R Yaakov Yosef Schechter Mishmar Parshas Tzav at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim

parist this week's parish talks about the carbonus we know and it's also shabas what is shabas why do we have shabas the tour says shabas What happened was on Nissan the 10th of Nissan when leaving Mitim they were commanded to take the sheep of the mitzim and tie it to the bed posts and they saw the mitim and they told the mim we're going to sh these sheep this is what we're going to be shacking for the carbon p we're going to be shing these sheep and they were unable to say anything the sheep without >> they said you're God. >> They Well, we're going to say that we're yet very good question and we're about to get to that. >> Yeah. Yeah. Listen, I I'm I'm getting ready to be prepared for, you know, maybe take a bigger shot of whiskey. So, the sheep, you have to remember, as he said, was of the it wasn't just you taking animal and you wereing their pets. You were you were going to tell them you were going to slaughter and they couldn't do anything. They could do nothing to stop it. So that was a great nace and therefore it's called Shabas the great Shabas. On this day this miracle happened. What's the obvious question? Obvious question anybody? Obvious question that's what it is but I mean it's not it was an animal shabas on shabas but >> how could they do on >> excellent question >> this year is not a question you are correct this year is shabas you are correctly left mit on Thursday was shabas the miracle happened on yud on chabas You are correct. But why do we call it chabas though still even for this year? Why are you calling it chabas? Which means we're we're referencing the day. Every other miracle that every miracle that happened on purim we don't say what day of the week it happened. >> We say the what day of the month every we have >> on a year where the day does not come out on. Why is it called? >> Why is it called >> day? Why it should be you? But and and the we're saying is you want to commemorate want to have a day of zikurin for this great miracle it should be on Nissan every year call it I don't know you can come up we can all have we can put in everyone can put in a what their suggestion for the name of the day is current maybe >> maybe perhaps every maka traversed a shabas which means in the middle traversed I big word >> in case because this way I use big words so in case you have a question you I'll assume that you didn't understand the big word >> oh okay I'll just assume you didn't understand the big word that's why you have a kasha not really because you have a kasha that's part of my don't don't tell anyone my secrets so every maka had a shabas in the middle of it what happened on shabas during every makka you want to know what happened the makka stopped shabas came Shabas were preparing understanding what Shabas was about rested from giving a Makkah on Shabas >> when wait for every single Maka Shabas happened in middle >> we're going to get to that we're going to get to that one second almost there now think about it what happened right before what was the market right before that we were in the Nissan was in the middle of Mak >> darkness. Shabas comes >> and now it's light. Now what's the answer? The answer is if it would have not been shabis, if would have been on a Tuesday or a Monday, it would have been dark for the mitzim. They wouldn't have seen Clal Israel taking the sheep. They wouldn't have been there would have been no miracle. Kalisha would have been quietly doing it during the darkness. They would have taken it and finished. No miracle. >> So the whole miracle happened because of Shabasesham. So because of that we always reference the day even though because Shabas because Shabas was the cause of the miracle. If Tuesday wasn't the cause if it would have been a Tuesday wouldn't happen. So even on years when you Nissan doesn't come out Shabas was part and without Shabas there's no miracle >> that was the miracle >> that without Shabas there was no miracle the miracle was the sheep that they saw it you got it >> not 100% the Shabas was the cause of the miracle hell >> if there would have been Tuesday >> the mitrian would not have seen taking the sheep it was dark >> so then would have taken the sheep and they would have put it on the corner and they wouldn't have said what are you doing you're taking our sheep and the whole miracle wouldn't have Shabas was like >> so because Shabas there was a break from the miracle. >> So that from the Makkah the miracle of Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> You're correct. I shouldn't say miracle because the miracle is a thing. No, no, you're correct. Got it. >> We don't want to guess. >> Good. >> Who says this? Let's go back a little bit to makdam. Makazdam. This is all you could use all this for the sed as well. We talk about the makers. So Maka's dam was the first Maka. Why was Makdam the first Makkah? Anybody? Makazdam hit parro where it hurt. Parro held of the Nos as his ao and Nelis was the one what gave Mitim the made them into a superpower because it irrigated all their fields and because of that they had all the produce. >> He held that he was a god. that he held he was a god like the that's that's correct but when he but the point is that made a turn into blood >> and they said is you're not a god now let's go a little bit back what happened first got very wealthy from the dam >> what