Pesach: A Revolutionary Explanation For Shabbos Haggadol

This Torah class is brought to you by tora anytime.com. Okay, Rabbi Sai, welcome everyone. How's everybody doing today? Okay, so this today is what Shabas Hagadal. So Shabas is called Shabas Hag. In fact, uh there are many many reasons why it's called Shabas. There is a safer written that gives 100 reasons why that this shabas is called Sha. We're only going to give 77 now. Just joking. Relax. Okay. We're going to give um a couple. The uh very interesting one is um was given by Rashi in the safer parades. We know one of the days for Yam. One of the names for Yam Kipper is Yamiper is called Yamhag, the great day. It's called the great day. Um why is it called the great day? One of the reasons it's called the great day, it's a very tough day. It's you're fasting, you're sitting in sh all day and somehow the clock on yum kipra moves much slower than any other day of the year, right? You know, it's 2:00 and you say, "Oh, it must be 3:00." And it's 2:01, right? So, it seems like a really, really, really long day. Well, by the same token, says Rashi Shab Sag, you sit there in the sh and the rabbi spoke. He said, "He must have been going on for an hour and a half already, and you look at the clock and you know, it's only 2 minutes. So, so to the day seems extremely long. So, that's one of the reasons Rashi says it's called Shabas. It seems like the Shabas will never end. But we're going to offer a new explanation why it's called Shabas. Mr. Car, you want to hear a good joke? If you're ready for it, I I'm definitely ready. Okay. So, you know, you know the guy the guy tells his wife, uh, this year I'm going to for sure help out uh for Pace. Just give me any job and I'll do it. So he says, "Look, you know, don't take this the wrong way, but really the best help you could get give me is get out of the house. You know, you know, stay out of my hair and uh I'll let you know when to come back. You you you go out and that's the biggest help you could get me." So the guy leaves the house, he doesn't know what to do with himself. He goes to the bakery, he buys himself a danish, a coffee, he goes into the base mish. He doesn't even know what to do over there. He picks up the garam. He's holding it upside down. He like, "What am I supposed to do?" And he's twiddling his thumbs. He's checking his phone. He's looking at the news. He checked the same news on 90 different websites. The exact same thing. Anyway, so he uh after 3 hours, his wife hears him meandering back to the house. She says, "I thought I told you that you know this is the biggest hub. Just stay out." He says, "The whole day you need me to help you." Very good. Okay. Okay. Good audience here. So, I'll give you a lot of truth to it. So anyway, um well, if you like that one, you know the guy calls his boss and he says, "Uh, boss, you know, I would like to take off two days before Yamiff to help my wife." His boss says, "Nothing do you got to work right up to Yamiff?" He says, "Boss, I knew I could count on you." So anyway, so uh we want to talk about Shabag, what does the word god mean? Big, great, large. But we know we use the word God to describe the we say in right. So what do we mean when we say Hashem is God? He's big. He's tall. He's large. He's great. He's strong. Well, what does that mean? Strong. So he's strong. But then we say, right? Yeah. So interesting at the end of the which is a commentary of there's a commentary on the first by the son of the rabbi and is bothered by this question. What is it? What does God don't mean? And he says an amazing thing which when I heard I say I can't believe I never do this. You know what it means? The itself tells you what it means. How many praises of Hashem do we say? Four. Then the goes on to explain those four words. What does mean that's how we say right? We say kale. What's the next? You know what is you know what is? You know what hashem's might is? that he's he creates created everything and he owns everything and he's awesome that he could still remember the of our forefathers. In other words, the the are translating in the what the four words mean that means that's why it repeats the word kale again. K is okay let me give you an example of this because throughout whenever the Tyra says the word it means so let's go to in the says became a good what's in it what are the next He went out to his brothers and he saw their suffering. Rashi says alham he put his eyes and heart to be pained over them. Means meaning God means to be interested in the welfare of other people. that the definition of god means to overcome human uh self-centeredness and selfishness to meaning the typical human nature is to be concerned only for oneself and means to include other people I'll give you another example planted and he found And Rashi says he found a hundred times more than he estimated. So Rashi's bothered. Why did he estimate to begin with? Right? What was it that you know it's you know tax season. Why did estimate? What did he make an estimation for? Says Rashi for meeritiz needed to know how much messer to give to so he estimated. So again So right after it says that estimated for what are the next words he became a because if estimating to give that is the definition of a [Applause] okay what's says God you have been began to show your servant your greatness says your attribute of goodness meaning