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Shalom alaikum everybody Welcome to the
event of eight midrash welcome home to
Torah very warm welcome
back to Torah okay so what we do here is
we use the Clear Car I encourage you to
go into the links below number one
you'll see the Hebrew sheets the
original Hebrew sheets we're going to be
working from uh I encourage you to learn
Hebrew to follow along and there's a
link that goes to a page that goes to a
page and you'll eventually find the
right one and you can download them and
print them off or use them on the
computer
now interestingly enough
this is parchat which partially the era
right chapter six in in in Exodus in
shmos
I want to preface this with a few ideas
number one
in the Clear Car in this week's Parsha
the era he brings up a very important
point and that's the point we're going
to discuss tonight first of all
in chapter 6 verses 6 and 7 there are
four La shall not expressions of freedom
of redemption
and those are the hose
and what I'm going to do is go back
we're going to discuss very little I'm
going to try to sum up Rabbi
breitowitz's class that you just gave
Thursday in about five minutes
sum it up which is a big feat
but then we're going to go back in time
to Joseph when he was in prison and the
saramashkin the uh the head bartender
for Pharaoh had a dream
and Joseph interpreted the dream and
there were four times four times that
the word Coast which means the cup was
mentioned
and the reason I'm bringing it up
because in this week's bar show everyone
speaks about it that these four
expressions of redemption is the reason
why we drink the four cups at the
Passover Seder
so like I said the first few minutes
we're going to discuss
this week's Parsha through some hints
that Rabbi brightwoods brought up
but the rest of the class we're going to
talk about the dream and what it meant
and how it relates to the four cups
of wine
so I'm going to put down below at
previous classes that I have given on
this week's Parsha so you can be up to
date in the era
and um also just go back to Rabbi
Brighton's class which is the the class
right before this one
if I'm not mistaken it's called I
remembered I have I have remembered my
Covenant
that is the title of Rabbi Brighton's
class
so what we're going to do is we're going
to go back to parshot the VA shave
that's in Genesis chapter 40. verses 11
and 13 but you should understand the
context that Joseph is already in prison
and these two gentlemen if I can call
them that one is a Baker and the other
is a bartender but these are high
officials in the house let's call them
the butler in the household of pharaoh
and in the English
you notice there's three times the word
cup is used in verse 11 chapter 40. and
Pharaoh's cup was in my hand
he's describing his dream to Joseph and
I took the grapes and squeezed them into
Pharaoh's cup second time cup is used
and I placed a cup on Pharaoh's Palm
okay so the Hebrew is actually beautiful
we're going to be dealing with the first
few words at least the way the clear
card brings it down the coast power
the coast para biyadi and then he says
Paro
will attain at her cause
alcavaro simple
okay then verse 13 in another three days
Pharaoh will number you with the other
officers in other words he's going to
restore you to your position and you
will place Pharaoh's cup into his hand
the fourth time cup is mentioned
according to your previous custom when
you were his cup Bearer when we say cup
bear we're talking about the head
bartender
and we'll call him the butler
it's going to return him back to his
position
and you're going to place uh the cup
into Pharaoh's hands
like like it was before the previous
custom
just like you were his head uh Butler
okay now the clear card begins with
quoting a medrish
so the measures in Brazil
what do they say
it's from here
oh you know what I actually need to do I
forgot I want to tell you first few
minutes of Rabbi
um Rabbi bino it's a sheer so let me
give it to you as succinctly as I can
so we have the four languages of
redemption right as we mentioned already
I just want to make sure we really are
aware of what these words are number one
I took you out the hotel
okay now it's really future tense
because of the love and I'm going to
take you out
from hatsala from I'm going to save you
Vega Alti I'm going to redeem you Villa
cocte and I'm going to take you to be
mine
now what the um what about bridowitz
does first he mentions the nazive and he
says basically there was a gradual
um easing up of the of the of the
servitude number one the first thing was
the releasing from the hard labor but we
were still servants the second stage was
that we were released from the absolute
servitude and number three we were
allowed to leave but we didn't until and
actually so in other words number two is
we release in servitude but we hadn't
left yet number three is you may leave
and the fourth one is actually getting
the Torah which is the ultimate the
ultimate
um Redemption
okay now that all took place over a year
and it was gradual and that makes sense
however the message goes into some
really complicated ideas
