Parshat Naso | Rabbi Baruch Taub | June 5th 2025

Good morning everybody. Good morning. Paradaso. Hope everyone had a an inspiring. So um I have three pieces today. We'll start with the MS Leako from Rabyak of Kamki. And there's a strange order in the parha because last week we had uh discussing the responsibilities of the kohanim in the traveling what they what the what uh their their responsibilities are with regards to dismantling and rebuilding the Mishkan. It started with Kahhat who is in in the previous parha and now begins the para begins with geran which is very strange because ger is the bore right why did we start with kahan right so uh here's the rash gon also gan right vis quotes a medish um is more it is more valuable than diamonds. The the general the Gomorrah says use that a um mams a aim who is a mam is bigger than a coenar than a coen doesn't know how to learn right because tora is the premier thing so so because right so he says even from the pin the Gomorrah says because he goes he goes inside the the but still the but here he's saying it that is better than Gon who is theor right even though Gershan is the firstborn son of Aon Matsino kurum not the firstborn son. Uh he was given the he was um kahhat was called first was last week right what did kahhat do right um because responsibility was to carry the ark with the Torah in it with right in it that's where the Torah is so therefore so therefore we had first Now, now he so therefore he was before last week at Ben now it's so that's why the order is reversed theor is mentioned second the first because he is carrying the the so he is uh he is better than the diamond meaning the he went out first right so now I skipped the line here okay now based on this he wants to tell a story he wants to explain something um the um this is a gammorra in avid razer Razer was sick. Now Raer was someone who probably learned Torah 18 hours a day and he was sick and he couldn't learn. So what did he do? He didn't go to Miami. He sat by the door of the base medish over he said when the come out and when rebi comes out I'll stand up for them and I'll receive reward right because there are two denim with the mitzvah of one mitzvah in the mitzvot is to learn Torah the other element of the mitzvah of tomma is to honor So if I can't learn right at least let me sit there and I'll stand up for when the comes out when all the come out I'll stand up for them at least I'll get for something something close to Torah right so what happened meanwhile so while he was sitting there a child came out from walked out what did your rebi teach you borian. If you eat the bra on hops is borama, right? Green fruit. You say shah, right? What are you talking about? Your reb is wrong. The other way around. makes more sense the other way around. Hi. Right. The uh the uh the green grain rather green grain is it comes from the ground marvi. So other this one comes from the ground and the hops were not planted. They're like sort of germinated from the from the air, right? Or they're they're on a a little bit higher on a on some kind of a branch thing, right? But the is according to this little child. Why my h this hops is the is the final product, right? And therefore it deserves the final product. vah. But the green grain is not finished yet. So if you're going to eat it, you say, um, right? So um, this is too small. So small here. I did it too small. It's hard for me to catch it. Okay. Um, okay. Okay. So, what does this Gomorrah have to do with with uh with the point he he want he wants to make? Um, okay. This story first of all we see the the love of Torah that the had he could have done something else. Could have gone out and done right. He could have gone on done another mitzvah, right? So why did he do this something that doesn't require a lot of thought, right? He was he couldn't learn. He was sick. Whatever he had a headache, whatever to sit by the base to stand up every time is also hard for him, right? Why do this? So why why was this the replacement activity to to relax a little bit right? Because this is also part of Torah. If you can't learn at least me have at least let me have some something to do with which is honoring the right says in migillah giving honor to is is similar to learning Torah itself. Right? And said he wanted Torah, but he couldn't. He couldn't concentrate that day. So, let me really go deep into the mitzvah of Torah. I'm going to stand up for a couple of hundred and we're going to come out of the base matters, right? to stand up for Torah. Loved his learning, but he had a problem. He had a Shila. He had a he had a Shila. He had a Shil in the Gmorrah. He didn't understand the Gmorrah. So, what did he do? He went to Ravisda his student to remind to to remind him about the Gomorrah to tell him what the Gomorrah said. And the Gomorrah asks over let him send for send somebody to bring his to him instead of him going to him. The answer right what this is the proper way to do it. Why Rashi explains you have to make an effort right? The gammor migillo says you got the if a person says um if if I I didn't try to do something it's not going to happen but you got the if you make an effort you're going to be successful this is this is what he was doing the tell me I I've learned from everybody I've learned from everybody Right? Anything that has to do with the Torah to the point that he went to his student, right? The rabbi saying even if you learn one chapter from somebody, right? The Ram actually says this in Torah. It talks about the obligation to study to teach Torah. Right? So of right to right. So why does the Ram say every this is very unusual by the way the Rambam there's never a repeated word. If the Rambam is saying a repetition like this there's a minefield here. So what is the Ram saying when he says every has the the responsibility to teach Torah, right? Because you would think, you know, some every