The Nations Perceive Israel Achieving Victory in a Supernatural Way with Rabbi Aaron Dovid Poston

Heat. Heat. [Music] Shalom. Welcome back to the ya mash. Welcome home to Torah. A warm welcome home to Torah. As you know, we've been using for years the clear car and we have made a little bit of a switch. Uh maybe it's a higher madrega I don't know but we're using the safer ear gorim by the very same clear okay so that's what we've been using for the last few weeks switch gears and it's mainly mainly based on medish so he's giving over the same fundamental concepts that's what the clear car gives over fundamental concepts that we all have to know and live with and u basically the world runs on Torah Uh, I just want to mention that we do encourage you to use the original Hebrew sheets. You don't get a color, you get just black and white. But down below there's a link where you could find the sheets for this uh this year. So, we're starting off in parasal which is in numbers kafet. That's the chapter 22 and it's verse two and really four. We're going to focus on four on those words. How often have we read these verses and not really asked the questions that the clear and anytime I mention clear the disclaimer is we're talking about the gioreim unless I mention the clear mentions it somewhere else as a introduction which I didn't I did not put on the source sheets I think it's important we all know peravote very important that um that chim Sadik. He was one of the remainder one of those who remained from the ankola and he used to say for on three things the world exists. The world stands without these three things the world would turn back to vo and that's Torah aod and gusadim. That's Torah meaning Torah learning practice of Torah perhaps giving those um and a we'll call prayer it really means originally the service in the temple but our prayer replaces that and it's in conjunction with it really is synonymous with prayer and go helping people and people in need so know that the clear says in other places that when Moses is sitting on the rock and Yahushua is out there fighting with Amalik. And Moses when he raises his hands, we're overcoming the Amalachites. And God forbid when he ra when he lowers his hands, were weak and they're overcoming us. Very important to know that these three things that we just mentioned is what the clear says is happening at this moment with a rock. He's sitting on the rock. His hands are very heavy. How can you hold him off so long? So you have Moses represents Torah. Who's on his right? Aon Aon Hako. He represents a voda. And who's on his left? Miriam's son who represents. It wouldn't would not be appropriate to have a woman standing up on top of the mountain, everyone looking at her. So her son is representing what she embodies which is the embodiment of she kept the children alive and she risked her own life her and her mother they fed those children right that Pharaoh wanted to kill they right they hid them they did everything they could to keep these babies alive and that's called the embodiment of is represented by Miriam in the Mishna perkyavot with that in Let's begin. So the pik says as you notice in source number one right balak benipur who's balak he's the son of and he heard he saw the he saw also now obviously is what just happened okay with the war of og but guess what according to the clear in another face. He was a king, of course. And he read the chronicles, right? We have a historian here. Only the uh the the um the educated, they were able to read. And the kings had either they read themselves or they had someone read to them. And he heard what Yakov did to okay. And we're going to see why because the idea is as Rashi will tell us that. Well, let let's go on. The question really becomes the moav zikn midian in verse four moav said to the elders of midian and rashi tells us right away they were enemies they were sworn enemies and yet can you imagine one enemy of each other they're going to console or uh I'm sorry ask for counsel they're going to ask for advice they're going to try to chummy up and become an ally of the of their enemy because of the Jews because Israel is coming and And that's what the that's what Rashi actually says. Look in the English number it's it's source number one. But Rashi, right? What does it mean that Moab approaches and speaks to the elders of Midian? And it's a rhetorical question. But did they not always hate each other? Weren't they sworn enemies? You go back to Genesis 36:35 with the the war of the four kings and the five kings, right? Was whom defeated Midian in the field of Moab. They were sworn enemies. So when Midian had come against Moab in battle, so why? They always hated each other. However, so why did they come and ask for some kind of advice? Because of their mutual fear of Israel, right? Two allies. Your enemy is my enemy. How does it work? How does anybody know how that statement goes? The enemy of my enemy is the the enemy of my enemy is my friend. