Parsha Perspectives for Today - Tetzaveh 5785 (A Campus that Unites)

okay good morning Boer welcome back to par perspectives for today if you love truma you're GNA love if you like truma you're gonna love toava I want to thank our generous Pasha Siri sponsors for the year Becky and aiats and family in loving memory of David Gman this morning she is also sponsored by the Ashman family for the side ofah by Susie and Gerald kers bam in memory of her mother fomo who seventh year is today and Aliyah as well we'll dive into the para page 464 in the Arts gr Stone Kish in a moment but as was just mentioned today we are live and this is big every year we do the global campaign but this is bigger than ever $6 million and 36 hours if that's not ambitious I don't know what is we need everybody's help our members are doing incredible job we are expanding our campus today is Tuesday it's to it's double BR so we're doubling your money we have mattress three million of matchers challenging us to raise three million we're going to broadcast more Torah more shur more 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two violations of grammar two things that we have to learn command as take clear olive oil crushed for illumination to be used in the man to ra raise it to Kindle the manur the Candelabra in the Mish later in the bashid consistently constantly and regular rash jumps inid what does it mean the word mmid someone who's a mmid Aid someone is a mmid samit who won the game for Yu three-point fadeaway shot helped them win their conference title enter the Dance Floor NCAA went from there to the B medish because he's a star athlete but more than that he's a mmid he's a Masid incredible and I'll be on behind the beam of this week please God so is a Mas what does Masid mean always is the manura lit always in the mishan 247 so Rashi quickly jumps in and says t t doesn't always mean the same thing k lighted every night that's also called t t doesn't have to be 24 hours Tam can mean consistently so if you come to the ker every morning you don't miss if you learn the da every day you don't miss if you volunteer for every day you come to the Amun the Pas you don't miss that's also called tmid tmid doesn't mean all the time and always tmid means consistently and without missing how do you read this two ways you can read it what are you kindling theid the permanent candle orle is it two ways of reading it a lot more to say but we're not getting into that we'll start with the next paragraph So after the instruction to crush the oil how to prepare it rash tells us exactly how you prepare it this is of course the mush of the Jewish people we are crushed but what comes out is oil what's more expensive olive oil or olives olive oil is more precious olive oil is more expensive When you crush it what comes out is more precious there's greater affection it is greater value and that's claw Isel When you crush us when you squeeze out of us we're stronger more resilient more tenacious more precious more pure were ready to go a year and a half ago and since then they've been continuing to try to crush us they buried us what they didn't know is they were planting us they tried to crush us what they didn't know is what they would sque out squeeze out of us is pure and precious and valuable and special chapter 28 verse One V here we go again with v who's the V the subject of our M his name is not used famously says this is the week Z the special dinner for thead the date of Moshe renu's birth the day of mos renu's death the seventh of Adar which will take place on on Thursday dinner Thursday night moshe's name is not mentioned in the Pasha because this is the week day of his of his birth of his of his loss we've spoken about this as well a fulfillment of moshe's threat erase me from your book takes him upon it we're not getting into it the whole name of Adar the month the day the name of the month Adar comes from adir the strong one the precious one because MOS Ra was born in this month V and you mosha the we've quoted as a famous Insight that V is not diminishing moshe's presence in our Pasha it's elevating it when we're limited by our name and by our identity that's a limiting factor but who we are in our Essence who we are in the core of our identity who we are in fulfilling our potential that is the ultimate expression of our identity that is the TR V so it's not diminishing or limiting Moshe by saying Vata what we're saying is you not the you your name everybody knows what was your SAT score what's your net worth you know what's your address what's the Vu where do you sit in SHO that's that's that's the name that's the name how much did you give to the global campaign everybody's looking you got a dashboard open on my laptop I'm not following while I speak I'm tempted but I'm not to know which one of you check out your phone for the QR code for the link who's listening or watching live and making sure we can pay it forward to spread I'm not looking I'm not looking but I'd see your name not the V let's see who will fulfill who's gonna donate under don't put your name so the Reb says the name is limiting is our Essence that is even more that's even broader bring your brother close bring them all these are the sons ofon and what's their purpose wonders MOS is told to anoint to elevate to appoint Aon and his children to assign them the status of Kohan where where is he supposed to bring them close where to you who's you Moshe why Moshe why does Aon have to come close to his brother Moshe in order to be able to in order to be able to take on that role of serving in the mikdash what does Moshe have to do with it there's Moshe there's Aon Hashem is the one who's elevating and appointing Aon not Moshe so why is mosha told bring him Close to You explains the M tells us who should have been the co this distinctive role this prominent role the featured Central role of theik doing all the aod the coronos only coming into The KES kadash who is the centerpiece of Yumer who should have been the co God it would have and should have been none other than Moshe this very craved position was designated should have gone to Moshe Eli what happened why didn't Moshe serve it what happened to Moshe because when a when the almighty came to Moshe and tried to recruit him Sol appoint him and say you are the Savior you are my Ambassador you represent me what did mosha say who me Global campaign others will give there's big names big hitters let others support let others do I see the growing list you don't need me Moshe says someone else more articulate someone else a greater orator someone else not me someone else not for me Hashem says not for you no problem you know what else is not for you