Home2Torah Yitro's Conversion and Search for Meaning Rabbi Poston Yitro

[Music] okay good evening everyone I'm really glad that you came to hear this very special story of Jethro and what was really behind his conversion to monotheism to join up with the Jewish people and give everything up what exactly motivated him is somewhat hidden in the story if you notice in the booklets if you go right to the middle page on the left side for page number seven is really that's where the English text is found if I'm gonna constantly be referring to that so keep your finger on that page at the same time we're gonna start with number one so the idea before we go into the details of what the clear car has to offer us in terms of insights we have to understand that what the Jewish people said what the Israelites said in the desert when they were offered the Torah you won't find that in marshes his robe we can find it later on the Mossad team in chapter 24 of Exodus verse 7 we said not sevenish mom we will do and we will understand we will hear that's the word not says to do and if she wants to hear to understand and the reason I want to introduce this whole story that the clear car has with another idea I heard of my Shabbos table that which is absolutely fascinating that these two words not seven ish ma represent the true I wouldn't call them great the two other major religions of the world that we know of and that would be Christianity and Islam and that the Jew the Israelite represents the balance between the two extremes because the word na se is related to the word a south he came out his soui he came out finish to finish product he was full of hair and you'll see raashi let's look at number one first it says right that the Lord all that the Lord spoke we will do and we will hear we said massive adesh MA and I mentioned the word last says related to a Soph as you see in chapter 25 of Genesis verse 25 that he was completely like a coat of hair so he was not only Allred emerged Rudy cool oak Garrett but he was his name was a South look at Rashi the second part actually the first part is going to be quite important as well because what is a sod this is a sign he was completely red it's a sign he's going to be show fat dummy he's gonna be on the road south he's gonna be a murderer he's gonna spill blood it's gonna come it's gonna be an important point but the second part of the Rashi that I quote here they made him a South a soul they called him why because he was complete he was a soui he was finished product meaning he was fully developed but the point was that he felt there was no room for growth he had it all as he says later in life he there was no room for growth and what are we might remember my Rosh Yeshiva and the robe I received sneaker from Ravi Itzhak Berkowitz it's Judaism it's all about growth and to quote the bill to God he says it's all about he could honey don't it's all about personal growth and fixing your character but when you feel you're complete there's no room for growth okay so nice at vanish man that's what that which we said when I said it's similar to a son called Christianity and knishmas Ishmael the route of Ishmael as you see in the third source on the sheet Genesis 16 verses 11 through 12 right so the angel of the Lord said to her behold you will conceive and bear a son and you shall name him Ishmael why quiche mash m/l an ape because God will hear your affliction Sh'ma so nice a finish mama the two extremes were wait think about the two religions themselves what was a sob ASA when garden we're going to look at number four now the mattress introduces the idea that God offered the Torah to the world to all the nations so there's several other nations mentioned in the mattress but I only took these two he appeared God appeared to the children of ASA the wicked and said to them will you accept the Torah they said to him they responded back to God what is written in it he said to them you shall not murder interesting isn't that will be their essence right we saw in Rashi that the fact when it said that he was Rudy he was emerged Rudy right that means like red like blood because he was a murderer they said back to him the very heritage which with our father left with us left us with was by the sword you shall live you find in Genesis 27 40 so what I'm trying to lead into is that these two religions will get to use Roma second the very essence of who they were they couldn't accept it of course they have free will and they could have accepted but the gate Sahara was so strong they felt this is their this is what they want to do this is their essence and there's no way they can accept the Torah but trust me and believe me when I say that the seven Noahide laws already command them not to murder but they won't accept the Torah because do not murder it's because it's their very essence or the other hand what about Ishmael so it's on page three the second paragraph he then appeared to the children of Ishmael and he said to them will you accept the Torah and they wrote back they responded what's written in it you shall not steal so he said back to them the very game I'm saying they then said back to Hashem the very blessing that had been pronounced upon our Father was they usually were blessing but it means the opposite he shall be a wild ass of a man his hand against everyone as in Genesis 16 verse 12 so their religion is about submission and they chop off hands of those that steal it's all about submission so just to get into these two ideas the the Arabs are the ones that call us thieves because that's who they are the Christians they created a religion called love but it's only to counterbalance the hate and the murder and and and the Muslims the same thing with the whole submission thing and to control yourself it's the complete opposite what is the Jewish yeah it's a heart what is it about us if we are balanced because when we said not sevenish about whether hashem say who told you my secret who told you my secret it's the the absolute balance think about it just on another level the Christians use a strictly solar calendar the Muslims use a strictly lunar calendar and we use the complete balance of a loonie soul account I call Unni cuz it may be that's how it's supposed to be pronounced but a lunar solar calendar combination so what's our problem what's our biggest yet Sahara you won't be shocked it's very easy disputes between brothers as we found with yo save so when we say NASA vanish ma what are we really saying this construct of the word is we we look at again this is in the first source we will do we will hear it's the unity even when Joseph when Yaga was telling over the blessings to the sons and supposedly as because I'll tell us that he lost the ability to tell the