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Parsha Perspectives for Today (Tetzave 5783/2023) - He Always Hears Us
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The Torah and its messages are timeless. Join me as we draw from the weekly Torah portion to extract lessons and inspiration for today from a wide and diverse range of sources and personalities. For more content, visit http://www.rabbiefremgoldberg.org. - Introduction - Moshe Appears At a Higher Form (Lubavitcher Rebbe) - Moshe Runs Away From His MIssion (R. Soloveitchik) - Hashem’s Memory (R. Yechezkel Levenstein) - The Purpose of Bells (Chafetz Chaim) - Kohen’s Meeting With Hashem (Otzar Peleos HaTorah) - Hashem Loves You (Baal HaTurim) - The Importance of Mindfulness (R. Isaac Sher) - The Kohen’s Bare Head (Ramban)
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we continue we've pivoted the second the
book of shmos it's the story of the
mishkan the building of the Mishka and
the Tabernacle the design and the
materials and the function of the Calum
of the utensils that are found therein
you
Israel Moshe is told to command the
Jewish people
take clear olive oil who's the you the
Atta and you who's the you
who is being spoken to here
Moshe and we don't use his name
about this quote that this Parsha does
not have moshe's name in it not
necessarily inaccurate the only partial
doesn't have moshe's name herein today
is Zion Adar the anniversary of moshe's
death also the anniversary of moshe's
birth Zion
will Mark
tonight's birthday and death Hashem
himself was
that day and therefore it's the day of
the
dinner the ataturated
Zion others always the Parsha that
doesn't have moshe's name in it moshe's
great humility we've shared in the past
the inside of the great labavator that
Moshe does appear in the parisha he
appears even in a higher form than he
ordinarily does normally Moshe is
limited or contained by his name Moshe
but here he's actually referenced at a
higher level not contained by his name
and even higher level as viata and you
and you sounds rude you
you sounds rude right to not use
someone's name we see it as a greater
actor expression of affection to use
someone's name it's a very powerful
thing next time you're checking out at
Publix and you bother to see the name of
the person checking you out and you
thank them thanks Bob thanks Jan thanks
Barrel whoever's checking you out you
will see them light up they're a person
they're not an invisible Anonymous
individual they're a person when you use
a name we think a name is an act of
expression and we think of hey you as
rude
right you ask people who are newlyweds
what they're calling their in-laws
some struggle to say mom or dad or mommy
or Abba or adopt the name of calling
their in-laws so they call them you
until they have a child and they can
call them Bobby or zaidi or Sabers now
they can exhale now it's easy now they
can just call them that but they say you
but you as rude but the Bible said no
theatah is a higher level a name is
limited a name is a boundary a name
tries to capture us under that
description but you is the essence so
this partial is actually revealing and
reflecting moshe's Essence and we're not
going to go into it because we've spoken
about it in years past that's what
Mordechai is telling Esther too the
active the at you will lose your essence
your mission while you're here Esther
your name will go down you're one of the
king's wives you'll be recalled in the
books of Persia as one of the queens of
Persia the name Esther but the the at
the who you are your essence your
personal mission why you're here if you
neglect this opportunity if you don't
take advantage
this is why you're here then you will
lose your essence you will violate your
very Mission so this is
actually an elevated expression of
moshe's essence his mission not limited
by the name we've spoken about that in
the past but I want to begin with an
Insight of a friend of the Reba of
salavechik a classmate or cellular who
writes
name is not mentioned motion is referred
to only in the second person singular
you the only going states that the past
seven does not contain moshe's name
because this is the Parsha most often
read during the week of Zion Adar the
day of moshe's death the conceptual link
between the Parsha and his date seems
obscure right that status is that or
that fact we all know sign out the
dinners around the world tonight someone
will mention tatava's name doesn't
appears death
okay what's the connection
shoot what's that about what's the
panemius what's the deeper meaning or
significance of that so listen to what
the rub says very very profound
it is impartial the emotion was informed
he was not to be the coin despite being
the most obvious choice of the position
Moshe was the Redeemer he saved Israel
from Annihilation during the golden calf
incident Moshe had the strongest claim
to this position and yet here he was
informed of the loss through these words
right just took him later now bring near
to you are on your brother and with his
sons from among the children of Israel
sons of our own they are going to be the
kohanam meaning they and
not you Moshe I know you thought you
were the chief candidate you were the
leading candidate the polls showed that
you were way ahead I know you thought
that you had it however you need to know
it's not you
you need to bring close to you and
you're going to coronate with oil who's
going to serve Aaron and His Four Sons
at this point still four Sons maybe he
had more what's up maybe we'll get to
but these four Sons it's in our Parsha
not deep very beginning of our Parsha
that Moshe finds out that that great
position of Distinction not honor
because motion is the most humble of all
men but distinction
to be the kind God will to serve to do
the Abode of Yom Kippur to have that
position of Distinction it's not going
to you Moshe it's going to your brother
