The Amazing Allusion to the Month of Elul in Parshas Shoftim

This Torah class is brought to you by tora anytime.com. >> Okay, good afternoon. Um, as we prepare for parasim and now the par begins judges and rulers, you should place for yourself in all of your gates. And as pointed out by the first week of we always l without exception is always a par we l the first week of of and the question then is what does have to do with says big things are not coincidental. So what is the connection between and smoking? So what >> the small things >> nothing is but certainly big things certainly big things. So we look we look um says he takes the blood of the bullap he sprinkles with his finger on the face of the capus the east side. So the P says two times it says and then it says yeah. So Rashi points out over there that's one. You sprinkle one >> one up seven below. one upward seven below and in fact the it says like this would take the blood from the one who stirred it because you couldn't let the blood sit the blood would sit right it would coagulate then the would go back into the he would stand in the same place he stood He didn't have in mind. He didn't actually spritz up. It's not like, you know, he had like a water gun, right? He's sprinkling the blood. The blood could not get reach the the aine. It wasn't supposed to go onto the wasn't it wasn't supposed to go onto the kim in the direction a little, you know, he went up and then we'll see what that means. Right. Right. So that's how he would count. One, right? What does it mean? One, one above and then one and one meaning one below. One above and two, one and three. And what's the obvious question? >> You only do one, >> right? Listen, right? You count one >> and then one and one, one and two, one and three, one and four. >> The first time he didn't go down. He just did it on top. The others have up and down. The first one just has up. >> But you know, let me explain how he did it. He would sprinkle one above and then one below, two below, three below, four below, five below. >> Right? Even in they don't count this way, right? Even right they don't when you count to seven you don't say one and one and two one and three. You just count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >> sprinkles. >> No, he didn't sprinkle each time. No, he would just say one one and one one and two. I mean you would think he could hold that when he's counting the three and the four he already did the one on the top. But he's the after all that much we'll give him credit for. So what's the reason for that? The on it should be there's a mistake on the says everyone agrees that the first spritz was counted with each one. Why is it certainly the niggan is much nicer but still why would they have to count like that? So we have a different so he doesn't make a mistake. What does that mean? So, Rashi explains that we want to like make a little delay between 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 so he could like focus and remember that what number he's up to. I mean, okay, that helps him keep track. You would think one and two, one and three makes it more confusing. And then the garra says like this said it's a you have to count because it says in this look back and then it says why does it say two times right? It teaches on the first and it needs to be counted with each one. So that means like this. So we have two reasons why you have to count one one one two one three one is to give him time so he doesn't make a mistake and one is it's what'sina would be where he didn't count >> where he did where he didn't count it and he didn't make a mistake so according to the first reason those the only reason to say one and two one and three so you don't make a mistake but if he didn't make a mistake say according to the second reason fine so you you have to do it but the question is is find this might be the reason the logical reason why you have to do it but on the deeper meaning what's the significance of counting the number one with each number one one and one and two one and three one and four in other words what's who's the one >> God who are the seven what does that refer to and why do you have to keep on mentioning one every time you count the seven and what does that have to do with this week's par Okay, so we have an amazing safer that we've featured one time before but a very long time ago and that is everybody knows that one of the great of all time was the Rama but many are not familiar that he's also one of the greatest of all time he wrote a commentary on the and he's also tremendous he wrote we know in he wrote and he wrote a of the deeper meaning of the mikdash called it's basically I don't think it's in print and this is courtesy of Hebrewbooks.org Look at number eight says the known like it's explained what's the reason you ready for this is unbelievable the seven represent that make a person sin. What do seven have to do with the Sahara? Because those who are familiar know that the says how many names does the Sahara have? >> Seven names. We'll see in a minute. There's seven spritzes below because there's seven thing that pull us down. One up. There's only one thing that pulls you up. He only has one name. Why do you count one? One one two one one three one four because everybody knows that you're supposed to serve Hashem not only with the but as well. It says um so it means you want to use the andle it up. So therefore the seven numbers are connected the seven names of the so you take the and you say one one you pull up one force one two one three you want to pull up the sahara. So you have one force but with each force below you want to up the upward. Okay. Um why they count this way? And if you pull the up you could use the to serve Hashem. Now what's the source that the has seven names? Look at number nine. This the right the has seven names. What are his names? God calls him bad calls him like the says. Yeah. David calls him give me a pure heart calls him the like the says. Then the says on the first wide line calls him when do we learn that? >> Very good. And finally calls him. These are the seven names. By the way that because the seven names that could be what means this falls seven times because these are seven ways that the has in his arsenal. Right? What does it mean? He has seven names. I think the explains in his to the has seven main tactics to get a person to stumble. By the way, just parathetically, the Gmorra says the Shabas that we pass in that how