why because the definition of a means that Someone who is able to reach beyond their focus, their own ego and be concerned for the welfare of others. Hagal the B is called the bias god doll. It's a big house. Wow that's such a you know that's such a you know accurate very descriptive uh term adjective for a big house. Imagine you went you know you took your family to the white house. You asked you know what do you see? See a big house. You know what big house is referred to generally? Prison. A jail. It was a big house. Why is the B mdash called a big house? So I saw in the shanukus that the garra says the entire world the entire humanity is sustained in the merit of carbonis. Meaning in essence the ba mikdash is the source of all blessing for the world. All shafa comes through the medium of the basa mikdash. The Bikto is called bias. Why? Because there's no there's no greater source of than the mikdash. That's the portal through which God sends down all to the world. I'll give you another example. Now let's go to Mishna. Villages are permitted to lane in the migillah when on the 11th the 12th the 13th the 14th right but the big cities they have to leave read it on the 14th so in the Mishna Miguel says what's a city that has 10 batlanim now what's a batlan batlan is not what your mash said don't be you're going to become Bal Rashi says guys who um right balon are not the guys who go to the Kdesh club. says Rashi are 10 people that sit in the sh all day and they're supported by the definition of a big city is a city that is maf even if it has 30 people in the city if their maf is 10 people it's a big city the people are learning so they're support has such a negative bal means they're they're b from Mash came not what people well you know it's become more of a colloial expression negative right a negative expression on the other hand you could have a city with a million people but if they're not others if they're not it's anatana so again you see definition of is um many years ago you know Rabbi Gans from Hillrest a doctor sure Sure. Yeah. So he showed me another example says if you have a kid and he finds something whatever he finds you own. But an adult kid the is they're able to keep their own. Right? So if you have a little kid and they find something you're the owner. If you have a big kid and they find something, then they're the owner. Well, says God is a god. Excuse me. Is a katan. A godal who who's dependent on his father for support is a katan. So the kid could be 19 years old. If the father is still paying for his popcorn, then he's a katan. Even an adult who's dependent on his father is a katan. But a katan is a god. So what's the definition of a godal? A god means someone who doesn't have to is not dependent on on being a recipient. A katan is someone who is has to be a taker. A godal is someone who has a capacity to give. botland is not a god. I mean there yeah he could be a god but in terms of the city the city itself the city itself is if it's able to provide and it's what about I think in the he's the one that raised taxes no raise the taxes is there you want to get a rashi you want to get a migilla guy who's secretary of the treasury um behind you no that doesn't have rashi this one doesn't. No, it doesn't have on the Miguel. This one. Oh, it doesn't have it. Doesn't have over there. Okay. I don't know. We'll get it. But we we'll take a look finally. Okay. The vagin it's brought down in the safer. Why is the sun in the Tory called and the moon is called? Well, the moon is only a recipient of the light of others. So it reflects the light of others. The moon is called The Moon is called what? The sun is a source of all light. It's a source of power, energy, warmth. The sun is the great benefactor. So the sun is called the Okay, one more example cuz I could tell you just want one more and that is the man the giant among giants. What do we call Abraham Aenu? Thank you. A godal. Let's look at Rashi here. Rashi doesn't say everything. Matanos. He instituted Matanos. Yeah. Well, based on what we're saying, it would have to have, you know, it would have to mean something like that, right? Um, so the the Yeshua says the man the great man among giants. Well, who does that refer to? Rashi says it's referring to Abraham Aavino. So, how are we referring to Abraham Aino? A godal. Why is Abraino? is the only one in Tanakh who's called the god. He's called now. Why? Because right was the greatness was a paragon of and therefore the writ that's fit the bill of he was the exact dictionary definition of godal and the truth is anybody who we consider a godal your godal my god doll his god doll whether litfish whatever you associate with whoever you consider a godal. One of their primary characteristics is their ability and their to other people. But here's the question is that their main characteristic in other words is the main description of a godal I mean in really when we refer to a godal the main quality of the godal isra their Torah knowledge. Certainly is a major quality and an essential quality but you wouldn't say that's the overriding uh quality of being a god. Is that is that what a god is? So if you had a god who's bi or bucky vishas but there was no he didn't do any passive would he still have a title of god? No, maybe not. But vice versa, certainly not. Vice versa, certainly not. Who doesn't know all of you can't call him