Parshas Shemini: Shemoneh Esrei...It's All About the Birds?! Part 5 - The Adventure Continues

this Torah class is brought to you by Torah anytime.com okay good morning everyone uh so we're can continue our regular sheer but we're going to do something a little bit different um we actually started a series and at this she is dedicated by my good friend R Rose in Los Angeles L's brother Le Yak so now we're continuing a series on very interesting topic that comes from the safer of Rua heler the name of the safer is BAS toila and this is based on Yami the Yami says and this is just by way of introduction I have to give you about a 5 to 10 minute introduction because we're up to part five if you want to get the whole thing you could listen to the first four sh but we're up to part five the usami says that shmu was addressing the difficulty that some of the would have having I think we could all admit that is one area and daving in general is an area that we have a difficulty focusing our mind sometimes when we learn so otherwise if you're not focused you're not doing anything but with daving you could sort of mouth the words and you know your mind wanders and this is not a recent phenomenon this is an age-old problem and Raa said basically he never was able to have cavana until he just started thinking about a certain order of officials and governors and that we explained in the first year but schm came along and said that I don't have a problem having kavana why because I count the birds which is uh an inexplicable statement how does counting Birds help you have kavana bying if anything that would be a great distraction so Rua heler basically developed a whole thesis a whole saer he wrote a whole saer on one line of Yi where says that for him to have he would focus on the birds so what's this all about now we know in par sh this week's par it lists all the non kosher Birds because our is I mean the is you're allowed to eat any bird as long as it's not one of the birds mentioned in the T but we we are we are further that we have to have a for it but as long as it's not one of the birds mentioned in the T you're to eat it now how many birds are mentioned in this week's para you have the three another two that's five number six and that's nine another 312 another 35 that's basically 19 they're 19 Birds um excuse me let's try counting that one more time how many birds 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 right there're 20 birds of course mentioned in shamini and actually in re there are 21 Birds mentioned so how are these Birds going to do anything in terms of facilitating kav so the first thing we started with is the gar in says statement of that the da and the A and the ra and the da are all one bird wow if they're all one bird then it comes out both in and in they're 19 Birds wow 19 Birds well we know that they're 19 Bingo saysa if you understand the nature and the character and the essence of bird that will give you a deeper appreciation and understanding of each and therefore he developed this whole amazing saer explaining how each braa corresponds to a different bird we happen to be up to today the of Alim and we are up to the bird EMES the tin we are up to I believe the 13th bird so you count fromis and ir1 Bas sh n sh Y is the 13th bird that is the bird that corresponds to Al sikim and in the bird that corresponds toim is the the is the bird that corresponds to Alim so we have to explain this but before I do that I want to give you a brief review of the first uh 12 Birds number one the Nasha we know one thing about the the NES is the highest flying bird and Rashi tells us in that when Hashem said he's going to carry us hasem said when the Egyptians attack you when you leave MIM let them throw the missile at me and I'll absorb the blow like a neser who carries its young on its on its back and absorbs the bullets and the missiles and the arrows that are shot at it so the neser is what the ultimate mugan the ultimate Shield where the neser says I'll take the blow so to the first is mam if you want to know what does it mean God is our Shield what it means is in short God will sometimes give us a better mat even if it will cause a to him even if it will desecrate hashem's name meaning let's say Hashem has two ways to punish us he could send us to geham or he could send us into gas in is aan says that's the are m but Hashem says no I don't want to do that I'd rather there be a and send you into Galos because I am the ultimate M okay and if you want to get more understanding of this we have four sh on these 13 I'm just giving you the the background the next two birds are the par and the AIA and for a certain reason we're not going to get into now it's it's backwards the Izar says the word o is a of O strength that corresponds to the second G par means a mixture of two a mixture of and G that corresponds to the third now in we have the and the and in we have the the and the what is that all about well we know is a very rare because there are two parts there's a and there's about well says the first part of the has two parts the second part of the has three parts that's why is is because