Is The Torah Really For Everyone? with Rabbi Aaron Dovid Poston

anybody [Music] shallow Malik and everybody Welcome Home to Torah a warm welcome home tutorial to the even a beat madrash and we are impartial now this is kind of a continuation of a previous class where we spoke about the Holy Ark right you've all seen the movie the the What's called the Raiders of the Lost Ark well guess what there's a lot more secrets about the Holy Ark that we're going to delve into for those who are not familiar I know this sounds repetitive because those who listen every week hear the same Spiel right we use the car for discussion we discussed fundamentals it's unbelievable there's a great way you could learn Hebrew actually learn Hebrew you can look at the source sheets that are there's a link below you'll be able to follow along and I encourage you to do so so you can pick up some Hebrew the only way you can really learn truly learn what we're discussing here is to understand some Hebrew so we're going to spoon feed it to you to a certain extent and the other idea is that if you do one and I get calls all the time or emails all the time the associated uh English sheets they're not a translation of the Clear Car what they are are just the sources the clear card brings down that I uh help spoon feed make it easier for me anyway when I when I'm quoting them and to encourage you to do the same thing because it's good for review you have to review what you learn and again we speak about fundamentals so the holy Arc is obviously a very fundamental part of our Jewish experience our Israelite experience the experience in the desert and Beyond right it's like the central part of the synagogues that we have today where the Torah sits in but of course we don't have the actual golden arc that was put in the Tabernacle nor of the temple but we do have um the concepts and these concepts are dear to our heart okay so let's begin we're on page Chennai het that's 378. and we're halfway down so there's quite a few pages we're skipping now and we're just going to get into it and oh so there are links below to the previous classes so make sure to go into the um the links below by the way we're also doing fundraising to give out funds to needy families for poor and Purim is coming up it's around the corner and since this part is truma the time to give is now okay now and next week and also we're collecting for pesach to give out also to needy families for the holiday of pesach so there'll be links below also for the campaigns so I encourage you to look at the previous classes and to go with the Hebrew sheets and let us begin we are in chapter 25 of Exodus verse if I'm not mistaken it's verse 10. okay so look at these words are you with me holy brothers and sisters yes okay it says in English they shall make and the reason I emphasize that is because the clear card is going to emphasize all of the other vessels that are made it says vasita and you shall make sing uh what do you call you you singular vasita whereas here it says vasu it says vasu very strange indeed they shall make an ark of acacia wood he'd say she team two and a half cubits its length a cubit and a half its width and a cubit and a half its height now here the Hebrew a messiah Arco that's two and a half its length and one and a half it's the other right once it's width wants its length and komoto and its height is one and a half I want to point out now because we will get into it tonight that when it comes to the other vessels and I will tell you right now if you want to look on the English Source sheet where I'm going to quote it much later tonight number 13 on page five when it comes to the arc the three dimensions are what we're going to call schwarot fractions in other words it's a whole number plus a partial number right 2.5 1.5 1.5 its height whereas when it comes to the table they're all I shouldn't actually the table is actually some are whole and some are fractions and when it comes to the the altar so then you have the all whole numbers what do I care every details from God it's like what can I tell you it's delicious it's sweet and we don't know why yet but by the end of the class we will have a better idea why when it comes to the ark all the numbers are fractions meaning it's not a whole number okay so what we've read so far was verse 20 chapter 25 verse 10 they shall make I want you to know this Aaron was not solid gold look in Rashi actually this is not the rush I wanted to show you uh there's a Rasheen and did I bring it down yeah so in in the Rashi on 25 11. um when it mentions that there are an inside and an outside we're going to get into all this okay it's uh me buy it um from within and from without there's actually three boxes Rashi brings down bitsalo made three arcs meaning three boxes two of gold and one of wood so the wood was on the inside meaning between the two other boxes of wood so there were three arcs two of gold and one of wood so you had a gold insert that was let me just read it each one had four walls in a bottom and they were open on the top he placed the wooden one inside the golden one and then the other golden one inside the wooden one okay and then there was going to be a lift that covered the open wood so it looked like it was solid gold but remember that's a lot of gold to make a solid piece so on one hand maybe Hashem was concerned for our welfare for our money on the other hand maybe he was concerned for the people lifting it but that doesn't make sense because when the when the levium came to lift it I'm sorry right you know what happened damn the correct when the kohenim lifted the arrow they didn't really lift anything in fact it carried the carriers it's it it levitated it flew and it was hovering over the Earth and those who were holding it were what flying with it it was like of no weight so that couldn't be an issue either so there's obviously some deep Torah here that we're going to learn about these boxes okay I'll just read the last part of that Rashi he covered the upper rim with gold thus it is found the wooden one was overlaid from inside and outside with gold okay so let's go into the Clear Car and here we go there's a lot of very important lessons to learn tonight and they shall