Why did Innocent Children Need to Die in Korachs Rebellion? with Rabbi Aaron Dovid Poston

[Music] Shalom Alim everybody Welcome Home to Torah a war welcome home to Torah welcome to the m we have a handful of people some on Skype some here in the in live in the audience and we have a few more people coming I want to remind everybody learn Hebrew The Source sheets there's a link in the description box below okay you click on it and you can follow this year sometime in the future right now we have those that are joining us they get the sheets in advance and they get extra they get some of the English translations of some of the verses some of the sources that we're going to be dealing with okay so here we go we are going to start on tough race yalid it's in chapter 16 it's not the first paragraph we're actually going to deal with a very small paragraph It's the bottom half of page one that I gave to them and it's the first five or six lines five lines of the second page that's it however we're going to go deep into some very fundamental issues Shalom okay here we go it says in the mid the truth be told I Rashi doesn't quote the whole medish right there's a famous medish everyone knows K came of course with some types of arguments but there were two right two particular arguments that are expressed in the medish that he came and he says look we have this garment it's full of the color blue we call tus I shouldn't say blue we don't know what color it's color tus it's a slight green blue right it's not blue it's not green it's okay that is the string that is on the seat seat and he comes and he says I have full garment would a full garment require the strings if the Garment is fully that color okay that's all that's really quot in Rashi we'll see actually you know what let's look at Rashi on the English sheets it's page one and it's the very bottom highlighted um it only mentions now the truth is M tan brings a second argument what about a room like this full of C Torah right full of Torah Scrolls would that doorway require a muuza why would it just right basically the idea is if the whole congregation is Holy what does that mean you don't need a leader basically and what is a leader that's what we're going to talk about a leader seems to be something that guides you or causes you to remember what you need to do that's what a leader is so if you have a leader but everyone's holy you don't there's no use for the leader which is really um problematic because if he wants to be the leader then why is he arguing on the whole idea of leadership so it's quite complicated but we're going to try to make it as simple as possible because what we do is we read the words we're going to learn the CLE car he was the tud M of whom the maral of Prague he brings down the part the beginning part of the medish right K took it sounds like he took people into his argument and there were 250 plus DUS a and on pellet okay we'll see what happened to that's that's actually not for tonight but what did he take malov he took a garment that was entirely this special color of greenish blue and that's as far as Rashi brings I'll let's take a look at Rashi real quick further it states these were the chosen ones of the congregation he dressed them with cloaks made entirely of blue wool they came and stood before Moses and asked him does a cloak made entirely of blue wool require fringes or is it exempt he replied yes it does require these fringes they began laughing at him and saying is it possible that a cloak of another colored material one string of blue wool exempts it from the obligation ofis and this one which is made entirely of blue wo would should not exempt itself now the the problem I see just with Rashi off the B is he doesn't bring the home medish about the books the room full of books full ofor okay it shouldn't bother us too much at this point but bu basically they were claiming that Moses made these laws up how and why they came to that conclusion we'll uh I'm not sure we'll deal with it tonight but let's again stick to the text here we go they asked further in other words they had another question malim a room a house full of uh Torah Scrolls would it require a muuza okay so what the CLE car Begins by saying is it makes sense for simply Rashi also brought it why would situs make sense that this is something that korak took this is the beauty of learning Jud you know the Torah with Jews you know I'm not saying I'm you know we're all learning with with a great Jew the the clear so there's a thing called SM SM means proximity the very fact that if you just turn your homish back one page well I you know in my book it's like that it could be you just look back at a few a few a few verses right if you go back we're in chapter 16 verse one go back to chap in in numbers go back to chapter 15 verse 37 we say this more than once a day we say at least twice a day right so here you have the whole par of so right after Hashem God through right God through Moses Moses through God is telling them about the Mitzvah and then it says so now it makes sense where they got it from that he took the Titus and presented his argument but what about the mza where did he come up with an argument of mza well hang in there watch the words we're going to learn right the second question was okay it makes sense it rest well with meaning we understand why he had a complain because we Dar one of the ways of expounding the Torah is based on what we call the proximity the placement of one verse next to another or one set of verses placed next to another paragraph because from the very fact that is placed right next to the par of TI but when it comes to who mentioned it where is it mentioned where and he guesses no I couldn't guess until I read the clear car and then it's no longer a guess the will explain to us where this idea came from you know what's going to come out from verse 27 in other words go back to chapter 16 again and look at verse 27 verse 277 says let's go back to 25 Moses stood up and went to das and aam remember Das and aam are two of the 253 people and the Elders of Israel followed him he spoke to the assembly saying Turn Away now near the tents of these wicked men and do not touch anything of theirs lest you perish because of all their sins 27 this is our verse okay let's look in the Hebrew as well