Parsha Perspectives for Today (Va'eira, 5785) - Not Distant Relatives

okay good morning Booker to welcome back to paraa perspectives for today as always we begin with gratitude with appreciation for our generous sponsors thank you to Becky and aiats and family whove sponsored this series in memory of David grman L nishmas Becky's Father David Ben man Manish this morning she is also sponsored by Dr Golda Sadowski in memory of her dear Uncle our beloved member rabuda La kurtzer very special man humble monest a great teacher of Torah and example of Torah and their dear Doris CER also sponsored this morning by L Schwarz in commemoration of Mother's and I also want to dedicate our learning to my dear friend who's undergoing surgery right now Yosef Ben Rael a very special man the surgery should be successfully should have a complete and a speedy and a painless Rua please God and as always our learning all the hostages should come home all our soldiers should be safe CL should have Safety and Security in Israel and around the world page 318 par the stories we know so well not only because we read them at the beginning of seos but because we then relive them reenact them we then tell them at the P each and every year the very opening of the God spoke to Moshe and he told them I am God and I appeared to and while I appeared to them I didn't reveal myself to them to the same degree the way that I revealed myself to you I made a covenant I made a deal with them to give them the land of Canan the land in which they traveled in they journeyed in which they soured and I've also heard I've heard I've heard the Cs and the groans the cries and I remember I remember that promise that I gave to your forefathers now to really appreciate the beginning of our Pasha you have to see it as a continuation and the context of the end of last week's paraa the end of last week Pasha mosenu the most humble of all men Moser raenu who hesitated and demur when Hashem recruited him to be the leader the spokesperson of the Jewish people now he finds his voice and now he protests to none other than the Mighty himself and he says what's going on over here you're making things worse from the moment I've come to parro things have just gotten worse why would you send me why are you making things so bad why are you making them worse why did you send me so God says whoa whoa whoa one second let's reset let's reboot let's start this conversation again elim and now it is Elohim is the notion the name for God that is to this opening P we've discussed it before we won't get into it right now but we go from to two different languages soft and gentle and sweet versus firm and strong Elohim versus Hashem the name of God that reflects Justice D versus the name of God that is r that is compassion what's going what's going on over here says God reintroduces himself to to Moshe and he says Hashem I am y I am the name y I was I am and I will be point out writes from that hasem was very critical of moshe's argument with him and that a similar criticism was leveled against the med explains the Torah and joined Israelite Kings from having too many wives they would not sway the king from wholeheartly serving God later in Saar we see the instruction that Jewish kings are not allowed to have too much property too many cars horses too many things too many wives we have a focus there's a mission don't be distracted don't be derailed from what you're meant to do schlomo however maintained this rationale did not apply to him his belief in God was Ironclad could never be weakened no matter how many women he W kazal indicated the moment schl decided to violate this command of the Torah the letter from the word in the phrase should not take too many wives the letter says the medish complain to God that schomo ignored this Mitzvah in the Hebrew language the yud is the letter prefix for a verb to indicate future tense the yud argued that while initially schlomo's heart would indeed be unaffected schlomo did not recognize that in the future the situation could change when he became older and weaker and his mental abilities were no longer a sharp we learn that his wives indeed swayed schlomo's heart and that altars to false gods were built in his Palace by these wives the Yu demonstrated that even schlomo the wisest who ever lived could fall prey to what he was certain he could avoid this same yud criticized Moshe because in the course of his argument with Hashem Moshe made a mistake that involved the same letter when Hashem sent mosan to power for the first time he did not reveal himself with yud k v k representing all three tenses how yahovah the was is and will be past present and future God told mosha only of the past the god of ab the god of the god of yob and the future what name did he tell Moshe Moshe says the people are going to want to know who sent me what's your name what's your brand what's your logo how do you want to be known what's your name what name did God invoke what name did God say I will be the one I will be by omitting the part of his name which represents the present Hashem and effect said that while Jews were still being persecuted the present cannot be understood the burning bush hasm had already warned mosha that par could not let would not let the people go immediately and that there would be much tribulation until the Redemption Moshe should accustom himself to relating to Hashem only via the yud the promise of the future Redemption and the he representing the past despite being warned Moshe did not accept this idea when power rejected moshe's message the Torah says mosha returned to complain to God using the name yud the Torah used this name here because mosha was not satisfied with the name e he wanted immediate Redemption arguing why are you harming the people why have you sent me since I've come to power to speak in your name all he's done is make things worse both Moshe and schlomo emphasized the present over the future Hashem through his attribute of Justice would have killed Moshe for his apparent impudence however since MOS was merely reflecting the anxiety of the Jewish people the Divine attribute of Mercy had pity on Moshe and Hashem forgave him he would now reveal himself in the present through open Miracles with the name yud k VK well hasem told Moshe would begin immediately begin the Redemption