using those four languages
so he basically brings up there were
four merits
that we the Jewish people did in order
to be taken out of Egypt we have a
spiritual concept called an Awakening
from below elicits a response from above
and therefore we had um
we had done certain things number one we
were faithful we were gadar gudur Min
arayat we did not intermarry we were
faithful to our partners
number two we didn't speak latinhara
number three that we didn't change our
names and number four we didn't change
our language we continued to speak our
language he mentioned there are four
dangers the meaning the message there
are four dangers involved in servitude
or or when you're in prison so to speak
there's a spiritual Danger
there's a physical Danger
there's a lent a a a loss of your sense
of History if you're captive and you are
you know like he gave an example of the
movie Roots uh what happened to
African-American Africans who were sold
on this on the slave trade and how the
movie Roots explains if you ever saw
that movie the the intense uh love maybe
maybe many of them came from royalty at
least in the in the movie whether it was
true or not is irrelevant the point is
that when you're in captivity you lose a
sense of history and you you lose all
that you lose all um hope you certainly
have a lack of Hope
so if we we think about it
there are we hold the cup four times in
our in our in our pesach seder remember
the whole idea is in this week's bar
show those four expressions of of
Liberation are parallel or we drink four
cups of wine now during the during the
Seder itself the first one we mentioned
spiritual danger and therefore what
elicited hashem's responses we were
loyal to our our spouses and therefore
we make it on kidush the word which is
match Holi means holy that's the the
word used during the marriage ceremony
you're also separating yourselves from
the weekday when you make kiddish and
you're separating yourselves from the
Nations and in this case you're
separating yourselves from other men or
from other women so that's called
kadushan making something holy or let's
just do it even separate so that's the
spiritual danger and that's the
rectification and therefore we're
celebrating that we were ghidor
mayorayas we were faithful in our
marriage bonds and we mentioned not in
the correct order but it doesn't matter
a loss of a sense of History so the Magi
is The Narrative of the entire story
starting from the time that we were
either worshipers until we received the
Torah and whatnot and even Beyond so
that's Magics that's a sense of history
and that would parallel what we
mentioned
um
already about so let me just talk
there's so much to say here so the next
thing is um benching during birkata
Mazon when we're finished the meal uh we
hold the cup uh for and that represents
the idea of not speaking Russian heart
why because the whole idea of not
speaking R is really feeling a bond
between you and your your fellow that's
called unity and it's only through Unity
that you can really get a sense of um
well let's call it gratitude it's only
when you're looking at the positive and
you feel grateful for your for your
for your for your friend you're not
going to speak Russian harder so
benching the birkat Amazon is called
Grace after meals it's all about
thanking Hashem
and the last thing we the last time we
hold the cup we we drink the cup is the
second part of Halal which is about the
future events and this would parallel
the idea of lack losing hope in the
opposite keeping and speaking the same
language the idea of speaking the same
language is that there's a future
otherwise you know like Latin just goes
by the wayside if there's no reason to
hold the language because there's no
hope of ever getting back in a communal
or Society function like that I just
want to mention because I should have
the word hot seiti I shall take you out
is related to the spiritual danger
Hashem would take aside from the
spiritual Danger
The Salty I will save you that's from
the physical danger the ulti I'm going
to redeem you that is in terms of our
past making sure we have a sense of the
past and not changing our names and I'm
going to take you that was related to a
sense of Hope and keeping the language
alive
okay so now let's begin I started to
read already in Genesis chapter 40
verses 11 and 13 we already saw the word
cup is used four times
okay now let's open the clear car and
begin
so the first thing he mentions is as I
already said in Middles
now the truth is the the Bryce uh this
I'm sorry the medrish actually mentions
more than one reason
okay one of them the reason we hold the
four cups then the first reason is
because of what we just said because of
the four languages the four expressions
of redemption
but the second reason brought down is
because of what it says here in verse 11
in chapter 40 of of
Genesis because of the four times the
word Coast cup is used
so he says
now that is the madrish comes the clear
card he says
it's like an amazing thing meaning it's
really a wonderment it's it's confusing
he has two very good questions it's very
nice that the four cups that the rabbis
established that we do till this very