the yeah so they got themselves up from near the dwelling of K from around from all around went out what's the word to be standing but what are the next two words well P by the doorway of their tents their wives their children and their infants okay so what do you need the words why do we need to know that they went out standing erect by the entrance of their tents why is that necessary so I'll tell you why it's necessary to teach us that they went up standing erect in aick in a very how what what's called Brazen right fashion and look at the the words of thear why do the words by the entrance of their tents appear Ella to teach us they went out standing erect to curse and to blashe regarding the whole idea of this muuza that is attached to the entrance to their tent H now we know that kak brought kak brought the argument about the wool in the um the Tas and it was them it was DUS aiam that brought the argument about the muzza he K was of korak was the one who had a grievance in gri grievant grievance gri a grievance he was the one who argued about par and it was they added they added the argument further regarding the Mitzvah of mza that is by the entrance of their doorway this is what they said they basically this is the narration that's not written in the text but this is what our tradition holds happened they said that was MOS was they said that Moses made up invented these two mitzvah and their argument was similar to his argument the writes very similar to this idea just as a garment that is completely this particular color called tenant what logic it means the reasoning is no tenant is giving I would just say logic dictates it should therefore be exempt from so too so too a room a house that is completely full with CRA Torah with Torah Scrolls Should Be Me muza should also be exempt from mza at a time when the whole congregation is considered holy they do not need a leader a leader is not necessary well this is going to be the main topic of this evening what does a leader do as I mentioned he guides he reminds right he leaves there's a further hint in this in what was said that they also said they understood they actually understood the reason behind these two Mitzvah mitz hasem they both serve as a reminder for a person regarding the Mitzvah of God you hear this mza and situs remind us of the relationship that we have with God of his commands of the details of the guide itself which is the Torah it is an instruction manual just go back one page or wherever it is chapter 15 verse 39 in numbers and it refers to the verse ofus and it sayso right on the English Source sheets you'll find it number six when you see it you will remember all okay it's like this this shall be fringes for [Applause] you there be sit for you and when you see it or you will remember all the Mitzvah of God and you shall do them and perform them and not wander after your hearts or after your eyes after which you are going astray let's look at rashio on that verse interestingly I will tell you a secret that the word SE SE in the Torah is not what it says here look what it says because the numerical value of the word SE SE is 400 guess what it's not why sadic is 90 yud is 10 Sanic is 90 yud is 10 it equals and tough is 400 sorry so it comes out to what that's 600 wait did one say what do we have how do we have 13 so you add this to the eight threads and the five knots that's 13 so it's 600 but I have a secret for you it doesn't say anywhere in the Torah the word seat seat with a second y so the answer to this problem now your whole faith is ruined the way is pronounced is with the second you it doesn't even make sense that doesn't have the second y it should have the second y tough okay so don't let that fool you when you look at the word sit in the Torah there's no second y but okay it act actually equals 600 okay and then you have the eight strings the five knots which equals 613 so you remember the 613 Mitzvah when you look at the okay let's go on the what is the point of the MU so in order for you to remember Hashem in your comings and your goings as you enter and leave the home at a time when the entire congregation is considered holy there's absolutely no reason to have something an item an object a religious object in order to remind you that right about Hashem why because if everyone's holy even without this reminder hasem will always be in front of them this is their claim we're all holy we all know Hashem is with us we don't need [Music] this this who this is being Hashem and all of his Mitzvah meaning we have a an awareness of hasem and all of his Mitzvah and there's absolutely no need for them they're unnecessary except for people who are likely or tend to forget about Hashem now this is a I would say this is a deep philosophic question I can understand why they themselves were punished but why were their children punished and not just simply their children who were like 7 8 n 10 years old who could have been a bardas but infants innocent infants why were they punished now I do want to mention just on the sidebar that when does a Ben no become Mitzvah so to speak there a m Locus as in everything many opinions hold just like a Jew a girl would become obligated in the Mitzvah of Noah when she's 11 I'm sorry 12 and the boys when they're 13 but there's a very strong opinion that once they become what they call bat cognizant of what's right and wrong and that usually could take place any time around 5 6 7 8 years old they're already then into that category um just keep that in mind for those who are Ben who are watching now we're talking here about younger than that okay they're not Bard do they did not yet have a functioning brain to know what's right and wrong they're innocent okay why would the innocent children of coro's rebellion right we understand the why perhaps they coach them their their husbands who knows but this is going to be the question the clear card just says and the reason this is the reason why even not just them but also their children were punished y Bon deal delve deeply try to understand Bon from beina or building then be in building are the same idea we need to really um concentrate if K and his congregation sinned then when it came to the infants why would they be included why would they come within this umbrella of this punishment okay great question