immediately he at the same time contrasted moshe's Behavior unfavorably with the forefathers God reproved Moshe telling him that the OS had not demanded such instant gratification they remained satisfied with a promise that would be fulfilled only in future Generations this is such an important insight and commentary of salich because as the name of our suggests para perspectives for today we read the parha every year and there's never a coincidence nothing is random the Pas is in Yan the Pas is the prism through which we're meant to interpret and live and experience whatever we're going through individually and collectively separately as people and also as a as a people as a nation here says what's going on in this conversation between the end of last week's para and the beginning of ours is Hashem responding to Moshe saying one second one second don't only live in the present the present you won't understand and the present will be hard and you shouldn't accept want to change it that's why you have a mission that's why I'm sending you in don't be satisfied don't be complacent don't be indifferent you won't be able to accept the present the Suffering The servitude the oppression the persecution but have faith there will be a future there is a Redemption and your forefathers and yob they didn't ask this question they didn't demand Redemption right now they understood it's a process that it unfolds that it takes time that it happens incrementally that there are two steps forward and one step back and they're willing to wait and to wish and to want and to long because they know that that day will come Moshe you're not satisfied with my name you want you you want it right now inov in the present you need to live up toob I didn't tell them that I could be found in the present I only told them about the future and that was good enough for them and it needs to be good enough for you to live in the present with an eye towards that future to not evaluate and to not decide your relationship with hashm only by what's happening right now but to be able to step back and see it the context to see it in perspective to see it in the course of history and Destiny to understand there isn't only here and now but there is a future that is in many ways the theme of our para the of the four languages of redemption that we're about to see the four cups of wine that we drink at the Seder they represent as we say every year that Gulu Redemption is not linear it's not binary there's not g and then G we're not in Exile and then we're redeemed it's not linear we don't see that point in time where we go from the harshness and the Darkness and the suffering of Exile to the Bliss and the glory and the joy of redemption it's incremental it takes time it unfolds this four leonos there are four units or periods of time there are four chapters Gul happens there's anul which is the language not of modern Zionist it's the language of kazal it's the language of the gar it's a language that was there is the beginning of redemption we gave a sheer on it last year where we showed is across the entire Spectrum invoke that language ofal of Rous there is the beginning there's the flowering there are the signs there is the initial light of redemption but just because the light begins to shine doesn't mean overnight we go to the complete and to the full Redemption complete and full Redemption we're in such a painful time for CLA with such mixed emotions as we welcomed three young women home this week and please God we'll welcome four more next the price that we pay the risks that are taken the cost and the in the world the in the world that could exist as Alan dtz I thought wrote so well this was not a deal this was an extortion somebody kidnaps someone from your family and you have to pay a ransom you don't say we negotiated a deal it's not business you say you were extorted we were extorted a crime was committed Against Humanity and then was celebrated in the streets of Gaza by some zatic terrorists who claimed they were malnourished but look at anything but and children dressed as terrorist celebrating that is nothing short of a so where's the G and where is Hashem while hm's name is being desecrated and you contrast that with last night immediate executive orders defunding unra and and removing any blockage of arms to Israel so which is it Gus or Gula the answer is yes it's both and that's the way our history's always been it's the way our destiny will unfold Moshe was impatient and Hashem was ready for his imprudence to punish him but he displayed a and we have to follow the beginning of our par to recognize that sometimes when he's hard to see or feel in the present we still have to have faith for that future for that Redemption that will yet come particularly when we consider our past and as horrific horrific horrific as the decisions that are have to be made in Israel right now and the price that's being paid and the risks that are being taken and what is unfolding for 2,000 years we would have given anything to be in this position as bad as it is as harsh it is for 2,000 years we would have given anything to be in to be in this position so this Insight of Sala what's happening in this conversation last week to this week why are we talking about what's the med connecting to SCH is that reminder of the critical importance to live in the present but to have that faith and that eye towards that future to know that he's always been there and he will be and he will be yet again and he will be yet again Rashi here Rashi tells us on the second p and gimel I appeared toob in case you're not sure who they are yov says Rashi where's Rashi that's where he always is two words in case you were confused in case you forgot in case you don't remember and yob there a band called Theos they were the ofos they're the Patriarchs everyone asks on this rash are all bothered by a very obvious question what did Rashi Ed do we not know that a and yov are Theos do we not know that they are in fact our Patriarchs Rashi normally comes to expand comes to explain comes to elucidate what did he add what did he add here so the he says the following each of Theos were an unimaginable madrea each of Theos what they achieved in their life what they represented and what they implanted into us into our very DNA say in fact ous that the