no Kahuna for you no Co for you Hashem says oh not for you you resist you demure you reject you don't want to take that role I tell you what the role you do want you don't get that one either so here mosha is is giving his brother the very role that he wanted but didn't get until now Aon was a Ley he's being elevated to be a Coen Moshe and his progeny his children should have been the kohanim Moshe should have been the original OG Co but he's giving it to hasem is saying to Moshe don't just do this because I asked don't Elevate or appoint Aron because I determined you know why I want you to do it V this is an exercise you need to go through this will be kapara atonement a repair you need to do and by your giving it to your brother and doing it with joy and with happiness and with satisfaction and with a whole heart you will atone for the fact that originally you hesitated you resisted Your Role you can't run away from your mission in life you know who tried to run away from his mission in life yonah Yona I don't know if you saw this about a month ago there was a I think it was a um Surfer who was swallowed by a whale and rescued and came out alive and and every Jew who's learned sa for Yona said oh wow every Rabbi said I've got my Yumer juss it happened in real life swallowed by a whale unbelievable Yona tried to run away from his mission and hasem said your mission follows you you can't resist it every per person has a purpose and a mission in this world why they were born Mark Twain famously said the two most important days in a person's life are the day they're born the day they find out why the day they figure out why what's your why what's your why Hashem said to mosha this is your why mosha said me give it to someone else Hashem said no problem and now when mosha has to actually execute in elevating and appointing his brother do it and how when you elevate your brother you're doing it not only for him you're doing it not only to fulfill Hashem will you're doing it for whom for you to receive a kapara so if you've ever resisted if you've ever tried to run away from your mission your purpose someone tried to tap you chair this committee lead this project contribute to this cause serve this role in your friends among your families be the be the B give the speech make the appeal post on your status be a global Ambassador and help be able the place that you gain from help and you said no no no not for me somebody else I'm not good I don't know you know what there'll be another chance in life take advantage because that opportunity is given for a kapara to redeem and to repair that mistake and that shortcoming of not having run after it to begin with to begin with and that's what he continues you see again hasem was disappointed frustrated Moshe who is his loyal evem but in this incident he's disappointed when you have a role and a purpose and a mission grab it embrace it run with it fulfill it there's nothing more gratifying or satis in life to feel I am where I belong I am fulfilling my purpose I'm in my place this is what I was born and meant to do and that can mean so many things public or private on stage or behind stage in family or among friends private or professional we have roles and we have to fulfill them and mosha was a scientist when he hesitated it was given away and now we needed this kapara and we too we can't run away it will pursue us it will choose chase us we have to figure out find out why we are here and what we are meant to do what we're meant to accomplish so how does Moshe Elevate his brother he assigns him and his family's progeny to be the kohanim to be the priests and to be the co the O high priest how does he do it how does he elevate it how does he designate it what's the inauguration to get it going so make for him holy garments for us make him garments for Glory and for splendor for garments for Glory and for splendor what's that all about all of a sudden we care about style and fashion in this newak that I've been quoting from the last few weeks the K Rabbi sakes he asked this question I think in a very compelling way he says this seems to deviate from the normal Jewish approach wear clothing and garments for glory and for splendor I can picture my daughters all building the credit card telling me ABA just came from the mall for Glory and for splendor I'm trying to fulfill the torah's Mandate I have to be dressed to the nines I have to look fantastic I have to have the latest Styles and Fashions I'm simply trying to walk in the footsteps of those who came before of so don't be frustrated by the credit card it is for Glory and for splendor this is very strange this not who we are this is what RAB saak writes given all we know what has come before ab and yob didn't wear special clothing nor did Moshe they were shepherds they dressed simply what they wore is utterly irrelevant to the torah's message so what's going on here all of a sudden we shift from deemphasizing Material superficial and now all of a sudden know the co him custom made highest fabric Egyptian cotton I don't even know if that's impressive the the all of a sudden what's happening over here and he has a whole Insight fascinating Insight that only rabak who could combine Torah and philosophy and knowledge as Eric arach noted in his classic study Odus scar classic everybody is familiar of course with Odus Scar the great difference between Homer and the Torah is that Homer constantly describes appearances the Torah rarely does through op raous whenever a garment is a key element of the story it involves deception or betrayal whenever there's a mention of a garment clothing it's always on the wrong side yakob dresses up like his brother in order to steal the BR we have the Garment yosef's clothing is dipped in blood to pretend he's killed in gracious whenever you talk about clothing it's for some nefarious it's for betrayal it's for deception why then does hasm command mosha to set in motion the making of special garments sa he offers a suggestion and he says about leadership what is it that gives some individuals authority over others certain rare figures have what is called Charisma charismatic leaders by the force of their personality are able to exercise influence over others yet Charisma begins to die almost as soon as it's born charismatic Authority is personal it is unique to the individual who wields it and cannot be replicated over time but a group in order to survive needs a form of leadership that is resistant to change that is why after the appearance in its midst of a carismatic leader the group must undergo the routinization of Charisma the process whereby a certain form of authority is vested not in an individual as an individual