everyone's bothered if you don't continue listening you're not going to sleep t tonight right from the very fact that what they argued about was the Mitzvah of tius and mza the Very fact they argued about this oh for those who are not aware what a mu is I'm assuming that everyone does we spoke in detail about what the tius is pretty much right it's the fringes that are on the corner of your garments right it's a four corner garment that you had situs on these these fringes one of them is this color and this they're wrapped in a certain way we're going to deal with a lot of these details as we go on mza is a little scroll which has the first paral the first paragraph of the shma and um it's rolled up and it's neatly placed in the doorway on the right as you come in on the left as you go out okay so here we have we're going to see this in depth I just want to go through it superficially for the next five lines and we're going to go back and deal with these Source materials themselves it's in gor shabas 32b there's a whole mocus there's a whole um suia discussion why under what circumstances what kind of sins do parents do that end up having consequences and ramifications on their children perhaps even death okay I don't want to go into right now do children die for the sins of their parents or they don't it's an accepted fact there are times when they do and there are times when they don't okay so these are going to be times where they do and as Mar Locus here M Gore gave several different examples of when that happens I'll give you one example when people take vows and don't fulfill them then there's consequences such as the what we just described perhaps the death of the children here reud and Reb mayor argue and for the adult for the father not wearing tius this could have grave consequences on his sons and one says mza just right if you have a house and you didn't put a mza it could have grave consequences on your your children now the clear says it's even though they're two different Mitzvah but the same reason is why there's some common denominator between tius and and and and muza that's going to cause the death of children and what is that leish because they're both coming as a remembrance as during the break TOA asked you know look I don't I don't like bringing other religions in so much but you know the Christians say you don't have to keep the Torah you just have to believe right we're all holy right well guess what we mentioned that was korak's opinion right so to to label kak and put the chrisan in the same category no sweat off my back but still we have to answer the claim why is it so important Hashem gave these Commandments why is it so important to act as a zik and we will deal with that we will deal with it we already know about the M it's on your doorway in order that Hashem should be against your eyes meaning you should be what spiritually you know godc conscious right in all your Affairs as you come in and as you go out should be constantly and then situs what about mitz it's to remind you of the Mitzvah by the way I just want to clarify because I I said this many times and I want to drill it into your head the word Mitzvah means to connect God wants that relationship and he gave us opportunities right even the name yud and a and a V and a he that's God's holy name the word Mitzvah the last two letters of the word Mitzvah are the last two letters of God's holy name the first two letters we discussed atbash atbash is where you have the AL if and the tough they're replaceable it's like replacing a with Z or Z with a so to the next letter B with x y z with Y right so you have interchangeable so atbash was used by the United States Army you can look it up look in Wikipedia just put in a T B A bash and it'll say it's a it's a Hebrew form of gatria and it's used in the fashion I just told you and they used it to beat the Nazis they actually used it in encoding you know the spies use codes know maybe on the radio they use different codes in newspapers whatever however it works to get the message to your own allies or your own then on the on the battlefield uh what they need to do so here we have this concept called so the me and theik are switched with the yud and the in other words if you use theb me me method atbash is now you have the first part which is y and the second part which is V the whole con the root of MIT is without the Mei right it's used to describe a group of people working in harmony right a staff right you have okay we've talked about it before we will continue to talk about it again so you're get used to it so this is in order to remember the mitzah meaning the opportunities to have an intimate relationship with KES go to 4: 6 you'll find this in uh page number three number eight on page three now this you have to know you have to feel like how can this be God says if you forget my Torah seeing that you have forgotten my Torah I too will forget your children we're asking the question why would it be that korak's congregation those infants the children were were suff uffing from the consequences of their parents let's read the whole verse my people were silenced for lack of knowledge because you have rejected knowledge what is knowledge knowledge is hashem's Torah I will also reject you from being a priest to me seeing that you have forgotten the Torah of your God I too will forget your children now here's the Hebrew you forgot you caus to forget the Torah of your God I God I'm going to forget your children G and let's look at Rashi God's going to forget your children for those who stood on Mount Si we stood there at Mount Si we offered our own children as a as a security for us keeping the Torah right we said that's plural we yes all of us you know let's say horizontally but also vertically meaning uh generations to come we have to do everything we can to instill a love for Torah and Mitzvah in our children okay so here we have the last part of the P car two lines and then we're going to go into the sources rich full chock full of beautiful luscious delicious sources what are toos produce we can call it Chronicles children literally what else do we know toos are when you go back to pares Noah these are the toas of Noah Rashi right there describes this is talking about is character so character toos or see through forgetting