Tu Bishvat: The Seeds of the Final Redemption - Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

okay good afternoon friends to the Monday afternoon National Shear welcome everybody there's no Shear next Monday next Monday there will not be Shear this is our last share together before tuat so I want to take the opportunity to let everybody know make sure you get the safer the light and the Splendor which speaks about Kaneka but there is a um section of the saer on tuat the light is on Kaneka the Splendor is on tubish fat part of the safer is on tubish fat it is available and actually if you want to get a good deal on it you could order it now and you could get a 15% off plus free shipping using promo code Splender 15 15% off plus free shipping using Splender code 15 uh Splender 15 okay welcome everybody uh we're going to speak today about Tu bishvat and really we have amazing uh sources that will really upgrade our understanding appreciation of tuat epim is um giving us free advertisement so Ephraim is going to get um a free copy of the upcoming hag of pesak in French in honor of in Le of his free advertising uh we'll have to figure out how to get it to you okay B this year you're going to have to say the Manana in French okay that's part of it okay um tuat the tells us on the first day of is a rash for the tree now the word is a subject of great discussion in the Ben and we've spoken about that in the past how it is a reference to the es that is not what we're going to speak about today what we're going to focus on is a different of the and that is the fact that the Mish says it doesn't just say it says and yes that is also the subject of the focus of the basar but we are not going to be learning the B sar's interpretation today today we're going to be with the understanding of theen but this is the question of why would it refers to the opinion of does it say in accordance with the words of B it should say these are the words of B why this so to speak indicates that this is in concordance with everything B says I see a wants to go to the to the safer this is actually the grand finale of the light and the Splendor this is amazing um presentation and this is the question of the why does the M [Applause] say in accordance with the well-known opinion of B again thear has his approach but we're going to be learning today the approach of Theus yud theen he even brings in the that his z uh deals with this de of why it says now theba offers the following amazing approach and that is in general we know that Rabbi elazar was called a shuti shuti refers to the fact that he's a student of Shai let's say in the gar in shab the says it's the number eight on your sheet rash says is either they put him in like the says and thei says he's sh either rabar was put in or he was a student of Shai now what does rebar have to do with this there's a well-known when was the World created the gar says in going on to in the world was created the a were born in TI the passed in and the gar goes on to say that rebar holds on P was born on rash s was remembered Ra was remembered was remembered rash left prison rash we stopped our in in the month of niss we were redeemed are destined to be redeemed in Tish the opinion of reab Lazar is the world was created in TSH and we will be redeemed in Tish then the gar brings the opinion of Rua says the world was created Nissan the were born in Nissan the passed away in Nissan on P was born on rash s was remembered Ra was remembered was remembered on rash y left jail we stopped working King in we were redeemed and we are destined to be redeemed in N so we have Rua when the world was created when we are destined to be redeemed RAR says TI rabu says Nissan now rezar says the world was created in Tish rishu Nissan as mentioned RAB alzar is a student of shamai and this is in concordance with a well-known when was the World created B Shai then would say the world was created in Tish and B would say it was created in Nissan why do you think B says the world was created in TI and B says the world was created in Nissan this is why we know that b gave Primacy to Mid B was a more of Aid Man when they asked B sum up the tah on one foot B Shi said get lost when they asked B sum up the tah on one foot said B says the world was created in Tish TI is the month of din rash are we are we are judged we are judged y we are judged to get anywhere in Tish you need to earn it you need to deserve it you need to repent you need to have du therefore B sh says the world was created in Tish in the month of din that's on the month of Rashana reab elzar who's ATI rabar who follows the opinion of shamai he holds the world was created in TI Bas Hill on the other hand and RAB Yeshua is going according to that opinion says the world was created in Nissan in Nissan we didn't do chuva in Nissan we didn't deserve it in Nissan we were a in Nissan we were on why did God redeem us in Nissan because it's just Nissan is the period of year of complete now when was the World created Shai and RAR say rashash Hill and R say but really the world wasn't created on either of those days that's when Man was created but the Genesis of the world theim the first day of creation was six days before on either or so would say the first day of creation rishu would say the first day of creation is and andar would say the first day of creation is however there's another the is in that the tells us in 40 days before the formation of the Vlad a Heavenly voice declares Bas s the daughter of PL to plainy which means that before even the formation of the embryo 40 days before upon conception there's a declaration who somebody is supposed to marry the deres from here that before something comes into fruition the idea is conceived 40 days earlier this is not just when it comes to