they get there before the men come like this, they'll be able to get their thing. And they're doing their thing. And all of a sudden, these male shepherds come and they say, "Why' you come before us?" He says, "But you weren't even here." And this whole fight breaks out. Moshainu sees the fight breaking out. Raenu was able to save them. And they end up coming home way earlier than usual. Punk today, they decided to come a little bit early and this little uh struggle happened saved them. But the bottom line is today they're home a lot earlier than they usually are. And their father wants to know what's going on over here. And they said there was an so told his daughters where is this person why do you let him go you should have called him in right let him break bread came and he agreed says also he swore that he was going to stay with them but the bottom line is he came and went and he took his daughter it sounds like just one thing led to another says when you have seven daughters. You don't let a good guy slip through your fingers, right? So, there was an opportunity. Now, next thing you know, I was a stranger in a strange land. I'm living in the land of Midian. The Ramban says that based on the simple reading of these, it would seem that Rabenu was a fugitive. And where did he run to? He made a beline to Midion. He goes straight to there. Rashi says he learned from Yak. And over there he meets the daughters of Raul, daughters of Isra. And in a very short period of time, he marries Sapra who's one of the seven daughters of Israel. Right. So right after he ran away, he's in Midon. The next thing you know he's married. A year later already has a son whose name is Gam says the Ramban that's not really what happened. And the Ramban says I'm going to tell you why logically it can't be what happened because Midion geographically is very very close to Egypt. And if Moshenu felt that his life was at risk and for that reason he had to run away, you're not going to run to the neighboring city. It doesn't make any sense. If you're going to run, you're going to run really far. You're probably going to go Abraham, right? You're crossing the Euphrates River. I don't know. You're going somewhere else. But to go to Midion would make zero sense, says the Raman. So the Raman says, I believe that these two stories of and even though they're in the they're mentioned in the same, they happen years and years and years and years apart. As a matter of fact, you ready for this? You know how many years apart says the Raande happened? In my best guess approximately 60 years and he says I'll tell you why because how old was Mhabi when he ran away. So Raman says I'm not sure maybe he was 12. He says for sure not older than 20 right? He's a teenager right that's basically what he is. He's a teenager when is going to return back to Mitan to be how old is he going to be? He's going to be 80 years old. That means that means that from the time that Mosher Rabenu runs away until he comes back is bar 60 years. Now this story right here of Mosh Rabenu having the son Gisham and Mosh Rabenu marrying [snorts] the daughter of Israel is going to immediately segue in the next year revealing himself to Mos and telling him that I want you to be the I want you to be the one that's going to take the right. So for sure the story of Sapo for sure the story of Ves of Aritzon happened when was 80 but when he ran away he's a teenager so says it's just back to the envelope arithmetic this is not even complicated it's very very simple it's elementary for sure for sure decades passed in my mind says Raman it's approximately 60 years must have endured from the words to the next words in which are so here's the question where was Mosha for those 60 years it's a very very long time where was he 60 years are missing from the greatest Jew to ever live I mean we spoke about Moshe in the introduction is a nest he's a he's missing 60 years of his life I we're going to know the next 40 years of his life. We know the beginning of his life. We just read the but there's 60 years, a very long time missing from the narrative, right? What happened to Mosha? Where was he during those 60 years? Now, it's very very interesting. There's a ya chami in the beginning of parishes that fills in the gap that talks about it's a long ya cham and it tells this incredible fantastic tale of the missing 60 years of there are snippets of this that are quoted by rishim in but I think the source that tells the story in the most detailed and the easiest way to read way is in the safer Now the safosa requires a rabbit bite of its own. There's a lot of history behind the safosa. Now this is not to be confused with the safeasha that was written by it's not to be confused by the mus safer called safeasha. This is a medish quote unquote called safasher. It's interesting. It was first discovered in the 16th century [snorts] 17th century, but it traces itself already to the times of the so old collection of midrashen which fills in not only the gaps of these 60 years of but a lot of the stories a lot of the parish and the you go through specifically the life and times of the there's a lot of different gaps # rest of the story that emerges from say fraasha fascinating fascinating fascinating work most of it again I didn't go through it but from my understanding most of it is rooted in and really has in more traditional sources but as it relates to the 60enu the has 30 pages on it and again it's right here in the beginning of and there's a lot of parts of this that are quoted by different it's clear that the wereab this messiah that's mentioned in the safer hayasher. So I think it's kadai to read a few paragraphs from the safer but just to set the stage and that is at this time that mobenu ran away. This is when Mishraenu was a teenager. So Moshraenu runs away there was a war that was taking place between the land of Kush which is Ethiopia