a god? You could call him a but what do you call him? It's very interesting. You know, after we say the first that for the following mitzvah, not only does one not one receive reward in the world to come, but you get, you know, the perks, right? So the question is why do you get I thought there ain't no reward in this world. So why would you get payros for certain mitzvah writes that's right? Why? Because when you put on fill in who are you doing something for God? So you're doing something for God. God will reward you and his currency. blah blah blah there's nothing in this world but when you have so you're benefiting people in this world for those things you get perks in this world and that's why all the mitzvah mentioned there are does aren't you able to do this because Hashem gives you the things that you did to enable you to do if you if hem didn't give you this to enable you to do the you will your ability to do would be limited. Okay. But still there's a rule that you don't get reward in this world. But the Ram says that only applies to if you benefit people in this world, you get perks in this world as well. Well, the question is he says wait a second that there is a mitzvah there that is not. So if the only way to get in this world is then why would you get format in this world in this world is who you benefiting in this world by sitting and learning you're not benefiting anyone in this world so why do you get reward in this world says it's a big error it's a big mistake the greatest that you could do to mankind in this world is by learning Tyra because when you learn Tyra You're benefiting the entire world because the entire existence of the world is dependent on if not for the mitzvah of if there would be a moment that that there was no Torah learning in the world the world would cease to exist. So basically by you learning Torah you're pumping vitality into into the entire world. writes, "The reason why God created time zones so that when you know the Jews in Israel are going to sleep, we're we're just getting going in the morning." You know, this way someone's always pumping the heart of the world. You know, we say in we say about the Torah, the Torah is the Torah is a how is the Torah? Because literally Torah pumps vitality into entire world. We say it, right? Well, yeah, that's something else. But somebody who learns is actually upholding the whole world. So what do we call a great saddic, a great who's involved in he's called a god cuz literally that is the greatest example of going to the greatest in the world. People have them say they oh he's just sitting and learning. You know what's he doing? He's a batan. You know he's just wasting time. He's a benchwarmer. I hate that expression. It's aicarus. A benchwarmer. You know how to say that. It's a mamish apiicarus. Benchwarmer. Would you say about a doctor who's saving lives? He's a benchwarmer. Shalom. So the person who learns Tara is upholding the whole world. He's the greatest benefactor. Anyway, um that's the mida of godlas that really that and that the purpose of the world is um to be able to benefit other people. In fact, in the it says in the introduction to it says that the sons of said that their father would always tell them they always would tell me the following. They would say would always tell us this is the entirety of man. Man was not created for himself. rather to help others as much as one possibly can. It's interesting if you look in the beginning of turn to the beginning of in the beginning of we find where is yv's on the top of the world he's learning with his father he's the benzukunim Jacob is teaching him zakunim zim kajim nshimhua m teaching him five books to the Mishna. Yos is wearing the royal cloak. He's on top of the world. By the end of the para, by the end of the para, he's wallowing in jail. He's in the the he's with the dre the drugs of society, the dregs. He's he's on the bottom of the world. Drugs. He's gone me to from the highest pinnacle to you know he's wallowing in jail. Parik he starts off lowest to low. He's wallowing in jail. But then the par he's king of the world. So, so like what happened there? How do you account for the dramatic difference? Well, he was in jail, so they got him out. So, maybe some of you heard me say this. Yeah, some of you heard me say this. Um, you know, we have these two rivers in Israel. You have two bodies of water in Israel. You have the Galilee and the Yamal and the Yamalik. The Galilee, it's full of life. It's teeming with fish. It's teeming with fauna. It's lush. It's fertile. It's perro and the yama is it's dead like a doornob. Even bacteria there's a whole is could bacteria survive in the waters of yamame. The strange thing is they're both fed from the same water source. They're both fed from the yard. So how do you account for the dramatic difference that the the yam kinered is lush, is fertile, is is uh beautiful fruits and the yam is dead. You can't even even bacteria can't survive. This is what's called the it's like a parable. So what's the parable? Parable is like this. There's garadam. The garadum says there are four people who are considered like they're dead. Who remembers who they are? Ani and Ani a poor man. Saras Saras blind. Suma a blind person. and someone who doesn't have children. So the simple meaning of that gamarra is that there are four people in this world whose situation in