marriage but when it comes to any matter of significance before something comes to fruition it is conceived 40 days earlier therefore if the first day of creation was either El or Adar respectively then the idea to create the world would have been Tu of or tuat respectively so if you wanted to know when did God conceive the idea to create the world for the Jewish people so rabar and shamai would say tuba of and Rua and B would say tuat ah so now all of a sudden Tu has some significance because let me ask you a question you know the brings down the writes that we don't say why in the world would we not say on tuat tub bishvat is not a celebratory day what are we exact what are we celebrating on tub bishvat you know tubish is a halic Demar day of demarcation what what is the joy of tuat why would we not say does that make sense do we say do Would we not say on the day that's for where the animals born last year are from last year's TI and animals born this year from this year's TI there's nothing celebratory about the and there should be nothing celebratory about tubish tubish is just a line of demarcation is the day the sap begins to rise in the tree and whatever had does not mean budding Kanata means the earliest stage of development of a fruit whatever had Kanata last year you take off my and last year's produce whatever has after tuat then it is belongs to this year regarding the laws of my so tuat is not a day of Joy or celebration why would we not say t so that's something we need to investigate and furthermore you ever think about the fact why in the world would we eat fruits on tubish first of all aishat no fruits grow the sap begins to rise in the tree does anybody eat cows on because it's you ever see somebody he's walking home with a a goat say pal what are you doing I'm bringing the goat home why because today is rashash so I need to eat animals I need to eat cows nobody eats cows on the day that's why in the world does anyone eat fruits on the day that's because you have nothing better to do no pal if you have nothing better to do on tuat than eat fruits then you need to you need to speak to someone there are a lot of very good things you could do with your life other than eating fruits why do you need to eat fruits fruits you need to eat every day you know the FDA has a certain amount of fruits you need to eat daily now do I know anybody who actually eats the that many fruits every day I don't know anybody who follows that bad that triangle yeah everybody says they believe in it I don't know anyone personally who actually subscribes to I know people who flip the triangle and they have many portions of candy and Cake they have then under that they have lots of carbohydrates a little bit of protein and then maybe a little bit of a piece of fruit I know people they flip the they flip the triangle but why should you eat fruits Onish because it's rash do you eat people on Rashana cuz people are judged no I hope not you don't eat human beings on Rashana so why do you eat fruits on tuat so back to our there are two days that are the conception of the creation in the world has no significance is 40 days before before the 40 days before Tu is not significant in b b says if you're going to talk about trees you might as well do it on so that's why B who says the world was created in he says in the world of there's nothing significant about there's nothing significant about 40 days before but in the world of where the world was created inan and the first day of creation is and 40 days before is says the significance is given to not so it says the Clen the reason why the mishna says is this is in accordance with Bam's opinion that the world was created in Tish why does bami say the world was created in Tish because B learns that the world was created with mid bous is um B Tish um the word bous the word barous is the says because believes in a world of and that is what the the month of Tish represents it's a month of din it's a month of judgment it's a month of chuva it's a month of accountability Bas H says no the ier the ier uh time of the year is the time of R when hasem created the world in Nissan Nissan is a month when we were redeemed even withouta when we were redeemed without when we were redeemed with now friends there's another and that is when will Hashem redeem the Jewish people reab elzar is of the opinion that God will redeem us in Tish RAB Yeshua is of the opinion God will redeem us in Nan it's the same because by the way you know Rua holds I'm sorry rabar holds rear holds that the Redemption will only come with repentance reua says no we don't have to be we don't have to do chuva for mhia to come that's an amazing that is an amazing uh dispute war and brings that it's RAR and again namely says R Warman that if Hashem is going to redeem us in Tish that's the month of chuva then Hashem will only redeem us with chuaa but ifm is going to redeem us in Nissan then n is not a month of CH niss is a month of complete niss is a month that we're so is will be redeemed even without Chua says rev in his sa so what comes out is let's think about that when will the Redemption happen the Redemption will happen in the month that Hashem created the world re Yeshua says Hashem created the world with ra he created the world in Nissan and therefore the Redemption will happen in Nissan and re alzar says that the Redemption will happen in Tish hasem created the world with mid and therefore the Redemption will happen with mid so let's make one simple okay in a beautifulin if the world was created in Nissan according to Yeshua by the way we p in that way the ran writes in hisas at the end of jiml that we pasin the Redemption will happen in Nissan well if the Redemption will happen in Nissan for all intense and purposes just like God created