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Utilizing the month of Elul in preparation for the Yomim Noraim - Shiur by Rabbi Nachum Scheiner
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If you know what Shabas is about, what
you have to do, the learning of Shabas
as well. We're already a couple of days
in, almost a week, a full week into L.
And there's a lot of opportunity, a lot
of opportunity in the month of L.
And I want to try to speak a little bit
about it to know what we have in L and
to utilize it.
every month that has a yam.
So what's the significance of the month
these the month of p these the yumpt of
pesiman
it's very interesting there's no yumpt
in l there's no there's no y in l so
what's the month of l
the terret says the whole month of l is
here for us for a preparation for for
for tish forash
and as we'll see
it's not just we have a lot what we
could do during L and accomplish
but if it's for rash so let's take just
one minute to understand what is rash
is a time where
you blow the tol
is a time
we say in
what's the
what's the in the
actually explained that even though it
doesn't say the word mel
but that is being
And as it's
Hashem is on the seven skies on the
earth on the four sides of the world
that's like that and as says over that
of course a person has to remember when
he has that in mind that Hashem it's not
just on skies, the earth, the four sides
of the world. A person is included. A
person's in that as well. Sometimes
Yeah. on the skies, on the earth, on
everything else
on us as well.
>> So good. Very nice. So the is the So
what's the takeaway from that? Okay.
What's the what what is it to us?
What comes out is if the is the
we are his
we're his servants.
The whole idea of being
is that we're his servants.
What what does it mean we're
servant? What what what does it mean? So
we find a concept in the beginning of
say for Yeshua. It says
moash
what's hashem
this is important because this is of to
prepare the gave us a month of to
prepare a full month to get to rashash.
You can't just wake up rashashana in the
morning and say the abish is the melik
and we're the servants. A person has to
get into the mode of that. So what is
the concept of
evid?
So the I'm going to read the says on
what is the definition of
he puts all his energy
all his thoughts
and all his doings.
In other words, an is different than
somebody that just takes care of a
couple of errands. You could work for
somebody and he gives you a list of
things to do and you take care of the
things. You check off the list.
It means we put all our energy, all our
thoughts and all our doings forum
throughout a day. It's not that okay now
I need to take out a couple of minutes
cuz I have to go down. The whole day is
for the even when we eat. Of course you
eat, you make a it's to have. You sleep
to have you go on vacation to have to be
rejuvenated to be able to be avoid.
So if we're being
in on rash
what's what's the takeaway of being that
we're his servants. were his and the way
of being his like the says is a person
puts all his energy his thoughts and his
doing for the so a person can't just
wake up rash and click into it it's a
time l is to prepare and as we'll see
the days of are very muggle for that but
that's why the month of l is a full
month of preparation for rashashana
In the line of what we're saying that
we're the the servants for the in this
week's para
so the past is that they should be law
and order you should be there should be
you should have people that can enforce
the law
the law brings
There are many different gateways in a
person's body through his body to his
nephesh to his soul.
A person's eyes, a person's nose, his
mouth, his ears
says the
a person is supposed to be a guard on
his mouth
to be careful what he eats that he eats
cautious that what he eats there's no
bugs that he doesn't speak linenhara
in a positive way also a person could
accomplish so much with his mouth
besides just not just beside learning
tyra person could Give somebody a
so that's all on the mouth on the eyes
person should be careful where he looks
not getting angry when a get person gets
angry steam off from his nose.
So that is what evid is evid is not just
you know for 10 minutes a day or when he
has to take care of certain tasks. A
person puts all his energy, his thought
for what the meal wants.
So all day we we guard all these
gateways
says the that's whatever it is in this
week's para in the weeks of
the Sharim. This brings in the name of
his grandfather.
We say every day
after.
So the Pik says who
created us.
So these are Korean these
we're we belong to him we're hit we
we're a part we're
we belong to Hashem
there's also
us
we have to remember it's not us not us
not us So says if you put the two
together
and
that's L
is to know
both. It's not us.
We're actually but it's
the
is
in this that we say
it's we belong to we're
and it's not us
an as known as
which is also
is talking about us to the
so we are to the
same thing also we we belong to
it's the connection to
we're and by us being connected to
Hashem we're toem
so that's part one so to speak
understanding what our of the month of L
is to get closer to Hashem a when so to
speak when it's said it's a time to do
chuva but the concept is the concept is
getting closer to Hashem and getting
close which is getting closer to Hashem
by us working that we are we are
servants
But there's a whole another part in L.
And this is very important to know so we
could tap into the opportunity and take
advantage of what we have over here in
L.
Rashi brings avo.
So Rashi says
which is talking about
and Rashi says
Rashi says
says Rashi
that these days, the 40 days that
went back up from
are days of rot.
What does it mean it's
we know
but what is we how did it materialize
that it's rot? So if you take a look in
paras
we read
so over there explains as well that when
moenu went back up for the last 40 days
from
during those days is when the said
that was
that went back for 40 days, which we
just saw that those 40 days, the 40 days
that we have now are.
And what happened
is that's when the gave us in these 40
days.
So besides it being a time for us to
work that we're an Hashem, it's also a
time that Hashem gave us.
So
I think this says it could be a lot of
others say also
there's a Marshall.