and the land of Aram and the bened. So Aram I guess that's where loving came from. So the other side the Abraham is fighting with the king of Kush and it's around that time that Mushraenu runs away. Now, the safer Aosa goes on to say that the king of Kush went out to fight this battle. And when he went out, one of his residents, a man you might have heard of, his name was Bon and his two sons decided that they're going to overthrow the kingdom of this Melikosh. So, the king of Kosh is out fighting a battle. He's there with his whole uh cabinet and all his strong guys, right? All the tough guys are out at war right now. So he goes after the weak links and bilon basically takes over the city and he's able to use his kishv in a way where by the time the king of Kush came back the king of Kush had no ability. He had no ability to get back into his own country. He had no ability to get back in his own country. So right now the country Kush is somewhat fortified and it's being controlled by you. It's being controlled by none other than Bum, one of the great nemeses of Clusel and his two sons. It's at that time that enters the picture the med says it was at that time when this war and this siege was taking place on the land of Kosh ran away from because had wanted to kill him because he killed the So the medish gives us an exact date was 18 years old at the time and he went and he fled to the camp of was the name of that king of Kush who were trying to get back into their own country. this siege, so to speak, with the king OF KUSH TRYING TO GET BACK INTO his own house lasting nine years and was with them for that entire 9-year period. Whatever they were doing, was one of the But was someone that was the favorite. He was very very popular amongst the troops because he was very special and he had the stature of a lion. He was very big. His face was like that of the son, right? He was also very very strong. He was certainly quite intelligent and he was a consultant to the king as the end of the nine years. The king of Kush became very sick. The sickness which ultimately would take his life. It got very bad lasted seven days and then he died. Right? They embombed [clears throat] him, mummified him. They buried him outside of they made him an oil etc etc. It was after the death of Kicknos the king of things were getting very very bad in terms of the war and everything that was going on. So the started talking amongst themselves. It's already 9 years that have passed. This has been going on for a very very long time. We need to come up with an idea. So they said, "You're right. But the first thing we need is we need a leader. Our leader just died. So we have to replace him." So there's a whole back and forth. I'm skipping around. Kush they decided that we think the person that's fit to be the next king of Kush is none other than he took overn he is now the replacement and if you want to know when this happened relative to the reign of it was the 55th year of his reign 157 years from the from when the time had come to mit at that point maka Alush. How old was he? So it's back of the envelope arithmetic. He was 18 years old when he showed up. He was engaged in the siege for 9 years. So and he was king for 40 years. [snorts] Everybody loved him. He was very religious, very faithful, but he was also good together with the people. Either way, the medus goes on to talk about how Moish Rabenu came up with an idea of how to be able to get into the city. His idea worked and Mo Rabenu now was immediately incredibly successful. He was able to do what Kiknus couldn't do in 9 years and suddenly he's able to take hold of the city again. was able to conquer the city using his now he had the palace. So now he's not only king, he was already king outside. But what kind of stellar was that? Now he has a palace. They put a crown on his head and they gave him a wife. And the wife that they gave him was Ada, the queen Adia, who was the wife of Kickos. You're the new king. You marry the old king's wife. But had incredible fear of he wouldn't even look at her because remembered the his great great grandfather had made swore and that was and had commanded us the same thing when he was running away was king for 40 years, but he never paid any attention. Even That's enough. for I'm skipping 40 years. He's still the king of Kush during those days. He was very very successful. It was 40 years is there with the queen. Everybody's around and all of a sudden who's the queen who's been living with Mosha sort of being ignored for 40 years. She couldn't anymore. So she turns to the and she says, Do you know? Do you realize that? You know, he doesn't worship the Listen to me. If you're asking me my opinion, think you take a foreigner and you bring him in to be king over your land. I don't care how smart he is. I don't care how big and strong he is. He's the wrong person. I think what you should do is I think you should take my son. My son from Kickos from her previous husband. He should be the next king because this is someone who's going to follow the culture of Kush. He's someone that's going to worship of Kosh. I think he's the one that's appropriate. Either way, the med says they heard what she had to say and they agreed and they went to Mosha and they told Mosha, "We'd like to respectfully ask you to resign." Now the mag goes on to say that even though they asked him to leave but they asked him to leave in a way they didn't throw him out he wasn't a fugitive but at the same time they asked him to leave we're getting closer to the end so just spent how many years 49 years right he was 18 years old he spent nine years outside Kush and then 40 years as the king of Kush he just spent a yo a half a CENTURY IN ETHIOPIA THIS IS the story of mob right Is this amazing? But either way, so just spent all this time. How old is he now? So the man is going to do the math for us. He's already 67 years