Parsha Perspectives (Korach, 5784) - Our Enemies are Praying Sincerely, We Must Pass Their Passion

good morning Boer to welcome back to par perspectives for today great to be back together a reminder our summer schedule is a little bit erratic we're on for the next few weeks then we're off for a bunch of weeks and if you want to stay up to date on when we have a new Shear a live Shear then join our WhatsApp group RAB eber. org WhatsApp you can join each of the sheer WhatsApp groups for bonus material para write up and to stay up to date on the schedule I want to thank our generous sponsors for the year of the paraa series our dear friends Becky and Nai Cass and family memory of Becky's father davidman who should have an Aliah we have the privilege this week of studying K page 820 in the art SC Stone of course the whole first part of the deals with the notorious story The the terrible Discord division the dispute between korak is a attack on Moshe and Aon and the he swed this division which was so dangerous and destructive within CLA Israel we wish we were learning a piece of History we wish we were reading something that is only part of our past but sadly sadly the pattern repeats itself and the same type of behavior and reaction and antagonism and response to our differences is something that continues to plague our people so the messages and the lesson of K remain very very relevant and important for us today so let's begin so kak took and we've in the past you could listen to the previous years I was looking at last year she I think we spent the first 50 minutes of the hour on the opening P we're not going to do that today we'll try not to do that today but we have new insights into even that opening PK again korak the son of Y the son of KAS the son of Ley we sto short of associating him with Yakov we go up the chain but we don't get all the way to Yakov we spare Yakov from being identified with korak and his plans and DUS the sons of elav on Ben pelas and the tribe of Ruin were sort of innocent bystanders who got caught up and who got brought in dragged into this uh horrific horrific conflict and they all came 250 men stood before Moshe these were uh people of Distinction they gathered against Moshe and they said what are you doing why are you in charge why are you in control who empowered you we're all equally holy the democratization of Judaism we all have an equal vote we're all equal so why are you in charge who allocated you who delegated you who made you greater who made you better who made you more Superior we we're all equal and why do you exalt yourself why do you lift yourself up over everyone else why why are you in charge it's a very attractive very appealing argument you understood why it why it attracted a following and it drew attention but the whole story begins with k taking those two words and normally we would not introduce a story of division and conflict with the word to take what does it mean to take what did he take what did korak take it was an oral argument he came and he presented he articulated a position which challenged The Authority in the establishment what did he take V what did he take and we've seen many many opinions in the past as I said we spent a lot of time on it we quoted a lot of different opinions korak was on the take he took himself to one side of Theus many interpretations Rashi says we're supposed to be unified and United supposed to be together he took himself out of that Unity he took himself to one side of a dispute he saw himself different and apart and opposed and he saw himself really as a as an antagonist rather than a critical part of rather than blending in with everyone around him Jewish people are supposed to be guaranted one for the other and the word gantor AR is the same word of the word tasas means a mixture we're all mixed in we're all Blended together we're all United we're all one took himself out of that mixture took himself out of that blend he took himself out of that unity and he took himself to one to one side so I want to start by looking at four insights of R in his new four insights of r on this opening p then I sort of promis bler to move on from there so the par begins with and we know the way that a topic is introduced the way it begins contains within it the essence of what it's really all about for example the gur tells us in the very opening of the Torah what's the first word of the whole Torah bous that was not a trick question or a hard one bous bous it's the name of the opening book it's the name of the opening para it is the opening word of the whole Torah and the says that the word b the entire totality of Torah is subsumed is included all within that word bous beginning in the beginning and the girl says that's true for every topic that's true for every para that the opening word the way it's introduced captures best summarizes succinctly what it's really all about so what this story and episode are all about the story of makus is the story of that so we have to understand it's worth diving into yet again and seeing other interpretations what means K presents that what is his topic what is his platform what is his argument is Kahuna why are you why are you designated as different why are you elevated why do you have stature prominence Prestige why do you have a position of authority and Leadership mosha why are you the king you're the leader and your brother you assigned to be the priest I'm part of the family I'm a Ley I'm part of the so what about me what about me and presents as if he is righteous it's a righteous ambition I want to play the religious role I want the religious part the truth is it doesn't seem so different than the argument that who made a few weeks ago I was here for it we still had par class then Aron after the each bring their carbon the end of pasas Aron says not fair to me I also want I'm not a nussie I'm not the prince the head of a tribe but I also want the privilege of bringing that same sacrifice on opening day not fair to me what does God do does he make the ground swallow him up no what does