The Two Dimensions of Giving Thanks

By Yisro. Right, so Yisro had heard what had taken place. Everyone knows Rashi. Rashi says, what does it mean by Yisro? First Rashi in Parshas Yisro, it's up there with one of the most famous Rashis on the Torah. What he heard was Krias Yam Suf and Milchemes Amalek. Heard about Krias Yam Suf, heard about Milchemes Amalek. It's a little bit of an interesting Rashi. Why? Because the pasuk says what Yisro heard. By Yisro, what did he hear? What did he hear? And then he even says specifically, he heard strong in Mitzrayim. So in the world of what's bothering Rashi, this is like really problematic. The pasuk says exactly what Yisro heard. Why does Rashi have to add You heard Krias Yam Suf and Milchemes Amalek. To complicate things even more, Rashi, towards the end of the pasuk, says, is called also the hand of Miriam. Rashi now gives a shoutout to the man. And the beer and the beer of Miriam. And Amalek, and he mentions Amalek for the second time. And then on the words Rashi says, oh, this means literally the fact that took the children of Israel but this is even greater than all the other things. These Rashis are not easy to uh to sort out. What's interesting is that when Moshe Rabbeinu sits down with Yisro and he starts telling him the rest of the story. Right, he told him all the challenges that we had on the road. So here Rashi says, what did he tell him about? The sea and the Amalek. It's interesting. Yisro heard about Krias Yam Suf and Milchemes Amalek and now Rashi gives a specific shoutout to the and Amalek. And then the pasuk continues and says Yisro was happy. all Kol Hatorah. was the Torah? Here Rashi says the mun, the be'er, and the Torah. The Torah, we didn't get the Torah yet. So again, it's not easy to sort all these Rashis. Different expressions of good or challenges, Rashi's teaching in different ways. The first Rashi everybody knows. There's a lot of Chumash Torah on the first Rashi. I just counted five Rashis where Rashi seems to give a shoutout to different elements and different aspects of what took place. But just one Brisker Rav, and then we're going to go right there. And that is So, Yisro comes in and Yisro says, you know, I'm hearing good news, good tidings from my famous son-in-law. Right? This is good stuff. This is amazing what's going on. And Moshe says, "Have a seat." Vayisaper Moshe, he starts telling him everything that's going on. I saw in the Shiurim from Rebbi Ahron Leib Shteinman Soloveitchik and the Shiurim from Rebbi Ahron Leib Shteinman Soloveitchik and picked the Brisker Rav for the over They say over from the Brisker Rav that the Brisker Rav said that what was the point of Moshe Rabbeinu sitting down, Vayisaper Moshe Lechoisna and telling him all these ma'asim? So, the Brisker Rav said that everybody knows if Hashem does a chesed with you, right? A dovor tov. You have to thank Hakadosh Baruchu. We say Modim every day, right? What's the idea? You give aidah Hakadosh Baruchu. You say shevach for aidah. Thank you, Hashem, for this. Thank you, Hashem, for that. Right? That's an avodah. And that's what it means to give aidah to Hakadosh Baruchu. But the Brisker Rav said that in addition to a person having a chiyuv to thank Hashem for something good that happens, there's an inyan to talk about the actual events that took place. So, there's one avodah, that's Hakadosh Baruchu. Thank you, Hashem. There's another avodah, you meet a friend, you're not going to believe what happened to me. This incredible thing took place. You're not thanking Hashem. You're not even talking to Hashem. You're talking to a friend of yours. You're talking to your chaverusa. You're talking to a coworker. You're talking to a guy you met on the street. Socially awkward, but whatever. And you tell him, "I want to tell you, I want to share something incredible with you." There's an avoid it. It's part and parcel of this Indian that when Hashem does something good for you, you give to but in addition to giving to there's also an Indian to go ahead and to tell the story. The score of said, we say in every morning she right give sing see who talk about all the that did. We say in the other this is more known as right that them say by before shabbos you do guys die in the of Adam right guys are always praising we use and they bring a carbon that's the ultimate manifestation of praise for the room arena but in addition to that they tell the story with joy but they tell the story think about the of how many times do we say this right shabbos I got they praise you they also walk around they got they tell the story of your strength and they different they also talk about your they know your you do I'm telling I'm being I'm telling the story so the said half of a fellow he said that when the had all these miracles that took place they really had two applications one application was thank you Hashem but there's another obligation tell the story said thank you Hashem they didn't do it they did that at the as you know they sang and presumably every day and they feel they were thanking showing gratitude for the amazing thing that happened but as it relates to the other part as it relates to the part of telling the story said the they never did you know why they had no one to tell the story to cuz they all knew it so Mona Grace, shows up." He's the first person that arrived at the scene that doesn't know everything that happened. So, Moshe Rabbeinu sat him down. He was being mekuyem the safer, the second chelek of whatever he needs to do, and something good happens to him. He said he finally had a a victim. He finally had an audience. Finally had someone he could tell the story to. Said the Brisker Rav, "That was vayesaper Moshe lechoisnoi." That's exactly what he was doing. The truth is, we say this in Mo'adim every day. We never even noticed it. What do we say in Mo'adim? Nodeh lecha unesafer lecha. We say it every day. It's everywhere. Once you see this yesod, you're going to see it wherever you look. Like every yesod from the Brisker Rav. It's so clear. It's so emes. It's so poshut. It's so spot on. Right? Said the Brisker Rav, "There's two chiyuvim that come along with a dover tov coming to you. One of them is you have to give a todah to Hakadosh Baruch Hu. Number two, there's an inyan of unesafer lecha. The Yidden were giving hodah hodah hodah. Finally, Moshe Rabbeinu had someone that didn't know the story. Vayesaper Moshe lechoisnoi. Es kol asher osah Hashem lePharaoh uleMitzrayim. Absolutely enthralling.