day even the most secular Jew who does
any kind of pesacher drinks four cups of
wine
so what was it in this dream that was
conveyed to the saramashkin to the
bartender to the chief officer of the
drinks
what was the message conveyed to him
next because that's what you know if
you're going to interpret a dream if
you're getting in a Dream It's a message
to you that doesn't mean it's only to
you but it's at least minimally you
would think to him how does that benefit
him
and what exactly is the sheikhas what is
this concept of four cups relating to
the dream of the bartender why is poor
cups mentioned at all
and what's the connection to Passover
now those are the two questions we're
going to Hash them out now if they don't
bother you they should
but in the end of the day it could be
because I didn't explain it fully and
correctly but this these are the two
questions that the clear card is asking
and now through his answer hopefully we
can actually refine and understand the
question better
again I'm going to just repeat the two
questions
what exactly was the message being
conveyed to the one who dreamed of the
dream
and what is the connection exactly how
is there any connection at all to the
four cups on Passover
that were related in the dream
I hope that's clear
the near low line the clear card begins
to answer
he had do it it's well known
well let's say when we about after he
says it you're going to say that makes
sense
just the concept of drinking a cup
happens to be of wine but drinking a cup
and it could have been beer like we'll
talk about here here what he's to say
Sarah
that the actual drinking of this cup or
any cup
is regarding somehow teaching reflecting
Illuminating this idea of Salvation from
some kind of trouble
right imagine someone getting out of
jail
what is the first thing they run to okay
it's true maybe they run to a brothel I
don't know but they usually go to a bar
right they haven't had something to
parch their lips in a long time and one
of the things they do is to go to a bar
it's different by us we're going to see
this is a very holy concept it's not a
degrading or going to get you in more
trouble listen to what he says
foreign
so I actually brought in two verses even
though he brings in 1 16 13 I want to
also bring in Psalms 116 verse 17.
there's very similar words number one in
verse 13. Coast yeshua's Essa the cup of
Salvation I shall raise will be shame
and in the name of God I call out okay
so the cup of salvation
now this is King David speaking he Rashi
says what does it mean I shall lift up
my cup of Salvation I will bring the
libations for the Thanksgiving offerings
that I vowed when one has a reason to
give thanks
actually the Gomorrah and discusses the
different types of situations in which
one would bring
a Thanksgiving offering
so
um if one fits in that category they
would bring
now along with that was like 40 loaves
of bread well some of them were matzah
but 40 loaves of bread let's say
meaning somewhere unleavened and wine a
certain amount of wine which is almost
like equivalent to 40 bottles it's it's
a it's a Biblical measurement many
lugine but nevertheless
Rashi says as it says
to you I slaughter a Thanksgiving
offering on that cup I shall call out
the Salvation as I mentioned that when
you bring the Thanksgiving offering
you have to bring wine as well
so
it takes us to the next verse 17 where
it says to you shall I slaughter a
Thanksgiving offering and the same thing
at the end is Hashem
and Rashi says their sacrifices of
Thanksgiving for the Miracles that you
perform for me
so there is this idea of libation
libation is wine it's not anything else
the libation offering on the temple is
with wine okay even though this is a um
a communal the reason you have to bring
so much Bread and Wine is you have to
finish it in a very short period of time
you only have like a day and a half
guess what you have to finish it by the
end of that day and you have to invite
as many people as you can if you look if
you think about it
if you brought this is what God
prescribes to bring a lot of bread and a
lot of wine and you have to finish it
it's not just for one person you want to
share this with your community bring
your family your friends and this is
like parsame nice right person
by proclaiming the miracle that happened
to you and sharing the good news so to
speak right and you're really in
delighting you're celebrating with your
closest friends and families and you may
not have enough you might have to invite
strangers off the street just to finish
it off
so that's the word that's the verse the
clear card brings down and then he says
the arbokosa shall passage that
the concept that we just described that
when you get through a hard time
and now you're a miracle happened to you
you want to share that with others these
are what the four cups represent on
Passover
is
okay we're going to now go to the save
the book of Jeremiah and we're going to
explain when
the Lord Shiva means captivity
so all captivities they either come with
they encapsulate
four very hard negative categories of
troubles
okay so this is in Jeremiah chapter 15
verse 2.
