Pesach and Shabbos: “What Do We Tell the Children?"

this Torah class is brought to you by Torah anytime.com okay welcome everyone um it's very nice to see so many people came out probably everybody must be watching live but um it's already almost almost a week before PES so uh we want to start thinking about the Y and what the y means to us and what we could glean from this uh holy we know uh very interestingly the Torah has an unusual description for the of p and that is p in the is called sh it's called shabas when it talks about the says we start counting the day after chabas what do you mean the day after chabas that's what theim they would always start counting SP on a Sunday but AR is we always start counting the day after PES that means the Torah is calling PES shabas why in the world would a tah call P shabas it's not chabas it's p happens to be this year p is but p is not is I mean the doesn't call doesn't call I mean every day has its own name no reason to confuse one day with another day so why would the Torah refer to p as shabas the makes an amazing observation that there's a certain terminology that the T uses by P that it does not used by any other Y and that is the expression of the says in you should guard this and then the says and it says keeps on using the expression of sh sh guard guard guard in it says sh so we see the Torah repeats again and again and again the concept of sh guard guard doesn't say it doesn't say by any other by it constantly reiterates guard guard guard guard guard the only other day and the only other MIT the uses this language so many times is of course sh three times it says no other days of the year do we have to be normally the Torah says you should do it you should make it you got to make your you got to take the positive but when it comes to the like it says by so many times so we see this common denominator of and they both require and says Sim that is in fact why PES is referred to as shabas because they share this common feature still we have to understand why why does the Torah say Shamar sh by both of these days and why would you call P shabas says that the fact that the tah uses the word by P has a implication and that is We Know by shabas shabus is definitely caused by time it starts only the seventh day of the week do women have to makees on of course but it's the answer is since since they can't violate the Lavin as well even though there's says the same thing with the reason why the T reiterates again and again and again and againu Shar is because it wants to classify that in general you know what pesak needs sh PES is a love doesn't matter that eating mat is a positive command it's categorized as a love and therefore women are that's why anyone who's nowed to eat has to eat mat women are in the of P you know why because what is p it's a love the same way women are inab even though it says Z because Prim shabas requires says many many times says and therefore women we know and therefore they're so to women will be why but but okay I understand mat because the Torah says don't eat eat mat whoever not to eat has to eat mat and I get because it's and we use a rule but why would women be really has no specific reason to obligate a woman right it's in fact the ra implies women are not but the says that women are why they don't have to send the Suka they don't have to take why should they have to why should they read the answer is you know what p is and this is what we're suggesting is it's because the Torah reiterates again and again and again sh to teach you that PES is like shabas just like women are shabas shabas is primarily sh so to P is generally alive it requires but we want to try to delve in exactly what is the connection between PES and shabas why refer to PES as shabas we look at the asked the following question okay we're going to talk tonight a little bit about I know that's what's on your mind I know everybody's really thinking abouta these days but we're going to talk about Kana you have limited funds you have $5 to your name you could either buy or a bottle of wine for KES day now kides Friday night obviously takes precedence over KES shabas day and overa cuz KES Friday night is That's Why by the way you need to drink more of the kiddish Friday night than shabas day and this is will speak out very quickly this year um normally for 3.3 ORD so normally for the needs to contain at least 3.3 ounces you need to drink the majority but this year the first night of PES is Friday night K Friday night is the she of is much more than 3.3 o it's 4.4 according so you have to drink for the first K of Kes Friday night you need a bigger K and you need to drink more it's important to know that but the gamar wants to know if you have limited funds either you could buy or you could buy K shabas day what takes precedence says the do you say takes precedence because it's more fre you make every week pres why you want to publicize the miracle that hasem saved us so these are the this is what you have to put on the scales what has priority or so I was this gar shocks me whenever I learn this Kamar I'm startled here you have an by name of bra and he's able to weigh in his mind I mean ask me how much does t your way I don't know how much does how much does Puma way how am I supposed to be able to evaluate the the respective weights of a of and a of RA in his tremendous sh is able to know ways this is this important andum says this important and R says I'm I'm in I'm baffled I don't know which one is more valuable that to me is mindboggling to be able to have such clear Torah Vision to weigh the SP of I'm shaking from that and I'm shaking even more from what R said like this after he waited he was able to say definitively how does he know