it's going to your brother Aaron
Moshe lost his right to assume the
priesthood why
why did it go to Aaron not him he's the
Redeemer he's the one who achieves
atonement and forgiveness
Moshe is The Logical choice
so why doesn't it go to him
he loses as a result of a conversation
between Hashem and Moshe back in
parashishmos
Moshe initially refused to accept the
mission that God assumed that God had
insisted he assumed to confront Parow
and free the nation Moshe argued that he
could not lead the people why
because he was a stutter to which Hashem
replied he would help him articulate
during his confrontation with Paro
Hashem recruits Moshe and what does
Moshe say yeah
not so eloquent I'm not so articulate
it's not really for me shy I don't like
the speaking part thank you but no thank
you Moshe demures he hesitates he pushes
away Hashem
despite this assurance Hashem says I got
your back I'll put the words in your
mouth Aaron will do the speaking but I'm
telling you you're the man I've asked
you and despite that Assurance Moshe
once again refused asking Hashem to send
someone else
toradan tells us that
Hashem got angry against Moshe and he
said is there not our on your brother
the levy I know he'll surely speak and
Rashi asks go back to parent dalid
dollars
what's the password
he says what about your brother
you think that you have an out because
you're not going to speak well but what
about your brother your brother could do
you speaking you know your brother the
Aaron the levy
why was it necessary to again tell Moshe
your brother the lady Moshe didn't know
that his brother Arnold was a levy he's
his brother
they're both from the tribe of Levy
pretty clear to Moshe that arrow and is
also a levy so Russia
said every expression of anger written
the Torah uses the term
here however we do not find the
punishment promotion even though the
expression of the anger that Hashem
expressed on Moshe repeated refused was
ants are here too there is a punishment
the word lady was inserted here Aaron
was destined to be a lady while Moshe
was to be the coin but now Aaron will be
the coin and Moshe will be the leafy
there's an illusion in the Torah to the
fact that Hashem replaced Aaron was
going to be the lady you were going to
be the coin but I tried to recruit you
over and over and refused your mission
you pushed away your mission and because
of that you lost the Kahuna this Pasha
says from salivation marks a major
turning point in moshe's life had Moshe
become the coin godo basalamiktas would
have never been destroyed had motion not
initially refused his leadership role
The Exodus would have constituted a
permanent a temporary Redemption this
Pasha alludes to a dislocation in Jewish
history moshe's name is not mentioned
for he could only give instructions to
our own but the avodha would be done
only by Aaron the Parsha which does not
contain moshe's name coincides with Zion
Adar because in a sense this Parsha
marks the beginning of moshe's death
it's a very powerful image
we're about to read a lot more we're
only on safer shmos
yet wait for us and yet this is a
turning point
motion not becoming the coin and being
satisfied being a levy which means he
wasn't going to play the role he could
have and should have played in life and
he wasn't going to create the condition
of a permanent base and a permanent it
is the beginning of his death
the Egyptian Redemption did not result
in the permanent Redemption the Jewish
people Moshe died prior to entering the
land and that's why the Parsha in which
moshe's name does not appear
is the same week of of moshe's death
because this partials the beginning of
his death
or put differently to make it a partial
perspective for today for all of us put
differently every one of us has a unique
Mission and purpose in this world and
when we fail to fulfill it when we run
away from it we try to say Hashem let
someone else do it someone else can lead
or be the chair of that committee or
initiate that project or play that role
or donate to the global campaign of the
Boca Raton Synagogue let someone else do
it when we run away from our mission it
is the beginning of our demise it is the
beginning of our death we're here for a
reason a purpose
why are we here what difference are we
meant to make what is our purpose and
Mission in the world why did we wake up
this morning why rabba and munas does
Hashem of a lot of faith in us when we
accept it and we run with it and we try
to fulfill it
we're never more alive and when we run
away from it
story of Jonah trying to run away from
his mission but it chases him and it
chases all of us
we try to run away from it or when we
fail to fulfill it it is the beginning
of our death and that is the connection
that is the Insight at the beginning of
our Parsha
glory and Splendor which I would think
would be antithesis of the nishkan the
Michigan the dwelling place for God
should be all about Simplicity humility
why is it ornate
splendor ostentatious
how do those reconcile
speak to him
and what is the purpose
sanctify them
so which is it
is
a fagorian splendor
is it a fashion statement to draw
attention and honor or is it
seems like a contradiction
foreign why do you have to be so
Discerning and wise of heart you have to
be a good tailor it's to be a good
seamstress you have to be a good fashion
designer
why do you have to be we're not
answering any of these questions but I
want you to think about all of them
a lab I got them so now we get to list
what they are
New York sonas touch basements of Nate
and make them
to serve me skip to pass
again
place the stones on the shoulder straps
of the aphode why
Israel Aaron will carry the names before
Hashem on both of his shoulders as a
remembrance the names of the Jewish
people appeared in two places on the
shoulder straps and also on the Roshan
on the breastplate they're on the aphode
and on the Roshan so we start
Vanessa irony carries their names
