Parsha Perspectives for Today (Ki Sisa 5784/2024) - Be on Fire

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communal sacrifice was called shees the she the the money was called holy the she is 20 half a shek is a portion to hasem and then the Torah continues the wealth they can't give more the global campaign there is no limit you could give whatever you want but the was limited the was a half some gra kaker some G came along flew on his private plane decked with his sh boards and champagne wearing his Rolex watch and dripping with his customade suit and he said half shack posist you know who I am I'm gonna give a billion shekel you know what the call you know what the B mikash said keep your billion shekel half a shek half a shek everybody hash doesn't matter who you are how wealthy you are nobody can give more and let's say someone comes and says I have nothing I can't pay my rent I don't know how I'm putting food on the table I don't have a half a shekele to give there is no excuse the poor person the Indigent the impoverished can't give less than a half because this is a so somehow an atonement for one's for one's life we take it and so on and so forth let's get started with a we'll start with the we'll start with says rash why can't we take an ordinary census why can't we when we want to make a minion why can't we say one two three why do we have to do this peculiar Jewish counting not one not two not three anyone over here you Disney you're making the minion for Yeshiva week and someone walking by over here as you count it not one not two they look at you like you just landed from Mars that's how you count not one not two we have that have 10 words in them we use a verse with 10 words because we're doing whatever we can to avoid counting with a number why Rashi tells us because anything that's given a number is subject to a in har the evil eye if you count that's why there are those who won't tell you how many grandchildren they have they won't tell you how many great grandchildren that they have they're afraid if I reveal the number I in har many have no problem with it hash himself talks about the number and in fact he counts over and over again because of his love and AFF when you share a number you're revealing what you have love and affection for so there's different opinions on that sash quotes the census is taken indirectly we don't give the direct number because we don't want an A so how is it taken not by counting one two three four but rather half everyone gives a half if we would count outright we would invite and welcome a plague you know I never a plague in my lifetime a plague every time we talk about a plague and we'll welcome a plague it'll bring a plague what it's like to survive a plague what you do we live through a plague we understand now don't count each individual but rather count the coins and then we'll know the total but why why would counting the number why would that lead to a plague and if in fact we are worthy of a plague if God determines that that generation or those people deserve a plague being brought on their house then what no no no no God we used the half shack we said not one not two not three now no plague and Hashem says true they said not one not two not three so therefore I guess I have to hold back the plague how does that work says what's bringing the plague is the evil eye by using a number avoid using the number and therefore you will dispel the evil eye and there you you won't deserve the plague that's Rashi but has a different interpretation says quoting why does using a number bring a plague when you count people individually when I say one two three each person has their own number each person counts independently and separately each one is an entity and a unit on their own now I invite God to look at each person isolated from the other Hashem says oh you're number one bring me number one's file number three bring me the file on number three let me see let me check are they worthy should I protect them should I take care of them hello AIC Bart but there is no perfect person we never want God to look at us alone because our file on our own he's going to see where we come up short our mistakes our poor judgment our indiscretions so the strict sense of justice will kick in and God says bring me file on number three oh you're counting them separately independently each person is their own unit okay let me judge and evaluate each person on their own and when God looks at and judges and evaluates each of us on our own who can withstand when Justice will kick in and will measure who we could be and where we are what we could be giving to takaka and what we really give what we could be volunteering and how much we volunteer how much Torah we could be learning and how much we learn when it looks at our browser history when it God looks at our bank account so therefore a plague could be visited because not because of some that's rash has a different reason because when we're judged separately and apart none of us really fully worthy when judge judgment and Justice kicks in we're in trouble so what's the way around it if we want to sense this we want to know how many there are and want to avoid being looked at and judged separately what's the way around it we use a half shekel what's a half shekel says God I'm not a unit on my own I'm just a half it's only when I connect to the community it's only when I care about my neighbor it's only when I combine with those around me only then am I whole if you think you're whole on your own you are grossly incomplete and broken and when you realize that on your own you're incomplete and broken only then are you whole only then are you whole and what is the used for the carbon of theor the sacrifice of the community so therefore how is the senses taken how is that money collected only when we give a half it's terribly inefficient I hate math I'm not good at math it's not complex math when everyone gives a half shekele to figure out how many people there are that's easy math I'm still not good at it so it's a terribly inefficient way to do a census if everybody does one so then you know how many you have why give a half so it says because it's not about the number it's about avoiding looking like we think we've arrived we're a unit on our own we're complete we're independent it's realizing we're simply a half and that's why everyone gives half a shek not a full because if you think you're going to be isolated and alone you think the war in Israel it's someone else's problem and the anti-Semitism and whatever