make the our own by the way for those who are not familiar with Biblical Hebrew the vov in front of the verb transforms it from either a a future to a past or past to a future us who would have been even the cover of the Ark itself and the staves the poles and everything else just look through the parser you'll see you shall make you shall make over and over again by everything it seems right vasita however Khan here it said they third person what is the Torah saying to us the Torah speaks to us everyone they shall come on everyone should participate in dealing with the Aaron now at first glance it may mean construction of the Aaron how many cooks can get involved in making the Aron but at least you're invited and you're supposed to be involved on some level ready for this drum roll please kadai in order why should they all be involved in the Iran and we're going to find out how because too many cooks will ruin the stew how many people you have 600 000 people plus women and children and old people right you can't all be involved in making the our own yet nevertheless they should all be involved in the our own in order that they should all have a portion in the Torah itself what was in the our own one of the main items that was inside this arnakotaish was not only the lujot right the Luco are the tablets right that God inscribed with his own finger right the tablets and the broken tablets but the safer tower that Moshe wrote because the crown of Torah the crown the crown of Torah is available Hefner means it's free for the taking it's it's available to everyone now the word Qatar means Crown that's not the only word we're going to see another word tonight called azair the crown also there's a crown placed on three items three of the uh of the vessels it's called Zaire however catter is the gamatria why cough is 20. tough is 400 race is 200 620. how many letters are actually on the tablets the first tablet the first set of tablets 620. the 620 letters represent what the 613 Commandments giving to the Jewish people and the Seven Commandments given to the rest of the world okay so you have ketter Torah cater 620. so the crown of Torres available to all so yes non-jews alike you can involve yourselves and hopefully be ice which is the seven no high laws and I'm giving you a plug for a you look down below in the description box there is a series called beyond the seven that's for everybody but especially non-jews and within that series there's a thing called the 48 ways to wisdom 50 hours of classes and I guarantee I'm telling you we're going to talk about that tonight the 48 ways to acquire wisdom this is available to everyone okay so the clear card analysis alternatively he's going to use that expression several times tonight and all of that it means it's another level it doesn't mean exclude everything I set up to this point and we're going to begin Anew alternatively meaning or dovah another matter however you want to translate it it's another concept since it says in Proverbs if you want to look on the English sheet you'll find this in number two on the English sheet Proverbs 3 chapter 3 verse 18. this is talking about the Torah itself it is a tree of life now we're going to play with this word we simply would say those who are grasping it those who are holding on to the Torah it's a tree of life first of all what is really that word mean we're going to see that it also means to support it and support what and what is h why it's an Eight's kind why is the Torah compared to a tree well guess what the clear car immediately points out this is a very important principle right that the eights this Torah is a tree of life to those who grasp it you would think if that's shot if that's the understanding it should have said that it's a tree of life to those who learn it doesn't say that Loom down low Nemar it actually says to those to those that are holding on to it you're going to see that he's going to explain it really means supporting it REM is rather it's hinting to the support for those who learn Torah see if the Torah is available to everybody and some people not going to mention names no names who have a hard time sitting and learning 12 14 16 hours a day maybe they learn five hours a day maybe they'll learn an hour a day maybe they take document who knows but there's some people that can't even do that meaning they don't have the mental capacity or they don't have the um the education or they don't have What's called the zits flesh zits flesh means the ability to sit on your tuckus and concentrate there are people with ADD ADHD all kinds of things going on distractions and it's very difficult okay let's just move forward he says it hints to those who strengthen strengthen those who learn Torah support and strengthen the magaziki because not everyone is prepared for the Mitzvah of learning Torah whether you're a Jew or an anju mikram nevertheless there is an aspect the word sod is just like what it sounds like side there's a side an aspect that right there is an aspect within each person within each person has this ability nevertheless since the Taurus hether look holds available to all everyone can have a portion in it even if the person is not able to learn he's not prepared to learn he doesn't have the possibilities to learn foreign nevertheless he is able to support those who do learn it the next and wait to hear this it's given credit it's considered to him to that person to her as if they learned the Torah even though they're not learning the Torah unbelievable there's credit given to them if they support those that do learn as if they learned it now if they're if you're not familiar with a concept called I do think I have here um okay number three on the English Source sheet there's many um many madrushing that discuss it but there's a verse in Genesis chapter 49 13. it says over there that zvulen will dwell on the coast of the Seas he will be at the harbor of the ships and his boundary will be at zidon now obviously from this verse alone you can't pick this up but Rashi quotes there for the word for the the coast is his land will be on the Seacoast by the way so his rule in was they were Merchants what do you call them Merchant Marines I mean they really did a