he carries their names
he wonders
the plastic says what's the purpose of
them
Israel Place both zones in the shoulder
straps of the aphid remembrance stones
for the Jewish people the same thing is
said later in our parasha
you skip ahead
where it says
why does he have these stones
for whom
foreign
rather the breastplate for who to
remember this
Hashem
why do you have to remember something
because you are likely to
forget
memory is the Opera opposite of
forgetfulness remember is the opposite
the antonym for forget
is forgetting to Hashem
the almighty doesn't forget
he's omnipotent an infinite and perfect
he's all-knowing he doesn't forget he
doesn't have senior moments
he's older than all of us
and he doesn't ever forget
what does he have to remember
we have to emulate limited Hashem and do
things that will remind us
memory is not only the opposite of
forgetfulness memory is emphasis and
focus memory we invoke memory not when
we're worried we're going to forget but
when we want to draw attention and focus
sure I feel like
even the almighty whom before whom there
is no forgetfulness we arrange the
stones and we invoke all the shmatam the
children of Hashem to remind them we're
here we're your children don't forget us
and love us he can't forget us but we
wanted to focus on us
that's why we dive in three times a day
Hashem doesn't forget we're here or he
knows our needs better than we do but we
invoke his memory we remind him we're
here because we want him to focus that's
a way of creating a connection and a
bond
the opening two words of isker
is feeling that people say and they've
lost a loved one what are the opening
two words of yisker you score
Elohim
we think of iskar as for us to remember
we'd like to use Kirk candle we remember
we remind ourselves of our loved ones
who are not here this girl will be said
on pesach
ippers four times a year
is not about people remembering their
loved ones the first two words of yesgar
are you score
elokim
because we're not only invoking our
memory we're trying to bring attention
and invoke a connection to Hashem so
just like we're asking Hashem to focus
even on that which she couldn't forget
we need to do the same the most
important things in the world that we
know the most sometimes the easiest to
neglect and forget and we need to create
reminders we need to create rituals and
stimuli that are reminders to focus on
that which is most important now in our
davening when we want to earn Merit or
invoke Merit whom do we mention
okay
and yet here on the A4 here on the
hoshan we have the
12 schwartam not avrum Yakov why
how come our domini doesn't begin with
the 12th and how come the ocean doesn't
include the others
I'll add that to the questions for you
to think about but I'm not going to
answer
the robe of the aphode the bottom of the
robe of the aphid
make the robe of the afford entirely out
of turquoise wool
the head opening folded over otherwise
known as a ham
as
over the Border all around the Weaver's
work like an opening of a code of males
or can't be torn why do we have a ham
around the edge of an article of
clothing so it doesn't easily tear so it
doesn't easily tear verses
and make an attempt pomegranates of
turquoise purple and Scarlet wool on a
10 all around and paramone Pitch 472.
have golden Bells between them
all around and between them golden
golden Bells golden Bells
so
the gamara and erican tells us about
these bells the meal is
each of the garments in the mishkan
atoned for another mistake that we make
another poor judgment that we show the
different garments in the mishkan would
atone for the mistakes that Khalid
Israel make what did the me ill atone
for
the coin were the meal
under the afo what did it atone foreign
walk with the Garment with bells on the
bottom it would make a noise that would
ring so let the thing that produces a
sound a tone to the people who produce
the wrong sounds you raise your voice
you get angry you speak Russian are in
Gossip you use our voice we use our
voices
the wrong way let them heal with its
voice with the bells that ring let it
atone a bell was found several years ago
I've mentioned the partial plastic and
the test they've now excavated by the
way all the way from here David
you can now walk up all the way to under
the Kota Plaza
you can go all the way the same path
that our ancestors walked the time of
the base I make Dash when they would
make their way up you can now walk all
the way up it's unbelievable the
excavations it's extraordinary and in
those excavations they found one of
these bells they found one of these
bells
they found them wonders
we know that there were alternating
Bells some had the center of the Bell
what's that called
inbound oh
the Rome
some have the bell and others were empty
others were just what's that called The
Bell
others were just the Bell without the
inbound so if the coal of the sound that
was produced is what created the kappara
the atonement why did we have bells
without the ringer excuse me if I called
The Ringer
so the gamaran The Clapper
foreign the power of speech is to know
when to speak and when to be silent it's
not always what to say it's not
replacing the wrong thing to say with
the right thing to say it's knowing
sometimes the virtue of Silence
is
when you know how to be silent you're
speaking volumes
so alternating were Bells with clappers
and bells that were empty so that we
would learn the lesson what is
not only saying the wrong things
replacing it with the right things but
saying the right things and also knowing
when to not say anything at all
it's tremendous power and a virtue in
silence
there's no value to always speaking
nishnava says we learn more from when
we're quiet than when we speak we're
given two ears and one mouth there is a
virtue and a value to silence revolba
says when a child learns to speak he
gets so excited we clap they said their
first word they said their first