end days the truth be told he told us the end days it's clear as day he says gather all together I get goosebumps when I hear it because he's telling you the end will come when you overcome all your hatreds which each other and you gather as one so what did we say massive Enoshima what else the the tour itself predicted what our nemesis what our archenemies in terms of theology would be look at number five and there you worship God's man's handiwork wood and stone what a wood and stone represent of course wood represents the cross and stone represents Mecca familiar with those two religions and in number six again and the Lord will scatter you among all the nations from one end of the earth to the other and there you will serve other deities unknown to you who your forefathers deities of wooden stuff just to I didn't mention which verses they are you can find that in Deuteronomy 428 and again in Deuteronomy 28 64 so that's just an introduction we haven't yet begun to scratch the surface I want to bring them a Madras a famous metric that we all are aware there are actually three opinions in this Meldrick this is number seven of what is thorough actually heard and came and that's the language you can find it and just below that on page four so I mean the clea card is going to quote it so what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna flip myself over to the beginning of the the clea car and he's gonna say like this he brings this Madras mush marshmallow bomb what did he hear that he heard and he came what was the rumor that he heard and then he came and we're gonna hear these opinions you may think okay so his argument the only each one of these rabbis is saying he only heard this well why do we say that cannot be because if you look at the verse it says very clearly we're talking about on page seven right it says that you sure heard everything in Hebrews says Ishmael you throw a coin Mindy on Colton your Moshe at Cole he heard everything I share also Elohim llamosa Ezra mo he Jose Hashem at this rally was right I do want to focus we're gonna find out some of the deepest secrets to the actual names of God because it's true he heard all that Elohim did but I'll tell you now just to I don't know is the word so you're not on edge suspense he didn't yet hear what you gave up he did he was a search of the king of kings of the god of gods he wanted to serve the all-powerful he was on a search and he served many different deities to find the true God and even now when he came we're gonna find out when he originally came because he heard everything l came then he did not come to convert at this point it's only later we'll see in the narrative that something changed right now we're gonna hear mock locusts and argument what did he hear and that he came meaning what motivated him to come had nothing to do with conversion it had to do with the three items were going to discuss and that should take up a good 15 20 minutes and then we're going to proceed review schewe says it was the milk Emmett I'm a lake if you notice if you just go back one sentence before our parsha of Exodus 18 verse 1 you go back to the end of last week's parsha it was on my lake so my leg came to attack us and and you stroke felt it's not right you know I want to show some support for the Jewish people about come so that's not what the clear cars going to say but we see we see the review schewe says it was the worth of my leg that he had just heard immediately before his coming river yessir i'ma die he says it was my Torah so that's a big we're not even discuss when he actually came saying that he heard and he came there's a great amount of discussion of when he actually did come was it before my Torah was it after monitory we're not going to discuss those details and Ruby Eliezer says it was Cristian sooth it was the splitting of the sea is what he heard and he came well guess what we know that he heard everything because we just showed you the pus success that's still the very first verse the very first verse says he heard everything that God did to Moses and to Israel but God here is old King now we ask kilo me Rocha to say so the Russian you had bar scene I first of all the whole world heard would happen on our see night are you aware of that and not only that also at that the splitting of the sea if you go to that would be number eight on the source sheets that's Exodus 15 chapter 15 verses 14 and 15 it says the people's heard this through the splitting of the scene people's heard they trembled who we talking about we're talking with the whole world a shutter sees the inhabitants of Phyllis Thea then the Chieftains of Anna was startled as as for the powerful metamorph trembling seized them all the inhabitants of Kanaan Melton the whole world knew so how can we have an argument what he earned he definitely heard that we're just proving that he heard everything he also heard about the opposite and you heard about Milan Turin says if that's the case but man it look cool what are they are are they arguing and what are they arguing about so the clear thought was to point out the fact that each one of them said and he came it must be what motivated Israel to come something about each one but what was the main motivation he heard everything but which one of these three things that he did hear he heard mom motivated to come so we're not arguing about what he heard cuz everyone agrees that here as the Torah says everything so he does he describes the econ mock Lotus the prime part of the argument is what exactly did he hear that motivated him to do what not just to come who'd he come with he brought motions wife sapore and the two children Gershon and Eliezer apparently as we read with the clear Christ to say his main motivation was to bring his wife and children so everyone understood that mr. Omer came viago yes or says his route came because of some novel idea of something he heard and Rudy take with him when he came he took sapore ashes Moshe but what really motivated him to come with the wife of Moshe and his son so let's go through each one reviewer said it was the worth I'm awake he I'm aa Shem she had milk Emmet I'm awake ma min door the door what did we read in the last the last verb word of last week's Porsche that this war with I'm awake will be every generation constantly right you want to look at the exact verses and look at chapter 17 verse 16 and he said from the hand is on the throne of God Hashem maintains a war against of my leg from generation to generation the Omer key be on our case young will come on Masha I'm a Lake Mead or door so do you know where me the end you know where specifically Israel lived he lived amongst the Amalekites and he said to himself if this war is going to go on for generations I