An Awakening from Below Elicits an Awakening from Above with Rabbi Aaron Dovid Poston

everybody [Music] Shalom alaikum everybody welcome back to the ebony beat madrash welcome home to Torah a very warm welcome we are in parashat Bow Exodus chapter 12 verse 7. before we begin I just want to mention once again like I always do we have Hebrew sheets that you can follow along with how do you find them you go down into the description box below then you go to the link and you're gonna have to find the year the Parsha the title or whatever it is you're looking for um we really hope that you do that because it's important that you learn Hebrew plus it's very hard to grasp the actual message in English meaning using English translations it's much better and much more profound and a better impact on your soul when you look at the actual Hebrew so we're going to begin oh I also want to mention we deal with the fundamentals absolutely tonight is one of those nights where we're dealing with absolutely a fundamental concept those who think you know are not familiar with Judaism and think it's a very foreign idea you're right a lot of things are what we call counter-intuitive and growing up in a judeo-christian Society where the other religions have such an impact on your brain and your mind and your soul everything is perverted everything is crooked okay this is straight up straight up message of God and we dissect it using the clear car and here we go so verse 7 actually says like this what we're going to do is going to compare verse 7 where God is actually commanding Moses and telling him what the children of Israel are supposed to do always look in context so don't just trust me go into the text see what verse 7 is talking about you have to go back maybe one or two verses to see that it's God speaking to Moses and this is the night the great Exodus is taking place the Redemption and we slaughtered a lamb by the way you can look at some of the other uh shirim I encourage you to do that down below there's also a link to previous classes where we discuss this lamb the the ram the so-called let's say the species of of sheep is the idol worshiping deity the the the the Midstream the Egyptians worshiped not that's not tonight's class but they worshiped this uh deity the constellation of Aries which is the night we're talking about that very night where we leave Egypt on a full moon okay the the power if such a power exists it would be that night the full night that Aries is and we killed their God we killed and we sacrificed Hashem and we left at the highest power of that constellation Aries to show what there is no God but he's the almighty let's get a Hallelujah out of this next so we're dealing with verse 7 which specifically says and they shall take some of the blood which they happen to have put into a basin there's an idea that when it's slaughtered that you take this uh this CLE this vessel and you you in in the temple times anyway we would pour it on the altar okay but this night this first and only night we actually put it on the doorposts of our house now it says and put it on the two door posts and on the lintel now the Hebrew says anybody that knows Hebrews past tense makes it future tense and that's what they should do they should put it on the two what door post mizuzote and on the mushkov is the linto meaning the the Keystone the upper uh how do you say the upper Beam on the doorpost okay that's the mushkov which we're going to hear the word what mashkov even means and what mezuzah even means you're going to put it on the house in which you're eating in now this was only done when we were in Egypt from that point on we don't do that we put it onto the altar okay so look what I wanted to mention is this verse 7 is going to seemingly very truly very accurately contradict verse 22 verse 22 this is when Moses is then commanding the Jewish people what does he say he says you shall take a bunch of his hip that's a a branch with a lot of leaves and immerse it in the blood that is in the basin I already knew that because I have the oral tour of it okay now you can always look at the and look back anyway you shall extend to the lintel and to the doorposts the blood that is in the basin and you shall not go out any man from the entrance of his house until morning now look at what it says in the Hebrew Elementary it's in the opposite order and what the clear car is let's just say bothered by meaning he's pointing out there's a issue that needs to be dealt with and that issue is why did Moses change the order did Moses change the order we see that God commanded him one way and then he commands the Jewish people to do it a not just a different way the opposite way okay now let's go to the Rashi on verse 7. so what are the door posts they are the upright posts one from this side of the entrance and one from that side this is from condition 22b now what is the lintel so that we described in hebrewskov by the way you'll see that it's something that is high above we're going to bring proof text to describe that but just so maybe we should just go to that now and I believe that will find this in Psalms 102 20. you could see it as number four in the