sentence we're so excited they start
speaking
but we never teach them how to stop
we don't say you stop talking yay
getting a lot of trouble if you try to
do that you put them in therapy it'll be
very expensive they'll write a book
they'll accuse you of all kinds of
terrible things
so we celebrate when they start speaking
but revolba says we don't acknowledge or
celebrate when we learn the art of
Silence to stop speaking but silence is
also an art and a virtue it's also an
art of the truth
is
he writes it was a holy Jew who lived in
New shalam known as The Quiet One it was
The Quiet One so someone once asked him
how is it you stay quiet and he said the
truth is it's exhausting when I'm too
tired I speak but when I have the energy
I'm able to remain silent
it's the opposite of what you think
right takes energy to speak it's easier
to be quiet it takes more energy to show
self-restraint and to be silent he said
when I'm tired and I have no
self-control then I speak so the
alternating Bells with the ringer and
without are to remind us that there's a
time to speak as
a time to speak and a time to be quiet a
base level is the time to be quiet
terribly tragically
not with bad intention or malice but
sometimes it's a perfect example you
feel the pain such empathy for another
you're so desperate to say something but
there's nothing to say
so when trauma ties to speak in a
situation where there's nothing to say
often they say something foolish or even
hurtful and silence is much louder eob's
friends sat with him in silence that's
why the shulkarnak says when you go to a
Shiva home
you're not allowed to speak until
until the other speaks
because if the other wants to sit in
silence that's your job ah it's awkward
ah it's uncomfortable too bad
a colleague in front of by Eddie Davis
talks about he was once in England and
he needed a haircut he went to a barber
when he sat in the barber's chair he
wrote this in an article in Jewish
action he sat in the barber's chair and
the barber as he put the robe or bib
around him he said talk or no talk
which is a very nice thing to offer you
wish the dentist would say similarly
talk
talk or no talk in other words do you
want to sit here in silence or do you
want me to start a conversation with you
talk or no talk and that's what happens
you walk into a baseball and essentially
what we say with our silence is talk or
no talk it's up to you I'm prepared I'm
ready to sit in silence because there's
a virtue there's a value there's a
nobility we have to learn to not only
celebrate when we speak but to celebrate
when we're silent and that is what is
going on over here says
as well as well the ramban
the bells would produce a sound when he
entered and when he left when he entered
and when he left
us
what was the purpose of these garments
Torah told us
to bring honor and dignity so I ask you
is there a more undignified garment than
something with bells that rings on while
you walk
it's like a Purim wardrobe Purim costume
it's ridiculous is there anything more
undignified
is there anything more lacking honor
than wearing something that is bells
that makes a sound every time you take a
step
where's the Covenant safaris in it
not here on this Posse later Posse
writes the following
the reason for the bells is so that our
own would be heard when he entered and
he wouldn't die Kim
with Purim
Esther
it's not her turn she's not invited
she's not given entrance she has to wait
for what the sharvit has to have one of
her hesitations she says to Mordechai
it's not my turn if I go and I'm not
invited
he's going to have off with my head and
that's when Mordechai has to persuade
her with the argument
she says I'm going to go anyway he
extends she's welcome to come in she
makes her plea come to the party and
later for the Jewish people but you're
not allowed to enter royalty you can't
enter the inner chamber of the king
without an invitation without permission
how does the coming do that
the bells are his announcement that he's
coming that's his permission to enter
the license to go in
that's the ramban so one does the say
for the Citra yes
now does that make sense to you the
almighty God is found in the Holy
sanctuary
he knows you're at the door he doesn't
need a ring doorbell
he doesn't need to see the video
but you're outside he doesn't need to
check and go on the ring doorbell he
knows exactly who's outside he knows
someone's waiting he knows someone's
about to come in you need bells to be
the doorbell to enter to announce
they're coming in
foreign
we get capital punishment death penalty
for coming in without knocking
is
a person shouldn't enter their house
without knocking on the door
the gamarader tells us not only the door
of someone else
but the door of your own home not only
when you know there are people inside
even if the house is empty why what are
you gonna startle the lizard the Iguana
has taken up residence in your house
who are you gonna startle
the answer is
it is simply an act of courtesy it's a
proper behavior you knock before you
open a door it's just the proper
behavior it's the way that you come in
it's the way you go into your parents
home your in-laws on the way they come
into your home the way you go into your
own home and the way you go into even
your home when no one's there it's an
act of their hearts you knock and you
enter
it's the way that you come in but he's
wondering
and if you didn't do that if you felt
comfortable and Casual if it's your own
home if you know one no one's there
you're not given the death penalty so
why would Aaron have been given the
death penalty if you came in without the
remonim ringing
he says because where Aaron was going
it's not the same thing as entering your
home or the home of another where was I
our own entering
a holy place
you cannot enter a holy place without
stopping and pausing and acknowledging
and announcing where you're about to