better make an alliance I better make sure my daughter marries the leader and this way if any time in the future I need what they call protects eeeh I will have protection I'm gonna do him a cassock I'm gonna bring his wife back then and his children remember his children of my grandchildren this is they'll protect us in the future if there's ever a war against on my lake so if you look in Sam samuel right Schmoe olive this is number nine on the sewer sheep First Samuel chapter 15 verse 5 through 6 this all came as far as the city of I'm awake what was soul he was the king and he came to kill he didn't but he came to wait the Amalekites and he fought in the valley and so said to the Kenites who the Kenites this is the the descendants of of israel turn away and go down from among the Amalekites lest i destroy you with them and you did kindness with all the children of israel when they went up out of egypt so yessir himself was getting paid back with kindness that he did later on to his descendants and the canines turn away away from the midst of Hamelin so what did you throw think if I don't return his wife and match them up again my daughter's emotion so if there ever is gonna be a war in the future he's gonna fight with me too therefore I'm gonna come with his wife and return her after the fact that he did sends her away but look doing the greatest custody one can do okay so the second opinion was ready Eliezer whom are they and he said it was martin Torah was the giving of the Torah that isn't a Jethro hurt and came okay this is gonna be a little bit complicated but we have a verse in chapter 19 of Exodus verse 15 it says that three days before the giving of the Torah both men and women your married men and women had to cease and desist from it's made relationships be ready for three days this is chapter 19 verse 15 do not go to your woman okay don't touch your wives there's a concept of Touma that comes from above carry from an omission of seed it's not just the man that's affected but also the woman of course it's not really no gay today it doesn't really affect us in the way you know we have a basin McDonald I mean that we're gonna be giving Truman too when we do our bundles obviously gonna have a greater effect but even to Calais Ezra that Ezra instituted that all men before they learn Torah and pray must go to the mikveh to the show cannot but it was done away with on these the level of a few it's still a great blessing comes upon any man that does this but what was your thinking if the Jewish people have to refrain from intimate relations with their wives in order to receive the Torah to have divine revelation then Moses my son-in-law how much more so kosher came I understand he's married to her I understand he sent her away but that's no way to live you need a woman in the house for camaraderie for friendship for further for love doesn't love is not about only about intimate relations so he said I'm gonna bring her at least to live with him because of the great principle you can find in Isaiah 44 verse 13 it's number 11 like the beauty of a man is to sit in the house in Hebrew katha Faris are done according to the beauty of a man Islah Chevis bias what's the chef's bias Rashi says like the beauty of a man this is a woman who is the beauty of her husband she is called the house she's in charge of the house she is the bias so it's it's even if there's not an opportunity because Moses could be called the puppet any second God says speak to the people he's not giving him three days warning he's giving him nothing I want you to get up and speak to the people so and you sir I understood that knew that but still he knows is not a complete person without his wife okay the third opinion we said was Rivoli Ezzor said it was the splitting of the scene now this is the most fascinating thing what was his real thinking well according to the Midrash which you can see quoted on that page that he actually gave his wife again whatever that means he completely separated from her and she was free to marry we know in the Torah as I'll tell us that Kaushal azov gob could Chris yam soup that it is difficult to make a match between a man and a woman as it is to split the sea correct so what was he thinking first of all the Gomorrah tells us that this is the second match not the first wait yep you have your seatbelts on it's not only the second match it's the reunification with your first wife if that's not as difficult as splitting the sea but wait till you hear what he thought he said that this idea he understood that putting back and a wife that was totally divorced who was separated and the separation was like the way that the sea was split not just the still water was on one side and it's being water was on the other the molecules themselves were splits he got a healing of this in Hebrew he says she's evil Cheney's a high no Moxon grew Chateau that zebu Shaney it's not a second marriage of a new woman it's you it's your original wife the fish appear rude rosie-wosie develop even Vezina shall make I am that at the the vision that took place between that husband and wife was very similar it was exactly like the splitting of the sea came Aquila how you have mine who barring p40 ve that originally them the water themselves were combined they're connected in a very natural way just like when that Roux off of a Shem the rock of kena whether it's vengeance of jealousy it came and it placed a space between the molecules cut overall a rocky not ashamed retain rev up Bain had the bacon between that which was clinging and cleaving together may as Concha La Habra from that point would be very difficult to put them back together and make water again or in our case put it back and make such a beautiful relationship again so even though I thought Pete I hope you came even though that's what he saw all wrong guess what he saw the God put the water back together and it was even better than it was originally when that seed calmed itself down Ola Zulu God when your father it was was put together and better than before so what did you sort of think look in miss Lane as proverbs 27:19 first of all where's man from I think maybe we'll skip to 13 and come back to say 12 in Genesis 2:23 where the heck did we have woman anyway she wasn't made from the mud she wasn't made from the water she was made from man's own flesh because this one was taken from ich mich Luca zone that's where she was taken from so as to put them back together again maybe you think very hard it would be very hard but if we go back to Proverbs as in water the face reflects another face you put your face to look in a pool of water so is the heart of man to another man even a woman right this is like it to put them back together you would think I think they