English story sheets by the way anybody that wants the English Source sheets that's going to be separate I don't post that on the website that you have to email me and I can put you on the list and you will receive it so Psalms 102 20 for he looked down from his holy height that's the mushkov meaning he looked down it's on your understanding means from the heights so the Keith interesting I'm wearing glasses these are called mishkefaim right you have a uh what's it called a binoculars they're called right the mount scopus even sounds right scope they got it from this original Hebrew word it's a gazing into looking down it's an examination even I do wanted to show you what the commentary says on this verse I mean Rashi says here look to the Earth to see the Affliction of his people remember this is the difference between Judaism a monotheistic religion and many of the other religions that are dualistic polytheistic and if you look I mean I mentioned Psalms 102 20. the commentator here in the art school mentions he gazed from his exalted Sanctuary the word hishkief gazed is used whenever God scrutinizes someone in order to identify his faults God gazed upon the wicked Nation so then they can they may be condemned for their crime of destroying the temple at the same time listen to this God looked down to the Earth from the heads at the same time God looked down to earth benignly to sympathize with the plight of the Jewish people that our God is both a loving God ultimately that's his godhead but nevertheless he has the character trait of judging ultimately the judgment is for them for for Mercy it's actually for good and we're going to see a little bit of that as we go on but in other words the other religions believe there's a good God and a bad God right many of them do and we believe in only one God who ultimately is merciful but sometimes must act in a Stern fashion and we're going to deal with that tonight as well so the Clear Car only really began to show us was this um seeming discrepancy in the command regarding the command right when God commands uh Moshe and Moshe changes the order there's something else I think I wanted to show um no that that's that's pretty much it for the beginning so what we read really was the first two lines of the Clear Car all he did was point out this seeming discrepancy and he wants to answer through a measure she wants to use what we already have in our in our treasure chest of of our massora of our inherited uh Gold Mine of what the Torah actually means through the oral Torah and he says that by way of expounding the verse through what we call the midrash one is able to say now this is an amazing thing I actually brought it down in the English sheet on number seven but let's stick with the clear car you can look at that in a second he the the echaraba hey 21 says that God actually had a conversation with the Jewish people now let me just preface before I go into Malachi chapter 3 verse 7. I want to explain something how Tanakh works the five books of Moses that's the team of the Tanakh that's the Torah that is directly the word of God but it's cryptic in other words for 40 years we learned in the desert what that means and we're supposed to live by that word as time goes on if ever the Jews would either forget not live up to need reprimand need guidance then you have the prophets in other words in the prophets bio right the prophets are telling us what we already know but we need to get back on the straight path they never reveal anything new there's nothing new they revealed to us this is key in Judaism so if they say something it's not a new revelation get it it's a reminder of what you should have already known and apparently this conversation took place much earlier than Malachi which is the last of the prophets in the small prophets and and in her Lamentations which is towards the end of the first temple so it says like this in in Malachi chapter 3 verse 7 and then we're going to dissect this verse a little bit it says the number nine right from the days of your fathers you have departed from my laws and not kept them right what's the job description of the the prophet to tell the Jewish people what to do meaning nothing new but what they already know it says right God said to the Jewish people return to me and I will return to you I mean it's a very strange thing just return to me what do you mean return to me and I'll return to you by the way I just want to give a plug for my good friend couple this is actually his last name shivueli okay a couple of you listening love you so Eli return to me and then the verse goes on and I will return to you so the clear card points this out tequila that's the first thing you should do is returned to me and then when you do that that elicits a response from God God is actually saying once you do that you take the initiative of doing truva then I will return to you now this is still within the dialogue of the midrash that knesset Israel meshiva as a result of God telling us the secret right you you do truth and I'm going to come back to you God says the the Jewish people's response is ain't because look you're the almighty unbelievable we're just flesh and