enter
at
before you walk into shul before you
walk into the basement you need to stop
and think and pause and contemplate what
you're about to do those remonimo
ringing not just to alert Hashem
they're ringing to alert Aaron I'm not
just going into any other ordinary place
I'm about to go into a very Sacred Space
a very holy place and I need to check
myself is my mind where I need it to be
am I bring in the attitude
that I need to bring and we too need to
learn from here he says
so sacred so high are the stakes that
when we enter a Sacred Space don't just
be walking in on your phone don't be
walking in a conversation don't be
walking in in laughter and and frivolity
walk in with seriousness and sobriety
pause at the entrance of the basement or
of the shul
think about where you're about to enter
and what you're about to do and get your
head get your mind in the right place in
the right place vinishma KOLO purpose of
this is so that the sound can be heard
our first odora for the day the rashonam
one there we just saw several
interpretations why why did the remonium
need to produce a sound
foreign
other garments are there to keep you
warm to keep you dry
let's keep you modest protect you from
the elements or from embarrassment but
these don't have that function so why
were they there
is
Kings and royalty nobody walks down the
red carpet with bells on the bottom of
their garment and let's see
foreign
and you're also announcing to the king's
servants our meeting is done you can go
back in
I would add humbly
that if you apply what we just saw
in those Italian
that the same way before Aaron entered
an alarm would go off the Bell would
ring do you know where you're about to
go is your mind in the right place that
Bell needed to also ring before he left
why did the bell need to ring before he
left
you could say maybe to distinguish to
make Abdullah between the significance
and sacredness of where he was and the
mundane he was about to re-enter but I
would argue something else
maybe the Bell needed to ring again to
remind him to take what he had
experienced inside and to bring it and
inform and Inspire what he's about to do
that you don't leave Holiness in the
temple but you bring it to the space to
everywhere you're about to go so the
Bell needs to ring and now if you apply
it to today we need to pause and
consider and focus our minds not only
when we're walking in to remember where
we're going but also pause and think
about what we're doing on our way out
and here we're not going to develop it
right now we did shavoshuba 2006
Elena was always the end of davening why
is Elena at the end of davening
and Elena was a din in the end of Davina
so for example
at the end of Gipper if you're about to
recite Nila immediately after you don't
say Elena
you don't say Elena you go from
you don't say allenu we should say
allenu the Rob said we should say Elena
why we have a break we take a long break
so Allah alainu always escorts you out
of davening the sake
Elena is what escorts us out of
Dominique escorts us out of davening
many years ago repelkuts is
and he said you always find those words
it says you know you know the joke
the Jews on the Federation Mission to
Israel and they asked the Israeli tour
guard how do you say tikon Olam in
Hebrew
chicken Olam sounds like it's just a cat
phrase the slogan of the Jewish people
everything's tikkunolam social justice
that's what we have to do
Republicans pointed out we never find
the word
on its own
some humanistic social justice what
feels good you have to mold and shape
and repair the world how in God's image
it's what God wants it's God's blueprint
it's God's instruction manual those
words have to always go together but
alainu is the mission statement not for
how to come into shul how to take what
you just experienced in shul and bring
it with you everywhere you go
it's a big question when do you say the
David after Alina before eleno where
does the karish go Hari kedem is a whole
a whole uh sure can has from the roof
but our lane is always the end of
davening because Elena is the mission
statement the charge how to leave Divine
where you go and maybe that's the Lord
here the Bell would ring not only on the
way in to remind you we're about to
enter but the bell rings on the way out
when you're crossing the threshold of
shul when you're Crossing that threshold
and you're about you're done learning
and you're about to go where you're
going you need to stop and pause and say
how am I bringing what I just
experienced in dominating or learning to
where I'm going how will that animate
and inform and inspire me at the gym at
the supermarket or in the operating room
in the boardroom or the courtroom
wherever I'm going I have to pause it
has to ring in my ears where I'm going
but anyway back to that's an original
thought I don't know if it's right but
it's original oh it's a plus Satora back
to answer Plaza Torah here's another
reason
foreign
God was entering and he's telling the
Angels out
I'm about to experience private time
with the King of Kings out get lost go
somewhere else if you'll excuse us for
some time we're about to be alone you
know when we recreate this
says we are image of the illa are the
gates are closing the gates gonna be
locked quickly I know you're tired I
know you're thirsty I know your breath
is terrible but get it together this is
the last chance the gates are closing
and they're going to get locked sneak in
that last trilo this is it
is
you're going into a private space with
Hashem and you're locking the door
behind you
Nila until now we were all together but
now the amidst I'm going into a Sacred
Space Dakota and I'm locking the door
and that's the pamon imranim that are
ringing are saying to everyone else if
you'll excuse us
we just celebrated there were a thousand
people at the and it was streamed online
to a thousand more and there was a drone