have a story about Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall and he had a great fall and who could put the egg back together again but here is rose thinking if the water can come back gather see he says now if it's impossible to connect that water together not the winner the relationship together that they wouldn't be able to live with love and friendship like they had originally well after he heard what happened at the yum soup at the splitting of the sea that after such a forceful separation and guess what it came back as if it was never separated you got a crack in a wall you can hire the best book cracking a table and you can hire the best artisan or craftsman you'll always notice is that crack that had been filled right you could see the original damage but that would err you could not see the splint it was gone it was like it was never there so that brought home this is why Yasuo brought his butter to be with Moshe he saw there was hoped was that zebu Chaney to have her back again and that it would even be better than it was before and well because of Chris job Sofia understood that it was all possible and that's why he took support and the sons okay that was also basically an introduction because what we really need to put a sign is the idea that this measures at this point he did not come because to convert he came according to the clean cars understanding of this meant rush that it was for different reasons and it was mainly to bring her sheep aura back and if you read the verses so it would be so obvious because at this point he came because he heard everything that Elohim did he didn't get here what you'd cave of Canaan so the clean car says there are several deep questions that we have to ask thank God he asked him for us because no matter how many times we would have gone over it I don't know if we would have asked the same questions right we understood that he heard everything that Elohim did to Moses and to Israel so I'm gonna try to lay it out and make it confusing so if you look at the English you may help you it says that Moses spoke he told over the story via sigh pair motion the hope though he told over the story to his father-in-law at colera saw Hashem the perilous Ryan you'll find that if I'm not mistaken he's verse 8 so Moses told his father-in-law everything that you'd cave of K had done to Pharaoh in Egypt that's first eight well what would you need to tell him didn't we just hear that he heard everything but he heard everything another team now Moses is telling everything that you cave of Katie so he didn't come because he believed that Hashem is the king of kings he knew he was powerful he heard a certain amount of things I bet maybe here at everything that Elohim did so what would the European need to tell him anything didn't he hear everything we already saw he says he heard everything that I'll keep did everything in it like every detail also in our verse it says Elohim write everything that I would keep did - who - Moses into Israel but later on to verse 8 it says what you cave of can't it - pyro and to Egypt well it's a little bit at counterintuitive because a little kiemce is the language the name the attribute for didn't judgment and harsh things and on the other hand the you cave of case the name that represents mercy so we're gonna pay attention pay attention he's going to explain why it's used in that fashion but we have to first ask the question that's very strange at first glance any questions at this point okay also as we already noticed the first verse mentions hello kini and verse 8 mentions to UK but it's also very custom another difference that we didn't notice so the first verse it mentions Moshe and Israel but later on in that same verse it says in verse 1 it does say you'd give up Kate took out Israel but doesn't say took out Moses Quijote Hashem as Israel so only the you cave of K is mentioned by user out idea although it doesn't mention ok when it matches you cave ok fine now there's another verse where yo where you throw either you translate as rejoice or you can translate it as a had goosebumps the ACOG you throw Alcala Tova I share also you came up came Israel you'll find that look at 9 Jethro rejoiced over all the good that has shem had done for Israel so again you see the UK love K only buddies around but what does this mean here there's no mention there's no mention of emotion here also it says we stop here most of the hosts know when it's right after Moses tells his father-in-law the story again I mean apparently it's the first time he's telling him but it's the second time he's hearing something but it's now hearing what you came up k did to pero and to Egypt now what is his response he says I told you that Tiki God Elijah now I know how great a sham is he didn't know how great a sham was until he heard additional information correct that would be a verse 11 now I know that a Shem is greater than all the gods but that's not where he ends he says for in the very manner in which the Egyptians had conspired against them what does that add what does that add it I'll give you a little hint because it's just I see you guys are on the edge of your seats it hits to the idea of me done can naked neither the Egyptians wanted to throw us into the river and someone succeeded to kill us by throwing drowning us and what did you see happen to them in the end exactly what you saw understood that and now I know that you'd cave of K is greater than all the gods for in the very matter in which the Egyptians had conspired against them so one I'm not sure if I'm finished let me just make sure oh so he wants to know why immediately when he heard all that you kept up Kate did to motion so what he didn't know that he didn't know that God was the god of gods when he heard originally it was only after you saw her all that one second right we used my history scholarship also Elohim the motion so we have a lot of things to work through but he wants to make an introduction with two major principles and if you look on 14 and 15 on page the two major principles that he wants to teach us and get through to us and we could be able to see clearly in the text is number one that Siddiq him overturned harsh judgment I'll say in Hebrew shot Siddiqui my half kami that I did LaRocca me and what are we showing do behalf on set that righteous people and there's plenty of them they're able to turn negative judgments turn it around into mercy Andrew show him take what seems to be good and overturn it into that for negativity and that principle we're gonna really drive home tonight the second principle that we're going to discuss so everything we got up until now was pretty much a part of the digit duction that she was mono who at that time and believe me even