Precious in the Sight of the L-rd is the Death of His Pious Ones with Rabbi Aaron Dovid Poston

Heat. Heat. [music] [singing] [music] [singing] >> [music] [singing] [music] [singing] >> Shalom everybody. Welcome back to the Mash. Welcome home to Torah. A warm welcome to everyone. We're in Pares. For those who are familiar, we use the clear as the basis for our discussion. We learn Hebrew. We translate everything and we have a little bit of a discussion about it. The actual safer is called Gibborim written by Schlomma Fryunets the famous Clearar. [clears throat] Now it always begins with a medish. But before we start, I just want to remind everybody if you really want to follow the Hebrew sheets, down below in description box is a link. You just have to find the right year, the right uh title. You'll find it if you really want and you'll follow the Hebrew sheets. If you want the English sheets, can send me an email and I'll add you to the list of people to get the source sheet. It's not an English translation, but it is a translation of the sources, which is quite helpful because then we don't have to flip through all the different um sources just time-wise. It's quite helpful. [clears throat] So as I mentioned in par begins with a midrash based on a verse. If you look at the midish itself, actually source number one, it's in chapter 47 of Besit verse 28. And I'm going to bring in 29 too because that's really the point of this discussion at least in the beginning. It says, "And Yakov lived in the land of Egypt, we know for 17 years and Yakov's days, the years of his life, he only lived 147 years." Now that's significant as [snorts] you'll see the next line says when the time drew near for Israel to die he called his sons Yoseseph and he said to them and of course not only did he give them a bra and he gave all the tribes the heads of the tribes braot as well and what's very significant is that when the time drew near for Israel to die you don't really see those words by everybody there's a handful of people that those words are used. And the mid goes on to tell us who else. For example, actually the mid says wherever the Torah uses these words that is time drew close, he approached his days to die. It means that he didn't reach the lifespan of his forefathers. Now, just a side point. Why is that significant? We're going to find out why, but I want you to know that every letter, every word, every nuance in the Torah has meaning. And so, when you see the words crav regarding coming or approaching death, it means that the person had not reached the lifespan of his forefathers. And he brings down an example by Moshe in Deuteronomy 31:14. You'll see that as number three on the source sheet. Um God said to Moses, "Behold, your days are approaching for you to die." And uh we see that Amram lived a lot longer than he did. Okay? He only lived 120. How long did Amram live? 137 years. Okay. Then the next is David Dovid. Regarding David, it's written in first kings chapter 2 verse one. Um it's number three four on the source sheet. We know that David lived 70 years. And how long did his forefathers, his ancestors lived? So we have this um interesting idea in the medish. It mentions Boaz, Oed and Yishi. Now the sages say they lived more than 400 years. Now that could mean according to the midrash altogether between the three of them lived more than 400 years altogether or individually which is very hard to understand. That could mean just one of them but Boaz we I don't think we have an idea that he lived that long. So anyway [clears throat] the me ends When it says approaching days to die, it always means they didn't reach the lifespan of their forefathers. Okay. Now, we're going to begin the explanation on of the kakar. He says, this is something that we know. We know this that the death of the righteous people is for their benefit. It's going to benefit them. Their actual death is the reason that they can then go on and have eternal life. Now, >> where are you? [clears throat] >> Look on the page one top right in the well after the paragraph of the midrash and it brings a source in Cohelis. Ecclesiastes 7 verse one. I don't know if you're familiar with this verse, but we are we most people are familiar with the first part. A good name is better than good oil, right? to shame and right a good name is better than good oil. But what does it say after that? That the day of death is better than the day of one's birth. Whoa. What does that mean? Again, we're talking about in this para Jacob is dying. Now first of all we have a tradition that Yakov never died. The great question is so then what in the world was the imbalming and the eulogy and the burial all about right so it's a long discussion it's not going to be for tonight but the question is did he really die? So it seems according to majority opinions that this was all it really did happen. He really did die and yet there still was all these these things. So what does it mean that he that he still lives? So we were having this discussion over dinner that sadikim or right when sadikim die first of all when they die they're still considered alive. Considered alive are they really alive? So it means through their children that's one way their children are alive so