blood what can we possibly do you know I don't have the power the abilities to reach to to come back to do truva I know myself and you know me I'm just flesh and blood but the Jewish people are saying God you start you bring us back as right you like those as a response to God saying you come to me and I'll come to you our response is God you started you're much greater and mightier than us remember just keep in mind that we are creating the God's image with free will ultimately that's really what it means but now the clear card brings well it's actually in the in the medrish that there is a verse in a Lamentations chapter 5 verse 21. restore us To You O Lord this is the Jewish people's response saying right you take the initiative that we may be restored renew our days as old Hashem now I would sing this song We Sing and I don't want to hurt anybody I don't want to right cause anybody damage in their ears if you hear me sing you'll never get the tune right so leave it to your imagination or maybe I'll even put in below a link to how the song is really sung okay so I'm doing everyone a favor you can thank me shanamar as it says but at the end of the verse it says that we will be returned we will be uh we will return now I think I mean I have the the measures here and it's quite a long but I do want to read for you not this moment a very interesting comment brought down in the Arts grow on the madrish it's going to play a key role in this class if you're not totally confused by now you have to go back to the beginning and right basically we start off by saying that there's this seeming contradiction there is this God commanding Moses start with what the mezuzahs and work your way up Moses turns around and says God right to the Jewish people basically God wants us to start from the bottom down from the top down if if I can just say that's the summary at that point and then he brought in the measures that brought these unbelievable seemingly crazy ideas of us of God first saying you return to me and I'll return to you and our response just you do the job you return us and then we will return as a result uh meaning you'd be the initiative and take the initiative and then we'll follow through with the full return so the clear card Begins by saying the alderica there's a way to explain euphor euphorage means to either explain Define we're actually like defining this idea of this mushkov this I wanted to mention also another word we use the word means what's your world view right how do you look at the world so in he in in Judaism everyone's interested in learning which means I want to know how I should look at the world according to God like this is pure honesty it's not my Outlook it's the Outlook according to the Torah it's the Alec according to what I learned which is also going to play a very key fact when I get into some of the um the other verses so we're using this I mean I think at least it's like he's explaining this mushkov this lintel as if we're talking about the direction of God God is in the heavens above as the clear car says so the lintel is the highest point of the doorway Hashem is everywhere honestly but we think of him as living in or his his throne is in the heavens his Dwelling Place his holy Dwelling Places in the heavens high above so he brings us right to Psalms 102 verse 20. which I think I actually could I read that already 102. 20 in Psalms for he gazed from his exalted Sanctuary he looked down from Heaven to Earth right so I read some of the commentary on that okay um so it's like you have to use your imagination obviously God is everywhere then the clear card brings right after he says where basically God is living in the upper realms usot this may sound heretical right what do you mean these two mezuz these two uh door posts are holding up God God doesn't need anything what does it mean that God needs help being helped you know help being held up it sounds crazy but these two mezuz in reality are holding up the lintel that we already compared to the almighty Almighty the one that doesn't need anything so the clear car is explaining these are screws avos the imajos what does it mean the foundations the foundations the the it's holding up the the this entity above it's the when I say scoot we're talking about the Merit of the the positive actions that Abraham Isaac Jacob sorrow and our great great great great great great grandparents they kept the Torah and they kept the mitzvahs they're the ones that hold up the world they're the ones that are holding up Hashem so to speak I'm putting these words in so to speak I mean this is right kaviaco we use the word as if like it says in Deuteronomy chapter 33 verse 27. that's number 11 on the source she have to see the context but anyway which are which are the Abode for The God Who precedes all as we'll see that's talking about he's he's in his holy place Olam but below God are the mighty ones of the world that's the focus we already know that Hashem is it precedes all and he is the Almighty but mitaka zaros Olam unbelievable what does it mean who are these Mighty ones that are underneath so Rashi mentions who are which are the Abode of God who precedes all the skies