Parshas Shemos (3) - From Shepherd to Shaliach: The Birth of a Leader

This week's para is para shamois and we have holding at the third cheer of para shamois peric bay. So para sham safer begins as we've seen with the story of the mitim the yidden were forced into slavery by parro and ultimately through aeshbu took us out of it. We talked a little bit about how from the mikra it would seem that the impetus for parro to enslave the yiddin was purb. He had seen that the Israel was raimeu and he was concerned that if they would continue to grow at this ridiculous rate at some point they would be so big and so powerful that they would become a national security threat because what would be if the decide to side with the enemy? Well then vanilu it can cause us tremendous harm and the motivation of parro to go and enslave the Jews was to stunt their population growth. How did that accomplish? He beat them. He made them tired. He stressed them to the point that he felt it would cause a decrease in the population. Additionally, he contrived together with the maldosis and told them that any little baby boy that's born, the real threat were the boys, you should wink wink figure out a way for them to die. When that didn't work, he doubled down a little bit. And he said, but the motivation of parro was he was worried that the yidden would continue to grow at this rate. and his goal was to try to stop them. We mentioned that the Ramban says that even the Xeras that Pari made which were clearly cruel and unusual, he did them in a cunning way. He did them in a way where it didn't even look like it was the official policy of the Egyptian government. In fact, Ramban says that's the that's the parro that he was able to impose these gazer and there were a lot of Jews that actually thought he was a friend of theirs and that his policies were very much aligned with what it was that they wanted and we went through the Ramban chapter and verse how the Ramban weaves through these to try to bring out this point. But at the end of the day after all these and all the mikra it was genocide. It wasn't genocide. One thing is clear and that is that the imposed upon the yidden were really really terrible and it got to the point where it was very difficult to be from the biz and living in. And that really is going to segue now to the Tory's first description of the Yidden's reaction to this terrible and then of course response. So the Pik begins. It says it was during those many many days the king of Egypt died and got to the in such a terrible way that they began to scream and their yells their ascended the heavens all the way to heard and then remembered his covenant that he had together with the three of us who paid close attention to the says who always watches us but at that point watched the in a very very acute way. This concludes the third aliyah here in Sim. We're already holding Ravi. So let's just talk a little bit about the threeim that we just read together. Number one, what's this? It's based on all the that we spoke about in the previous year. It's based on the safer which we said is rooted in which we said is quoted by different in different places. And that is that at this point Mosher Rabenu who's about to enter the scene is already 80 years old. When Moshu Rabenu had left parro in the previous year he was 17 18 12 depending on which you work with in the maj and the safe that we went with said he was 18 years old. So Muenu was a teenager now he's 80 63 years passed. It was during those 63 years when was away from he was a fugitive. He had to be away from but init proper. You want to know what was going on? It's this all played itself out during the that's the first. The second order is the says the king of Egypt died. Everybody knows Rash. Rashi says the king of Egypt didn't really die but rather he became a mitz in fact Rashi adds he would slaughter he would check she the young Jewish children and he would bathe in their blood and that's the segue the connection it's because of when he was sick and he was being that created obviously you know another level of and that's the juxiposition between these two ideas but says means not that but rather what it means is that it became a stating that if you take a look at and if you take a look they learn not like and they learn real that in fact says he says why was It's because the were thinking in their minds, you know, we have a situation over here, right? We're stuck. How are we going to ever get out of this mess? The only hope they had was maybe the next administration. Maybe there'll be a new cabinet. There'll be a new government with a new foreign policy. And maybe they're going to treat us a little bit better, which Ramban says is very often the case. So they kept on hoping and waiting. And then maybe the new king is going to see us more favorably. But you know what happened? And not only did the next king not come and make things better, but to the contrary, it actually got worse. And at that point, they realized they have no hope. And when they realized they had no hope, they started to because very often that's how it works. When we still think we can make so we don't have to rely so much ones, but there's no atheist in a foxhole. When a person finds himself in a situation where he has nowhere to turn, that's very often where daily and the whole Michael kicks in. And that's exactly what happened when that king who they were hoping maybe when he dies that's going to bring with it Yeshua died and nothing changed. It actually got worse then all of a sudden realized that and that was the