Hashem do he rewards him and awards him in perpetuity you and your children will light the manur and yours is greater than theirs and we studied what that means so how is korak's argument not fair to me I want a chance I want an opportunity I want the religious privilege of serving of leading how is it so different thanon says the key is a person who's really motivated and driven for the right reasons says I don't really care if it's about me it's really all about you Hashem what is the ends what is the result what is the goal what is it that you want how do we best serve you how do we best meet the ends of being of elevating and advancing the brand of hem it doesn't matter who does IT person who's driven by a true yearning and longing and love of hasem doesn't need to be in charge or control or have the microphone doesn't need the keyboard or the Aliyah or to be the just want a nice ding just want us some I want laning to go smoothly I just want the sh the school the community to function seamlessly I don't need the mic I don't need the spotlight I don't need the stage is this serving hem is this advancing hashem's vision and will for this world it's all about him not about me and if the answer is yes then it doesn't matter if it's me or it's someone else because I'm focused on the goal I'm driven by the mission not by self ambition everyone has to know what's my role what's my job what's my mission what's my purpose and if we win that's all that matters and winning in CL is to better mold and shape and Advance the world in the image of Hashem and this was this was the fatal error so it's true that K from it's true that he was driven but the problem was he wasn't driven within his own role he didn't see someone and say just like that person is the best at what they're at I want to be the best at what I'm at just like they're achieving and accomplishing just like they're close to Hashem just like they're fulfilling their purpose I want to fulfill mine instead he said I want to be him I should have it instead of him him that's not healthy competitiveness that is happy for you but also serves to motivate me that's not a healthy competitiveness that is a destructive Envy when a person fulfills their mission when a person is sh is whole and complete and what they're supposed to do they are no less significant than the other so one person has the Spotlight and the stage and Prestige and prominence and the other seems invisible others don't know what they're doing it seems so much less significant or important but each one is doing what they're supposed to do they are equal they're equal it's not about we don't measure meaning by a following or by influence that's a modern invention that's led to so much mental illness it's led to so much depression and sadness that's led to so much numbing people from their own self-imposed pain because we live in a world that is trying to tell us that how do you assign value who has the greater value Whoever has the greater prominence Whoever has the greatest Prestige Whoever has the greater power Whoever has the more influence influencers it's a whole industry it's a career never was before to be an influencer who has more followers and Friends who's gone more viral that person has the most meaning and it's not true it's the farthest thing from the truth if a person is macus makomo if a person knows what's my mission what's my place what's my role then they are as invaluable their contribution is as important as everyone else I can give you Sports metaphors I don't want to lose a percentage of you I won't say Which percentage but in sports you know there's the star on the team but they'll never win a championship until they have their role player and the role player may not make the cover of the magazine and may not win the MVP at the championship but that star won't have the rings on their finger without their without their role player without the Sixth Man off the first man Off the Bench without their role player and so on who's greater who's more important it's hard to say if you measure only by who's on the cover of the magazine or who lands the bigger contract or who has more followers who has the bigger sneaker deal then you know it's the star but if you talk about what it took to win that Championship to meet that goal then what's to say what's to say this the role player is not is not as important or more important is what these opening words mean he wasn't driven and motivated to be the best version of himself he wasn't motivated and driven to figure out his place his mission his purpose and to achieve it with the greatest drive he said it should all be me and not someone else me to the exclusion instead of another he took himself as opposed to the other and that was the Fatal flaw that was the downfall our attitude should be that the will of hem is fulfilled it doesn't matter who do it who did it and that's what these opening words are really all about that is number one he took himself and he took himself to the exclusion of others and that was the Fatal mistake number one number two recounts he reviews Jewish history including this sad and tragic episode with korak and he tells us what happened and kski of DRS rebi he quotes interprets because the when he recounts the story he says that was jealous of Moshe and of Aon the ground swallowed up Doan a and korak and the followers and that's the path of those who are who do they go after the greater the people the more righteous the people and what's the argument you can't win the righteous leader the Bold leader the courageous leader can't win why because Theus the person who's looking to be an adversary the person who's jealous or envious or wants the leadership for themselves they're gonna come after him if that leader is entirely diligent in studying Torah all day and night and is living somewhat Transcendent over this world how is he a leader he doesn't know this world he's not living in the here and now he's not the every man so if he goes out and he mingles and he's part of this world CLA should be sitting and learning