other community that's their problem and the global campaign the Torah being taught out of boka let them pay for it they cover the rabbis salary someone else's problem you think you're alone you think it's not your problem you think that your fortune your destiny your fate you're good to go no each of us are a half we have to see and care about the other we have to be one unit a group of halves who only are whole when we unite and combine and collaborate and connect with the people around us we are not alone I spoke at last night and I quoted essentially this idea and that's why that's why Hashem did not create and I give you a little bonus Torah right now God did not create Adam and Eve to begin with he knew ultimately he was going to create two genders is it safe to say that here two genders he knew he was going to create male and female why not do that from the beginning from the start why create one androgynous figure that was both and then split them in two take from Adam's Rib which if you look at the Meda really means they were one unit one figure and Hashem divided them in two why do it that way again it's inefficient he's God he's omnip he's infinite he's the almighty he knows ultimately they're going to be to you know what the answer is because if he would have created and AD and Eve separately when they came together to get married it would have been one plus one equals two but by creating them as one and dividing them in half then we spend our lives as a half looking for the person who completes us that's our line you complete me that comes from us standing under the the feeling should be and it should only grow from there you complete me I was only a half and only with you do I become a whole that's true for hopefully the person we find our soulmate our that we are completed by and we complete and we build a life together but it's really true for any two Jews we're and it's only when we're connected to community when we care about Community when we collaborate with community that we're whole and that's the idea says when a group when a unit come together to D and some people still say they don't realize this part of Corona also is over at home I sing with my kids I have the most beautiful daving I don't want to or need to come to sh I concentrate better when I'm at home yeah but when you ding at home God says okay you're the whole ding get me her file bring me his file let me check it out let me see if what they're asking for they deserve let me see what they're worthy of but when you come to and you come to a and you don't go to some living room or driveway or come together just with a few but you come to the the the Gathering Place and the is packed with hundreds of people and now all of us combine to present Hashem with the perfect F the perfect prayer and hasem looks down and he says I don't know each of you alone and apart you're really not deserving but I look at all of you together in combination and I'm in love Hashem says you my children have come together the combination of all of you ah how could I say no how could I say no so who wouldn't D that's why the rabbis tell us that when you DAV it's receives it it's more likely to be received positively favorably because we're not alone it's not just our file he's looking us as a whole that's that's that's that's and that's why the rich can't give more the poor can't give less all of us all of us contribute all of us are part nobody's greater nobody's less nobody's more distinguished nobody's less distinguished we are all together and we are all United in this in this way we have to all contribute and we have to all be part of it also quotes the kadas Ley who sees this a little bit differently who see actually let's go back to R first we'll do one more and then the kadas Le one more on the it new this is how you give it new this is how you give rash mhe a coin on fire he said this coin its weight is a half shek give it like this rash says mosha didn't know half shekel they didn't have that currency what does that look like what's that about soem had to show him he minted a coin that was on fire he showed him the image of a coin on fire as say MOS just like when it came to the manura mosha didn't know how do you make this candal Abra so Hashem gave it to him he delivered it to him in one piece made out of one solid block of gold and says why was it hard for mosha to picture the half she that Hashem had to show him a half shekele that was on fire that which it was hard for hasem the manura we know why because the manura was very complicated a detail fine detail and it was fashioned out of one block of gold so that was compated that was very difficult mosha didn't know where to begin but a half shek what's the big deal about a half shek what's the big deal about a half shek and why did Hashem show him this half shekele on fire what is it about being on fire in the past we've studied that money is fire why is money synonymous with fire is fire good or bad yes both fire if it's used for energy if it's used to illuminate for light if it's used for warmth and heat it's good but fire if it's not carefully protected and carefully used fire can spread and Destroy obliterate money good or bad it depends it can be used as a resource as fuel for good like to promote Torah PRS online.org Global or fire can destroy money can destroy people become corrupt I'm gonna keep doing it until we hit our budget money can become corrupt money corrupts people money destroys money CL judgment money distorts so that's why but has a different that was our interpretation has a different one why not the sh says the following he says because every mitzah is made up of two parts listen to this beautiful beautiful V says every mitz was made up of two parts it's made up of the physical part the material part it's made up of what we do but there's also what we bring to it where's our mind our mindfulness our mindset our personality our attitude our approach so the giving half shek that was part of it giving it on fire that was the other part you could give the begrudgingly difficult like you're given a kidney like you given an organ you could give a half shek like you're miserable you're fabis you're upset it's difficult they have to ask you 50 times they have to mention it every sheer they have to send you 30 emails you give the half Shekel in the end but you give it with a sad mean face and a cold hand or you could give it m b could be on fire There's an opportunity to give to do to impact to partner amen amen and says that's true for every Mitzvah that we do every