they're alive. Okay. also maybe because of the good deeds that they left over behind whether the ones they did or their children are performing that's also in a sense they're alive but there's another aspect called in the merit of our forefathers so the truth is and of all of them we're living right in the zahoot many of the things that happened to us positively happen as a result of their merits but there's something unique about each one of the different aos and yakos Those merits really are very different than the merits that we're living through from Ara. We're not going to discuss this tonight. It's actually on page three and four, which we're not going to get to, but it's extremely extremely interesting. Um, basically we're talking about mitigating punishment. Uh, so he stands up for us. He, who's he? Yakov, who's Israel? Who's usually? We are him in a certain sense because we are his branches. We are extension. We're his limbs. But his soul, so to speak, continues to um uh what's the word? Defend us because of his righteous deeds. And it's a tremendous that we are the sons of of Jacob and we are Israel. Okay. So we just read the um that one verse in Ecclesiastes. So now he says right we're on the fifth line down that when you're born right the day you're born you enter into this dark world that is nifsad lost clea some type of it's just decaying it's a decaying dark world will But on the day the person dies, we're talking about but the day that someone dies, he's what happens when you die? You enter into this eternal light, the light of life itself. Now many of us have heard, read, maybe studied even u these near-death experiences. people who have experienced that and many of them if not all of them I'm probably should say many of them describe some kind of light where they were approaching and either they never got there or they were turned around at some point some kind of light well perhaps that's the light we're talking about the ultimate connection with the the one who spoke and the role came into being the light of the world therefore ready for this For some reason, we're concluding that the we're going to call we're going to call not we the Torah itself. God calls the death of the righteous Yakar. What is Yakar? Yakar is something valuable. It's something desirable. It's something expensive. It's something that is dear. That's what you were reading the kakar which is referring to the Torah itself. and we're going to come across the PK where the clear got the name the title of his book from soon enough. So he he brings down a proof for this idea in Psalms 116:15 which you'll see is number six. Now I don't like this translation. It says difficult in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his pious ones. What does it mean difficult? God does not want to see his righteous ones die. That's what it seems to say in English. I'm sorry. In Hebrew, it says remember the word yakar does not mean difficult. It means that's dear and it's precious. It could also mean why something valuable? Because there's not a lot of it. Okay, we're going to see that also. Something that's rare. Rare. So we we'll leave it as difficult for the time being. But if actually just for um practical purpose, if you look in source number seven, it's already on page two at the the near the top of seven where I had it bolded or uh bigger font. They translated [clears throat] in safaria, precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. That's how they translate that verse. But everywhere else I looked, whether it was um you know, art scroll, whether it was kabad, they all translate as difficult. So keep in mind when it says difficult in the eyes of the Lord, that means it it's it's it's precious. Look in Rashi there. Number six, the holy one blessed me showed me that it is a difficult thing and heavy in his eyes to kill his pious ones. So that means it's rare or it's it's it's valuable. There's some value there, but it's uh it's it's not something that you it's something difficult to let go of because it's so valuable. Perhaps that's how we're reading it. So let's go on back in the in thear just be below the word. So we just read that verse in Psalms 116:15 like it says in we're going to bring this medish. Now he's going to compare two midrashim. This med says there are 10 things that wereim that were created in the world. There are 10 things. There are 10 things that were created as valuable or dear in the world. And we're going to go through them. Later in the next paragraph, we're going to find that God created 10 things that are called that are called life. And we're going to compare the two the two lists. Okay, let's start with the first list. Torah. Let me You know what? I'll just tell you what the 10 are first. You can write them down. Torah proving the fourth is which is knowledge. Which is why is that on this list? Folly. Folly is valuable is your car. Oer wealth. That's number six. Israel is number seven. [snorts] Is number eight. Righteous people sadikim is number nine. And the death of the sadikim is number 10. So let's just go through them as quick as possible just to show show you the proof text. The word yakar appears by each one every one of these in the Hebrews. So some of these are typos. But