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Semuchim M'yad - Connecting Parshas V'zos HaBerach With the End of Haazinu

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Okay, everyone. Aar actually this is a very important shar [snorts] because for those who have been following the series, this is our final concluding shar uncovering the connection between and let's see if we could pull up the maramak. Now obviously voa begins with the braha of moeno that he gave before his petira. What is the end? What is the conclusion of parasu? How does hazinu uh conclude? Let's see. Oh, I got the marus up. How does hazinu conclude? Well, hashem tells like this at the end of says go up to ome and die there. So, hashem is giving instructions to go up to aim and die. Actually, a question I've had for many years is how do you command someone to die? You could command someone to eat suda sashan after the shir go and eat suda sashan rabba. Okay. So you could go and eat sudas. But what exactly was the the hashem gave go die. You know what does that mean exactly? But in any event the end of mo go up to mountain and die. Andu says okay. Rashi says not now then when so the the position is very simple. Hashem is commanding the clock your clock is ticking. You're going to go up to the mountain and you're going to die. So understands this is his last opportunity to be so right after that begins. He says to the discusses the says the before that it says Hashem says that I'm going to give to the Jewish people and juxtaposed to that is meaning as if Moshenu is being masked to the blessing of Israel that hashem gave says I also concur with that then the has an really a remarkable sabah um here it goes ready for this says that hashem tells moa go look at her is but uh you're not getting That's very interesting what happened over here. Who sinned by the way the why is Moshe not going into Israel? Because Ben is sinned and they caused Moshe to sin along with them. And who did Hashem get angry at? Hashem got angry at Moshe. Mosha is not going in. And they're going in. What? What's going on over here? Claus sinned. Mosha gets slept into it. They go into the land and he gets left behind. So if anything, Moshaenu should have beef with the B Israel. He should be really upset. They caused him to sin. They maybe, if not them, their families going and Mosha is left behind. What would you have expected Mosha's reaction to be? Maybe he would have been given them had some choice words for them, some words of rebuke, some words of of annoyance at least. And what does turn around and do? It's the only time in the Tor he's called the man of God because the fact that he went up to the Shayim doesn't mean he's a man of God. Maybe he's just an angel. The fact he brought down the mun. No, you know what the greatest act in the life of Mosenu was? When the people who he cared for sinned and he bears their responsibility and he's being punished, he's not going into the land and they are instead of being annoyed, instead of lashing out. What does Moshenu do? He says you should be gvenched. You should be blessed. that demonstrates that Moshabenu is a royale. He forsakes his own needs for the sake of the Jewish people out of his kadusha. And therefore, he's called Ishikim. He was not called isim anywhere else in the Tory to show he's godly. He's divine. He overlooks his iniquity. And therefore, we find similarly when it was decreed upon him the you're not going to bring in the people. Immediately it says, to show his greatness that even though he wasn't going to be allowed to go into he didn't stop trying to help the Jewish people even though they caused his whole problem here also they caused him not to go in and nevertheless they he still blessed them kishla we'll end off our journey of tion going into with what the calls this is a wondrous connection between the end of and the beginning of that despite the fact they caused him to lose outu generously blessed them that is on paras we thank for granting us this to explore All 54 parit of you probably want to know what will we be doing this coming year. We did one second. We did the we did connecting the paras to the time of the year. We did connecting the first and last of the par. This year we did what are we going to do in tin pay z. most ambitious and courageous project of yet for toughen pes I don't know if I could reveal you know I'll give you a little we have to because you're not supposed to just stop you have to start again immediately you ready for this I have never found anyone who discusses this [snorts] what is the theme of the para you knew that you knew How do you know that? I I let this the beans >> the theme >> the theme what's the theme of the para like what makes paras the creation of the world okay so stop after uh after shabas the creation of man okay so stop after marishine the creation of the world the creation of man his children and then nine generations and then we'll stop okay that's not very thematic is it I mean as a speaker if somebody would get up and give a dr and say okay I'm now discussing then I'm going to talk about what a cheese danish is then I'm going to tell you about how many saw in a mikvah and then I'm going to talk about okay it's a very nice drussa but you know how did what made that a dr how did you decide to package those things in one druss so I just want to know one simple thing I don't know why anyone discusses this. What is the theme of the para? >> I once heard that the theme is in ra. >> No, I um that's very nice. First of all, I can't accept that because the concept of ravi was arbitrarily made up by a school teacher about 150 years ago and none of the agreed with him and they couldn't shake it. And I actually want to give a sh on this this year bleed who made up sheni does it have any standing and the answer is no has no standing >> I think there's a hakama there's hakama and there have been a on the para >> there there is a hakama but the hakama sometimes only leads you into the beginning of the para and sometimes for example parasro or other paras where the intro only leads you into the very first topic of the para but it doesn't in any way make one unified theme. If you could find me someone who even discusses it for one para then I will either give you a hug personally or I'll figure out a way how to send one virtually. >> You connected the Torah to the power. >> Okay. So, >> okay. I I connected the ha. So let's say for an example K says right and of says I never took a donkey and say I never took a donkey fine but would you say the theme of kak is mosha didn't take donkeys no it's just one detail of the para >> has connected the end of the previous para which is right the end of one para the beginning of the Yeah, >> Rebi says that that if we want to look at a book, you look at the beginning of the book. You look at the beginning of the book. >> I agree. >> I ideally ideally when we did and we connected the beginning of the para and the end of the para that should really capture the essence of the para. Now many of the con that might be a hint. Many of the times we found connections from the beginning of the end, but it's hard to say that's the essence. It's hard to identify then. Yeah. >> It's like you did in the in the in the >> I understand. >> I understand. Yes. >> Yes. Exactly. The question is lots of luck finding using that for each para. It's not so easy. We would have to go back and see how that somehow defines what the para is about. Okay, it's food for thought. I'm not committed yet because I don't even know if we could do it for one para. Okay, I I'll let you think about it. That is now. Here we go. >> Recording stopped.