learning person, right? Maybe maybe I don't want to learn, right? In fact, let me just digress a minute for a an idea from the Vul it says uh in in the brought which we just laid on, you shall not kill, right? But in the de brought that we have in in this inanu we have earlier there's a minor this difference in one place is written with a lot and the other place is written with the comets right which by the way not only in ashkanas there are many and there's a tradition inspired also to be mockbid on the comets as well but okay so why is that So the GR says the G says a brilliant thing that the mitzvah is to teach Torah, right? Sometimes a is a the opening. Sometimes someone who's not on the level of being a and starts to teach and he doesn't know what he's talking about and he's going to distort Torah for people that's murdering in a spiritual sense with a with a right. Then there's a person with a k is a closed mouth, right? There's a person who is a but he doesn't share his Torah with other people. He is killing Jews with a with a closed mouth. Right? So the Ram brings but the Ram brings to teach the students. So why does he repeat it? So really he the Rambam is telling you this even if you know all you know is al you know al you don't know anything else. If you have an obligation to share that al with another Jew that's the mitzvah of everybody's if you know one thing you're in and that you're and that's that's what he that's what he points out here. And therefore the rabbis say again you learn this was your grade one teacher right I remember actually this goes back quite a few years my oldest son who's now I think 57 uh I think he's going to be 58 I don't know maybe he's 57 something like that anyway Anyway, I came to visit him when he was learning here in Israel and he was learning in in Ravia in Shet and he was learning by Rashulbach in the Maltoria tremendous Orbach was a I don't want to go into the politics he's been painted with a red pen but he was at he was at Saddic he was at I don't I don't know about his politics he was an incredible uh person and a beloved rebi right and Um and I went to the shear. So first of all I just tell you interesting thing I was there for 2 weeks. I was in the base medish and before he gave she he would walk out of the base med and come back about 20 minutes later. So one day somebody said follow him see where he's going. So he went to the mikvah. Every day before he gave she he went to the mikvah. Right. But so I was walking with him once one of the days and he took me downstairs. He wanted to show me something. And he took me downstairs in the gro. That's where his yeshiva was in the gro. So downstairs, he takes me downstairs. There's an old Muhammad teaching. It's a little about 50 kids, right? And he went in, he went over to him. We gave him shim. He says, "This was my malam. He taught me olive base." And he's been teaching here. Figure how many years he's been teaching olive base in right in the in the grocery, right? This is Rebi. This is Rebi because of the dearness of Torah to him. Torah the rabbi say in the medish um oh this is also beautiful medish. You know something strange about fish when it rains what do they do? They come out of the water to try to the raindrops, right? Says, "What what's the what's the what's the limu from that? What's the m from that?" Right? They they stick their head out to get another bit of water because of their their dearness of water to them, right? It's a it happens to be a fact. What do we that's what you learn from that, right? They know their life depends on on the water. Therefore, Torah is our life. Uh so now sent this little boy to him, right? Uh this little boy this in from school, right? And he asked him questions and he made a mistake in that right made a mistake and the child told him over the correct to demonstrate to him who made that he did the right thing to come to this little boy to learn learn from everybody even this little boy beautiful idea. Then he concludes we can say perhaps going back to our original question why is Gore mentioned second his brother was first right you could say should have said there the beginning of Right. Right. Gian says also there. If you look at the P, he quotes the P right they too also right they too he's attached to the third brother he doesn't say thatari that gan was involved with more important things than right. In other words, the bottom line is because Kahhat was carrying the loot, the auron, he came first and even the bur the natural firstborn was given second place because Torah comes before. Okay, let's go to the next piece. is from Rav Schwab and uh this from the ha tora interesting haftra famous haft tora actually the birth of Shimshan miraculously Shimshan was born and Shimshan was a nazir right so the ha tora says vomi so here you have shimsh was born from man was a very simple person from right the lowest of the tribes his wife was an isah his wife was a very wise and pious person he was a pious person also but he was Right? He was he was not a a schooled person. Right? Then this is where Shimshin came from. Right? So he asked the Malik. He asked the Malik and we're going to have a mal. He told him, "You're going to have this Shimshan. He's going to be a Nazir. He's going to be a Nazir, right? Gonna be a special Nazer is gonna Nazer has lives a life. uh he doesn't uh you know he takes certain on himself. Um now by the way the Naz is not the that we he he recedes from society. He goes into a cave right he retreats from society. The nuz has to attach himself to society. He has to live with Krail. They have to see him. He has to do for them. They have to do for him. So it's not the is to demonstrate that one could aspire to greater heights. But he's part of the you know I always say um you know there was a time the OU I don't know if they do it anymore they we used to have Torah retreats to various parts of