What happens After Shavuot

Never pay attention Parshat Nasso almost always comes out what's A Shavuot especially this year where Parshat Nasso was right up against this Chag of Shavuot. It's the longest parsha in from all the parshas that we read. How many pesukim does it have? 176. You look at the end of the parsha but there it says kuf ayin vav pesukim 176 pesukim. Interestingly enough the longest parsha from all Tehillim from all the 150 kapitlach of Tehillim as we all know is kuf yud tes 119 which we read many times by the kever of the yahrtzeit it has to be connected to the aleph bet gimmel dalet. It's the longest. You know how many pesukim that also has? That's right you guessed it 176 pesukim just like by Parshat Nasso. From all the mesechtas in Shas as we are familiar at least in the pages everyone knows Bava Basra Bava Basra is the longest mesechta in Shas at least in the number of pages not in the number of words but in the number of pages. How many pages is in Bava Basra? Dun dun this is a test on your Shas capabilities 176. Wow three times the number 176 by all the world records that exist over here in Torah Shebichtav Torah Sheba'al Peh and it's interesting that it's specifically in Parshat Nasso because if you for those who know the Midrash Rabbah is the longest in this parsha. The Midrash Rabbah in just Parshat Nasso is bigger than all of Sefer Devarim put together. That means if you open the Midrash from Midrash Rabbah it's bigger than the whole entire Sefer Devarim and the rest of Parshat Bamidbar also it's humongous huge. If you look in the ArtScroll part Midrash Rabbah it takes up two books. So you can save a lot of money if you just skip Parshat Nasso. That's the the Midrash. The Zohar on Parshat Nasso is the longest Zohar that's around. He puts a whole lot of Rabbah in there. He puts a a amount in Parshat Nasso. What in parshas Nasso? What's so special about parshas Nasso, Pitam, that it's breaking all these world records? You know, I got to give it We got to call up Guinness and tell them about this. This is a serious business. The answer is, says the Chidushei Harim, says the Chidushei Harim, you know why? Because parshas Nasso follows Shavuos. And the yesod of the time of the chag of Shavuos is, yes, it's kabbalas haTorah, but it's a little bit more than that. As someone one time said to me a beautiful yesod, when you go to a wedding and everybody's dancing and everybody's having a good time and everybody's wearing a suit and tie and a hat and everything else, how do you know where the chassan is? You ever go to a wedding and you go, "Can you just point out who the chassan is? I have to go say thank you. I have to go say yashar koach. I want to eat something. I can't eat before I say mazel tov to them." How do you know where the chassan is? The answer is, you know because he's the one that when the chassan is all over and everything's finished, he goes home with the kallah. He's the one that goes home with the bride. And that is the difference between the successors in kabbalas on Shavuos as not. Post-Shavuos is where we see the separation between the men and boys. When everything is in euphoria, everyone's excited, everyone's having staying up all night on Shavuos, it's fantastic, kol hakavod, we're very proud of you that you did it. But the real nafka mina is the next day, during parshas Nasso. On that Shabbat, did you stay up and learn some extra? Did Shavuos actually mashpia on you? Did it have some influence on you? Or was it, if I could say, just a show? Was it just something that was just part of the part of the rekkab? We say every day, "Sheyitargileinu beTorasecha." That the Kadosh Baruch Hu should make us ragil in the Torah. He should make us used to the Torah. And the meaning behind ragil is the It comes from the same word as regel, your legs. You know why your legs are called raglayim? Feet. Your legs in Hebrew are known as raglayim. It's a lesson of hair gel being used to. Hair gel means that you're used to something. You don't think about the left foot in front of the foot work. It just happens automatically. If you are thinking about it, you better hurry up and see a doctor quickly. The idea behind your your legs is it's something that works automatically. And on that it says about David and Melech, the man who put tail in together, the king of all of Israel, it says Regalia Whenever I got up in the morning, I went straight to the base of interest. How? My legs took me there. Now, what does it mean your legs took you there? You went or you didn't go? You know, David and Melech was a very busy man. He was not He was the king. He was the head in over here. He had many financial things, governmental positions to take care of. He had all the economical issues and he had to deal with a lot of Jews, if you don't mind me saying so. Reminds me of when Carter was speaking to Begin and he started sighing and saying, "Oh, I I have 200 million Americans that I have to take care of." Kind of making fun of him about his cute little country that barely has anything. And then Begin also threw out a sigh and said, "I have 6 million prime ministers that I have to take care of. It's much harder to take care of 6 million Jews than take care of 200 million Americans, so to speak." Anyways, the idea behind it is that David and Melech was a very busy man. He had a lot to do. He had a lot of business meetings to meet and he got up in the morning, set a schedule, looked at his appointments, got out of the castle. On his way out, next thing you knew it, he's in the base of interest. I didn't even He didn't even realize he was