the world on the first day of Nissan that's when he created man but that means the first day of creation was so if you wanted to know when will the very beginning of redemption start okay and when will Hashem conceive of the idea to redeem the Jewish people when will the idea so to speak arise in the mind of AES to redeem the Jewish people oh that won't happen until 40 days before that will happen 40 days before on tuat so that means tuat is the day that it arises k in the mind ofes to redeem the Jewish people now we understand why is a celebratory day because it is a day most associated with the earliest steps of Hashem remembering is to redeem us the G will happen in Nissan the beginning of it the conception of it 40 days earlier on tubish tubish is the beginning of the Redemption of the Jewish people in fact in the saer of the kber rebba he brings from the rebba of Rin that he would say that the 15th day ofat who is the in fact if one of the most extensive descriptions of tuat is found in the and what's interesting is that what's very interesting is that if you look in theim that the brings about enjoying tubish and eating the fruits of tu he mentions many of theim about the of so in in the he brings that the development of tubish and when it began to become popular was when was uh started to be proliferated and in that safer when it talks about in the saer of when it talks about the procedure of AAS on tuat he brings many of theim that are so to speak Lo longing for the Gula and attempting to be marar of the G but again that fits in beautifully with this idea that we're advancing that in the world of RAB Yeshua that the world was created in Nissan and that means the first Notch of creation or and G would then be and the conception of that would be 40 days before on tuat so let's talk a little bit about then that which the mag brings down that ashim have accustomed to eat p on tuat we've now uncovered an amazing dimension of tu bishvat the world is created in Nissan the first day of creation the conception of it 40 days early onat but not only is that the conception of creation it's the conception of G because if which means then 40 days before the conception of G ISAT so why are we eating fruits on tuat and we're going to uncover something really remarkable the gar says in there is no more open and revealed signal of the coming of the G than the proliferation of fruits of God addresses the mountains you mountains of Israel your branches should give forth and your fruits shall bear for my nation Israel because they have come close to come what does that mean the gamar is saying if you want to know the most open sign of the coming of the G is the Lush and proliferation of fruits in the land of Israel rash says when the land of Israel gives fruits gives forth its fruits generously rates then the end will draw near and by the way the mara observes an amazing phenomenon the mar Mara observes a phenomenon this is something Mark Twain wrote about that so long as K were not on their land did not give forth fruits and this is something we saw in our time in our century when Jews began to return to Israel in the 50s and the 60s and the 70s then swamp land marsh land which was formerly uninhabitable was swamp began to turn into an oasis the interdependency of Isel with CLA Isel that the mar says that Isel will not produce fruit for our enemy if you want to if you want an example of that look at the difference between a certain strip of land bordering the Mediterranean Sea when CLA were there and when our enemy was there it was one of the most fertile areas of the world and then it just became Devastation so the mar says when the land of Israel when Israel is Lush and ferle that is the greatest Simmon of the coming of the G in fact the gar Mill says why do we have the before because when you see when we see and we see you know what's coming next that is so the fruits of is are the greatest sign of the coming of the G by the way not only that the say the Trees of the of the field will give forth fruits what do you mean the Trees of the Field trees in the fields don't give fruits trees in Orchards give fruits Rashi says this refers to Barren trees that are destined to give forth fruits that love even the Barron trees are destined to give forth fruits you know why the meaning of that is the baron trees are destined to give forth fruits you know the theate would say that's what it means you see nowadays not all trees could sing only fruit trees could could sing cuz they're protected they're in uh the president has given them a security plan right security detail president of the world God says don't cut down fruit trees but he didn't say don't cut down oak trees or maple trees but even the will give fruits then they'll all sing because then they'll all be secure they'll all have security detail they'll all be protected they all have witness protection program nowadays only fruit trees are protected so only the fruit trees are singing But when the day comes you know thear says in trees fruit lost their T and their R trees lost their T and R and the mishna says that since we no longer have so fruit doesn't really have the same taste and smell anymore Ben writes the word tar is the Tells a Story there of H identified a very Lush and beautiful fruit Raba his son looked at the fruit and he really appreciated The Fragrant Aroma of the fruit and Runa said oh my dear son you have tahar why because the reason why our fruits lost their scent and their taste is because of a lack of Purity in the Jewish people but when the our Purity is restored or those who preserve their purity their fruits retain their original Purity their Original Scent and taste would say that's why in the bra of we say so we understand but what's what does eating fruits have