if you look in Mish Proverbs 3:15, you'll find that on the English source sheet where number eight, it's talking about the Torah. It is more precious than pearls, right? It's more precious than pearls and all your desirable things cannot be compared to it. So the Torah is called Yakar. And the next thing on the list is prophecy. Prophecy is called Yakar. Let's look in 1 Samuel 3:1. It's number nine on the source sheet. And the lad Samuel was serving the Lord before A. Now the word of the Lord was withheld in those days. Vision had not broken through. Now what does it mean that the the word of the Lord was look in the Hebrew it was valuable I mentioned it's like called withheld if it's something very valuable you hold on to it with dear life well we're going to see what does it really mean look at rashi the word withheld withheld means your card dear dear but wait till you see this in proverbs 17:27 which is number 10 on the source which we're going to see about knowledge. He who has knowledge keeps back his words. You withhold your words because they're so dear. He whose breath is dear is a man of understanding. And here Rashi says, what does it mean that he held back his words? He who has knowledge does not talk excessively. And what does it mean? Whose breath is clear? Whose words are clear? Meaning he keeps back his words. He who keeps back his words is a man of understanding. So we're calling it Yakar. So first of all, the Torah was called Yakar. Prophecy. It says it was withheld. But it really means it was so precious. Each word, each breath was, you know, thought out extremely well to which is understanding. Look in Proverbs 17:27, which we just read. He who has knowledge keeps back his words. Okay. Um, what about dot? Dot is knowledge. It's it's it's um it's it's similar to it's knowledge. So look also in Proverbs 20:15. It's number 11 on the source sheet. There is gold and many pearls, but the lips of knowledge are like a precious vessel. in Hebrew, right? There's gold and many pearls, but the lips of knowledge are like a precious vessel. They hold back. They're holding back. It's again, but it's it's precious vessel. That is the um the what do you call it? The name on the boat. The clea car. You buy a boat, a yacht, name it the clea car. Okay. and then take me for a ride. Now, this was sickless. That's a really hard one to imagine why folly is included in this list. Well, I'll tell you why. The Gomorrah tells us that the sages when they began their shirim, they would always begin with a joke. Why? What's the benefit of folly? Especially in a serious moment like starting a shir. So there's an idea to be able to distinguish between folly and wisdom. A little bit of folly, we're not talking about a lot, just a little bit, a a very measured amount of folly is actually quite good because then you're able to distinguish truth from falsehood. And the verse he brings down is, if I'm not mistaken, [clears throat] it's in Ecclesiastes 10:1. Look number 12 on the source sheet. Uh it's really the second part of the verse. Drying flies make putrid and foamy the oil oil of a perfumer. So does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor. It says a little bit of folly a little bit of folly can it can actually help the wisdom uh let's say perpetuate. Okay. Now what about wealth? Wealth is valuable in what way? If you use it right. So in um I'm mistaken Proverbs 12:27 number 13 on the shore sheet sore sheet he will not roast his prey of deceit but the wealth of an honest man is precious let's look at Rashi on that when Rashi says the top line of page three what does it mean but the wealth of an honest man is precious This is an inverted verse. But the wealth of a man who is honest is precious. We're talking about the man who's honest. He's the wealth of him. He that is precious only if you're honest. And so it's not just general wealth. Okay. Seven is Israel. Why is Israel called Yakar? Well, in Jeremiah 31:1 19, we are remember Ephraim was one of the largest tribes and it says in Jeremiah 31:19 vereni Ephraim Ephraim, my son is dear to me. Okay. Um, by the way, who's speaking this according to Rashi? These are the words of theina. That's how dear Israel is to God. Then what about is dear to Hashem. Look at Psalms 36:8. How precious is your kindness, oh God. Okay. And the sons of men shall walk shall take refuge in the shadow of your wings. Well, it's only the the righteous that are going to take shelter. Look at Rashi. How precious is your kindness. Is it not fitting that it be extended to those wicked to these wicked? But the children of men who take refuge in the shadow of your wings, they will be sad from the fat of your house. No, it's going to be the righteous people. The next verse is referring to we just read. No, that was okay. So now what about righteous people? So in Psalms 139:17, "And to me, how dear are your friends, O Lord, now it says, how great is their son," which is interesting because in the Hebrew lima, right? How and to me how dear are your friends God maim which is how great is their son look at rashi what does it mean the who's speaking the congregation of Israel says how esteemed in my eyes are the righteous in every generation and what does it mean how great are their sum