Parshas Balak: The Chida on Why Going To Shul Will Not Elevate You If You Bring Your Phone

recording okay good afternoon friend I want to share with you uh amazing idea from the the is found in the on on [Laughter] the what's the comparison between it says it's to teach that just like Springs elevate a person from T to T So to the tense elevated person froma is equating Rivers streams to tents just like streams they are flowing water they could be a person so to the tents could be and tilt a person from T to tahara so ma explained what are these tents speaking about what tents are these we're saying tense could be person which tense it's referring to and so the asks the following question I need a heish to compare a sh to a stream to learn out that a could be everybody knows going to sh is a Mitzvah so if it's a Mitzvah and you're 5050 and you went to sh it will tilt the scales what exactly is the necessity of learning out the power of shs from a heish so in the says as follows the ra that a woman who's aido a person who's t who is without any kavana the helps if someone pushes them into the Mikvah it works we P like raav that a person who is thrown into water or to a Mikvah and had noav at all the helps he does not have to go to mikah again so if we're comparing going to a to a Mikvah so too if a person walks into a b and to without any kavana or he has to go because otherwise his wife's going to not feed him supper or he's embarrassed not to go to sh he has no kavana at all the K and the will be even without any says the reason why we learn out the power of a from a mik is because just like aik is kavana however moreover if you go to but there's one qualification there's one t just like a mik it's true if you go without kavana or it works but that's only if it was a good that's only if you dunked your whole body in and every here went in if one here Stu out you accomplish nothing [Applause] or if you're finger stuck out or if you're holding on to a sherat the doesn't work even with kavana so too in a sh even if a person went into the shavana to be elevated but he started talking he had a conversation then the sh does nothing for him it has no effect on him it's a meaningless exercise in other words says we learn out the from a mikah just like a mikah does not require kavana going to sh does not require kavana if you went to sh cuz you wanted the kid after but you sat there and when you were there you sat with respect it will Elevate you it will change you but if you went to sh and you had a conversation at a time you're not all to talk then just like a Mikvah if one finger is sticking out if one hair is sticking out it did nothing likewise in a that's why says we make a between and to teach just like by tahara you don't need kavana but there are other things that are so to you don't need kavana but you have to be to you need to be there properly I would humbly add as follows I would humbly apply the following that if a person went to sh and he was groggy and he was tired and he said the words and he didn't have will Elevate him provided that he went to without but if somebody goes to when I say sh I mean your phone you don't need your phone in the sh you're not calling God you're not texting him he he hears your words if you go to sh with a phone in your hand I don't care who needs to call you unless you have a letter from your doctor it's you're going to show doesn't do anything actually I would say it does do something it disturbs the other people who are in the show with you so we learn a number of things from the comparison between a Mikvah and a sh number one you don't need kavana when you go to sh number two if you talk you accomplish nothing and I would humbly assert that in our times going to sh with your phone is but the good thing is that I'm preaching to the choir because if you're listening to the Shir um and you're live with us I know you know this already but just in case you have a few people who you might want to mention this to it's so that's the first offering from The Today recording stop