Vaeschanan - Prayer for a Free Gift

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with ari goldwag recorded with hashem's neverending assistance in ramaphichu israel 5782 this week's practice practices describes his prayer to the jewish people his consistent constant repetition of a prayer 515 times he prays to hashem to allow him to come into the land of israel and moshe was not successful in his prayer hashem was angry with him for the sin of mamariva for having struck the rock instead of speaking to the rock however in moshrabin teaching us telling us about his prayer we learn some very important things about what prayer looks like what is the concept of prayer what does it mean to turn to hashem and ask him for something that sometimes perhaps we do deserve sometimes perhaps we don't deserve the majority goes in at length and we're going to bizarre we're going to learn it together to see what is the concept of prayer what is the idea behind this tfilo what does look like what does it mean to ask hashem for our needs what does it mean to pray so let's learn this together hashem says the majestic message tells us a few concepts few allah has a few laws that has to have to do with prayer [Music] called god when a person prayers when a person prays and he was speaking specifically about the amido that me the prayer you might think that you could pray out loud you could pray in a loud voice we learned from khan was the mother of shmuel hanovi the mother of samuel the prophet when she prayed she prayed quietly to herself she did not pray out loud she did not pray in a great loud voice rather she prayed quietly so that's what we do we say it's called the still it's the quiet yes we have someone who leads the prayers and says it out loud but our personal prayer each of us pray as part of the seaboard as part of the the uh ten people who are praying together so when we pray we pray quietly that's the surah of the tv that's the way to looks right we have three prayers a day three chakras in the morning and afternoon and evening so you might think you could do three in a row just do them at the same time philosophy daniel said says about uh daniel the prophet and he prayed three separate times a day who borrowed we see he was praying we see what prayer looks like and we see that it was done three different times a day so there's a constant when it comes to prayer we're going to come back to mushroom at the end don't worry to understand what tv looks like what is the special quality of prayer especially the prayer of moshe robinu but we see from daniel navi that he was somebody who prayed mitsale um he bowed down on his knees which is interesting because we don't really do that today we do bow with our knees right when we say the word baruch or which means blessed is very similar it's the same root as the word barik which means the knees which we bow our knees when we say barak at certain points in the prayer because when we bow when we bend our knees we show we don't have the power we're showing hashem is the one who has the power you are the one who can give us what we need hashem we pray to you we're murdered to you that's the last of the pastor by the name we admit that you are the one that we can't do it without you you might think you can pray at any time you want and again we're speaking about the amida prayer which is the canonized version of the prayer which we say which was put in place by the answer by the men of the great assembly which included prophets beginning of the second temple period so it was instituted to be at certain times in the day you cannot sishmon astray three times more than three times a day you can't say it all day long of course you could pray as much as you want you can talk to god whenever you want in fact you're encouraged to do so but when it comes to the immediate prayer has to be at certain times david king david said the three times a day in the evening in the morning in the afternoon right the jewish day begins in the evening so the prayers begin we have these three prayers at specific times beginning in the evening mairev chakras and king david also says it's it's beautiful to see these that describe the prayers of these great prophets king david he says i prayed the way that he talks about is i i spoke what does our prayer look like what is that the prayer is supposed to represent it's a conversation that we're having with god and i expressed my shem heard my prayers he heard my voice but there's a certain again it's important to understand of course it's beautiful to have constant prayer it's important to have a constant conversation with god but there's a specific canonized version of the prayers we said we have this miss garrett we have this framework which all created for us you might think look what is prayer about it's about me recognizing that god is the one who who gives me my needs and it's also about me asking for my needs right maybe it's just enough i say god please give me my needs maybe that's all i need to do maybe that's what prayer looks like kavar parish lima king solomon [Music] this is the praise we sing hashem's praises that's how we start our prayers so what is what does look like says the major tv looks like first we say praises god you are blessed the king of the king was saying you're the one who's the god of our forefathers okay abraham lincoln you are mighty you're powerful you are awesome the highest god you're the god that rises above all other powers in the in the in the world so the first three brokers of shema are all about our praise of god and then we continue with asking for our needs and then we finish off with saying thanks for all that god has given us asking for peace for the jewish people okay tells us something very interesting you want to know was your prayer accepted you want to know did god listen to my prayer to god hear my prayer so abhishel says here's here's a way to know in kevin adam it's hard to pro to pray properly it's hard to focus if you were able to focus your heart [Music] you can be sure that your prayer is going to be heard when you have the proper kavana you have the proper intent when you have the proper focus so then you know that your prayer is going to be heard assad shall tells us a positive says unto him king david tells us if their hearts are prepared this is a hint to what it looks like to to dove and what does it mean to darwin cavanaugh how does one get