#591: Amida: R'tzei (Part 2)

s spp serious respons by the Saka family sponsored as well by for and we are up to the last three Bros of the we began last time with differentiates these three Bros the first three are our praise and we spoke about why we praise Hashem it's not about him he doesn't need to hear it it's so that we remember and reinforce why we're turning to him for the middle section Basha Basha we delineate and we list the universal needs that transcend time and space what we all need wherever we are and the middle section are those BOS we list those needs and then the final three the last section tells us is called the three bras of gratitude of appreciation so we asked last time where is the if you look at the AL if you look at please bring your countenance back to please restore and accept the aod in The KES the holy of holies where is the where is the where's the Gratitude it seems to be filled with it seems to be filled with more bakha Theon already are bothered by this question toos the rush later the aam and many others asked this ask this question and some say that uh the main theme is a different type of bakha the middle section individual private Basha or individual needs the last three are collective communal National peoplehood bakha so that is a form of H in some way or another theas has an interesting answer the CH answers the following he says it's named because the central part of the last three Bros is so that precedes it and Shalom that comes afterwards they are secondary that the feature the central part of the last three Bros is modim and that's why all of it is called because modm is the that's why says we bow at the beginning of modm we bow at the end of modm we bow them both in the beginning and end to section it off it is the central part it's the featured part of the last three Bros and therefore it's all called even though only mod is most explicitly an expression of gratitude and the rad goes on to explain that this parallel shma just like shma before and after so to mod has a before and afterma is the central Mitzvah but the before and after reflect its centrality its significance similarly modim is the central part of the last three Bros gratitude the BR and before and after section It Off but that's why the whole end is called but I want to share with you a different perspective and perhaps a different answer alog together the sh who's taken us through the entire one of the for each gives us the historical antecedent the historical background what happened in tanak what happened in the world that inspired or motivated authored the bras of the Amid and in each we have the historical precedent so the historical background for and is the Jewish people come out of MIT Hashem saves us miraculously we don't have time and we don't need to review 10 plagues yamu we come to kabalas so 49 Days Later seven weeks later from the lowest levels of T of impurity there we are standing at the base of a mountain most seminal moment in all of history to receive the Torah the Tor that will be the blueprint for life and despite receiving the Torah despite this incredible intimate r with Hashem shortly after on our wedding night in the honeymoon we have we cheat on we build an agle we build an agle and we worship that agle K who at dwell his his divine presence was intensely felt the he withdrew with his Divine his divine presence then when we mosha on our behalf earned forgiveness K was ready to return according to the Kari he understood he thought it was a legitimate need some physical means and connection with him but we can't make it up on our own in moshe's absence we can't build our own agel how did Hashem validate that need for some physical material connection he gave us the Mitzvah of he gave us the this thing on anyone listening mishan thank you he gave us the mishan and the mishan was the return restoring the through the Mish we now add the intense dwelling of like Theos had in their home we had in the mishan and later in the and later in the B mik the ran in his introduction to say foros says the book ofos is the story of Galas to Gula gas to Gula and many Wonder but the end of the book ofos we're still in the desert how could you call that Gula if Gula is coming to the land if for Redemption Gul coming into is building a b mikdash how could one Callos the story of gas to Gula when we're still in the desert at the end of the book of shos and the answer is the ramban means to say that Gula is not a geographic description Gula is an existential or spiritual description the book beginning ofos we're in the lowest level of T the is not dwelling Among Us by the end ofos we have the mishan it houses the's presence Hashem is dwelling among among us our mission is as we saw from MOS Shapiro to be intertwined with Hashem that we are twins notasi toi the says wants to be our twin a Shar Destiny the Mish brought us back together it was the vehicle for connection for communication for spending time together that's what we're missing and that's what we long for and that's what we want why is that H why is that H because the greatest expression of gratitude to someone when they give you a gift is to use it to its fullest is to want to be as close with them as you can R say if we're happy and Gus if we're satisfied in the Exile if it's good enough to live under the palm trees of baton then we're not really grateful to Hashem for the gift of his presence of his countenance of his a sense of mission and purpose of being connected with him are Longing To Be intertwined to be connected to have a shared fate and Destiny to live a purposeful life to have a mission here on Earth to feel his presence always it's the greatest expression of how do we show our gratitude sometimes we find ourselves L saying to our children if you're really grateful I don't need a gift I don't need a card if you're grateful just behave well if you're grateful just do what I ask if you're grateful just behave in the way I'm trying to inspire and teach you to be that's the greatest gratitude that you could have is don't make me fight come to me make a be a mench have it's the greatest gratitude is even though it sounds like BHA because the greatest gratitude to Hashem is to want the opportunity to be close to him and to fulfill that sense of mission now that we've given that introduction we'll get into the words themselves next time