Babylonian Sukkos - For Your Sake Hashem!

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available so um please contact the numbers there for further details okay so we are going to speak about um the Mitzvah of the meaning of and really amazing information today and this will give us a deeper understanding of Theus in general uh over the years one of my favorite topics is the that we say on every day they would encircle please save now please Hashem Grant success now would say no you say says Rashi what does it mean I and save now who's an and who's what does this even mean so Rashi says the gria of um she says the gatria of an is Hashem so hasem is 52 Hashem is 26 that's 78 and that's the same as an an is 61 and is 17 so it's uh an which is uh 78 is the same as anahem which is 52 and 26 furthermore Rashi says that God has 72 different names these 72 different names we've spoken about this numerous times uh emerge from three consecutive these three each have 72 letters they each have 72 letters each using a formula called y the first letter of the first P the last letter of the second P the first letter of the third P you can make 72 different names so let's look at that the first letter of the first pk is a v the last letter of the second PK is a he of Hala the first letter of the third PK is a is this the first name of God the 37th name of God is Ani the 37th letter of the first p Al the 37 to last of the second is a nun the 37th of the third is a yud so if there's 72 different names of Hashem you can make two different columns 36 and 36 the first of the First Column is V the first of the second column named 37 is an fine is um so the two heads of the different of the names of Hashem are an the V writes in the beginning of sa in his commentary to sh that whenever you have the number 70 you always have two heads so for example 70 members of Sanhedrin and you have the Nasi and the azden you have 70 Jews came down to MIM led by yov and you have 70 different names of hem you have 70 nations of the world the number 70 is always led by two so the heads of the names of the question though is then the names an are out of order because V is name one and an is name 37 it should be see according rash's first is second shot is that these are two different names it's out of order and this is the question of the he asks in number four look where my icon is he says it first Advanced the name which is the first of the second column following the patter of I am first and I am last not clear exactly what that's supposed to mean what does that mean I am first and I am last that an could also mean be last be it as it may this is the question of the that the two names an are out of order comes to and to gives a different reason why we say and that is why do we daa pick these two names of the 72 different names of Hashem there's so many different names of Hashem I'll give you an example you know um when people like to give Saka they like to give Saka in denominations of what right 18 um why where does the name where does come from like who decided 18 is a significant uh name I mean I think the would rather you give him you know he's not that worried about the GATRA he's rather had the money where does Kai come from the Benes Kai writes the 18th name of Hashem is Cle look let's count V 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 cuff that's the cuff then 18 of to the last 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 lamid and then 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 you C CLE is the 18th name of hem CLE stands forain Le is which is the ultimate receptacle for the blessing of Hashem the representation of the Jewish people so the 18 the number 18 signifies great blessing that's where it comes from that 18 is considered a uh a MAA number but why of all of God's 72 names do we da so says something very interesting says we still need a reason why were these two names picked that we use them more than any other names why and I am in middle of the in it says that when we're in in God is with us when we're in God's in and there's another he is bound in Chains he himself and when we say we're not just saying help us we're saying God help yourself so since the whole purpose of is not just to God help me I need more money I need better health I need with my children when you saying you're not just asking God should help you you're asking that God should help himself and we find reference that when God is referred to that he's in the G he uses the word so since those two names are utilized in reference to being in when we say say a reference to the in reference in reference to the so first of that's an amazing concept and we've been speaking a lot about it lately the idea that our should be focused that hasem should release himself so to speak from the gas and from the Hashem should Elevate his that's and the G but now we're learning an amazing idea that God is in Gus with us and it's like he is imprisoned with us and captured and hostaged with us you know the in his commentary to he quotes Rashi that are the two of God 72 names and the asked well then it should say V first CU V is the first name of AEM furthermore why does Rashi say that an are from the names of God that comes from so what what what's wrong with what thei says so why does Rashi have to invent a new reason so I understand the first reason of Rashi maybe he's not so good that is because why are we going with just say straight out so we need another reason but what's wrong with the's reason that quotes that it's a reference to says for sure rash agrees that the main reason is like thei that the main principle of is we daving that hem should save himself that's why he's mocked him but what rashi's bothered by is then why are we referring to it and just say straight out because the's reason is not sufficient if it would just have been for the usami reason that we're referring to God and the Gus with us so just say the one who is imprisoned with us he should save us why does why does it allude to it an those are references to God's name of but certainly it is all certainly Rashi would agree the main theme ofas is daving Hashem I know we're in in trouble but you're not in good shape either you think you think the world respects shame hasem the values of the tah and your people so we we know we need help help yourself help for you comes thein and he asks so it comes out now just where we're holding that really everybody agrees the main theme of isem help yourself based on the and the but the question that thein asks and it's a seems to be an obvious question is if it's based on theim of and then it's out of order because comes before in so if comes before and so then it should be