Parsha Perspectives for Today (Netzavim-Vayeilech, 5784) - The People of Eternity Will Win

grateful to the cats family this morning sheer is sponsored by Alana Elon H their children Z AR and mosha to show a beautiful love for learning T thank you so much you should have a lot of Nas from them Shear next week I don't know yet if we're having Shear next week there is a par we read next Thursday Friday at rashash right into shaba we read a par but I don't know yet if I'll give the shear depending how well I'm doing with the shaba so stay tuned be in the paraa perspective WhatsApp group you'll know about the schedule bonus material para write up and much more RAB e.org WhatsApp to join all the WhatsApp groups para page 1086 in the AR scroll Stone the Torah Begins by telling us that you are standing today all of you Moshe is in the home stretch of this monologue the Soliloquy the speech the final message the charge he's giving the Jewish people before they enter the land of Israel Moshe will of course not be joining them he's about to hand off the Baton Pass the mantle of leadership to yahushua but first he addresses them and he says you're all standing here today before God all of you the entire hierarchy all of the diversity of the Jewish people from the heads of your tribes your elders your officers small children your women from the converts in the midst of the camp from the simple people who are the those who chop the wood and those who carried the water and Rashi tells us in the days of Moshe no matter how targeted the Jewish people were despite their being so targeted despite amalik attacking and others in the desert trying to eliminate them there nevertheless were people who wanted to come who wanted to convert just like in the time of Yoshua the gon came to convert so too in the days of mosha they came to convert in the desert and Moshe accepted receed them and Design them to be the Wood Choppers and to be those who carried the water Meg ysep Yin wonders not much of a need for Wood Choppers in the desert there was no wood to chop the wood that they had even for the building of the mishkon came with them from MIT it came with them out of Egypt there was no wood to chop and there was no water to carry because every tribe out of be had access to that well that the water flowed miraculously from there was no need to draw to carry water so what does the Torah mean the Wood Choppers the water carriers what does that what does that mean and the me leaves it as a he leaves it as a question leaves it as a question in the desert what do you mean the converts in the days of mosha were designated for those tasks what are perceived sometimes as simple or lowly tasks we didn't have to do that in the desert so I would humbly suggest that maybe maybe what it means doesn't mean literally it means metaphorically or symbolically it means we want people who are willing to convert not convert to become the president of the sh not to convert to take on some prominent role with Fame and Fortune and with enormous Spotlight not to convert to be a Jew because it'll bring great followers and fans and you'll become an influencer but people are willing to convert even if it means even if the designation even if the role is a relatively simple role so it doesn't mean that that was actually carried out or practiced in the desert there were no trees to chop there was no water to carry it means people who are so sincere and authentic so genuine in the desire to convert and join the Jewish people that they're even willing to play whatever role whatever modest and humble role to be role players in whatever way is designated for them I must share with you that like mosha in the desert despite having to battle a Malik despite being targeted despite being isolated there were people who wanted to come convert the same is true today we have a reic we have a bason for Gus for conversion in our community and we've never been busier we're made up of pure volunteers by flug and I run it we're joined by other rabbis here in bokeh and Hollywood and we've we're inundated we don't have enough time we have meetings tomorrow in person we meet volunteering our time there are more people who want to convert who are coming to our based than ever and you'd say are they out of their minds have they not seen the statistics have they not seen the statistics of anti-Semitism do they not know that Israel's fighting on five fronts simultaneously do they not understand the risk of labeling yourself targeting yourself a Jew and yet here they are lining up running to not away wanting to join the Jewish people and willing to play a role like mosenu they are running and they are flocking so mosha turns to people and he says I'm standing for you all of you and why are you here I here not to pass over you with the Covenant for you to pass through the Covenant you we make the choice we have to elect we have to opt in we have autonomy we have to make a decision that's a big theme in our will come to is that we make choices opt in make the right choice because we want to become God's people and He will be our God like he promised he didn't just promise us but he promised all those who are standing here today the relationship we have with God is not a contract a contract only binds those who sign the contract how can you bind those who are in present how can you bind those who didn't sign those who didn't commit so our relationship withm the Torah and mitzvos and Jewish law are not a contract they are a covenant a covenant or a constitution is different if you're born in America you can't wake up one day and say well you know I never agreed I never agreed to the Declaration and the Constitution and the laws of America where did I agree where did I sign I happen to be born in these boundaries I happen to be born in an American Hospital where did I sign the answer is if you're born an American and you have the Privileges of being an American then you're bound by the laws of America even if it's not a contract it's a covenant it's a birth right and a birth obligation the same sayar Pasha