old. He was 18 when it started. He's 67 years old now. But he left because really everything that happened was being orchestrated by because it was getting closer to the end. It was getting closer to the time where was going to be the mel not of but the where he was going to be able to now go ahead and fulfill his but either way he has to go now and he has to leave. Sou goes and you know where he goeson he goes to the land of Midon and he settles by the bear and when he's sitting by the beion and they come home early and he says what are you doing here? So says I want to meet this guy. See, he comes and they break bread. But how do we have it in theim? The next thing that ISRA SAYS IS, "OH, WOW. YOU'RE A HANDSOME GUY. I HAVE SEVEN DAUGHTERS." NO, says the med. That's not what happened. As a matter of fact, we're missing 10 years of narrative. You know what really happened? Shows up and he meets Raul and he says, "So tell me, who are you?" He says, "Me? I was just the king of Kush for 40 years." He says, "So what are you doing here?" I was kindly asked to leave. You were kindly asked to leave. That's not the way every Joseph is. It's not the way it usually works. What do you mean you were kindly asked? No, I'm telling you. I was fine. They they sent me out in a very very nice way. I had a GOOD RUN, BUT WHATEVER. YOU KNOW, IT'S A GUN. YOU HAVE TO KNOW ALL THE DETAILS. Ru was too smart. He was very, very suspicious. Something is not adding up over here. He said, "I have a feeling this person is a political uh fugitive right now. There's no way he was kindly asked to leave. And I have no doubt they tried killing this person. It has to be. So he said, "I'm gonna score some major political points right now." He tells Mosa, "Come with me to the basement." He starts walking down to the basement, right? It's a little cold. It's a little dark. Watch his step. The next thing he knows, he locks him up and he incarcerates him. And Raul goes running back to Kush and he says, "You're not going to believe it. That king of yours, I got him. I nailed him." The bottom line is we're missing some gaps here. But Gustro kept Mosha in that cell for 10 years. He just left him there. Now it says the medish had seen Moshe and Sapra liked Mosha. Sapra every single day would go and she would sneak literally behind her father's back and she would go, she would give him something to eat. She would give him something to drink. She would nurture him. She would take care of him. unbeknownst to her father at the end of 10 years. They're sitting around, you know, at the dinner table, Isra and his daughters, I guess, a couple of Adams maybe, and they're all around. He says, you know, I wonder what ever happened with that uh guy that's, you know, he's living in the basement. I haven't I haven't heard from him in a long time. He says, "Why don't we go find out?" He said, "He must be dead. He must have died, you know, n years ago. I MEAN, THERE'S NO WAY HE'S ALIVE. No one's fed him. You know, let's go. Let's see." So they go downstairs and they take a look and is and you can imagine during those years and they see Rabenu and Mosh Rabenu is as strong as he's ever been and when saw that he was very very taken back he says oh boy this is an Ishra [laughter] like Kim right this is a scary scary man immediately takes Mosha out invites him upstairs. Then measure tells a whole another story. Allows him to marry. I mean this is someone I want as an Adam. He was able to survive 10 years without any food. Rabenu becomes the of Isra. He becomes his shepherd. And that really segus into the next part of Rabenu's life where is going to reveal himself to him at and he's going to become either way as they say and now you know the rest of the story that is the story of Mosha this nest this pal which the Tyra tells us in such short Kurt language but this medish with there's a messiah on there's a real real messiah on this medish by the way just to end with something so fascinating and that is that you know we always talk about the says in that Miriam spoke lash about what was the lashes you know Miriam tells you you know our brother Mosa you know he married Ishau and everybody struggles to understand what does he mean he married Ishakushes Rashi says that he married someone that was as beautiful as a cush is kushi right that's what says what does it mean says because we have a mess that was a king and kosh and she told YOU YOU KNOW I never knew this I didn't realize mush was married to this Ethiopian woman to one of the WHAT'S GOING ON OVER HERE THAT WAS THE I JUST HEARD 40 YEARS NOW THE says she didn't know the REST OF THE IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHE DIDN'T KNOW but that was the is this story but either way this is the story of which just to end with one last point and that is when I was a little boy I used to go very often Friday night with my za he used to take me to by one of the local rabbig on 19th Avenue, 47th Street and uh some of my fondest childhood memories is on, you know, 10 degree below zero freezing Friday night going with uh my ZA to Rabbi Bran Spiegel. I see a room is laughing and grossman both have to hear his I remember it was and he said who's the ish bas was and who was the so he says why did the just say he said the is coming to tell us that to have au you don't necessarily have to be an and but you could be a regular person who takes a regular person that's a bas but if you set up your house and you raise your child in away you could be to have a son that's going to be you could be to have a son that's had the said well then having a child that's going to make such a difference in this world would be above our pay grade but the says It was a nice a beautiful beautiful and from this an together with a basis and again this is just a little bit of the story of Mosha in the next year the and the story of Mishna are going to converge and that we'll get to R.