the calculation of their counting and expression like we say in pars this part in the count in the counting in Exodus chapter 30:12 when every time you do a um a census when you take the ro you take the heads okay so this is the idea to me how dear are your friends oh lord how great is their son it's talking about the counting of the Jewish people sadikim now the last the last um source on this in this midrash is the death of sadikim which is really the topic how is it that the death ofikim are is considered uh we said before difficult or dear in the eyes of Hashem but that's what the verse says in that was the first verse we brought in Psalms 116 15 right that the death of the the righteous theim the pious ones are difficult or dear or withheld something in that nature. Now that is the first paragraph. [snorts] So now let's begin the next paragraph which is going to talk about the 10 things that are called. But before we get there he gives a little bit of some philosophical ideas here. He says, "Okay, there were these 10 things that we mentioned in the midrash and they're all called dear, precious, valuable. He's bring he's now going in a direction because the next measures we're going to see there's 10 things that are called these things bring you to life. this eternal life and there are 10 things that are called he says the very fact that they're called and they bring you to this is like a building block for the the entire discussion what is a bin of so in short it's basically serving as some type of prototype uh to to establish in a general rule which is going to create a broader legal framework it's much like the building blocks for logic. So that's what we're doing here. Starting off with the basic idea that the death of is called. That was based on at least the last verse if not the entire medish. anything of value is now this is what sets us apart from probably the Christians and the Islamists that it's not it's certainly not the death itself that is considered valuable. No, that's not the point of death. It's only because through that I'm going to call it a birthing process. You're going into the next world. That death is bringing you to the next world. That's why it's valuable. That's what uh death does. It's not that there's value in the death, but there's value in the opening the door, the portal to the next world, to the eternal world. So [clears throat] too all these 10 things that we mentioned are called valuable because of the life that's embedded in them. There's this life force that you're entering by way the kazal mentioned in the midash in the rebi 34 and it says like this there are 10 things that are called [snorts] now I just want to mention that the same as the previous uh medish the English source that I brought down it's not exactly in the same order and it's not even exactly the same verses Um, but we're going to use the clear version and it starts off like this. [clears throat] He's the first thing that's called life. Hashem is called life. In Deuteronomy 4:23, where do we have that on the source sheet? It's um, it's number 18. It's number five. Sorry. It's 5:23 of Deuteronomy. Number 18 on the source sheet. For who is there of all flesh who heard the voice of the living God? God himself is called and we have it. Elohim, he's called the living God. Speaking from the midst of the fire as we have and live. No people, no religion spoke to God directly with three million people, right? You always had these oneoffs. one person, maybe a group of people, but that was it. If God wants a revelation, he'll make sure to make sure that we all hear it. Okay. The next ver the next thing that's called life is called Torah. The Torah itself is called life as we see in Proverbs 3:18. Uh 3:18 number um number 19 on the source sheet. It's called a tree of life. And Israel is called, as we see in Deuteronomy 4:4, but you who cleave to the Lord your God are alive. All of you this day, right? You're all alive today. And what about wise people are called alive as it says in proverbs 13:14 21 on the source sheet the instruction of a wise man is a spring of life to right the Torah the instructions of the wise is the source of life is a spring of life and what about sadikim the same it's in proverbs 11:30 30 the fruit the deeds the produce of a righteous man is it's also called life a tree of life and gaden is called it says in Genesis 2:9 and number 23 on the source sheet and the Lord God causes to sprout from the ground every tree pleasant to see and good to and the tree of life in the midst of the garden. So the garden of Eden is also called the and what about water? water is called as we know also it's in bra it's in proverbs chapter 26:19 uh it says actually Genesis sorry Genesis 26:19 24 in the source sheet and Isaac's servants dug in the valley and they found there a well of living waters they found these waters these living waters therefore M is also called the land of Israel Erit Israel it says in Ezekiel 26:20 but I shall bestow beauty upon the land of the living right where do we see that in number 25 on the source sheet I place beauty I bestow So beauty upon the land of the living. That's talking about it. And what about is also called it says in Psalm 63:4, "For your kindness is better than