is true for is true for the Jewish people and then this we're going to come back in a moment to the opening but then the Torah here goes on and tells us something amazing top of page 1090 the first the end of the first the hidden things are for God that which is revealed is for us and for our children for eternity to perform to observe all of this Torah what are the hidden things and what are the revealed things we've addressed this before but I want to review and bring it back to the opening PK of the par and then really spend most of our time today on the next because we often read these as a we spend so much time on the first we neglect the second so what are the hidden things the hidden things it's for God the revealed things for us for our progeny for our Offspring for eternity what are the hidden things what are the revealed things how do you know what the PK means if you don't know what it's talking about suggest the hidden things forem is a reference to the the reasons the purpose the meaning the depth the pus of the Mitzvah true we can posit we can conjecture we can guess we can study we can suggest but in the end of the day why does Hashem say don't mix wool and linen how do you pick the Good jelly beans from the bad ones how do you uh all the laws that govern everything that we do the mitos only Hashem knows the deeper purpose and reason for all the mitzah he's commanded we can study we can explore we can suggest but the hidden the depth and the pemus of the Mitzvah that's Hashem and saysa while we can't definitely know the what's revealed is for us to perform meaning the deeper reason we can try to explore but ultimately we have to surrender that's Hashem nigos but the revealed how to do the Mitzvah that we have to do the Mitzvah the details of the Mitzvah that is up to us the actions the externals the performance that's in our control that's in our hands we should try to have mindfulness and intention try to dive into the pus while we do it but ultimately what's the deeper reason or understanding that belongs to that is his understanding of these words Rashi describes the P not as referencing or focusing on our relationship with hem and his mitz but the p is talking about our relationship with one another how what Doos hidden and revealed things says Rashi the hidden mistakes the concealed indiscretions of a fellow Jew that's how do we know what our neighbors looking at on their device how do we know what they're doing in the privacy of their of their bedroom how do we know how they're behaving when no one's looking when they're filing their taxes hanos it's hidden from us how can we be accountable how can we be responsible how can we intervene when we don't know that which is hidden it doesn't belong to us but hanos what we see them do our fellow Jews revealed errors and shortcomings that's on us we could intervene we could intercede we could Inspire we could Elevate we could enrich because K the Jewish people we are guarantors one for the other we are mutually responsible one for the other not in our par but earlier in the Torah both bring the both bring the example imagine we're all in a boat together we're in a rowboat we're on a cruise ship person takes out a drill they start drilling underneath their seat in the boat so the other people sitting there say what what are you doing he says mind your business my seat this is my seat I paid for the seat this is my seat I'll do whatever I want underneath this seat I'm drilling a ho mind your business what are the other passengers on the boat say it is my business what's going down under your seat because you drill a hole we're all going down so that is my business there is no your seat in my seat we're all in the same vessel we're all traveling in the same direction we're all integrated as one and we have an impact on one another we are all guarantors and responsible we're all in the boat together and the ship together therefore we have to be careful what happens underneath our seat and we're allowed to we're responsible to what we can see so what happens in private I can't be responsible for but what happens in public what happens in public then I'm responsible do we tolerate talking and doing do we tolerate bullying do we tolerate people who are mean and unkind and divisive with one another so you'll say well I'm in my seat and sh I'm quiet I don't talk I'm not a violator what did I do wrong but do we create a culture and a climate and environment that tolerates talking or do we object do we protest do we contribute to a positive environment that reinforces that we're going to honor honor the doing what's happening around us in the open that is on us we have a shared responsibility Sal points out not only is this true in the positive sense that we should feel this obligation we're guarant towards one for another that what we see what's revealed we have to be there Inspire enrich create a positive environment positive peer pressure but says salek we have a shared Destiny we're one unit we have a single conscience he points out not merely a theoretical H construct but it's a central fact in the history of the Jewish people and the nations of the world look what's happening college campuses across this country salich obviously didn't comment on he passed away many years ago at this point college campuses encampments across this country are perpetrating anti-Semitism against American Jewish students why what's happening in Israel so the student says what are you taking that why are you blocking me from going to class why you cursing me why you throwing things at me why you taking that on me I'm not in the IDF I don't live in Israel what does one thing I have to do with the other the answer is our enemies hold us accountable one for the other our enemies blame us a Jew Ls up on the front of the newspaper in a headline for some crime some fraud it impacts the way the rest of the world looks at every Jew looks at every Jew our neighbors have always condemned all of us for the crimes of one of us our neighbors don't allow a Jew to be judged on his or her Merit