the were the Chariot they were the conduit they were the mouthpiece that we were able to learn and make contact and have access to the Divine we're very far removed from such mados so a might think says you might think I have no connection to Theos they are great figures of History I open my KES and I learn about and yob are founding fathers and as little a relationship I have with Washington and Adams and Jefferson they're great people they lived in the past maybe I'm reading their biographies maybe I know something about it maybe I don't I have no connection I have no relation they're not my family they're great men of the past they're great people of the past so maybe one would say they appear in a book I should read their biography called the Torah they're great people of the past I don't have a connection the answer is the OS they're your tatas they're your Z is they're your fathers they're our fathers every one of us descend from them every one of us have a deep relationship with them in the past there's a great story year a Jew once went to see thein he said I I need money there's a whole story I'm not going to draw it out with dramatically because this isn't AA it's the par here but I just tell you succinctly and reserve the right to give the dramatic version of it another time deal it's a deal okay so this Jew went he lined up with everyone else to see the holy of the Holy blind needed money he was a poer he couldn't pay his bills and he finally sold and the Reb gave him just a little sum of money a few a few coins so the man said to the I'm a relative of yours we're family M I should get more I should get more so looked at him and he said you're a distant cousin don't invoke don't play that game with me your family you're a distant distant cousin so he waited more time until it was time for they gave a told the Reb it's time for everybody got together and they began to DAV and during daving he heard the Reb read from the sitter and he heard the Reb who was saying the the Qui saying a little bit out loud and the Reb got up to the words this leaned in and whispered in the Reb's ear they're just distant relatives they're distant they're distant so when the reab finished he gave he gave the poer some more money he understood he understood for Jews there's no such thing as a distant relative you want to invoke AB is and yob then you got to help your 15th cousin 17 times removed because there's no such thing as a distant relative says Thea this is what Rashi says I appeared in case you forgot Theos you didn't forget when we refer to Theos by name we have little connection to the levels they represent but they're not just great men of the past we're not just reading their biography there are others when we look at them we have a connection with them we have a connection to them we get inspiration from them they're not just people of the past there're are Mish there are relatives in in the present in the present we're Flesh and Blood these are our AOS it's not only is it's not only we can invoke them it's not only that they give us privileges but it means that they're also in our DNA they also implanted within us incredible Kos incredible possibilities Incredible strength Incredible strength that is the Insight of alter why Rashi says yob are the ofs number one number two of Weinfeld who was here last week two weeks ago great so Weinfeld he has the same question and he says the following he quotes from why did Rashi as opposed toov because he writes Rashi writes in a very succinct way butf wants to suggest the following Rashi has explained that to the OS revealing himself as Kel shakai and not with open Miracles Kel shakai is the name for God for being in the mundane and the everyday in the hiddenness that Hashem is not revealed in open Miracles that you see before your open your your very eyes not the 10 plagues and not the splitting of the sea the fact that you woke up this morning and you have your faculties the fact that the little day everyday Miracles that are all around us that's the name so Theos they didn't need to only find Hashem through open Miracles through the everyday and the mundane and the simple they also found Hashem they found Hashem without himself needing to reveal with open Miracles not because they're just op inov as individuals compared to other individuals but it say Rashi is saying because they were OS Pioneers Trailblazers they set a precedent they implanted within us they found Hashem through nature they saw the Supernatural and the natural they saw the extraordinary and the ordinary but MOS the children of Theos we need revealed Miracles so this is the to what hm is now going to do with and that's what hasem is saying hasem is saying I'm about to give you open Miracles because that's what you need but know that you're AOS because they were ofos they saw me they found me even in the hiddenness they didn't need it to be revealed and he goes on he elaborates he has more but I want to suggest to you my own I want to give you my own suggestion of maybe what it means of what it means but first one more number three Brooklyn when recruits M lead Council the wartime conary he he sends Moshe to confront parro Moshe hesitates who am I why are you sending me he doesn't say why are you sending why me because what's moshe's argument mosha feels inadequate Moshe feels incapable he feels ill equipped ill prepared Moshe says I lack the courage and the eloquence and the confidence I can't make the case I'm not going to get the people out and to this Hashem turns to him and he says do you know whom you descend from do you know where you come from your grandparents AB is and yob they were great great men but you know what their great accomplishment was because they were designated Asos of they merited because they were designated to be the OS it's not they were the OS so they had because they accepted the mission they were prepared to take it on that's why it's not because they were great they became the AOS because they were designated to become the AOS they became great they became great so now that you've been appointed to lead to fight to free the people you're going to Merit that so it says that's why Rashi says Hashem appeared to them not just because they were great but because they were destined to be the AOS that's why Hashem made them great if