about working on your character forgetting about doing good acts if you forget this God will forget your children if one would forget about trying to accomplish Mitzvah and good acts with which are called toos Generations Chronicles or good act so too God will forget your toos your produce your children and furthermore that bu areu children are considered I'm just use the word offshoots because anaf means a branch offshoots and what isus situs look like offshoots an beg they extend extend from the beged now that's as far as the CLE car goes but I want to tell you there is just chalk full of some really good stuff so what I want to do is focus on for the moment the gamorra in chabas we read it very superficially but there's some really good comments so if you have the Hebrew I think it's passed around yeah and then you'll turn the side turn the back in a while but let's start with the front it says the gamorra brings an additional mlus I already told you there was discussions of different Mitzvah that people were doing if they or they fail to do would have grave consequences for their children so pyo there's actually an argument regarding this rebi mayor and Reb Yehuda they argue it's for the because of the sin of not fulfilling muza that children die and the other one said it's on account of negating nullifying not fulfilling the Mitzvah of that children die so the gor says you know what I understand the opinion now we don't know which one says which but it's re UD or re may but we know they argue and one holds one side one holds the other when it comes to the Mitzvah the sin I should say of doing of doing muza I understand cuz look in um Deuteronomy 11 verse 20 it says right I'm sorry 20 and 21 it's really 21 but I want to make sure we have and you shall inscribe them upon the doorpost of your house and upon your gates in order that your days may increase and the days of your children listen to the words and the the days of your children on the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them as the days of Heaven above the Earth so what do we have in Hebrew in order to extend your days you should have long life but also also the life of your children so within the Su with the par within the paragraph dealing with muuza you clearly have a life for your children as well correct great so the gor said I understand that because it starts off with saying you know you should write the on the doorpost to your house and right after the next verse says in order you should have a long life and your children great but what about situs where is that brought in how do I know that children God forbid could die on account of the parents the father not fulfilling the MIT but according to the opinion that held the MIT of tius is why children die Mya what's the reason raana now RAF Kahana said this but some say that somebody else said it who's who's the other person Sheil Sheila Mari so we don't know maybe they both said it right some say it was Sheila Mari it was from this verse what's the verse in Jeremiah chapter 2 verse 34 now I want you to know we're going to go back to verse 30 but let's read 34 first Jeremiah chapter 2 also in your skirts now in Hebrew it's that means the corners a canaf also in your corners of your garment n he found what because of the corners of your garments that don't have tias D the blood of The Souls of the poor who are pure who are clean who Could That Be look at the word eoni means poor but it's really like two words it's a Ai and bonim bonim are children the evim the poor is a combination here so it's the fathers and the sons who are innocent so also because of the corners of your garments you didn't do tizas will be found the the blood of innocent when it says nikim clean um I'm going to read it again in English also in your skirts is found the blood of The Souls of of the innocent poor but not just poor it's Fathers and Sons you did not find them breaking in now hold on that last part of the verse we didn't bring yet we're going to bring it now he he um let's just say like this at this point we understand that the person did not fulfill the Mitzvah of tius because of the canaf the word KF appears in the par of tius so we know we're talking about tias and the word about the blood of the souls these are innocent Souls innocent people it's talking about the smallest of the children who are innocent of sin that's what it's talking about now comes and he says right the one who says because of the M that's why children die you can also learn it from here where the same verse or let's say um I mentioned in this in verse 34 where it says you did not find them breaking in now what does that mean you didn't find them breaking in look in the Hebrew a means digging under the ground like through a cave in other words when somebody tries to break into someone's house by breaking in the door or knocking on the door whatever it is that's one way the thieves come in but some come in stealthily so if someone comes into your house stealthily and you find them and you kill them you're not a murderer okay so the point here is that when they're when in the Hebrew when they're coming in through a cave and you find them it's really what it's trying to say it's a cave door and not a real door a real door has a mish like a uh a beam that's holding up and then you have doorposts that's called a doorway it's the shape of a doorway looks like a doorway quacks like a door it is a door but if you're coming in from a cave you're climbing through a hole and there is no mu on a hole so now keep in mind the same verse talking about mza in in Jeremiah 234 is also talking about mza meaning they also failed to put in mza you did not find them breaking in but for all these so listen to what he says the since it says their openings were like a a m is a cave and a cave would be a cave doorway would be exempt from muza like we said the verse the verse itself in Jeremiah is making complaint that the Jewish people themselves had doorways um they made them like real doorways and they they're actually obligated have but they made them like cave entrances and did not put muzas on them they were violating this positive MIT putting a m and that's why the verse ends regarding all these things meaning plural the cus and the mza this this um prophecy is speaking about the Jews not