pus is better he he's not bringing a r from sh he's not saying oh I got the I I know p is better cuz there's a Miss it's he's sitting there weighing and after an hour he says you know what pum is more important how does he know he knows he knows Raa with all of his tremendous toah knowledge it's so filtering through his system it's so coursing through his veins you see that's that's the difference between us and Raa obviously the difference is a million Lighty years away I say this very seriously we could learn a lot we could come to air we could enjoy it but how much is it really coursing in the blood system how much is it part of us to Raa it was so ingrained in his personality that after pondering the issue he said that's it purum AA is greater than Tad it's it's if you think about this it's unbelievable anyway so ra came to that conclusion thatum is more valuable than and therefore if you have five bucks to your name you could either buy or wine for okay fine we come to the next put that in your back pocket for a minute the r wants to know about how far do you go to have to buy now ask you let's say somebody is very poor they don't have too much money let's say they don't have any money they can't afford a lul van do you need to sell your clothing to buy a lul van no let's say you don't havein but you have a pair of pants you need to sell your pant to buy Fillin no let's say you don't have a Suka the only way to get a Suka you sell your socks you sell your shoes you don't have to you only have to spend the fifth of your money to buy a m says the ra is different even if you can't afford to put food on the table you need to beg you need to borrow and you need to get a hold sell your garment sell your garment and buy the you don't have to do that for any fora it's so beloved it's so dear you need to sell your clothing to get a hold OFA yeah good okay good comes mag Mish who which birdie told the r you need to sell your clothing to Buyah you don't have to do it to buy you don't have to do it to buy a t you don't have to do it to get a Suka so who told you have to do it forah says the ra says the mag Mish you know where the ram got it from because we know there's another R by now we're now we're done with Kaneka for a minute there's another the r says if you can't afford to buy you need to sell your clothing and beg a borrow to get listen here this is the key of the sh says the why do you need to sell your clothing to buy you don't have to do it to put on F you don't have to do it to be says when you do they're just you're publicizing the miracle whenever you need to publicize a miracle the obligation is much stronger and therefore you need to sell your clothing to buy says listen carefully if you need to sell your clothing to buy all the more so you need to sell your clothing to get n cuz if you need to sell your clothing to buy you certainly need to sell your clothing to get n because is even more important than on chabas so if you need to sell your clothing to get you certainly need to sell your clothing to BU so the what's the why does the say that if you need to sell your clothing to get you certainly need to sell your clothing to get if then is also so it's not a Kos G it's the same thing it's exactly the same thing it's exactly the same it's but why would the use the terminology and the principle of it's not a they're both I mean why would the say you know how the ra knows you need to sell your clothing to since you need to sell your clothing to BU you certainly need to sell your clothing to BU it's not a it's not a it's the exact same case let the mag Mission just say since the r feels you need to sell your clothing for you certainly need to sell your clothing for you you you also need to sell your clothing for it's the same thing but why why why certainly why certainly I want to speak out a question now a very important question a fundamental question and when you when you think of it you're going to be kicking yourself how come I never thought of this question thear says you have five bucks you can either buy wine forab day or you could buy excuse me you could buy the says was takes precedence why pursu everybody knows is purua why is there no for why is there no shab what are you doing when you make K shab you're declaring that Hashem created the world that wasn't a miracle when Hashem created the world that was a miraculous says a to say that's not miraculous I read to you his words writes writes not only is it a miracle says he says right when hasem created the world it was as they say in Latin something out of nothing it's a bigger Miracle is is a great Miracle so is a greater Miracle so why wouldn't we say say you should get wine for shabas day because the making KES is more important than theum of in fact the requires a sh only so why wouldn't the say that is more important Bri is not a miracle the is not a miracle I read to you the of says he says number 10 the peace we testify that created the [Music] world there's no greater miracle Bri was a greater Miracle then why would we say oh hello is a much is a much bigger Miracle is a bigger Miracle right good Kasha Zach is good Kasha it's awesome right it's amazing question say you like the question or you know yeah I'm rephasing you want to say over the Kasha the Kasha is that PES no nothing to do with P the is before you answer question you have to know what the question is right is of shab day the says there's no p and therefore comes first why is there no I'm not talking about P yet I'm not talking about P I'm talking about the says is secondary why what and shabas day is nothing you got to do it so when you're doing it it's you're saying kind of candles you put in the window so everybody can see when you're doing