#536: Amida: Al Ha'Tzadikim (Part 5)

s snippit serious gener respons by the Saka family and as well by and foran we're on the bra of this which Bridges the Gap our individual needs such as health and livelihood and wisdom our Collective needs of G Redemption the building of and in the middle point we D for theik and we've discussed we've been defining who are theim who are the are we ascending are we descending which one is greater between the but we now come to the third Clause the third expression the Third on this list of five really it's five plus because the sixth is Valu is us but the five not us so the Third on that list is we DAV for the Elders of your people not the Elders of our people we describe to your people the Elders of your people so whom are we referring who are these Elders we're just daving for anyone who's reached a certain age anyone who hit a certain Mark we had in the par we had the obligation to stand up to give a seat to show honor to show recognition I say sadly this Mitzvah is not observed widely other than today somewhat novel when the grandparents walk down the aisle Thea everybody it's like calisthetics Thea you stand you sit you stand you sit the same grandparent that people elbowed in the face to get to the sushi at the schorg now they walk down the aisle and everybody stands for them so we mentioned in the saw several Chas that actually have a discussion when a person converts they're born again they're born a new they're born they're they're no longer maintain a biological relationship a relationship to those to whom they're biologically related they're born again so the the question is an 85-year-old converts do you have to stand for them they have to give them their seat are they 85 or are they one they're not one because we don't say they're cotton it's not that once you convert your Mitzvah is not for 13 years so maybe they're 13 does the clock start again or maybe their age is something that that goes with them even but not of standing for them so who are we thinking about we're doing on behalf of it's important we say this three times a day who should you have in mind who are you picturing in your mind's eye who are we doing for B is so some say we're talking about the zakum the leaders of the community why are we referring to leaders of a community Rak says the par doesn't only mean the philanthropists those who donate financially but it means the leaders means the committee chairs the board chairs it means we're talking about the individuals who give up their time who give up their resources we're talking about the uh the people who who are working on behalf of the community but but you have some 20y olds working on behalf of the community why are they called so it occurred to me maybe because working on behalf of the community ages you so Z I mean it seriously who wanted that age when a person is M neish on behalf of the community it accelerates the uh the aging process leadership ages or maybe because with age comes wisdom that even if a person is not necessarily uh brilliant scholar on their own right but life experience age itself provides a certain amount of of wisdom offers another interpretation maybe the zakan the elderly whose strength is failing and that's who we're we're doing on behalf we know that they are the bridge to previous generations that we rely on them for their wisdom for their experience we stand on their shoulders their mysterious nees every Community the Jewish Community people show up and they arrive and maybe they even complain why don't we have this we need that there isn't exactly this thing but they don't know what it was and the people who worked hard to get it there so the are the Elders of every Community who worked hard and tirelessly and who sacrificed for the community to have what it has they yose to find as so we're not staving for people who are able to collect Social Security it doesn't mean you hit a certain age could be a member of what is it AARP I'm getting close I'm not there yet is that what it is okay I'm getting very close but I'm not I'm not there yet it doesn't just mean on the calendar you hit a certain age but it means it means a person who has these are the because we rely on WE lean on the Merit of the and so we're daving for their well-being we're ding for their good health we're daving that we're able to continue to connect through them and to be able to be inspired by them and then the next expression a plas s translate PL s the remnants of the scribes feel good about that you've been having kavana with that for three times a day for the last however many years what's your cavana again I'm not calling you in particular out but the reason we do these sitter Snippets for myself we say it every day three times a day what what are we thinking about how are different than maybe means an age maybe means leaders maybe means the uh the people who are working on behalf of the community me so who are the plas of then plas means the remnants The Leftovers The Remains so are the scribes so were that all they made a cut the Sofer who checks the mza checks the S that's the part that's that's who we're that's who we're including who are these s so simple understanding is the Bal in every generation there are the people who are handed there responsibility of passing along the authentic M the Bala M why are they called plas The Remnant because they are the intergenerational they are the remainder of the last generation who Empower and Inspire and inform this generation to pass the Baton of the M onto the Next Generation so the plas the SRA in this context the SRA are the Bal ham others uh I guess and then we'll continue next time others interpret this as the maland OS we're actually D for in every Community there are the could be making a lot more money doing a lot of other things and who sacrifice to inspire to raise to teach our children and every day three times a day we D for their well-being we DAV for their health we D for their success we DAV for them that's the understanding the moros of children we're daving for them why are they the plas according to the because nobody else wants this job they're The Remnant they're the last out everyone else's parents said you're going into what you're thinking about doing what no way but they nevertheless went into it they're moros they go into it and they're according to this as because uh nobody else wanted to do it and we DAV for them not only three times a day sadik will end with this when we take out the Torah we DAV we take out the gab says what do we say we DAV for those pl we DAV for those who are willing to go into that field which is only everything it's only everything they spend many more hours a day with our children than we do they have an enormous impact and influence in molding and shaping our children it's in our own interest to DAV and to DAV hard and to DAV the kavana and to even know that we're daving for them to know we're thinking about them so this is the second shot we'll continue with more but maybe it means the day to