alone they look at us in the context of the bigger Jewish people they point to the behavior of the individual to indict the entire Community No Other Nation no other race no other ethnicity is held to that standard no one else is judged in that manner a Jew steals or is found guilty of corruption or fraud we're all condemned conclusions are drawn about all Jews not just by non-jews but by our fellow Jews they look at Orthodox Jews that way our neighbors understand non-jews the world understands Aras they hold all the Jews accountable for one another the UN began today the meetings at the UN it should be disbanded they will get together to disproportionately condemn Israel over and over again and even though Hezbollah is operating a state within another state with no territorial conflict with Israel No Boundaries no accusation of occation orar it's purely a violation of every international law now 10,000 plus Rockets over the last year aimed at innocent civilians and they'll be busy condemning Israel and then they'll condemn every Jew around the world because of Israel you know why because they understand and instead of our being bitter instead of our pushing back and saying why are you accusing us we should lean in and embrace it and say yes we are all responsible one for another I have no problem with your lump in me in with I'm proud and I'm honored for you to include me in how you view the Jews of of Israel how you drew the view the Jews of Israel so this this is our responsibility what we can't see what we don't know what people are doing behind closed doors that's between them and God there's nothing we could do about it we don't know about it but Han nigos what's revealed what we tolerate the environment we allow do we make a growth community or is it a fixed mindset Community do we tolerate fraud impropriety do we tolerate people who are speak negatively we not that that's on us now go back to the beginning of the the says we should read it you the Jewish people are standing firm strong and triumphant when nit could use the word om we have many words for standing om to stand upright the med says the word n to be n is to stand upright strong triumphant proud resilient conviction when when are we when we are united when we are together when we have one Collective conscience when we are supporting when we are caring when we are LIF when we are allem flew back yesterday from a wedding was an unusual circumstance I try to book sometimes the aisle in the window when I go with Y and if the seat's empty great and if it's not we switch this person wanted the middle so they sat between me and Y it was a very it was unusual circumstance so anyway asked me a question and this woman said you know I'm Jewish I'm a very reformed Jew I said I didn't know we came in Scales like very little bit moderate and I said what I found myself saying to people a lot lately is you're not a reformed Jew and then she responds I'm accusing her she's not Jewish said you're not a reformed Jew I'm not an orthodox Jew we're just Jewish we're just Jewish we're just United and then we started talking about Israel our family in Israel her family in Israel and we have so much more in common than divides us and by the way walking to my seat this was the Newark to West Palm Beach so it was probably 90% Jewish right walking to my seat there's a guy in the aisle he's got no yamaka on he gave me and everyone who walked by shalom shalom shalom shalom the bagels are flowing the Jewish people Jewish theama the pin is screaming is crying is saying connect to me the jewishness in me don't look at my yamaka I'm very reformed I barely practice I don't keep but I want you to know I'm a Jew I want you to know I'm a Jew not me I get in a plane and I put on my noise cancelling headphones and I look down and I don't make eye contact and here every I'm Jewish they're waving their arms I'm a Jew I'm a Jew connect with me Israel's fighting a war on five fronts Jews are fighting for our lives everywhere and how will we persevere how can we be how will we stand strong and firm hasem when we are united and when we are and when we are together when we are one M pointed out sa ends with the words we say it every morning in the completion of theas after that all the soul will praise God encourage with every breath I praise you godish the same letters are breath we originally received our soul through breath that's why we blow the chauffer on rash on the birthday the anniversary of when we receive that Soul we use that same breath to produce the sound of the chauffer to affirm we still God we have that Godly breath inside us points out the word Nish not nishish is in the singular singular if we are all United as one soul with one heart one goal one dream if we feel the pain and the joy of one another if we show up and we cry and we support and we check in and we care and we celebrate and we are responsible and we are guarantors one for another if we breathe with one breath that is how we can Praise You Hashem the greatest Praise Is there a greater praise for a parent than children getting along when children are cooperating when they're getting along when they love one another it's the most gmach thing for a parent it is the best thing in the world when you know how your children how much they talk to each other without you how invested in how confi how trusting how love each other they don't need you around when they the Jewish people you know October 7th we lost our breath as once and since then we've been trying to breathe again as one with one breath the breath was knocked out of us at one and now we're breathing again as one we're about to begin the and with it we DAV over and over again let us be in a let us be one bundle one group one Collective conscience one unit one whole to serve you to care about you and that's what our para describes that's how this Covenant Works those who are standing here and those who are not here those who are not here that means the Jews who don't know the very reformed Jews very reformed Jews who describe self-describe themselves that way