many books are there in the Tyra? >> 27ish in the five. >> Seven, right? before. So says, "So if there's seven, you need seven to counteract." Okay, we won't mention that. >> What's the point of it again? >> It's funny. He's like the viper, the snake. Okay, fine. Then the Rama in another of the also brings down this idea of spritzing one above and seven below. He brings down You would spring in the even though there's seven below and you could overcome the downward spiral. Why? With every force that pulls you down, you keep remember one one two one three. Even though you have many things pulling you down, the one could overcome. What's the seven? The and said the Rama learns these are seven descending powers of the Sahara they bring a person down but the is that's the is one above and then the Rama explains that the is seven because the is a physical thing the the the physical realm is governed by the number seven like the days of the week but the spiritual realm is only one and therefore the is one. But bottom line is you could overcome the har that's why we mentioned with each one number 1 one 18 34 15 1 6 7 okay the grandson of theam the cifer quotes the rama and says in the now I don't believe he's saying he's sort of saying maybe his own but he says the following idea that Why is the kayo doing this kipper? He's going into the kadeshim and he's saying one above one one one two what's the message of the kangado is trying to be on behalf of kalis he's trying to come up with a defense on their behalf what's he saying to god we know the gar says in that one of the that would end their with was God, we want to do your will. And what's so saying he's saying, "Look at these people. Look how hard it is. Going upward, they only have one. Going downward, they have seven on them. It's so difficult. It's like a way of being on behalf of it's a way of being on behalf of it's a way of defending them. That's he's going into the what what's he telling God? He's only said one thing, you know, give them a break, cut them some slack. It's very difficult the be have who created the seven. So you're asking over his creation >> any type any any god God knows already. But it's a way right we saved God knows who knows better than he's the one who made us. So the pimp points out that that's not exactly what the Rama said. The Rama didn't say that the is being made let's on our behalf. The Rama actually said that what the what the is teaching us is that it's our job and responsibility to pull up the with the and join forces of the with the but nevertheless this is another dimension and meaning of and why we count the number one with each of the seven with with each of the seven uh countings below. Okay, hold on to that for a few moments. Let's come back to our para >> the lala is with hashem >> the lala is the and the is and the point is there's only one force going up and there are seven fors going down let's come back to our par we mentioned from the what that every single year the first week of what's the meaning of that look in number 14 and This is the beginning of chuva and this is the principle of chuva. What is what is the fundamental principle of chuva? That any person who wants to do chuva has to appoint two people at his gate. A judge and a ruler. What are his gates? All of one's senses which are the gates of a person. that God opened to use. So what are the gates number one and two? Two eyes two ears two nostrils the the male that's the >> the male organ all of these things. Who's the judge? your to be a judge. You have to put a judge when to use it, when not to use it. >> How does this count? >> Nobody said seven. >> Maybe there are 100. I don't know. >> We say it's still where have to do with anything. Okay. >> That's why the letter of Zion is not found in a >> Okay. So, you have to put a judge by every gate, what you're allowed to look at, what you're not allowed to look at, what you're allowed to listen to, what you're not to listen to. Now, what what are you guarding your nose? That's what exactly >> what what do you what what can't you smell? >> Perfume. Face. No. >> No. Is there a to? We'll see. And what's the Okay is a d what you can what you can't. What's a is a punish. What's that referring to? You have to put a a ruler to punish. Not only should you before you look at something, you have to make a decision. Am I allowed to look? If you did look at something wrong, you take a dollar. One level is give it to sedaka. But that's not a good way to do it. Take the dollar, rip it up. >> Hurts more. >> If I'm good, I want to give suck anyway. Rip it up. That's what the bal say. You want to control yourself, you make a you make a that if I do something wrong, take the dal, rip it up. Oh, that that kill. Oh, that is that is me n that hurts to rip up a dollar even to throw a quarter in the Oh, that's not You could give a $100 to saddaka. You throw the quarter in the garbage. Oh, that's about this week's para, right? That's what it has to do with par. No, just Okay. Um, it's not about anything that's for a constructive purpose. Not is not about the world. >> And then what? That's a different story. >> Right. So every one of your senses, your eyes, your ears and now how many gates are there? So in the which is it says it says there's seven gates of the two nostrils the mouth. So the bay saskar also wrote another sterish called deala not related to deerka right. He says he quotes Saskar. He says he um he quotes the seven um gates. He says heaven >> yeah the founder the original and you need to be mishab at all these seven gates not to look not to listen not to smell not to speak not to eat not to drink only. And who's the ruler? The Now let's let's draw the following analogy. Who's the ruler? The >> the what's in the on all the gates. The has to be the what to look at, what to listen to, what to smell, what to eat, and so forth. >> Was in the way. You had a long she has wave and work together and north. >> Okay. And then listen to what he says. He says that's the what's the if you're really a person who wants to improve his ways you should find yourself when you do so a person wants to control you know the best way to go every time you see you take a buck >> rip it up >> throw send it through the shredder You're not you're not going to do it again so fast the rest of your life, >> right? That's that's a good way and this or to fast, right? Like the like suggests. So now this is the idea of that that every gateway your eyes your ears your