but an individual as bearer of an office thus Charisma is handed down from generation to generation in an orderly and predictable way describes exactly this in the process through which motion invest Priestly Authority in Aon and his sons the big day kuna are its visible symbol the priests by virtue of birth and descent not personal qualities the carriers of sacred office their work is Holy their domain is the mishan the physical embodiment of Sacred Space they are charged with mediating between the people and Hashem their clothes mark their office and their role in a famous phrase the book of tum proclaims your priests are robed in righteousness that appears in it is clear then that the phrase in does not mean for the glory and Splendor of the priest it means for the glory of God and the Splendor of his presence the task of the priest and the message of his clothes was to be a signal of transcendence to point in himself to something Beyond himself again Rabbi Sax's phrases are amazing let me read that again the task of the Coen and the message of his clothes was to be a signal of transcendence to point in self to something Beyond himself to be a living symbol of the divine presence in the midst of the nation I find it fascinating that in the week that there was a blow up in the Oval Office about what someone was wearing or not wearing and respect or disrespect for the office which I am not weighing into and whether it was true about zinski or Elon Musk or others who come into that office if you recall several pres ago I won't even mention which name it made a whole stir and to do because the Min before had been the president doesn't take his jacket off in the Oval Office you could take it off in the residence take it off in the Roosevelt room but in the Oval Office you don't take the jacket off because the office the office and now do you even come in not in a suit and tie without a jacket in sneakers put your feet up on the desk what happened to the authority the the what happened to the Dignity of the office so that's how Sak understands here that the transfer from Charisma to being able to ritualize Charisma is you can't rely on the Charisma of the particular leader you have to create the significance of the office and we have laav done that in America or at least we used to which is to say it's not about whichever person holds the position the position Demands a certain level of respect and dignity it's not the Charisma or lack of it the dignity or lack of it of the particular person it is the position and that's what the Torah here is trying to tell us that what was true and gracious where clothing was about deception and betrayal is no longer true here where we're beginning to form a nation and a people and you have to have prominence and you have to have offices and you have to have positions of distinctions and of dignity and he continues Rabbi saaks he says the aesthetic Dimension does not always figure prominently in Judaism the great Empires Mesopotamia Egypt Assyria Babylon Greece Rome built Monumental palaces and temples the Royal courts were marked by magnificent robes cloaks crowns and regalia Judaism by contrast often seems almost puritanical in its avoidance of Pomp and display worshiping the invisible Hashem Judaism tended to devalue the visual in favor of the oral and the oral see what he did there o r a l and a r a l words heard rather than appearances seen yet the service of the mishan and the B mes were different here appearances dignity Beauty made a difference why so B quotes the r The Rim the RAM and his Guide to the perplexed writes the following I read it in English because the rambam didn't write it in Hebrew so anything is a translation of its original Arabic in order to exalt the temple those who ministered there received great honor and the K Le were therefore distinguished from the rest it was commanded the Coen should be clothed properly with the most Splendid and fine clothes for the multitude does not estimate Man by his true form but by the beauty of his garments and the B mikash was beheld in great reverence by all if you wanted to walk into that place and feel wow I am in a place it's different than where I just came from that the environment and that the the atmosphere and that the place and the people in it and the way they dress Elevate The Experience then it needs to be elevated that's what the mikdash is meant to be so when we talk about don't come to with a t-shirt and shorts don't wear open toed shoes a person gives thought in the way they come and however they dress when they're not here and of course we have rules of modesty and we promote them and encourage them but however one chooses to dress when they're not here cover their hair not cover their hair but there's a longtime custom which needs reinforcement that even those who don't cover their hair married women again a subject for another time but in sh they put something on their head something that's being less observed but needs to be restored because the sh is a Sacred Space it's a holy place and the attitude we bring so therefore the rambam suggests those who really understand the religious life appearance not matter but the multitude of masses are not like that they're impressed by spectacle the glare of gold the jewels of the breast piece and the pristine purity of white linen robes the rambam writes the fact that we embrace all of this is a concession sophisticated great people don't care about appearance but the masses we are impacted go to London stand outside the palace everybody's waiting to get a glimpse why because they're so impressed royalty the Royal Crown the Royal wardrobe people are so blown away they're impressed taking the ramam a step further writes by sax we may note that this ches with an immense body of recent research into Neuroscience evolutionary psychology and behavioral economics which has established Beyond doubt that we are not for the most part rational animals it is not that we it's not that we are incapable of reason that reason alone does not move us to action we need emotion and emotion goes deeper than prefrontal cortex the brain Center of conscious reflection art speaks to emotion it moves Us in ways that go deeper than words and that is why great art has a spirituality that applies to the visual Beauty and pageantry of the service of the mishan we can now Define we can Define now the nature of the aesthetic in yish it is Art devoted to the greater glory of Hashem that is the implication of the fact that the word cavod glory is attributed in the Torah only to God and to the priest officiating In The House of the House of Hashem so that is the the glory so similarly what we're building what