kidish you're doing it at home okay so it's more okay good good but why does the gamar say then and how about how about um that's the sh okay we're going to come down let's let's get that say this shabas is um is shabas okay and that's why we have very nice posters somewhere that say that everyone needs to be here 600 p.m. it's streaming live now so everyone out there they could come to the sh 6 p.m. sharp we start sharp and sharp no promises yet but sharp sh um we Cally invite everybody to join us um for sh why is it called sh well the Torah tells us the reason is a great miracle happened because hem commanded us to prepare the P that year on the 10th day of the month it says now we know that the P that year that we left was on what day of the week what day of the week was PES the year we left M everybody knows it was a Thursday right we left on a Thursday and the famous that makes that means the T was given on the 51st day of the okay so we left M on Thursday the Torah was given 51 days later on shabas Hashem told us take the p on the 10th the 10th was what day of the week shabas shabas and we take the sheep and the Sheep is banging and making all those noises and the MIM said what are you doing with our gods and the Jews said we're taking your God we're going to slaughter it in a few days from now and the in the it says in the Torah their teeth they were nashing their teeth they were nashing their teeth I once heard I once from finer a beautiful ver on this we say to the Russ tell him I said over if he was there he wouldn't have what do we do to Russ we bang out his teeth why are we banging out his teeth because the Torah says that all the MIT when they saw us about to their gods they were like nashing their teeth so we if you were a you'd be like one of those R of the MIT who are cha okay but the Torah says that's why it's called shabas why is it called shabas because of this miracle that even though we wereing their gods they didn't touch us and therefore on that great on every year on shabas we call it shabas why is that still so everyone that shabas was still in M yeah so I would say shabas would have been the first shabas that went out words a commemoration of a miracle it's a commemoration of a miracle we're commemorating the miracle that occurred so so everybody and their first cousin asks yeah that wait a second this is Judaism in Judaism when we commemorate Miracles we don't commemorate the day of the week commemorate the day of the month right let me introduce you to something called Rashana which is the first of Tish and ker which is the 10th of Tish and sukus which is the 15th of Tish and Kana which is the 25th day of klave and is 10th day of T and P which is 11 12 13 14 15 of Adar and P and Sh and every other Miracle ever commemorated by the day of the month and all of a sudden we're commemorating a miracle by the day of the week shab so you should celebrate the 10th day of Nissan not shab not shab and it's not because it's my mother's birthday on shab that's not the reason I have to I have to get in my mother also right so why do we commemorate the day of the week why not the day of the month that's the all the comes the B comes the B and the B says I very interesting the b wres in number seven I I received the tradition about this and my tradition is that we know that CL is on the 10th day of Nissan they cross the yard on the 10th day of Nissan if we're going to commemorate the miracle of sh of this of this great event on 10th day of Nissan later on in history people are going to mistakenly think what we're commemorating is the entrance to Israel so in order to avoid the confusion we have to divert from our normal practice and we commemorate the day of the week says this is the what the B says he has this tradition what's most interesting is if you look in the T and uh those who've been listening to know how's the Taz related to the t is the's son in law and I'm not going to tell you how the was made I might say that for the but the Taz writes that he heard a beautiful reason to this Kasha why we commemorate the day of the month and not the day the day of the week and not the day of the month he heard it from he says the same answer look what he writes and I told my father-in-law and he praised it he liked it no kidding he liked it he he wrote it in the without attributing it to anybody so presumably he knew it before his son-in-law told him and when his son-in-law told him you know he smiled like a father-in law does when you tell him he didn't say you kidding me I know that already and uh but very interestingly the B writes the same answer here the B um brings the same answer that the Taz says he told the B and the B liked it okay so interesting that the reason why we call it chab is because to avoid confusion people are going to think that if we would celebrate the day of the month people are not going to realize the reason therefore we have to change it to the day of the week sounds very difficult I mean this is uh that's not how we operate we don't commemorate days of the week we commemorate days of the month W what's the there there's got to be something more here of why do we specifically commemorate the shabas instead of the 10th day of TI comes and comes and they tell us a very important principle and that is back to the question the gar says if you have a choice between takes precedence because of pursu and every we all asked why is there no on chabas com says there's no pum on chab who you who you spreading it to when I make Kish I make Kish for myself when you make Kish you make Kish for yourself if we're all together so we'll kill two birds one so I'll be to you but there's no inion of me saying KES to you everyone makes Kish on their own if we're all