the previous versions are obviously talking about Heavens the skies are in a boat for God which proceeds Ked them all other deities all other powers that he created after you know he created the world when he created the world so Rashi says he selected the skies above as his residence and Abode while all the strong men live below him and what does it mean the mighty ones literally the arms of the world now Rashi has a take meaning he took a look at the whole world Torah and he mentions that it's referring to very strong Canaanite Kings and whatnot um but sikhon and OG but in the meantime keep in mind they are below God they are Mighty and they're somehow holding up the world and according to this when when the clear card mentions it's the Emos and the avos he's not making it up it's coming from another source somewhere okay in fact we're going to see that even our own and Moshe are considered the uh the zaros Shalom the strong arms holding up the world but that's basically we said the mezuz are somehow holding up the mushkov and of course it sounds heretical but we have a verse that the sky describes some strong men are able to hold up the heavens meaning Hashem let's see it speaks about a Heavenly throne and perhaps even the Heavenly Chariot and the different Angels the different entities that are below the throne and our Emos and avos these holy people Abraham Isaac Jacob and the imah these people are underneath meaning the foundation of the Chariot the holy Throne of God and they are the strength of the world the the zaros when it says it says the arm it the arm is a a uh a symbol or a sign or hint to the idea of strength therefore amarkou now God is basically if you're holding up God meaning you're holding up the righteous of the world the point of the world you're somehow we all know the Jews have a message with the chosen people to bring the message to the world as a result of us giving the message across of holding up the world of being righteous Hashem is Hashem himself is giving or granting honor to those who fear Him now we do have many verses throughout Tanakh that give this concept I think I brought one or two I'm not sure if I even have it here maybe not um no I didn't bring it but there are many verses that to bring this idea across um okay let me just continue so God loves those who fear Him and he he honors them and he grants them honor and therefore these Emos and ambos are holding up the world they're the ones closest to the throne right you ever go to a Jewish wedding and they pick up the Hassan and kala they pick up the groom and the the bridegroom on these chairs those who are closest those who are best friends hopefully and strong enough are the ones who lift them on the chair okay let's continue it's as if he is giving portioning honor to those who fear Him and now we understand why the nas no Australia why it says in our verse 7 that God says to Moses place the blood first on the mezuzote they come first and only afterwardskov and after so there is an order and this is how we're reading it and understanding it God is giving honor and a pushing honor to those who fear Him the ones who are strengthening and holding up the world and only afterwards he gives honor to himself by the way Hashem is not only the most humblest thing The Entity that ever exists in the world we have the statement that says wherever you find his greatness there you find his humility it's an unbelievable concept obviously this is not for now but I think it's embedded in this lesson that he wants to come second he puts you first he puts the Jewish people first he puts the righteous people first and himself second just to follow this up if you take the Gematria of each letter I mean each each letter is a number and has a value but there are other ways to explain gamachia through values and one of them is called miloi miloi means in its fullness so so if you take a chart so you have all the letters so aleph by the way is alif lamid pay I said you spell it out which is 111. BET is bet you're tough which is 412. you can put all the letters spell them out good and the hey and the above are the smallest by a great margin okay and that's in the hand of oven hey four of these letters spell out God's name all together with all four letters is still less than the next letter which is I think 73 and 74 on this chart so even God who created the entire alphabet and he created the entire world using the alphabet reusing his own speech right he created the he said let he spoke and the world came into being his own name is the smallest it's just a hint to the idea that where you find his greatness that's where you find his humility okay so that's the first part and then he says what does this mean that God first said right to put on the mezuz and afterwards on the tops that it's the Jewish people those righteous amongst the children of Abraham Isaac and Jacob they are they are the they should be they actually have the power to do truva we have the power right I would say drum roll please at this point but basically we're creating the image of God and he gave us the power and Moshe turns around and he says he got them illamashkov tequila right verse 20 