today at this time I know plenty of people that are like this then Bolin robbing my men RS that there are many ignorant people in the world should tell you but toast shall me I mean they make a great mistake in the understanding of the nature of God when God said no CLE I am the Lord your God what is that so we're gonna under get to understand I think at least some of what it means that the first commandment when God told us he is the Lord our God who is God what is the nature of God so he starts by discussing the second idea that many many many people they make this mistake and they think they're they're not even aware of it they call themselves monotheists they may call themselves Christians but guess what they actually believe in two gods that one rules over the good and one rules over the bad negative stuff and according to their philosophy both if they believe that way that there are two dots that means they're both weak and a real true searcher will understand that and continue searching for the one true God if he's a real cert they're real searcher so if all you had was the one God that oh that was just bad the Sutton is a God so he's very wise when it comes to doing people extremely wise when it comes to scheming and doing evil but when it comes to doing good there's no power doesn't know how to do it it's it's so obvious that anybody who's a true searcher would never succumb and believe and put their selves under the wings of such a such a deity I'll just read what he says she's ashamed really kind a stockist kind of Bob the cobbler that lokai to receive him as your dad because who is such a fool that with turn in that direction and what about someone who believes only in a good a God was good right I mean there's many people who that's that's their God that must accept laws but the a man with a big beard in the sky and all he does he only has control over the good he has no ability at all to do any evil even to those who hate those who believe in him oh my gosh can you imagine you believe in a god and he can't even protect you because he can't do any evil to those that hate you if that's the case it's worthless to serve such a deity and it doesn't matter even to serve him at all whether you serve him or not because he can only do one thing certainly not fitting to receive him as a God or even to receive and accept both of them let's say okay jinyang whatever you know certain religions have so two gods so they contradict each other you'll never be satisfied one of your gods is constantly cursing and the other kind of God is constantly blessing you're in a mess so what ideas show here from the game we understood here from the very beginning all that Elohim did to Moses in Israel but he didn't yet hear anything bad the only are the good right right if we think about that Metris you show the minister of media rather law of Moses hurt everything that God did to Moses and to Israel to the good side you know to do good and what he do split the sea gave the Torah he saved them we don't know what happened till Moloch but he saved the Jews save the Jews from my leg split the sea they ended up walking on dry land we don't know anything about the Egyptians drowning it doesn't say right so well he knows to Moses into Israel he did all kinds of good kind acts like what he heard the splitting of the sea and the Woolworths on my Lake nevertheless he had not yet heard sorry he only heard he only heard that the solis the sea split and they walked on dry land but he didn't yet hear that Pharaoh and his army drowned so truth of maleic he only heard that they came to do bad to the Jews but the Jews were saved therefore we need to explain when it says later than it was you cave of Canaan took him out so you only heard about the good stuff but you'd see it miss Ryan so what do you sir think at this point perhaps the god that is the god of the Jews is just the good God you know with the white beard of the sky but didn't hear me just read neighborhood because of you sir shell mellow kinds that ain't no mush up Kamala toys it was the god that was only controlling good dialogue amber roots of the cobbler lol okay but he wasn't yet satisfied to receive him as the god of gods as the king of kings Kakashi Shem eh eloheem Kagome men who perhaps there's a god out there who's greater who's what who's Michelle Michelle Tobi's Val Harrah's Kara who actually controls and has the abilities over everything over what is good and what transpires is bad lowball kiamashi bitola bala the only reason he came was to return Moses's wife and his children there was only afterwards when he'd come in Moses tells his father-in-law all that you came of caved into peril and meets Ryan meaning that all of those plagues and hits and write that what we call the negative stuff which who did you cave up Kate did in Egypt at the yum soup then he saw him and explained to him he made that Elohim emotional at oboes we got him rice he understood Esau that now I understand this is the God dottie now I know dilution Michal hello Ian I know that you came of K is above and has grace greater than all the other gods the ruin the cobbler loci the kinase pizzelle kind of father and only then it's fitting to receive this God and to enter underneath the shade of his wings with the protection of his wings but perhaps you might come and say perhaps nevertheless there are still two gods you're gonna be stubborn yesh of my shell the Toyotas hate team is right maybe it's he only does good for his channel he does evil to them and stole right we know better you know we after all of our trials and tribulations we know better but maybe you'll think okay this is the good God good to Israel and to Israel's enemies only does bad but what did we see we saw that God acts every aspect says now I know that Hashem is greater than all gods for the very matter of which the Egyptians conspired against them the word Egyptians has even used what's understood but in every aspect we see that they scheme we already said this right and it's not just by the children each one of the plagues was me to connect it Mita everything so at the same time there's a punish there's a punishment to the ones that hate us and there's a relief and towards Redemption on the other hand it's simultaneous it's not to gods or the one god that's even split like a split personality God nothing like that he's got absolutely mastery over everything and this is what you sure understood he understood that the actual plagues that Hashem inflicted upon Egypt was for the desired good the result in goodness the Jews for Israel the feature here Allah had Komarov because Peres wanted bad to come upon the Jews also can naked what's on the shame so he went against the will of God and therefore he was judged measure