lot of business uh in the uh the Eastern Mediterranean right Cyprus was not far from here side down and whatnot and yasaki lived inland now they made a deal they made a pact that yasaka would learn Torah and zvulen would supply all of their needs physical needs listen to what rashi's quoting from midrash and the word Safar also means far away Borderland he will constantly frequent the harbor of the ships in the place of the port we're talking about zvulen where the ships bring merchandise for zulin would engage in Commerce and provide food and other physical needs for the tribe of the assadhar and what would you Sakai do the tribe of yasaka would engage in the study of Torah this is what Moses meant in 30 33 18 Deuteronomy 33 18 rejoice osvolin and you're going forth and you Sachar in your tents the word tense is like a code word for a bait midrash for the tents of Torah zvulum would go forth engage in Commerce and yusaka would engage in the study of Torah in the tents this is something that was known to the Jewish people this was a famous contract that was made between these two tribes this is how we can all work to get along know that there are some people who are good at this others that are good at that and we do business with each other so yasakhar was known they were able to tell the times right there's something unique about yasakhar they were deep entrenched in Torah learning and zvulen was by the Sea and they were the merchant marines and therefore you go there we have it let's move on the last thing we mentioned was there is a concept that other people can support those who learn and we have a long-standing tradition now we understand why it says right they shall make this Ark of this special kind of wood s from the very aspect that the ark itself was made from now eights could mean wood but the truth be told it really means also a tree and what does a tree do generally trees produce fruit this is actually hinting not only because the iron itself is can is made from wood but remember the verse we spoke about in Proverbs 3 Verse 18 it's eight that the Torah itself is a tree of life every single person could participate in learning Torah if they can't learn it then they can support it everybody has the ability to support Torah in some way and that's why it says vasu they shall right all the other vessels oh so maybe I actually skipped another point it's important back to number 13. uh the ark represents Torah which is quite obvious the table represents malhot kingship right King David what does it mean when it says that the mashiach is going to be born in Bethlehem it means that he's coming from the seat of David who's from bait lechem right but doesn't mean the mashiach has to be born he used to be born from the seat of David that's kingship and what does bait let him it's the House of Bread meaning what's the king's job the king's job is to provide security no doubt but as well as welfare right they used to get up in the morning it's in the Gomorrah people in King David's time and knock on his door and says King provide us with parnasa and he would say you do business with you you do business with him everyone and he figured out how to do it so the idea of the king is to make sure that there is sufficient funds and when there isn't sufficient resources what do you do you go to war right of course you take over resources from somewhere else now before you do that of course you have the strength you say hey let's make a pact give us what we want at a good price and we can avoid war right there was a recent president who tried doing that anyway you know what I'm talking about for those who know I'm talking about and anyway so then the the so the table the shohan of bread that's what it is the table of bread that represents kingship amazing we'll talk about it another time the altar was the crown of priesthood and that's must has to do with the coneem in in the temple so we'll get into this a little bit later also um so that's what they represent um okay so when it comes to the our own that represents Torah and everyone is capable of being involved in it that's why it says everyone can to participate and do it is saying this apparently goes well with rabyokanan in the Gomorrah in Gamora Yuma let's find it on the sushi if I'm not mistaken no I'm not mistaken for sure but you have to go to page two it starts on page one Yuma 72b and it does mention revokana in the beginning there were three crowns right three of the vessels have crowns which were the three vessels I just mentioned the altar The Arc and the table um I want to skip most of it at the end on page two I underlined a bit but I want to skip to the latter part where it says I don't know about eight nine lines up from the bottom it says ribioconon raises the contradiction the contradiction says now this is in Deuteronomy chapter 10 1 where it says vasita and you shall make for yourself a wooden Ark now that was a directive to Moshe and Moshe alone actually constructed the ark when it comes to our verse which is in Exodus 25 10 it says and they shall make the ark how do you have over there you singular and over here they plural and rubioconon explains that this implies that the Jewish people were all commanded to be involved in its construction the apparent resolution to this contradiction is that although Moses actually constructed the ark everyone was required to support the Endeavor so too from here it is derived in with regard to a Torah scholar that the members of his town should perform his work for him to support him and allow him to focus on his studies since it's also the town's responsibility to enable the person to study so that's where the Clear Car explained this all fits in line with the dictum and the Gomorrah in enuma in the name of rebi yokanan and he says in Hebrew Mikan from here that we learned that the the regarding Atomic that the people of his City mitsudim LA sot milato they're commanded they're obligated to do the work for the sage then are following verse verse 11. so we'll see that on number five on the sushi and you shall overlay it now the word overlaying there's like a um it's plated there's a veneer but as we said it's not that the wood has gold paint it's a gold box it's a wood