reaction. That was the and that's what ultimately triggered what's going to be now the beginning of the third that's worth mentioning and again this we're going to mention but we're going to punt we're going to get back to this in one of the coming and that is if you look carefully at these if you go through word by word which is really the it seems like there were two things that triggered the number one So there's an idea prayed and because said I'm going to accept your but there's another idea that's expressed very clearly in this remembered the whole what's the theme of constantly appears to and as we've mentioned almost every single time talks to the office it comes along with a associated withan and there were brristen and bris so many different times and ways and every nuance and variable of this bris and were addressed already in so remembered okay we have to do something about it but these are two completely distinct ideas number one is heard the felis of kasro which has nothing to do with the bris and number two remember the bris which you would think he should remember regardless of whether or not the somehow these two ideas of have to come together it's lim to understand how those two ideas work together already talks about it and this is something that is we're going to get to either way so the first year we mentioned focused primarily on setting up the shebud the second year focused primarily with introducing us to Mosher Rabenu and in a very poetic way these two ideas now the two hakto to say are going to converge and Mosher Rabenu now is going to receive a phone call so to speak that's going to change his life where ultimately he is going to be called upon to fulfill his talas in this world and that was to be the leader the le of so But the Pik says at that time he was a shepherd. He didn't even have his own business. He worked for someone worked for who was his name was he was the priest in Midbar and he was following his sheep towards the midbar and he play came to a mountain. The mountain was in a place called and it was known as Harim. Now Rashi says at that point it wasn't known as Harikim. It was al came to a mountain that one day would be known as Harim. Oh, by the way, we know it more popularly as Hari has a lot of names, right? These are all synonyms. Hariim. So, harim is hari is hari. Either way, Mishra Rabenu is shephering these sheep and he arrives at [snorts] Hari just to hit the pause button again for a second and that is so who's working for who's every kid in knows us is name is [snorts] interesting when was introduced to us for the first time it's only a few ago this was in base. So the says that the mid were by the bear and they meet this uh persona and is very strong and so it says they ran home to their father. He said why you here so early and you should invite him in maybe he should be my son-in-law. Right? So a few ago this same person yesterday had a different name. His name was Rul. So was his name Rul or was his name Yra? Everybody knows Rashley in the beginning of parroshi says had seven names but Isra has a name he has a namero he has a different aliases for whatever reason sounds like he has seven passports not getting involved but the bottom line is that's why here in succession you find the name rul and you also find the name but what not everybody knows is that not everyone agrees with this Rashi. In fact, the Ramban in the Ramban says it's impossible that the Tyra would refer to the same person with two different names tempart. It can't be said. There's no way that of peric based poses is the same person as Israim. Okay. So, who's Raul? Says Ramban Isra is who we think he is. He's the father of these seven daughters. He's says was father. In fact says when the P says it doesn't mean their father it means because there's an idea in fact that refers to Israel. So it's says the Ramban what I'm saying and that is that Rool is not Israel's father and then the Ramban says it actually makes a lot of sense that they would have run to and not to Isra. You know why? Because Isra was theft. You want to know where Isra is in the middle of the day? He's not waiting for his daughters to come home with the sheep. He's out lecturing. I don't know what he's doing. He's being a gala. He's scamming people. That's what he's doing. So there's no way he's going to be sitting at home. THEY CAME TO THE GREW UP BY THE Z. He's the one that raised them. Now the Raan says that when the Pik says that's for sure referring to Israel doesn't have the license to give his granddaughter over to a man who's a nice kid. That's not something he has a right to do. That's something that only Isra has the right to do. But the bottom line is says the Ramban that Raul is not Isra and that we just had a few summariz how many names did really have so Ramban says at least in this P three names and Raman says why yeser android says that's not two passports he said because you find sometimes there's like the silent VV right you have aliyah and aliu he brings by a lot of the a lot of the famous people in Tanakh sometimes have that VV and sometimes don't have that VV. So yes and says Ramban is really one name. It's not two names. And as a result he says the fact that we'd be called Yasser and Yro learned a little bit of Tanak and you're going to find this discrepancy all over the place. He says was a special name that Yra got when he became a G. He says every G gets a name, right? Usually a but every GC or Ben A gets a name. And in this case he also got a name and his name was but the bottom line is when the said according to