life is so compromised that they suffer and they're not really living life to the fullest. You know if you can't see the colors of the world you're not fully alive. If you if you don't have the family you're not if you don't if you're meaning if someone is suffering they're not fully alive. But says no that can't be the because we all know that a life even of is much much much greater than the alternative says God you could afflict me but don't take me out of this world life is better than the alternative says there's a common denominator between these four people you know what the common denominator is they're not able to give because if you're an you have no resources to give and if you're a blind person if you can't see what someone else needs your ability to give is compromised like he saw there you need to see to give is an isolation he can't be associated with other people can't give him doesn't have to whom to give so therefore the definition of life Definition of being a is the ability to give. If you don't have the ability to give, then you're not living life to its fullest. That's the definition of life. By the way, you know, we could say in his hakama to the Shario Shimish was one of the great all-time uh Talmudic scholars in terms of the lumbus of Shas. He wrote two volumes Sharosha. So in his hakama he talks about the concept of um ani me he says everybody has the ani the ego the question is who does your ani include to some people their ani is only them and they're very small some people their ani includes their family their children their parents And great great people there includes here is the whole world all of mankind all of Israel and such a person what would we call a because why are they called a god their ani encompasses all of all of mankind so I thought to say you know one of the names of the isi an why is god's name ani maybe because 37th right the 37th and it's the first in in the Hishanas he says well um maybe we could say that God is the definition of the ultimate ani whose ani includes all of mankind that's why Hashem's name is ani well let's let's add remember a guy named Cayen Cen the world wasn't big enough for him you know he to split him and his brother the world wasn't big enough. So he knocks off his brother and he does chuva and God puts a sign on Cayenne's forehead. What sign does he put on him? A letter. Which letter? The why the what's the says Shapiro? When a person takes egocentricity to the extreme they could kill someone out kill someone for for because the world's not big enough for two people. What Hashem was saying is no, what you're lacking is the VV is and and other people. You can't just your ani cannot only include yourself. You have to understand to bear the vav. Well, how do you say a successful person in Hebrew? With an alf, I think, right? How do you say successful person? should say is positive literally means to give success to others because in the Torah definition of success it's not what's in your account it's not what you do it's if you're interested in making other people success is called ish therefore the beginning of parish and I heard this from a great rabb Rabbi Isaac Bernstein in the beginning of Aayishv Ysef's going around saying, "Hey, you want to hear what I'm dreaming about? You want to hear what my aspirations are? You want to hear how you're going to be bowing down to me?" That's a one-way ticket to failure. And Ysef goes from the highest pinnacle and he's wallowing in jail. And then all of a sudden in paras becomes the ishak. That's the first time that expression appears cuz he's going to the mashkim. What are you dreaming about? What are your hopes? What are your aspirations? Ah, yo learned the lesson. By the way, there only two people in Tanakh called Sadik and the Med says, what do they have in common? They both fed the whole world. Supported the whole man, all of mankind and the animals in the So you say, what do you mean? God is also called it. What's the before? So goes from the the depths of the with the dregs of society. He becomes the ish and he becomes the and now he's sitting at the pinnacle of the world. You have two rivers in you have the you have the uh kinarat the kinarat not a river you mean yeah two bodies of water so it takes the water of the yard it's mabo but then it's a nice it feeds it out if it's a nice it's alive and it's lush and it's fertile and it produces beautiful fruits and it's most beautiful region right it's yamela doesn't feed anything just takes just collects collects collects and it stops right there and therefore It's Kishmo who it's of Kame it's the Dead Sea minerals and products. Yeah. But uh the as a body of water it's of Kame. Why? Because the Gumar says so here we have Shabas Shabas. Why is it called? So you want to suggest says the upcoming yam the kaduca of an upcoming yamtiff is always included in the previous shabas. The shabas is kadusha to the upcoming days of the week. There's a expression called Shabas is whatever and therefore the greatest we have with the most 64 mitzvah is such a holy mitzvah and whose on the it's the shabas. So therefore we'd like to suggest that the shabas before is called shabas hagod. This is the shabas which is a great benefactor and the gift that it gives kal is the gift of the upcoming yamt of pes. That's uh you've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by tora anytime.com.