Vayechi - Children of Israel, Gather

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari goldwag recorded with hash's never running assistance in R Israel 784 2023 this week's para is par and it's the conclusion of saer braus the Book of Genesis and we have the wrap up of the foundation of the story of the Jewish people and this para it's always interesting to get to this para because we have have the desire of yobu Jacob who wants to give a blessing to his children and he wants to tell them what's going to be in the end of days the blessings are of course related to a person's inner purpose the tribe each of his sons and each of the tribes that they would be the beginning of had an individual and special purpose within the the the general populace of the Jewish people and in order to get to the ultimate end which is the days of Messiah so we need to each do our part so yobu we're going to speak over here about some interesting things and we'll see how much they relate to what's going on in the world today what's going on in Israel today but let's begin with the beginning the P tells us actually the P says in 49:1 Jacob calls to his sons and he asks them to gather together and he and he wants them to come together so he can bless them and so he can tell them what's going to be in the end of days so the M brings the in in Psalm 57: 3 that says I will call out to Hashem to the to the exalted God to to Hashem When yov Calls to his sons he's not just calling to his sons cuz he could have said could said the M explained what it could have said but it uses the word elov to his sons and so the maish understands that he wasn't just calling to his sons but he was also calling to Hashem in order to give a blessing to his sons as we'll see so but first as is the way of the Mish the medish says a different which is related says the m I call out to the to the most exalted God rash interestingly on rashash we call out to God or I would say more precisely we Crown Hashem he is the uppermost God he is the most exalted God right we make Hashem rashash our King so there's a calling out and there's a drawing down right if I'm making Hashem my king what I'm acknowledging is that I want to be part of God's plan in the world for this year I'm calling out to the God who decides on me go means who makes the ultimate decision about me so me son says something which there's a simple level of it and of course there's a deeper level of it the simple level of it is that we have two goats on yum Kipper on that Holy day of the year and the day of atonement and one of the goats is brought as a sacrifice to Hashem in the B English in the Holy Temple and the other one is sent off it's thrown off a cliff and it atones for the Jewish people and each of these goats one of them is is called upon it Lem that it is given as a sacrifice directly to Hashem and the other one is sent off to to be destroyed to to to be a sacrifice on behalf of the Jewish people that their sins should be atoned for but there's a decision these two goats look identical and it's decided which animal is going to be brought directly as a sacrifice and which animal is going to be sent off and be destroyed and in a parallel way it seems to me as I understand the Mish each of us it's decided on rashash based on how much we showed Hashem how much we show Hashem that we want him to be our King it's decided who's going to be Lem who's going to be the one who has life who's going to be the one that is connected to God and who's going to be the one that heaven forbid is sent out from in front of Hashem and suffers a terrible fate right it's life or death that's what is about in a parallel way as I understand M whenever it says another explanation it means a parallel explanation or another facet of the same explanation the the P that says I will call out to God is a reference to the fact that yov in his Blessing to his children was calling out to Hashem he was asking Hashem to manifest here in his relationship and with in his discussion with his children look he's calling out to the God who makes decisions who who finalizes as we saw by the goats who is who which one is for which one is not that and this is based on the explanation of the Hashem guided Yakov Yakov didn't have a natural ability to be able to say oh this is your ability you Shimon this is your talent you y this is your talent you y this is this is what you this is how you're supposed to manifest hashem's will in the world he needed Hashem he needed rues he needed divine inspiration to help him to be able to understand which one of his children had which talent and what the proper blessing should be in order that the Jewish people as we said earlier be able to get to their ultimate purpose which is represented by the the end of days okay so very interesting just like on rashash Kipper we are trying to make Hashem our King we're trying to manifest hashem's will in the world and therefore let me be for you Hashem let me be someone through whom you express yourself in this world and that's decided oner so to by talking about we think about what is say it's talking about y mashia referring to the time which hopefully is about to begin very soon and it's the moment in time when everyone recognizes they turn away from their Idols they turn away from all their isms their liberalism their communism Etc and they recognize that there's only one God and that the entire world was created by him and that all we're here to do is serve him and manifest his goodness in the world when I decide when Yakov decides Hashem I want to call you in here I want to bring you down and have you manifest on my children so that they can reach they can bring about I would say that time when your your kingship is Manifest throughout the world so they each need to know who they are they need to know what is their purpose they need to know what can they accomplish what is their unique talents and so Hashem when yob called to God and asked him to