was their father according to the really was their either way. So is working for and he stumbles upon a mountain but it's not only a mountain. It's not just any ordinary mountain. It's a mountain that one day will be known as and the bless says that when he came to the mountain there was a malik that appeared to him and a flam fire says shall so in a flam fire from within this looked at this thorn bush he saw the net was engulfed in flames but it wasn't being consumed it was just sitting there. Let me get a little bit closer. I want to see what's going on here. I mean, scientifically, that's an incredible. It's an anomaly. What's going on over here? Saw that had started going a little bit closer and he was coming to take a closer look of what was going on. called out to him from the snare and said and responded and told I'll take don't take another step further. He drew a line in the sand literally take your shoes off because the place that you're standing is and we know that they had to take their shoes off. anyesh you're supposed to take your shoes off. The bottom line is he said take your shoes off I am the god of your father was hiding his face because he was afraid to take a look at reveals himself to and the way he reveals himself is from the midst of this thorn bush. What does he tell him? Now the PK interrupts what is saying by saying and we're going to follow the lead of the PK. We're also going to interrupt for one second. We're going to hit the pause button. Just a few Harris. Number one, the P begins appear to say, "Wow, I want to take a closer look." So goes a little bit closer and the called out to freak. Was it a or was it sounds like this famous turning point in world history happened via but then the says it sounds like who's there? not a malik but rather was there says you have to say that really this was a malik means it was a and as a result the allowed to talk as if he's the one right he's the one who's saying the so as a result this the malik was speaking on behalf But really you want to know who appeared to it wasn't it's like the suggestan quotes and the Ramban says that I disagree. I think that what happened was there was a Malik that appeared to add to Mosha additionally appeared to they're both true. When the Pik says what it means is that the appeared and when the P says what it means is appeared. So the malik was there and was there says the truth is it's a the says of and if anyone ever saw they knew that somewhere you're going to find because he's always together with as the medish wherever the malik is the is always there as well. So the Ramban says there's a certain Malik, it's a famous Malik. It's the Malik Mik that he is always together with the Malik was the Malik says Raman and the Malik is always together with so what's the Was it a Malik or was it? It was both. First it was the Malik and afterwards was why are they together? Because the Malik is always together with Makes perfect sense. And the bottom line is that's what's going on here says I'll explain it to you a little bit deeper. First saw the malik and only afterwards he saw what's the he says the is to see a malik if someone's on that level this is obviously way way way way above our pay grade but if someone's on that level to see a malik you don't need so much but to see for that a person would need an incredible amount of he's shephering right now he's not being himself for an incredible stating that he was able to see the that was something that instinctively he was able to see but afterwards after realized something's going on over here said let me get a little bit closer you know what it meant let me get a little bit closer right let me go closer and now he's going with purpose now he's not just walking but he's walking in in a very meaningful way. Let me see what's going on. Now he was making Now you're making that's the lyrics when saw that he was that he was making the was able to reveal himself to him and that's why was actually at this point able to see able to see. We've heard this story since we're little children. What's why not? I mean, it's true. It's a miracle. Okay, it's a miracle. Chalk it up as the first of many miracles that we're about to [snorts] learn about. It's posh. The fire was not a physical fire. The fire was the Malik. The Pik says, right? One of the names for their fire. This wasn't a physical fire. A physical fire would consume a snare. This is a metaphysical fire. When we say fire, again, we're using these terms to try to explain something that really we have no proper in. The reason the fire was not consuming this net is because it wasn't a regular fire. It was a malik. That's what it was. The was there. is of course and it's for that reason there's this idea of meaning the minute he saw what was going on this is not a regular fire and that's why he was making himself says he's being himself to see something big this is not just some interesting thing in the world of physics no what's going on over here is this is something spiritual that would be the explanation of why because this is not physical fire. This is a thing of fire. It's that's what's going on. Number three comes to he says, I just think it's again we're being introduced now reintroduced to tells I am the god of your father. Just to visualize a little bit better, how many generations removed is Moabenu from Aramk and Yakov. So Mitraenu's father is Amram. Am's father was Kahus. Kahus's father was Ley. Ley's father was Yakov. So Yakov Ainu was Mitraenu's great-grandfather. Not bad, right? It's great-grandfather. Great-grandfather. It's