keeping these two particular mites now the truth is I want to go into detail in the sour sheets but I couldn't help myself I want to just read the next few lines because this is one of the most famous prophecies that we know of that we're aware of especially those amongst the Ben no movement correct where it says comes Rish and he says regarding that any Jew who is careful in the MIT of means in the future some explain even in ghen maybe it's not physical but every Jew who who keeps who's very careful about doing the MIT titis will Merit to have 2,800 servants meaning people who want to serve you people who want to serve you and how do we know as it says in Zechariah 8: 23 I I see I did Skip Jeremiah 2:30 let's just stick to Zechariah 8:22 right now so said the Lord of host in those days when 10 men of all the languages of the nation shall take hold of the skirt of a Jewish man it actually says a Jewish man people want to know oh we where you know where the word Jew come from means just Yehuda we're talking about anybody who is around today as an Israelite is a Jewish man the prophecy refers to yud look in the Hebrew you know what's going to happen th he says God in those daysik who's going to hold and grasp 10 men how many are there we say there are 70 languages there are 70 Nations close the door they're actually going to grab the the the corner of the Garment of an is it doesn't say is is it says is not because we're all from Yehuda but because we're all believe in the M of David of the Messiah who's coming through the seed the real seed not the imaginary seed the real seed of King David right who's from Yehuda lore and they will say let us go with you up to to Israel because we have heard that hem is with you now how did we get 2,800 if there are 10 men from each language which you said there's 70 so 10 * 70 is 700 and how many corners are there four corners and Beau the four time 700 now you have 28 800 people who want to learn Torah let us serve you let us come up with you teach us your way that is the point here now I want to go into some of the most fantastic explanation if you have the page now I'm now I'm missing mine here it is we're going to start with the right side right okay so it says like this the be mid mid it's on the back side of that sheet the clarification the explanation of measure for measure remember we asked the question why did these children have to die right these are infants we don't really have a SAT totally it's not totally satisfactory yet because we didn't read all the comments but why would it be measure for measure if the the parents I mean God said this is what's going to be but let's see why again the clarification of the concept called measure for measure mid for the sin violating the sin of mza so we have four opinions here the first one is the Mah did you know that children are called your house you're you're right B by it right people who feel like family they're your house house therefore when a person sins with his house by not having the there he fails to place a by the doorway of the house also his children will pay the consequences y there are amongst number two there are amongst the Aon and they explain that Kon muza he the mza serves as a guard on the door for those who are aware of the famous story of anus I suggest you look it up anus what transpired in not only his conversion but when his uncle the Caesar sent many troops to try to bring him back and every single time the troops came and had a conversation with him they end up converting to until the last time when his cousin or brother-in-law Caesar said don't speak to him just bring him back and as they were taking him out the door he kissed the mza and they said oh what is all that about and of course he had a conversation and he said if I I haven't seen the story in a long time something to the effect of you guys you will guard your king but our King guards us right something to that effect so Hashem is our guard he places he told us to place these holy words of the Torah again if we remember God will remember us if we forget God will forget about us specifically our children let's continue that's why it says the is a for the house so that either evil forces or destructive forces do not enter the house of a person when you remove that by not putting the the destructive forces are able to enter into the house okay let's go into the this is the Ben and he clarifies by saying the mov the mashkov is the top beam that's hold that you know the doorway has two side frames and there's a frame on top okay so the Mas is that hint to the father now I just want to mention we're only going to be talking in terms of sexual okay sexual position so this mashov the thing on top represents the father because he's the RO Theon he is on the top and he's higher above the now he adds that the there's a hint about the wife the woman she's n n would be you know the threshold and he explains because she's down below and he's above okay then he says the mza is hinted at Al how is the MU itself because that's on the two sides right is on one of the two sides that's basically we call the doorway the two the left and the right this represents the children and when you don't fulfill the Mitzvah of mza which is hinted at as we said by the children the children are taken out and now we can actually understand if you go to Deuteronomy 11: 20 it says Al you should put them up the mza on the you should put this parchment on the mza of your house on the children of your house the Torah itself should be in them the word mza now the word mza me Zion z it's the same letters as Zazu M zaz Mo so what does that mean Zazu means to move you're moving death by putting up the you're moving or removing death meaning to say on account of as a reward for performing the Mitzvah of M Haba you're removing you're yeah removing all your children from Death now let's see the the Von in schlomo he's going to quote the ramban now I actually have a copy of the ramban and I sent it by email but I didn't make copies because too many pages well I requ I request or suggest when I do read I'm going to read some of it the ramban you're going to get a flavor here's just a taste right now the Von explains based on the ran that the Mitzvah of mza is and anything similar to it you're doing it for the sake as it says right