if it's based on the well first we should say and then that's the question of he says it's out of order [Laughter] look okay and then in [Laughter] and see we have but for sure comes before by the way the says why do we mention Nam because so first we say because which the seems to be bothered why do we say but his answer doesn't seem to be clear based on the well then it should be in the opposite order so there's a p of trip and he brings that it's a comes before like the question of so he says maybe the cavana is like this what is a word a worse state God being in Exile or or God being bound in Chains what's the worst state for God or for anyone it's definitely worse to be bound up in Chains than to be an exile we're in Exile but thank God we're not bound in Chains so it's the D of when you ask something let's say I want to ask you something let's say I want to ask um could you give me a tissue and then could you give me a million dollars so what do you think I should ask for first first you make a small request and then you see if that works you can make a bigger request so so too we ask God first rescue yourself from and then then Release Yourself from your chains so the says the reason why it's in this order is it's going in ascending order first you make a small request and then you make a bigger request that's how we say now um elzar slutkin also wrote a and he quotes's question and he says yeah granted y was before but's was about a time that occurred before the N of y's n was said before the Corbin as opposed to was said after theb which is in the 11th year of so even though granted is before but the of is before so that's a very beautiful answer to this question but what we're learning is friends that and the of are very powerful and the reason they're powerful is typically typically we DAV in for our own needs we say hashm give me Das help me do Chua Heal Me grant me parosa we ask for our own needs sometimes even on rash we ask God to elevate his honor but nowas we say God please we need you to help yourself and just to explain a little bit when a Jew suffers God suffers more when a Jew is in pain God feels that pain even more my father told me that my grandfather when he was over 100 he had to go for a certain routine procedure that was extremely painful and my grandfather would like he was a very gentle soul but he would cry from Pain it was very painful my father said you know it hurt me more than it hurt zi so when a Jew is in pain it hurts God more than it hurts us like the kenba would interpret even when I walk in the valley of death I do not fear you know it's bad though why do you have to suffer with me if I'm suffering I understand I deserve it but why God do you have to suffer and that's the God Please Release Yourself the med says in the if you come with us then what benefit is am I and the God Is With Us in Chains and you know the Yi there's a very lengthy Yi that the ravya quotes that the understanding of is that all the various gim that the Jewish people have been have uh found themselves in whether Egypt or B or anywhere God himself was in G with us and when we were rescued God was rescued with us you know if you pay close attention to the F uh the the daily the flourishing of David your servant you should swiftly cause to flourish and His glory should be elevated in your salvation we are awaiting your salvation we are awaiting that you save yourself this is the meaning of save now for your sake save now for your sake we want you to save for you you need to be saved so to speak by the way if you look at you know the that is surrounded by the words just to go through some of the with you God when you saved aim is a type of tree maybe a timberl tree that the Jews are compared to when you save the Jewish people Bel with you you save them with you to save your people or when you saved your garden your garden meaning Israel who sang to the one that you yanked down who it could be explained not that we s he saved us but God was saved with us or when you saved with the statement God said I will take you out but it could be uh vocalized you went out with them or when you save the communities of that you sent out you were also sent out with them so this is a major theme of that God so to speak is trapped held hostage chained Bound in Exile you know what's amazing is the Y brings why do we go as Sin the after why do we go into the after God sits in judgment over all this uh civilization of the world he seals the den the problem is what if the D what if the den obligated us that we have to go into Galos you know Aaron Cutler would say why do rashish shivas have to go fundraising all over the world said because sometimes somebody might ask a question in the shear and you know the rebi will basically you know make as if you know that that's the most ridiculous question that he ever heard and the guy's embarrassed and he's which is like so now the rebi goes into gas so God does a favor to the Risha they go fundraising all over the place that's their gullas well what if we're sealed in our judgment on we have to go into G so therefore we make a we go into Exile into the Suka and God considers it as if we went into g b and you'll go to B likewise the says why do we have suus after because sits and judges the world and on maybe we have to go into Galas so therefore we go into Galos and God says when you go into gas I'll consider it as if you go you went into Galos B when you sit in the Suka I'll consider it as if you went into Galos B I'll consider it as if you went into Galos B that's interesting why why of all the gim is God saying I'll consider it like you went to g b why is a Suka like gas B isn't that interesting that Suka should be like the the Babylonian gas that mean there have been a lot of gism why not like purm why not like America why not you s the Suka consider it like you're in William the gis Williamsburg why GIS b or GIS boka how about that nice weather over there yeah so why so the says something very interesting really Suka is like Galos Gus is not very comfortable then why is m if going into if the purpose of the MIT of is because maybe oner we were liable we for to go into Galas and the judgment is we have to go into Exile so then why should somebody who's distressed be exempt from the Suka the whole purpose of going into Suka is it's supposed to be in lie of going into Galos so in the pread on brings an idea from his rebi he says he said that he heard from his rebi that means you know when the Jews went into g b they went they they were weeping was because felt a Sanctified light that was shining on K is in B even more than in is you know there's a mystery in gal sometimes God gives more spirituality to the Jewish people