for measure and he says the proof for this that it was Elohim which is a leukemia share Haverhill apparel who I share campus / - attention Israel it's the it's the name of a key which we know is that attribute of judgment that was doing the bad to them but was doing the good to us simultaneously therefore what do you conclude vada me a laugh had ya to Schnee half a he Mabel who that da me : he understood with absolute certainty that it's one guy that the two seemingly distinct opposite effects were emanating from the same entity deity and this is the greatest of all guys I want to just stop here for a second to drive this point home you think about the Sun the clean car uses this is an example in other partials the Sun is the Sun it's not changing it's still there in the sky and yet it has a different effect on what take for example a piece of wax do you ever believe a candle in your window by accident and you come home from work and the candle is no longer straight okay it's happened to the best of us something hard can become solved if you took an egg and left it on the roof of your car that egg we know what's inside it's supposed to be soft so after if you're living in Arizona or maybe somewhere in the Middle East's and you left it out and of july/august guess what happened it would be hard it would be hard something soft the same Sun can turn something that's soft heart or heart soft but not it's about the macabre it's about the sight on the the receiving end that's where the blessings and the curses occur it's what we do matters it's about us God his hash ba is all-powerful and what we do is going to determine whether it's a blessing or a curse another example you go out to the wheel of washing machines today but let's say we need we been out that we did our laundry by the side of the river and we have their few a few hours and we came to look in the mirror our faces a little bit darker they it was a few hours ago not because we're coming out of the sunlight in an ounce of dark room but because the Sun affected our skin so it can make something dark but what about the clothing that you laundered and you hung it up in the Sun in the Sun it's faded fading right it can make something light it's the same Sun the same energy it's what is on the receiving end that's going to make all the difference so back to this point where he says keep it up brushes onto a lamp so this was measure for measure kilo higher moisture AHA roast lava if this God only controlled the negative in good cause so Royce icarly sort so annoying if that would be the case then all the evil that would occur we would just say the Shems it's all shams will so llama hey Olsen Royce can negate our isosceles route so how is it that at the same time simultaneously it's actually benefiting the juice does it make sense it must be that this god is the god of all gods who's able to silence him he's not just good he's not just evil I mean he was that but producing negative effects he's got he's got he's all-powerful hello vibrations out help kayfetz batula time she is from hell right open that with absolute certainty it's this God who has desired affected the bestowed goodness upon Israel and right to constantly bestow goodness and now we understand what and you sir says well the the narrator says that yes Rob was rejoiced over the good right I think it was verse 9 Jethro rejoiced no that's an important Rasheen that every every convert first of all we're all conference the whole nation converted at Mount Sinai everyone who was there and everyone who wasn't there I'm gonna go too much into some of the ideas behind conversion maybe maybe I should spend a little bit of time on it so even though Israel said yes massive inertia and each nation said no that's as a nation there were individuals of those nations that desired and wanted to join and wanted to accept but as a nation that part of the group so that soul is reincarnated maybe more than once that's what finally is able to join up and fulfill what it originally said perhaps not sevenish MA as well not sure but it definitely wanted to join up and it's spent I don't know how many lifetimes or at least in this lifetime and a active search until BAM like a shock this is what I've been looking for and I didn't I could never elaborate and you can never describe I think whatever it was so here evening misra he's coming we don't know if it's before my tour after my guitar okay we leave that whole discussion aside but something attracted him me what may not even have been sure why maybe he had what we call selfish motivation or right survival but it brings him to the point where he's able to then get clarity and understand and go the full so says he rejoiced over all the good he off a piece baccarat minute oh he already heard the good nevertheless he wasn't yet happy hmm this is what I want to tell you about so when we say it he he had either means happy or it could mean he was disturbed he got goose bumps because once he heard about the Egyptians drowning even though yes now he understands and connects with God on one level he's found what he's been looking for his whole life at the same time he's not just burdened he's actually kind of hurt that non-jews remember he was in on June at one point are affected so yeah so number 16 he does bring it down again just bring it now so I didn't bring it I think I have it here anyway it's a very important Russian find it so easily I'll just tell you what it says basically on that verse Oh we know what the verses nine-nine Rashi says right there that yes it means that he rejoiced Jethro rejoice that's it simple meaning but there's an a gut ik metric that interprets the word as his flesh became prickly we've developed goose flesh I don't know if that means goose bumps but it's a it's a reaction that's not so positive it because meats are al e Padma tribe he was aggrieved over the destruction of Egypt this is explained by the popular saying this is what we caused I'll teach us remember it says 36 times in the turtle of a comrade it says if one is a convert or even a descendant of one already 10 generations do not disgrace an Armenian or any other non Jew in his presence in other words don't disgrace or degrade any non Jew in the presence of a convert first we should never disgrace anyway but what is it teaching us to do sensitivity it's still with them even up until the 10th generation perhaps not to make go issue jobs not to make jokes or to speak disparagingly although the truth is there is a mitzvah to talk about other religions other you know the false religions disparagingly so I guess one has to be sensitive even in that in that in that case okay now where we at there's just so much stuff we may have to make this apart - you're you're following