flying right over the khopa that was
getting the aerial view of the whole
world
came together and they did so in front
of the entire world to the whole world
to see
and now they go into nine minutes
to be alone
to experience what it means to be a
husband and wife and to celebrate Market
without the whole world watching to be
alone said
is not that the doors are locked and
quickly get in your TV law that they're
going into the code and lock the door
behind you it's
announcing Angels if you'll excuse us
I'm about to have some Hashem intimacy
and affection this is my room to be
alone with the ribono Shalom I want to
tell you another outstanding insight
supposedly just read
the sound will be heard the voice will
be heard
when he goes in and when he goes out
balaturam
asora that the word venishma I alluded
to this earlier in the amunisher the
word venishma appears three times in
Tanakh who here knows
appears three times in Tanakh and the
other two are NASA
and
so one is here vinish makolo one is our
Sinai NASA venishma and what's the third
I'll give you a hint we're going to read
it twice next week
McGillis Esther where does it appear
Miguel zester
paragraph
and the word of the king which he will
enact will be heard in all of his
kingdom
the word vinishma is is three times in
Tana
vinishment
in the megillah
we know that the word
this morning you could listen later
audio or video and after you do take a
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please do so we mentioned the word King
Nella appears in the megillah and it
invariably alludes to the king to Hashem
the word King the balatum offers a
fascinating connection between these
three
the word nishma appears in three places
it appears in reference to the king in
the megillah the king and the megill is
always Hashem what's the connection
what's going on what's going on look at
the balatorum but I want to share with
you a different Insight from the Gera
rashishiva of alter shlita he says the
following he says a Jew could easily
mistakenly believe or conclude
that if Jew is too distant from Hashem
to be heard
you know who Hashem listens to it's
righteous men and women he listens to
the holy Among Us the holy and the
righteous the people who are Vigilant
scrupulous
who Daven with fervor me
a pathetic failure
I forget to make broccolis
not so careful with this my moon is
shaky I'm so distant and I'm so far I'm
so disobedient that maybe Hashem never
hears me he doesn't listen to me Hashem
only hears the righteous
he only hears the righteous says if
shall alter the word nishmas only said
three times in Tanakh what do they have
in common
foreign
when he enters the holy of holy his
voice will be heard Hashem hears all of
us you're never too far you're never too
distant the possekin Esther counters
that thought because what does it says
where
Hashem here is where
every person in every place no matter
how close or no matter how far no matter
how much you've wandered no matter how
distant you are no matter how low or far
you've Fallen no matter how much you've
stumbled
in all the kingdom
you're still in the Kingdom of Hashem
as long as you live under the malhas of
Hashem as long as you believe and you
want to talk to him as long as you want
to confide or surrender to him as long
as you want to lean on him and feel his
Embrace and hear him talking to you
vinishma he'll hear wherever you are
every Jew is connected to that source of
Holiness which Hashem has placed in this
world so just as are not going Was Heard
just as the nishma KOLO are answered so
too vinishma
we're heard why is that how is that and
what Merit is that
because of NASA the nishma when we said
NASA and ishma in that moment
we secured our position
our approach in that Merit wherever we
are however Far We've Fallen we can be
heard by him
so don't ever say why
I once met with somebody
grew up
very Stark very from
he had fallen very far he was off the
darach and he had a challenge he had an
issue with the law
and he had been out on parole and he was
coming for a big trial coming before a
judge
he went met with me the day before
and they told me you know what his issue
was
he said I know I need to dive into
Hashem the real King the real judge to
get a good outcome tomorrow
but why would he want to hear from me
you know how long it's been since I've
spoken to him
and how long it's been since I asked him
for anything thanked him for anything
even argued with him on anything
he hasn't heard from me in Forever
I'm so far away from him so why would he
want to hear from me now
and why would he listen to me and help
me so I Rabbi I don't know what to do
because tomorrow is a big day
it could be could have been thrown in
jail the next day tomorrow the judge
could throw me in jail
I could lose my freedom
I know that Hashem will decide but I
don't know how to talk to him
you know what I said to him
I said he was a young man
not married no children I said you don't
know this
we spoke about this in the Moon this
year today at two when you have children
you'll learn that there's nothing they
can do which would make you not want to
ever hear from them
it could be forever since you've last
heard from them
then just don't put money on their debit
card and then you'll hear from them
quickly but it could be forever since
you last heard from them
they could have disappointed you
enormously
but when they reach out
you'll be so happy they did
no matter where you are what you're
doing you'll take that call
and you will gladly gladly receive that
conversation
so go talk to Hashem and start out the
conversation and say Hashem I know it's
been a long time
I know you haven't heard from me in a
while I'm sorry for that
but I want to talk to you now because I
need you
and if a child said that to a parent is
there a parent who wouldn't hear
when we say that
in more than years
so says
that that's maybe the shot in the
balatorium three times nishma appears in