there. He just found himself there. What's shot? He said is is Regalia took him. It's a hair gel because of his his habit got him to the base of interest. And the answer is and this is true by all of us. I'm sure we're quite familiar that where everybody has their thing that they focus on. And when you have that thing that you focus on, you always end up coming back to there in every conversation and every mind frame. And I'll tell you where you really do and just want to answer it. When you're in the middle of davening, your mind is floating there. The guy who's busy with his investments is thinking about that house and this sale and that buy and this. The guy who's very into his millions and tens of millions might have hit it big, but it doesn't stop over there. He's very busy thinking about the next guy. The person who's busy with a musician and thinking about music and loving it all the time is thinking about the next note and how to make the next position and how to be able to take care of it. >> [gasps] >> And if I could use a prime example of this if I could use a prime example of this we already used to by 2001, I think we're quite familiar. Ever heard of the Twin Towers? You remember that? Well, that whole event we're kind of used to, but when that happened I think everybody was like absolutely slammed, completely surprised. Where in heaven's name did this crazy man think of such an event? You know, there's one thing about thinking about terrorist event terrorist attacks and this, but to go to such extremes and such a scale, where did he get this thing in his mind? It's already become like humdrum in our brains, but I remember like that was like wild and just and to say where did it come from? The answer is clearly that this madman, his name is Bin Laden in case you didn't know, every time he was in the States he was flying around those buildings that he took off and this he was thinking, "How do I get these buildings down? Hmm, I'll put a bomb in the bottom. I'll put it in the parking lot. It's not strong enough. Can I get a bomb? Maybe I'll fly in F-16 over it and be able to go ahead and take care of it." But that's not realistic. They'll they'll pin me down in the over and over. Khazars, Khazars, every time he was in one of his filot he was always thinking again, "How am I How what's the most carnage that I can get of? How much murder, slaughter, terrorism can I do at its peak again? Hazaras and Hazaras. That was what's always on his mind until he came with if you don't mind me use an Einfeld. What a good idea. I'll get a couple planes, smash them in there. You don't get better than that. Call it a convert. I'm sure God loves me. Okay? That's where it comes from. A person is Shakua. He's invested. He's committed to what he loves, to what he believes, where his heart is. David Hamelach is Regalim was taken to base some interest. He was always there. So yes, he was on his way to business meeting and he just couldn't help himself. He just found himself doing it again. He found himself back in the base of interest. That's what it is. That's what Motzei Shavuos is all about. Post Shavuos is the man that shows where you're invested. Where are your Regalim taking you? I said during Shavuos it's fantastic. Kabbalat HaTorah. We receive the Torah, but it doesn't stop there. What you're doing afterwards, the post, that's where it is. We have Parshas Naso, which is on P'shat, all the P'sukim. We have Drush, all the Midrashim. We have Sod, all the Zohar, all world records. In order to tell us get cooking. Go ahead. It's over. Yes, the Chag is over. It's finished, but now's the time to go ahead and move to the next step and do it on your own. You want to prove that you're really there? Do it when the time when it's not learning. I'll end with a quick story from a barn cutler. Rav Aaron was supposed to catch a very important train which only comes once a week. It was supposed to be transferring him somewhere and he was by the train station and somehow he missed it. The doors closed. The doors closed on him right when he was about TO THINK. ALL ABOARD AND EVERYTHING was over. All the doors were closed and he didn't know how to get in. He was trying to look desperately how to get on this train. He could not miss it. It was very bad situation. Suddenly two Talmidim looked out of the window. They rolled down the window and said, "Rebbi!" And they each took one hand and they said, come with us. And they each grabbed one of the Rav Aaron's hands. So everyone knew of Aaron, I didn't. But anyways, he he wasn't very tall. He was short and very petite. So it wasn't too hard. They threw him over and put him into the window of the train. They lifted the Rosh Yeshiva with the frock and the homburg and everything and put him into the window of the train. He fell into the train on the floor. Boom boom. And you know, as you can understand. As as I read, as he was getting up, he was brushing himself off and says, "Who else to What are you holding? What sugar you in? What's it He didn't even say He wasn't even busy with the thank yous and the this and Oh, brocha shamayim made it. Whoo. Getting a pant of breath. He says, "Who else to What What sugar are you in? What What come are you in? What daf are you in? I want to speak to you in learning." Didn't even give him a time. That's a person where his priorities are entirely That's where That's where we see where the impetus of a person not during the 9:00 to 1:00 during the seder, but at 1:01, at 1:02. That's when we're able to see the real person in you. All right. Goliam lo chimati lebeisi midrash shabbat shalom.