now the truth is
it actually mentions in verse 3 and I
will point over them four families
meaning like four categories but Let's
do let's do Jeremiah 15 verse 2. and it
shall be that if they say to you where
shall we go
you shall say to them so said the Lord
such as are for death
to death
and such as are for the sword to the
sword and such as are for famine to
famine
that's already like the third category
of troubles and such as are for
captivity for captivity so that's the
fourth category you had death sword
famine and finally ended with captivity
and the next verse begins and I will
point over them these four families
so the clear car is explaining
this verse will first see Rashi and then
we'll see the good morning
okay so Rashi says on that verse
to Jeremiah
that why do you have like we said death
sword famine captivity because captivity
okay let's start like this that each one
is more severe or difficult than the
next
Rashi says each Calamity mentioned later
in the verse is harsher than the one
preceding it the sword is hard sugar to
death because Death By The Sword you're
is defacing I mean the body is uh
decapitated and and ruined
whereas death in bed is not the facing
so it's it's an
um a harsher order
now there are verses there are verses to
prove it and the hogamura which we'll
read about master is saying you know
what
you could learn it from a verse or you
can learn it through logic
and each one is logical and each one has
a verse as well but that's for another
time
the Rashi goes on famine is harsher than
the sword
for one is agonizing and the other one
is not agonizing right one's instant
death in the other one
can be very painful in the stomach
but the Gamora ends I'm sorry Rashi Ends
by saying that captivity
all sorts of death are in it in other
words it encapsulates the other three
horrific
um experiences
so in Gamora Baba bastra really goes
through exactly the same thing how each
one is worse and it uses a verse and it
says what you learn through logic so in
other words if you can learn it through
logic you wouldn't need a verse
allegedly supposedly but at the very end
it says that um
based on Lamentations no sorry
captivity is worse than all of them as
it includes all of them meaning famine
sword and death so captivity is what
Joseph was in when he was in prison
but we
we were in Egypt the word mitchryan
means a very tight constricted place
like
like a prison
okay so that's what Miss rhyme
represents
so I'll just read in Hebrew and some of
the terramek the gemara and Baba Basra
amarab yokana and kolam
that every terminology used later on in
the verse is harsher than the previous
one mentioned until the end where it
says Chevy
that the idea of being in captivity
includes the other three harsh
experiences
because the captur has the ability it's
within his hand even if he doesn't
exercise it the fear of these things are
hanging over your head
he has the ability to afflict you with a
sword
to cause death
or to cause famine or starvation
or to afflict you with whatever
prison life is like
so it comes out that anytime one is put
in solitary confinement or in a place
they can't leave like like a pit anyone
who's held captive like that because she
yo say me base when they finally get out
and they're freed from their prison
dinu The Logical outcome is
HTA arbokoso Yeshua
that they will drink the four cups of
salvation
since after the fact that this concept
of captivity includes all these other
like we said death sword and famine him
Cain be it seato Misha sohar
so therefore when you get out when you
are released from the prison
you are freed you are saved from these
four things
okay therefore
niskar basar Hamas
the clean car is answering the question
what was being related to this cup bear
in his dream
it was the the the cup bear himself
mentions four times the word Coast
because God showed to him in his dream
she Yates amen he's going to get out of
the pit he's going to get out of the
dungeon
and that he would be saved from these
four uh tragic experiences
Yeshua and it will be fitting for him
right the first place he'll run to is
the bar well he's the bartender so what
do you expect but it would be fitting
and be certainly fitting for him to
drink for celebratory because for each
one of the things that he was safe from
the incame
now the clear cards explaining that when
the rabbis and the majors explained that
the four cups come from Yosef
obviously it also comes from the four
expressions of Liberation there's no
question about it it's reiterated it's
khazara it's repetition something you
can learn new from each thing but let's
go back to the source we're always
interested in going back to the source
so he says that it's very well how the
rabbis learned it from here
that on Passover each person is
obligated to drink these four cups
because not only was Joseph in prison
who eventually got freed we're talking
about the Tsar the bartender who was in
prison eventually got free but the
Jewish people were in Egypt we were in
captivity and yes we were freed the
Chevy
that as captives we experienced all and
all of the above were included as we so
much reiterated so far alkane did you