please guide me and help me and manifest here in these blessings Hashem agreed and so the blessings that he gave each of them indeed were exactly precisely hand tailored to who they were and who they needed to be says the in continuing tell us girl the me says brings a in Proverbs 16:33 that the goo which literally means the Lots but it means the the in modern Hebrew gorali means something that's um it's very it's it changes the whole order it's something that that it's I can't think of the word in English but it brings about a a new understanding in the world or brings about a new Direction in the world it's something pivotal that's perhaps what I'm looking for the into one's lap is placed that which is pivotal for him so I would say it means that each and every one of us has the ability to discover who we are to discover what it is that we're supposed to to do in this world and how we're supposed to be pivotal in God's plan the meas says this is something that's determined every year onum Kipper right so just like we find that there's a gal which decides which animal is for asem and which one is sent off to be destroyed so to each and every one of us it's determined what is our purpose this year how much are we going to accomplish this year how are we going to manifest God in the world this year the end of the verse is and from God is all of his judgment Hashem determines and it's manifest on us if we're looking for it what is the purpose what is our purpose another parallel concept is that this is referring and by the way I know it sounds similar to what we said before but this is just another verse uh before we were quing the now we're quing the but both of them speak about this this decision that's made how it applies to us individually and how it applies to the to the tribes so yob was given the ability to to bless each and every one of them and show them what their personal and special purpose was as part of K so what's this so we understood that it means that that he's calling that yob is calling out to God and asking for divine assistance to manifest in his children to to guide him to bless them properly but in this understanding so it's another aspect of it yob is asking for for for God to be manifest in their lives not just to help him with blessings but also generally to be with the Jewish people to be with his sons to be with their their offspring says that what he was coming to do in calling his sons he is he is making an appointment between God and and his sons he's saying Hashem I want want you to be appointed over appointed over my children to help them to guide them to protect them to take care of them says interesting I think it's a Twist on what saidov made Hashem as it were the protector the guide of his children and apat tropus usually is say A A A child loses his parent or his parents so they appoint an apat tropus a guide a protector a guardian so yov was calling to hem and saying Hashem I would like you to be the guardian of my children the guide but very interesting so interesting what's the next part of the what is what is say he he's bringing he wants Hashem to be manifest on his children he wants Hashem to protect them he wants hhm to be in their lives he wants hhm to be their Guardian but he says gather together join together me says he was referring to the fact that in the future 210 years down the line the Jewish people 600,000 strong are going to gather out of Egypt and they're going to to gather at Rams in order to leave Egypt they're going to become one nation as they come together so the pup is he was asking his sons to come all of his sons to come and gather all 12 of his sons so that he could bless them but there was an implication of another gathering that's going to be in the future says the med y was instructing them that in the future time there's going to be a separation between the northern kingdom and the southern Kingdom of the Jewish people in the land of Israel the 10 tribes of the North and the two tribes of Yehuda and Benjamin in the South come back together first point is that he's commanding all the other tribes to show great respect for Yehuda and Byam for Judah and Benjamin and by the way everyone today every single uh Jew who lives today who's part of the Jewish people we're called Jews right because we're from Judah right everyone who's alive today is from Judah or Benjamin or Ley Levites Kohan are also from Ley but there's a special there there was a gathering Yakov wanted his sons to show respect for yehud who would have the longevity who would represent and be part of the Jewish people for forever in fact the the me later on says that in his Blessing to yehud listen to this everyone has to admit to the greatness of [Music] Judah call all of your brothers will be called on your name a person will never say I'm a a rui if they ask him who are you what what where are you from what's your nationality Yani they say I'm a Jew I'm from Yehuda I'm from Judah right that's that we identify ourselves as being from Judah right so there's a there's a k boots there's a gathering there's a bringing together which we're seeing today very strong sometimes it takes a very difficult situation in order for us to recognize that we are Jews and we need to identify as Jews and be proud to be Jews but there's a coming together through that the minds and the hearts of the Jewish people throughout the world incredibly are coming together but it was a it was a command from Yakov to the Jewish people the Jewish people the word Jew means come together under the banner of Judah come together and I will point out that right before this as we saw yakob is calling God onto us he's calling God to to manifest through us through each and every one of us knowing who we are but also through our coming together hey you want to know how to get to the end of days it's through Unity through Jewish Unity is through coming together and recognizing and being resp respecting who is Yehuda who is