Shnayim Yomi - Eikev - Shishi - #6 5784

[Music] shishi a this is part of the shma we say it once a day at least some of us say it more and it's very simple it's talking about what will happen if we keep the Commandments and what happens we do not keep the Commandments in verse 17 it says obviously that the wrath of Hashem will be against us and he will banish us from the land if we're not doing good things and then it says you shall place the words of Mind hasem upon your heart and upon your soul even in Exile we have to place these words on our heart on our mind simply it means the words of Torah Torah studies an obligation that's relevant today relevant in Exile relevant around the world not only in the B mdash Rashi cites us sa free that's very important Rashi says that a fre teach us that Jews should observe the Commandments even in Exile so that when the Redemption occurs they will not have forgotten how to perform them it's a very wild rashi rashi on the surface is seeming to say that all commands in Exile are on a secondary level only for when we return we'll know what to do that doesn't seem that seems like a blanket lency on everything we do today what the Aro left out is Rashi chose two specific examples Misan and M now everyone knows M andan are based on the Human Being Human Being obligations apply everywhere if you want to say certain obligations of a land and rically you take it on maybe but fza everyone's obligated even an exile it's a person it's not based on the Exile so why does Rashi choose misus and thrilling to say that we should observe them even in Exile so that the Redemption occurs we will not have forgotten what what are we what are we going to forget what are we missing here so my father my rebbi says thatas are made from mundane items they're made from the skin and the hides of an animal that's how the the cloth what's written on and the Box itself they're written for mundane things and yet we turn that into something extremely holy we have two levels in Judaism Mitzvah objects and holy objects Mitzvah objects are like tius alul holy objects must be buried FAS must be buried we're taking items of mundane the animal hides the animal skin and turning it not only to a Mitzvah something holy so he wants to this we have to understand that when we have Earth to it's a holy place and people will think to themselves is that so holy what do you mean it's a land it's just Earth no Jews have the ability to make everything mundane into holy when we go into Exile we got to remember that we can make it holy we were sent into exile because we didn't keep the land and the Mitzvah the correct way make ourselves holy we could say as well that when we are in Gs as well why those Mitzvah to remind ourselves as well that while we're in Exile we should know to make ourselves holy our own bodies which seems like something mundane and physical we have the ability to turn our bodies into holy things when you stand next to a holy great righteous person and many times you'll feel different why because their entire Essence becomes Holiness not just the actions they do and the mits they perform they themselves become holy to the point where speaking some people say that righteous people are not even contaminated as corpses because their whole body became a vehicle of spirituality that is the goal we should do even in the Exile hopefully we will be able to finish the Rashi and that when we the Redemption occurs we will not have forgotten this lesson and we'll have a smooth transition into the Redemption forever [Music]