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. So since Israel was coming now into the land of Israel, these two uh these two states, these two uh kingdoms come together. It says because of their mutual fear of Israel, they made peace with each other. But the question we all have to ask why did what did Moab see? What was what were they concerned about that they approached them? There was a fear, but they approached them. So they saw that Israel was supernaturally victorious in their battles. I just want you to stop for one second. I read today and I did I read it already a few days ago during this so-called 12-day war with uh with Iran with Persia. There were hundreds hundreds of sorties. These these planes were in the air. They were refueling I you know 24 hours for 12 days mamish. And every time they came in for a pit stop, the secular mechanics could not believe that the engines and all the mechanics were in pristine condition. The statistical uh you know possibility of planes having issues is pretty high especially when you're running them at the type of speed or you know consistence and distance that they were doing. I just want you to mention. So basically since they saw Israel was supernaturally victorious in their battle. So why would Moab approach Midian? Because where did Moses grow up? He grew up from the age 20 to to 80 in Midian. They wanted to know what's his secret. What are the characteristics? What are his strong points? What are his weak points? that who who else to ask other than the Midianites because they would know him or they would know the information uh intimately. So they said the leader of these people that's Moshe was raised in Midian. Let's ask them what his character is. And guess what they told him? That his strength is solely in his mouth. Now that's a very awkward answer because we all know that Moses had a speech impediment, right? And there's no he himself said it, right? We can read the midrashing, but he himself had said it and that was a problem for him. So how is it that his strength that the Midionites knew and conveyed over to the Moabites that his strength is solely in his mouth? But let's just say all that is clear. They decided, okay, so what are we going to do? We have to find somebody who also has strengthen. And they found this sorcerer who's able to curse people. So they they hired Bum by saying we too will come against them with a man whose strength is in his mouth. We call him Mosha Rabenu because he is our teacher. But on another level, he's the embodiment of Amra, right? It says that um he is connected Amra. If you put a scale, put Moses on one side of the scale and you put 600,000 Jews on the other side of the scale, guess what? It would be even. He gave his life for us. He was willing to give his life for us. He was such miraffes. That's why we owe everything on a certain level to Mosher Rabenu besides the teachings, the Messier Nephes. So look in the in the Hebrew sheets. You all have the Hebrew sheets. I'll just read through the midrash real quick in Hebrew. Right. Exactly as we translated it, right? They knew he grew up in Midian. So they asked, "What are his character traits? What are his strengths? What are his weaknesses?" And they said, the only strength he has is in his mouth. And so they said we're going to get somebody also who has the strength in his mouth. Okay. So now let's begin with the and see what he has to say. His claim is we already discussed this earlier on parishes shik shik sh Israel shenikim that the Jewish people are called firstborn right we are the firstborn to whom to hashem god himself says it in exodus 4:22 look in the source sheet number three and you shall say to pharaoh god says so this is what you're going to say to pharaoh so says the lord my firstborn son is is of is Israel Benihur is okay I'm not sure we need to see this rashi let me just see sorry um there is an interesting point in the rashi is that God made um Yakov the firstborn was he the firstborn I mean he did buy it then he becomes the firstborn how do you become the firstborn just by buying it God made him the firstborn. He really was the firstborn. And we're going to see, we know there's a that the firstborn receives double twice or double portion. So if there were five portions, I'm sorry, if there were five children, so the firstborn gets two six, right? And then everyone else gets a six. Okay? So do you remember and do you recall Asav gets a blessing and we look at it quite negatively. We we don't hold so highly of of this braha that you're going to live by your sword. What kind of life is that? But that's what it says. If you look in number four in the source sheet, Genesis 27:40, the by your sword you will live. Now if that's true by a non-firstborn ready for this I would say drum roll please but nobody has a table to do it that means Yakov got double by your sword you will live but what sword are we talking about a metaphysical sword means it's both meta and physical that's what metaphysical mean it's not just purely spiritual uh and I as I just mentioned about the I think Israel is pretty high up in in selling defensive uh munitions worldwide. Okay. So that's what the clear car is now saying. So the the firstborn gets double and by it says by your sword you will live with this double sword. Maybe it means double-edged sword. But the two swords with right plural two swords we are able to what? What does it say? You know what that