around the table we're all there at the same time fine but P there's pum how's that there's a Mitzvah it's not enough to say it yourself he got you must tell your children you have to speak to your children and if your children not around you have to tell your wife and if your wife's not around you have to tell yourself not you say it you have to tell yourself there's so what's the of the mag Mish the Kos of the mag Mish like Zack explained is that even though there's P by P there's more pum by CU by you're not only to the to the walking in and the Persians walking in the and all the people going outside in so really there are three levels of pum there shab when you make KES there's no pum you just say it and finish there is no inion of publicizing the miracle there's no any of publicizing the miracle you you declare that chabus is Holy the second level is to who to your family and the highest level is p to the to the whole world therefore the ramam says like this says the mag mishna if the r feels that you have to sell your clothing for because of you need to sell your clothing for for why because the is on a higher M and what we really need to investigate is why are we not the miracle of why is there no why don't we have a Mitzvah to open up the window to open up the door and say hey everyone God created the world that's what we do Kan we we open up the shades we put the window and we say Hashem Makes Miracles that's what we do on PES we declare to our families Hashem Makes Miracles if as the abar asks and theak asks the greatest Miracle ever was Bri why then is it not incumbent upon us to be the miracle of we should you know stand on the corner with signs Shem created the world no we only we only publicize that Shem bailed us out in the time of Kana he bailed us out in the time of P why is that what's the reason for that the ram tells us in his last comments to the ramam says that whenever he has the opportunity to speak about he always takes the opportunity and the advantage to do so R writes very beautiful words in number 12 kakar more than anything the says I will teach you what is more most precious to me is Amun bash so if I ever have the opportunity to speak about amuna I'll always take advantage but there are two aspects of am and there two one of is believing that hm created the world world and one you of is that hasem is Mash what does that mean hash is Mash Mas is that every detail in life that happens to a person every dollar that you make and every success you have and every failure you have as major or minor as it may be every compliment you get every slight insult you get anything whatsoever is not coincidence in the slightest it's a exact Gaz measured out exactly what you need to get these are the two but these two principles really complement each other and both are needed and both Fus together to form the principle that AEM created and controlled therefore the rush writes we know the rush wrote a safer safer M that in the yeshivas today that follow kelm for example in the Mir Yesa or in Lakewood where their their rash were influenced from the most happen to Mya is more from so they're not so into this saer not that it's not certain was focus on it more the of the rush the rush wrote a saer very brief and the rush writes that in in to trust in with all your heart and to believe in his says the rush that by doing so you'll be m in your heart the when you believe that the eyes of Hashem scan the whole earth and a person has to understand and believe and we all believe it but we don't really think about it that not only does Hashem see every act we make not only does Hashem see our hearts which means Hashem sees our thoughts not only does Hashem see our motivations Hashem sees into the clo the kidneys which mean like this sometimes subconsciously we ourselves are not in touch with what's really motivating us with enough self-introspection we would be able to summon up what's really motivating us the is probing even there we all believe it but we're not cognizant on it but this is created the world he's in every detail says the rush listen to this if you don't believe that took us out now what did demonstrate when he took us out of that Hashem could say you guys you stay behind you guys drown in the sea you egyp ipan you're really bad you're going to float around and be tortured you're mediocre bad you're going to float a little faster and you're okay so you're going to sink with a painless death and you Jews you all go out except for the four fists that served byar you when you drink you could have an Egyptian and a Jew drinking out of the same cup for one it's blood and one it's water what's that that Hashem is giving a something and be something entirely different if you don't believe that Hashem took you say then you don't believe God created the world in other words in order to fully have Amun and Hashem as Creator you have to have full cognizance and awareness that every detail that occurs in life is a Gaz you see unfortunately as you are drugged by the narcotic called life we tend to think yeah that's create the world yeah but obviously I'm successful because I do a good job and the reason why I didn't do good is cuz I I made a blunder any reason why I did there is because I had a brilliant idea of course hasem creates the world and controls everything but it's not real because we don't really feel that every step we take is governing says the rush if you don't accept is also lacking the purpose of was to demonstrate not only is Hashem the Bo and the Creator but that his control his specific guiding of the world extends itself to every human being on the lowest level the raan writes you know in where it says it says over there the reason to keep chabas is why