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Hi, this is David Dowski with the para
in five where in five minutes we try to
give you a little insight into the para
and we're doing paras yro
paras obviously is the story of matra
and the dibbros and then at the end of
the parish we have this little strange
section
do not make gods of silver or of gold
which rashi says means not to make the
krim, the two cherubs that go on top of
the aron out of silver or make more than
two of them.
The msbak is made out of dirt and there
you will offer it up.
And if you make the out of stone,
as in do not make them cut stones
because metal has been used on it. And
as Rashi says brings life, metal brings
death. Don't mix the two.
Do not use steps to go up to the
love. So you do not reveal your
nakedness.
So you walk over the ramp with steps you
have to separate your legs and then the
steps will see so to speak between your
legs. Now they were wearing pants
and I use that term even for my English
audience. Yeah. Because they were an
undergarment that went underneath.
So they were wearing pants. So what does
it make if I spread my legs? I have a
robe go down on my feet.
Right? Why is this the end of matra?
These mitzvah are random. We haven't
gotten an aurin yet. We haven't had a
command of an auron. We haven't had a
command of a m what are these doing
here? That's question number one.
Question number two is the god makes a
big and he says I have very important
things to announce to you.
Don't kill. Don't steal. Don't commit
adultery.
So you might think to yourself, that's
it. That's the you wanted to tell me.
These are part of the mitzvah and we
were commanded this already after the
flood. What's the over here?
Furthermore, when it goes to the nations
of the world and it says, do you want to
accept the Torah? Says what does it say?
It says don't kill. Says, can't accept
that. Don't steal. Can't accept that.
Don't commit adultery. Can't accept
that. But that's Chev Noah. What do you
mean you can't accept that? That was
already given.
So the answer is the nations of the
world are willing to accept don't kill,
don't steal, don't commit adultery.
But if you tell me what does it mean do
not commit adultery, don't use steps to
go up to the mak
to the altar because if you have to
split your legs even though you're
wearing pants, that's not sua. and that
should be avoided. The nations of the
world say that's too much. When I say
don't kill, I don't mean not to murder
somebody. I mean when you build a misbeh
already when I say not to serve a votor,
I don't just mean to worship other gods.
I mean even if you make the crew out of
silver instead of gold, that's like a
vodora.
That was the of the
not just the commandments themselves but
the as it says they were written on the
luos like there are small ripples in
between the big waves. All of the laws
were included and so these are
categories of laws and everything was
included within them because that at the
end of the day is what the Torah is.
It's not there to just tell me simply
don't kill don't steal. It's there to
tell me that if I make uh personal calls
during my time then I'm a ganif. And
that's why
would not even stop to say hello to the
when he was working because he said I'm
a day laborer and I'm not allowed to
stop working to start smoozing.
And so the point is not just to have a
basic morality, but to have a morality
that's greater than the nations of the
world.
Everyone should have a good chabas.