the country Torah retreat so it always bothered me why you know you go into the country right like parro what Moshu asked from parro all he wants is three days to go out and have a shabaton right he wants to strengthen claw Australia I only want to go for three days right so why do we call it a retreat because aldah This whole idea is from the Catholics. The Catholics have retreats. So really, it shouldn't be called a retreat. It should be called a forward, right? It's not a retreat, it's a forward, right? That's what it should really have been called, right? So that's the that's what a nozzer is, right? But how do I raise a nozzer? How do I simple me? How am I what am I what kind of educ you know today in in education one of the biggest challenges in education you know we've done a lotem for slower children um learning problems and so on and so we've done a tremendous amount in uh for children AHD age 88 whatever it is ADHD rights special needs children right but but where where there is still work to be done is for the genius child that that raising and educating a child who's way ahead of the game is a big big challenge. So here I'm dealing with how do I raise a nuzzer? So he goes to vomi. He said to me vat now I'll tell you how you raise him. You know the nuzzer can't drink wine, can't cut his hair, can't get to become close to a mate in touch, right? So he says to the father, this is what you have to do. I'll teach the don't drink wine or strong drink and don't eat anything that could bear because your son is going to be anar from the bet. He's telling this to the wife. This is this is the mother is telling this to the mother. Let the the guy this Malik told us we're going to have told my wife please could he come to me again and to teach me again what I'm supposed to do with this child. Right? Second time, right? So now there's a big question here. Right? How do we understand first of all? He certainly knew the para of Nazir in in paraso in this week's para right it's very simple straightfor and if you want to know the of the nazir in the gor right were there not they were not and judges people in the time of this was the time of theim there were people that have could have taught He could have asked them for to teach him right what the Nazer has to do his child is he know he knew that the nazer actually did say he told he told his wife that he's going to be a nazir right why did he ask him come a second I got a bigger kasha. He says, I got a bigger question. Answered his question. He answered him. Yes, I'm going to do it. And the came a second time. If you look at it carefully, he didn't add anything. He told her you have to raise this kid, he shouldn't drink wine. He shouldn't come close to, you know, his hair has to grow. Shouldn't come close to to right. He didn't change anything from what he told his wife. Right? Do everything that I told your wife. Don't drink wine, etc. do everything I told you to do. Right. Next paragraph over the point, right? The next column. Here's the here's the genius of what he says. What is happening here? Even if Noah if Noah happened to know the laws of he wasn't talking about what should what is this kid supposed to do? What does it mean to have a nazir? He was asking him how do I raise him? How do I protect him right in an open environment in a a non-nuzier environment? He wanted to know how do we deal with this child? How are we supposed to do it no with tremendous additional sanctity and kadushim and prohibitions no additional no sham from the rest of the people right how do you raise such a child how do we keep him normal right how do we keep him normal right if he himself is not right I'm not a nazer how do I do this so the malik answered You're right. Aba Shanar also the father of this child who's going to be born Kimo Nazir. He has to be a role model. He even though he was didn't accept upon himself the vow of he don't have any wine in the house that's what the means whatever I told the already when she is in her pregnancy you grammatically right or you have to be tish now you have to do it you have to do it not tish are going on the isha but you yourself have to do this for yourself not your son but you and and your wife it's impossible to raise a child in a different way than the parents go right like you know tra you know do as I say not as I do right that's that's a tragedy right that's what he's telling you have to set an example fact of life Children learn from what they see by their parents. Right? You can blame the school all you want. You can blame the teacher and the rebi all you want. But what's happening at home? No. But if a person says to a child, I want you to do this. I want you to to go to I want you to learn Torah, right? I want you to. And the father himself doesn't do it. He can give him 100 days in a row, right? 101 times he will not be successful. You want to raise a nazir? You want to know? You're asking me how to raise a you go through the motions. It's not forbidden to do that. And that's what he tremendous lesson in life. Okay. One final piece here. This is after we do don't forget and now or the third piece is from Rab Salvik and para's nas what we one of the things we have in in the para his kanim now there's a real theme in the para the fact that the para begins with nazir and continues with with the coanim is is not by accident because these are both communities within the community of kalisra of higher higher spirituality who who don't retreat from society but again they they reach out to society the Naz setting an example right and the cohen has this higher authority but he gives it over the to Israel right so listen to this and this is just a few in the para you have the we're all familiar with particular is we have we have every day right so Israel this is how you have to bless the Jewish Jewish people am more with that's he's going to talk about is a strong strong