he's going to send us on a mission he's not going to leave equipped he's not going to send us compromised if he sends us on a mission he's going to provide us and give us what we need in order to fulfill it but I want to suggest a fourth and final maybe understanding of this Rashi why do rash need to say that we saw so far alter we saw Weinfeld of bar bam and now one more why did rash need to comment we already know who they are MOS is being pushed to go before par to challenge him to confront him to speak truth to power to not back down it is so easy to be intimidated or daunted or frightened to not feel up to the task how many of us have those moments how many of us have those moments somebody says something anti-semitic somebody's trying to deny our right or ability to live as a practicing Jew you see someone wearing a pin or a sign a symbol of of a people who hate are you going to stay silent are you going to confront are you going to speak up are you going to advocate are we going to live up to that moment or are we going to be intimidated and daun daunted and frightened Hashem turns to M he says in that moment where you feel you don't have the courage you think you don't have what it takes I want to remind you do you know where you come from do you know what's in your DNA do you begin to understand the power you possess by virtue of the justness of your cause the truth of your story your rights the path already paved from those who came before you ab and yob aren't three righteous individuals they're not biographies they're not strangers they gave birth to a people they left a legacy they transform the world theas the the youres there are there are they're in our DNA they're who we are and therefore they gave us that power so don't back down don't take off your display don't take off your demonstrating stop don't ever stop prac practicing and being a proud Jew confront the people the moment stand up with pride and with courage because it's in our DNA it's in our DNA would meet an unaffiliated Jew they would often volunteer about themselves they'd say I have no background I very limited I don't have any background I don't have a Jewish background and the Reb would always correct him he'd say you don't have a background do you know who you come from every Jew descends from from you have the greatest background a person could have and they bequ to you all you could ask for to live and navigate this world so don't ever say you don't have a background you may not have an education and now it's time to get one but every Jew has a background because they give us whatever it takes and whatever we need to live in that Way El like can't help myself so I'll just read to you in closing we'll move on to the next p in June 1982 you know it but it's always good to hear it again ma Bean spoke before a session of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bean was 39 years old at the time Mr I'm sorry not bacan at the time Joe Biden was 39 years old thank you and he lectured the 68-year-old Biden Bean over Israeli settlements Israel was at War in Lebanon and the then Senator warned that eroding support for Israel threatened us Aid and Manan said some said this is apocryphal did it happen exactly did he say it in these words but the message is critical either way he said quote don't threaten us with cutting off Aid to give up our principles I'm not a Jew with trembling knees Bean said I'm a proud Jew with 3700 years of civilized history nobody came to our Aid when we were dying in the gas Chambers and ovens nobody came our Aid when we were striving to create our country we paid for it we fought for it we died for it we will stand by our principles we will defend them and when necessary we will die for them again with or without your Aid Bean was a Jew who understood okay he understood this Rashi this Rashi elos he understood this Rashi I don't think we ever had an Applause in Para class before okay something something new but it's easy to tell that story apocryphal or true it's harder to live it there'll be a moment we're seeing increasingly in the supermarket or at the airport there'll be a moment someone will say something or do something or try to deny you or deprive you and it'll be your moment to speak up to say something you'll be at the mall you'll be in a store will you use your voice will you find your power because they put it inside they implanted it in US per hey hm says I heard the cries of the Jewish people that is what does the word mean enslaving them making them work and I will remember I recall as pre my promise say in his and I heard which word is extra in this which word come on people an i the word shti sh I heard so shti already includes I heard so sh P easily could have said more correctly accurately should have said and I heard the cry of the Jewish people what is the word says what does it mean why does he say that he could have should have said I heard their cries from their backbreaking labor from their suffering why that it's and and hm says I heard I remember my commitment my covant my promise and therefore what's the next and therefore tell them I heard tell them I am Hashem what's going on over here three questions on these two what's going on says they think what's the source of their pain and their suffering who's doing this to them they're understanding they're interpreting it only in the here and now in this world and they think it's they're looking and they think it's the United Nations it's Kamas that saysa it's the htis they're looking and they think it's only those Wicked members a hand few of Congress they're the ones causing this pain this discomfort this suffering go and tell them everything happening everything unfolding yes they're evil and yes they should be accountable but nothing could happen to you if it weren't the will of God how do you reconcile Free Will and divine intervention how do we reconcile that AG old question it's a difficult and complicated one one for another time one we talk about in our living with Amun but for now ruk says the mistake of the Jewish people in Egypt was not seeing the hand of Hashem they weren't interpreting all they were going through in religious context they saw it only as a geopolitical story unfolding they listened to the pundits Egypt was an Empire they were enslaving what were the odds