Mitzvah there is the half of the Mitzvah which is blow the sh for shake the lul sit the Su where the and light the shabas candles and then this are you on fire there's the daving did you turn the pages of the sitter did you flip the booklets of the of the tum but were you on fire on fire are we living dispassionate disaffected cold withdrawn lukewarm just go in the Motions of life or we on fire is there an energy to our yishai to our Judaism to our Judaism sh records this the code of Jewish law records don't just give staka don't just give staka there's a knock on the door the person outside the sh the organization is that still so badly needs all of our help don't just give it give it sa P with a smile thank you for the opportunity thank you thank you if someone knocked on your door and said I have an investment opportunity I'm guaranteeing you and promising you an incredible return would you be fine I guess okay you say thank you so much really guaranteed return this amount and you came to me and you invited me and you're letting me is there a greater return than staka the ROI the return on investment of staka that you get what we hold on to we can't take with us what we gave away we have forever when we invest and we achieve immortality in this world and the next eternity because we're shaping and molding and redeeming this world when we make a difference and we bring ideas and values and impact to world so the reaction to the opportunity to give is B thank you so grateful I'm so honored I'm so appreciative to be able to have this investment you invite the poor person in can I give you a drink tell me about your problems let me connect to you as a real person and if you give with a sad withdrawn miserable negative face then even though you gave Stucker you don't get the Mitzvah you lost the Merit because the Merit is not only giving it's how you give and that's the V isn't that beautiful the half of this is the Mitzvah the other half is be on fire the true for stuck in particular don't give begrudgingly don't give miserably don't make people gravel and beg when they're trying to do good things and not putting it in their pocket give give with joy and a smile and a full heart give on fire half of the MIT is give the other half is give and the manner that you give give on fire of Dr elaborates here but I want to move on the also comments on this and comes from a different perspective very interesting very beautiful a different perspective and he says the following when you count the word Kisa doesn't really mean to count what does it mean what does it mean to lift to lift how do you lift Somebody by making them feel they count when someone feels they're insignificant inconsequential they don't don't matter they don't make a difference then they don't feel very good about themselves how do you lift someone's Spirits by making them feel that they count acknowledging them lift their head how each person gives says the the [Music] following if there's a person going through a difficult time a hard time struggles and challenges and you want to dve into to be sped the answer one's going through a hard time someone's desperate to be married someone's desperate to have a child somebody has an illness they're desperate to recover the mats of all of us are desperate to win this war and to have peace and serenity for hostages to be brought home what's the formula what's the winning liturgy the text the formula don't make it it about you make it about God if I'm alone in this world I can only accomplish so much but if you help me find my mate if I could be married the home I could build the differ I could make so don't do it for me do it for you hasem if I had a child if we could conceive what I could teach them what I could pass on to them how I could Empower them the path I can set them on don't do it for me do it for you hasem someone I know or somebody's sick if you make better you give them back their health you understand their impact what they mean to the community so don't make it about selfish and self- centered in our needs couch it in the context of Hashem it's about it's about your honor your glory your mission your agenda your agenda is when a Jew when one you know they're saying we're only as happy as our least happy child when our child is upset or struggling we're struggling we're upset we can't sleep Hashem is our father he's only as happy as his least happy child he has a lot of children so when we say you can explain H's misery that he's unhappy with us in two ways number one he's our father where his children so when a child is miserable he's miserable but the second way is everything that exists in this world there is a Godly energy that sustains it if every human being is a distinct expression manifestation of God in this world everyone contains a piece of God well if that person is compromised or struggling then that expression of hem also doesn't find full expression the the the is hashem's presence manifestation in this world is somewhat diminished so we DAV make them better let them get married let them have a child let them recover let there be peace why so you can fully be manifest in this world God your expression could be in its fullness in this world God I know you're bsar with us you're bsar with us we spoke about this last week in Sitter Snippets when we spoke about a in the end of the long that describes Hashem when the CL when the Jewish people are being attacked you are taken hostage the honor of Hashem is held hostage as long as there are hostages in Gaza Hashem is diminished in this world because the nations of the world look and they say where is God if they are his children how come they're held hostage how come they're so unfairly treated in the ha and by the International Community and around the world Where's God so the very end of T I don't know to consider the p in front of me you listen to the sitter Snippets we're asking Hashem therefore send the hostages home not for us and the hostages alone for you for you because your name your honor your glory your strength is diminished it's hostage in this world itself and that's what we're saying says this is what the said if you want to elevate and lift the prayers of the Jewish people to go higher and higher lift when you come and want a DAV for what's missing and to elevate it higher and higher for the that Hashem has that which Hashem is missing so this philosophy this attitude is embedded in this opening P says the K when you turn to hashm and Dav don't make it about me but I want to but I'm not happy but I'm suffering