Shnayim Yomi - Bamidbar - D'var Torah- Rabbi Yaakov Moskowitz

[Music] Hi everyone, Rabbi Jakob Mascowitz here and this has been such an unbelievable week traveling through parasa midbra together with all of you and I know personally that I have gained so much from this program as a whole and especially being able to participate over the course of this week and I really hope that all of you have enjoyed as well. I saw an incredible incredible vert that was so inspiring to me that I feel I have to share with you. You know the medish at the beginning of this week's parha talks about the time during yermia hanavi and he says that during that time period kalistra sunk so low that they felt that they were so distant from hakuresh baru they did so many aos that they just could not do chuba hashem is not going to accept our chuba we're so far from hashem and then yer responds to them with the words of he says Isro am I am I viewed as a desert to Kalisro? He says am I am I viewed as a dark land to Kalisro? What what do you mean? Why are they saying that we've become separated from you and that we can no longer come back to you? And the Medish explains what was Hashem saying Hashem was saying am I a desert to Clal Israel because look at what happened during the time period of the desert. I gave you so much. I loved you. I cared for you so much. I provided the mun for you. I gave you the ananiha co protecting you. There was climate control in the desert. All of the incredible miracles that you experienced. Look at all of that that I did for you. So that shows how much I love you. And in turn, I love you so much now as well. And of what's the connection? I mean during the time period of the mitz and during the time period when they were in the desert kasra was on a totally different level and then hashem was doing hashem was doing nissim for them then hashem was providing for them then but how does that prove to me that hashem loves me and hashem cares about me now during the time period of yeria during this time period they sunk so low that's exactly what they were saying they were so bad such rishim that they felt that they didn't deserve those miracles. So what is Hashem telling them by going back to the time period of the midbar? And he answered so beautifully. He said, you know why? Because during the time period of the midbar when Hashem provided them with all of those miracles with the mud, with the ananha co everything that they experienced, they didn't deserve that then. Yes, they were on a higher level, but Hashem went so far above and beyond. Gave of himself to them so much. You know why? Not because they deserved it, but because Hashem loves them. Because Hashem loves Claw Israel like a father to a son. And that love is unconditional. And it doesn't make a difference what level what level you are on. Hashem felt that I am going to go above and beyond and do everything for you. You know why? Because I love you. unconditionally and Yermio is telling them that that same thing applies right now. Even though you sunk so low and there's so many averas and you truly feel that you're so distant from Akaresh Baru, you have to realize that Hakaresh Baru loves you and he loves you unconditionally and Hashem is willing to go to the nth degree to give to you to care about you and of course what he wants is for you to come back. You know, I heard a story a number of years ago. It's an old story about a boy who had rebelled against his parents and he ran away from home and his parents were sending him letters begging him to come back. But he said, "No way. He sent them back. I'm not coming back home. I'm done. I'm finished. I left you people. Over." And after some time, the parents decided to give up. And that was it. He's gone. Well, as time went on, this boy, he started struggling financially. He wasn't able to make ends meet, and it was getting worse and worse, and he realized that who do I have to turn to? I have nobody. He thought, you know what? Maybe I should go back to my parents. No way. I'm not going back to my parents. They're not going to they're not going to take me back. Look at what I did to them. I rebelled against them. I told them I'm not coming back. They asked me to come back. I rejected them. No way. But as time continues, it's just getting worse and worse. And he decides, you know what? This is what I'm going to do. I'm going to send them a letter. And in the letter, he writes to them how much he wants to come back. But he totally understands if they don't want him back. He says, "Listen, I'm going to come back. But if you don't want me, then I totally understand. But listen, let's make up a sign amongst ourselves. If you want me to come back, please put a white sheet on the tree that's in front of the house. And when I come to the house, if I see the white sheet, I'll know that that means you want me to come in. But if the sheet isn't there, I'll know that I should just turn around and go back and I won't have to suffer any embarrassment. He sends the letter and a few weeks later, the date that he's supposed to go, he heads back home. And when he gets off at the train station, he starts heading to his house to his house and his heart is pounding because he doesn't know what's going to happen. Is the sheet going to be there or is it not going to be there? And as he approaches and the sweat is pouring down his forehead, do my parents really want me? Are they going to take me back or not? And he comes up the block and he sees his house in the distance. And not only is there a sheet hanging from the tree, but there are hundreds of white sheets hanging from the tree. And the message was so clear. We love you. We love you unconditionally. It doesn't matter what you do. It doesn't matter if you rebel. It doesn't matter what happens. We are there for you and we love you and we will go to the nth degree for you. And all we want is for you to come back. And that's the message that Hakaresh Baru gives to Kalisrael. And that's the message we need to take with us as we continue on in Safer Bidbar to recognize that Baru loves me loves me unconditionally. And as we travel through Safer Bidbar, let's keep this lesson in mind that Baroo loves me. And Akeshbu loves me unconditionally. No matter what I do, no matter what a verus I may commit, no matter how many mitzvah I said that I'm going to take on and I just didn't do it, who loves me and he wants to have a relationship with me. All he wants is for us to be close to each other. [Music]