they can go free comes along hasm and he says no no no no no no I'm hearing and go tell them the world is not random the world is not chance the world is not filled with coincidences and nothing geopolitical happens unless I will it and unless I wanted are not subjugating and oppressing through some natural order in which one nation conquers another everything is divinely ordained everything is Divine Providence I put them in this place because I'm going to take them out it's all part of a process something great is unfolding I'm the one who put him in and I'm the one who's gonna take him out and therefore I have heard because it's not about what some political pundants says it's not about some new election results it all comes down to one can be excited and grateful the prospect of a new dawn of an inauguration of what will be one could be afraid one could be excited I'm not weighing in but all need to know that behind it is Hashem and yes we Lobby and we Advocate and we vote and we take our initiative and we do what we need to within a political process but we never lose sight of who is the king of kings we never lose sight of who's behind it all we never lose sight of the Providence that prescribes whatever will unfold whatever did unfold whatever is unfolding and whatever will unfold Hashem says I'm the one who hears your and will make a change and go tell them Anem don't put all your trust and don't put all your confidence in any one person don't glorify and don't deify and don't see him as something more than he is a hand and a puppet of Hashem be grateful be appreci and be grateful and Lobby and Advocate and build close relationships we believe in that all but never forget andem andem they go together he is a long essay he explains it much more here this was sh hears sh curses his General hears and wants permission off with his head and says relax you think I could could have been cursed if Hashem didn't want me to be cursed he's not the one who cursed Hashem decided I need to hear a curse I needed to be cursed and therefore let me focus on why Hashem meant for me to hear that message and don't worry about the messenger about the messenger don't worry the kadash says kades writes quotes from the Aral we left should be taking Furious notes like a girl in seminary because for the for for is golden stuff for for S night so the quotes from the AR why did we need to leave why did we have to go out so hastily so speedily why did we leave in such an accelerated expedited fashion said the the AR because we were on the 49th level of T we were almost lost cause and if we went down one more Notch one more Rong we would have descended one more layer one more one more level we would have been a lost cause it would have been over and that's the says what was that one last rung if we would have lost our faith on hem if we would have failed to see he's behind it all we would have been a lost cause we would have been helpless and we would have been hopeless what got us out of MIT is even as we were suffering and we blamed parro we blamed the MIT we still held on to we knew behind it all was hasem and that's the Merit what was that Merit of the Holy righteous women who took us out because they helped us focus on the fact that Hashem was behind it all that hasem was behind it all so as this is the dawn of a new era of a new term we have to remember as grateful or hopeful we may be as frightened or anxious as others are it's always Hashem is behind behind it all and tell them and yes we operate and take initiative within this world but we also have to understand and interpret within a religious context as believing religious Jews we don't just see the geopolitical but we see something much bigger we see a process of G we see gura we see the gura the heroism of the members of the IDF we see in Israel that have come together yes we've been punched yes we've been knocked back but we've taken more than a recovery in stepping forward and what Hashem has done in the last year and a half he's shown his mighty hand in ways that are nothing short of miraculous miraculous I read an article yesterday somebody wrote up just a year ago what was being described what might have happened if the northern front opened up into a war Israel couldn't handle fighting Kamas and his bu simultaneously and his bu's 150,000 200,000 rockets and capability and sophistication and tunnels and we'll never be able to and therefore the diplomacy that's necessary because we can't and fast forward a year later hasb who hasb what which Rockets ever hear of the pagers Miracles that have happened in our time we have to understand and see hasem heard ouros and it's hasem whose hand is unfolding and not fail to interpret we see these languages of of that are happening now go tell them I'm taking them out I'm rescuing them I'm redeeming them I'm going to take them to the mountain and then there's a fifth L we spoke about last year two years ago which is the the wanted us to have a fifth cup at the Seder because we've merited to live through the fifth cup the fifth language that he took us out and he saved us and he brought us to the mountain and he took us into the land of Israel and he was out voted and we don't because we see and we're living even in Israel geographically a we're still in gas we're still in a period of gas but this first language brings that the first language of is that can no longer take it I'm going to rescue I'm G to save you from where from being under the word c means suffering suffering backbreaking labor we're being beaten we're being tortured and I'm going to save you from that torture I'm going to rescue and liberate you from that from having to be soille from that suffering but the word lib means something else I'll give you a hint what is patience says this and many say this as well you know what Hashem the first step of redemption is stop living patiently in an exile that you should never accept never accept think he said in one of his famous talks that we can never become adjusted we have to remain maladjusted one should remain maladjusted to racism inequality among men there are things we should never adjust to they should never become normal we have to maladjusted Right is coming please God before you know what the worst part of Exile is the darkest part of Exile is when you don't even