we make Friday night so many mitzvas to filling there's so many Mitzvah that we do as a remembrance that we left Egypt that God removed us from Egypt right I just want to mention also in terms of let's say addictions bondage it's so important to know and understand that the Israelites leaving Egypt leaving bondage is there to teach teach the world we are Shining Light yeah everybody experiences their own bondage their own restriction their own Chokehold so to speak in life and if you want to know how to experience real true Freedom learn it from us learn it from the Torah okay so he's just mentioning that the mitzah and anything similar it says in the Torah regarding that why Hashem is not and we know because we Liv in a generation where we don't see open outright Miracles all all over the place right but that generation did see they left with the 10 Macos the 10 plagues so many miracles around them right but hm's not going to do it he he there's such a thing as free will and there's so many evil people and deniers and Heretics the God's not going to perform it for them that really God commanded for us to perform these acts these Mitzvah that we should have this remembrance as a sign to what our eyes had seen the elu and then we're supposed to repeat it and tell it over to our children and to their children's children as well until the final and last generation okay this is what we're this is our job the the and this is necessary to write on the doorways of your houses in the and we need to pronounce we need to remember through speech through our own mouths every morning and every evening that's why it's the it's in the we have so many mitzvas like this that we're talking about the whole Exodus from Egypt and so too since the Maza is acting as a remembrance and the children of the human being they are the they're the ones who remember you after you die right it's serving as a remembrance they are the children are your remembrance your legacy your children are your legacy IM came move on if that's the case then it's well understood therefore if a man a person fails to perform a Mitzvah like these mza and sitz that act in a way that serve to uh cause you to remember so the Onish is the punishment be that you you will lose your just like you didn't remember you won't be remembered um which is your children and therefore that's how that idea ends now okay so I want to go into the ramban itself and I did pass on to you guys through the email and the whole essay but I want to just start from page 296 in other words halfway through the ramban on chapter 13 of Exodus verse 16 but it's really interesting reading I want you on your own time to read the first few pages here I just want to focus on this idea the ramban now begins a lengthly discussion of the unique importance of the Exodus in other words why is it so important that so many Mitzvah so many Mitzvah are right it's not just it's not just for me to remind myself that I was in bondage personally it's true but this is a legacy of the Jewish people okay so even those non-jews you all know that we're only we Who We Are because of our experiences in life right going through the uh the the servitude the slavery of Egypt and coming out as Royal slaves Royal slaves to Hashem so explaining why the Torah gives us so many Mitzvah to commemorate that event he ultimately expounds on the underlying purpose of all the Mitzvah and creation itself I'm talking about the ramban the ran does so I'm going to read it in English so fantastic piece here now I'm going to tell you the general principle regarding the explanation of many Mitzvah now from the time of idolatry from the time idolatry came into the world came into being in the world from the days of anos views regarding what did anash he believed in God but he thought he needed an intermediary see this for us Jews is idol worship okay to believe in any kind of intermediary is idol worship and therefore for anos believed in um God but he believed also in intermediary so that's where a views regarding the authentic principles of Faith began to be corrupted by people some of the some of them denied the fundamental belief in the Creator and said that the world is eternally ancient they denied Hashem and they even said God does not exist and there's verses to prove all this but okay you can read it on your own H some of them denies deny God's knowledge of the particulars of human events they say how can God know is their knowledge in the Most High um and some of them admit to God's knowledge of world events but deny his supervision over them like he created the world in left where he's too high he's not going to be involved with us Petty creatures and thus in their minds making man like the fish of the sea fish of the sea means we're in like another dimension far away from God okay as if we cannot relate to or communicate or commune with God so far away making man like the fish of the sea and that God does not oversee them and there is no Punishment No punishment or reward for their deeds right basically they're saying Hashem does not see us Hashem has forsaken the land however when God favors a group or an individual and performs a Wonder for them involving an alteration in the world's usual course and natural law remember we're talking about then creating Miracles if God would do that the negation of all these heretical views is ma is going to be made clear to all right if there was and like I said if or when God would favor a particular individual group group and would create wonders miracles for them that go outside of nature they wouldn't be there wouldn't be any Heretics everyone it would be clear to everybody for the supernatural Wonder indicates that the world indeed has a God who originally originated it ex nilo meaning something from nothing yes he knows all oversees all and he's all power ful but and when that wonder is furthermore publicly declared beforehand through a prophet the truth of the principle prophecy is made clear to all as well that God will speak to a person or reveal his secret to his servants and Prophets with acknowledgment of this principle the entire Torah is sustained okay now God now shows how the 10 plagues Mir miraculous wonders all expose the falsity of the aformentioned heretical views we witnessed it our great great great grandparents saw it