not so far removed. Which would make Gizk great grandfather and Abrau is his great greatgrandfather. But the truth is that's only from his paternal side. From his maternal side whose mother was like the says which means that from his maternal side from his maternal side [snorts] Ley is his grandfather which makes Yakov his great-grandfather. I was off by one on the paternal side but you get the point. So on his patternal side it's Mosha, Ben Amram, Ben Kahus, Ben Yakov. On his midternal side, Ben Ley, Ben Yakov. On his maternal side, we'll get this right. Okay. It's Mosha, Ben Amram, Ben Kohus, Ben Ley, Ben Yakov. He's five generations from Yakov. On his maternal side, it's Mosha Ben, right? Not Ben Bas Ley. Ben Yakov. He's four generations from Yakov. So he's not that far removed from the other is not an of I don't think that's going to be a future raid by like was Rabenu is very much Rabenu but at the same time he's not that far removed from the either way. Second part of what tells again first things first just introduces himself the interrupted. So we follow the lead. We also interrupted. Okay. Now continues to talk. And now is going to tell the reason that he's revealing himself to him. I've seen all the pain and all the suffering that my nation is going through in Egypt. And I've heard their cries that the people that are torturing them are eliciting from them. and I know and I understand with depth all the sorrow all the pain that they're going through how to understand the I'm going to speak out one of the vid means I have now descended the reason I'm here the reason there's some physical manifestation of me now is because I've come down I've come down for a reason the reason is not just to introduce myself to you you're an important part of this but the reason I'm here is I'm going to spend some time here and to bring them up from that land. The cries of the have come to me and again I've seen all the torture that the are imposing upon the Here's the punch line. I want you to go and I'm going to send you to par. You're gonna be my I want you to be the one that's going to take my nation. So now gets his turn to talk gives one of the most famous responses of all time. He said, "Who am I to go to Parro? and I should be the one that's going to take the responded. He told him, "No, I'm going to be with you." And [snorts] this is the sign that I sent you when the are going to leave when you're going to take right when you're going to take they're going to come back to this mountain. It's going to come full circle. It's not a coincidence that is revealing himself by Hari. And it's not just because Hari is a holy place. This is the punch line. The of where it's going to play out is the it's going to happen right here. Continues. And he tells I'm going to show up to the Jews. I'm going to tell them, you know, the god of yours sent me to you. The unruly. This is the first question they're going to ask me. What's his name? What should I tell them? You know what you should answer? And then afterwards said this is what you should tell. Rashi says just interrupt for one second that when asked what should I say your name is? He said a and the significance of a is tell them I'm the one that's with them now in this surah and I'm going to be the one that's with them in future and tells why would I talk about future right why would I talk about another said you're right don't say only say we'll get back this and then continue to this Send me to you. This is my name forever and this is the way I will be known. This is the way my name will be pronounced for all future generations. We are stopping by which is really in the middle of this whole but we go right there. We're going to be here for a while. The bottom line is so reveals himself in the anyways for the first time. How did he reveal himself? First he had his it was the first thing told was just introduced himself and it was too much for the second thing told was that I want you to know that I'm aware of everything that's going on in you know it's interesting you have to know wasu even aware of what was going on in mitraenu had left a very very long time ago never went back to mitz but tells that I'm aware I know everything that's going on okay the time has come for them to be taken out and I want you to be the I want you to negotiate their release I want you to go to that's the second thing tells responds he said responds the third thing says continues. He says, "I'm going to show up. They're going to ask me what your name is. What should I say?" Says the fourth thing. And then this is like a fifth thing because if you look at the P this is like a whole new and he gives him these words. So the idea of what's going on over here is extremely straightforward. Asks Mosha, I want you to be the I want you to be the one that's going to take theanimate Rabenu's initial response is also straightforward. I'm the wrong guy. I'm just not qualified. And then the latter part of this back and forth gets very cryptic. starts talking about names of and then only and very esoteric very almost capitalistic. It sounds like it's an above our pay grade in that's playing itself out in the latter part of that give and take. Now by the way this give and take is going to continue like we mentioned but at least up until the point that we are right now but I just think for us it's to focus on the earlier part of this back and forth which is something that explain very much and it's something that we can understand a little bit. So tells So said two things responded with two things, right? [snorts] But what's