because Hashem created the world in six days and he rested on the seventh and if you look in the second says the reason to keep is took you out make up your mind what is it the truth is we say both in we say we say explains in it's one principle because the MIT began to deny the fact that Hashem created the world so hasm said you don't believe I created the world let me come in let me step in and override the system and when you see someone who's able to override the system then the only conclusion is he hey who who gave him the keys to override the system ah it must be he created the system in other words the concept solidified and authenticated it substantiated it it it it established it so really the ran writes shabis shabis which is the day that we commemorate why because what established Bri the two ideals go hand in hand so one of the Ancients on and from was a doctor a great doctor he writes that why do we commemorate the day of the week why not the day of the month he says very simple because you have to understand why Hashem made the miracle that we tie the Egyptian god to our doorpost and the Egyptians didn't harm us you know why Hashem made that Miracle because until that point in time every seventh day when the Jews rested the said what are you doing you lazy bums and we would say what do you mean God created the world and he rested on the seventh that's what we're doing today the MIT said God created the world what are you talking about it'sa there always was a world the MIT undermine the concept of shabas so the told them that on shabas you're going to take the SE and you're going to tie it to your bed and they're going to recognize that even though they should really be slitting your throats I'm going to protect you and I'm going to substantiate the concept of shabas so the purpose of the miracle of the God shabus was to elevate shabas was to magnify shabas was to beab was to was to magnify to elevate the concept that chabas represents the world the reason why it's called chabas because until then shabus was and after that miracle shabus was shabas was elevated shab was magnified writes in many places in his you have on your sheet over here just take a look very quickly he writes the reason why it's called shab is because is because on that great day the concept of it was elevated was magnified I must share with you it's almost to P be saying at least at least nine times you can say at least nine times then you have another one in sh actually two more times so we'll give you 11 we'll give you what 11 11 times so 11 n in any event there's the par take a look at number 21 and I want to share with you the way the Mal understands this par and we like to sing the words and we think we're yeah I'm feeling it I'm feeling it I'm feeling what what are you feeling you have no idea what in the world you turn like most ofing we'll sing a good tune here to go to there call it a day you have no clue what you're doing sorry clueless you need to know what the words mean what are you what are you doing this this this God's great he's wonderful he's amazing great just want to share with you the way the Mal learns this the Mal says like this the malum says the go believe that Hashem created the world the problem is you know what their mistake is Hashem created the world and he's on vacation he like all great people he delegates Hashem is more important things to do he's up in shamayim busy with the the big people up there that's what their is and he delegates this world to whatever to toim the concept of Hal is God's greatness and even go they sing Hal Hala right go are very into Hal they'll stand in their churches and in their place of worship and they'll Sway and they'll clap and they'll sing H H Hal Hal h beautiful beautiful beauti because they understand God's majesty and his greatness but their cira is they don't believe that God comes down to this world and he decides whether your socks are going to be too tight or just right and he decides whether you're going to have a dollar extra or a13 extra and he decides every detail whether you're going to have a little headache or a little bit more than a little head every detail just believe halah God's Great up there in the heavens but they don't believe in being is that hashem's extends itself to every detail down here on the world so says yeah is good but you know what a Jew needs to do a Jew needs to be we need to acknowledge that every detail of our life is direct Bounty from hem says if you scan the scope of the world every country in the world they're all saying hallah they all recognize h Majesty but here's the mistake of the the God's up there he's rum he's Majestic he's up there in the heavens his honor is in the heavens they don't believe God has any God decides whether I'm going to get a raise or not or God decides whether I have a good dinner or God decides whether they going to treat me nice at home or in sh or my name God is say has bigger things to worry about to the but you know what we say who is like we say like this Hashem is so Majestic and to Hashem the truth is there's no difference between Heaven and Earth he's way above the heavens as well but you know what does lowers himself to know intimately the the heavens and every detail that happen happens on Earth and you know how far it goes you can have a poor man who's wallowing in the dust he's there trying to lift him up you can have someone even lower even lower than the dust is the garbage heaps he can have someone in the garbage heaps is even more poor than a doll and hasem could raise the person up to raise him up to be with important people not St important people the most important people you could have someone who the doctors say you know what they can't have a