means? That we could be victorious over the nations. We will be victorious. the what are those two swords to and each one of them he'll prove is called a sword both the Torah and prayer has a relationship to the word sword to where does it say that in song of songs 3:8 right they all hold the sword it's number five on the sore sheet it's right 3:8 each one with his sword on his thigh. Well, it says they're all going to be skilled in warfare. Each man with his sword alo by his thigh. Rashi says what does it mean skilled in warfare? It means Torah, the war of Torah. And similarly the priests the Levim right and probably the cone are probably levim as well who surround it who camp around the tabernacle skilled in the order of their service each one with his sword his weapons the msora msaurus the Torah itself is the sword okay then he says and this in Sanhedrin uh page 7b we're not going to go through it. But basically just you should know and see that this PK is which right we just read is related to Torah. Okay. What about Tila? How is prayer related to a sword? So when Yakov is blessing Yseph, he's telling him I it's amazing. He actually says it was me with my sword and my bow that I captured or let's say overcame the Amorites. Remember how I mentioned before that Balac saw the chronicles and it was Yoseph Yakov. Yakov's taking responsibility which we know that he was not happy. He was not involved. Part of it was that he didn't know. But after the fact he's taking responsibility in the braha to Yoseph that I was responsible but how through my sword and my bow and rash he tells us it's a language of tila but he was praying for their success or through his prayers they succeeded and it also says in Psalms 1496 okay look in 1496 number eight on the source sheet Lofty praises of God is in their throats. Obviously, this King David and he's talking about prayer, the Jewish people speaking, a double-edged sword is in their hands. It's interesting the word, right? Even the word when you get to three, four, and everything else, it's pim or pim, sorry, pim, right? Pin. But when it's twice, it's two. It's P. P actually means the mouth. But the two with two mouths. Look what it says in the Hebrew, a sword with two edges, right? A pa is an edge. It's also a mouth. P. So a double-edged sword is in their hand, but it means with two mouths. We said one mouth is used for Torah. The other mouth we have is used for prayer. So the clear card continues after he said see it means prayer as well and he says and guess what we are praying and I want to encourage people to come to our minion it's not the only minion that's saying to him at the end um but we are praying right these are the words of the in order to take revenge or vengeance on the nations who have perscute us. Remember both Torah and are dependent on the mouth obviously in Psalms 145:21. You can see the number nine on the sore sheet. My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord and all flesh will bless his holy name forever and ever. Right? And the Hebrew Strawberry P. Okay. And Niss, you have to put yourself on mute. Okay. Let's continue. And then Torah, right? It's regarding to fill in, but it's nevertheless it's referring to the Torah in Exodus 13:9. You see that on number 10 on the source sheet. And it shall be to you as a sign upon your hand as a remembrance between your eyes in order that the law of the Lord shall be in your mouth. Right. So that's the should be in your mouth. This is a sword that has two edges, right? Two two edges or two mouths. And that's what a is. And that as is as we have explained. Okay. So let's continue. Now this is going to get a little complicated. Alicia, I need your help. It says in Deuteronomy 21:15. I don't think I brought it down. Yes, I did. Number 11. We know the Okay, we already have pretty much a rabbitic decree for the last thousand years. I know we have a Smarty here. Maybe they don't have it as long as we do. But a man should not have more than one wife. But in the Torah, according to Torah law, there is such a concept. What happens if you hate one of them and you love the other and they have children? Are you going to cheat the children based on your love or lack thereof of the mother of your wife? It's likely. You know what I mean? It's likely. And the Torah says just because you hate the mother of the firstborn doesn't mean you're going to detract your fatherhood and your yusha and any of that inheritance just because you weren't keen on the mother. So, interestingly enough, it's a little bit I'm going to say a lot counterintuitive what we're about to read. It will be when you have a man who has two wives as you see the verse in 21:15 Deuteronomy. Who is this? And he's got two wives. I thought we were the only wives. I thought we were right. Guess what? He can have a wife that he loves and he can have a wife that he hates or I should say and therefore he's going to treat the kids differently or not differently. But we're entering a whole thought process that this could be referring to Hashem himself who actually is called is mil. Now I'm not going to translate as a man of war. I called a master of war but it still works. It doesn't matter. The fact is the word ish