#606: Amida: Modim (Part 2)

s respons by the Saka family we' be our introduction to the 18th of the which begins with mod and culminates in the the actual we mentioned the tells us that it follows because because the service of and gratitude are one and the same we serve Hashem through our gratitude part of the service of Hashem is being grateful but I want to offer perhaps a different uh or a deeper suggestion or understanding of what the Govern meant by saying that they are synonymous aod and H the service of hem and gratitude the has been walking us through the historical background the precedent of each and every of the when an composed these Bros they didn't pull them out of thin air but they looked into tanak they had a tradition of as the stories of our holy Tanakh unfolded there were episodes in which the Mal the Angels observed and they recited the theme of that bra and that's what inspired or motivated the author so what was the historical precedent behind the 18th of the the of or the tells us the following story Hashem did not want to build the B the temple so David said please forgive me I made a mistake I made a mistake when the episode with b and he went through an intense process of chuva and Hashem finally said to him you are forgiven so David said if I'm forgiven Show Me A Sign let me see in my lifetime that indeed you accepted my regret my RoR my repentance show me I'm forgiven so hasem said zor in the gamar I won't agree to give you a sign in your lifetime but I'll do it in the lifetime of your son schlomo in the lifetime of schlomo you will see retroactively that in fact your sincerity was rewarded you are forgiven says the G when finished building the B mikdash he wanted to bring the AR the holy Ark that had the that had the Ten Commandments the Into The KES and the holy of holies where they belonged but when he tried to do so the doors of the holy of Hol so to say they slammed closed they slammed shut they refused to allow schl who in fact was the builder of the very the door slamed shut symbolically signaling they wouldn't allow schlomo to bring the Aron in Soom to says the 24 different ways 24 different strategies he articulated 24 different fos and yet the gates the doors of the k Kash refused to open so schlomo said Gates lift up your heads and let the gates of the World open up and let the king of Honor let the king of honor the M enter so when scho said let the M enter what was he talking about we know he was referring to the that represents dios the theor the word of hem but the gates the gates didn't understand that and they thought that schl was arrogantly who's the who's the king of Honor he was the king of the Jewish people that he was arrogantly saying open up for me I built a b mikdash open up for me the gates slam shut so said no no no I'm talking about hem who's Great and Mighty he said who is the M from the perum the Lord of is the The Gates still didn't open so finally scho said don't turn your face away don't turn your face away from the loving kindness of my father of David he was answered immediately the gates opened and at that moment when the gates opened because he invoked D everyone understood that David was forgiven and the promise to David was made was made true that he wasn't it wasn't demonstrated in his lifetime but in the lifetime of his son schlomo by the gates opening up when he invoked his father's name it showed that David was forgiven and the people who had r ridiculed do and said he would never be forgiven they were embarrassed says that GAR shabas in fact their faces turned black with shame they were so humiliated another medish the med R says the actually brought D's coffin into the bikash and demanded the gates open out of respect for the one who was in the coffin in the Aron and when that happened the gates opened up and says the medish stood up he saw that the gates of the K parted for him and that was enough for him to know know that he was indeed forgiven and alludes to this in this incident and he says you have preserved me sha from the grave you have made me come alive from those who descend to the pit the says you forgave me and you kept me alive from the pit I was able to come out of the coffin when you showed I was forgiven so it says the says when the door finally opened when the the Angels who observed that the promise to him came true and that it was demonstrated in the lifetime of his son scho that he was forgiven the Proclaim it is fitting to give thanks to you it is fitting to give thanks to you that is the origin of this bra of and and that it is fitting to give praise to you and the question we're at 6 minutes and the 6 minutes Snippets I have to end here because there are those who keep track in spreadsheets of whether the 6 minutes Snippets are really six minutes or not and now I'm wasting extra time but we'll have to pick up next time why was that their because hasem made good on his promise because David was forgiven because the gates of the K opened because theum was allowed to be inserted inside what does that have to do with gratitude what does that have to do with thankfulness what does that have to do with you will have to come back next time I hold you in suspense 6 minute 39s