what kind of a leader is this should be sitting and studying diligently fulltime you can't win you can't win they'll always come after the leader they were jealous of M in the camp said when mosha would go out to study without distraction to be able to have some privacy to be able to achieve some Focus so they would say where is he why isn't he with us why isn't he in the in the M they didn't he doesn't understand this worldon who's mixed with us argument on our own is why isn't he Kadesh Hashem why is he mixed with us why is he hanging out with us shouldn't he be somewhere studying and growing and elevating so you can't win you can't win the way captures this story is a reflection you know if if everybody loves you if no one's coming after you you're not doing anything you're not doing anything it's easy to be loved by everybody just don't stand for anything if you don't stand for anything and you don't lead anything you don't take a courageous position on anything you're not trying to transform anything or impact anything it's easy to be loved by all but if they're going after you first of all consider maybe the criticism has Merit but also know that Moshe and Aon with all Moshe and Aon were the saviors of claw Israel Jewish people were suffering oppression persecution murder genocide in Egypt MOS and iron came along and liberated them you would think you would think they have career contracts nope they only got most of the vote M saves the Jews of shushan what does the Miga tell us at the end m is they have a vote should Mori still be the chief Rabbi of shushan he got a majority 51% 51% he saved the Jews of shushan from being obliterated from being exterminated yeah you got a majority got a majority you stand for something to go after you and in either direction whatever you do so stay true to Hashem to your reim to your family and to yourself and don't and don't get distracted they're gonna come after you number three R Dr number three R here's a big question tells us so the says we know that throughout the desert the man The Heavenly Man descended that nourished the people they couldn't grow they didn't have Gardens they didn't plant fields and Orchards they didn't she animals what they eat the M fell the M fell the tells us learns from Suk that if you were sadic the more righteous they had the food delivered to the foot to the front door I don't know what it's called Amazon delivery WalMart delivery what are all these things now we went away with my kids after pesak for a few days they needed all kinds of things for their kids that we hadn't brought they said oh we'll just go on Walmart to deliver I said by the time it comes we'll be gone they said just watch within an hour there's a knock on the door the groceries are at the front door it's unbelievable how lazy you could be today unbelievable unbelievable so you're at sadic it used to be you had to earn it sadic if you at sadic Walmart delivered within the hour of the front tour the M you open the door in your robe in your slippers the M was there at the front door B if you're mediocre average then you got to get dressed you got to go out to the sidewalk and you got to go get the was real work so how the M arrived itself essentially testified to who you were what level you were living which begs the question a third thean depends what level you're on good so here's the question here's the question you're suspicious of mos andon are they self-centered egomaniacs are they taking the leadership for themselves when there's no they're undeserving or are they righteous that Hashem appoint them and they belong so all you have to do if you're suspicious of them what do you have to do hide in the bushes early in the morning and go look and see what where the manf if it's at the front door sadic good to go out on the edge of the driveway Bon real work Russia if you want to know who your neighbor is just see where the man was delivered you know everything about him so how could and 250 men how could they come and rebel and Challenge mosha and Aon you could see where the man was delivered that they're righteous it's a great question it's a great question so it says the truth is everybody could reinterpret it for themselves my M it fell far away not because I'm really not a sadic but it's trying to motivate me to do even more I'm a big sadic but I'm a humble sadic they shouldn't know so it falls a little far away so don't drive don't conclude that I'm not a I am a sadic but I'm the most humbl sadic so I asked please leave it at the end of the driveway hasem so nobody knows I'm a sadic everybody could reinterpret and distort where it falls to be able to reinforce the preconceived notion of themselves which is what we do all the time we interpret the events of Our Lives to Simply confirm the bias that we have for ourselves and if you could do it on a daily basis in every interaction and relationship you could do it about where the man failed to number one number two the sh answers and this is the answer I really wanted to communicate we spoke about it last year or two years ago maybe you've included in the write up from from a previous year you know why they couldn't know the righteousness of motion arm by where the M fell you know why because the M didn't fall why didn't the M fall because when there's there's no theuma writes one pushes away 100 100 different parnas so everybody's running to figure out a schoola for parasa say at the end of daving go meet this sadic go DAV at that Kev go fly to that anti-semitic country go to to visit who's buried there go everyone's looking for the shortcut and the schoola and the Superstition and what they need to do in order to earn the most parosa you know what the biggest schoa for parosa is says the don't be involved in Conflict no no at all costs even with him even with him even with her even with her let it go let it go be a vaton just let it go be flexible let it go don't get riddled in mlas don't get caught up did you hear do you know are you aware don't get caught up this neighborhood these people that group this Breakaway