but please make it better but make me happy Happ that maybe maybe not but when you say hasm it's not about me I have a mission I have a purpose and I want to work for you but I can't get it done if I'm not well if I don't have the resources I need can't get it done if I'm missing critical components so all of our daving all of our doing we transform to be about and that is embedded in this opening have another interpretation what does it mean what does it mean we'll get past the opening section with this we said the rich can't give too much doesn't matter who you are doesn't how matter how much you have we don't care you can't give you can't give too much it's a very powerful image it's a very powerful image because you would have said it's kind of foolish it's mistaken I understand why the poor can't get away without giving anything everyone has to be counted 100% participation in the K campaign whatever everybody says I understand every give a dollar give what you can everybody has to be counted but the wealthy can't give more that is the worst campaign of all time so let me be clear the global campaign the capital campaign there is no campaign at BRS that is a maximum I invite you all so why says the and others because when it comes to this campaign which is all about Community collaboration connection coming together everyone is equal and we don't want anyone feeling they're the balabas it's my base meas it's my I built the school I built the thing no we all contribute and we all contribut evenly when it comes to these carbonos we're all doing and that's the simple understanding financially nobody should be able to say big shot I'm the G I made it happen I'm the balabas it's mine you know the Golden Rule everyone know the Golden Rule the golden rule is Whoever has the gold makes the rules that's generally considered the Golden Rule and unfortunately sadly in life all too often in life that's generally the rule so the whole the corbon seore was was designed that there's no Golden Rule he who has the gold doesn't make the rules because he couldn't give more because everyone gives the same quoted by the interprets it a little bit differently for the sake of time I read it to you inside but very beautifully he decides AER and Dal wealth and poor don't only have to do with money they could also have to do with mitzvos we have the righteous and we have the less than righteous we have a person who's and we have those who are not reaching on that level so when it comes to when it comes to community and coming together nobody gives more nobody gives less we're all equal and the whole notion of the the whole idea of the says a person should always look at their own life and think I'm half worthy and half unworthy and if I do one more worthy thing I'm gonna tip the scale my whole life is a scale of I've done a lot of good things done some not such good things we're equal the next decision I made make my next ACT the next Behavior I exhibit is going to T tip the scale One Direction or the other that's a very healthy way to live it's a very motivating way to live when a person appreciates the significance of the very next ACT the very next moment it could tip the scale in either direction hopefully it'll motivate incentivize to tip the scale the right way so that's the scale is even and my next ACT will tip it in One Direction or another and in this attitude nobody is the righteous the person who's the more knows no more Torah or along or volunteers for more is no better it's also equally important that there's nobody unworthy doesn't matter where you are if you're a beginner if you're just starting it doesn't matter what stage or age of life doesn't matter how observant not observant you are everyone has a place when it comes to the SEO the community there's a place for everybody so they redefine and retranslate so beautifully I wish I had time to read it to you inside they redefine and retranslated as not just financially as and but also when it comes to righteousness the righteous and the da the unrighteous everyone is equal the we should all see it as our next ACT is going to tip the scale for the whole Community it matters we matter it makes it makes a big difference per B Turn the Page now then the the Torah gives us the Kor we've studied in the past you could listen if you want the Kor Laver where washing was done came from the mirrors mosha didn't want to accept them hasem said accept them what was going on in that conversation then we have the Shish the anointment oil how it was made the ingredients how they were anointed and elevated and then we get to the incense which was uh which was made the rambam says the purpose of the incense was essentially poy the Bish from morning to night was filled with slaughtering animals sprinkling the blood of the animals burning the fats and limbs of the animals barbecuing the animals eventually sitting out in the sun those animals could produce a pretty horrible odor how was it offset says the rambam that's why we have the korus the incense poy positive smell a plugin whatever Hotel you wanted the Ritz Carlton smell the five four season five season how many seasons there are four seasons the Four Seasons what you know what I'm talking about the cartridge thing you can plug in anyway so they had that in the Bish the bik it was called theas and offset the other him go to town on the r that's the r the r often explains rationally we have this because of that we have this the others no no no that's not what it's for whatsoever Theus Theus is how we appease the almighty the we produce this Pleasant fragrance what God smells God has a sense of smell what's the curus all about God has a sense of smell that's where we can appease him through the koras when God gets angry how do we describe it which means is heat AF is the nose the nostrils you know the cartoons depict that the person who gets so angry there's steam coming out of their nostrils where you get that from the Torah God the depiction of God getting angry his steam coming out of his nostrils and in our para later Jewish people make a horrific egregious mistake of building the agle the calf and Moshe says God forgive them and he invokes the formula that Hashem says I can't help but forgive when you say those words they include what are the words mean aay again means nose nostrils means elongated Hashem expand flare your nostrils have a elongated nostril why is God's anger described as heated nostrils and his patience and his being forgiving is described as having elongated nostrils and somehow we can get into