all scripture therefore States regarding the wanders in Egypt so that you will know right God performed these miracles in the desert so that you will all know that I am AEM in the midst of the land indicating the whole concept of Divine Providence for God did not abandon the land and to random occurrences as is The heretical View when scripture further States regarding the plagues so that you will know that the Earth is aem's indicating the idea of the origination of the World by a creator for they meaning the Earth and all its inhabitants are his by virtue of the fact that he created them from nothing and it also says in relation to the plagues so that you will know that there is none like me in all the world meaning indicating the idea of the omnipotence of Hashem he rules over all and nothing can deter him these three declarations and the miraculous plagues that precipitated them were needed because it was the Egyptians who denied or doubted all this accordingly the great signs and wonders in Egypt are trustworthy Witnesses with regard to belief in the Creator and the entire Torah now because God did not perform a sign or a Wonder in every generation in those Generations there was sign and wonders in our generation we don't have that and I'm going to see it again now because God does not perform a sign or a Wonder in every generation in sight of every evil person or unbeliever he commanded us that we should con constantly have a reminder and a sign for what our eyes saw in Egypt and to transmit this matter to our children and our children to their children and their children to their children until the last generation and God was exceedingly stringent in this matter of making reminders of The Exodus just to keep in mind those first few pages I didn't read to you have a lot to do with the Mitzvah of toin I implore you to read it you want to know about toin and being an oat it's a sign to remind us Hashem took us out of Egypt and to always have it on our mind right that's where the brain is it's a very beautiful piece but let's go on God gave us all these different misses to remind us that we were in Egypt and that he took us out these reminders and and as we see from the fact he imposed on a very severe penalty Kate being cut off if we eat on P is leaven bread yeah it is it's is is cutting off cut off by mistake not intention to do that no it's that's the that's this that's the consequence for in okay that's called exision K okay both I'm sorry and also the PES offering if we don't bring a PES offering we are cut off from the Jewish people again all reminding us of the leaving of Egypt and it's required further we write and attach Upon Our arms and Upon Our Heads right between our eyes everything that was witnessed right that's what the parot the paragraphs that are in the Torah that are in the m in the uh in thein describe the leaving of Egypt about all the signs and wonders and that we write it again in the muuza at the entrance of the house on the doorpost and we speak about we recall this orally every morning and evening as the sages said even the BR some say it's actual biblical law right it's a daa which is derived from a verse in Deuteronomy 163 what does it say over there you'll remember the day your departure from the land of Egypt all the days of your life okay if you have a religion you just believe in something like that doesn't sound like you're fulfilling this here it says in Deuteronomy 16:3 you put on thein put on the tfillin so that you will remember the day of your departure from the land of Egypt all the days of your life okay and we make a Suka every year what's the purpose of the Su to remember Hashem took us out of Egypt there are many other Commandments similar to these that serve as a reminder that we had left the servitude of Egypt and all these Commandments serve to be a testimony for us through all the generations regarding the the Miracles that God performed in EG that they shouldn't be forgotten because we don't have those Miracles happening to us on a daily basis but they happen then and we're we're commanded to remember them and consequently there will be no plausible argument for any unbeliever for the unbeliever to deny the fundamental principles of faith in God since those principles can be directly deduced from the wonders of [Applause] Egypt for one who purchases muza for a mere few dollars and attaches it to his doorway and thinks about what it's supposed to bring to you youve already acknowledged God's origination of the world the God's the knowledge of the world affairs and his supervision thereof and also the truth about prophecy and you believe in all the cornerstones the foundations of the Torah besides the fact that he has acknowledged the Creator's kindness towards those who reform his will is very great has you know that Hashem will bestow kindness upon you and those who do his will that he took us out from the Egyptian bondage towards Freedom with great honor in the Merit of our forefathers Abraham Isaac and Jacob and he desire who desired to be always in fear of his name meaning Abraham Isaac and Jacob always wanted to be on the right path this is like an amazing amazing um it's how many more pages this is pretty much we're almost there it's it's a very beautiful piece I hope you're enjoying it the ramban now Avers the foundation of Faith which the remembrance Mitzvah can impart in fact be derived from all the other Mitzvah therefore because constant awareness of the principles of faith is the best bull workk against heretical thoughts the sages write that one should be scrupulous in performing a minor Mitzvah just as in performing a major mitzvah for all of them are in fact major exceedingly beloved since through them a person is constantly acknowledging his God I mean what could be wrong with that for the ultimate objective of all the Commandments What did we say say the ultimate objective is is that we should believe in our God and acknowledge to him that he created us the ramban now goes into describing the purpose of creation and that is in fact the ultimate object of creation itself for we have no other explanation for the first creation and the most high has no desire for Earthbound creatures except this this is the whole point of creation that man should know and AOW knowled to his God that God created