happened we all know the medra says that what >> they sold them water >> they sold them water right they sold them water the only way that the mim could get any water was if they sold it to them what's the obvious question. Why did they have to get rich then? They were going to take the they were going to get the from the Yam from the when the yam from all the bees are >> why why they have be busy with this now? What was the what was the point? Why is that important now? >> Maybe it's more for the push. >> Maybe it's more for the could be could be to try to get them part of the Makkah perhaps. Perhaps. But let's go a little bit back before that. Mishenu when he was in the palace growing up in the palace of parro he told parro you have this Jewish people they're your slaves they work for you you're making them work seven days a week you're making a mistake you want to get production from them give them a day off you give them one day off they'll produce more in 6 days of working and one day off than working seven days in a So par says okay go ahead go tell them they can have a dayu went and told don't work on shabas that's one of the explanations why we say shabas day was proud and his were already keeping shabas they weren't commanded yet but they were already keeping shabas because mosha suggested to par what happened moisha got got chased out of Mit. We all know he killed the Mitri and he had to run away. Pyro saw what was happening to the medish explains it that Pyro saw that when started keeping Shabas all of a sudden they started talking about this God Hashem their god why did they why because they had time to think they had time to they had they did nothing they had nothing to do they didn't have cell phones and who knows what an internet they were shabas and they did nothing but think about Hashem So when left, Paris says, "You know what? We're we're canceling Shabas. We're canceling Shabas. No more Shabas. I don't care. Yeah, I'll get less production. That's fine. But I don't want them to start having hopes and saying there's a Hashem. There's a God that's going to save them." No, no, no. No more Shabas. What happens? Makazdam. Makazdam. Paris saw that there is Hashem in the world and he got a little bit nervous. He said there is a Hashem. He's taken away that the the water the needless river which is my god is nothing. It's now all blood. And therefore he said I'll give you back shabas. It says of how does someone get rich from keeping shabas? It says that became rich because of that. So the dam you want to know why they get mluga says you want to know why they got rich from the dam not because they needed the money then it was an automatic because they automatic cuz they were keeping shabas they started to keep shabas >> it was automatic they got rich it wasn't that they needed the money it wasn't the point >> it was exactly cause and effect correct >> so shabas >> gives braha to the entire week everything comes And now we're going to segue into the pes. How are we going to segue into the pes? They said this is interactive. That's what they told me. Their is brought in the second day of pes which is shabas. Pyro uses the word shabas for pes shabas. The sudukim said that it always means shabas means shabas and you should bring the on Sunday tell us shabas means pesal we bring we brought the on the second day of pes shabas is pes what's the isid is a raam we could speak a little bit pillpull here a little bit ramboms we could say no you know it's >> ppull huh it's a little bit The Rambam says in Hilbon the very beginning he opens up author on the 14th day after there's a mitzvah that's why it's people have to know that it has like >> it's a because they can bring the carbon already shouldn't take haircuts already together then >> you can't have them fasting >> when there's a reason that they have to fast >> um it probably be a little bit of a problem but perhaps if Yeah It be it's it's it could it could be. >> No, no, no, no. It's it's a fair question. But some say someone let's say has a yard when you're supposed to fast on on the yumptive. Sometimes if someone has a he's allowed is allowed to be on you have to make it up maybe. But there's a concept that there's a fear. Some say that the is fear of what happened and therefore they're allowed to but yeah allowed to So >> that's why they eat together fast. >> The whole we don't fast. That's correct. >> That's why we eat together. That's why they eat together. >> That's correct. That's correct. >> So delion mitzvah. It's avitz. But every other carbon that the Rambam talks about he says mitzvah say what's the point of bringing a carbon we talk about the to be to become close to connect to that's what every is the word means to come close >> maybe it's yours to kill perhaps perhaps maybe it's a reference to that but And the Rambam continues and says the Rambam says that you have to in the you can't sh you have to like every other carpet. Why does he have to delineate that the carbon pesak has to have all these things of Kamki asked this question of Kamki answers carbon pes the first mitzvah that gave you want to know what the mitzvah is? to it to eat it. >> Every other carbon is even if no one is able to eat the carbon, you can still sh it. A carbon if you someone no one for whatever reason no one can eat it. You won't have a you won't be able to eat. You can't sh the carbon because the is to eat it. Why beautifully that every time you