those nostrils of God through the koras through this incense that's described in our paraa what's going on how did God create us go back to the Book of Genesis gracious the way God created man is described as God breathed a piece of his soul into hours through what our nostrils The Godly soul in US comes through the nostrils so when we want to remind God we're imperfect we're fallible we're a work in progress we're doing our best we're coming along beli in us and give us another chance where do we go he gets angry in his nostrils because he says I gave you a piece of me I gave you a Salim every human being is made up of two parts the theam the animal impulse the animal impulse the animal Instinct want to eat like an animal live like an animal act like an animal but we also have a Godly Soul at we have the Divine inside us the Divine is all about self-control the capacity to regulate ourselves to be disciplined so when we're undisciplined and we indulge that animal Instinct that animal soul that animal impulse God's nostrils flare God's nostrils get heated he gets angry because he says what did I give a piece of me un to you you're neglecting theim that came from my nostrils to yours but when we say Believe in Us we're imperfect we're coming along we're a work in progress give us another chance what we're saying is have expanded extended nostrils be patient Believe in Us the koras had in the ingredients here on page 488 the the the galbanum I have no idea what that is but apparently it smells terrible and the curus is incomplete if offered without it and our rabbis derive from here that any community that doesn't have the PO Isel the Jew Jewish Community listen carefully a Jewish community that doesn't make room and doesn't make space and doesn't invite those who are imperfect those who disappoint us those we disagree with those who come up short those who are leading lives that are not consistent with what God wants is an incomplete Community the curus the ingredients of the curus are the ingredients of the Jewish people and there has to be room and space for everyone including the including the POS is including those who act inappropriately correctly because what we're saying to Hashem is all of us have that piece of us all of us to a degree are PO is and why should God be patient and forgiving why should theor work to bring a to him to forgive us if we can't make a space and room for them with us there's a lot more to say on theas but that is theor Page 488 but moving along we're back to speaking about the architect of the Mish who was the architect of the Mish what's his name benri from the tribe of Y God says I filled him with a Godly Spirit he's a great architect he's a great designer what does he need you know why he's a great architect because he's aaber he's I'm not making that up that's what the BK says Bina d he was walking around the Mish putting on people what is the three types of knowledge we've discussed this in the past as well we're not going to revisit it now we don't have synonyms in the Torah three words all mean knowledge there are three types of knowledge it's abstract the capacity to analyze and deduce there's how to how to actually manifest it and practice there are three types of knowledge That's the basis of the as much as people think that is about and which it is too at its core it's about learning it's knowledge it's intellectual and and that's what Balo had and hasem turns to mosha and he tells him check it out give a kick give a look check it out what's it giving a look at how do you see knowledge what is he seeing in the the the new volume is still not out but I get the newsletter so thank them for that and at least it's enough for me to mark up and share and share together with you so who we're learning this year says to MOS give a look look at who is the architect of the Mish i f them with do you mean look and ifem told go to it I filled you with all the knowledges that you need all the knowledge you need get to it build the Mish what does Moshe have to look it's a it's a commandment of God get to work and what does it mean then mha turns to and he says go look look at what are they looking at so much listen carefully he says this in the name of why was B chosen to be the architect of the mishk to be the general contractor of the mishan how old was hear tells us 13 years old imagine you saw the fencing around mem we're we're going forward imagine we find a 13-year-old we say he's going to present to the community meeting he's our head of our committee our architect he's running the uh the project the construction 13-year-old because hem filled him even at 13 endless measure what really endowed him with what he gave him was unlimited talent and skill to get this done means look means see believe no you can't compare seeing to hearing seeing is believing go check out you're not going to believe it go see what a genius go see how creative go see how competent go see how thorough go see how spiritual go see how connected because when you see him and when you meet him and when you learn about him you will know immediately that he was made for this when you see him you will realize this is his tkid this is his mission this is what he was made for wanted and then the Jewish people to see with their own eyes now you'll know why you didn't just get an email and named him as the chair of the mishan committee go go go see him in action go speak to him go learn about him because when you do you'll understand he was made for this this is the talent this is what he has we believe every one of us was created for a particular purpose and a mission we're here on this Earth to make a difference we're not here to accumulate the most things we're not here even to get the most experiences we're here to make the biggest difference it's not about what we can get out of this world it's what we can give to this world begins as the gift called life is not about rights and entitlements well God you made me a member a citizen here of this globe no what do I get what are my rights and entitlements no what's coming I'm a member of the Bas Global Community what do I get what do I get for it no the question is not what do I get the question is what can I give the question is not does Hashem take care of my needs it's what isem need me for how am I needed how am I needed every human being was created for a particular purpose and Mission to fulfill the reason Leu we weren't put in this world just to enjoy nothing wrong with also enjoying but it's not about the wine collection of the car collection