as if an out I don't belong I won't be going to I don't observe I don't keep no such thing call we have one we have one breath we have one Soul we have one history we have one destiny and our enemies lump us together and we have to see ourselves as being together as an a as one bundle that are United and that are integrated and then are one and that is the theme of the para and that is how we survive the Wonders Rashi already quotes are par begins how did last week's para end what was the end of the horrific the rebuke the harsh graphic description of what happens to us if we're disobedient destroyed decimated obliterated the pain The Suffering The famously famously when the to was read said he louder read it louder louder we lived it we lived it we don't have to whisper it anymore scream it read it louder we lived it and now we have this week's para attash says what's the connection what's the Jos what's the continuity because if you're afraid if you're filled with anxiety's gonna strike me down the if I don't observe if I'm not obedient if I don't comply if I don't do everything right I'm gonna be destroyed so the next week's para comes and mosha says relax relax you're back we live through a and we're up to we're still back you're back same people same problem same seats same same issues relax yeah you're back he asked a question what's mosha doing God was trying to inspire and motivate Us by instilling a healthy dose of fear wake up it's going to be consequences it's going to be accountability you're gonna pay the piper wake up wake up be your best self live your best life wake up if not the to and mosha comes and pulls the carpet out from under God ah relax we hear that every year you're still here to tell about it it's all good was mosha pouring cold water on hashem's fire that's what aik does deal Hashem lights a fire he gives this big mus everybody's on fire comes MOS everybody relax chill out still here still here says that's not what mosha is saying you know what mosha was telling them mosha is saying the secret tar continuity and survival how to persevere in din in judgment on the r that are rapidly coming you know how because if you live as an individual if you see yourself as separate and apart if all you care about is yourself then you're subject to the to are you worthy or unworthy are you deserving or are you gonna pay the piper you might be visited by the to if you are an individual but if you want to persevere if you want to survive if you want to to thrive if you connect with and tap into and see yourself as part of a community and a people and something bigger then you have nothing to worry about we are the and therefore so if you say you know this doesn't concern me this doesn't bother me I don't care I don't give I don't contribute I don't participate I'm not part of something bigger than me I'm just me living my life with what I want my happiness my pleasure if you're separate and apart now you're in trouble because now you're under the microscope now God might visit the upon you because now you have to check your merits your liabilities you have to see whether you're worthy but when you're when you're part of the the people of Eternity will win God's promise is prophecy to us is the Jewish people will always come out on top will suffer casualties there'll be bumps and bruises like yov when he wrestled with the angel we may limp away but we will always win we will always survive there is a bigger plan for us and a bigger purpose for us and we will always persevere because hashm is always watching those are the banners and those are the Billboards hanging all over Israel now and that's what our par is telling us to the degree that we count ourselves among the you'll be good when you come on rash you know I've quoted many times quotes from that the way to persevere who does not want to be signed in The Book of Life who does not want to be signed in a year of good health and happiness and success and Simas you know the best way to ensure you get signed in the book you want says be a person the community counts on be somebody indispensable to the community if you were to disappear would anybody notice and if the answer was nobody would notice you're not living your best life if you would disappear and all of a sudden they'd say nobody's collecting the sadum nobody's serving as the Gabi nobody's running the nobody's doing the nobody's calling and checking in on those who are shut in nobody's polishing this silver for the high holidays nobody is contributing to make sure we have a rashes on a market so those who are hungry can come and eat nobody's opening up their wallet if you would disappear and nobody would notice versus if you would disappear and all of a sudden everybody would say uh oh we're in trouble be the person who's indispensable be the person who if something would happen everybody would notice because then we're standing in front of Hashem not only making the case and the argument why he needs to treat us favorably for us but Hashem something would happen to me look at everybody's going to impact if I don't give to create a rashash market how many people will go hungry so don't just help me have parasa because I like vacations and to drive nice cars and to collect nice watches that's not the reason to ask for parasa this rashash the reason to ask for parnasa rashash the sayem let my investments go up let my portfolio rise you know why I do like nice things too I like to travel nicely but you know the real reason because if you don't help me I can't help others and what will happen in a community that doesn't have a rash Market doesn't have a doesn't ensure that everybody has a place in a seat no matter what they can afford so the answer is we have to be able to come together okay said we were gonna focus on we'll get there in a moment when all the blessing and curse will come upon you and then you will take it to your [Music] heart you has dispersed you we're gon to return to H we'll hear his voice page 1090 Chapter 30 verse two you'll return to Hashem your God you'll listen to his voice