two questions were and what's two responses were that's a big and I think it's to mention three of the they're all short and they're all extremely fundamental says that when told that I want you to be the one that's going to take theanimateu immediately responded with two ters number one says, "I think you have the wrong guy. It's a mistaken identity. Me, I'm the one that should go ahead and broker this deal." If you look at Rash says, "I'm not someone that's worthy to speak to kings." Now, the truth is grew up in the house of it's not like he's a stranger to being in a palace. And didn't we say was the king of Ethiopia for 40 years? But that's what says maybe it was the humility of Mosha. But either way said, "I'm not someone that's worthy." That was his first time. His second argument was that I don't understand what the Jews have even done to be worthy of being able to go out of Mitra because as far as I know, they've intermingled God's fine into Egyptian culture. And really what do they have to be able to leave? Now this Tina would make you think that is aware of what's going on in Mits the very least he's aware of the fact that his brethren are not behaving properly right but the point is those were the two arguments made number one and number two focus on what does have to be able to go to Rashi says and on answered him first on his first question and then he answered him on his second question. The first question was I'll be with you. I'll be with you. You have nothing to worry about. And by the way, just take a look at what's going on. You see me, I'm with you. You see, I'm here. So, you have nothing to worry about. I will be with you. So it doesn't matter whether you have the credentials or you don't have the credentials. That would be an issue if you're representing yourself, but I'm going to be with you. And if I'm with you, you have nothing to fear. Second, right now they don't have a that [laughter] at some point in the future they're going to be on this mountain. And you're right, I'm not taking them out because of a that they have now. This is not it's based on a that they'll have at some point in the future. So according to the first question the second question, what's the answer is nothing in language that only the Rashbam can use and express. He begins his explanation of these with the following introduction. He says any person that wants to really understand you should pay attention to my commentary because the ones that came before me very shar but this is what says he says if you want to understand Listen to what I'm about to tell you. So the says exactly what Rashi said were two independent questions. The first question was I don't have the credentials and for that like Rashi says this is not something you have to worry about because I'm going to be with you anyways and being that I'm going to be with you anyways. So it's for that reason you're not flying solo. I'm with you. What was the second argument? told me it's he was saying very simple. He says, "Who am I to even stand in the presence of par? I walk into I just knock on the door and say I want to have an audience with the king. Why? I want to bring him a gift. I don't know. I want to meet him. Something very important. They're going to throw me out of my head, right? I'm never going to make it close to the Oval Office. You're telling me to have a conversation with the king of you want me to tell him, "Oh, by the way, how about freeing a couple hundred thousand prisoners, which will probably cause your uh GDP to go down by a significant number. It might crush your economy and you know, do something that's very much against I mean, other than that, it's it's a decent idea. There's no chance this is ever going to happen." So, what were the two tin from Mosha's perspective? emphasis [clears throat] on I can't EVEN WALK IN LET alone your question is again I'm going to be with you can go because if I'm going to be with you it's going to be fine what's the how in the world do you expect me to make an argument from parro and tell him I think you should let the Jews go the answer is you're not asking him to let the Jews go. You know what you're telling him? I'm going to take them out and said they're going to come to this mountain. They're going to worship God a little bit and then they're going to come back home. The truth is we didn't finish the because again we can't just do everything in one day. But ultimately when is going to finalize the what's going to tell? He's going to say at that point it's you and a right I want you to tell we're going to go to this mountain. It's a very holy mountain. WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK HOME. In fact says and this we know every single time spoke to parro and he said let my people go. He didn't say free them. It's a terrible misnomer. What did he always say? Let's go. We'll make a yontiff. We'll bring carbon three days. Whatever it is, NOW WE'RE GONNA COME BACK. SO SAYS THAT'S what your ask is not forever. The ask is not is the ask. The two questions were how could I even stand in front of let alone expect him to let the Jews go out. The answer is and you're misunderstanding the ask. The ask is not ask him to send the out. It's just the third shot is the Ramban. And the Ramban says, and again it flows so well from everything that we've been talking about up until this point. The Ramb says he was asking two questions and when responded and he said was giving two responses and it was oh the two questions. So the first question that Raan learns exactly the way Rashi learns and exactly the