or the trips of the Vacations or the portfolio it's about what can we do with all those things our skills our time our energy our health our wealth how are we impacting the world what are we building what are we transforming what difference are we making how are we repairing how are we redeeming how am I bringing my unique skills every one of us is unique each one is our own expression of Hashem in this world the world is incomplete without us and when we will be gone the world will be missing something terribly and while we are here what do we do with it and that's the re go look at Balo because when you do you'll have no doubt this is what he was made for and everyone needs to look into themselves to see and what am I made for why am I here what are my skills and talents and how can I use them what difference can I make with them continuing hasem interrupts the building of the Mish to give us the Mitzvah of shabas there are 13 parallels between chabas and mishan we're learning them together now and turn Friday into er shabas every Friday afternoon we spend 10 minutes getting ready for chabas together I'm tempted I love shabas I live for shabas and so I'm temped Ed to tell you all the beautiful Torah about chabas here but we spend so much time on these such passages on Friday afternoons you're all invited to join us turn Friday into of shabas you could find all the old ones online you could start from the beginning we're at 100 and maybe 200 I don't even know what number we're up to so here the P says is a limit observe my translate the word sh my shabas in the plural why didn't God I observe my shabas why does he say it in the plural mberg says in every chabas there are two chabas what are the two chabas the positive and the negative there are the 39 acts of creative labor I can't violate the L MOS the shamur but every shabas has the Z What Spirit what energy we spoke about at the beginning the what's the fire the Bren what energy do I bring to chabas is it just I'm not writing I'm not driving I'm not turning on the TV I'm not texting I'm not I'm not I'm not I'm not separating I'm not winnowing I'm not threshing I'm not cooking I'm not baking I'm not I'm not I'm not that's chabas sitting around miserable looking at the clock waiting for chabas to end miserable about all the things that you can't do or is shabas also Z is it is it kidish is it shabas are you making shabas creating shabas elevating chabas enriching shabas empowering shabas is are you on fire is it a shabas of fire are you on fire for shabas so that's shabas soai every shabas has two shabas Z and shamur the positive the negative the passive part of chabas the part of chabas that happens ready or not here it comes when chabas comes Florida we get an extra hour if you're watching in New York you know what I'm talking about ready or not here it comes that's one part of chabas but the other part of chabas is not just the passive here it comes it's the positive let's make chabas let's create chabas let's make a chabas that will transform us that we remember forever shabai too that's why the gar says if the Jewish people would only keep two shabas immediately would be free that's why David saying just one chabas will all go free just one chabas mashia will come I what I thought it says two chabas the answer is just one chabas that we observe both parts of it then mhia is going to come why should we do it it is an O it is a sign how is it a sign what is the o rash says to whom is it an it's a sign this is why men don't wearin on chabas ever wonder why we don't wearin on chabas nothing inherently Ms about it's leather with parchment touch the Maza we read from the sa of Torah what's the difference between F and the sa Torah that's F we don't wear in chabus the sa Tor we read the we kiss the answer is O they're a sign of the special relationship bris is an O is a sign circumcision and shabas so you need two signs two witnesses so the bris is a permanent witness The Fill of the second witness but chabas is a witness I don't need Fillin oi so for who is it a sign shabas is a sign when we observe and keep shabas oh it's a sign we're making a statement to whom are we making this statement Z to the nations of the world wonders why do we care if the non-jews of the nations of the world know that we're that we keep shabas what's the difference it's just awkward and weird at the hotel could you open my room for me at the whatever all the complications of being a sh when the non-jewish world what do we need them to know why do we want them or need them to know why says why do we keep shabas because hasem said so good true why do we keep shabas if you keep shabas you testify that God is the creator of Heaven and Earth shabas is every what day seventh day do you know that travel the globe not only civilized society but also ancient tribes how many days are there to their week seven It's A peculiar number it's not five it's not 10 Why seven why does the whole world including atheists and agnostics keep a sday week everybody universally where does that come from comes from us because when we observe chabas we are testifying that God is the creator the only way to arrive at a seven-day week is because he created for six days and rested on the seventh and we're following his footsteps when we make when we keep shabas it's adus we say with one other because we're giving adus testifying testifying so when we keep shabas it's not keeping it to ourselves for ourselves we are impacting the whole world through our observance of shabas because we're testifying so sorry I'm not available you know why because there's a Creator created the whole world and everything in it including you and your family and your business and your life and because I'm acknowledging that Creator I Surrender and I submit to him even though six days a week he told me to go conquer the world one day a week I'm at peace with nature and the world and therefore I'm unavailable and our sh shabas our observing chabas and it's an our sharing our observance of chabas our being public in proclaiming our observance of chabas doesn't only shape our society it impacts the entire world we introduced to the world now other nations keep other days Christians keep Sunday and Muslims keep it Friday but where did they get that from the idea of a Sabbath comes from us it's our contribution to the world a technology Sabbath there's a movement saying take a day off a week from technology the whole notion of a Sabbath and of a sabatical it comes from us so the oath this sign this symbol we're trying to teach and