box and then a gold box now notice the verse it says you shall overlay it now I'm going to break the verse into two parts this is still the first part of the first part of the verse you shall overlay with zahaf tahore zaftor is pure gold me buy it from the inside comma um and on the outer box it should have an overlay now I'm breaking the verse here because then it says vasito olav and you shall make upon it we're going to get into the latter part but just focus on the first part you shall singular overlay it [Music] mentions when it's talking about the Inside Me by it pure gold but when it comes to the outside it doesn't mention pure gold but we all know that it's pure gold on the outside so why doesn't God mention that they should make sure to use pure gold on the outside are your seat belts on okay buckled are they buckled ready for this let's go into the Clear Car seat when it comes to making the Box we saw it said vasu they shall make it when it comes to the sipoi hazahav to the overlaying of the golden box it says that's singular you why is the difference he's repeating this theme that everyone is capable of supporting those who learn Torah and that was hero moose baits it's actually hinted at in the word eights in the in the tree itself in the wood itself [Music] okay what does it means that which is revealed you look at the words simple shot simp the most simplest clearest explanation on a simplest level we'll call it revealed what's revealed nistar is that which is hidden that which is underlying the surface that which you really need to think about the anomalies the panemius of the Torah the Spirit that's underlying what Hashem wants us to know not everyone is able to grasp these Concepts and this is actually hinted according to the clear car when it says from what's inside and from what's outside right Mi bias um this is another very important concept in the ancient days when we used to have yeshivas in in Babylon and also in Earth Israel 2000 years ago there was a whole argument who do we let into the toe who do we let into the Yeshiva there were people who dressed all nice but there they had bad character and so they didn't let these kind of people in their insides were not like their outsides and I'm not going to get into it but there was a major major argument guess who won they opened the doors they opened the doors to everyone and the the yeshiva's overflooded right it was like a marble it was like a flood and they added hundreds of benches okay that's another story not for now but there is this concept the the outside I'm going to give you a little bit of a hint we do like to make ourselves presented quite nice on the outside of course the inside could be overlooked and that's wrong okay what goes on the inside is actually probably more important and then what goes on the outside is supposed to be a reflection of what's on the inside so let's move forward he just hinted to the idea of what's on the inside should be reflected on the outside as a even what you do on the outside you dress very nicely and you act and present yourself with respect hopefully in the inside you're full of love and care and concern and empathy and work on your character just as well very important principles and now we're going to explain it the clear card Begins by saying hakarov Lamar it makes sense what I'm about to tell you it makes sense that the ark itself the main ingredient is wood or let's say tree because he says oh you say pre basically every tree okay makes or produce fruits that's basically what most trees do remes La scartov this is hinting to The Good the goodly reward that will be received we already said even if you're not actually learning but you're involved in Torah on some level we're supporting Torah on some level commotion them are just like it says wait till you see this in Proverbs chapter 27 verse 18 you'll see this on number six on page three it says over there he who guards a fig tree shall eat its fruit right makes sense I like to read the rest of the verse anyway and he who guards his master shall be honored okay so in other words there's a lot of wild animals or even thieves whatever it is you have a fig tree guard the fig tree you'll be able to eat of its fruit right if you don't guard it you won't be able to eat of its fruit so that's what it says in Proverbs 27 18 and if we understand that well he's going to explain olav this is something that everybody is Desiring is looking forward to right if you're guarding something you want to protest you want to um right you're going to guard the tree in order to eat of its fruit and this is something that everybody has a a pardon and that's why it says it's repeating right that they shall make the ark with the wood the eight say eight eight but when it comes to the overlay of the gold that is on the inside and on the outside which means it's hinting about the main point of the Ark which is the Torah itself not everyone is the same as we said some are working to support some are learning some can handle it some can't but since not everyone is capable but rather this is unique and special to people like Moshe or other people of great stature people who are unique and able and capable that's why it says meaning that's why it says in singular you singular the Unique Individuals who are able to they should consider the inside and the outside should be with gold now it does say it two times if you look back at the verse it says the word to Peter twice well the concept of of overlaying it twice look back at number five vitsapita Oto that's the first time it's used pure gold me bias from the inside and from the outside and again titsa penu a second time regarding the idea of um overlaying it okay putting a veneer on it so let's go to the clear car again this concept of the overlaying is mentioned twice it is mentioned twice in order to make a separation between what is on the outside and what is on the inside the very first word of the verse says vitsipita and you shall overlay it so the verse began the very first word of our verse 11 that you shall cover it with the zahab tahor from the inside the the pure gold from the inside and afterwards meaning in the same verse but in the first part actually it's the second