according to everything I command you today you and your children with all of your heart and with all of your soul with all of your heart and with all of your soul what's the PK that preceded this Hashem says I've given you the blessing and the curse and when you return to God what motivates and inspires returning to God so wonders the after you're visited by the blessing and the curse now you're going to want to return I understand why when a person is struck with a CL with a curse when a person is suffers and goes through a challenging time they're motivated and they're inspired to what to improve to grow to repair to repent they Chua but when a person has everything going right they normally do not see themselves as needing to go through a radical transformation so why is braa included as one of the Catalyst one of the stimulants that's going to inspire a person to change or grow when a person feels challenged they're suffering or cursed then they say I got to change something I got to mix it up I got to improve I got to be worthy of more or better but when a person experiences blessing they're not normally motivated so why why both and this is the question of the he says really it's not the blessing or curse alone or isolated that Inspire change transformation because if a person feels their suffering or they're cursed they could despair they could give up they could become hopeless and helpless it's when they see it contrasted with blessing that now they're motivated they say you know I want I'm worthy y I'm capable I can try more I can try harder I can try harder and that's why it's the combination of blessing and curse which brings us together that is the meged Y interesting the Torah says we will be inspired to do Chua the shaa the Sha means to return which is the root of the word chuva to return to our Pure pristine state to return back onto the path that's going to get us to our destination we've taken a detour we took a detour badidos bad decisions bad Cho es bad lifestyle we're getting back on that path back on that Highway towards who we're meant to be Vish we're meant to return V where do we return so if you'd asked me I would have described chuva as you know where you should return to innocence Purity positivity virtue return to not gossiping and slandering return to honesty return to patience return to kosher and chabas and return to observance with vigilance be scrupulous return and I would think to actions performance lifestyle I think that's what shua is all about that's what you're returning to and yet that's not how the Torah couches it Torah presents this Mitzvah where are you returning to to what this is what we're studying on Wednesday mornings he's building this theme we said it last week at also expressed this theme everybody expresses this theme Hashem cares about what we do our actions our choices our Behavior our performance of course it matters but why does it matter it matters because what it reveals about and how it impacts our relationship with him that's what really matters that's why in last week's Pasa in the to 98 curses because of the mistakes the poor judgment the bad choices that we make but Hashem gives us the one word reason he says you abandoned me you forsake me you walked away from me you ignored me you neglected me our relationship is suffering and struggling there's daylight between us why because you've abandoned me you've ignored me you've ignored me it's true in every relationship why do marriages fall apart because how many times could I ask you to put the socks in the hamper not next to the hamper put the cap on the toothpaste how how many times can I ask you remind you to take out the garbage that it's picked up Monday and Thursday mornings why you're IGN you're ignoring you're neglecting you're abandoning me you've you've ignored me so is the divorce because of the socks is the divorce because of the cap on the toothpaste no and yes yes because that action but what it reveals about abandon so Hashem says all this platform of Torah and Mitzvah are invitations and opportunities to to connect to love to feel an Embrace and when you ignore you miss an opportunity so says it's a beautiful relatively new song I Won't sing it for you says when it comes to meim feeling connected and close and intimate with Hashem that's all I want that's what I I just want to feel close to you I want to feel connected I want to confide I want to feel loved I want to feel supported I want to feel affectioned I want to feel admiration as for me feeling close to you so this is the mission the Mandate the goal of chuva is of course to start putting the socks in the hamper but it's not about the socks it was never about the socks it was when the socks don't make it in the hamper what does it say about how much you care about me and making me happy happy and meeting my need and following through what I've asked you to do come close to hasem picks up on the word the med records the following conversation if we repent who will testify for us he says I'll testify as it says don't read it ad read it Aid as a witness brings a different homy based on the same there says great is repentance because it reaches the Throne of Glory as it says where is the source of this idea there a significant difference between the word ad and L ad ad up to and l l means towards toich the word L to means I'm going in a specific direction I've not yet reached my goal while the word OD means I've already reached that goal my hands can reach out and so to say even touch the Throne of Glory itself the ram speaks of chuva he describes it as cleaving to the ra per is being D to cling to the one who has repented Cleaves and is united with the presence of hem but a connection with the is brought about in only one way through the enactment of a covenant without enacting a covenant it's possible to achieve the unique set of the characterizes the relationship between Hashem and man this is the significance of the the how can a Jew achieve the status of onto Hashem is it possible for any human to really cleave to Hashem a union