the skulls the merit to be able to to diamond with proper intent it's with preparation of the heart right because our hearts are drawn in in many different directions so we need to calm our hearts we need to focus on the prayers we need to find meaning in the prayers and we need to find our very requests in the requests that are national requests we need to find our own personal requests if your heart is prepared so then god's ears as it were will hear so that's the basic foundation of what tv looks like what does it look like three times a day certain order of the prayer praising god asking for our needs a proper kavanagh it's a quiet prayer proper intent now reviews us something very interesting you know famous idea you know that the eskimos have many different languages for snow something that's important to you so you have different ways of describing it there's different types of prayer i'm sorry there's different types of snow and in prayer also we have 10 different languages which describe the prayer the fact that we have so many descriptions of prayer show us that prayer is very important to us there are 10 ways that are called tell different ways of describing prayer so the first three are a crawling out a cry of desperation reno as we said is the praising of hashem pagia is is touching hashem as it were korea calling out feeling pain nipple falling down in front of hashem pilu which means judgment and is the final one which means supplications which is related to the tvilla of monsieur benue by shem of supplication we'll see what this means what's the concept of supplication what is unique and special about the prayer of mushroom because it's so important as we'll see we need to understand because we need to relate to it and employ this kind of prayer ourselves okay now we go through each of them we find a makura a source for this this this type of prayer excuse me so uses the word which is the same as a similar word zion and saudi are interchangeable uses the word chava both of these indicate i'm calling out to god because i'm in pain because i have terrible troubles i have terrible difficulties claustro was enslaved to egypt and they were not able to to bear it any longer they call that to hashem and the next passage says interesting also a language of prayer also a language of prayer out of pain so it's a very powerful type of prayer which comes out of difficulty and i would say in a certain sense when a person has gone through difficulties they have a certain right we don't like to use the word rights in regards to prayer and requests of god but in a certain sense that a person has a difficulty and a challenge he has he has a merit which enables him to be answered and given that which he desires me see hashem heard this prayer you heard the prayers next we have reena of gea we have a language of rena which we said is praising god in prayer and pagia which means touching god as it god says to jeremiah the prophet so verse in chapter 7 verse 16 don't pray to me for this nation do not raise up for them arena arena is this this praise full prayer and a prayer tvilla i'll tiffany don't touch me don't come near me don't come near me said hashem to hear me oh it wasn't proper for him to pray at that moment for the jewish people they didn't deserve the prayers but you see that this is a type of prayer reena supplication reena praise of god right when we praise hashem when we show that we appreciate god's greatness it in turn in a certain sense don't want to say the word obligates but it spurs god to want to give us what we need when god when we come close to god i'll tifka be hashem says sim don't come close to me because i'm going to have to listen to you i don't want to listen to you right now but ordinarily when we come close to god when we touch god as it were when we do things that find favoring god's eyes so then we we spur hashem to to answer our prayers [Music] beat sir azalesian as we'll see in the passage of of calling to god in pain as well and korea is calling out to god because he says when i'm in pain i called out to god when i was felt oppressed i call out to god this is calling out these are all different languages of prayer nipple we find a language of falling down in front of god and again it's falling down in submission to god it's falling down because i'm in pain i'm in trouble and i need god's help all these types of things represent prayer prayer is a sign of submission to god prayer is a sign that i need something from hashem because i am lacking and i recognize that he's the one who can provide me with what i lack in the final language is supplication supplicates in front of god requests begs and as we'll see he begs for something that he doesn't feel he deserves that his question his merits do not spur god as it were to allow him to come into israel in his final request and his most powerful request and we need to know this because we can employ this powerful request it's for it's a mata nom the word the root of the word is means which means there's a certain sense when you see somebody who has a charismatic personality you see the charisma you're drawn to that person you can't explain why it's just for no reason it's just free it's a free kingdom it's a madness kingdom my character says i don't deserve it i don't deserve to be allowed into arts israel my merits you know i sinned but i beg you please god you have a it's a treasure house of free gifts that you give out even though people don't deserve them please let me have this free gift all these different languages all these different types of prayer which one did he chose did he choose he chose the type of prayer which is asking for a free gift this is the same rabbi who gave us these ten different languages of prayer and says we see from here in the real climate we do not have any taina we do not have any merits in front of god so to speak and it doesn't mean that we haven't done good things that we haven't done things that god appreciates them that god values it means that god can god gives us so much good and it's really nothing that we can do to earn that good all the good that hashem has prepared for us is something that he gives to us as a free gift not because we've earned it not because we deserve it you know we see that if maisha abandoned the greatest of the prophets the the one who brought down the will of hashem into the world and he couldn't make a request more than god