life." Okay, so truth is if if if it's better than life, then it's not really called life. But we we'll we'll we'll go with it. Okay, we'll we'll take that as a source. And what about is also called and he brings a verse in Psalms 1169 which we saw earlier. Um, I shall walk before the Lord in the lands of the living and that is also referring to. Okay, now that we heard these two different midrashim, 10 things are called, 10 things are called and the clear kind of got the point across to us that why are they called? because they bring you to all those 10 things they're called. Well, at least life it right. They bring you to the eternal life. That's why they're called. So now what he's going to do, he's going to match up and show you how one medish, each one of the 10 are corresponding or parallel to one of the 10 things in the other medish referring to. Now the truth is we're only going to go through the first five. Next year we'll go through the next five. But let's start with the par the introduction introductory paragraph. These these 10 things that are called they themselves are things that are also called they're they're equivalent those things are called why anything that is not now it doesn't mean in existence It could mean not common place. I think it means not tangible. It's so not there. It's intangible. Okay. There's something ethereal, esoteric because they do exist, but they that's the real existence, but they don't exist in a tangible way. Let's see. So anything that is on this level of not tangible is considered valuable. So too these 10 things that were mentioned all of them they bring you to to eternal life which is in the which is the world to come which like I said is not tangible. It's there. It's in existence. It's the true existence. What it really means is that it's not available. It's not found within the grasp of the intellectual human grasp. And the verse he brings as proof of that is in Isaiah 64. Isaiah 64:E3. Where is it on the source sheet? It's number 28. It's really the the highlighted words. Um, no eye had ever seen a god besides you. I loaim. What this verse is actually referring to, the Gmorrah explains, is that there are many, many blessings in the Torah. There are many rewards mentioned in the Torah. And the whole discussion of the Gmorra, who's greater, a baluva, someone who sinned and came back and repented or someone who never sinned. I mean, that's not the only discussion, but that's the one most people remember over there. There's a lot of discussions about who is greater. And this is just one of them. And the truth is the Gmorrah does not conclude one way or the other. But most people think the bachuva is greater because of a statement. The statement is that where a bachuva stands even a completely righteous person cannot stand that may be true. That doesn't make it at the conclusion of the gumar. Okay. So this idea is that no eye is ever seen when it lists all of the different let's say people that are greater than the other people. They it says the kammorrah says that the lower level they're the ones who are going to get the reward written in the scripture. All the the beautiful rewards that are described in the scripture for the reward for the people who died that's for the lower level. But the people on the highest level no eye has ever seen. Nobody can even it's beyond description. Is that you you understand that it's beyond description. It's indescribable. Am I using the word correctly? Undescribable. Indescribable. So that's what it means. Now we're going to begin with comparing the two lists. Olive huikar. prophecy is called Yakar and we already saw 1st Samuel 3:1 where it said hayakar that the word of Hashem was withheld which means that a smart person doesn't say everything right the wiser you are the more careful you are with the your words so prophecy is called And we said that God himself, he's alive. He's so matching up prophecy with God. I can see the relevance. The way to receive prophecy is by grasping by reaching by achieving a of hem a somehow we call it clinging an intimacy with God and within that relationship that then you'll come to the eternal world brings down in Sanhedrin uh page 90b brings down the verse which we I don't think we saw yet. Yeah, we did in Deuteronomy 4:4. You will cling to the Lord your God, right? Who's alive? All of you today, what does it mean? You all of you are alive today. Just like today all of you are in existence. So too you your promise this is God's promise. All of you will be in existence in the world to come. Now we understand why the word of God is considered is valuable because it's the word of God that's going to bring you to eternal life. What about bet? The second thing is the Torah. The Torah was called, right? And because it's the Torah itself that's going to bring you to eternal life. And it's Gmor Cassubis uh page 111b brings a verse from Isaiah. Isaiah 9619. We have it. Um no, it's actually 26:19. Sorry, it's 2619. >> Oh, source number 29. Source number 29. It's Isaiah 26:19. May your dead live. My corpses shall rise, awaken, and sing. You who dwell in the dust. For a dw of lights is your due. And to the earth you shall cast you shall cast the slackers. Now the the the the highlighted part for