way the Rashbam learns says who am I to be able to go to I'm someone that's worthy of doing something like that. I'm not a person that's on that level in the words of the in wrong guy. I'm not someone that can go ahead and do it. What was the second point? told he said that I have another problem. You know my other problem is my problem is even if I get parro to agree to send the Jews out, how in the world am I going to get the yidden to agree to follow me into the land of number one. Number two, you have to think of these groups of people as gangs of dangerous people, people that have kings and chieftains. And these are not people that are about to welcome the Jews anytime soon. There's two parts of the take the Jews out of A and B. bring them into the two questions of are these two components of this equation is never going to let them and then says is going to let go but you think the Jews are going to agree to leave Egypt to go where to go to Cananan they're never going to agree to that they're going to want to stay in Egypt what do you mean they're going to want to stay in Egypt says the Ramban because as bad as it is in Egypt it's going to be much worse if they try going to Cananan. What's the is because it was bad. But what was it? It wasn't genocide. That's our misconception. What it was? It was You're right. It was more than bad. It was But if we're going to go to Cananan, they're going to butcher us. They're going to slaughter us. They're going to wipe us out. That's worse. Of course, that's worse. Factor says a charer he says what happened when the yidden left mitz they went into the midbar every time they met a little bit of adversity they turned to let's go back to why it's precisely this point they were they were in that they would be to the second argument of as bad as it is in Egypt it's going to be worse if we have to go up against these kings and there's no way in the world that I'm going to be successful says it even more He embellishes this very beautifully. He says if the would be tell parro to free the Jews but let them stay in G. Let them stay in Mit. Okay, the Jews will be down for that all day every day. Where do I sign? What's the sh? They're not even going to utter another word. But that's not what you're saying. You're saying take them out of and bring them into Kanan. I think going intoanan we're risking genocide. That's not what we're dealing with right now. Is terrible, but it's going to be worse if we're dead. And as a result, I don't think Par is going to listen. And the second argument is even if Parsons will agree to leave Egypt to be free and stay in Egypt, of course, but to be free and leave Egypt. What was response said as it relates to the first I'm going to be with you. Trust me, everything's going to go well with what's your second problem. The are never going to agree to follow you. When the yidden leave, we're going to stand at and when the yidden come to I'm going to reveal myself to you in a way that the yidden are going to see that everything that you're saying is and that you're the real of the gil that are going to take place at harina are going to be so powerful that after they're going to have a whole different perspective of you. It could be up until there'll be to quote but when the came to the says their whole changed everything shifted and that's what was hinting to say and at that point you're not going to have to worry. So just to make a recap said two things the first thing of the two things everyone agrees in some way shape or form was saying you have the wrong guy you have to find some big uh politician some dignitary someone that has a level of gooddulla that could broker this kind of transaction I'm I'm I'm very humble but I'm the wrong person and because I'm the wrong person I don't know how this is going to work and according to all the again each one in there gave him the same response that's we have to worry about I'm sending you you're my going to be with me you're going to have the power of me this is not something that you have to be concerned with what the second question was That's already a big discussion. Now she says that the question was and the said nothing but they're going to have and it's on that right now I'm agreeable to let them out. The way learns the second question was is that to even stand in front of you think is ever going to let the out the answer is you're not telling him to just free you says every was right that's all I'm asking you to do and loves this so much he says anyone who doesn't learn this doesn't know right he's so convinced that this is the most push The ways that even if is going to agree to like the Jews, I don't think the Jews are going to agree. They're not going to want to leave. They don't want to go up against you're right. Right now, where you are, they're not going to buy into you on the level that they're going to agree to blindly follow you into Cananan. But and at that point, they're going to have a whole different perspective of you. And at that point, at that point, they're going to be willing to follow you. We're going to stop this year right here. Again, we're leaving some uh unfinished business on the table that we're going to get to tomorrow in the next year. But just to end with one ravite, one short and that is soenu is a shepherd. He's invari sees a thorn bush. There's a flam fire inside the thorn bush and miraculously realized something's going on over here. Let me get a little bit closer. I want to see this. When saw that was getting closer calls out to the he said responded first words out of mouth