we're expanding what I hope you'll all partner and be Builders with is an elevated place is a place that we can come into elevated ourselves and an atmosphere and environment which will collectively Elevate us to serve hem in the highest way turn the page so we begin to elaborate on all these garments and all these clothing the eight clothing the four clothing the co the regular kohanim Yumer yum Kipper all of these different garments and all these different articles of of of clothing and sorry where did I put that here it is so Torah says the following Torah is now talking about the aold V aod how do you make the aold gold turquoise purple Scarlet wood Twisted linen Weaver's craft two shoulder straps to its ends the belt which is imp placed on it the same workmanship gold turquoise purple Scarlet wool Twisted linen take two sham stones and engrave upon them the names of the Jewish people so it was this sort of vest garment wrapped around it had shoulder straps that came up and over the a were on the straps that came up over the shoulder and the mishos the settings were on them and they attached of course to the to the Kosen to the so here the Torah tells us six names on one stone and the six of the remaining on the other so these Stones carried the names of all the sons of yov which happen to be also the names of all the tribes of Israel of the Jewish people six on this shoulder strap and six on the stone on the other shoulder strap and they connected them to the to the Kosen and wonders ofam how would you have formulated this six on this Stone and six on the other but that's not what the Torah says what extra word is there six on this shoulder strap and six of the of those that remain on the other well I know there's 12 and if there's six on one there's six on the other so just say six on this six on the other why do we have to say the the six that remain the P could have read much more simply six names on this Stone and six names on the other Stone on the second Stone what is the word no of those that remain what does that word add and listen to this Insight from the great what the Torah wants to communicate is all claw the Jewish people people we are united we are one one organic ho and just like when we stood at C this is the logo the motto of Bon synagogue on all of our literature show me another sh with shabas morning every every type every Jew is welcome every Jew is wanted show me the diversity of speakers who've come through rash and rebes why you yes Shish Lish men women political leaders famous singers all come through to inspire to give us access to elevate CL saw the Jewish people are we don't tolerate diversity that word I hate that word you hear people talk about what makes us special is we tolerate diversity tolerate you tolerate slow Wi-Fi you tolerate a bad rash you tolerate the side effects of the medication you never tolerate a fellow Jew you love every Jew you welcome every Jew you see every Jew as a part and a piece of who you are tolerate side effects tolerate slow Wifi tolerate the train is running late tolerate there's a red light never tolerate a Jew a Jew you love a Jew you find commonality a Jew you share a history and a destiny a fellow Jew is a piece and a part of yourself if you ever describe tolerating one of your children there's a problem you love some it's difficult at times to love they behave they act out they make choices that are hard to love but we never tolerate we love nonetheless means that we're not my left hand doesn't tolerate my right hand my hands don't tolerate my legs my legs my my arms my knees my hips they don't always cooperate I don't tolerate my bad hip I love it it's part of who I am I'm working on it doing rehab thank God my hips are working I'm talking about others but when something's not working right in your body you don't tolerate it you love it you nurture it you care for it support it you try to fix it we never disparage it you love it later in the Torah will tell us Lo which literally means that we don't carve our own skin we don't overreact in the extreme of our loss of life because B because we know that there's immortality and Eternity were children of means don't make AOS AOS don't divide the Jewish people don't become factions don't become divisions don't become competitors and adversaries don't don't judge don't marginalize don't reject don't become AOS AOS and this is all kinds of implications can you have two different in one city in two different cities how do we fulfill this today when you have how do you have this that the other a million one different types Persian Moroccan says what do you mean what elevates the king when the subjects when the people when the citizens are united and are one the king is at his strongest that's why we don't break up into factions we try to unite in our strength is our Unity all of the tribes need to be United need to be United as hostages have been released and please God by the end of this year may all the hostages be home hostages have almost all shared that one of the things that broke them while they were still held hostage and since their release is seeing the infighting and the division in the Jewish people the blame and the criticism and the fighting they're tor mentors would play them the news or share the news with them particularly news of us going at each other demonstrations and rallies and accusations and blame nothing serves our enemies more it's about to be per when does H strike when we are perod perod there's division there's Strife there's tension there's hate there's enmity there's animosity they're tolerating one another let's go get them on October 6th we we on the brink of Civil War and when did we begin to fight back October 8th because and that Unity it's fraying the unity is fragile we have to return to it and that's what the co who wore this garment was reminded not six names on this Stone and six names on the other Stone we're not divided six on this and the remaining six on the other not six on this and six on the other if you had to divide them among two stones you needed to say a word that would unite them it's not six separate minum six communities eight minum eight communities it's eight communities on one campus with one group of rabam it's one Community one community that happens to have eight Min not eight communities not eight communities it's six names on this Stone and the remaining six names still connected to this on the other to preserve the the unity that is our strength therefore it had to have the word more ideally all the names would have been listed on one stone but he had two shoulders and two straps and that was the design of the Garment so it had to be divided in two shoulders so