#550: Amida: V'LiYerushalayim (Part 2)

s Snippets is generously sponsored by the Saka family and by for as well we have begun the next of the the braa that deals with Y what's the first word of that braa what is it nobody's saying it with confidence because no one's quite sure exactly how to pronounce it so I'll tell you a pet peeve and a mistake that people make they say but that's not the word that's incorrect the word is so there is no under the it's not it's so the first thing we can learn about the is to say it correctly it's to pronounce it correctly if you'd like a list of my other pet peeves I'm happy to provide it after the S but that's the uh the one for tonight for is and the question is why we have special so we mention the the that gives us the historical precedent as it does for each and every of the didn't make it up out of thin air that's the historical precedent but the real question is why there are many Notions and parts of redemption of G so why isn't a we DAV for for msia to come why isn't that enough where does y fit into the puzzle that we're D daving for as well so the teaches the for building is placed on put it after allahim why after allahim because is where sikim will reach their epitome is the home ofik it is a place where thead can fully realize who they are their potential what they're about says in says that simply the glory ofik are most fully expressed and manifest and realized when they return to that is the demonstration and the affirmation of G of redemption when sikim are back where they belong sad is in the city ofik in so the says after allim after we talk about and Dav for the Merit of theim and the rest of the on that list then we pivot to because that's where we want them that's where they belong that's when they are their fullest that's where they have their greatest impact but it's not only the sadik and themselves that we want in perhaps perhaps it's instructive the second word of this bra what's the second word this one's easy to pronoun or less complicated to pronounce what does mean your city now it's interesting describ not as our city certainly it's our city as well although it wasn't it wasn't divided no one really owns it you can't really lease an apartment in it it was but it's not our city in that sense but we describe it we characterize it as isem it is your city why is it Hashem City because it is the place of the most intense expression of sh as a whole there are laws that govern the kadha of corbas can be eaten there within sh has a special status then of course within har and B mikdash and the different parts of B mikdash but all not only Bash from which it radiates the brightest but also y as a whole is the place of the most intense Hashem dwells Hashem is recognized Hashem can be found hashem's presence can be most felt in it's is it's your city and essentially what we're saying and the reason we invoke not just not just as a whole is Hashem even if we're unworthy even if we don't deserve but it's your city and the world needs you and you need the world because for you to find expression in this world so we want and a person is supposed to feel the pain person should feel the pain of the and that's what is all about when one doesn't feel the pain of the of the so we D we D in our three times a day in the amid we D in our Bening because of a particular we in the it's what we under it is a part of our very Consciousness the role of and the longing for y the very beginning writes what is the measure of whether you're is not how long your amida is or how long your beard is nothing wrong with either of those or at least one according to my wife but nothing wrong with with uh with those things of course a person should be Pious but what's the real expression or what's the real measure of a do you care do you worry do you feel his absence do you realize that everything going on in the world the lies the distortions the bias the Discrimination the targeting and the hatred of the Jew of Israel enemies that surround it it's all an expression of you don't have to wait for the three weeks the nine days or TI to feel thatan the last eight months have been day after day after day even when you think it can't get worse it'san after there's a war going on in the north everyone's pretending there isn't there's been a war going on for eight months that's the tens of thousands of people who've been evacuated for their homes that haven't been home the fires the fires that are spreading all over and the the missiles and the people in there's a war going on it's there's every day it's not only the three weeks the nine days in and that's a so it's your city and when I have I am demonstrating that I I care and it matters I don't just want to skip to mhia and then have some image of what it will be like mhia I want you sh I want y sh to be whole I want to base on mdash I want I want undeniable with no doubt or uncertainty with complete confidence the expression of Hashem so this BR we fulfill this in the very beginning to we'll continue with the introduction the rule the significance of then getting the words from their