to do with Purity he would quote that the reason why our fruits no longer have the same Aroma and flavor is because of our lack of Purity so if we were to ask what barometer do we have in this world that is the most compelling parameter as to how close the Redemption is how far are we from it how close are we to it how what phenomenon could we examine to so to speak be Wishful and say you know this indicates that may things are happening it's the fruits the fruits of is are the greatest barometer of the coming of the G and therefore on when it first when it arises in the mind of to redeem the Jewish people because Redemption is in Nissan it starts the conception is 40 days earlier we pick up the fruit onat and we are hopeful and we are yearning and we offer a prayer and we're davening and mat that wishfully saying whoa these fruits are really delicious look how Bountiful is is look how Lush look how fertile the land is it's on the day of the conception of the Gula we pick up the fruits hopeful Wishful that this should indicate that indeed the Gula is close to coming so it comes out friends the there really two periods of the year you have the period of TI which is the time of mid it's a time of Chua a time of rashash Yer days of judgment days of Chua and then you have Nissan Nissan is days of R Nissan are days that even if we're not deserving and we're be of Mitzvah Hashem elevates Us by the way just an added thought that's not published is that you know the tells us that tuba of the nights begin to get longer and because the nights begin to get longer therefore we have to learn more because the night is created for learning now what kind of learning is it dedicated for what kind of learning is it dedicated for we know that the Mets tells us how Didu know when it was day and night when he went up to when God told him to knew it was day and when told him to knew it was night so if on tuba of the nights get longer that means there's more time for tar and that's consistent with the month of Tish you see the month of Tish is a month of chuva Chua is not spoken about in the the med says that hasem asked the T what should be the fate of someone who sins and the toyra cannot come up with the plan of chuva only hasem himself only in the oral law on the other hand if the nights begin to get longer on tuba the mar says then the days begin to get longer on Bash that's probably why the sap begins to rise in the tree because because now the spring is starting the days begin to get longer if the days begin to get longer so then there's more time for maybe that's why the which is often we have the now that is coming the days are getting longer there's more time for the in a way is RA there's an idea that is there 24 books of plus the two correspond to the sh which is RA there are contradictions to that idea sometimes we say but for our purposes we're just bringing out the idea that the month of Nissan is a different time of the year you see in the month of Tish you're not getting anywhere without chuva on rashash you don't get anywhere without Chua on y you need chuva even you need some forth some some type of repentance friends fasten your seat bels I want to share with you the remes of the century revealed that the par at the end of the T symbolize various periods of chuva the best type of chuva is to get it done in 30 days you're done by they get it done with their CH by 30 days sure enough they're 30 signifies the CH of 30 30 days many people can't get it done in 30 days they take tiller 40 days they B that's the CH is 40 40 days of Chua that's for Bim you'll say but not everybody gets it done in 40 days some people they take until they they're a little bit weaker they take 52 days 52 52 days from 52 30 for 40 for 52 for people of lesser sture Cesar of wolson there's some people they take longer they can't do it in 30 Days by rashishana they can't do it in 40 days by Yumer they can't do it in 50 days 52 days by they take until if you add up 30 of plus 40 of that's 70 plus 52 of 122 122 days from is some people take said his son-in-law the said also is 122 Pim 30 + 40 + 52 there basically three types of chuva or four types of chuva you have the rash Chua you have the Nim Chua Bim you have the 52 chuva of people of lesser stature and then you have people who wait till the last second they wait until the end of Hau 100 what's the word after but then rev wolson hit so to speak uh a brick wall and what are you going to do with theim of they're 41 Pim so wolson said you don't have to worry about did you ever read we never ever read it's not counted but God illuminated my eyes let's count because some people they don't even do Chua by you know why because they can't Merit the system of din because even zo you still need to do chuva it's the last call for chuva some people they're just not tishay people they have to wait 41 Days Later 41 days after is tuat for them they have to be with they have to be with the different system not the system of not the system of they're only the system of 41 days after is none other than tuat tuat now moves us into a new segment of the year you see the first half of the year it's miden it's Tish it's Chua it's earning deserving it's hard work it's but we come Thursday we come to bishvat and we enter enter a new realm enter the realm of K and some are only in so to speak in that type of system of judgment so we hope that this coming may it arise in hashem's will to begin the process of G we're going to eat the fruits and we're going to wishfully hopefully yearn and be that it signifies the beginning of the process of the G and as the gar tells us in and every day we we remember this we say and we say if that will happen then so on we make as and as the Reb would say that is the of the have a wonderful rest of the day