a do of lights is your due kal oros tala. Now I don't think the word lights it's fine to translate it that that way but it's it's it's you heard of tal tora. It's the Torah. It's the instructions of the do. In other words, what is the resurrection of the dead all about? It's partly going to be a tikun for our souls. In other words, we have to go through a process some call gehenn whatever it is the the the the judgment day and the soul has to go through a refining period. But even after that, even after that the body has to also undergo based on what you did with your body in this world. But it's it's on a soul level. So what happens is the body is going to be resurrected. What if you were lacking in doing certain mitzvah? I don't know if you heard this from me before. If let's say for example a man didn't put on to fill in properly his whole life or at some point it's enough that when he gets resurrected his arm will be lame or damaged m there'll be a blemish. If you look at the wrong things you you might have the person might have a damaged eye. So the tal to Torah that we do that the mitzvah that we do because they're connected they're parallel different organs like why would tell us there's 365 negative there's 248 positive and out of the 613 mitzvah and they're parallel to different parts of your body. It's specifically for this reason the tal tora the do the moisture of the Torah and mitzvah that we do infuse the body with the energy and the nutrients and the life force for the resurrection of the dead. And if we're lacking that limb could still be resurrect other limbs will be resurrected. That limb might be resurrected with a with a m blemish. the the the mentions this specifically in his introduction to the laws of Shabas and says listen every mitzvah the Tal Torah is going to resurrect one of the limbs which you could be resurrected with out of a a leg without a finger without an eye without an ear but you cannot be resurrected without a heart and he says shabas is the heart so he encourage everyone to learn and study hush shabas so that you don't make the mistakes at least if you're learning that will be a huge um let's say benefit it adds a lot of tal the tal of Torah okay so that's the last thing we read it says that's the verse as the clear says right after the verse anyone who involves themselves in the light of Torah. The Torah is the Torah will revive him. The Torah will cause that will be the cause for the resurrection of the dead. That's why we know the verse already that [snorts] the Torah is called the it's a tree of life to those who grasp hold of it. Okay. The third thing he brings down is understanding is called valuable. So those who understand those who understand they're called they're called alive as we saw already. I'm sure let's just see. Do I have the verse? Let's see. It should be number 30 on the source sheet. Deuteronomy 32:28. It says, "For there is a nation devoid of counsel and they have no understanding, which is we're going to like think of the negative of this or the positive of this. But the do have wait till you hear this. Who's wise? Perkyavas tells us besides one who learns from everybody. The one who's able to see the future. What does it mean to see to see that which yet born the unborn? I'm going to translate in my own words. Someone who's able to see the consequences of your actions. Not only your actions, but those around you. You can see the consequences of your actions. What's going to be the end? The end is that's the goal, right? That's where you want to be. So the the wise person is able to see and and this idea of understanding teaches you about this. Um I think that's the verse we just No, there's a verse Deuteronomy 32:28. Yeah, we just read that verse. That was the inverse that they didn't have. But those who do have wis have understanding have wisdom and they're able to yilu. They have this insight. I'm sorry. They're able to see the end. They're able to see what happens towards the end which infersto the main idea of understanding is to understand the end and through that you'll merit to have eternal life because it'll be so clear to you everything you do. What are you doing it for? Why are you doing it? And it says in Cohelis 7 verse2 number 31 in the source sheet for whoever is in the shade of wisdom is in the shade of money. I didn't highlight that because this is the important part. The advantage of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its possessor. So the one who has the wisdom the the he's using it for his advantage for what it's giving him life where in the world to come. Okay. The fourth thing knowledge is called okay so knowledge is called inar it's called precious and par to this parallel to this we mentioned the midrashen was called life what exactly is understanding what use knowledge. It's having the to be able to distinguish to be able to distinguish between right and wrong as it says in Genesis chapter 2 verse 9 2:9 right and the Lord caused to sprout from the ground every tree pleasant to see and good to eat and the tree of life is in the midst of the garden the tree of life that's one tree but there's also another tree and the tree of knowledge of good and evil had to ver the tree of knowledge to be able to