of the sword can only be achieved by renewal of the Covenant the Holy One can be accomplished through repentance and he goes on he explains much more more but ad and L ad and L I'll just read uh I'll skip to the end can a Jew genuinely feel his presence based on my own personal experience writer of salek the encounter with God is eminently possible man not only must believe in Hashem he must feel hashem's hand supporting his head during times of emotional turmoil potential Bal cha Pine for the sublime sense of hearing God's Whisper the experience of adem of of of going to God involves the very real perception of contact communication dialogue The Sensation is expressed in the tamic passage Goda greatest repentance without my feeling the presence of God in 1967 when I suffered the loss of my mother my brother and my wife all in the same year I would not have been able to maintain my emotional equilibrium the perception of God's proximity was particularly strong during the study of Torah while pouring over the opinions of Abaya and Raa I sensed God's presence in the room Cesar of salv he lost in one year his mother his brother and his wife he was broken when his wife wife died after the third loss in one year he was broken his students describe what he was like that year and the great brisker the great salich salich who didn't believe in going to cemeteries when he lost his wife didn't stop going to the cemetery couldn't stop bringing himself to go connect and see her didn't stop going to the cemetery he says how did I get through three losses in one year including his wife loss of a spouse the other half feel so alone he said it was only because of the proximity the presence of hashem's proximity feeling I can reach out I can grab on I can hold I can feel connected to so that's chuva it's not L I'm not going towards something and I'll never get there it's OD I can grab on I can restore that relationship I can connect and the closeness and the intimacy and the connection with hem for me that is good let's go to page4 and Moshe went mosha went and he spoke all these things where did he go he went where did he go he's in the middle of a speech he's got his mic he's got his camera he's got his podcast he's talking to all where did he go says the whenever mosha wanted to speak to the Jewish people whenever mosha wanted to speak he sent out an email he sent out a phone tree he sent out a mass text and he'd say no everybody to the sh big congregational meeting I got something to say mosha would assemble all the people he would blow Theos he would blow the trumpets gather the people and communicate the message and here what does mosha do takes the show on the road instead of assembling everybody in the sh in the mishun he takes the show on the road why why what was the message here so different that it required Moshe to not stay put the people would come to him but that Moshe would go to them the all bring this and other opinions why did MOS have to go on the road why a shilon he had no Authority on the day of his death that day was the last day of his life he was going to die he no longer had the authority to call them he therefore went to them but the me the bris what happens now in our paraa Moshe appoints yahushua his successor as the king and as the prince as the Nasi the head of the Sanhedrin the head of the great of the Supreme Court name and Mos is about to say will pass before you means that here he's about to meet with them to tell them what I'm passing the Baton transition continuity succession who's taking over Yu how is the king appointed with the prophet and using the holy UR but in order for the king to really the monarchy to take hold what has to happen the people have to accept so if mosha were to summon everyone to come hear him and the point of the message was I'm no longer in charge it would defeat the message to summon everyone to him how could he demonstrate the message by going to them very very creative says of y y you know why this message required Moshe to deviate from his normal pattern and to go to them rather than for them to come to him why because the whole message was I'm no longer in charge continuity transition I've handed it off to Yeshua how can I demonstrate I'm not in charge I handed it off I'm not calling you to come to me I am coming to you that is what the Meg says the first of the day the holy has several interpretations here at the beginning of the par he says the following the toldos writes on this MOS wanted to communicate an inspirational message you know when a person gives over a message of rebuke gives mus a person is trying to motivate they need to see themselves and include themselves in the message this time a year they're all standing up in front of the B say I'm not really talking to you I'm really talking to myself talking to myself I'm letting you listen in it has a softer Landing it's not as harsh a blow when I'm giving you mus if I say I'm really talking to myself I'm not just supposed to say that you're supposed to believe that supposed to mean that I need to work on I'm talking to myself so that is what the says Moshe went where to talk to himself he went to speak he went to say it to himself that is the first interpretation for it to be effective Moshe spoke to himself another interpretation says maybe it means even after mosha died even after mosha departed this world he continues to speak all these things to the Jewish people isn't it amazing that there's not a day on this globe on this planet called Earth that Mosher renu's name is not invoked thousands tens of thousands hundreds of thousands millions of times Jewish children and adults men women around the world are constantly referencing quoting talking in our daving Moshe rabenu he continues to teach us that's why in perpetuity is Moshe rabenu I thinking the other day we call him mosha mosha asked God spoke to mosha why did mosha mosha you know we'd never call a rabbi by their first name we'd never call our teacher their first name we'd never call the godor r mosha Feinstein was RA Moshe ROV the the re and here