who's 27 or 22 and sorry just to go back 22 right Moses changes the order and he's he says first you do the top afterwards the muzozos again based on this madrish that explained the whole conversation that must have taken place because we do not have the power to take the initiative to start the way of chuva now we this is a very short uh paragraph nevertheless uh it's it's this is really like a summary and it's really explaining everything at this point many of the things I've ever spoken about yaish omriim there are some that explain and say like this this is by way of the way Rashi explains Song of Songs chapter 7 verse 2. Shu Al Derek shapiris Rashi bashirashirim look in Song of Songs chapter 7 verse 2. now the truth is you have to really look at verse one and and so forth even afterwards but we'll look that basically wants to look at the Rashi but the verse says how fair are your feet in sandals o Daughters of nobles this is God speaking about the Jewish people the curse of your thighs are like Jewels now the thighs are above the the feet and then it ends right the handiwork of the Craftsman and all whatnot we're talking about something on the crown now look at Rashi for a second how fair are your feet in sandals so they say to her this is by you know maybe the non-jews looking at the the Jewish people as well we want you to cleave us we want you to cleave to us because of the Beauty and the esteem that we see in you when you are still beautiful how far how fair are your feet this is referring to the Jewish people making their pilgrimages to Jerusalem a daughter of princes um the curves of your thighs are like Jewels a collection of gold jewels is called khale Kasem and Sage is interpreted this as referring to the actual holes in the foundations on the altar in which the Libations were poured these were created remember David bought this this Granary from aravna and it was only his son that built the temple but it was these holes that were created already in the foundation stone from the six days of creation and the round like a thigh and let me just see okay so towards the end where it says Craftsman the word uman a Craftsman now this is really right this is the key here the key it's going to unlock everything in the praise of the Holy One Blessed Be he the Israelites praise God from the top down so there are other verses they commend so to speak from his head is as finest gold and progressively descend down to his legs are as pillars of marbles since they come to appease God to draw down his Sheena from the Heavenly abodes to the Earthly abodes that's how we're looking at it God should send to shepher his holy um how would I say this influence and Bounty down to us from above just like rain gesham descends from above that's the reason right God created the world he made the gesham the rain come down okay um so to draw down hashina from the Heavenly Abode to the Earthly abodes however he Hashem when he counts our Praises he counts their praises from bottom to top as we just read in in the world the verse chapter 7 verse 2 in Song of Songs how fair are your feet and progressively then he comes to the uh the thighs and at the end your head upon you is like Carmel until he comes to draw them to him so Hashem is drawing us up we're drawing God down by the way man is made is the only creature that has both physical and spiritual we are when we do Torah misses we're Heaven kisses the Earth okay we we all right when we're doing Torah and mitzes that's where Heaven meets Earth and is able to um to meet in the middle so to speak so let's go into the last few sentences of the clear car he's going to explain it like this because we just read Rashi and Shear Shear him so now read the part of the Russian Hebrew Israel Mala lamata that when the Jewish people praise God we're praising him from above to below whereas Hashem when he counts the praise of the Jewish people it's from below to above now maybe I should just stop for a second explain some kabbalistic terminology number three I wrote in the in the English Source sheet that there are these Concepts brought down in Kabbalah specifically in the Tanya and chapter 27 and chapter 47 be it the Ruta de latata that means there's an Awakening oh rare this is Aramaic but it's all rare an Awakening de la Tata From Below arouses so he wants to have an Awakening down below there's an arousal it's means that there's an arousal above it's first in Awakening from below that causes okay the causes that um the consequences of the arousal below is that there will be an arousal above meaning that we actually how do you say it without sounding so um you know arrogance you have to have some humility but we are creating the image of God that we elicit a response from God now obviously we pray why do we pray you know someone gets sick God caused them to get sick and yet we're praying for them to get well who gave us permission to do such a thing right someone's in a Tsar a very tough situation and we're praying that you know God should save them from Financial ruin or from a car accident whatever it is what gives us that right Hashem is the one that brought them to that point because we can change we can