in Galos than in we found this throughout our history numerous times in Israel we were small family all of a sudden we came to Egypt and we exploded we we went into we were in Israel for 410 years the Toyah remains somewhat static we go into bubble for 70 years bam the tah proliferates all of a sudden the explodes say the says that we went to bbel the heavens opened up and saw the and all the keys of the universe were given to the is so sometimes the Gus is for the physical and spiritual benefit of the Jewish people people so similar to that was is the Suka yes we're supposed to go in to gas maybe there's a decree we need to go into gas but God says I'm going to I'm telling you this is how you should do it go sit in the Suka and that will be in Li of you going to a real GH but I'll consider it like goas B where the Su will endow you with spiritual benefits it will allow you to elevate it will give you new insight into Tyra there's an idea says and the Bak says theka promotes understanding of T theka is a of it gives us so if you enjoy if you're instead of going to a real Exile go into the Suka and I'll consider it like GIS B in other words what we learned from GIS B is the principle that Aus could be for the physical and spiritual benefit of the Jewish people that's the emphasis of why going into the CLE will be like G the the the author of The wrote a called and he also is bothered by this question that why is going into a Suka similar to specifically Gus B God says well maybe you are liable to go into gas so go into the Suka and I'll treat it like you went into gas B why specifically gas B and also if it's supposed to be like Galos then why is from the Suka the whole purpose of going into Suka is to go into Galos so the say follows if you remember in it says remember Abraham Isaac and Jacob if we're liable for if we need to go into a fire remember Abraham who was thrown into orasm if we need har Slaughter remember the Merit of who stuck at his neck at the AA if we need to go into gas remember yob went into G now we know the tour brings down in s the three festivals three regum are connected is connected p is connected is why isus was the one who went into Galos and the purpose of Suka is if we're liable to Galas we'll go into the Suka so it's not that Suka is in Li of Galos it's not that by us going into our you know they have these advertisements now the L Suka the last Suka you'll ever need I don't know what it does I don't have one but I think it has a you know heat air conditioning it has every it gives you a massage it has I don't know what it does you know you it's it has a spa in it it has a um you know palm trees and an oasis and there's a stream in it you know that's the G you know that's what G should be like now the answer is if we're liable to we ask remember this what we're saying is we're going out into the the is connected remember the like Rashi says in that if we say remember maybe says that's why we God treats it like we went into gas B because where did Yakov go into Galas he went to Khan where is Khan Karan is in Babylonia so going into the Suka evokes and invokes the Merit of yakob that protects us from Galos and God will say you know what okay you're putter from gas I remember yakob if he went into GIS B I'll consider it like you went to g b by the way the sh Roy she says very beautifully when we went into go where did we hang our Harps we hung it on the ARA because if if we would have still had the of Suk that would be in L of G but now that we're going into G it's like we're mourning that the Suka and the of sukus did not protect us by the way he also brings you know the famously the G was asked where is there a rem that abah kept the mitah the said the says the word is for the three of the M of so the words B the Russ which is 52 is in any event there's an idea that the Suka is in Le of gas B how why G either because gas B taught us that the gas could be or because it reminds us of the gas of yov which was to B and in gas B there was a great proliferation of T which we hope for to gain from the Suka there's a great proliferation um of spirituality which we gain from the Suka and therefore regarding the theme ofan which we're asking Hashem God not just save us from Galas save you from Galas you know this is really the only time a year we talk this way to Hashem we saym this is not about us it's about you you're chained up you're bound up you're in gas other we don't speak this way perhaps because on P it's a time of G on all the other y it's a time of Redemption on the yti of sukus we're literally the yti is we go into Galas so we utilize the opportunity to say ream okay we're in gas now we're sitting in the Suka but we would like this reminds us that we're not the only ones in gas actually you're in gas and you're chained up you're in and as painful as it is for us it's more painful for us that you're in pain does that concept resonate with you that for a Jew it's more painful for the Jew that God is in pain than that we're in pain you know there's an idea that you know you're supposed to eat sh so let's say you have a good meal some I'm supposed to eat this my wife made me a beautiful y it's delicious and I'm supposed to eat this but it tastes good come on what do you mean sh what's sh this is delicious but what's so the has a little bit of a trick the trick is like this God created the world he created it to make you happy the ultimate happiness is in the world to come but even in this world he wants you to be happy so when you eat it makes him happy so think I'm eating a even as happy as it makes me I'm eating to make God happy cuz I know God is sheing when I'm enjoying the meal you know like you know when your grandmother would sit opposite you while when she feeds you she's she's enjoying the you eating more than you're enjoying the eating so God enjoys when you are happy more than you're you enjoy it so eat to make him happy the same thing when you're in pain and you cry out to him cry out to him because he's in more pain that you're in pain than you are and that's how and the theme of the God is God is CH chained up and we should that we are awaiting God's salvation like we say in when you when Hashem saved the Jewish people with you that we ask to be saved together with the this is the secret of the or okay I wish you all a wonderful we will see you all after yam on uh Monday heading into Parish n in the meantime there will be a number of sh over uh one night in satmer one night there'll be a learning program a national learning program in honor of October 7th victims they'll be programming on raban night in Cedarhurst and in Queens so uh not sure not sure who he was one of the early uh members of the group in yeah