this news that don't none of my business I'm not involved I don't want to touch it with t you know why I got bills to pay I got tuition to cover I've got parnasa to earn and the biggest schoa for parnasa says the schw is not being involved in mlus in Conflict the M fell even when the maragam came back morum came back and gave a negative report that the Jewish people wandered for 40 years the month still fell but mokas broke out no man you're on your own Shem says give me back the credit card I'm cutting you off if your children are killing each other if your children aren't talking to each other if your children can't be in a room together you're still going to give them each an endless credit card go spend enjoy cover do I'm not supporting you to not be talking to each other if you don't have Harmony between you the credit card's off cutting you off hasem says I'm cutting you off so that's why you couldn't ascertain korak and the 250 men they felt they didn't know based on the M how great motion armor because the M didn't fall why didn't the M fall because of them because when there's M there is no M we all desperately want parasa the biggest schoa is not to mumble this or go there or do that the biggest schoa the biggest thing we can do to earn parasa do not get involved in makas there are so many forces I just came back from Israel yesterday still so much good and wonderful and optimism and hope and positive energy there's so many forces trying to break it and destroy it and undermine it trying to bring us back where we were and worse we cannot give in and indulge do we have differences yeah important ones strongly felt ones but we have to still stay together nonetheless communicate them argue respectfully disagree agreeably and be United and one no matter what within family within Community within clel we desperately need we need we need Hashem to shower love on us and we have to maintain that Harmony against all these forces and efforts and energies that are trying to undermine it we must we must it's so challenging last one last of Dr and then I told you we'd move on says there are two types of disputes there's a dispute you go to the B medish any hour of the day you'll see people killing each other arguing debating screaming yelling maybe even name calling so that's the Mish characterizes as trying to derive and get to the truth of Hashem so that's that will Everlast but there are other M it's not it's not driven and motivated by pure intention selfish narcissistic ego ulterior motive that's not the M says what's an example what's a model of what's what would you expect it to say and M it's not what the mishna says K we won't get into that we've spoken about in the past because why doesn't it say K and Moshe it's a powerful lesson there it takes two to tango you can't have a fight if there's no other side mosha refused to indulge refused to get involved to be dragged in so the fight was korak in his against nobody he refused so K not K and Moshe takes two to fight if you don't fight there's no fight there's no conflict just passes so the person texted or emailed or hung the poster the pasila the person last year par class we told the story the B going to L an incredible story go back and listen that story is worth it of being a vatran of letting it go of not holding on of being able to to move on it takes two it takes two that's the example question is not on that side this year question this year is on the other side what was the example of a m that endures a that's Everlasting that's is the the debate between whom H sh so let's say for wonders I don't Mr he quotes how could we say the example of but it's not true how do we so it's not there's a debate we follow the opinion of we concluded we move on so sh's opinion is not so in both cases is not explains no means means you sit in the B until today and you don't just learn the process of learning Torah is not just skipping to the bottom line anyone who's opened one page of gamarra knows why don't let's just go to the bottom line why do I have to read the whole debate the whole argument the whole fight the whole back and forth what's the bottom line just give me the bottom line we're a bottom line generation skip to the conclusion skip to the bottom line but you know we don't grow we don't learn to analyze and question and think we don't expand our mind and our Horizon when we skip to the bottom line so we studied the opinion of B too and Sim is not referring to who we passing like s means it ures means it has value it is value let's say all you're learning is the opinion of B Shi do you make a t do you have to recite the on learning Torah before you learn the opinion of just learning that day the opinion of why dides shamai say what he does how did he come to it what's his argument what's his analysis what's his reason what's the opinion of shamai would you make a tah absolutely of course it's Torah could you study it in the bathroom shom God forbid of course not is it B Torah are you wasting your time by studying the opinion of shi absolutely not means we may not follow it first of all comes we follow the opinions of sh not H so certainly it has value we have to learn it and study it but even until then you can understand Hill better if you understand shamai if all you know is the bottom line but you don't know how you got there you don't even know the bottom line if you know what were the arguments in both Direction which is more compelling how do you respond oh that was brought up that question but this is how you answered it now you know the bottom line if you just skipped to the bottom line but you don't know how you got there the development if you don't know the thinking if you don't know the argument counter argument if you don't know the debate then you don't even know the bottom line so sh is value that's what it means in this in this okay that is the opening now we're gonna skip all the way toim they gather against motion they say it's too much for you ra the simple understanding is too much for you too much too much we're two to three