change things through prayer and through Torah and through actions so I brought down from the the Tanya two examples uh number one when we say the Shema at night especially the third paragraph deals with the Exodus from Egypt but the main point of that paragraph is what is the titsis the citizens is a daytime Mitzvah it's you can wear it to this at night but we don't make a bracha we only make a bracha during the day when we put them on so the idea that sits is because it says you shall see them okay so we know that if that's defining it as a day Mitzvah when you can see them yet we have the third paragraph we say at night and the Gamora says some really fantastic ideas that call you make Hayek is referring to the days of mashiach perhaps even Beyond in the world to come that will always remember that God took us out of Egypt but it's so important that God took us out of Egypt interesting when we say the Shema which is you shall love the Lord your God you're unifying you're saying God is one that is a huge that's part of chuva right that's part of what is true of anyway it's admitting the truth that's really what it means you're admitting the truth you're getting closer to the truth so every time you say the Shema you're admitting what is absolutely true and as a result the Tanya says God will take you out of Egypt and that's why it's a result so like here that if we do what we're told to do Hashem will save us Hashem took us at it and will take us out of each one of our individual Egypt because Egypt is not just a one-time event but every year we re-experience it or we're told to see as ourselves as if we went out and not only that every single day twice a day it's so it should be in our conscience the Hashem is our savior Hashem is Our Redeemer we have a relationship with God he will pull us out of the murky Waters out of the polluted Waters of our own making sometimes okay the other example I wanted to give when we learned Torah God gives us what we call such Heavenly assistance because the Torah itself is is spiritual and we are a mixture of physical and spiritual and the physical tries to overtake us but we need assistance from the spiritual side and that's why Hashem if there's an interesting gemore we learned in Gomorrah bracho eight a if I'm not mistaken unbelievable it says you're supposed to pray at a certain time and we discussed what the time was but it's matzahim the gumar has I think five different things that one should really pray for one of them is Torah because it's something that you know we're like a filter and the filter needs to be cleaned every now and again right the physical part of us prevents the spiritual from entering but if we cleanse our vessel right we make our vessel um like let's say humble right you thin out the walls you can actually hold more right you have two vessels the exact same size from the outside but one has thinner walls obviously still sturdy enough to contain what's in it and the other one has very thick walls a lot of let's say gaseous ruach as we'll see is means um haughtiness and right so you have one that is refined that can hold more Torah so we do have to take the initiative to a certain extent but Hashem will finish it off as I will now get into this idea that we start we have the arousal below and Hashem will actually finish it off um I think we'll read maybe I'll tell you about those verses now just to give you an idea go back into verse in number five on the sorshi Psalms 57 3. you see it I will call upon the most high God upon the God who completes what he promised for me now interesting the word right that God will complete what he promised for me this is King David first of all yes he finally made him King and or he'll make him King he's no doubt that God will finish the job dovet has to start or do certain things so too with us okay when we start Hashem is the one who finishes I just wanted to show one more idea the word Gomer there's no coincident the word Gamora right talmud which means to learn to teach and the word egmore or Gomer Gomorrah means that it's the same it's a it's a equivalent concept so in other words Hashem will give me the Torah that I've been learning I can sit and learn fill myself with information doesn't mean anything zero right it's a matter of incorporating it feeling it touching it like it's really the real thing it's the spirit of God you cannot live by bread alone but by the spirit of God this thing will in in count in in it will become me right just like the food that you eat becomes your blood it goes into your blood and it replaces the cells so too the spirit of God is the bread of God is the fruit of God and that's why we say when something sounds right it has a Tom has a taste that's the language you're always constantly using when it comes to hearing and understanding the Torah it has to go into our soul okay so you can make the effort but you need to pray to Hashem like the Gomorrah bracos 8 B says I think say that it's up to right you have to start but Hashem will finish it for you there's another verse in Psalms 138 8. now I don't really like this translation may the Lord agree with me O Lord may your kindness be internal do not let go