part of the first part of the verse it says um but you know what the clear card points out Lo his kirzada the words are not mentioned in the latter part of the first part of the verse meaning in the second time that overlay is used why doesn't it bother you well you say oh well it must be understood of course it's understood but it's not mentioned there's no doubt even though there's absolutely Lisa fake no doubt of course the holy Ark is pure gold makom nevertheless low his cares but the concept the words pure gold does not is not mentioned when it comes to the outer box even though for sure it was and ready for this unbelievable [Music] uman anyone who's a Craftsman right an artist Craftsman called um they're always interested their way is to beautify lahadir the vessel from the outside yo tear much more much more than what's being beautified on the inside because people see it I mean they harrowing because that's what people see they don't always look on the inside but you're going to see on the outside it has to be beautiful so that's called a natural occurrence of course it's going to be pure gold on the outside you know to mention it that's why there was no need for God to mention pure gold bias except for the inside because that's where the you would have taken it for granted you might not need it only on that who's going to look on the inside what are you going to wait it's like a waste of money no that's where you have to make sure obviously the whole thing but even on the inside but when it comes to the outside it's not necessary God doesn't find it necessary to warn you that you should cover it with gold be right from the pure gold Homer because it's logical a logical conclusion kimina panima if the inside is pure of course the outside has to be pure laharos to teach you what this you must take to heart this is one of the most important lessons so the last thing we mentioned was so important to place on your own Hearts to pay attention just as they did back then this is how we should act we have to make our insides like our outsides we beautify the outside guess what it's going to he's going to prove the inside's much more important because anyone who really learns Torah IMI it's so important you really have to focus and that's where the warning of God is to make sure that your heart is pure the inner the inner Torah the insides of Who You Are not because every human being sees your outside but it's only God who sees your Insight and knows your innermost thoughts when it comes to the outside you don't need such warning he called Adam Darko just like the uman just like the Craftsman of course he's going to make the outside more beautiful so too every human being the way what he normally does his way ismo he beautifies his outside because he's looking not necessarily for flattery but everyone wants approval everyone's looking for relationships everyone wants to be looked upon in a good light when I say everybody I'm talking about every normal person obviously we have some real winners out there and they don't really care how people look at them you know they need some serious help okay alternatively meaning another level another reason another level of trying to understand why does it mention pure gold only by the inside and not the outside means in order for us to learn from this right all that a person does all the efforts a person does in order to glorify and beautify himself in the eyes of God that's for sure for the sake of Purity there's no question we're talking about the inside we're like on our best behavior with God but everything that he does on the outside and I'm going to call it fake it's like kind of fake if you're doing it if it's not doesn't come natural you're doing something to show something on the outside it's not a certain tea that it's pure who is it's very possible likely allegedly that you're only doing this because people are watching you Hashem while the internal part your heart Remains Not aligned with Hashem now another davarache another level of explanation when it comes to the inside the cleanliness within Hashem receives this it's a positive thing he's looking forward because someone is trying to work on their thoughts their pure thoughts you're working on your character you have positive and clean thoughts is like another twist maybe it's the other way when it comes to working on yourself on the outside it's actually quite hard Kimmy Derek Benet wait till you hear this you know why it's much more challenging Kimmy Derek benetova this is unfortunately you know we have it one of the 6 13 misses right is actually tadan right under under the category of part of that is to Don people to judge people favorably he says there's a portion of our people who judge others unfavorably now Moshe rabena was quite exotic you cannot deny that kimilanu godo mimosha who amongst us who amongst us is as great as Moshe I mean you know compare yourself to Moshe we come so short and nevertheless there was a lot of lush and Hara right the men koroks group got together and said they're Whispering you know he's an adulterer right about Moshe and he was the he was being suspected of things he was not guilty of now the idea is that if he's suspected and guilty some people just give up here now I'm going to just translate it my way and I'm going to give you a better translation basically if a cedar right Moshe is like a cedar tree like a strong pillar and an arrow can you know the arrow like The Arrow of lushanhara can try to fell such a strong tree what are we going to do when we're just like moss on the bottom of a tree Moss meaning so flimsy and no no backbone no strength so I do I think he is trying to explain and this would be like giving up hope but that we really have to work on ourselves and strengthen our faith and on a certain level not give up what we need to do this reminds me of a lot of politicians someone who's very straight you know and conservative and and honest as soon as they get in politics forget it forget about it right all of a sudden they could be the nicest person the Susans or politics when they say that skeletons in the closet are going to come out they're going to be suspected of all kinds of things and if they really have what