Utilizing the month of Elul in preparation for the Yomim Noraim - Shiur by Rabbi Nachum Scheiner

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.