transform the world and we're longing we're looking forward we're waiting for that shabas we don't ever want is to end and we can't wait for it to start again all of these statements reflect our special relationship our love our longing and the testimony that chabas is that impacts the whole world around us this is our mission our purpose it's why we're here it's why the Jewish people exist not to retreat and live on our own but to mold and shape the world around us the the Torah and yish Judaism was not given just for the Jews it was given to repair this world to teach this world teach this world moral and ethics how to relate to time and space and people relationships how to relate to ourselves and shabas has all those components and the aidus the testimony that we give to God the is for shabas we had on our podcast several years ago behind the Bea Ben bman is a very accomplished lawyer trial lawyer and he told the story on behind the Bea but it's a story that's very famous he had a client who was a big rapper comes I think P Diddy is his nickname or name and uh he said the following people think comes is just a rapper he's an industry 600 he employs 600 people he expected them to work not just during regular business hours nights and weekends he he's used to getting what he wants so comes tells uh Ben bman when he hires him to be his lawyer to get him off on some serious charge first thing you got to do is give me all your numbers you got to be available 247 so braam says 246 com says 247 everyone who works for me is available 247 listen I just want to get this out of the way now because I'm the right guy for this case but you got to understand I observe Sabbath absent a real emergency I won't answer the phone brothman explains that he had staff members in place who weren't choose to handle emergencies if an emergency came up they could fax propman would see it and decide whether it was worthy of taking action don't call me Friday night he said to coms but that Friday night the phone started to ring and ring and ring phone rings a thousand times rman says most people would hang up after 50 phone call was coming from a block number no facts so obviously was an emergency he didn't answer the phone after shabas was over on Saturday night Brockman calls coms to confirm his suspicions were you trying to reach me Friday night yeah says P Diddy was it an emergency no sorry I didn't answer the phone coms explained that was totally fine why I won 10 Grand I bet my homies you wouldn't pick up the phone said a thrilled Combs the year was 1999 sha puffy comes had just been arrested for a weapons charge after gunfire broke out at nightclub in Manhattan and so on and so forth so he hired brofman and he won that money because when brofman said I'm not answering the phone you can call me as many times as you want nothing's gonna happen and then he won $10,000 from doll from his homies because he said watch this doesn't matter who I am no matter how many times I call he won't answer the phone what a kidish hasem what a I'm not talking about representing him that's a different question but what a kid I'm not saying that's not a kidish hasem I have no comment on it whatsoever maybe it's also K because you're defending Justice and the system of justice which is important but but not answering the phone no matter who's calling no matter how famous no matter how big no matter how wealthy no matter their expectation or demands what a it's an O to whom to the nations of the world to the rapper community and well beyond we don't just keep shabas you recognize these words they're shabas dayas they're ding page top top of page 492 we're not going to get into it even though I want to the sh what does it mean to be sh Shas what does it mean to be a sh shabas more than the Jews have kept shabas shabas has kept the what does it mean to be a sh shabas the word sh means no no it means to look forward to to anticipate to get excited about AAS when are you a sh shabas talks about this talks about it in this week's para when are you truly sh shabus not on chabas but when Sunday is y on the chabas and Monday is y shabas and today Tuesday is yabas and each day you identify that day is one day to shabas two day to shabas three it's not Sunday Monday Tuesday when your life revolves around chabas who are we having the chabas what's the menu for chabas what story will we tell on shabas what games will we play in chabas shabas when a person all week is looking forward to shabas then you're a sh shabas if you don't think about shabas all week until 10 minutes before candl lighting Friday no matter how well you observe shabas you're not a sh we see that word Shamar being used always as to look forward to anticipate to long for to look forward to that's what it means to be a sh shabas five more minutes and 50 more T okay let's go a little bit further in the par Moshe does not come back from the Mountain he was supposed to be down after 40 days 40 nights does not return based on their miscalculation what happens panic panic ensues and Aon in a attempt to buy some time even participates in building the agel theel the golden calf they abandoned God just after the greatest Revelation in all of history and they build this golden calf and they worship it they dance around it and then God says I've had enough this encourageable people they're impossible they cheated on me on our wedding night I'm out mosha says give him another chance give him another chance by the way part of his argument is give them another chance why they're stubborn stiff necked obstinate people God says I want to destroy them because they're why would mosha use the very argument God used to destroy them as the argument to defend them spoken about that in the past too but God ultimately acques he gives in he's a peed and he and he does forgive them so the Torah here describes so go as send from here you and the people you brought up from the land of Egypt I promised their forefathers I'd give this land and the people heard God says this see God calls them stiff necked Moshe calls them stiff necked listen to the Past what we said about that the people heard this terrible news and they mourned made themselves into mourners and and uh and no one put on their jewelry and Hashem said I could destroy you in an instant I want to destroy you in an instant what is this word what is this word so I want to read to you from R salek when the people heard the bad news they mourned says R salek in the wake of sin comes a strong feeling of Sorrow the previous day they had engaged in Wild