you need to put six on the other they had to be called the remaining it's not two groups of six and six it's not two groups of six and six it's one people one family one nation Aus was integral to the function of the mishkan to the work and the success of the co and therefore he couldn't see six and six that had to be six of the remaining something that would unite Unity diversity and unity not diversity diversity not divisiveness Unity not uniformity why not just have one stone let all the Jewish people blend together why don't we just put one beautiful gem one stone just call one Jewish people why are there 12 tribes because we don't ask for uniformity we don't have uniformity we have different ways of seeing the world different different different ways of connecting to hem different strengths we have 12 different tribes who walk through 12 different Lanes through the yamu divided by 12 walls of water that they could see through because they were United they saw each other they cared about each other they connected with each other they visit and have a passport that gets stamped that we spend time no matter what shave it is my home address I visit another that's what we try to do in the pares here if I can get my act together we're going to see today from the rashash of the Mir Brooklyn the chief Rabbi of England Rabbi saaks we're gonna see from the G Riva we're going to see RAB Sal we're gonna see the we're gonna see all here there are many that you go to if I get any feedback on our what people enjoy is you're always here only you go to this yes all you hear is go to that Yesa all you hear is your La all you ever hear is Torah of laich you go here all you ever here here there's a beautiful wide open incredible amazing tapestry of Torah why would we punish ourselves by depriving ourselves of this beautiful tapestry of Torah it's Magnificent the diversity of Torah so we grab here and here and here and they don't contradict they weave together to be the most beautiful most beautiful picture of Timeless And Timely Torah they gives us a perspective on today and that's where we draw the and this and it from from all over because wants for the function of a holy place it can't be a mish and if they're not no if there's not a Unity if they're not being bound together integrated together if Jews are tolerating one another Hashem wants no part could you imagine you're going to your child for a shabas you're having a meal with your child and you say oh they're sibling your other child they're going to come too fine I tolerate them I don't really want them say you know what I'm not coming either if you're tolerating my other child your a sibling then I don't want to be there with you when does the parent want to be there absolutely all are welcome bring any of the siblings we're all together does anything give a parent a greater Nas than when their children are together when I get pictures from my kids who have gotten together without us being there went out for lunch spending time made the time made the effort made the trip and they're together without us first of all we wonder what they're saying saying about us but aside from that it's all good it's built in but aside from that is there a b greater than seeing that Harmony and that unity and that you're not the only Common Thread that they bring together otherwise they have to tolerate one another but they actually like each other and love each other even when you're not there is there a greater Gish a greater feeling of satisfaction well guess who else feels that way when looks down if he looks down at a community and he sees t shs on one block competing separate fundraising separate staff separate campaigns separate or if he sees one sh that has all of them in one place where does he want to come which house has all the siblings in it together where does he want to be wants to see six and the remaining six should have really been on one stone we don't have uniformity we have Unity we don't have divisiveness we have diversity and the way that they work together keep going top of page 470 making our way through the big de kuna through these garments of glory and of Splendor in case it wasn't clear to my kids if they're listening Town Center mall does not have clothing of G of glory and Splendor just to clarify that point earlier that is not a reason or an excuse to buy unless you're Coen if you marry Coen go for it the breastplate of the co the that would hook on to the a so the straps came over the stones with names and six names and then you had with the 12 tribes represented yet again and here the says a they shall attach the breastplate from its rings to the rings of the aod with the turquoise wool and cord so it will remain above the belt of the aod and the the breast bait will not be loosened it shouldn't shake it shouldn't disconnect from the aod these clothing they click together they hang together they're put together and to they come together to serve a certain purpose and they shouldn't disconnect they shouldn't be loosened says who the this is one of the mitz one of the mitz attach the to the aod the breastplate to these shoulder straps and the bigger aod and ensure they don't move around they don't shake they don't disconnect one of the 613 the 613 Mitzvah are given for all the Jewish people in perpetuity it's forever this was temporary and only for the K how can we inone can we even in Israel still in a state of Gus we do not yet have a b mikash and the serving again so in this state of G in the state of Gus how do we fulfill this mitvah of so creative vria you saw gatria coming a isri the numerical value of Al is p means mouth where was theen placed this breastplate sat as its name suggests over the heart so the a was over the heart sorry the was over the heart and a the a his mouth was the so this Mitzvah don't let the and the a disconnect don't let there be a disconnect between the heart and the mouth don't think one thing in your heart and say another thing with your mouth such disingenuous people hypocritical people such people who are duplicitous they feel one thing and they say something else says the Torah don't allow the to shift to move to disconnect from the a how could that be one of the does that apply in perpetuity says you know how is mouth is the heart don't let there be a disconnect between the heart and the mouth always be honest always have integrity always be true P what you say with your mouth is what you should feel in your heart there should be a consistency to a person that is what he says the next when the would put on thisen this breastplate that had the 12 Stones that lit up each representing another tribe Al where did he wear it on his heart when he