nose your mouth you need to appoint guards what you're allowed to use them for and you should appoint a you should yourself if you don't use it properly now truth be told is not the first person to come up with this explanation on the has already preceded You did him. Look at number 17. Very can I just ask you but the end of the so the way we've been interpreting so far is the are personal and they're the judges and they prevent you know you should what what be careful what you read what you speak whatever but the is talking to >> that's that's how do you use you know are you using these to judge the rest of the nation that's not personal how you handle other people. >> So it could be um the refers to yourself in many ways. >> But maybe next year we'll get to the second part of the right. Okay. says, "This is a These are the seven gates on the head." But there other gates there two eyes won't contain two two years because he's only one year. He doesn't have a shot. Why call two showers? There's one shot. >> No, the two eyes don't work in tand they work in tandem. But sometimes there's something over there that this eye doesn't see. So you have to close your eyes. Sometimes there's something over there, right? There's something called visual therapy. Some people their eyes don't work in confluence. But sometime you have to guard each eye. >> How about you? >> Well, well, sometimes you have people on the phone, right? So this ear is already is talking to him. But you even with this here you can't listen to right >> say it should be the other way. >> Okay. Okay. So well hang on one sec says the schlah these are the seven gates of the head but there are other gates also. He says the um the briskesh is a gate and he even says there the gate that excretes the food. That's also a gate you have to watch. What does that mean? Don't eat like a behemoth till you become like and all these gates you need to judge and you need to okay so this idea of the he was already preceded by the says well there's a connection now again says why do we l this para on because the first step in chuva is you got to guard the gate that's the first step if the gates are open then the the city's unprotected how can you do chuva the the enemy could still could still infiltrate but even this idea that we l in he was also preceded by the look at number 18 this par we always land in par which has been set aside for every person to return to his creator. How the way you do it is look at the end of the piece. because these seven are the seven of the and you need to have and that is why we l it during by the way I just forgot to mention what are you guarding your nose from well the says possibly the nose is the vera that is the most You know what you have to guard your nose from? >> But the two nostrils is so all these gateways have to be guarded. So comes along and he has a beautiful idea that this concept of of guarding the seven byways and highways and pathways and gateways of the nephesh which we said is the first step of chuva. After all says that's why we l the first step of chuva is to guard the seven gateways of the nephesh. That goes hand in hand with the of the meaning what the looks to pull down the seven gates. Is standing right by these seven gates making a person susceptible and liable to sin with your eyes. Yet is waiting right by the eyes all day long. He doesn't let up to look at something that we shouldn't to listen to something we shouldn't and the is the one is the is trying to guard the seven gateways. So what does the what does the doipper use on your eye the other eye the fourth that's says is take a look at number 19. He says, "Come and see. This lofty thought of these holy people fits in wondrously and illuminates with a very clear light. The words of the sprinkles one above and seven below. His is to make the which is one rule over right is in the which is to rule over the which is which are the seven forces. Next paragraph to draw that we should fulfill. In other words, the first passing in this week's par is what? Appoint guards on what? The seven gates. That why do we land in an L? That's what L is all about. Next paragraph that's why that's what we do when you now do now you realize you want to make the rule over all seven what's the meaning that the nama should rule over All the Z of the Nephes do this of and eliminate already a little late. They don't have the chance to to actually become a show >> for the future. >> Maybe first you got to start down here in this world. First we do our for 30 days and after that then the is ready to you know put bang the nail on the head and do it in the and finally we conclude. Now we're overjoyed to understand the reme of what's to teach. Then the month of El the month of Chuva, you have to appoint guards and rulers over your eyes, over your ears, over your nose, and most importantly, the seventh and most important gate over your mouth. Now, by the way, let's just add, it's not on the sheets, that the safer continues. You can look it up, that the seven gates correspond to the seven days of the week. >> And Shabas, of course, the seventh day corresponds to the seventh gate, which is >> the mouth, which is why there's a special to learn Tyra on Shabas because Shabas corresponds to the pad, the gate of the pad. Therefore on Shabas we we exercise the correct way to use the mouth and that is to be imbal and that's why the benes writes in par that every learning you do on Shabas is a thousand times more valuable than learning you do during the week because that's the whole of Shabas to sanctify the seventh gate which is corres that's why in Adalah as Shabas is coming to an end we Exercise all these seven gates. You look at the Nice. You smell the bisim. You listen to the you answer make the exercise all the seven gates as the seventh day of the week is leaving. And then there's uh if you look in some sadum they have especially Israeli said about that you should watch over help us pull the sh >> through the olive phase and eat right I can tell you that somebody told me somebody told me to say that Indian say that fa after I lost my job 20 years ago in two weeks and I was out of work for about 8 months and two weeks Later I had a job. >> You should give me advice two months ago. >> Listen, it's interesting that is brought down is a very ancient tool. It's brought down. That's the only of all the T. That's the T that I say. You've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by tora anytime.com.