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so we could continue on with this line
of thinking but i want to share with you
a teaching that was shared with me by
one of my beloved childhood friends rav
michael hyman
who quoted one of his uh teachers i
didn't quite get the name but he talked
about what the real
sin of these two tribes was so he
explained that the real sin
is that we don't see anywhere in what
rauven and god said
the words emir sasha right if hashem
wills it
or be
which means with the help of hashem they
just say what they have to say we're
going to go to war with them and lead
them to victory and we're going to stay
here they weren't like searching to know
is this god's will and will god be with
us and god will be with us
they didn't say
that they would stay back if hashem
wants it or that they will leave the
battle with hashem's help i mean we're
talking we're talking basics here i mean
for those of you who have had a normal
everyday conversation with the
god-fearing jew you know that the
sentences are filled with
you know if god wills it or israel
hashem god god willing with god's help
some people are more conscious of it
than others and some people are more
stringent about i don't know if it's a
stringency or just a natural way to
speak that reflects what's in your heart
but there's no question that those words
are part of the normal day-to-day
otherwise
mundane discourse
right and and why do we say these words
all the time
for the same reason that we say
blessings before we eat or before we use
the restroom or before we do a whole
slew of otherwise mundane activities
most of time before and afterwards why
it's for the same reason that we kiss
the mezuzah when we walk into a room for
the same reason that we wear seat seat
hanging from our garments because the
illusions of this world are so
convincing
right the appearance of different powers
and different forces
it's this appearance is so real and it's
so thick that it's just so easy to get
lost and simply forget about hashem
forget that we need
to be constantly immersed in these
reminders right that's what halacha
is jewish law it goes
hashem that's it
walking towards god that we're always
walking with hashem when we keep jewish
law that's why we do it so we're
constantly constantly remembering that
god is one and hashem is the singular
power
animating and orchestrating everything
and there is nothing but him
and and you know all of these things
they're just reminders to help us
fulfill the primary directive of the
torah what i believe is the primary
directive of the torah which we see in
in devarim and deuteronomy via
the hashem
know therefore this day
and consider it in your heart or bring
it into your heart that adonai
is elohim
in heaven above and upon the earth below
there is no other
that's the reason we do all these things
so we don't forget so we keep the most
central fundamental truth in the
forefront of our consciousness this
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