him and the purpose of raising one's voice in prayers the purpose of synagogues and the Merit of communal prayer is this that people should have a place where they can gather and acknowledge to God that he created them and caused them to be and where they can publicize this and declare before him we are your Creations that's the point of it all this is the intent of the sages of blessed memory when they use the verse in Jonah 3:8 and they call out mightily to God from here the word mightily you learn that prayer requires a loud voice for boldness can overcome evil and now the very last paragraph I know I told you this was worth reading and um I I give you a lot of credit for bearing with us until now this is the enduring lesson of the Manifest wonders of the The Exodus through recalling and acknowledging the great manifest miracles of The Exodus a person can ultimately acknowledge the hidden Miracles see we live with hidden Miracles we're not some of us most of us are not aware of the constant Miracles going on all around us we could and we should but at least we do tap in and realize there are these hidden miracles in everyday life very interesting comment here which are the foundation of the entire Torah for a person has no share in the Torah of Moses our teacher and this applies to non-jews as well unless he believes that all our Affairs and experiences are Miracles living with this so we're constant reminding that God took us out of Egypt this was a miracle Miracle of Miracles I mean it was unbelievable and we're with that in our daily lives if we could just bring that to the Forefront and then we can realize even the Small Miracles and how much gratitude we should have and we just burst out in song and praise and joy and if you're around a good Community then everyone thinks you're normal right like our community you just go around praising Hashem all day long everyone you know they're not going to think you're weird right and there is no element of Nature and the ordinary course of the world in them at all whether regarding the community or the individual rather if one observes the Commandments his reward will bring him success and if he transgresses them his punishment will destroy him all by the decree of the most high as I've already mentioned and the hidden Miracles the vehicles of this reward and Punishment can be more clear really recognize as a regard as regards the Affairs of the community it's so important when somebody converts they're not they're not going to be accepted by the Jewish Nation if they come and say listen I just know it's true I believe the Bible I know it's true so we'll tell you so be a Ben no very nice live however you want according to the Bible and be uh whatever you want no the idea that someone says I want to be right like Ruth says your people are my people she's the she's the Paradigm example of a convert because it's not just that your God is my God that's fine for AOG but that what your people are my people okay so Ben no will hang on to the tius but a convert becomes a Jew right full-fledged 100% Israelite and um it's joining the community okay joining the community listen you can wait until we have a GEOS maybe it'll be in 6 months from now maybe 6 years maybe 60 years maybe 600 years right we don't know but for 3,00 300 well let's say last 2,000 years we didn't have GTO okay let's go on um this whole idea of the um recognizing the this the the reward and Punishment in regards to not only personal affairs but Community Affairs this is why there are these curses and blessings in the Torah right it appears as the predictions of the Torah in the matter of blessings and curses look in chapter 29 of Deuteronomy several verses 23 and 24 what will the nation say and all the nations will say for what reason did Hashem do this to the land of course to the people as well and they will say because they forsook the Covenant of God the god of their forefathers how many anti-semites how many you know people all over the world have said this and didn't come to this this is a miracle right that we're still around we shouldn't be with all the suffering that we have gone through right it says the Assyrians it says in the Bible they are the wrath of they're like the hand of God they are the rod of his his punishment right even these anti-semites we have experienced all this yet we're still around but cuz we are the witnesses we are the true Witnesses when we're not doing the right thing we suffer individually and collectively so that's how it ends here this idea that the go the Nations will say for what reason didem do this to the land and they will say because they forsook the Covenant ofm the god of their forefathers here scripture is for telling that the matter will become known to the Nations that it meaning the devastation and desolation of er Israel is from God as their punishment for forsaking his Covenant that's why we have to repent that's why we have to do chuva right and it says regarding this similarly in Deuteronomy 28:10 and then all the peoples of the Earth will see that the name of Hashem is proclaimed over you meaning that when we do the right thing right when we do the wrong thing it will be obvious and when we do the right thing I say it's obvious meaning through the consequences so unfortunately it is what it is the question is what are we going to do about it right God says I put before you right life and death right good and bad choose life life is the Torah life is God's will then all the peoples of the earth will see that the name of hasem is proclaimed upon over you and they will Revere you this is how the Torah is coming to an end in chapter 28 verse 10 so you have the positive the negative right it's the Free Will so this is the time to do chuva and we will then re deserve to be revered not that it's a personal thing but we're supposed to bring God Consciousness into the world world through doing Torah and Mitzvah and of course the whole world is available and free to join us on whatever level you want to fully committed partially committed living your lives as it is it's all good right anyway so with that Sara we're going to sign off we're going to wish everyone we're going to wish everyone shabbat shalom and of course a good life C to see you next week 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