to be suspicious about they don't stand the chance so anyway let's move on another alternative explanation it says from the inside and from the outside and we did speak about the niggle and the nister so he's going to say this is hinting La negla vanister chibatora that which is part of the revealed Torah and that which is part of what we call the hidden mystical parts of the Torah ready for this drum roll please the hayudua it's well known that there when it comes to the hidden mystical aspects there's much more Purity and Holiness than the revealed Torah alkane lohiskier that's why the word tahur is not mentioned by the outside it's only mentioned by the inside now the clear cards everything he quoted so far is from other people from previous rabbis from the gemara from our Holy Spirit what he's now going to bring in is his own shot and you have to hang into the end because it's revolutionary in my opinion this is the place where I will bring to explain further the words from within and from without he begins by laying some groundwork he's not going to go with this shot but there's a Gamora in Maui cotton have been the second as Maui cutting now in Moet cutting I'll tell you where it is on the source sheet and number seven but it's actually towards the end in other words it's going to be found on page three what is the reason that you the master acted as you did ignoring my instructions you know we'll start in the beginning the very beginning it says once again on another occasion rebuta and Nasi decreed students not be taught in the marketplace in other words don't set up Yeshiva in the central part but only in the study hall okay there is an interesting verse it's based on a verse in song with songs chapter 7 verse 2 that says your rounded thighs are like jewels now the idea of thighs are hidden right even women should wear longer skirts than they do but let's just say men they wear pants women they wear skirts and just as the thigh is ordinarily hidden and kept covered with clothes so too this verse and Song of Songs you explain that the words of Torah which are which are the continuation of the verse the work of the hands of an artist that's Hashem himself must be hidden within the study hall okay basically we're going to go down to where it's underlined we'll be here to ask really be clear like you violated you went ahead and you started teaching Torah in the marketplace why did you ignore my instructions quotes a verse from Proverbs 1 20. which says wisdom cries aloud in the streets you'll see that on number eight torena okay wisdom shouts in the streets and so he says which implies the Torah should be publicized in the streets reviewed in us he said to him if you read the verse once if you read it twice you read three you still haven't read it enough you don't understand the verse you think you understand the verse but if you would understand that it's actually in accordance with rava as rava said with regard to anyone or everyone who occupies himself with Torah the studying inside the privacy of his home then his third knowledge will Proclaim his greatness outside and it will be revealed to the masses and they will see his greatness that's like an unbelievable concept and wait till you hear what the clear card explains that part of the Gomorrah go back into the clear car and we're on the bottom of page Shin I intet 379 you with me page 379 and the very bottom where the clear card just brought down the verse in mishlay right actually let me just read the Hebrew uh derekina ready was Godzilla Tam mardov he decreed to his students they shouldn't teach learn right from the word the shinantem or mishnah right they shouldn't learn in the show um it says over there initially 1 verse that wisdom is crying in the streets well we saw what brother said brother says all who involved themselves with the Torah inside now inside at least for our practical purpose means in your home then his own Torah will become publicized outside because you whether we're talking about really studying without any distractions you don't need to go into the streets to do it because there's a lot of distractions but he's going to bring a Different Twist I'll tell you now he's going to say the people that go out into the streets and teach Torah it's arrogance they're doing it for their own glorification okay listen to what he says that there's a greater perfection completion wholeness to the Torah that's from within the house then teaching the Torah outside the house I'll came his care that's why he mentions zahaf told me bias the purity of the gold on the inside it doesn't mention this purity of gold on the outside and perhaps for that very reason that what comes first it says me bias so me bias what's on the inside comes before what comes on the outside that's where it all begins as the verse said the purity of the gold is on the inside and then we learn automatically whether it was the Homer or any other way we learn it from what's on the inside then we can apply it to the outside so too those who practice the Torah in their house who learn to turn the house who apply it to the inside then that matter will spread yet it will spread said this matter to the to the main streets right to the public sphere okay now this is where the uh we're on the home run here we're like really on third base about to hit a home run remember the latter part of verse 11 said and you shall make upon it now did I mentioned there are two other vessels that have a crown you shall make upon into the other one says you shall make to it LO the ark says you shall make upon it upon it by the Ark by the other two you shall make for it what's the difference should it bother us if we don't learn this will we sleep tonight so the clear card points out it says in the umrava is again put upon it a crown upon it not to it but upon it whereas and that is hints to the crown of Torah on the ark but when it comes to the shohan and The Miz bayach just you can look it up I'll give you the verses Exodus 25 verse 24 and exodus 30 verse 3 that's where the toe refers to the crown on the table and on the altar Neymar it says over there vasito lo not a love but you shall make for it why because or even maybe even say Lo means to him you