gave me a free gift so what do we have what do we deserve what can we ask for other than a free gift says continues this amazing idea and he teaches us as follows why is it indeed that moshe rabbenu came asking for a free gift why did he come with supplications hamashal amer heavy zarchella to toughest mccomb so the analogy is and of course he calls it an analogy because we don't want to say such a thing in regards to that college barclay god himself as it were but generally you have to be careful not to be caught by your own words right sometimes the person will say something and it will come out that you know hey you sound like a hypocrite because you said something earlier that you're now contradicting or you say something you give a hint i always say it better in regards to that because as it were god says something because he wants to teach us something and even though he doesn't really want per se we can understand that he doesn't really want to answer this particular prayer but he gives us a way that we could possibly get our prayers answered even though he doesn't really want to answer our prayers as in the case of moshe keith sad question in exodus chapter 33 verse 19 i will give free gifts to whoever i wish i will have racham i will have compassion upon those who i wish to have compassion upon whom i wish to give to be compassionate let me just i'm sorry i skipped a few words if a person has the merits it's interesting because this sounds a little bit not like what rebecca says but a person can have merits a person can deserve to receive a certain reward or a certain positive thing in his life ryan was saying don't depend on that it's better not to depend on that but in this vote this idea of every lady is saying a person sometimes can deserve to to receive something from god and that's called hashem's mirachim on him hashem's compassion on him why i see that you've done my will i see that you're trying i see that you're somebody who's done the right thing i'm gonna have compassion on you maybe you don't completely deserve it maybe at this moment you don't deserve it however i'm going to look at the big picture hashem says i'm going to give you something okay um hashem says there's such a thing as i give a free gift even though a person doesn't deserve it so shem had told me sherbano previously i give free gifts sometimes i give things because the person deserves it and sometimes i give it even though the person does not deserve it um when moshe requested and begged and pleaded with god please let me into the land of israel um hashem said to him that's too much to ask you don't deserve that and the reason is because you've sinned you you struck the rock yes it was because of the jewish people their requests which was you know out of the boundaries of what was correct but you sinned and because of that sin you don't deserve to go into the land of israel i don't have enough merits ding ding ding something something rings in his memory hashem had promised you even if you don't have merits you could still ask for a free gift um hey hashem didn't you say didn't you did you not say like that even though a person does not have the merits he can ask for a free gift says i'm not asking you to give it to me i'm not letting asking you to let me into the land of israel because of my own merits i'm asking you to let me into art israel as a free gift [Music] where do we see this from we see this from the very language that he used he's supplicated before god he asked for a free gift free gift give it to him even though i don't deserve it and that's the basic idea of the madrish beautiful beautiful madrish i just want to finish off with what the anaphysis explains and he says he brings down the salah and he says that tells us in the concept of when it comes to having faith in god when it comes to believing that god is going to give us something that we need or we want so it could be that we don't deserve it just like masha rabbenu we don't deserve it because we've done things wrong we've defied the word of god we've disconnected ourselves from god but there's always a path back to hashem there's always a path to request and be taken and have confidence that's what the word means have confidence that god will give us that which we need or that which we want we feel that we need and that is this concept this concept of requesting ahmad nashinam asking for a free gift and i can't say that i completely understand this i don't know what is the idea of a free gift but clearly there is such an idea and it's something that moshe albino tried to employ himself and it's something that talks about it it's called which means i have absolute confidence that god will give me that which i need or that which i want as a free gift even though i don't per se deserve it and perhaps the part of the understanding is because in in so doing and so asking for this type of gift i'm saying hashem i want to be in a relationship with you because you know who gives out free gifts we use our free gifts somebody who loves us somebody who cares about us someone who's our father and that is who hashem is and that is the relationship that every single one of us potentially can have and really that's the deepest type of prayer as rabbi said that's the deepest type of tavila and sfila is very much related to prayer is very much related to that sense of confidence when i pray when i repeat the prayer when i go over it again and again right and and mushroom he did this type of prayer 515 times over and over again hashem i don't deserve it but please god give me what i need that's the kind of prayer that's answered that's the kind of prayer that has power that's that's what develops within ourselves a sense of confidence hashem will give us what we need i want to bless you and ask you to bless me should help us that we should indeed be able to pray we should be able to employ all these types of prayers we should be able to see that look if we're missing something it's it's something that can can arouse us to prayer to ask hashem who has everything to provide us with our needs we can pray we can praise hashem we can ask for our needs and we can ask for free gifts as well thank you so much for listening have a wonderful show miss this podcast was made possible through the gracious donations of listeners like you for more podcasts like this please visit www.ariegoldwag.com or search on itunes ari goldwag [Music]