Shnayim Yomi - Va'eira - D'var Torah

[Music] passions for era so early in the week we discussed the idea that each plague was different and specifically that the plague of dam of blood did not occur in power's house that is actually based on the words of the pasek if we can go back it's peroxian where it says if you remember this from the early in the week that would be great by yifa and paris paris turned away by yavel bay so he came to his house for leicester liberty gamla's ice he ignored the situation that was going on in egypt so right away they what we spoke about the measure seems to say that he ignored the situation in egypt because he didn't feel it himself didn't bother him he walked into his palace and his palace had fresh running clean water so it didn't bother what everyone else was doing and it says twice it says you came to his house and didn't listen also to this rashi says what does also mean also adds on that he ignored not only the plague itself but as we spoke about early new week prior to the plague moshe and aaron brought special signs and miracles to show that they were real so he ignored the plague because he didn't feel it he had water in his house and he ignored the original stuff as well those special signs and miracles that they performed this is a lesson for all of us that the torah said to us it's easy to feel something when you're in the street dealing with someone else when you go into your own home some people sadly to say lose that feeling of empathy for others thankfully many of us are watching this and we had a successful healthy last few months we weren't directly affected but when we hear someone is directly affected we have to empathize to the level of where it bothers us to a certain point where we cannot just look away so we go into our own homes we cannot be like power and say we are safe within our own home and don't worry about the rest of the world the famous story is that the rich person had a knock on his door and he came outside on a cold night and the rabbi was standing there the rabbi said i want to talk to you about a very important situation going on in my school we have to raise funds and the rich person tells the rabbi yeah yeah come inside we'll get a cup of coffee no no i have to tell you what's going on we have to raise money for this we're also supporting people who are widows and and orphans we need to speak to him he goes rabbi it's freezing outside please come inside my house and we can have the same discussion and he's saying no no no no no and finally the person says what is your problem why can't we have this conversation inside it's the same conversation same words same everything and the rabbi says because i want you to feel what it means to be cold and hungry and tired and if we go inside your warm room and you give me a coffee and we're having the same conversation there will not be the same empathetic feeling toward that we ourselves are something we have to work on constantly it's not something naturally a person goes into his own home he closes his door thankfully he has a great house and shalom bias and raising successful children but he loses a little bit of what's going on outside the street one of the things that we have to work on during the pandemic was we all locked into our own homes is not to be locked in in the negative way that paro did of ignoring what goes on in the rest of the world we have to go inside and work on ourselves to see empathy and we're all part of one nation kalisto we are all related to each other that's an important thing that to work on it's one of the ways the jews survive the exile is by being one great unit with each other we have to have that now as well the actress will bring the gullah hopefully we'll have meshiach by the time you get to this video we will all celebrate it in your share have a great job you