bamin these are the ones who held on to the Messiah they held on to the fact that Jerusalem was the center of Jewish life the Bas hamlish the temple they held on to the traditions of the Jewish people throughout the centuries throughout the Millennia show honor to the Jew to the Judah to the judan and that's how you manifest that's how you get AEM onto you says it means purify yourselves can mean come together and purify can mean come together besides for honoring because in honoring Yehuda and bamin in honoring those who are true to tradition so we respect the power of the Jew which is from the tah which is from from our relationship with God but not only that there's an aspect called Thor which means purifying which means taking something which was uh which was profaned taking the bdash the Holy Temple which had been profaned and purify it bring it back to its proper purpose taking the the people of the Jewish people who have veered away from our tradition and purifying them bringing pulling them back in the sages say that what yakob was saying was and again I'm saying my I'm saying my own shot here and pointing out that the Gathering Together is right next to the fact that Hashem is Manifest on us you want to you want Hashem to be manifest on you you need to gather together what does it mean steer away fromus steer away from from disputes that's the way to get on your side bring yourselves together the place where you're you've been separated bring yourselves into one make yourselves one he brings here the P which we just read in the Shamus it's not here in the mes but I know cuz I made a song out of it soem says take these two sticks we had the northern kingdom we had the southern Kingdom the northern kingdom was the 10 tribes headed by the king from Ephraim from Yosef the southern kingdom was headed by Yehuda but they were separate and Y was instructed to take one stick and write on it Yehuda Judah and take a second stick and write on it Yosef representing the two parts of kisto that were separate and to miraculously bring those two sticks together and they would become one and he was to show this sign to the Jewish [Music] people says the medish when the Jewish people make themselves as one when we unite when we are he says I'm going to tell you how you get to the how you get to the point in time where mhia comes when the Messiah arrives where Redemption occurs it's not by fighting with each other it's not by being upset at each other it's not by one group forcing another group to be like them it's when we come together it's when we come together it's when we come together that's the preparation for that's the preparation for Redemption what does it say in Ezekiel chap 37 verse 22 it says I will make them one nation they will be one nation and what is the result the result is that we get to Redemption and we get to the the of mhia we get to Hashem being manifest in the world through us through our individual talents and abilities but through us bringing them together in the direction of the greater whole for the purpose of the greater ho what is this in the end of days sorry he showed them y showed the and I would say that through this coming together that's how you're able to bring down go go represents the Ultimate Enemy of the Jewish people go represents the enemy of of David David isid which means D vas it means humility and humility it's about Hashem it's not about me and ego and ego the fall of ego the fall of the ego of the world occurs when we are one when we are together when we subdue our own Egos and find the place for others in our hearts that's how we defeat our enemies it's like the says it's going to be at the end of time and what is the result this is how we get to this is how we get to the temple being built how do you know because it says in 4:1 it will be in the end of days in the times of the Mia and what will be the mountain the Temple Mount will be prepared it will be ready so what do we see what do we learn what do we feel from this I I read this magish and I said this is today this is where we are today sometimes we can join together out of love and sometimes it's hard and before October 7th we were at each other's throats here in Israel it was really a very difficult time and Hashem in a moment turned us all around it's it's hard and it's sad that it had to be be this way but that's what happened and as everyone says with hashem's help together we will prevail we will we will be victorious because as this measure says the fall of good the fall of the enemies of the Jewish people occurs when we are together when we have hash we have the divine presence manifest upon us and as I saw in theim that ultimately yob when he gives a blessing to Y and therefore to mashia he tells him that the the victory that you're going to have ultimately which is the times that we're in now the victory that you're going to have is not going to be because of your great prowess it will you you will be involved in war you will be involved in fighting but the main power will come because of this because of the Merit of our connection to to Abraham Isaac and Jacob because of the Merit of our connection to the Merit of our connection to our Traditions our and so I bless you and ask you to bless me hasm should help us to be able to connect to not lose the inspiration but to continue to hold on to it to connect to each other to have a sense of responsibility for each other for the different aspects and different parts of the Jewish people understand that each part has its own specialness its own unique role in the Jewish people hasm should help us to recognize that when we indeed do that he is Manifest upon us and he helps us and he brings about our ultimate Victory and he brings about the days of mashiach the Messianic age may it be speedily and in our days thank you so much for listening have a wonderful shabas this podcast was made possible through the 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