child so hashem's going to worry to get involved yes that's all worries about could take a woman who's in a and in a minute can make her a happy mother that's the difference between a and a a yeah up in the heavens but believe Hashem created the world everyone believes hasem created the world says belief that hasem created the world is obvious and evident as long as you're not a blithering fool to use the Expression that's what he says says in the name of if you would go to a farm and you saw a water mill in the river oh wow what a coincidence how the wind just put together this round circle that's the water is pushing only a sh would say such a thing imagine you went into a desert just simple question we're almost done went into a desert and you see in the sand the letter A and you have $1,000 in your pocket are you putting it down that somebody traced the letter A or did the wind do it I'm putting my money down so are you how would the wind blow exactly the letter A okay you're a little hesitant what if it said um shabus DHA 6 o' what if it said that I'm putting down a million dollars that the didn't happen on its own so are you nobody right what an animal wrote if you drop ink from here onto a p paper and imagine if you came you saw on a paper it said hello how you doing have a great evening and I tell you how much money you're going to bet that the Inked it and fall someone wrote it of course you're going to put down all your money with intelligent design nothing intelligent Could Happen says that created the world is obvious it's obvious so why don't people believe not because they're fools CU they choose not to they choose it's like anything people why don't you come learn they choose not to choose not there's certain things that are self-evident and if you're not doing it it's free world free choice in this world says you don't have to tell and convince anyone that hasem created the world it's obvious he writes like this says everybody acknowledges God created the world says that is the reason why there's no to stand on the street corner and say God created the world no kidding everybody knows that know that even go believe Halla there's no reason to have but what do not accept is they don't believe they don't believe is being on every small detail of Our Lives that's why there's pum on that's why there's pum no requirement to be the miracle of shabas there is a big requirement to be the concept of you know we make anat is on the low lowest function of man man ridding themsel of their waste right it's the most basee human function interesting we say in the bra and the the V points this out what do we say in we say you made cavities you made holes in our body it's revealed and known before your th Throne of Glory you know this is the only place in daving that we invoke the th Throne of Glory what we bring the throne in glory into the for here you're thinging that you could use a facility and you're saying it's known before your throne of Glory says the that's exactly the point don't think that the sitting in sh there's certain things you know I'll delegate that to the cleaning to the sanitary sanitation department don't think has he says you know I'm not interested in that I you know your digestive system and your different tracks I'll leave it to others no even the sitting on his there's nothing more important to him there's nothing more involved in than even the lowest function of man that's so just will end with this say he's about to encounter the says he went back for for small DRS and say you know why he went back for the small jugs because love their money more than their bodies P really I didn't know that sikim why do sikim love money so much and here Yak you forgot a pot I mean give hey Rabbi get get on with life you know you left the pot move on no get over it Rabbi no Yak couldn't get over he had to go back he left the pot on the other side of the river and then he he struggles with the with the angel of as and they wrestle and say the dust reached where what's going on here says you know why Yu loved his money so much he didn't love money Yu had such conviction that every detail of his life was designated and designed specifically that the wants him to have this pot to him that means was ma that means god almighty decreed that I need this pot I don't know why he knows better than me I need this that's so it's my pth it doesn't come from it's not a coincidence it means ream decreed that I need this pth for my perfection in life therefore y says who am I to say wanted me to have even this dollar even this 50 cents I have to go back to get it all of a sudden the of said what okay Hashem created the world but this principle is so dear to you that Hashem governs every detail of your life that was the struggle that was the fight the Sor were trying to get fight this principle that every detail of life is governed by and the fight reached all the way to where the why the because said you think that God sitting on the he's interested in your path says yeah there's nothing that is too trivial for the even sitting on the and that's between and this is what we give over to our children there's no everybody knows about the idea to inculcate in ourselves and to give over to our children is but has this on the smallest detail and that is why there are two days of the year that we have to guard it because they're not just they're the fundamental principles of Judaism of you need you need to guard these principles because they're bombarded by the ideals of the outside world that's why p is called shabas these are the two days that Fus together to promote the two everyone for coming wish you all a early you've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by Torah anytime.com