the English yeah we get very far the history at Sawtelle you should also emotionally instructional looking member all the good was used Elohim in respected to both Moses and Israel he scooped up sha Moshe bitsy loose screw cheese Ralph Garman aha fate meet us at dinner alchemy because it was the combination of both Moses and Israel screwed the merit they both had as beings of the game that was able to turn hello King in Toronto me the chakashi me lo keem also live it was the power of that name Filipino strict judgment that all the todos happened so if we go now on 16 it says the angel of God right this angel of God protected the Jews when they were thrown ballistic missiles and and this happens today in Israel when when the Hamas and Hizballah and whoever else out there you know too many to name and we have the hand of God that's protecting us it's it's it's look at these words it's in Hebrew you some Allah Elohim shouldn't have said mala you cave of K all the places it always says look at the Rashi everywhere it says angel of a sham you'd give up day but here says the angel hello King everywhere inscription came to notes God's attribute of judgment this teaches that at the moment the Israelites were being judged whether to be saved or to perish with Egyptians but we were saved this was an opportunity to turn Elohim around sheesh Lucas shall shame Elohim how on a hot sillas Israel that this descending or the agency of this name of this attribute of God of Elohim actually went and saved the Jewish people Wow well it was just what happened to Moses so Moses wasn't mentioned so what what I'll tell you I've cut to the chase a little bit Moses was never enslaved in Egypt he was never enslaved he didn't need saving we don't think about that he was led the Jews were were steeped in to such hard slavery but Moses was never a slave never did any slavery in his life so he says of a kiosk is so livadas for shame you came up game he holds his shyness Israel you give up K saved Israel screwsie's from below solution Moshe lawyer must be laughing did rock me but it was taken out from Egypt it was only Israel Moses lo hang up a cloth she would miss Ryan Moses was never enslaved in Egypt and now we understand also why fill a term you can use draw call it tow by show you came up came to Israel because he see love me I miss Ryan it's all about being saved from each other this hot Salah was for Israel not for Moses and now instantly it also says you came off Kayla because when it comes to restore him they turn over we decide Roth I mean to meet us an in so when Moses when when when Moses tells us relevance a pair motionless hostile as cost share also you keep of getting to pyro and to miss Ryan it was the switch up it was the shame how you had it was a you capable of K that reflects about the Roth I mean hustle and collaroy it was through the rata meme that he did the opposite of what you would think it's counterintuitive and you can see it in the next verse which is it's 14 24 X is 14 24 it came about in the morning watch that the Lord looked over looked down on the Egyptian camp and which you wish Lord it's you cave of K that he looked down over the Egyptian camp through a pillar of fire and cloud so this is the the looking down to what with Arashi to destroy them it's the UK but K that's gonna destroy the evil it's the yellow team that's going to save you know the rock I mean kind of incense just another idea he wants to kind of go through this idea a second time to clarify the difference the distinctions and the different names that God uses and the follow the way Sherlock his kid so topos again when it came to the good Elohim juice when it come to the negative things translates evil it's using the eve of K to remove from the heart of anybody who would make a mistake by saying the following day after the fact that these two names are very different one is only going on rock I mean the other one is going on judgment that maybe perhaps God forbid there's two deities no that's why he mentioned specifically the by the good the name of Allah came and by the bad boys of mercy to teach you again to draw at home to all of them emanate from one God and the difference is the macabre the differences are you good or bad you right the shield bought meat sodomy cobbling and the the duke ma the example the Gemara brings she must care and meet us young Delilah o Mina's Lila Bo like the explained precious gracious says Vieira V Volker why do you have he write your Mahad the first day of creation you have night and you have day is one day right let's say the Arab there was evening ye bulker there was warning Yamaha to drive home this point it all emanates both day and night light and darkness that one God but most importantly and I think this is in this acharya 19 the question is asked based on this verse and the Lord shall be king over all the earth on that day shall the Lord be one and his name one so what's the question one has to ask are we saying that today God is not one what does it mean the future God will be one but Yama who in that day dear hashem echad who shrunk our God will be one in this neighborhood are we actually saying where's the prophet saying right now God is not one but it will be one we see we see we already see the terminologies being used we understand that it's one one God that has different attributes so the glorious Idol avocado but right now it's not one so reveal Quran says look all Mazzello about that this world is not like the next road in all of us and this world whenever we hear good news we say barakato vomit even that's the new sock that's the the the text of the blessing blesses the Lord our God who bestows goodness and what happens when we hear in this world negative news evil news bad news the source rice will their birthday an event someone god forbid passes on right somebody loses a lot of money the stock market he says profit on share right Hashem is the truthful judge that's all in this world but what about all my bar everyone will say hot tub I made to you after the Messiah comes and everything is so clear we will understand everything was for the good even what we perceived as evil what really is evil it's just the distancing of God he doesn't there's no evil that emanates from him but he removes himself to the point where the vacuum is filled with the opposite of non godliness that's evil wrought so busy what does he mean to say commit such a near ball Mazeppa who lot of cleanup I relative the while we in this world what we perceive and the actions of whether it's a shame we see absurd actions absolutely there's goodness bad ok matzo towing that's why we have to reveal to these people making these graves mistakes who claim that there are two gods and their their religion and