means a man, a man of war, a master of war. And that's therefore the clearar is trying to explain how Hashem can have two wives cuz he's the male, the master, the mister. And who are these two wives? One is the nations and the other is us. First we have to establish that the non-Jews can also be called women or wives. Now when you read Shir Shirim Song of Songs chapter 2:7 to me it would not be at all clear that it's talking about the go Rashi says it's talking about the non the non-Jews. I assure you I swear to you oh daughters of Jerusalem by the gazels or by the hinds of the field that you neither awaken nor rouse the love while it is derious. Um desires desirous Rashi says you the nations now this is not the topic for this evening but there are these three famous oaths you're aware of that that Hashem made the Jews swear that we would not come up to Israel making aliyah like a tsunami like a wall like a tidal wave but trickle in seems like it's happening then he also made usware that we wouldn't rebel against the nations which probably is also happening. And then the third made the nations swear that they would not overly pers pro persecute us. And they have failed. They actually famous rabbi many rabbis have said that these oaths are no longer applicable because since the the nations have overstepped their persecution of us we are no longer beholdened by the first two that are upon incumbent upon us. I don't if you ever heard it but that's not for tonight. Okay. Um but that is the verse. In fact, I actually have from the art scroll. You guys don't have it. I have to apologize, but it's hard to imagine that God has the we're going to say the nation of Israel who he hates and it's the non-Jews who he loves because that's what we're about to say. So, before we get into that, let me just tell you what the art scroll mentions over here. If you dare to provoke God to hate me or disturb his love for me while he still desires it, that's the next verse. What does that mean? According to the mitsudas, as reflected in the translation, Israel's warning the nations, Israel's warning the nations in times of Israel's spiritual weaknesses, the nations may entice it to sin and thereby gain God's affection for themselves, as it were. they will not succeed because sooner or later the Jews will repent and they will regain God's love. So with that in mind, let's continue where we left off on Shirim third line down on the left side says and that's where Rashi got it from. This is referring to the non-Jews or almarim that the we're talking about evil people. It says over in Jeremiah 51:30. Let's see if I can get there. It's number 15 on the source sheet. The mighty men of Babylon ceased to wage war. They dwelt in the fortresses. Their might has failed. They have become like women. So, we're talking about the non-Jews. They slipped or they they were weakened and they were like they were as women. They were like women. Yeah. Okay. So it says here the Israel came. So we see that the non-Jews are called wives. So too the Jews are called wives. Does it says in Isaiah 54:5 it says right that your husband made you your master is your maker that means Hashem is not just our maker but he is our husband so we are the wife now this is where it gets counterintuitive one is beloved right we all know we all come from the old country we love to go back to shop, right? Well, guess what? So, they're all loved, right? Is that really love? That's by the nations. What about the hated ones? Ali Israel. Who hates them? The Rashian hate us, right? You ever see those little gosh the the the media is full of these? I don't know what they're called anymore, but the crackpots, right? absolute mishuginas who are you wearing kafias and they're saying these words about Palestine which never was a country ever was shall be free it's just ridiculous but anyway so we know what they are and they hate the Jewish people and why do why are we hated so much I mean the words anti-semitism have been around for right for a long time this concept but we're going to see where it all began Again, it began at a place called Sai, the the the the name of the mountain in which the Torah was given. We'll see that's where hatred Sena came into the world. But the clear card says, why did they hate us? Why did the hate the Jews? You know why? because we have separated ourselves from their food and their drink. We don't eat with them. We don't dine with them. We don't eat their food. And what do what do they think? We're better than them. We're more restricted. Don't you think we'd love to have a good pepperoni pizza or uh I don't know, whatever it is that these guys like. Sure, we would love it. Okay. as it says on Gmor Shabus 89b to put it simply that the uh if you look at it number 17 on the source sheet what's the reason it's called Mount Si it's because it's a mountain upon which hatred that Cena for the nations of the world descended because they did not accept the Torah there's a hatred God is not happy with them right God's not exactly happy with them that they didn't accept the Torah on the mountain in which the pe the Jewish people did receive the Torah. Now, what's the real name? What does it sound like? Right? We've been talking