do a mitzvah, every mitzvah that you do, you should know it's for your benefit. It's really for your benefit. You're going to eat from the carbon, I'm telling you to do it, but it's for you. It's for your benefit. Every time we do a mitzvah, we do a mitzvah of of sitting in a of you I think I'm what am I getting from it? I'm not getting anything from it. So the very first mitzvah says we have to know that every mitzvah that gave us is for our benefit. The same way we're eating the carbon p we're feeling that we're doing we're we're getting from it that's really every single mitzvah. So why now? So why is he teaching it through the P? >> This is the first one. This is the first mitzvah. You want the very first one to get you this. Now every other mitzvah many was the first >> not not to at this talks about that. It's a good question. It's a good question. He calls it the first but even if it's not the first he's saying from the first ones. Yeah. >> What he's saying is it's from the first that shows that it's actually for you. >> It's all for you. And there's a we say every day hopefully numerous times we say and it shall be and it shall be. Just say and it shall be. What's this? And it shall be. What does that mean? Gives him mashall. You have a king and the king wants to give one of his servants. He wants to give him reward. He wants to give him reward. He likes him. He says, "I like that person. I want to give him reward. I how can I give him reward? I have to give him reward for doing something." So he tells him to go in to New York City and buy him 50 loaves of bread and bring it back to him. 3,000 B actually doesn't give that example just just in case you want. So the guy servant goes he goes into New York City brings back 50 loaves of bread. He comes to the king. He says here's your 50 loaves of bread. But I had to travel. I got stuck in traffic. There was Black Lives Matter protests. I got a dozen tickets from all these cameras and then then the speeding and and then lights. It was horrible. Okay, but here's your loaves of bread. So the king says, "Okay, a tipish. I don't need 50 loaves of bread. I have a baker. I have seven bakers. I have as much bread as I can possibly have." Okay. But Lisa, he has 50 loaves of bread. He can give it to his family. He gets something from this person. That's one servant. Then he has a second servant. And he tells the servant, "Go into New York City and bring me back 50 rocks." >> Okay, servant goes to New York City, comes back with 50 rocks. He's fetching all the same things. It was terrible. It was disastrous. And he hands the king 50 rocks. The king says, "This is spitz tipious. I get nothing from it. It's rocks. I could do nothing with it. I gave you this command. I gave you this tivo so that I can reward you, but you're not happy about it. You don't appreciate it. You don't want to do it. You did it, but you didn't want to do it. Therefore, you're entitled to no reward. The word is is a caveat to the say you want to know how you're going to get. You have to serve with if a person recognizes that. Why did he give us all the mitzvah? >> It's all for us. Every single one of the mitzvah. It's all for us to do. It's all for us to get reward. Doesn't need it. We're not doing it for him. We're doing it for us. He's giving us a present every time, every mitzvah. So if you're going to doesn't justify the stronger saying it's not just okay there's a I could do a mitzvah and I don't do it with joy so okay I could have done it better. He says you're missing the whole point. It's like the king who sent the person to go get rocks for him. If you do it and you come back and you're happy you say here you go king I gave you the rocks. Okay he's entitled to reward. That's what the Ty is teaching us. That's what the Rambam is teaching us. They're teaching us the whole point is that we should eat the carbon cuz every single mitzvah is doing is for us. It's all for us. Nothing more, nothing less. We have to recognize how much time do I have. What time? >> No time. >> I have I have till four. >> You have till four. >> I have to be But you have a lighter. So >> what about what with not to say that doesn't have a when a person comes and brings him the rocks he's excited that he gets to give him reward there's nothing more is happy >> correct you did my rats and I told you to get rocks not cuz I need it you're absolutely correct >> which ones you listen to if you follow his command. If the king tells you to do something, you're in big trouble. If you don't do it, maybe you're not going to get war or you get less. >> I want to do it and give you I'll take the table so I won't. >> So, you don't know how it works with you works with the king. When a king tells you to do something, you don't have a choice. King told you to do something. >> The king told you to go get rocks. It doesn't matter if it makes sense to you. >> Yeah. Who says you have it right? Who gives you a right to do that with the melo? You don't have such a right. >> So it's not just for my benefit. >> It's for your well. >> It's for your benefit. >> Tell you what to do and there will be a benefit. >> No, it's for your benefit is giving it for your mitzvah. >> No, it's not true. If you're equating the king >> at the end of the day, you're still going against what the king told you. So you if you do something the king told you gave you the direct civo, he's doing it for your benefit. He wants to give you