#623: Amida: Modim (Part 19)

respons family and 18 expressing our boundless and endless gratitude our admission that we are nothing and no one without hasem and we rely on him it's interesting to note that this entire is it's in plural form as is the rest of but we're not only appearing before Hashem saying thank you for our particular gifts and blessings but we're looking around with a tremend the sense of gratitude for the blessing that is all around us and that other people enjoy so we're up to the expression we've been going through the TA the translation of all of these words fundamentally we're grateful you're our God you are the god of our forefathers you'll be our God forever the rock of Our Lives The Shield we spoke about the difference between a rock and a shield you are Lor VOR in every generation the Bel zov told us this is the area of the amida though it's not explicit door Vador we Express gratitude and also hope for our children grandchildren for future Generations we tell the story we're not just expressing gratitude to be we don't just simply say it we want to tell the story scream it from the rooftops our lives that are in your hands that's the expression we're up to is the the body and it's it's in's hand not is not inm's hand the goes back to to him directly since each and every one of us we're each a piece of Hashem so therefore we Express gratitude that our is not in hashem's hand our goof our body our material self is in hashem's hand but our is part of hem itself part of hasem proper that's why the difference between and but what is our souls that are pudos what does the word pudos mean our souls which are collateral entrusted guarded what is the word pudas mean what is the intent one should have when they say these words so I'll share with you at least four different approaches the first comes from the and the it's an opinion of Theon what does it mean our souls that are P that are entrusted that are collateral to you it means that every night when we go to sleep we give our souls on back to Hashem and when we wake up in the morning the gift of restoring our soul if we merited if we were blessed if we woke up this morning then we have so much to be grateful for the third when we trust hm to close our eyes some people have anxiety around sleep they struggle to fall asleep some people are nervous what happens if I don't wake up am I safe am I secure what happens in my sleep will I wake up to go to sleep is to have a certain amount of faith in Hashem that we will wake up that he will restore for our soul so when Hashem gives our soul back to our body when we wake up in the morning our soul that he was watching he was guarding he was holding on to it was entrusted to him he returns and he restores the the med tells us that the normal practice in the world is somebody in trust something gives you something to watch over often times maybe not such a good Guardian but people switch it out they flip out they use it and they give back something else is different gives us back not only what we gave him he gives it back better because it means that while we were sleeping when we wake up our soul is wiped clean we achieve a certain level of forgiveness and Purity we wake up it's a fresh start it's a brand new day what more could you be grateful for then every day being a new day every day is a new day a new opportunity it's pregnant possibility it's filled with with meaning and potential so every morning when we wake up and the has been restored to us that in itself is a is a driver of the Gratitude the mod the sense of that we should have so according to the simple understanding of these words our soul that was entrusted to you means when we go to sleep at night and when we wake up in the morning certainly we appreciate this mod at shakas and at Mar before we go to sleep and entrust our soul to Hashem but this modm this gratitude is our it was given to you as collateral and we're so grateful you gave it back we're so grateful you gave it back a newer Edition you gave us an upgraded version you gave us the latest version of the Nish you downloaded the latest software you did the update while we were sleeping and there's no we didn't have any uh what's the problem with updates bugs what are they called glitches glitches bugs what what do you get you're also holy nobody here has a smartphone you don't know what I'm talking about viruses thank you we were able to do the update onama and we downloaded theama without a without a virus so that's the opinion of the and the the says that this is not talking about now and in this world this is talking about when a person passes away Hashem reaches down and extracts the soul from the body don't refer to to the end of life as death you don't find the word death Kaz refer to as the that was created and will exist for all eternity is housed with the body and then takes it out gives us the soul back and that is our on the that is watching and waiting and holding over and protecting and preserving until such time as when is that if you're learning the D you're maybe more confed confus than ever but knowing what is the order in what order when and how but eventually I guess we'll find out when comes and will be so the that were hasem is watching and he is preserving he is protecting and he will restore all those nishas one day and that's what we're talking about not the daily Trust of going to sleep and waking up that's the says this expression is talking about after one leaves this world the and the the Gratitude we have is to know that a y is eternal we are Immortal We Are Forever that people don't die bodies give way but the Nish is forever and Hashem watches it until he'll bring it back and that's what we're grateful for is to know that we have that immortality and Eternity we're expressing our gratitude for