distinguish between good and bad. So the clear ends this paragraph at the time that you're holding on to right he doesn't mean his own safer he's referring to the Torah to knowledge to wisdom which is who then you'll merit to the to be in the garden of Eden because there you'll have those two trees the tree tree of knowledge of good and evil and the tree of life. Okay, the last paragraph, remember this is only first five out of 10. The fifth one is sick which we said is mindboggling. Why would folly be in the category of value? Because it's it's only a little bit of folly. This is considered midas and not only is it considered valuable, it's something that's very good for man. It's a good trait for man to have. And we see in Cohelis 1 verse 18. I think you'll find that on the last page number 33. For in much wisdom is m must vexation. Now the Hebrew is is kovma roas. Kas usually means anchor. So let's understand it could be something not so very good. But so in a lot of wisdom there's something that is not very good. What could that be? You ever hear this? He's too smart for himself. You know, usually people get in trouble, right? They become big criminals. I don't know. But somebody could be a little bit too smart for him for his own good because and what could he do? What would be his downfall? To rely on his own wisdom and he's not going to learn what we said. Who's wise person? Someone who learns from everybody. But he's so smart he's got nothing to learn from nobody. I know that's a double negative, but you get the drift that he's so smart he was not willing to learn from anybody. Even David said regarding this in Psalm 63:22, I'm sorry, it's 73:22 number 434 on the source sheet. But I was brutish and I did not know. Now in the Hebrew van mean like a boore like a like real ignoramis and I didn't know. So this is actually like it's it's a good thing because then if you know that you don't know then you're willing to learn. And the clear says somewhere else he says the tas the goal the purpose of acquiring wisdom is to know that you don't know. I mean that's a pretty high level. How many of us are on that level? Anyway, he says when you have this attitude, I don't know, then you're able to learn amar and it also says in Psalms number 35 on the source sheet, King David says, "From all my teachers, I gained understanding lambdi. I was able to learn from everybody. Everybody, everyone I ran into is my teacher. we find by King Solomon, the smartest man. Well, if you knew you're the smartest man, could really get to your head. And apparently, King Solomon somehow relied on his at some point his unbelievable brilliance and wisdom and that was the cause of his downfall. Now we understand why a little bit of folly can be very dear and valuable because it's going to bring you to a healthy level of humility. And now we're talking about again it's going to be compared wisdom is really or let's say humility humility is compared to water. Why? Because when you place the water on a high place, it's always going to go down to the lowest place. And it's written also in Psalms 37:11 and number 36, the last source on this sheet. But the humble shall inherit the earth. I know I'd rather translate the meek shall inherit the earth. Okay, this is a very Jewish thing in Psalms 37:11. And when it says Yoshitz, what does it mean? Inherit the earth. The earth is not forever, right? Because this this is talking about forever. So how can it be forever? This world is a very uh temporary place. It's called the eritz, the land, the land of Israel especially. But we're talking about the world to come. He says when it's talking about that the the meek, the humble will inherit the earth. It's talking about the world to come. That's why the the folly, a little bit of folly. It's called because it brings a person to life ultimately through humility. And the medish mentioned about water. Water is also humble because not only does it go to its low lowest place, but it's a remekar. It always represents or it's hinting to the idea of humility as we mentioned. Listen, I mentioned this book is amazing. It's not in print. It's called the burim. I mean, it was in print. Hopefully, it will come back in print. Uh, good 10 pages. We only read two pages on this para and we'll next year what we'll do is bleed is we'll do like a quick recap and move forward and hear about the other five uh things or parallel from the first medish about what's considered and what is considered and how they match and hopefully that we can all find some some piece of this teaching to enter our hearts to become better people number one at least we have a better grasp of Hebrew familiarize with some more words from more familiar with the teachings of our sages and uh with that I just want to end that it's raining right it's raining a little bit so uh not only do we pray that it should we're praying for it to rain in the winter but it should also ratem reign in the right place, the right time, and the right amount. And for those who know what I'm speaking about will know, but anyway, we'll say good shabas to everybody and have a great life and a great winter and stay warm. Call to [music] [singing] [music] You see your [singing] body [music] [singing] [music] shing. [singing]