statement more it's not a one-time deal what does Rashi say right I want to explain the there's a great divide is a onetime thing, right? Right. Remember, please remember, try to remember. Do something. Tie a string around your finger to remember. Which, by the way, I always had this feeling. Where did this come from? I don't know. Today, you can Google anything. Where does it come from to tie a string around your finger to remember something? I have I have feel very strongly that it has to do with parit right it's it's something that that got out to the the world from sitsus because leisuru right the whole mitz is to remember the Torah right right I don't think it's a stretch I really don't think it's a stretch at what point in historically did it happen I don't know but but anyway right so zakur is tie a string around your one time deal the if if it would say the Torah, right? Keep it holy. You know, once a week do shabas, right? But that's not the d of shabas. The d of sanctifying shabas is not just one day a week. The ram makes it very clear. No sir. since it's a continuous it goes on all week, right? Shabbat we prepare for and and this is what we say in in at the end of Ding every day, right? The the shy, right? The days of the week classically are not Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Those are delays that are not. It's yumish. Yumi yumishi to what? Yomabati bishat. It relates the shabas that was and the shabas that's coming. Right? And you know the gora talks about hill and shama that if hill would sham would find something he put it away for shabas. He'll had mid he didn't he he waited till the end something good is going to better is going to come but whatever it was they're they're busy a whole week preparing and all week we prepare for shabas right it's true right I said actually mentioned this on shabas uh since no one was here I'll just tell you the nonsense that I said every day we prepare for shabas you know uh Sunday we clean up from shabas from shabas right Uh, Monday we eat the leftovers from Shabas. Tuesday we prepare a shopping list. What what the menu is going to be. Wednesday we go shopping. Thursday we fight about whether we're going to invite your mother to or mother-in-law or brother-in-law for Shabas. And Shabas is shabas, right? Okay, there you go. So, but really seriously speaking, that's the mitzvah to remember. Every day there's a mitzvah to remember Shabas, right? Unbelievable, right? And uh in fact, seriously, last night I I thought that I was going to sleep. It was going to be Friday today. I forgot it's Thursday. So I was I was all nervous anyway. Okay. I was set straight. Okay. So, he quotes Shaz everything that he found during the week, he would set it aside for for he says also that's the that the days of the week there accounts for the day that was shabas that were leaving and right belove not name could go on Sunday he that's right of salvage says now by the way I say that it relates to we we are reminded of the last shabas the kaduca from the last shabas has to stay with us and the kaduca we have to anticipate the shabas that's coming and hahically it it is that way because let's say for example you didn't make havdah you have till Tuesday to make havdah so you have till Tuesday is still related officially You can make a to the previous Shabas. And as far as the first the three days toward in the next Shabas, you're not allowed to get on a boat within 3 days of Shabbat coming up. Now, today is a whole different story, but I'm not going to go into it. There different different reasons, but that's a basic, right? Because we're afraid that it's going to stare as Shabbat, right? Okay. This is the Ramban part, right? Okay, different sources. Next paragraph. Now, let's go. Why it says tell the not more without a V, but amore it's you know say to the is not a one-time deal here. Right now, we can explain what does this have to do with from Shabbat? What does this have to do with the amore to the It's not enough that they say the once a day. That's it. Right. But in this activity of benching the people there is a continuum that the coen has a challenge to constantly be on the level that I am to bless them with his heart. He wants to bless them. something you do not have in any other that we have for mitzvah. What does the coin say? Don't have this with any other mitzvah. Right. They don't have that. That the feeling the emotion of the love that the Cohen has for the Jews for Israel should be in his heart. That's part of the mitzvah, right? as we say by the way that's why in right they don't only we know that right we only do a person has to be relaxed he has to be right everybody's busy with their parnosa they're not their hearts are not where they're supposed to be Maybe then they have this but I can tell we don't have we don't have our deals our problem we have plenty of problems but the Israel still it it's it goes against the grain the coin is more than Israel even with all that sorus that we still have here right what What? And you know what? And if I'm telling you an old wives tale, they had this happiness thing, this organization that lists countries. Israel came number number five. I think this is something number five, which is like this is some kind of um by the way, why number five? Why not number one? So I did a little Google search and this organization has to do with the United Nations. So they would never give us one, right? Okay. So that's what he says, right? So that's amore. I would add one other thing. You know the coeava it's a challenge because the coen is involved with the lowest levels of society. He has to deal with the mitsur. He has to go into the house with saras. He has to deal with the mitsur. He has to deal with people with tremendous sorus. Right? So he has to have that be challenged with that mitzvah that he should whatever he does it should be should be. Okay. My pleasure.