If you're driving to meet somebody in
Brooklyn, so who's going to who? You're
going to the person in Brooklyn. If the
person in Brooklyn's coming to meet you,
he's coming here.
What happens if you both you both want
to meet and you stop somewhere in the
middle?
What's in the middle? Maybe Tene. You
stop somewhere in the middle.
So both are going towards each other.
Our avoid
is to get closer to Hashem to focus on
our adas
like the
to put whatever we do for Hashem ding
learning
because we're
just like we go closer to Hashem
comes closer to us. He steps closer to
us. And the first thing is is that the
gave us in these days it's
the gave us the
and as is the says and others say that
it's day it's not only then every year
during we have the we have the of the
and as a matter of fact that's the
purpose of is the
I I couldn't I don't find who said it
but I remember seeing it. I couldn't
find now the maram inside that a person
has to remember that the focus of the is
the
middle of a piece and they're saying the
say
because that's really the idea of we
have the
already started saying now the whole
it's because we have the the
comes to us the
now the itself self is a it's a
discussion
understanding it we could all learn a
lot about it these meetings of
and in
he the which the yeshivist different
places the mini to learn it through
speaks about how a person has to have
We have to be like
and he even explains he says that it's
not only that it's a mile you have to do
it the created us but
not only the wants us also to be that's
but as the says that even just saying it
even saying it. Even just saying to you,
we get what Hashem's giving us.
They bring
says
that's what we say.
If we say it twice a day from
I think the I think people say
I think that's the why. So they explain
because in the miz it says 13 times
Hashem's name
and that's connected.
In other words, we have our
and the gives us
we have to do our part. So what I began
by saying to tap in into the month of
which is a forash what's
we can't just wake up okay the is the
is the melik means that we're his
servants
we're his servants but by us preparing
there's another part by usering
and being his servants we have a month
of that ra
that the abish that comes close to us.
These are
in office in a safe
inashem.
When is that referring to?
Look for find
when Hashem's close to us. So when is
Hashem close to us? These times that he
is, he's not. So the Gmorra says to
those are the days
the 10 days between
is close to us. Yeah. Stays the Garra
says even Hashem's close to us.
The panomy office explains
he's not saying not like the garra but
he says when the gammor says
find
when he's being call when he's found
this
is also referring to the days of
he says
is referring to the days of
is close to us. That's
the is close to us. The made days of
days that we could do that we have to do
our part. But it's much easier. Hashem's
close to us also. We're meeting a middle
of the way.
The la of the office
it's days of
and continues on to explain and he says
that a person can be msaken in the month
of the whole year.
He says the Gomorrah says to Mishna, you
give Absula
from when she says she's ready to get
married, you give heresh.
So he says
to
if a person utilizes the days of
you get the whole year. So a person not
only could use L and it's easier and
it's closer to and it's easier and a
person could get close to Hashem and
appear for Rash
but actually with a person could the
whole year
he also brings
the tour but it's a sha the Torah says
that
Mim from
And the
gear I think actually is
but it brings the gear that the zakum
already start I think with fasting from
from the month of
so it comes out that is a month of
opportunity it's a month of opportunity
it's easier it's closer
these the chuva That's in the chuva and
the of chuva that's more a focus of
but here the concept
we have our part to get closer to the by
focusing that he's the
and the makes it easier these
the comes opens up the gates that it
should be easier Yeah.
The desire says they bring desire in
last week's para
In other words, the says
I give you I give youash a day that a
person that's
so the say
I give you the I give you the month
before before rash
the month before the to prepare to
utilize.
We say in the first day of
the whose yard is today the grandfather
of the sb of the he says
in other words it's the
that's the days of preparation for us to
prepare for us to take advantage we're
saying it in the days of rash Sha
actually a m for chuva was speaking a
lot about it ra but just to happen that
it's also a time of chuva the in ya
by the story read it but the story of n
of the ninve doing chuva so the go says
really every 80 years of time to do
chuva. But he says over there that the
time that went was the first time was
because that's
so he brings out he says that is a
bria
the same thing also the zire says they
bring it I'm not I don't know zy but
they the swar bring it in next week's
para
These are all the parish in L. This week
we said last week's par in next week's
par
says
so says
a month
is referring to those 30 days is a time
person to cry person to do chuva
Just to conclude in the concept of what
we're saying the opening was that to
beam
and where the
and it's a time that we could get close
to
the says
one of to have a melaban
asks
if there's a mitzvah or there's a din
about having a mel so what was the tina
whenas actually asked for a melik what
was the tina so I'll say but the says
that asking for a melik
the pro the problem the tina was is that
why do you need a mel a melik has it own
sayra a melik is supposed to give off to
the to Shayim
really really if Claw throws on the
Madre they should be able to be like
we're saying over here we should be able
to be hashem without a melik if we can't
do it then we have a melus
that gives us the concept when you have
a physical mel everybody understand so
the people are to the melik they're
servants to the melik we can relate to
the concept but really really really in
a in a perfect world it's without a a
person is without a a mel in this world
the is the mel.
So we should talk in the days of to
prepare forash that were
by us working on being servants to the
and we should know and we should tap in
and take advantage that at the same time
the melik makes it easier for us. He
makes it
He's here to help us.
And we should talk.
Have a wonderful Shabas.