their thoughts and their philosophies are a waste is just an if said it it's it's waste and they say ain't no shame at heart come here they say there's no when there's not one guy also his name isn't one that you can kiha it's tough loose a shame is cool and the riot the very fact that there's more than one name for God does even proof that there's more than one God but really know about lugia rocket or voice though you rakatans he named as Lily ate salami noise so basically in order to get rid of this heresy via Cuba be a new Ke$ha Mikado schlock odd we must bring this idea down that there is only one God and His name is one the legate say oh the Minos people won't go to heresy no you fool oh so close they won't see it as distinct different actions and he claims that this is very clear and proper everybody said now in the second verse all we did discuss so far really was the first verse of partial Cicero but you saw it says he struck totally sheep aura why do we need to know her name we know one need so there's something distinct about her name and her children's names so so many not for naught did the Torah teach us the name not teach us review it tell us over so this is what your thoughts that member he sent a messenger saying upcoming and you should come out and honor me he didn't really say honor me but you should come out and greet me now why was he saying that not for my sake for your wife's sake say buggy nice to cut see Laura come out and greet us for her sake cuz she is like a look at the number 20 in Proverbs as a bird is wanyan from its nest so as a man wandering from his place sapore no death is so wasn't just that she's like but he was never at home he was going for a long time so bug last cured sorry so he wanted to remind him and he should be conscious of the fact of the pain that his wife had experienced from the fact that he was wandering all the time from his own home so now if you don't come for her sake remember the children's names are mentioned perhaps you'll feel a 1-second v la pagina if it's not for her sake you'll I ain't no other Marquis culprit sorry stone decay if it's not for her sake cuz a man is not so sensitive and understands the pain of his wife he should but if he doesn't come for the children's sake begin big cookie shop at least forget some because what does the airship represent the name when he named him to get high ET Barisan every ah I [Applause] finish it okay so because he was a stranger he was a stranger in a strange land and bow my ask it's our buddy and this remind should remind him of the pain that his own children had because the father was never around at dinner time he Gary may not because they were Wanderers without Tiger God does nefesh I hear you noses you understand what it means to be a wanderer so he was chased out of Egypt now have some sympathy for your son Geir show Kagera eat the gamma top and it was not for his sake come out for Eleazar and what is Eleazar kilo of Chi RV monestery for the god of my father was came to my help was my assistance and we know the Schmoke Hashim rabo DOMA kilo atomic about panache Tina in other words who was the rabbi of of motion God himself so you you know if you basically it's the name of your rabbi right Eleazar so it's based on God is my help so come out and give on it like - - like as if you're coming to the Shekinah come out and greet your son because he has the name of your a being which is Schmoe Baku bow it's mama she need your kiss cos his name alkane his Kerschbaum tongue that's why the names are mentioned concoction luck all over his role and he sent message to Israel yessiree I mean you saw said message she I said been in East Oh the message was come out for your wife because she was like a bird that was wandering from nest to nest and on account of that saw this pain that she carried with her it's worthy to honor her and to come out and greet her Lichtman and if an also an account of your children your son who was a gear like a gear without a father so - if also on account of the name Eleazar because as if you're coming out and greeting Hashem himself and this is just an interesting piece you should know that the very first ton of the very first mentioned of any rabbi in all the shots in the entire Oral Torah is reveal laser the first mission of Broncos and Moshe was able to see the future and all the sages and he actually prayed to ascend should have an Eliezer that comes through him that Eliezer does come to him and he named his child Eliezer it goes on okay continue it says in verse 12 that Yeshua took Vartan Lelo King so he's now making sacrifices to help King not to you cave of K so the person are very confused all cubanos eats it's never mentioned delegate Logan is Carlo lol Oh King it's you came FK it's only team Hashima mutant or the kobato's that we give so you came okay but here yes Ralph offers to Helen Keeney the con his killing King the Omani be ashamed there so the the clear car wants to resolve this according to what he wrote above should call a toy bus all the good which did most was you tape up K did for Moses in Israel was always in the name of Ellen King because of that concept that's a deacon overturn did in terrassa me and all that evil happens in the world right the evil that happens hashem did two parallel to egypt with the shame you cave of cake because the rush I'm asking because they the evil they people they switch it over from rock coming to Denver that's why yes row offered up to Elohim regarding all the goodness he was some math lily of Toth he was totally content with a good heart but notes in HoN to the other Schmo his were off and he was giving thanks to God on all the goods all the good things which she was thought about it Avalos amass up with father Thomas right but he was not completely happy about the fact that the Egyptians were drowned that was done through the name you'd cave okay therefore he made the offering he didn't make the offering to the shame you came okay he says this is a riot of proof the well as he was thinking about this other Asha the other part of that Rashi that he was the Messiah that he was a little bit pains on the downfall of the Egyptians that's why it uses the language we cought we use in other words it's like double in Tantra it could mean this simultaneously it means that so we see Rashi you know Rashi might bring down to beat rushing and you look at them and say well it's either this or it's that guess what it can be both see says the knock adopt blushing he had cuz there's mush with Russian simcha and lush including it's both the language of rejoicing and goosebumps on all the good that happens Israel he was happy and upon the Egyptians it wasn't so happy at that time goosebumps okay so I wish you all a great week [Music]