therefore logic dictates she used to
arbokoso Yeshua that we're going to
drink these four cups of Salvation
parallel to those four things that we
were saved from
foreign
we're 3 300 years after the Exodus but
it wasn't only our forefathers who were
saved
rhyme the guy redeemed and saved from
egyptanu
we were actually redeemed with them now
obviously on Passover we were supposed
to experience as if we ourselves were
redeemed personally
so that's a big kabbalistic explanation
I'm not going to get into it now but
basically the way Jewish time works is
not
um like a timeline where you're just
remembering something in the past but we
are actually on a metaphysical level
re-experiencing but let's just take on a
practical level we were either in the
thoughts of our great great grandparents
that's one idea we were also within the
seed of the seed of the seed of the seed
of our great grandparents but in the in
the gut itself says if they didn't get
out we would still be there
so in a sense in a real sense there's no
question that we left with them that we
left and we were redeemed therefore we
hold these four cups as if
not only as if but I'm like expressed
like really as if
that we were free from Egypt and that's
a parish your car this is how the clear
card ends many of his explanations that
this is a very cherished and dear
explanation
now the clear card continues to say
Joseph
that Joseph from here Joseph made some
kind of a judgment within his intellect
that he said that the sarham mashka
Yates me base
of al-kano that this cup Bearer will
eventually he's going to leave he will
leave from this prison and he will be
returned back to his place of prominence
it's by the
the cup Bearer now remember they both
shared their dreams with him there was
nothing Redemptive at all in the baker's
dream
however he says
the uh the officer the chief Baker
there was nothing that he was shown
remember we the question we asked what
was so interesting what was so important
that the the bartender saw this in his
dream and the other guy didn't
because he he wasn't redeemed how dreams
are interpreted Hashem is the ultimate
interpreter of the dreams
however we people can interpret dreams
so it's how the dream is interpreted
whether it's positive or negative it's
going to have a major impact on the
outcome of the dream
that's like number one I want to just
talk about the word pitronaut the word
says in the Torah the great Joseph says
God is The Interpreter of the dreams the
word Pietro notes doesn't just mean
interpret
it means solution the solution to the
puzzle is up to the interpretation
same word the same concept there was no
redeeming factor that he heard within
the uh the baker's dream
it's interesting I saw a comment on the
medrish that mentions this is why we
drink the four cups specifically the
four cups because they do relate to this
Redemption whereas the the chief Baker
which usually and especially bread was
very well known
in Egypt
we don't eat bread on pesach okay we eat
matzah but this is a uh there was no
Redemption through the bread only
through the unleavened bread anyway I
thought that was very interesting let's
go on the last paragraph
perhaps this is the the reason behind
the rabbis when they darkened out when
they expounded a certain Concept in our
chapter here in the in the in the Asia
um in parakeet in Russia in other words
it's in Hulen page 92a
so over there
based on which verse it's chapter 40 in
Genesis
basically it's verse 9 and 10.
um it's really ten
but I think it's a good idea to read
nine
so the chief cup Bearer that's the sorry
mashkin he related his dream to Joseph
so part of the dream remember we dealt
with verse 11 and 13 where it says close
four times
but before that so the part of the
narrative says that he related the dream
to Joseph and he said to Joseph in my
dream Behold a Vine which is going to
prove very
um together
you know part of the story here and on
the vine and on this Geffen was shlosha
now sarug it couldn't like it could be
more than uh but here it means branches
just like uh Windows have sir regime
they're the um the metal bars right so
you look at Rashi oh let me just finish
the verse and on the vine were these
three I don't know the tendril is that's
an English word but I'm assuming based
on Rashi we're talking about these um
branches and it seemed to be blossoming
which is a very nice interesting idea
beautiful dream and its buds came out
and then it's clusters ripened into
grapes so this is a very positive dream
so Rashi says what are these tendrils
regain long branches
uh Vine shoots
now the pusek said it seemed to be
blossoming
so that's the word blossoming meaning it
resembled blossoming it seemed to me in
my dream as if we're blossoming and then
after the blossom buds came up and they
became tiny grapes just as we see
happening in real life
and afterwards they ripened
now and it was as if blossoming it
brought it brought forth blossoms so
interior the target for
parachat is nates nates also means
blossoming
it denotes a certain stage of the grapes
and that's larger than the blossom
as is written there's a verse in Isaiah
and the buds Nitza turned into ripening