of the work of your hands so the the Rashi explains may the Lord agree with me may agree with my request meaning prayer so we're asking God to but not only agree because that's not the thing actually finish it off so let's look at 138 verse 8. this art scroll translates it as mashem complete on my behalf right look at the Hebrew uh Hashem mayor I'm sorry Hashem he should finish it off on my behalf the explanation over here in this Arts grow May Shem complete on my behalf translation follows the radak who ex who EX explicates just as he began to deal kindly with me so may he conclude his kindness finish it off God initiated this is King David initiated my kingship may he now develop into its full potential just keep in mind it's the same idea what King David's saying might be personal about him that he's giving a message for all generations the Jewish Exiles Echo this wish may this Exile come to an end and may wit and may we witness the long-awaited in-gathering of the Exiles okay Rashi may he see to all my wishes and okay let's go back into the Clear Car I do want to finish off with a great explanation at the bottom of the medrish but let's continue here Al came therefore what God did he initiated he says that the Jewish people have to start from the bottom up the first thing they do is wipe the blood onto the mezuzahs before the mashkov meaning to say from a karishbaraku's point of view Mata that yes the Bounty the the produce the the flow Chef is a flow it's like turning on a spigot full blast the Bounty is going to rise up from below from God's point of view now this also may sound very heretical he says how do I translate this it's the righteous people here Down Below in this world that are strengthening Hashem similar to what we spoke about the mezuzahs are holding up the world and the foundation of the world when it comes to honoring God Moses changes it he wants to put all the Praises on God he won't say you're everything so therefore he changed the order that really the chef of the bounty all the great stuff that flows into this world is coming down from above even though we are eliciting it by doing something down below you know how small it is he said they're recovered elishamisberg this is what Moses did he wanted to show a way of praise to God so he changed the order now the clear card Ends by saying enough if you actually want to says as we saw Rashi says they're the Surah Alam meaning it could be any Mighty person we saw the clear card going through it's the emos in the avos the the righteous people guess who who helped us receive the Torah more than anybody else Moses and our own that these two mezuz are parallel to Moses and our own the car wants to say it's also true don't be mistaken there are commentators that explain that that way and that's 100 true and that's because God abortioned them he gave because they feared God like we understood from the verses that God gives his the people who fear Him honor okay and let me just read that again God gave honor and praise to Moses and Aaron vehem while at the same time mozen Aaron are giving praise to Hashem and it's not Hashem that's what we should be doing right so I want to go into this amazing comment on the medrish and you'll find that in number seven on the English Source sheet it says unbelievable and um so bear with me while I read this to you guys what does it mean On Eagle's Wings right God saved us maybe I'll try to Summer it summarize it but basically I won't be able to summarize it as well as reading it but um the way that an eagle saves its children is that it rides on top of its wings all other birds gather their young and hold them in their clutches so to speak so mankind with arrows or even other birds when they fly very low they can attack them so the mothers are not really protecting their children the best way however because of the arrows the eagle soars way up high and therefore other birds cannot attack them however when it comes to man because it's so high that even if man was able to pull an arrow to extend all the way up there that the mother is willing to take the bullet so to speak to save her own children but how do those kids get on her wings and it could be the father as well but the the mother or father they come around and try to wake up these sleeping children and nudge them to you have to they have to do a little bit of flight on their own just to get up I mean they might be able to climb but if they fly whatever that little flight of a few inches onto their wings then the mother is able to carry them on their wings and protect them from other birds because they'll fly very high and against men who might shoot them with the arrow this is what Hashem means that you have to take the initiative first take that short flight and Hashem would protect us from that point like On Eagle's Wings so let's read now the discussion here between God and his people is an important theme God's love has drawn Us close and we have grown distant who is it that must initiate the process of truth of return so in Song of Songs we find this dilemma as well on the one hand the Jewish people say Dodi Lee the Ani Lo right my beloved is to me and I am to him that's