don't come closer you cannot take any step close you can't come so close right don't come so close then es himself. And when [clears throat] started hearing talkenu hit his face because he was simply afraid to look at has a twoline comment on this toldu says at this point had not yet achieved his very lofty major that he was going to achieve in the future because literally entered the cloud the which is where the wasu WAS TOLD DON'T TAKE ANOTHER STEP YOU CAN'T GET TOO CLOSE TO THE burning bush I can't get too close to the burning bush why cuz my maj is not high enough by hariu entered the success was able to get very close It's true later was going to be able to get very close but not yet because he didn't reach that very very lofty level yet says upon him. You see it also from the fact that was aesh you see he didn't yet achieve the level that it says regarding that was literally able to look at the says you see that at this pointu had not yet achieved his grace of madus that he was going to achieve in the future you see it from two components of this narrative tells says what happened to the answer is that was then this is now what happened to the iss that was Then this was now. So it's a fascinating observation that the Ramban makes that revealed himself to for the first time and the truth is it makes a lot of sense, right? People during their lifetimes, right? So at this point was on a very high level obviously, but was yet going to andu was going to be able to do some of the things that at this point you see he wasn't yet able to do. But if you think about it for a minute, it really is incredible. Why? How much time passed from this episode right here until when was going to enter that until where the Pik says the answer is it wasn't a lot of time right this is right at the end of by the next year was already going to go to parro and he's going to start making miracles I'll say that the mak lasted foresh after one year the already left mim And 49 days later they stood at the foot of that means there was one year and change from when this story happened until when Rabenu was going to reach those incredible madres in a year went from being to all of a sudden a that's We were put on this world. Everyone, but in such an incredible exponential way, in such a short period of time, that seems to be something that's almost miraculous. How do you understand this incredible leap of mad from being to the Madregas that he was going to achieve? So the truth is we've spoken about this over the years in the raid bites many times. But I think in light of the and in light of the we spoke about in the previous year I think this takes on a new meaning. It takes on a new we mentioned the says that how could the say like how could the say that there's never going to be a that's on the level of every single person has free will every person has what's going to be if somebody uses his free will he uses his to come to a major where he's on the level of what is going to stop him is going to get in his way of coursees would never do that so how is it possible that the could be made for like says the rabb says the rabb of understanding this is by realizing it's not a level that a person could achieve ability I'm skipping a little bit. THIS IS WHAT the is coming to say. And here's the punch line for this rabbi. And this miracle like all the miracles that performed was needed. It was a needed that thei that was going to introduce was going to be a son of that noi would ever be able to be on because otherwise what would prevent another ni from coming right the throughout the generations and saying that I had a dream revealed himself to me and he told me this and he told me that the answer is you're going you're not on the level of THE MAY BECAUSE IS A miracle is a and that's thisu needing to be on such an incredible major so that Rabenu's would be ironclad it would be rock solid beyond reproach so that the Tyra would now be beyond reproach. But here's the point. The point is Moshu Rabenu's Madre was a miraculous Madre. And you know why Mosher Raenu was given that miraculous Madre? It was given to him because otherwise if Rabenu is not on that level then the Torah is not going to be as rock solid. It's going to be and that's why has to be on the Maja that he's in. When a kadesh bar revealed himself to Maitrau for the first time, Maitra Rabenu was very that's why he was the one that got the call and not me and you. We understand Rabenu was an incredible Madre but Rabenu at that point did not have to be from the fl that put into the world. He didn't have to be that yet. It wasn't necessar but he didn't have to be on that mrega yet he should even be on that madrega yet he had all the potential in the world but why was a shepherd to work for Isra you have to be on this madrega what happened in that year and change told me I want you to be the and after a lot of back and forth as we're going to see in the next year finally acquesced he agreed he said I'm going to do it I'm going to be the minuteu became the and the minute was the one that was going to represent the yid and to take the madam now the story ofu is going to change now has to be that he has to be that that's beyond reproach now has to go to the level of like dan says because now he HAS THAT MISSION THAT REQUIRES HIM TO BE ON the level of SOENU AS A GIFT WAS ALL OF A SUDDEN GIVEN IN A MOMENT. What's going on? [snorts] It was just a year ago where it was a year ago. He was afraid to look. What changed from a year ago to now? You know what changed from a year ago to now? A year ago was just a very