know you're in Exile the dangerous and darkest part of Exile is when you've adjusted to the Exile that you no longer even feel that you're an exile wres it's almost as if the prerequisite the precursor to Redemption is to know you need to be redeemed but if you've given up you don't even know you need to be redeemed you don't even know there's anything wrong you don't even know there's anything wrong you know we live B Aton 160 170,000 Jews 90% of whom are unaffiliated entirely and I was speaking to a group of Outreach professionals passionate people in kiru and I posed the question I said it's one thing when someone comes to us they're thirsty they're hungry forem there's something missing there's a hole in their heart they're lacking they're unhappy and they want the truth of Torah we say come have some cougle have some chalant have a shabas meal come study Torah but how do we wake up people who don't even know they're asleep how do you feed people don't even know they're hungry how do you hydrate people don't even know they're dehydrated what do you do to people worshiping at the altar of the country club whove built a life they think of prosperity and happiness which in so many ways is really empty and void how do you tell them you see this sasus coming true before our very eyes the worst the most dangerous part of gas is to not even know you're in gas it's to not even know you're in so the first step of redemption is he quotes his father quotes his father of g Who quote from the B Egypt maybe the Jews didn't have access to it but they admired it they saw it they followed it oh did you see the cars did you see the homes the mansion do you see the Delicacies do you see the new tequila that came out do you see the how old the scotch the Aged wine so they sat in m and even though they couldn't indulge but they were taken by the comfort and the prosperity the convenience the lifestyle a slave couldn't flee Egypt it was more comfortable to be a slave in Egypt than it was to be royalty in another land we have to remind ourselves no matter how comfortable we may be no matter what religious freedoms we may have sometimes we have to remind ourselves this is not the way it's meant to be this is not the ideal this is not the way it's supposed to we're in gas we have to remain maladjusted we have to remain maladjusted never adjust to this reality this is not who and what this is not the way it's supposed to be and we have to constantly remind ourselves of that turn the page says come we're gonna go speak to the king is gonna send us out spoke what was he supposed to say by the way you'll note and some have said my mother pointed this out already on October 8th some have been pointing it out more recently blaming why we had to allow ourselves to be extorted Moshe did not go to parro the message from Hashem was not I'm here bring them home that was not his message mosha didn't hold up a placard he didn't chant bring them home what was his message let them go let them out the onest the pressure was not on himself bring them home the owners the pressure the call was let them go send them out send them out and the same here we've made a mistake from day one because the Jewish people are being held hostage in MIM just like our hostages are being held are being held today and the message to those who are holding a Jew hostage is not bring them home the message to those holding a Jew hostage is let them go send them out let them go let them go when when the message all a year and a half is bring them home you're putting more pressure on your own government to make concessions to let yourself be extorted than you are putting pressure on the evil cruel holder of the hostage that they have to be crushed in order to let them go M says but the Jewish people aren't gonna listen to me the Jewish people aren't listening to me how power listen to me this is Rashi quotes one of the in the in the Torah one of the in the Torah the 10 we have in the Torah sorry what's latin four if this then that if the Jewish people aren't listening to me why power listen to meal everybody ask the same question on thisal what's the question why the Jewish people not listen we just read why the top of the page Rashi says they were out of breath they were out of breath if you've ever been out of breath back breaking labor you can't even catch your own breath you can't hear someone talking to you someone says what should we do for PES this year who should we have for this said I can't breathe I can't talk right now I can't think about P I can't even breathe so the Jewish people were like I can't picture I can't get out I can't picture being redeemed I can't picture living PES because I can't even breathe says Co didn't mean shortness of breath literally it meant having no vision when a person is oppressed when a person is down and out they can't even picture things being better it's all comment on Mental Health we've spoken about it before person in a dark in a bad place can be imprisoned within their own soul can't even have the vision R there's no R there's no vision there's no picture there's no goal there's no dream there's not even that ability so mosha says they couldn't hear they don't believe now you're gonna send me to parro they the beneficiary they the subject of the Redemption they don't believe me why would parro here what's the P what's the kaser what's the question on thisal it's an obvious one why didn't the Jewish people here backbreaking labor but parro parro sitting in his recliner in the palace watching football he's comfortable he's sipping a p colada what why won't he be able to hear the same message the reason the Jewish people couldn't hear is very different doesn't exist with parro so how can you draw K the people can't hear why would parro hear why we power here that's the question everybody asks including R and his explains the and he says the following in Comfort Tranquility relaxation if we want the world to live with faith if we want the world to see a higher calling and a higher power to start with the Jewish people and if the Jewish people don't believe it and don't buy it the Jewish people aren't proclaiming it and publicizing it the Jewish people aren't displaying it then no one else will either so you're you're right the reason for why the Jewish people aren't doesn't exist