came into this holy sacred place as a constant remembrance before Hashem as a constant remembrance before hasem says the says the hly okay we're all biased now because we know the way it turns out but if I were doing a poll if you hadn't just read this and I did an objective poll and I said to you okay we're designing the co God when he goes into the holiest place will wear a special breastplate over his heart what should be on his heart who should be on his heart how many stones and who should it represent we would have and might have likely have said I don't know in our we invoke throughout our doing we always talk about aov so why don't we have three stones and let's remember let's invoke andov if we're feeling particularly galarian and also but where where do we start coming up at the 12 and it's true tells us that the of us who also engraved were also written carved onto the that doesn't appear That's a the text itself tells us who was represented 12 Stones 12 tribes why did we abandon the giml ofos and instead invoke the image of 12 that's what's on the heart of when he goes into [Music] the when one person is chosen out of a group for a position of Distinction for a particular appointment who gets a certain title one might mistakenly conclude that whoever was elevated whoever got that title whoever was appointed is more important oh that guy got the Aliyah oh he was asked to mus oh she got the award she served as the chairwoman of the project whoever was elevated whoever got the title whoever was honored they're better that's not true and maybe the other they weren't chosen because they're not as Worthy is the best in that moment it would seem that Aon and his tribe of Ley are better than all others no no no you only serve at the pleasure and the privilege of the people you represent and therefore the 12 you're not better you're not greater you're not Superior you serve at their pleasure you represent them everybody's beloved before what could you do you need somebody one person is gonna be the one person's given the Dr you need somebody who's going to be the president you need somebody who's going to be the chairwoman someone has to erve that role but it doesn't mean they're better and they should never think they're there because they're Superior they're never better they're never greater they're only there at the will and to work on behalf of the people they serve and that's why the PK says was chosen K back in the beginning of this says is appointed everyone was worthy calling God you have to choose one alas you have to choose one but he's chosen he's chosen a person in a position of Distinction should never ever let it go to his or her head you're only there at the pleasure and for the purpose of the people you're choosen from chosen from among them you're not better you're not Superior it is a it is a duty and an obligation it is a privilege it is not a right an entitlement and you're not due any Glory or any honor from it at all that is the ins of we just read okay it's not there where is this yes sorry Rashi it is there rash writes why didon need a special to wear this Rashi says it's not what you think but our needed a special special Merit in order to be able to wear the a person normally wears clothing in order to cover their body but there's no garment for the heart for the liver for the kidneys for the lungs the heart is internal organ it's not seen on the outside so it doesn't need a bag and a garment Buton had a Aon lived with a good heart a giving heart a gracious Heart A Generous Heart Aon was able to for his brother Moshe even though mosha was his younger brother and he became the head of the nation Aon was happy for him it's not just that he didn't wish poorly Aon was happy in his heart teach us have a good heart and are The Offspring The progy ofon Loved people he had a good heart when people are fighting the best thing is to get far away but Aron draws in close because he always so the heart of you could see aon's heart on the outside Aon wore his heart on his sleeve there are people who you have no idea what's going on in their heart but Aon he ran towards M to resolve it to solve it he gave generously and graciously you knew what was in his heart you knew what was in his heart and therefore the whole Jewish people cried men women children because they lost this person with the greatest heart this heart everyone saw and everyone knew so rash so his big and Generous Heart was the reason that he wore the he carried the people on his heart other people you can't see their heart they don't need a garment for it but iron his heart you could see had a garment called theen that he wore on it you know how else you know the health of somebody's heart God forbid God forbid if you had to call Salah and they wanted to check someone's wellbeing so they took their pulse they wanted to know how heart is beating where do you check how a person's heart is beating you hold their hand when you hold a hand you could tell what's going on in the heart BRS online.org Global if you see a person's generous hand you know they have a generous heart I can't tell how many people I tell them I have such a big heart a giving heart a good heart I give I care I know you have no idea how much I care no idea how much I appreciate no idea how much I want to give I do have an idea because I see your hand and if you want to know what's going on someone's heart check their hand just like if you want to know how well the heart's beating you take the Pulse in the hand if you want to know the health of someone's heart check their hand and if you want to check their hand check the dashboard of BRS online.org Global and you'll see how their hand is doing we started a few minutes late because of Rabbi bro so we got more time [Music] skip oh the brothers let's go right to we're gonna go right to the koras because my dear friend Ben who I love my brother Ben Isaac says I got to get to theor skip all the way to the end of the para he's my accountability partner apparently for the last three years I said I want to talk about theas but we never get to the end of the paraa so we're skipping to the end of the Para very end of the para page 482 the last page of the para that's how much it is the end of the and this is the story of the make an altar on which to bring the incense that you will light it and Burn It Up in Smoke of AA wood shall you make it shall you make it and then we have the dimensions and then we have the description of the offering of the Kor here at the end of our at the end of our para fascinating the significance of theas of theas we got a lot to say on it so let's start where this go right hereas the writes about theas that hasem appreciates