million people we're a huge there awesome responsibility it's it's too much for you we're all equally holy divide and conquer democratize are our people who put you in charge we studied in the past that means you're too much of a r don't be such a r don't be such a rabbi don't impose you're imposing Authority you can't impose Authority you have to earn respect don't demand it and impose it don't be such a r don't be such an authority figure you're pushing away you're turning you're turning off interprets and then it continues they continue in their argument turns to and what is his what's his response shim listen listen you fellow cousins fellow Le is it not enough for you that hasem has segregated you from the assembly to draw you near to himself not enough that you're a Ley I understand if you were some reject is I'm is so I could say that I understand if you reject that you're here complaining and fetching it's not fair to me why AR I elevated but it's not enough for you that you're a Ley being a Ley you're already separate and different and apart not enough for you to stand before the assembly to minister to them that's not enough for you that's not enough for you quotes he says the following we need humble leadership modest leadership person should be humble and modest I'm serving a greater Mission and a purpose it's not about me it's about the mission it's about the goal it's about Hashem that's what this is all about and if you could do a better job or you're chosen or it's your chance or your opportunity go for it as long as the goal is achieved doesn't have to be me humble leadership teach us why was the Torah given on was the lowest the most humble the most modest of all the mountains M Torah not B mosha didn't receive the tor at sini he got the Torah from sini just like sini was humble and modest mosha learned that the prerequisite to receive Tor to be humble and modest you want greatness because you want to be great that's not a reason to be great it actually captures exactly the tragedy of this new world we live in you ask a young person what do you want to do I want to be an influencer oo admirable what do you want to influence I don't know I just want to be an influencer where they send me free stuff and I have huge following and a big fan base and I'm a celebrity and I'm famous and everybody's following me that's not the Tor of view we don't want to be influencers we want to have influence and the biggest the people who had the most influence in our history shied away from being influencers I wrote an article about it once the great rosha Feinstein the H authority of American Jury of the 20th century never applied for that position of being the gador the PO gador wanted he didn't apply for it he didn't accept it New York Times interview with him once he said I don't know people ask me questions and I guess they like the way that I answer so they started asking me more he became an enormous influence keski from his modest humble apartment in benra had enormous influence held up the world held up the world they the greatest influence of Sal the thousands of mus and and the and the sense of of movement that he led the greatest influence never wanted to be an influencer influencers want to be influencers as an ends not a means we want influence as a means to accomplish a noble and righteous and godly ends so that's what mosh was communicating to korak you just want to be an influencer you want to get the free stuff in the the mail you want to be able to to have followers and fame and be a celebrity that's that's not what we're about we about what influence do you want to have what do you want to change what problem do you want to solve what do you want to fix a repair how do you want to redeem the world what do you want to influence you want to be an Asen what asek what problem do you want to solve you want to make sure that everybody looking to get married finds their sh everyone who wants a child can tap into insurance and government funds to afford fertility treatments you want to solve the tuition issue or security of Jewish Community or advocate for Israel what anti-Semitism you want to stop what do you want to fight what do you want to do it's not I want to be an influencer it's I want to influence this problem or this issue it's all backwards korak was the first who wanted to be an influencer rather than choose what to influence that's what mosha is answering about G about greatness my brother he's all about the people humble humility he walks with the people he doesn't separate himself out he doesn't want to stand out he doesn't want an Entourage he sees himself as simple that's what he says is it not enough for you but what he was really saying says is for you you just want to be an influencer RA you just want to be an influencer and that's a mistake don't be a don't be an influencer be humble and modest and choose what problem you want to solve and that's how to have the influence in the we're saying now tell should be answer we should hear but we're saying very popularly we say 121 I put my eyes up to the mountains where will my help come from is my help comes from hem Med by the way says I put my eyes to the mountains Al don't read it the mountains read Itor parents and grandparents previous generations I put my eyes to where I come from where I come from but says the holy you know where when I put my eyes to the mountains May y you know where my help comes from a sense of when I'm humble and when I'm modest that's where it'll come from when it's ra I want to be prime minister I want to control the Coalition I want to be in charge I want to have the power I want to be the influencer now there's trouble corruption failed leadership now we got problems where where will our Salvation come from when a sense of nothingness humility modesty from an attitude of that's y that's where our help and that's where our Salvation will come from back to oh so when I was just in Israel I got a new copy off the press a little pocket raash why is a new pocket just convenient rash is now producing pocket