reward. If you're such a you're so silly and you're going to miss the boat, doesn't mean you're not going to get punished for it. I I I want to give you reward. I want to give I tell somebody I want to give this person reward. I should want to give him reward. I tell them to go do something. He says, "I'll go jump in the lake. Don't tell me what to do. Doesn't mean you're not going to get punished. In fact, I want to give you reward doesn't mean that now you have no responsibilities. But what's my purpose in doing it? My purpose is to give you reward. I'm hoping you're going to have a half a brain and do the right thing. It's >> like like a like a teacher. >> Think about it. You come back to me after argue more. >> Like a teacher punishes and rewards. >> Yes. The the whole the whole thing is all about. So just one other point. I had a lot to say but I don't want to go too long till four. >> The only thing that said is the start the >> only part was not long enough. There's a concept of course that the only concept of when you have by the there's no such concept. >> So I was thinking about it what's the is it just because that he wants to do it or it's really much deeper than that and I came up with and I found says the same thing. Maka means let's assume somebody needs a surgery. So he's going to get a Maka. He's going to get cut open. That's a Maka. He's getting cut open. But what's the purpose in the surgery? >> End justifies the means. >> The not the end justifies the means. The ends is for the means. It's not justifies. The ends justifies the means. We don't believe that. We don't believe the end justifies the mean. No. I can't I can push someone down because I'm going to do a mitzvah. I did a mitzvah. No, ends don't end don't justify. not m but the is that means that by has to give someone what we call in this world. So the is that is doing it for our benefit is the proof. You have a surgery. You're doing a surgery. What's the purpose in the surgery? Only to get for that's the explanation for we know we say if you don't say these three things, what are the three things? >> What's the obvious question? Not tomorrow. What's the obvious question? >> M was first >> first. It was M >> and you mean was the not after >> then what it should be. >> Why don't what's matim? There's always a reason. Yeah. You want So tell me what? No problem. Mim doesn't have to go in doesn't have to go in chronological order necessarily. So what's the order? What's matim? I like this question. God says that so excellent. That's one answer. One answer that God says before you see he's listening m we don't understand the m we went through went through mitim they had all the the terrible hardships. It was terrible. It was hard. They needed a pes and the matzah to recognize the m. So tell us now we'll understand the m we have to know in our lives that even when we have we should know that there's really something else that's coming after that even if we don't to see it but it's really for our good that's what le is all about pes is a time to instill in ourselves and our children everything comes If I have five more minutes, I have one thing about >> Okay, this is this is a wild shot. This is a wild wild shot. Wild shot. What was the Anybody know what was the not it could be which is beautiful and it's 100% as well. But what simply did take out of what was the is what most people would say. It's actually that's a whole separate. You're getting very complicated there because if you if you look you if you'll look it's a fascinating I don't really have a great answer but if you look in the beginning when told what he's going to tell them to take he's going to tell them take they're going to take what they actually took was but if you look at that doesn't say >> right I heard >> which is which is very very strange told that going to take out right tells us took out that was not there's no word I said there's no that but that's not for now that's much longer than five minutes okay so getting back to why did they go they took it from why they take why did they take it from the matrium they took out they borrowed from the Why sm and why didn't command it to didn't comm but why it's not in the say but says that did I commanded so if anyone has an answer come over to me later I would love a good answer love a good answer love a good answer but getting back to our question what was the >> sweet no I'm telling you it's I don't agree >> you're entitled to that opinion and I a lot of people would say But I'm not in agreement. >> Was it from your home? >> Nope. It's unbelievable. Muger wild. First of all, after there's going to be done, there's going to be judgment. After that, they're going to leave. What's the judgment? The judgment is mak after that they're going to get to left. They left the says and they left leaving. Now at that point they're leaving with whatever their possessions are that they had. You should know the followed after them. After they left the client were leaving 600,000 there was an in one day they all left from night to the morning. Next morning they left after the night of we know of Pes all leaving and the followed after them. What does the Pik say after that? This is wild. The follow after the aircraft. is astero says. Where did where did everyone get wealthy from? Where did get wealthy from? Where did he get wealthy from? You want to know what the was? The god was that was the real and it went on its