our response to him which would seem to indicate that it is God who initiates the restoration of the relationship on the other hand a later verse by the way that's in chapter 2 verse 16 of a song of songs but later on in chapter 6 verse 3 it says I need which we're very most of us are very aware of that verse it reverses the order I am to my beloved and my beloved is to me which would suggest that it is an incumbent upon the Jewish people to reach out first to God and only afterward he will respond in kind so which is it who's supposed to take the initiative we find that God says to the Jewish people and this is the idea of the Eagle's Wings in Exodus chapter 19 4. the SSM I can't finish sharing Eli and I carried you on the wings of eagles and have brought you to me so Rashi there explains on the ego that the eagle carries its young differently from other birds I wonder if I could just skip that I'll just read anyway other birds Place their young between their feet when they fly for they wish to protect their young from predators that's or even higher the eagle however flies highest above all and fears no other bird it fears only man who might shoot arrows at it therefore the eagle places the eaglets on its wings saying better that the arrow pierced my own body and not harm my offering my offspring the song of hazinu again uses the metaphor of an eagle to describe the relationship of God to the Jewish people you'll find this in Deuteronomy chapter 32 verse 11 where it says he was like an eagle arousing its nest hoovering over its young spreading its wings and taking them carrying them on its pinions so basically the reception wrathil Hirsch explains the imagery as follows an ego does not carry its young when they're sleeping or passive rather first stirs up its nest then spreads its wings above them when they awaken the eaglets take off and fly up landing on the outspread wings waiting to receive them it is they who make the free and courageous decision to leave the comfortable confines of the nest and entrust themselves to the eagle to carry them Aloft the eaglets must fly up and out of the nest by themselves in order to place themselves on the Eagle's Wings you see the imagery there has to be some initiative yes the mother Eagle God loves us will wake us up in all kinds of ways sometimes because we're slumbering and we need to do chuva we need the protection and yet we're sleeping we don't see the reason for the vacas and yet he loves us and thus it is with us as well God stirs his nest Awakening the spirit of his people trains them and fills them with the courage to entrust themselves to him now the the very end of this is very interesting because ravasha Weiss he lives here in Jerusalem and he speaks often in our neighborhood and he uses that magnificent imagery to explain the words of the midrash now although God loves his people and He will ultimately do whatever is necessary to carry us we must first make that move to climb atop his wings but even that first move is inspired by his fluttering from above by his Awakening of our Spirits by his granting us with the understanding that he loves us see we have to understand he'll give us right in the in this Shmoney esri the very first blessing of the middle section which is our request is God should grant us and does grant us some dots some knowledge some understanding because without in other words that's like the Free Ride that's like you know this first discount how can you get beyond that if you don't even have a little understanding of God so he gives us we're born with it every human being is born with the true knowledge there is some higher power and therefore all all the rest of life is really about seeking that and and gaining that that relationship but that's there to start with it's like a jump start he gives you a little bit of understanding but he's granting us that understanding that he loves us and wants us to be born Aloft by him that message sent To Us by God is what inspires us and gives us the strength and courage to make the first move the very first bracha in the middle to leave the familiar but false security of the nest below and seek the loving shelter above his wings and he continues and then he God will bear us Aloft upon those powerful Wings far beyond the reach of and forever sheltered from the massive Quivers aimed at us from the earth below Quivers whose Mighty hours will never again find their Mark as the eaglets they seek in vain soar heavenward so this is really a love story right the Torah is a love story there's no question about it but of course there bears a lot of responsibility and the Jewish people I wish and pray that you get off your you know and start teaching first incorporate you can't teach unless you know so learn I encourage you to learn I encourage you to share everything you know and with your family start with your family and then extend beyond that it always starts at home so with that I hope that this message hit home for a lot of people and I bless everyone with a excellent year an excellent month an excellent week and have a great day but most of all have a great life and we'll see you next week shabbat shalom [Music] hold it