with par when it comes to par but nevertheless if the Jewish people if CLA Isel don't believe it why would anyone else believe it that's how to understand the say the god who's our God right now with the rest of the world doesn't believe even the Bible sales in America are up 22% more Americans don't believe in God than ever right now he's our God we believe in him we're talking to him We're ding to him we're learning about him but the more that we do he will be one day the god of everyone says when and how the more he's Hashem El knew the more we embrace the more more we display the more we talk about the more we live the more we promote the more we publicize the more we practice then he'll be the world will believe the world will buy in the world will come will come aboard that's what yadik did the more Ys spoke about practiced and talked about again we don't have time now it's the remarkable conversation ysf has with parro parro takes him out of jail says I heard you're good at interpreting dreams n it's not me he starts talking to's a pagan idolator by the end of the conversation par is talking says to his to his advisers to his cabinet have you ever seen somebody rimba who has the spirit of God par is talking all about God how how did yose do it he showed him the Bible codes showed him all the proof and evidence of God's existence no he just talked about God we have to not be embarrassed or ashamed to make a br at work even at a business meeting excuse me for a millisecond just want to thank God for this delicious meal we're about to have we have to not be afraid to invoke God not in a indoctrinating way not in an uncomfortable way but in a personal way because hasem knew the more we live with amuna the more the world will too what we put a what we put a a focus on the the brisar R salich said why do more non-observant non-affiliated Jews connect to Yum Kipper than any other holiday of the year on the Jewish calendar he said you know why because observant Jews put such a priority and focus and take so seriously yum Kipper so there's a correlation there's a formula the more we care about the more we observe the more we practice then the more the world the rest of the Jewish world and the World At Large sees and believes and practices all that's number one then gives a second interpretation if the Jewish people didn't believe why would why would par believe so he says what was the P the question on the Jewish people didn't believe why back break he's sitting in the recliner he's getting a massage he's in the palace he's toasting tequila he smoking a Cuban he's enjoying watching football so why won't he here he's not say no no no you're misreading you think par has it easier than the people when you're oppressing and you have to keep that going when you are presenting yourself as a deity as a God and you have to relieve yourself at the river because you don't want anyone to know you're human when you have to keep up that charade and keep up that image you are suffering and you are being tormented more than even the people you're torturing what an Insight what an Insight by of Dr the reason it's not a is because parro is not tranquil and Serene parro doesn't have it easy while they suffer the suffering is very different the people are being tormented physically while they live with faith and they're showing kindness to one another and parro has all the luxury and all the indulgences in the world physically he's comfortable but mentally and emotionally he's tormented tormented having to keep up an image having to live with that arrogance having to present as a deity having to have all the answers being so unjust being a dictator and oppressor he is in fact more tormented than the people he's tormenting and therefore the is accurate and the fits Turn the page again they go down to Egypt they fulfill this Mission Moshe and Aon are on their way who the Torah here testifies in case you were confused in case you lost track who Moshe this is the same Moshe and Aon who are on their way what do you mean the same Moshe and Aron why does the Torah say says sometimes the Torah puts before sometimes the Tor puts before to tell you that equal they're equal in the past we learned the beautiful Insight by mosha on this Rashi we're not going to repeat it but what do you mean they're equal they're not equal one of the 13 principles of our faith according to the r is that mosha is the greater human greatest human that ever lived categorically different the they're not they're not equal how could you say they're equal so one idea is to be equal with another is not to in fact be equal but is to equally fulfill your mission if everyone who's who they're meant to be then they're equal so this one is wealthy and this one's poor this one's brilliant and this one struggles is less intelligent this one's artistic this one's athletic this one is Clumsy non-coordinated to be equal is not to have the same talents and blessings and resources to be equal is to make the most of what you have to be true to who you are and who you're meant to be that's what makes you equal mosha and Aon were each honest with who they were and who they were meant to be they each pursued and fulfilled their mission and therefore because what we're given the possibility and the potential we have is all from hem what we make of it is up to us and when we make the most of what we have and what we're given then we are in fact equal gives a different answer says you know what makes them I love this because I love this Insight we give a whole sheer on this about the notion this word doesn't exist in any other language you can't translate the word to it's in yish and in modern Hebrew it's not modern Hebrew is to far in yish what does it mean to Farin to be happy for someone else to take joy for somebody else where do you see in the Torah because the says last week's when Moshe is appointed what happens how does Aon react he's happy he's joyous for his brother how could have you reacted sibling rivalry he's my younger brother what are you doing skipping over me only survived because I put him in the basket in the river and now you're gonna skip over me I'm Holier I'm a better orator I'm older but Aon doesn't say and he doesn't even think any of that you know what he says he seeso he's so happy in his heart not only what he