own. With this we have an answer to rashi which is so hard to understand and talk about it but with this explanation rash is not at all it's not even a question says why tells tell please go borrow why says referring He says we said we had the before promised so they can leave. So, so therefore go borrow the >> but that's borrowing what that means that's not for now either happy to discuss after but what in the world is rashi saying he's going but what does that mean doesn't keep his word you you want if someone I tell you I'm going to do something and then the next week I I'm going to you know why I'm doing it because I told you I'm going to do it not because I keep my word I don't want you to come and say you promised me what is saying that shouldn't say anything just say period say he shouldn't come and say what does it mean according to what we're saying it's was not the so then what does it mean very simple think about it murd Israel were going to leave Mit. They were going to walk out of Mit. If they wouldn't have borrowed the they might have started saying where's our God. Everyone knows the famous what's the famous told that it's going to be said around 12:00. Why? because he was scared that some explained that even that even for a few even even for a few right they're not going to know the exact time and at 12 in my watch at 12:00 I might say is wrong he said 12:00 it didn't happen so for even a few minutes so no one should say that it's not true therefore he said he didn't want anyone to make a mistake what I want to say is when were leaving for a few minutes until after the bucker followed after them they might have said hey where's the they didn't have the proper if they would have had 100% without having any questions they would have said we don't see but we know it's going to be here but leaving they're going to start thinking hey one secondem promised our that we're going to have where is it it's not here so therefore so they did not was not the The was going to come by itself. The was the which followed. They didn't have to lift a finger. The they had to go. They had to borrow it. They had to look for it first. They had to put it says they had camels and they've been putting it all on the donkeys and it was it was it was very hard. It was heavy and difficult. If they would have had the proper ama that was the real that was going to follow after them. The reason why they had to go and do all this work is they didn't have the proper 100% so that you shouldn't even have a question. I that's why they had to borrow the and I had one last question on this. So when just tell them okay so why don't you just say listen you're going to leave and in a few minutes after I don't know if it's 10 minutes or 20 minutes this bucker going to follow after you then what's the problem >> he just told him everything else >> he what >> you told him everything >> I said exactly so I want to answer based on a he asked a question it says that The waters had that they drowned the mitz. We know it's they got rewarded for jumping into the ovens. He says, "What does that mean?" One second. What? How does this work here? Animals have water has what's going on here? What's the rules? What are the rules and the guidelines? >> Make it up as we go. >> You make it up as we go. That's one explanation. >> One. That's one explanation. That's one explanation. I'm going to give another one. Is this okay with you? Good. Thank you. from >> it took away the from par. Yeah. But but how does work? Who gets it? The animals. When do they get it? How does it work? >> I don't know what it is, but it's not trees. >> In the beginning of the trees had in the beginning of the Bria >> and the in the beginning of everything had the spoke. The trees decided that the the bark's not going to taste like the fruit. Everything had bak. What happens after seven days of the bria? Oh in the world tea nature nature states that only people only people have nothing else has not animals not inanimate objects nothing has >> but Dr. Schwab every time aes brings a nace in the world. What does a nace mean? A n means a miracle he's going above. He's going back to the concept of the beginning of the bria. That's when everything has in the middle of a miracle. That's when everything the bull said I don't want to go. Bulls talking. Bulls talk. What does that mean? every every every time it was a sh every time was a sh by was a sha was a sh everything has so I want to say based on that that's why couldn't tell because couldn't tell that the bucker were going to follow because the baker left on their own roson they left on their own it was a sh the bucker had the if he would have told cli role then Claudia's role with the noir. >> So the night of you got it. >> It's pretty fascinating. >> It's it's a little bit wild but >> amazing. >> It's a little bit wild but I think it works. >> Imagine you have an animal that when as soon as miracle comes you go talk to an animal. See you should be the first guy walk over and start talking to him. He'll talk back no says it. This is the but that's the of Pes is a time for us to instill in ourselves and instill in our children is the one who's controlling this world. Everything he does is for us. If we have to know that if we wouldn't the more we have the less we have to do we know you don't have to work at all. Okay, everyone's masking to death to have the proper to have the uplift us to leave the beautiful about