Shnayim Yomi - Chayei Sarah - Sh'vi'i - #7 - Rabbi Mordechai Amon - K'lal Yisrael Front Center

Good morning. We finish off today with aliat seventh aliyah of we see something very interesting over here. The puk is naming by name the children of Ishmael and he's now it speaks about his passing. It says he lived 137 years. He he became tired. He passed away and he was gathered by his nation. And wonder why are we necessarily counting the years of Ishmael to what does that concern us? So the Rajban brings down a migila that says it doesn't necessarily concern us but it's additive of cavod for Abrahamu who had his first child Ishmael at 86 years old and he was excited to do the milah on him at age of 13. So now to finish up the so-called diary of his children. So we put that in there for the cav of Abraham. Now she takes a different standpoint. He says it helps us navigate how many years was inhib. He says from the time that Ishmael passed away which was officially when Yakov was learning in it makes sense that he was there for 14 years. So for that accounting we where the Torah records the amount of years Ishmael lived. Whichever way you take that it's not about Ishmael. It's about something in the Jewish nation that's important for some Jew. And this is perhaps what the vilagon means. Vagon asks, "How come how could we say eleno? Hashem is our god. He's everyone's god. From every ant to the smallest ant in the world to the largest elephant or giraffe, hashem is the ruler of the whole world. Everybody falls [clears throat] under his domain. So how do we say elenu is ours?" And the naga says the reason why we're able to say it is because based on how we act, based on how we treat others, that's how Hashem judges the entire world. It's our responsibility to raise the bar of every area of life. So the world is a place of blessing. Like the when there was a earthquake in a far away land, he called people in Ryen together and he says, you know, we have to repent. we have to do tisha because there wouldn't be earthquakes anywhere if we were doing if we were living properly if we were learning if we were keeping Shabbat properly treating each others with respect it wouldn't happen so therefore it's a charge for us an obligation for us to live above the rest of the world and to do it in the most beautiful way wishing you all Shabbat shalom