about the sword the whole time and the disputes and that disputes the opinion of Rabbahu as Rab said really it's Mount Si that's its name. Why is it called Mount Sai? Why sorry, why is it actually called if it's Mount Sai? Because also is related to the word. It is because destruction of the nations of the world descended upon it. I say to the Jews, get with the program. I'll tell the same thing to the non-Jews. Get with the program. The seven laws. Okay, let's continue in the clear where we left off. So in the Hebrew, if you look in in the clear, he says, In other words, the mount itself at Mount Si, that's where this hatred by of God for idol worshippers entered the world. And the firstborn son would be hated. As it says, we know that the Jews are the firstborn. It says in Exodus 4:22. I think we've said that already. Israel. We all know the that the firstborn gets a double portion, right? He gets pneim. What does that mean? P mash meaning double. But again, two mouths. Al by way of what we said already in Psalms 149 verse6 they had a double-edged sword in their handsh meaning double or two mouths what did those two mouths did the Jews have to the nicrop so we know that it's called a mouth but it's also called a sword connected beer you know parallel to the brah that was given to whom to as that by your sword you shall live he got it only once we got it twice and it's with these two swords with these two the Jewish people are victorious we will be victorious always as it's brought down in gon uh page 57b be listen to the word I mean I never really even thought why does the word cole repeated it didn't have to be it could have said this is the voice of Yakov right yitzak is have is invited what he thought was asov to receive a braha and he's a little bit confused he's not sure who it is he's pretty sure it's the voice of yakov and the hebrew is vak kakov why is co twice I never even thought of the question until Now Bismako at the time that Jacob is tweeting you heard is chirping chirping twittering chirping with his voice notice he's singing the Torah prayers and by the way before I translate Asav is involved in all wars by the way this it's another point we'll talk about later I'm not sure today any war you know that Asov's involved. So the time that Yakov is praying or chirping with his voice, guess what? Asaf has no control, has no power over Yakov. not call. And the very fact that it is a double language, a used twice, an expression that used twice is to teach us or to hint us to be to remind us that it's both to that is somehow hanging and dependent on the voice on the on the on the remember how I began this year. You have these three pillars. the whole world is standing on and that would be Moshe represented Torah Aon representative Voda do not forget the Miamites that what you said Marmite you got a South African here uh so anyway I heard of Marmite it's maybe it's Australian I don't know but anyway people below the equator or outside of if you believe in the flat earth outside so they believe that that's like a vitamin it's like you have to take it right anyway Right. So we left off this idea that saddaka is now being brought in. Are you aware I hope you are that if you give saddaka you give a coin to a poor person you are blessed with six blessings. Isn't that amazing? However, if you open up your mouth and you console, you meth, you somehow maybe smile, try to uplift their spirits through words or through your mouth, you're blessed with an additional 11 braot and that equals 17. 6 + 11 17 which is to um the gummor baba bashra explains it. Um do I have here the verses? Um look in if you want you can look in Isaiah 58. Uh 7-9 are the first six braot and then verses 10 through 12 are the additional 11 brahos. You could see the difference between just giving money and giving money and speaking or consoling with your with your with your uh voice. So in Hebrew So that we already said you're blessed with six blessings just for giving and if you're mafiso if you somehow speak it out you're blessed with another 11 braot by the way in the maforim I looked in the garor okay we actually skipped over source number six in Sanhedrin 7 but it brings down this verse in song of songs chapter 3 verse 7 and 8 where it says that be behold it is the bed of Solomon By the way, that would be the base of Mikdash. 60 mighty mens are around it. Some people say, "Well, that's 60 men. What are you talking about?" By the way, there are 60 letters in and there are mazim. We're not talking about that right now. The 60 men, if it's the Sanhedrin, shouldn't there be 70 or 71? So if you look at the the actual puss itself, it says from the word nigur Israel. In other words, this when the from the word 60 mighty men, if you count, there's 11 words following it. And therefore, 60 + 11 is 71. So it's a hint to the Sanhedrin itself. That's what I wanted to show you guys. I thought that would be interesting. So we're back in the clear and the last thing we read was about the 11 extra braos and this is what it says in Exodus 17:1 Moshe the govar is whenever Moses was lifting his hands right as the scenario played out in the beginning that we spoke about then what would happen then the Jewish