shall make for him since because when it comes to the crown of priesthood or the crown of kingship that goes to only very specific Unique Individuals it's not for every human or every Jew or every nohide it's only for very specific people people who come from the seat of our own or from the seed of David through Solomon you cannot be a Cowan unless you're from the cinema David and you're not going to become a king unless you're from the seed of David Marlow that's why those at least by the Shogun which we said represents mahus it says lo about Torah Hefner but Torah is available to all that's why it doesn't specify low but it says a love upon it and that's why it's okay now the word is there without there's no vowels in the Torah itself in the in the written toad that we have this is all by Oral this has been passed down so it says the Lush and Zaire okay that's how we pronounce it but if if there had no been no vowels you would have said Tsar what does Zar mean and what does zer mean we're going to talk about that so we're going to translate Zaire here as a crown or a border laharos so what is that language teaching you Torah that if somebody uses not appropriately they exploit their own crown of Torah Dino Kazar hakarev umut basically there's going to be a judgment from heaven maybe even from people but basically like a stranger who comes close to death similar as we're going to see by a coin if you're a not a Cohen and you go into certain places in the base of mcdosh you will be high Misa looking um on the sushi number five numbers 18 7. 18 7 says regarding the kohenim and you and your son shall keep the your Kahuna in all matters concerning the altar concerning what is within the dividing screen and you shall serve the service as a gift I have given your Kahuna and then the outsider meaning a non-coane who approaches shall die look at the last three words in Hebrew the hazar the word Tsar not Zaire Tsar means a foreigner remember it all depends on who the Foreigner is in this case it's the it's the non-coane the Czar who comes close shall die okay so knowing that's what it says that's what the clear card is trying to say that if somebody who takes his Zaire his crown and acts in a strange way with it he'll be he's basically putting a death sentence on himself from heaven look at numbers 18 7 that's where we saw that verse already yumat so you see the word tsar and Zer are very similar at least to two letters are the same but the vowels are different it means something different so too ready for this the crown of kingship Zer the cattle the crown is really only for Kester David therefore if someone who's not a cone who's a czar acts like a king he will be a king lazarim to himself to strangers they will not he will not be accepted he will be estranged basically doing the wrong thing and this is also when approach Hanukkah this was one of the faults of the hajma Naim that they were not Kalani they were not from the seat of David it was okay to save the Jewish people to put forth the Salvation through the Miracles but the following um after the war was over they should have handed over the kingship to the seed of David okay well martial netmar now ready for this we spoke about all the lengths all the different measurements were shibwarim were fractions so going back into them into the into the measurementsi Arco two and a half is its length two and a half cubits cubits is an arms from the elbow to the tip of your finger now how much is that that is six is a hand breath are you with me holy brother are you with me look a hand breath okay that's six of these is a cubit it's not based on individual there is a there is an objective uh average person okay although there are different pages but how long that is okay so whether it's a five finger or a six finger hand okay meaning I shouldn't say six uh four or five do we count the thumb or not okay that's not for now let's go into this it was very important kavara Marner we already said all of the Amos all of the measurements of the qubits when it comes to the ark are fractioned it's so important that every human being understands and imagines themselves as if they are not whole and complete how could you be how you may feel that but King David was the ultimate in the psalmist how broken-hearted and how incomplete he felt once more and more and more of Hashem basically we are approaching Purim one of the Mitzvahs well I shouldn't say it's Mitzvah derisa but at least uh as a remembering of the base of mikdash and when we had the base in Mikvah she would bring half a shekel why half right we bring on air of Purim on the faster of Esther three we donate three half shekels as a remembrance for what we used to do we don't have the temple so it doesn't it's not going to be used for uh for the holy qurbanos but we do give it out to charity so the word truma is used three times in the first several verses of Parsha Struma so therefore there are three gifts that we give okay two of them are monetary half shekels and the other is material nevertheless why half shekel because one should feel they're missing something they should feel that so to hear when it comes to the ark when it comes to Torah never I got it all I know it all no that's not an attitude because the Torah is so big it's it's infinite that the person never arrived to the never reach perfection in wisdom hazal tell us ready for this in perkiah vote and there's another plug for the 48 ways seminar again the link is below it says in perkiavo's mission is six chapter six Mission Six the Torah is greater than priesthood or sovereignty that's kingship okay so priesthood would be for the exam the Torah represents what that represents everybody has a portion in it and that's the ark and that's greater the towards greater than Kahuna than priesthood or mahut or sovereignty because mahut is acquired through 30 virtues the mission of the scribes in our altara and Kahuna has 24 there's 24 gifts but the toad is acquired through 48 that's why it's greater it's not really the answer but basically that is the statement in the mishnah the mission says there's 48 ways and it delineates each one of them and there are many commentaries and Weinberg that Sal gave a great seminar on it and that's