theas more than any other corbon that is brought tobb so many corbon so many sacrifices were offered and this is the most dear the most precious to hem the koras the koras it doesn't come for atonement it comes for pure joy the writes if there's a plague in town the community should gather together and sayas you know what we say at the end of ding shabas morning to say every day the pakas all the ingredients that went into this incense theas so the zoa writes if there's a plague a challenge then a person should say this korus with kavana Aon sto the plague by holding the burning korus pan between the living and the dead and we can stop a plague a pandemic by in a heartfelt way saying the what is it about the korus why is theor so precious and dear and beloved to Hashem why is it that the curus is the antidote why is it the vaccine that the Jewish people when we're in a precarious position we should say the p murus with all of our heart why where does it come from where does it come from the Colo says brings health to a person brings wealth to a person a coin only got to be mck theas once in a lifetime the Coen could only offer the incense offering once in a lifetime why because it brought great wealth and that's an honor one should share with others in his Chim points out that we say before the in shabas morning when we sing before pus why because if the pus is going to bring great wealth then we should remember where does the wealth come from it's all from hasem that's the reason there talks about only be a sandic once per P family the same way that a Coen can only bring Theus once because that schoola for great wealth should only be given once so each family should only designate someone as a sandic for one of their children don't be a sandic for multiple children in one family because one should spread the wealth literally spread the wealth give other people a chance so much is it so Mugo that's why people line up after a bris they try to get a br from the sand because the sand is this power this energy he's in this position he's like the Coen who was just m he just brought this sacred special incense some have a practice every day to recite pakas from a a cha for he's very against it because the frowned upon writing only some random from Torah on a parchment like a saer Torah and SOA frowns upon this practice it is a schoola for parasa the parasa of the people who' have been selling the pakoras on a clo it's a beautiful schoola for them but if you read it is it a schoa for you was against it is against it says as can rely on the rift that maybe it's okay but it's a questionable practice whether you should buy one of those little leatherbound pakus on a cloth stick it in your thrilling bag one thing I'll tell you is not this is just on as side one thing I'll tell you was absolutely not a schoola for parnasa if you came late to minion you left early to minion you talked all of Minion and you had no kavana while you DAV but you mumbled pakus on a cloth before you ran out it's hard for me to picture a religion in which that did something for you so if you have a choice between paying attention when you're ding coming on time being vigilant not to talk turning your phone off you could do all those things and P from but if it's choice between either or it's a much bigger schoa to actually pay attention and concentrate when you DAV but you see from all these things all these things that Theus Hashem loves Theus more than any other corbon says the and if we want to be able to stop a war our enemy maybe bring hostages home let's say Theus with kavana what is it about Theus why is it so precious beloved to Hashem and what is it what is its power to be able to offset the challenges that we have but I'll be I'll answer this by asking in a very Jewish way another question the final Topic in the para is thisas the golden altar of Theus where did this belong here at the end of our the Torah here is giving us the dimensions and the materials and the blueprint for one of the vessels of the mishan namely the golden altar that the curus was lit on burnt on where did this belong back last week's para truma truma had the manur and the and the M the mishan this one was about big day Kahuna so why do we go through all the big day Kahuna to get to the MB it belonged earlier on this is a discussion all the weigh in on everybody has an opinion about it's an obvious question when you learn the paros in sequence that this section describing one of the vessels belongs with all the vessels not after the garments the big day kunun the has a unique approach says because this vessel had an unusual feature an unusual Factor as a rule the the law was the vessel is incomplete then the service that was practiced on it cannot happen so in the absence of the man there can be no lighting kindling of the lights in the absence of the there can be no upon what happens if you don't have a golden for whatever reason it became T you couldn't use it you couldn't utilize it you ran out of gold whatever reason you didn't have could you still bring theas when it came to every other part of the aod every other part of the service of hem if you didn't have the vessel proper you couldn't do the service when it came to the altar of the if you didn't have the if the has been removed you can offer Theus in its normal place even though it's not there the mitah involves offering it on the gold the gold isn't available you can offer it anyway says the that's why it's at the end first we list all the vessels who you vessel is a necessary part of its aod then we get to who does the aod what they wear and then we list the thing that even if you don't have it you can do its nonetheless that is the Insight that's what the says and there are other interpretations other answers to this question but I want to suggest and offer you my own in ending our Shear this morning and before we block and barricade the doorway and the exit of the parking lot because no one can leave without doing their part not for us for you how do you come enjoy listen learn grow share D Torah have a vort for your grandchild Chas and not just contribute something it could be a dollar everybody could do a dollar could be $1,800 and then we go out for dinner it could be something it could be something but we're going to barricade I'm just joking somewhat but we're going to barricade the doorway so one last Insight so why what's so special about the koras what's so special about it's most beloved to Hashem and it has the ability to offset epidemics pandemics and crisis and it's m is listed in the wrong place this is the vessel that even if it's even if it's incomplete even if it's impure you could offer the curus in its