versions of his no this is produced my dear friend R David G who is the leader of salash is an amazing organization called it helps soldiers long before this war it existed for 10 years it helps soldiers in the field grow in their year continue to learn going into the army serving in the IDF doesn't mean forfeiting or compromising or giving up on your religious growth it's a place where you can advance in it last week DFI finished maybe you saw the videos in Gaza incredible soldiers singing and dancing and making a on B Mia extraordinary so soldiers in the field requested we're sitting in tanks we want in our vest in Rafa my nephew among them we want to learn we love rasher we love rasher wi can't bring the big thick clunky so they produce thousands of copies and they keep putting him out this is bamidbar this is the bamidbar version with rashes and this was done tragically sadly in memory of Eli mosha Zim who was murdered who was killed in Gaza two weeks ago in fact tomorrow night's behind the beim I sat and interviewed his parents while I was in Israel I grew up with his mother in EK Sarah claven Zimbalist and his father Simi is a sort of mish brother's married to a cousin of Y so listen to his parents a few days after getting up from Shiva talk about his loss his murder and would they regret do they regret making Aliyah with the price that they've paid for bringing their family to Israel you have to listen to that tomorrow night so that's dedicated in his memory who lived as he died Al KES hasem this version so in his in the little pocket edition that soldiers are learning with the Heat and the mosquitoes not to mention the bullets and the rockets in Gaza and we are sitting here in the comfort of our air condition and our comfortable chairs so says the following gather on mod he says one second stop take a step back this whole episode is absurd it's absurd we read it and maybe we even relate or depending on our childhood or our position of the community or what we think of the rabbi or the president the sh the school or whatever maybe we even feel ourselves because it's appealing the democratization of the community of yish Kai we're all equal everyone should have a chance and a say and Authority who are you who put you in charge why do you yield and wield such power it's attractive right it's absurd who testified that Moshe is categorically different than any other human being the most humble of all men who appointed who recruited who designated who elevated who endorsed Hashem so it's absurd on its face that Kor 250 men himself Moshe is great go out of the way to tell us korak was not a fool he wasn't ignorant korak wasn't stupid K was a he was a brilliant charismatic leader so brilliant and so smart so charismatic and insightful how did he fail on his face and something so obvious that Moshe carries the endorsement of Hashem what are you doing challenging him makes no sense says rash an amazing human Insight when a person gets drawn into makus when they are emotionally invested in this dispute in this conflict they shut off their intellect they stop thinking rationally and they start acting in a self-destructive foolish fashion when people are in mlus they do stupid things you say to them don't you understand the position you're taking that you're doubling down on you're going to lose so much money you're going to lose your reputation you're going to lose your family you're going to lose your doesn't matter they can't hear you because instead of taking that step back and looking and analyzing and thinking does this make sense is this right will it be effective is it worth sometimes just like an investing you have to cut your losses so you thought this was a worthy conflict a worthy position to take you thought this was worthy push back but where's it going and how's it going to result and what will you look like when it's over just stop and walk away be the bigger person but people can't that gives this example and talks about just how much look what kak brought ground swallowed his family look what happened as a result and it didn't have to happen could have all been avoided we've seen it we've seen businesses that fail miserably because people can't get along Partners family members bosses and employees they had everything they were on track in the trajectory for everything but the ego got in the way the mlus got in the way families aren't talking aren't talking there's some great families very notable families prominent families just that Shiva can only pay a Shiva call to this brother but not that brother can't be in the room at the same time can't sit Shiva together how horrific and how tragic that makus you think the loss of life can't help people realize it's worth figuring things out just figure it out be capable of overlapping in the same room sit together of honoring a loved one is not enough if confronting our mortality can't motivate Shalom Harmony peace putting it back together what will so tragic and so sad but El what happens that's the power of mlus the power of mlus is so strong people stop thinking straight and they bring about their own ends per part of mha's reaction he says you know what in the morning in the morning Hashem will make known the one who he chooses just wait till the morning will resolve this in the morning resolve this in the morning the on this word Boer says something wonderful they say we deserve to be the priests they thought they were motivated and driven by a righteous and pure motive so they said to Moshe sorry says to them let's see in the morning why let's see if when you wake up you have the same that you claim to have now do you wake up with meaning do you wake up or it snooze do you stay in bed or do you make it to minion are you on time or are you late are you fulfilling the opening of laer do you wake up in the morning and roar like a lion to greet the day are you early or late what does your morning look like you could see and measure a lot of a person's by the way they Rise by the way they wake by the way they start their day so Moshe says let's see you have