throughout whenever we talk about we say then you see has turned to so the da turned into Aina Bina Remains the Same so it's the A and Hask is the D we're now up to the BR of chuva chuva corresponds to the Ravens why does it correspond to the Raven the gar said that when a raven has a baby it doesn't recognize its youth because Ravens are black and the babies are white that's the exact opposite of chuva chuva you start off black you start off and then Hashem says I'm going to wash you I'm going to cleanse you I'm going to clean you so the is the kip of chuva the is exact opposite of Chua if you want to know if you want to know what chuva is chuva is the opposite of the O chuva takes someone who's black and dark and he turns it into someone who is white then we get to the BR of is forgiveness atonement that corresponds to the Bay the bay is the ostrich now one thing we know in order to gain gain person has to cry to Hashem constantly beg Hashem for forgiveness the ostrich throughout tanak in the ostrich is always wailing weeping crying that's why the ash is compared to forgiveness also another thing you need to do in order to get atonement is you have to admit your sin you can't bury your head in the ground you can't be like the ostrich or also the ostrich is one bird that cannot walk backward if you want you cannot revert back to your sin now we come to the tasas corresponds tozar says the word the we need God to redeem us not from the G is from our personal travails from people who afflict us financially insult us from us is from is because the word says which is an illness so if you when you when you DAV if you want to know what are we daving for the the represents a great illness the NES the NES corresponds to now is the of so two things NES means feathers this is a um a bird with great proliferation of feathers it's constantly growing feathers so in the bird world the animal that represents shefa is the bird nates it has so many feathers it's always growing feathers like a field that produces and produces likewise the gar tells us that there are four winds and if not for the nates if not for this bird holding up the um the southern wind the world would be destroyed so this Nate is responsible for sustenance and providing us protection from harmful winds then we come to the K the K is an owl which is um similar to human being the says it has cheeks like human being it has the ability to raise its voice and it has ability to see from far like the Gula like the kot Gali where there's going to be a great flag lifted up high and there's going to be um a great blast of the Shar where it's heard from far and it's seen from far which are the two k of this particular bird that is then the of now here is where it gets very complicated and this was the last year and this year is also going to be complex because the next five Birds the shalak the and which are these five birds are in a different order in sh and in and now we have to try to explain why the birds are in a different order and how these two orders um can be explained based on shini and and it's based on the following principle and that is corresponds to the era of the first B mikdash until the destruction of the second B mikdash andas and is a description of until today and therefore says rishu the shalak bird is a fascinating bird the shalak bird is actually a a pelican and the tarum says because it Scoops up fish now the ocean and the Great Waters represent the G the nations of the world are compared to and the fish is is the represents the the Redemption the the Gathering the fish out of the great water so says rishu in VRA which is bias reine when we didn't have malus based of it yet when we we only had we didn't have the full strength of the meia so the G and the strength of was and therefore the sh is corresponding to however in which is by and on where we hope for the ultimate the is corresponding to we move on we now move on to the Yan now the Yan is a difficult one Yan says Twilight the g g is called the night the Gus is called the night however the the Twilight refers to a Galos which is not so terrible and that is a reference to gas B Gas B is called NF because Gus B was not so long it was only 70 years and it was not so harsh and therefore gas B in shini corresponds to the Yan the Yan which is the the big in the times of in times of B were g b the Babylonians the Babylonians are called NF the Y however in Mish the Yan is because it was in G that we were able to establish some degree of Jewish leadership through the descendants of malus B now we come to the tinam so we did and we did and the the are the and now we're up to theim theim now what's very interesting is the Tas in a the is the is and the is the the is and in the is theim so the first thing we have to know is one more piece of background and then we're ready to start today's share and that is the T aside from being a bird is also the aat it's actually the eighth sherat the eighth shat is the T and Rashi says the sheret tinam is similar to the bird now we know that even though we had four gim we really it's four which is eight because the matters tells us that the four had