where I picked up the book and gave 50 hours of classes which I encourage you to listen to so keep in mind I just want to say also how important these 48 waves are I have here listed on the English Source sheet notice number 13 on the first marking we said it's two and a half cubits by one and a half cubits so each armor is six it's hand breaths so two and a half cubits is 15 and there's two sides so that's 30. and the width is one and a half cubits which means that's ninth but you have two sides of wet width that's 18 to him 30 and 18 48. the actual dimensions of the arc from an aerial view is 48 there's 48 ways to acquire Torah wait to hear how the clear card now expresses he doesn't bring that down that the the villagome brings down and the villagon lived after the Clear Car but let's look what the clear Christ is saying the the rabbis tell us in in perkia vote nickname right that's what the mission said um actually have the mission in Hebrew here on number 14. it's actually you'll see on page six um but the tourists meaning it's acquired through 48 things oh I don't know if I mentioned this so the the villagon says that you need all 48. if you're missing one tefach if you're missing one of these 48 you cannot acquire the toe you don't have a you didn't make yourself a vessel in which to contain the Torah I mean this is amazing do you understand how important the 48 waves are if you want to acquire Torah it's like a no-brainer you got to go back to kindergarten you got to go back to first grade and learn the 48 ways and you will be great in Torah okay so the clear card says that our own rabbis say that the Torah was nickname had 48 malot now watch these words when you go to the the verse in Exodus 25 verse 10 that's the verse we've been dealing with right they shall make an ark of acacia wood two and a half cubits its length a cubit and a half its width and a cube and half its height if you take what we call Sophie tavos right Rey shitabos are acronyms meaning you take the first letter of each word and you can spell words or you can come up with gematras gamaches are word values he says look at the last letter of where there's three dots on each one of these words the word Aaron with the nun with the mem with the mem the he says if you look just look at those words the end word the end letter it adds up to the word kanu a choir you should acquire and if you look at the latter part of the verse again the the Sophie tables right the valve of rock bow the hey of Amma the the and the last letter above kamoto that adds up to 48. so in the verse there's hints to the idea that you can acquire this through the 48 ways and that's how he ends that little piece kilo armor as if the Torah itself is screaming out to you come new turban ma'am this is how you're going to acquire the Torah now REM is a little bit deeper into the idea of the the the measurements were all broken into fractions remember we talked about rebbe saying don't go out and speak teach the toe in the public the thief another that most of the things most of the 48 ways a vast majority of them are acquired they help you acquire the Torah it all depends on the character trait of humility because that really is the foundation maybe you want to say the secret you sowed it's the foundation and secret and source for all of those 48 ways even those numbers that are broken the fractions they teach you about a lave nishbar venitka about a contrite and broken heart I want to take you just now to Psalms 51 9 it should be the last Source on the source sheet sacrifices of God Psalms 51 19. the sacrifices of God are a broken heart you understand how he's putting this all together the the inside you got to work on the inside you got to break down man the sacrifices of God are broken hearts okay and he continues to say this is the main ingredient in the 48 ways to wisdom you want to acquire wisdom the the 48 with they're broken up into fractions that's going to be the main thing but the 40 ways themselves are all based on a broken and humble and contrite I'll use the word meek the meek shall inherit the earth that's a Jewish concept it's very possible remember the original question what was his shot what was the clear card thinking that rebby made a decree for his students not to ishnu bashook not to learn Torah not to teach not to set up assemblies to learn in the public sphere could they shallow mode in order they should not become accustomed to teach themselves to teach on account of yuhura yuhura is haughtiness it's inflated ego daily in order to glorify themselves and beautify themselves in front of those who are who are spectators and looking and watching and ready the clear card lived 400 years ago and he says doreeno just like in our days in those days this is how he looked at many of the speakers that most of those who either are studying or teaching their way is to glorify themselves in public in order so people can see how sharp they are the people or how intelligent and and sophisticated they are and they do this in public and uh what can I tell you we all have to take these lessons to heart I hope that we understand the the our own much better the Arn kodesh the lessons here are immeasurable there's you cannot even put a value on these lessons I hope you do review I hope you go over and over again over again and with that I would just tell everybody please I have a great Shabbos a great codish this is the month of Adar Adar is a month of but it's like a small month it's leading up it's planting the seed for the Final Redemption of Nissan right because the Gomorrah tells us that we'll be redeemed in Nissan and so this is like a precursor this is planting the seeds Gujarat Hashem for Redemption and salvation so I invite everybody to Mike well I don't know if we're having the gibana Purim Surah I don't know where it'll be this year but anyway at least come for pesach right enjoy come to Israel you can spend it with us we'll have 100 200 people who knows but you come and enjoy it I just mentioned again we are collecting for those in need so there will be a link down below I just want to sign off number one have a good Shabbos never have a great year and have a great life and we'll see you next week you need me [Music]