we call him Moshe so casual we shouldn't he also has a title what's his title Moshe rabenu he's not Rabbi Moshe R Moshe Moshe rabenu is not he's Moshe rabenu in perpetuity forever he is our teacher even after he left this world he is still speaking all of these things to the Jewish people his Torah is called we call the Torah Tora hasem we call Tora it's a Torah a blueprint instruction manual for life and we also call Tas Moshe Moshe MSS it's toras Moshe we associate we identify we link the Torah with Moshe because even after even after he left this world he is still speaking all of these things he is still teaching he is still speaking then quotes another interpretation he quotes the not but what do we care isn't the message important not the makum the place where it was said why do we care if he called all the people to come to him or he went to them why does it make a difference so much so that the whole para is introduced with these words Moshe and Moshe went t tent to deliver a message the message wasn't about who went to whom what is the message H the idea is we have two ways of life two mentalities in life you can be an or you can be an OM a means you're moving there's movement all made means you're standing still you're standing still the Mal the angels are the nvi describes the angels as being om Angels stand still why because an angel is created fixed set stagnant the angel is permanent the way that they were what's an angel an angel is an emanation and extension of God that has a mission and a purpose an expression of God in this world that's why they exist that angel the angel doesn't have Temptation desire Drive the angel doesn't have free will the angel doesn't have an alter ego the angel just has a mission that God sets it on and it completes it and it's done so the angel is omade it's a fixed mindset it's stagnant it's set it is what you see is what you get a person we are from the ground the ground blossoms and grows and advances and we are able to be a we go we move we advance we progress a person can't and shouldn't ever be an omade we're not omed him that's why the the ramp to the altar to the m wasn't steps was a ramp because steps you can climb and then you could stand still you could catch your breath you could take a break you could sit down but we're not omed him the service of Hashem the path to the m isn't stairs that you stop that you take a break that you stand still that you become fixed we are forever we're moving moving moving advancing and growing all the time was always striving and growing he had ambition now it's the last day of his life mosha is essentially mosha is on the last moments he can't climb any higher next P says I can't any longer go out and come I no longer can serve in my role I no longer have capacity I'm at the end of my life I'm on my deathbed this is it this is it the end of the road mosha lost he lost some of that wisdom that channel of Prophecy so you think m is now it's his retirement party it's over he's hanging him up he's done he's finished he's passed the batan it's the last day of his life you'd think now he's an omade now he's standing still now he's finally sitting down now he's finally resting no even in that state he chooses to still be a ho Moshe is forever moving he is forever growing he is forever going that's why even on the last day of his life he's a he's going if you've never read Carol DW's book growth mindset it's an Incredible Book she basically distinguishes life the two types of people those who have a fixed mindset and those who have a growth mindset and it's a it's not a hard read or a long read but she breaks up life for people into those two categories and then she shows the na the Practical difference in how you lead your life people with a fixed mindset say this do this live this people with a growth mindset live and say and this is their attitude and approach and the question is which are we are we what you see is what you get and this is it and I'm stuck and I'm fixed and this is who I am permanently or do we have a growth mindset a growth mindset we have we have people in their 90s in our sh we have a couple people who are over a hundred in our who are still growing they're young are you young or old is not about the age age is just a number there are young people who are old because they're fixed at 25 this is it this is what you see is what you get this is who they are this is how they're going to be in their character in their approach to life in their perspective in their life and the lifestyle and you have people who are 100 years old who are learning and growing and changing and transforming so age is just a number young or old is are you fixed or growth mosh raenu is on the last day of his life the last day of his life and how does the Torah describe him he's not like an angel who's an omade he's v he's moving he's going he's growing he's doing he has a growth mindset even on the last day of his life next says he says I'm 120 today that's why we wish each other now you live to 120 you know the terrible Jewish joke what do you say to somebody before the 120th birthday have a nice day you have a good day but it's terrible why can't we live till more than 120 because Moshe couldn't make it past people should live to 200 M turns to the people and he says I'm 120 I'm 120 today I can't go in and come out anymore but a andem said to me this is it it's the end of the road you're not crossing the Jordan you're not entering the land you're not entering the land says first rash what was he not able to do anymore Moshe I no longer and I had a they took away the keys I can't drive anymore what's I can't do anymore can't walk without a walker anymore no more tennis can't ride my bicycle lost the channels of wisdom he lost access to that wisdom I don't understand because he passed the Baton to Yeshua because there was succession and Leadership now mosha therefore can't be as wise anymore and here the Megos says something I can tell you and I can testify is 100% true which is when there is a teacher of Torah their skill their capacity however