Kazi andas had m y had M and the last Galos is is and edim so Ed the last Galos is compared to the last Sher which is also the bird that we're up to we're up to the bra of so Hasa is the 11th braa the sadim is the 12th braa so let's try to understand this the look in the is the the is the BR of in in however in M the is and the is and now we are up to the of so is the Y inas and it's the in Mish now we understand that we understand because the the wicked ones in the times of were gas the wicked ones in the times of sh and our gos today are the so let's just let's just make one quick number eight the way we remember that is the G says that is on the eth day needs is nine is 10 is 11 is 12 now we're up to 13 we're up to what is the T in shini and the in so let's try to understand that why is why is that said oh boy one second why is GED theim in and in Mish it's the so let's get some background and we're ready to start the sh in number three this is from the page so he says we've already answered why the Yan in m is and the sh is and we explain why the is and now let's travel on and try to explain the that corresponds to the that and in it's the now let's and in in it's the and in M it's the and is the um in and the in now we already said in an earlier she the is the bird of G so in which is corresponding to the the of is but another thing we have to try to understand is why is it in it's the and in it's the so here we go says the the and the B we need three pieces of information number one the Z tells us what is a sadic what does one have to be in order to be considered a sadic someone has to guard the bris guarded the was tempted with and he did not succumb and therefore is called that's number one guarding the Brisa is the way we act we we become a sadic number two the Z says that the of the the of the of is where does am get his K from from causing ruination to the Kad the that's why the Mal wrestled with yov and he struck him because that's the area of the bris that's why amik took the bris and he threw it clapping so in other words aad is somebody who guards his brast the opposite the kipa of aad is someone who does not guard the bris and the third thing is of all AO that hasem says I'm going to throw you out of I'm going to vomit you out of isas not guarding the it says in the says said for other a I could tolerate but not for that's why in right after the God says if you're going to if you're going to indulge in AR I'm going to vomit you out wow now we get a little bit of an insight into the bird is a language of vomit so now we have to try to understand why it is that theim in is which is and it's the in the is the in and the in and the is so here we go number six on your sheets says rishu I'm going to read and you can try to follow inside I'm going to translate that the AA being p and BR causes kiso to be exiled from their land more than any other a and he quotes the medish that we just quoted and on the fourth line in the second column rishu quotes the Rous who brings many Z that when is in its Kad it cannot be and it's Mame the Earth the land with zema that's why right after the par Aras it's says and it says however the kar explains that when does is vomit out those who do who act be and indulge in Aras it's only when CL is there when CL is in is and the is an is so then Hashem cannot tolerate AR Hashem cannot tolerate even a or when CL makes up their mind to go back to say then the with cl is and also the Earth the land cannot tolerates but once the is not in from and on where the the did not come back and even in Bay the was not there then the Earth could tolerate could tolerate our because the is not there so with these introductions says in next paragraph We could explain the relationship of the T and the with these two bra because in in sh the is sad and the is and in the is and the is so let's explain this theim are is reserved for those who guard the Brad and the kipa of the sadik what stands against what's y from theim is is so therefore the which is like we explained that's the so therefore in the of theim is because it corresponds to theim who guard the bris but the birds in Mish those birds represents the future from B on so that's the time that am and Ed is completely ruin rules over us and destroyed our house so now we need to D in to destroy them and therefore the correspond so it's no longer connected you see in the first bias it oppos the we need to destroy the we need to destroy we need to it's not enough that until now it's y from the pagam but it's trying to completely destroy us and therefore we need to designate a br for it and destroy the Tas now let's talk about the C the C is we said the the the bird of vomit the uh rishu says the panim explain that the reason why it's called the kaas is because it vomits its food and therefore it's close to um the word um when when it says and it it represents hasem leaving therefore corresponds to the cause because we have to D we know hasem you you ejected us you span us out of is you vomited us out because of our inadequacies so if you want to know how to be think of the ca you think of the bird that represents us being uh expelled