Shnayim Yomi - V'zot Haberachah - Shishi - #6 - Rabbi Solly Sardar - The Essence of Klal Yisroel

Ali is a very important aliyah and in this aliyah the Torah describes the essence of the Jewish nation and it says the Jewish people were dwelling. Bad means alone. The essence of the Jewish nation is that we are alone. Meaning to say that we are not persuaded by the ideas of the goim. We are not persuaded by their uh entertainments. We are not persuaded by all of the sorts of things that they try to to offer to us. We are a nation that's bad. While they put tattoos on their hands, we put on our hands. While they go to their entertainment, we go into the bid. We are a nation that has our own set of laws, our own conduct, our own way of life. And this lesson of badad we got from Abraham Ainu. Abraham was called Abraham. Why was he called? Because means he's on one side while the whole world could be on one side doing one thing. Abraham Au went to the other side and he said, "I will go against the current. I have the courage to go against what the world thinks is right. And I know what's right." And Abraham Abu knew what was the real and he gave us that power to have this attitude of bad when when we know something is right even if other people don't agree necessarily but if we know it's the right thing to do then we have that from Abraham of that is the secret of our nation. We are a nation that lives individually.