Pardes Shlomo Daily: R' Daniel Glatstein - Niflaos Habore Series: Elephants

this Torah class is brought to you by Torah anytime.com Series this week fascinating fact about elephants by rev danil gladin the elephant is a wondrous creature the gar says someone who sees an elephant in his dream wonders will be done for him now it's very interesting if you look in per at the song of the elephant what does the elephant say how great are your Deeds your thoughts are exceedingly profound so literally we understand why this song is appropriate for the elephant the elephant is the largest land animal and therefore it appropriately says hasem by the way elephants are able to run 25 M an hour it's not technically it's not considered running it's more like speed walking because they always have one foot on the ground but we understand why the elephant says mlu how great literally the elephant is the largest land mammal in size however upon further analysis the word God in tanak does not specifically refer to size to be large God refers to theid of for example says and Rashi says was saying you have just begun to show your servant God says is your your attribute of kindness further more we have in refers to and there are countless examples of this how then is this praise appropriate for the peel appropriate for the elephant but if you study the characteristics of elephants we learn that elephants are exceptionally kind beings they have very deep family bonds the children the babies are cared for by the entire herd and if a baby elephant cries the herd will touch and caress the baby with their trunks to soothe it so the elephant is a highly caring and kind creature there are instances on record where elephants have come unsolicited to the aid of humans to help them with their tasks elephants are very sympathetic and empathetic They Mourn the death of their loved ones they will gently touch and caress the skull of a deceased loved one with their trunk and they will pause for Mo several minutes in silence where a loved one died even many many years after their death they will never forget it so perhaps from the elephant we we don't only see the magnitude of size of the Deeds of hasem but also the which is evident in the elephant but let's focus on the next part of their how exceedingly profound complex are your thoughts from the elephant we see the complexity of creation because elephants are extremely intelligent animals with complex emotions and feelings and self-awareness actually the elephant is one of the very few species that could recognize itself in a mirror so the elephant appropriately sings because they reflect the kindness of and they also reflect the complexity of hashem's [Music] creation 848 525 [Music] 5797 you've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by Torah anytime.com com e