grapes it's also written there had
Blossom the yotsa
uh it had put forth a bud the atsat
seats
hey
I wanted to share with you
um
that in Gamora hulin
92 a that they're actually quite a few
reasons why there are these three
branches
I don't want to go through all of them
although I think they're very
interesting
um
okay let's go through at least most of
them
said that Ralph says that these three
branches refer to refer to the three
proud princes who emerged from the
Jewish people in every generation
okay there's always going to be a
a handful of very
um
proud princes
now apparently there are either two in
Babylon in one area of Israel or two
inertia and one in Babylon meaning
um okay then there's another explanation
says these three branches are three
ministering Angels appointed to oversee
the Gentiles who plead in favor of the
Jewish people in each and every
generation
that is actually one of the opinions the
clear card brings down as well as the
next opinion just the beginning of the
next opinion but I think we should read
the whole thing what does the word Vine
mean
these are a reference to this world
whereas the three branches refer to
Abraham Isaac and Jacob now that's where
the clear card ends
I'll just read the rest of the the good
morning Julian because the verse does
say
and it was budding it's blossoms shot
forth
these are the imaho these are the the
holy mothers
and when it says the Clusters brought
forth ripe grapes that's talking about
the 12 tribes the sons of yaakov
um there's another opinion that the word
Vine is referring to the Torah and the
three branches are and Moses are in a
Miriam and it was budding and it's
Blossom shot forth these are members of
the Sanhedrin its clusters brought forth
fourth right ripe grapes these are the
Righteous people who live in each and
every generation okay so we only saw
that the clear card brings down two
opinions
that these are the three I guess angels
that oversee the Nations and report back
positive news about the Jewish people or
perhaps it's Abraham Isaac and it's an
Abraham Yitzhak and yaakov now ready
this is where the clear card begins
explaining this idea because this was
shown to whom this dream was shown to
the saramashkin
but it was interpreted by Joseph in
others he actually went and shared this
message to Joseph so was the message for
this non-jewish
and you know bartender that was in
prison or was it really for Joseph or
let's just say was it really for both
so here's where the clear card says
upon him
that we saw in that Russia in in Hulen
there's several ways to explain the
ultimate success of the Jewish people
whether it was Abraham yaakov Miriam
Moses Saint hedrin the righteous all
kinds of good stuff even the angels that
are going to um bring good news for the
Jews
remember the original question what was
shown or why was it shown what message
was being conveyed to this cup bear
so ready for this drum roll please
[Music]
that all of these are the reasons for
the Redemption of Israel getting out of
captivity
and the Redemption meaning the first
Redemption
happens to Joseph he was like a um they
always say Simon avos I'm sorry Masa
similar bunny what happens to our
forefathers is a foreshadowing of what's
yet to happen to us he was the first one
and he was redeemed through the message
it affected him and affected all and
each and every one of us through the
four cups so the original Redemption
Gula rishona were the first Redemption
where the seeds of redemption it all
started with Joseph
through the interpretation of the dream
or what was given over to the son
and through this Joseph merited to all
of what we're going to call like a
destination like the topless the purpose
all of the details came out to be
started right here so even though in our
Parsha right portions of the era we're
hearing about the four lashanot of the
hotel
and eventually Hashem is going to bring
us into the land
and that's an unbelievable concept that
it all starts that's why we should learn
the Torah that's why we should learn
back to Genesis the mice savos right
safer yashar how to work on your
character how to become a better human
being how to have a how to have a
connection a real intimate relationship
with the country Barnacle with the Holy
One Blessed Be he and of course how to
relate to our fellow man
that's where it all starts and Biz right
to Shem right we'll continue to learn
toilet together we'll continue to grow
together continue to build community
together and through that well misrata
sham bring the mashiach and of course
everything that comes with it all the
value of zamana mashiach right there
won't be any more war
certainly right that's something we all
aspire to and according to many other
opinions no more sickness No More Death
there's a whole new world coming and we
all look forward to that and we
anticipate it every day and it All Began
seemingly in with Joseph in prison and
his own personal
Redemption and it leads to all of our
redemptions so with that God bless you
have a great week in the show at Shalom
and a great life Hashem see you next
week
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