compelling they are their novel creative ideas it all comes in the Merit of the C the community they are teaching the community they are teaching they're undeserving I'm undeserving it is only the comes spoke here a couple years ago he said that when he is at home in his theas and shum come and flow much easier than when he goes as a scholar residents on the road because when he's speaking somewhere else he doesn't have a relationship with that seore he doesn't draw from their Merit so he has to work twice as hard but hisor that he's connected he's the man he's The Shepherd of in the and the Merit of that seor there's a I certainly feel that I am unworthy and I am undeserving and I don't deserve credit for any of the shum I have the privilege and privilege of giving it's you it's you it's you my holy it's you those I have the privilege privilege to learn with because you show up I'm thinking about stopping to stream because I see people are just watching online and not and I want to feel your energy I want to be in the same room I want to be able to see that smile or that reaction I want you to roll your eyes when I make a corny joke I want you to smile or laugh because you're doing a and kindness to me I want to exchange energy I want to be in the same place I want to be connected because it's in your I don't know if you get a online I don't know if the global I want the global Community to give but I don't know if the global Community creates this you got to be in person so whatever mosha had learned in the past couldn't be taken from him but now those channels that pipeline now that access to that Merit that that Divine Providence in Torah it was turned off now that Moshe handed the batan now that he was no longer the leader now that there was succession to yua therefore because need to know that they're learning they're privileged to teach the flow and ease with which they share it all comes in the of the and when one loses that of the they lose that privilege and that capacity mosha turns and he says I know you're worried you're gonna go into the land of Israel and by doing so you're going to paint a Target on your back you know why because Israel is filled with enormous oil reserves no not why why why it's a mystery the whole world is focused and fixated on this tiny country smaller than the state of New Jersey why because if it's gold it's silver it's oil why because the Torah predicted they would be the whole world will be fixated you'll fight Wars on multiple fronts but don't worry says Hashem and we read this right in the right time promises don't worry why I will deliver them before you right as we began I think Israel just took out another member of the Hezbollah team you know the joke is now if you work in Hezbollah you desperately do not want a promotion nobody wants a promotion they took out the head of the missile they took out they set him back 20 years longer they should destroy him altogether eliminate them Hashem promises we delivered to your hands to be strong and courageous don't be afraid and don't be broken before them because God because God goes with us he will not release you and he will not forsake you you have nothing to be afraid of take Hashem with you there's a terrible dichotomy going on in the world right now and I fear too many too few rather are willing to live with the Nuance that is the truth in between it is it is ignorant and wrong and foolish and insensitive to suggest that our victory in Gaza or in the North or anywhere is only because of those who sit and learn Torah and of course we have to thank and credit and praise and admire and endlessly support our holy soldiers period end of sentence they put their lives in the line they're on the front lines they deserve our admiration our appreciation our love and support it is also foolish and ignorant and a mistake to think that any success we have is only because of our brave and courageous and amazing soldiers who deserve all that credit it is also because we lean in and love and learn Torah and D from the bottom of our hearts and turn to Hashem and recognize his presence it is that combination which has always been true ever since we fought M and it is true until today and that's what the Torah tells us over and over again is don't think it is only our physical might and weapons and prowess and knowhow and courage to make a shell company and design pagers that can be remotely detonated and blow up it's not only because how did that happen and why did that happen because says this p is in congruous it has a shift in grammar begins Al is plural begins in the plural and it ends in the singular walks with you we come back to how we began this year the Jewish people are as one then the Divine Providence dwells upon us and protects us don't be afraid why when we are united when we are when we are one when walks with us singular one when we are united when we are one when we are one people when we have a shared history and a shared Destiny a shared conscience when we are one then we the plural ALU have nothing to be afraid of but if we're going to be splintered and broken and wrong criticizing and blaming and pointing fingers and separating and dividing then Hashem takes away that promise out to then taka we have a lot to be afraid of so if we want to not fear and be afraid we have to be united we have to be one there's work for all of us to do how can we do that how do we do that well it's going to be one of the parts of the shabash Russia a method and a strategy how to love the people you don't like how to love the people you even don't like and there are people that we desperately don't like they're voting different than we are they think differently about that issue I just mentioned service not service in the Army learn it how do you love the people that you couldn't disagree with more how do you love the people that struggling to like what is a strategy how do you love the parts of yourself that you don't like that's a little bit of a taste of what is to come shaba stay tuned 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