from from Isel this corresponds to because Yim has the nature of the cause to expel its inhabitants when they act improperly but when it comes to Mish from the second B on so we don't want to refer to as the C the bird that expelled its inhabitants now the Kos refers to the sikim what does that mean cuz in Bay the Kad of was not so great that it would expel its inhabitants you see in the bi had the Holiness that it would be like a cause and expel its inhabitants but in Bas Shen y did not have that kadha that it would expel its inhabitants like the kar said only expels its inhabitants when it has a high level of kadus however the represents the sikim because the sikim at least still have a certain degree of kadus that Hashem does not tolerate inadequacies in the among the sadik but then the adds one the says in number seven the Kaos is a c or some say the cucko the cuckoo bird the look at number eight the cuckoo bird it's a kind of Raven actually that's called cucko and uh we we actually discussed this earlier that not only does it vomit but it it spits its Zera out of its mouth it commits Aros through its mouth it's able to be ma z through its mouth just like the had on the it was this is another kind of so says even though the was already mentioned this is a specific kind of O which is specifically connected to Aras and therefore this represents that cannot tolerate and it corresponds to theik and now we're up to this is now we're up to the some translated as a stor and the ra is corresponding to in and in re now one thing that's very um curious is why in is this and in it's a why in is it ra and in and in it's Thea and rishu opens up the world he said you ever realize first thing we know is that on pmar wrote for p he only wrote AIT for and not for so even though we've said many in this the is because is really one why do we want to go back to because we want to restore now sometimes we could go back to and is not restored like at the end of beginning of bay we went back to but we didn't restore Bay but in the future we want to return to that and go together now you ever realize is and is z that's why in the is corresponding to is which is so therefore it's but in it's referring to which is and therefore it's that alone I tell you if you tell that if you could explain this to a there would be no if you could explain this SAU how every little Prat of these birds corresponds perfectly to every detail the whole world would be I'm telling you if somebody wants learn this it's but one more thing we know about the ra the says that if this ra would whistle Mia would come right away says number n this is the bird the sh when the comes it will sit on a if it whistles on the ground if this bird would whistle on the ground mhia would come like the PK says I will whistle and redeem them by the way this sh is a remes that the Al B backward is G but that's for another occasion okay so let's look through number 11 and we'll conclude next year hasem should give us all good health and Gaz we should be able to finish up the to and by the way you know what corresponds to sim sh the bat you know it the bat when we have shom from bats the world is a better place so but now we're up to the stor why in Shi does the stor correspond to again that's G excuse me why in does it correspond to the ra and in it corresponds to says the the and in also why is it changed from Z in it's Z and now this bird like we said is a bird that could whistle and if it whistles Mia would come ah so this is the bird of the basur of G and therefore it corresponds to these in and in why let's explain is therefore this in in sh when it corresponds say it's like and in where it's called now why does it correspond and correspond the answer is because is the G from G until V talks about the G from G that's why is G that's why excuse me the they were the r and the Redemption of gas B is shmini and in shmini in gas B Mal B was not restored only Yim was built so since the whistle of the is the coming of Mia it obviously did not whistle cuz B did not come therefore the is a because it clearly did not whistle with the however the that we're hoping for was not connected to the building of in the times of the Redemption from so the was not connected to but rather but in we we're hoping for the and in the we know are interconnected as says it says therefore the coming the building of is for sure the beginning of the G and then the whistling of Y will bring the G therefore the whistling of the of the ra will be with the building of and which was not by Bay and in the because that is the complete Redemption and now we've explained these five birds that have a distinction between and namely the and the and please hasem give us to finish up the whole series hem next year where we will we hope to explain the final fouras of namely the which actually I made a mistake before the ra is not the the so the is the no I'm sorry the is the is the is and the is sh so we hope to finish the the final four birds of next year I'm going to unmute you now and in five minutes we're gonna have the sh you've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by tor anytime.com