place nonetheless what's going on over here we know something very special the curus represents the ingredients of the curus represent the diversity of the Jewish people and one of the ingredients of the koras stinks smells terrible it's called the the is a putrid odor it stinks it's horrible you know when you're driving the Florida Turnpike and you PL pass the where the garbage dump is you know that smell that's nothing compared to the the is horrific so why don't we leave it out why don't you not include it why would you have an ingredient that you need to overcome it with the Positive Pleasant fragrances of the rest of theas says the that any any prayer any sh that doesn't make room for every single type of Jew even the one who stinks and smells meaning is not as observant doesn't wear the yamak you want them to wear isn't making the Life Choices you want them to make and you exclude them you marginalize them you don't allow them and invite them it's an incomplete fem says not interested I don't want to hear and wonders thear says where do you learn that from thees the kores had wonderful ingredients fantastic fragrances but it also had a there has to be room for POS is not only the Jews who smell good not only the Jews who meet our standards not only the Jews who live our lifestyles but every single kind of Jew they walked they drove they live this way they live that way they're this level of observance or they're not we have to build campuses and communities that welcome that invite that are accessible that's where we want them that's where they belong that's the kores the imperfect the broken the struggling Jew the Jew is not yet where they want to be who's trying to bounce back or recover from why should that feels be accepted why should our Tas be accepted if we don't have everyone together the is also part of the korus so now you can understand if our if the korus represents the totality of clol are broken are incomplete are mous are stinky smelly parts are imperfect parts so now we understand if there's going to be any part of the avod you can do even when your vessel is broken which aod will it be Theus and what is the most beautiful the most precious the most beloved to hasem the koras because we want all of our children there we don't want to have a family reunion and our children have to have a vote do we let that sibling come we barely tolerate them should we let them come look at they don't wear yamaka they don't observe this way they've made that lifestyle choice they vote differently I don't know if we should let them come can we tolerate their presence you know what the parent says family reunions off no family reunion for you done trip is cancelled Hashem loves theas he loves when CL say those with the pleasant fragrance and the stinky smelly this is a campus and a community we build miks and our Mish and mikash have room for every type of Jew I Theus has no kapar part of it there's no atonement part of the koras of the koras so why is it so beloved to Hashem s the sh is says that if you want to be close to Hashem the cus is your way out even when you're down in the dumps it's like throwing a rope to somebody at the bottom of a pit grab onto it it's what they'll be able to pull out with it's the korus why the korus the korus is a fragrance and the Torah describes that that fragrance elevates as if Hashem Ides the pleasant odor what does it mean that hem embies that Pleasant odor why the image of hem taking in through his nostrils we'll end with this if you're a speaker and you just keep saying we end with this you could keep saying more things so we end with this we really this is true we're for real gonna end with this for real we're gonna end with this how do you say Hashem gets angry AF why do we describe God's anger ason AF AF means the no when a person gets angry they flare their their nostrils Hashem doesn't have nostrils he doesn't have a nose he doesn't angry what do we describe anger as flaring the nostrils why are the nostrils the place of God's anger and also the opposite where can we appease God where can we find favor with God what does God love when we burn the koras and the incense the odor goes wonderfully right where into hashem's nostrils so the nostrils are the place of his anger and the nostrils are equally and opposite the place where we find favor what he loves what he's willing to overcome and overturn a decree what's with hashem's nostrils the answer is how did we first find life when Hashem created us how did he animate us and bring us to life he breathed life into us through his nostrils into us when a person blows something up I learned this when we were in Italy and we went to see glass blowing and you saw the glass blower takes in a deep breath and blows the breath in and makes the glass expand and now there's a piece of themselves in it the writes exactly that and he gives the mush of the glass blower Hashem the almighty took theim a piece of himself he blew it into us and that's were put godliness and a Godly soul and a pin lead inside each and every one of us because he blew a piece of him into us he took in a big breath and he breathed life into us he breathed life into us how do we affirm that there's a Godly soul in US say with every breath I praise you with every breath when I do deep breathing when I'm breathing deeply Hashem I'm saying to you you are still inside me so when we fail to fulfill our purpose when we are not living our potential of theim in US it angers God and where does he Express that anger his nostrils flare We are failing the very reason that he blew life into us and when we appease him when we find favor in him when we come together and show him how united we are where does he find that favor through the aroma that goes where through his nostrils it's not a coincidence that on chabas if you learn with me on Fridays turn Friday into air of chabas you know that every Friday says we get sh shabas comes po the CH family friends Theos the we get to turn off and disconnect from technology to-do list tasks and what are we dowed with what do we get a we get an extra Soul tellim our soul is on fire it's a highspeed connection it's broader it's able to pick up a bigger signal and then shabas hasem takes away then we lose it what do we do to comt and console ourselves at haval there's something we do we do it only on shabas we don't do it on y only we take up a summon why because when you want to comfort yourself for losing the where do we do it the through the nostrils the this is a theme there's a lot more to elaborate and share about alas as always we're out of time but you're out of time from giving to BS online.org 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