demonstrates and says the right things even in his heart heart he thought and felt the right way say what did Aon get because he felt what was he rewarded with the the that sit on the heart and that have the the stones of all the that light up because Aon keep them all in his heart because he kept his brother in his heart because he was joy and then later later the says and the med says when Aon was being Anointed with oil and the oil was overflowing the PK says zakan Zak the word zakan twice the me says why is the word zakan be being used twice because it when it the oil was being anointed on Aon to designate him as the high priest who felt the joy the happiness who felt as if he himself was being Anointed with his brother none other than now most wanted to be the high priest mosha wanted that position of Distinction and yet he wasn't jealous there was no rivalry he felt the joy of his brother mosha was happy for Aon Aon was happy for Moshe that is the idea of being the capacity to Farin to be happy for somebody else there's nothing greater or better in the world than to be happy and to be joyous for the people around you to Forin in other Lang language is there's a word for being happy because someone else is failing Shen fre is a German word which means to take joy and pleasure in the failure of another how do you say that in Hebrew there is no word because we would never take pleasure or happiness and the failure of another we're happy to be invited to your friend Sim you don't say why aren't I making a Sim happy your friends putting an addition on their house we don't say why aren't I putting an addition the AL of K before says to be no we know one of the 48 ways Torah is acquired is that principle of no to be able to feel empathy to feel the pain of another feel the pain of another says the alar of K which is harder to feel the pain of another or to feel the joy and pleasure of another says the altar when it comes to someone else's pain you say to yourself you know I'll make them a meal I'll drive them to the doctor I'll take over there carpool because I'm just so happy it's not me they're going through some suffering a terrible time I'll step up and I'll genuinely empathize and feel their pain because I'm so happy at least it's not me but when someone else is making a Sim when someone else has success when someone else was designated for some great task to be happy for them you say why isn't it me so it's much harder to be happy for them but that nevertheless that's Aid whoos sometimes mosha Aon sometimes Aon Moshe what made them equal you know why they were equal because they took joy and pleasure they didn't only feel the pain of one another they were happy for one another I forgot her name and I apologize but one of the parenting experts wrote a book on parenting and she says the most critical the most important and the biggest challenge in our generation to instill within our children is this ability to be happy for one another children children are growing up in a generation where it's easy to see their friend they got the new Nintendo they got the latest version of the iPhone they got into that school or seminary or Yeshiva they got the sh before them it's so easy for a child to not be able to Farin because they want they feel they entitled they deserve but from a very young age to teach children the joy and the happiness of being joyful for another person take from your birthday presents and every year on your birthday among your birthday presents take one and give it to someone else one night of khaka the way we're going to celebrate khaka we're going to give you something to give someone else the capacity to for someone else to be happy to instill already from a very young age so as you get older someone else got a promotion at work not you I'm I'm able to be happy for them I could dance at their wedding even though it comes before mine I'm still single I could go to the bris even though I'm still waiting and longing for children the ability to Forin is the display of greatness it's what mosha and Aon had they were it's critically important to instill within our children let's do one more you know last year I only finished half and I said next year's whole she was prepared and then I prepared a new first half and the same second half from last year is still waiting that I didn't get to this year so next year BEDA will start with the end of the paraa let's start with let's do one more one more until you give me two hours maybe we should make it a two hour par okay relax it was a joke relax the moan the groan wow okay never mind uh per skip all the way to chapter 8 verse 17 T 16 wake up in the morning and go stand opposite go to the river send out my people so that they may serve me again not bring them home but let them go send them out wake up arise early whenever mosha addressed himself to power the king power the emperor the public figure who represented the nation he met him on the shores of the Nile River why because an ancient m throughout the ages and still today the Nile is the symbol of Egyptian might and power and prosperity the pride and Fortress of Egypt Hashem told mosha get up in the morning and address yourself to the proud self-confident power oriented Authority conscious po whose word is law for millions of people you must meet him at the bank of the river to depersonalized power the king don't address him with please but with a warning an ultimatum to the proud power address not a petition but a demand tell him that he has violated the inable rights of the people stop him block him Place yourself in front of him confront him courageously protest the crimes of Egypt tell him that the Nile River the focus the pride of the Egyptian people may turn into a monstrosity the water may turn into blood and the fish will die he should not be too self-righteous and overconfident he should know what's about to happen again see the pride the power par was being tormented by having to keep up this image call him out on it the emperor is naked call him out on it meet him there speak truth to power have the courage to stand up don't apologize don't allow ourselves don't call it a deal we're being extorted it's a crime not only against the Jewish people it's a crime against humanity we hear please remain to say all of sa as we continue to DAV for our people