#535: Amida: Al Ha'Tzadikim (Part 4)

respons by the Saka family and as well by foran we're on the 13th of the why are we interrupting the flow of these middle section of Basha our personal needs our Collective people National needs and all of a sudden we're daving for this subgroup subsect the group ofik the answer is aad because theik the righteous of the foundation of the whole world any good any anything we have right in our world in our lives comes in their so therefore we DAV for their well-being we last left off are we in ascending or descending order who's greater the or the and there are really two schools of thought there's a bigus According to some according toam defines that sadic as the perfect person the one who doesn't struggle the one who's not tempted the one who's never fallen which someone pointed out I have to look into it is peculiar considering the says not but the tadak is sadak is described as the one who has no negative inclination who doesn't struggle who doesn't fall who's righteous from the womb the on the other hand the prims and the sh others the is the B the is the one who engages that struggle falls and gets up and navigates life and is committed to keep coming back which one is greater to be pure and pristine in every struggle or to have struggled and to recover others say in fact that and we mentioned this was the debate between Yehuda and yos safe a debate in the early makes an illusion cut G this was a debate is it quality is it quantity is it the elite is it the every man do we emphasize and are we encouraging are we admiring and revering the one who's perfect with no struggles or do we Elevate and hold up as an example and emulate the person who struggles and who comes back others say in fact it's exactly the opposite of which one is greater the sadic versus the the sad according to that interpretation for example is the person who follows the strict letter of the law says what's the what's the strict letter of the law what's the minimum what is it saying I'll do what's asked of me I'll fulfill what is the requirement the goes above and beyond and that's spoke in the end of P about this that the the the way Begins the whole Foundation of is writing 18 Century in pwa in Italy he's not talking about the culture ofid the movement wasn't yet born he's talking about the the pious the righteous the person who lives with a constant awareness and mindfulness and consciousness of Hashem in their life and when you're in love and when you're a devoted and when you want to go above and beyond then you go beyond y the sadic is limited by y I'm in awe I'm afraid what are the rules I I get struck by lightning what do I have to do where do I put my check mark That's the sadic but the is driven not by by fear but rather bya by love and the says not the bare minimum not what's what can I get away with but the says how can I go above and beyond how can I demonstrate extra piety and extra devotion that is the culmination of concludes as we did recently we just finished the 10 minutes of meaning studying all of together and the way the concludes is by saying that the definition of is different for everyone the one learning full time is one definition of and a person who works and who nevertheless makes it to minion and finds time is to learn and leads a communal effort is expressing being a in another way it is subjective and it's individualized and it's tapered to every individual what it means to be Aid what it means to go above and beyond so there is this foundational difference fundamental difference who is greater is the sadic greater we begin with the sadic and then we make our way down we descend with the and and so on or no the is greater they go and Beyond so we start with thead because the is coming out of out of fear but the is living out of a which is greater serving hem out of Y or out of AA out of fear or out of love the answer is you need to begin with Y you need a foundation of Y otherwise the AA can't stand but the AA built upon the foundation of year is greater the raan writes T that's why say positive Commandments are an expression a reflection of AA of Love year negative Commandments are reflection of of fear so in a conflict between an and a a positive negative commandment the principle the rule is greater than a sadic here's the good news we say them both and you can think about them both and we picture and we Daven for the well-being of both we strive to be both and we understand that any BR any good in our life in our world comes from the and the in our Liv