people would be strengthened the kashir whenever the Jewish people and I'm begging you, let's become really strong in Torah and prayer and doing when we're strong in these things. What happens in Torah? They're all three dependent on the yad. We already spoke about it being dependent on the mouth. What about the yad? So now the card the clear card is going into how the all three of these ideas also have to do with the handgra how is Torah depended on the hand says in Deuteronomy 33:2 where's that on the sheet [Applause] is it on the sheet yeah number 30 24 it's Deuteronomy 33 he said the Lord came from Sai and shone forth from Sy to them he appeared from Mount Tan and came with some of the holy myriads and in Hebrew miamino which always means his right hand lu there was the fiery law but it's miamino means his right hand so the hand the Torah comes from the hand there's Another idea that it's it there's a transmission miad lead right from rebi to student. It's a handoff. The msar means a handoff. That's also an idea. Miyad lead besides the fact it also came down in Moses' hands as tablets. It was in his hands. So there's a lot of other hints to the word hand having to do with Torah. And then he brings us to Gomorrah Braos 61a which it's an interesting idea here. I'll read it but it's based on a puss in proverbs 11 verse 21 says the sages taught one who counts money for a woman from his hand to her hand just in order to look at her. So look there's nothing wrong with giving a woman change. You put it on the counter and you don't stare at her, right? But if you're trying to just to look at her, you come up and you do a whole thing of, "Oh, I'll give you them to change." So even if the person was like Mosha Rabenu, they accumulated Torah and good deeds like Moshe, this person will not be absolved from the punishment of Gehenna. As this is King David, he says, All right. Right. Handto hand the evil man should not go unpunished. This is explained as one who hands money from his hand to her hand. Even if he received the Torah from God's own hand like just like Moshe, he would not be absolved from gehenn and he would be called evil. Okay. So we see how what the Torah is also yad lead meaning for good or for bad, right? Then what about sodaka? I think that's obvious, right? Seduck is given by the hand today. Even if you transfer it to someone's account, it's the push of a button, right? It's still it says in Deuteronomy 15:7, right? You're not allowed to close your hand to your brother who needs you, who needs your your money. Don't be tightfisted. Don't be a kaman, right? do not close your hand to your needy brother. Okay. Means open. You shall surely open your hand. What about toil? We used to pray like this. We used to pray like this. When the go started praying like this, we stopped. Okay. But this idea like our feet are together as if they're uh chained or roped together. We're submissive. So too the idea the hands were like that. How and why we stopped apparently because of the non-Jews. We don't want to follow their customs. Hashem reads the heart. Okay. Anyway, so the clear car begins by the statement. What about as it says in Psalm 63:5? Then I will bless you in my lifetime. It's number 27. in your name I shall lift my hands right says when it says I lift my hands it means to pray very obvious and this is what is said remember Moses raised his hands and the Jews were victorious or strengthened over the uh the amalikites We won. Oh yeah, it says all over the city, all over the country. Right. Right. We're going to be victorious in Hebrew. Right. We're going to be victorious. We're going to if we're only together if there's only enough unity. And I believe that so much has been done by the Jewish people in the last year and a half coming up to two years. Uh it's a shame that tragedy brings it, right? But it did. And the unity is unbelievable. And so many people are doing and we should be given the strength and the clarity to continue. And he says the the last three lines, this is the strategy or the technique or the method, however you want to translate that word to do war. Those who who arrange uh the the wars, what do they take in their hands? They take a kerv a keshit min and shirion I'll translate as a a a sword a bow and arrow a a shield and armor and the clear will then go on for about eight more pages we don't have time for it but he goes into the details of what these four represent and how they all come down down to these three pillars and uh what I just hope like I said we can strengthen ourselves strengthen Am Israel strengthen CL no matter where they are in the world. They should come home. They should be strengthened in their faith and they shouldn't run out of gullis with their tail between their legs with nothing but the shirt on the back but rather sell while the prices are still good and uh especially New York especi don't move to Florida. I mean Florida's great but uh we're better. So think about anywhere we call we call it the west coast right? moved to Israel on the West Coast. Anyway, we love you and um I wish everyone a not only Shabbat shalom, but as we always say, a great life and we'll see you next week. [Music] My birthday [Music] sh my [Music]