such a pure motive let's see in the morning let's see do you make it to the kaber at 6:15 a.m are you early it's dark outside are you there early do you come to minion are you early did you show up at the Shiva minion they're struggling to get a minion Boer let's see in the morning let's see how righteous how righteous you are I posted this in our Cola Boker group Boer you come to the col you wake up early you walk in the dark pitch blackouts the middle of the night to be there at 6:15 a.m. that's that's drive that's motive that's motivation that's that's what the writes back to also has a comment our last r on the day he says b what's this answer in the morning in the morning so he says the same way made boundaries of Night and Day so a person who says you know I love the night I just want to sleep a little bit more so I'm G let's stretch the night into the day make the Sun not rise push it off a little bit reprogram the sun delay it a little bit or the opposite person that says I so much to accomplish and Achieve so much I want to do like yua give Dome we're fighting this war we need sunlight let the sun stay up just a little bit longer so where do you program that you can't we all surrender and know that the Sun the moon light and dark it's out of our control it's separate it's apart it's distinct there are boundaries you can't cancel you can't nullify you can't reprogram you can't control Cesar of du that what mosha was telling korak is as separate and apart and distinct and different as the sun and the moon the night and day is you and Aron we each have our own place we each have our own rule we each have our own role there areos there are boundaries can you mix Heaven and Earth noem made havah in this world you korak are trying to make AIA you're trying to create chaos by a mixture you're trying to erase boundaries and borders and definitions you know what happens in a society in a world that looks to erase boundaries and borders and definitions you have chaos you have AR Anarchy you have corruption you have moral depravity we live in a world of havdalah havdalah means differences and distinctions we say in havdalah every Saturday night every Mo separated we have and which do we insert into which the BR of knowledge of thinking of rationality why do we insert it there because the tells us because if you don't have you need the the evidence that you know how to think is that you know how to create distinctions you know the the differences you have definitions you have boundaries you have borders you know the differences as different as day and night or as different as you and Aon we have differences there's such a thing as a Coen a Ley in ah it's not fair to me it's not fair to me everybody knows the horrific terrible classic joke but the person who comes to the rabbi want to pay you to become a Coen right you know this terrible joke how much I can't of course not this okay fine why do you want to be a Coen my father was a Coen my grandfather was a Coen terrible don't laugh doesn't deserve your laughter it doesn't deserve it so no matter how badly I might want to be a Coen I'm is I'll never be a Coen I can't I can't get the first alah I'll never be a Coen I won't serve when the third B mikdash will be built I'm not a Coen I accept it I respect it I understand it I'm a role player I have my role I want to be a woman I want know what it's like to carry a living baby inside me everyone laughs especially my wife and children when I say this I say I want to know I'm curious can imagine to be able to conceive life to carry gestation of life to deliver to feed and nurture and sustain that closeness I want to know nothing I can do I accept I understand it's not my role a woman I want to be a man there our roles we have definitions we have boundaries we have borders we have definitions we have differences we have abdalah and that's Das you want a society that's based on Das it has to have boundaries and borders and definitions and it has to have havdalah between a Coen a Ley Isel a man a woman a Jew a non-jew light dark day night and when we try to erase it and blur it and pretend it's not there we have chaos and moral corruption and depravity and we have problems that's what mosha was responding Boke in the morning and you'll know you're not the man Aron is what was he saying in the morning why wait till the morning what he was saying is as different as the morning is from night as much as you can't control it as separate as those categories are is as different than you are from my brother Aon know your place be makomo know your place accept your place lean into your place be proud of your place and embrace the havdalah the differences the differences that we have the differences that we have turning the page now mosha does something a little bit peculiar he turns to hasem and he davens Hashem I beg of you because Hashem makes this test right they offer their sacrifice whichever hasem chooses that's going to be the leader so mosha says I'm all in for this test but now whatever you doem don't accept their sacrifice don't accept their prayers to which I ask a very simple question korak and his compatriots they're Wicked they're nefarious they have evil motivation they have destructive intent so why does Moshe have to DAV that Hashem not accept their prayer isn't it obvious shouldn't mosha be able to sit back and say got this one in the bank this one's a definite winner korak's him I'm me aon's him I could sit back and this one in I don't have to DAV of course hashem's not going to accept it listen to this Insight of the alar of Kel says the alar of Kel you see something unbelievably important listen carefully this is so critical for our time a partial perspective for today says the altar of Kel we see from here the power of a heartfelt and authentic prayer it's true their motive was corrupt and their goals were destructive but they turned to Hashem and they prayed from the bottom of their heart they ask God to intervene on their behalf and when a prayer is genuine when a prayer is authentic when a prayer is sincere