Tanakh nishma NASA first
why because it's not just when you're on
the level of Aruna Cohen your nishma is
wherever we are however we're behaving
however Far We've Fallen he will hear us
why as long as
for living with the NASA and ishma with
that attitude with that approach with
that commitment Hashem will still hear
us
another one of the bugattam the big day
Kona is
what is the anaron's forehead
we're talking here about the tits that
sits was placed on Aaron's far end said
what did it say on it
because I'm on one line or two lines
was it written on one line or two lines
and then the gamara says one of the
great rabbis
uses a Checkmate you know what he says
appears several places in the gamara and
shots he says you think you know I know
you know why I know because I went to
Rome
and in Rome is that sits and I saw it
and here's what it says on it and that's
one of our sources of evidence that our
holy utensils are sitting in the
basement of the Vatican not the orange
buried underneath
but the other utensils are still there
and they're ours we deserve them
you know because it's printed on the
Arch of Titus he celebrated having
brought them there
but we also have evidence that we have
tonight who say I saw it with my own
eyes so don't pontificate don't
conjecture I can tell you empirically I
saw it and this is what it says
so where did it sit on the forehead it
sat on the far end of Arun
forgiveness for a sin of regarding the
sacred offerings of the children of of
Israel regarding the offerings so
here's an amazing thing the ramban
rights the propeller
sometimes
sorry I skipped
um
before we go back to the ocean
yeah good morning says the following is
for an extended period of time it needs
to every now and then touch the
thrilling and remember he's wearing them
you can't ever forget you have to
maintain the mindfulness that you're
wearing thrilling how do you know that
because the the siths which said
hashem's name one time and yet it had to
be Ahmed you have to remember
consistently so that's villain which
hashem's name appears many times
now we don't wear to film all day today
we only wear to London when I say we I
don't mean everybody I have a nephew who
learns a new shalayim in zuberman in
zuberman they were thrilling all day
my nephew was thrilling while he's
eating while he's driving while he's
walking wherever he goes they were
filling all day or it's filling all day
and in fact he's got pretty compelling
evidence that they're doing the right
thing we're doing the wrong thing
why that is why we don't why the mimic
for most is not towards feeling all day
a topic for another time but the meaning
of zilberman is to where it's fill in
all day we're walking into shalaim you
see Jews walking through let's fill it
on and it's four o'clock in the
afternoon there's a good chance of
learning in the old city they're
learning at at zelperman so if you
worked for him all day every now and
then you gotta touch them you gotta
remember mindfulness for them because
hashem's name appears many times and we
learned that from the tits where
hashem's name appears only one time and
yet you couldn't have a has
he says mindfulness mindfulness
is
invites us throughout the day if we will
be mindful if we live a mindful life
mindfulness is not some new age Eastern
religion
supermarket checkout aisle magazine
cover topic
mindfulness wasn't discovered in the
21st century
Judaism is the ultimate platform of
mindfulness it's one of the big books I
wrote promised so far I've only written
it in my head
but I wrote a whole book about the
Jewish approach to mindfulness and
Judaism as the original platform of
mindfulness mindful you don't mind for
sleeping mindful speaking mindful
listening mindful dressing mindful
behaving every part of Jewish life is a
platform for how to live mindfully what
goes in our mouth out of our mouth what
order we tie our shoes in the morning
everything everything it's an amazing
book it's a bestseller just hasn't been
written yet so far it's only written in
my mind so revisac share here says that
krishbargo invites us throughout the day
and all of Torah and mitzvos all of is
an invitation be mindful
does anyone else have a rule any other
religion what order you put your pants
on
you put your right shoe on and your left
shoe you tie the left shoe then the
right shoe why
now there are deep reasons
they're deep reasons for it they
definitely are deep reasons but even
without the reasons you know what it
does from the moment you wake up in the
morning to the moment you fall asleep at
night you are being trained and
cultivated and conditioned towards
mindfulness
don't arbitrarily get dressed don't get
dressed while being distracted be
focused and be mindful of what you do
because a meaningful life is a mindful
life
and if you're not mindful you cannot be
living meaningfully
mindlessness
is meaninglessness
if you're going to live a meaningful
life it has to be a mindful life
and that's what hazar was saying here
when you put your filling on you're in a
higher level than the coing god the way
and it sits because the coin god with
the tits hashem's name appeared once and
yet he had to be mindful and every Jew
puts on fill in hashem's name appears
many times so much so that the gemara
derives at home for the focus and
mindfulness you need to have so when we
put on thrilling whether it's once in
the morning or for an extended period of
time
it is an exercise in mindfulness and the
opportunity to live that mindful life
which is the secret and the answer to
life what is that sits atoned for what
does it repair for it's
an arrogance an arrogance has a whole
beautiful piece which we don't have time
for
arrogance what is the worst behavior
that results from arrogance casts anger
rage how is the tits for anger for rage
we'll have to leave for another time but
we don't have time for it but I wanted
to bring your attention