joyous celebration around the calf but now they felt the bitter sorrow of mourning the consciousness of the sin reached them was expressed in the sorrow of mourning this is not the only time that sin is referred to in terms of mourning same phenomenon Phenom Phenomenon recurs with the sin of the spies Moshe related all the words to B and the people mourned greatly the says in Bidar here also mourning follows sin what is the sorrow of mourning according to Al the laws of mourning apply when a person loses something important and precious the loss of money and property is not a real loss a real loss is the loss of a dear and beloved person mourning is a reaction to a loss and it expresses itself in a strong sensation of nostalgia of Yearning of retrospective Memories the power of mourning is cruelty and loneliness has its focal point in the memory of the human being were man able to forget to eradicate events from memory there'd be no need for mourning the feeling of bement are dependent on memory which is the greatest blessing of manq man memory constitutes the entire awareness of the human eye in times of mour however this blessing becomes a curse who are we and what are we we are the composite of all of our memories all of our relationships and all of our Consciousness and all of our existence is our memories memor is a beautiful thing when someone has dementia Alzheimer's memory loss they physically may be fit and fine but without their memories who are they memory is the definition of who we are and it's an amazing blessing amazing blessing but memory can also be a curse memories flowed up from the past when the past comes to the surface a man is forced to compare yesterday with today he's engulfed by a feeling of bement and mourning over the course of many years a man becomes accustomed to returning home from the outside Affairs he clim climbs a few steps before the front door of his house in the same way he's done for years he rings the bell out of habit and expects the ears always soft steps from the other side of the door he waits but the steps never come he puts it his hand in his pocket pulls out the key opens the door it seems the same door same Furniture everything is clean and Polished nevertheless something is changed everything appears to be in exactly the same state in the same place in which the way they were before he left the house nothing has been moved only no one is there waiting for him all around there is peace and quiet which can sometimes be worse than heart- rendering cries mourning engulfs his whole being who is r salich describing he's talking about his wife he's talking about after the loss of his wife how he would come home and everything looked the same and felt the same and was left the same but was entirely different because she wasn't there of salvic the lonely man of Faith the halakic man the great brisker who we think of as this rational mind had this heart which was broken with the loss of his wife and he's describing what Aus what mourning is it's the memory and the compar comp Arison of yesterday today of what's missing and not there The Sinner also Mourns what does The Sinner mourn he Mourns that which he has irretrievably lost what has he lost everything the sinner has lost his Purity his Holiness his Integrity his spiritual wealth the joy of Life the spirit of sanctity in man all that gives meaning to life and con and content to human existence content to human existence the mourner Mourns the soul of the beloved one he has lost the sinner his own soul which he has lost so what's the connection they mourned what are they mourning what are they mourning they're mourning who they could have been who they should have been they're mourning the decision they should have made they're mourning the loss of that moment there's a connection between a mistake and mourning because in each moment of mourning is the realization each moment of of of focusing on a mistake that we've made is the mourning of who we could have been mourning inevitably contains a masochistic element the mour of tortures and torments himself he hates himself in the bement of sin there's also a clear masochistic element sinner begins to sense a feeling of contempt and disgust towards himself a masochistic self-hatred the sin is an Abomination an object of revulsion something utterly nauseating the feeling generated by sin is not a moral sensation the moral sense in man is not such a powerful feeling feeling of sin which drags a person to repentance is a sensation corrected a NE a negative aesthetic reaction The Sinner feels disgust at the defilement of sin suffering of sin lies in the feeling of nausea toward the defiling disgusting and cleanliness of the sin so it is only through the feeling ofal it's when we are mourning if you made a mistake and this is what we don't have time for but I wanted to see after theel they made M they danced in a circle and they both write the sin of was not the bad judgment we have bad judgment we make mistakes but what happens right afterwards do we sing and dance and celebrate the mistake do we have great memories and Nostalgia remember the party remember that time we did that thing went to that place looked at that watch that oral or if a person is really regretful and remorseful if a person really feels guilt and shame for what they did wrong they're mourning the Purity they lost they're mourning the moment they can never get back they're mourning the Innocence that is lost so the whole problem with the were the MOs the circles the dancing the singing that they did afterwards the bad judgment we're human beings we make mistakes we sometimes have bad judgment what's unforgivable is when you celebrate and sing and dance to those mistakes and have such Nostalgia for it the opposite and what we should have felt was not Nostalgia and sing and dance and joy buto to mourn to grieve to feel I've lost my innocence what have I done what did I lose who could I have been how can I get this time back how can I make a different decision going forward that's the connection between mourning loss of a person and mourning when it comes to sin there was a lot more to talk about pick up next time BRS online.org Global please do not leave if you've not yet contributed to our campaign if you're a member you're doing your part if you're not a member and you've given you're doing your part if you're coming you're watching you're listening you're enjoying but you're not helping you're not doing your part please stay for to hilum beginning right now then minut there you oh and I'm going to