a very very butenu was not the he was not the man. Mhm. didn't have to have those incredible madregas. He wasn't a ness. He wasn't a Pella. He wasn't a kadesh. He was a great na someone who were great who had reached great great madregas. We're going to see in the next year also did Miriam was in the videos father was a big deal right so yeah he came from a very families right we all plundered before four generations five generations from so had reached a very very high level but at the same time he wasn't that and as a result his madrega was a madre his madrega was a madrega of madre of he was afraid once he took upon himself theos He said, "I will. I do." Then all of a sudden everything changed. The truth is it's the says goes up to gets right. We like that word. Why said I want you to go down from your all the I gave you I gave you for [laughter] now sinned I don't need you anymore CAME BECAUSE WAS RIGHT AWAY REVEALED HIMSELF TO THE terrago was IT WAS BUT then gave him a gift the gift was the gdoula that he gave him this of now all of a sudden THAT WASN'T GOING TO GO TO NOTHING HE WAS GOING TO GO BACK to he WAS GOING TO GO BACK to that extrad He got only and being that that extrad he got only it's for that reason told him well guess what in the event that there's no because they sinned with the so I have no need for this anymore what do I need this miracle for there was a need to split the sea we split the sea there's a need to have a moh if there's no need to have a moh it's not something that's going to be necessary anymore I saw in And by the way there is from soy brings from different that used to say I'll read it in one this comes from the used to say in another and this comes from one of the said this was something that was he says what's the big deal of what's the big deal would come to you and he would be mgala to you all the secrets of the world and he would show you what he showed Rabenu he'd also be on that madrego so why do we make such a big deal he was given the greatest gift of all time so what you're impressed cuz he got a gift somebody worked on himself THAT'S IMPRESSIVE BIG DEAL WHAT'S THE grace and why was it that it was never did it with us. It's from there we can understand the greatness of that when you want to bring out the grace kite from don't bring it out by saying wow you know what was able to do that's easy ONCE YOU GET THAT gift from you want to bring out the grace kkite of moenu bring out the fat act that from all the people in the world that could have chose to give this gift to the person that he chose was we make this mistake a lot right wow look at what this person the godless is not sometimes in what the person is physically doing it's in what he did to get to the place that he's physically doing but the bottom line is the grace kite said fromu is not the madre that mobu achieved the graceu is the fact that rabenu was chosen the madreas he achieved He was about to lose it in a second. That was a gift that he had simply because it was a tool that he needed to be able to accomplish his mission. You know, I always thought there's a tremendous from this and that is, you know, very often people feel, you know, they have this calling in life or they don't or they're not sure. Who am I? Me. I'm going to do it. You have the wrong guy. I'm I'm a I'm someone that's gonna be Look at me. I can't even go past this line in the sand. Look at me. I can't even look at you. I'm so scared to look. Right. And it's a real authentic rational heres very very often. But what we fail to realize is is that if we heed the calling and if we take upon the and we take upon the gives every person whatever it is he needs to be able to fulfill his the biggest fear people have taking the next step in their life is they have the wrong I can't do it I can't do it for good reasons reasons weren't good reasons I would think if Rabenu is going to argue with a baru don't send me probably every word that's coming out of his mouth is thought out and it's 100% true. The the feeling of is a very rational feeling but the answer is the answer. You're right. And the way the Raan explains it, it jumps off the page that you're right right now. Maybe you're not such a big deal. But you'll see you'll see your story is not over yet. The minute you take upon this, whatever it might be personal, it doesn't matter. The minute you take on this, I promise you, I will give you the I'm going to give you the tools that you need to be able to fulfill what you need to fulfill. I think this there's not a lot to learn from the what are you going to learn? These are all things that are above our pay grade. What are you supposed to learn from like how you supposed to learn from that? That's what used to tell his kids. That's what he used to tell his grandchildren. That's what he used to tell us. The lim from Rabenu is not the madre of Rabenu. You know what the lim IS THAT HEM CHOSE THAT'S the lim the lim of raenu is is that if you go and you're willing to take upon yourself will give IT TO YOU TOO THOUGHT WAS THE ONE WHO WAS READY TO SAY HE WAS THE ONE that was ready to take the job. And that's why Disha went ahead and he chose and from that there's a lot to learn. From that there's a tremendous amount to learn. Because if we're not afraid to take that next step, if we don't walk around with this feeling of and I could do a lot more than I think I'm capable of doing, then every single person could do big things. That's that's the lima. That's something that we're able to take out. That's neaya every single person in his life from the great moher rabin