we don't have time for anything else
left that I have
but
I'll at least draw your attention to
something fascinating
we have the
show
the turban the NASA is
in Israel today you won't find men
wearing a Mitzvah but you'll find
women
it's a it's a fashion fashionable today
to wear turban around the head
now when one wears a turban around their
head
what's at the center of the turban
nothing
the top of the head is exposed so the
ramban writes a double repella Festival
it's very long and I'm as a foot and a
half it was 16 armored
and it would wrap it around his head the
M sorosa
where was the oil poured for the
anointing
was in the middle the turbine was around
the head which meant the whole top of
the head was Bare
so according to the ramban the coingada
would wear them its nephes he was not
wearing a yamaka
he was bigilirosh
the top of his head was Bare when he
would enter on Yom Kippur to the code he
was bigula rosh
could you imagine
gets up for Nila
yes and he's not wearing a yamaka so
tell us
the turban is
uncovered head how could it be how could
it be
how could it be so his answer was
it doesn't mean that it was exposed
it meant it was wrapped around the head
even the top of the head there was a
tiny little area that was exposed to
pour the oil
but really the top of that also is
covered because the F sharp it's past
this it's impossible to imagine
however he says there's more evidence
that there is Gila Roche even in the
base of
charaisers
there was a lottery every day in the
temple to determine who did the Tremors
audition Who removed the ashes the
garbage of yesterday and when they did
it a coin would Omega base
says the corner would stand on a circle
and the one in charge would take off the
tournaments in FS and that's how you'd
know where to start when you went around
they stuck out the fingers and they did
the count and you know who won the
lottery so what do you see one of them
stood in the mcdosh
so he said I asked the mooncatcher
shlita how could it be maybe this is
evidence again about being in the
basement
rosh how could it be and he goes on and
on and on with Paige is here about what
is really the halach of having to wear a
yamaka and can you ever not wear the
yamaka and how could it be and how could
it be and he quotes fascinating sources
we don't have time for he quotes one
opinion the mooncatcher answered and
quote sources when do you need to walk
with your head covered or only make a
broccoli with your head covered when you
are otherwise distracted and could
forget Hashem the guitar tells the story
I'm sir there was Emma there was a
mother one of the great rabbis who
wouldn't let him walk out without his
head covered because as you walk and
engage the world in the street it's easy
to forget this Hashem and we wear
sitting on top of our head
because a covering on the head is like
clothing for the body it's intellectual
modesty we have here with AMA we
remember that there's a Hashem so when
you're in a place you're occupied with a
practice which is itself holy then you
could be the guile Roche because the
place or the practice you're in would
suffice so the coin government the coin
during the doing the lottery the Rama
writes also the cross Pacific
you're not allowed to read from the
Torah with your head uncovered the mugan
of rum it's talking about a cut up
but the standard to sit to read the tone
as you can
how could it be
the Torah so the answer is you're doing
a religious and holy activity you're not
at the risk of forgetting Hashem in that
moment maybe you don't need to have your
head covered so is it really a halacha
where does it really come from he has a
big discussion here about it we've given
shiram on this in the past we've been
cheer him on this in the past
I could send you the uh where where's
the origin of the word yamaka where does
it come from so some suggest yarmuka
yarim
is is uh a Turkish word yarim
cup a hat a small hat you're a malka
fear of the king as the
etymology of the word yamaka is a
fascinating discussion you would be
shocked if you knew and saw the sources
for we today have the practice of the
minions fired him not as much I'm
wearing a yamaka all the time wherever
whatever we do but it wasn't always the
practice it wasn't always the practice
and there even is a opinion
that uh
wouldn't wear yamaka even while sitting
and learning
says in refers to school in Germany they
would not wear a yamaka from
in a refreshing school not a public
school they wore a yamaka for them not
for Limited
they tell the story they get in trouble
for ending with this but I might as well
you know that the footner the rav and
the rebel the Baba were all in
University together in Berlin and
Germany
that even when he sat through classes
he wasn't really paying attention to the
classes he had a gamara open he was
sitting and learning he was learning
even while he was in university so he
has a degree and he passed all the tests
because he's so brilliant but he was
never really listening because he was
always learning generous sharpness her
footnote to them and he said that's
impossible so what do you mean possible
already he said it's impossible because
yerebi would never learn without a
yamaka on his head
if you look at the original passport
picture of the red but he's not wearing
a yamaka later books and biographies of
the rabbit was superimposed on but it's
not that was the practice then to not
always wear a yamaka so anyway there is
an illusion that's a Pleasanton reports
in our Parsha of the mits nephes maybe
being rubrosh magula today the practice
is always have a head covered and
there's a lot more to say on the subject
but we are out of time now again in all
seriousness on your way out we value and
we need your partnership please do what
you can it's really the appropriate and
correct thing to do for you but also it
helps us and we thank you stay happy
stay healthy and stay
happy healthy and holy