even if it's in the wrong direction and even if it's for the wrong things Hashem can hear it it can be effective and Moshe understood the power of heartfelt prayer even if it's misguided even if it's misdirected even if it's for the wrong thing heartfelt sincere authentic IC prayers yearning and turning to Hashem the core of our being the power to be heard and listened to so much so they have to be offset they have to be negated by moshe's own heartfelt prayer the author of Kell brings another example Kipper kod spent the day immersed in advocacy for the Jewish people and he earns atonement for himself his family and the people in the conclusion of the holiest day of the year kod is leaving the holiest place of the year the and he offers a little short prayer tells us about this prayer and included in it is May It Be Your Will God over don't listen to the prayers of The Travelers of those who are going home why would you ask God not to listen to the prayers of The Travelers it's very simple those who are going home today when we travel Fair Comfort could always get upgraded more but even the person who's on the worst seat the worst spot is still traveling more comfortably than we did throughout history so today it's relatively safe we're pretty confident we'll be okay but through history a lot could go wrong if you're traveling your horse and buggy you're traveling in your entourage and there's rain there's mudslide you're finished it's over there's animals that attack there are Bandits and robbers so much can go wrong so they would pray they're going home from the holidays Hashem Don't Make It Rain we want want to get home safely I but CLA saw the Jewish people need rain so the coav don't listen to their prayers Let the Rain Fall to sustain all the Jews in Israel so as the alar of Kel if the right thing is that the Jews of Israel deserve Reign and they outweigh and outnumber by far those who are traveling home why would god listen to the prayers of those traveling home why do you even have to pray the co on the holiest day leaving the holiest place has to include a don't listen says the Alor of K yes you know why because there's no more heartfelt prayer than those Travelers going home it's life or death for them they mean it it's not like art that we Mumble while we eat the Blue Chips while we're still listening and watching while we're still no no they they're they meant came from the essence the bottom of their being was sincere so it soared through the heavens the co godal had to offset it had to offset it here's another example someone killed by accident goes to an ear mlot the co they stay in the ear mlot until the co the high priest dies they sit in the City of Refuge the Mish Mak says that the mother of the high priest the co would come and bake cookies for them and bring gifts to the inmates in the IR mlot the City of Refuge why that they shouldn't DAV let the coin G drop dead already so we can go home so she would have to do this so again you say h the coin god is righteous and wonderful he's the coin god you really have to offset and negate you really have to confront the prayers of these inmates in the ear mlot the answer is yeah because when someone's in an ear mlot when someone's incarcerated and they want to go free that's a sincere prayer you better watch out you got to do something to balance out the sincerity of that prayer I give you one more example the author doesn't quote this one more example coton says are you allowed to get engaged on you're not allowed to mix happy occasions so so can someone get engaged on and the answer is yes the answer is yes why concludes the gamar Because You better lock that app before someone else comes in you gotta lock up that girl got to put a ring on that finger you got to get engaged why because someone else is going to swoop in and take her out from under you so you can get engaged even on so wonders the gar I don't understand what happened what happened to the idea of aasher Bas the Heavenly voice goes out and says Bas plon the plon I thought everyone as Basher so someone else can't swoop in and steal who's meant for me so wait till after wait till after why could you get engaged on what do you mean someone else can swoop in says the you're right we have a concept of Basher but you know what can even override Basher someone's heartfelt F us so that Suitor that guy sees that girl sees that young woman and says oh I want to be married to her I'm GNA doen from the bottom of my heart from the essence of my being and that heartfelt sincere prayer can even override the concept of Basher so we say every day in hasem answerers but who does he answer to those who call out him sincerely authentically enthusiastically passionately with every ounce of their being every ounce of their being so mosha realizes he has to DAV because korak and his side they're daving hard so even though they have evil and wicked plans but because of the sincerity of their prayers I've got to negate it I've got to balance it out I've got to offset it with my own prayers so he turns to and he says don't accept their corbon don't accept their our enemies the other side they're on their hands underneath five times a day on a mat praying from the essence of their being for our destruction they are praying from The River To The Sea believe me they're praying sincerely we have to offset it negate it our prayers can't grow fatigued or tired or grow old they have to be as sincere as they they ever were now they asked the following theer War during theer war following the year the GB was asked was asked what do you say about the current situation the G said what do I say about the current situation I say to hel that's what I say we're so caught up what do you say how will this end what's next who's to blame what do you say about the mat say to that's what you should say about the mat say we got a DAV from the essence and the bottom of our being Moshe did to correspond with korak we have to correspond with the people who seek our demise that Spirit everybody's invited to stay to complete all of yes