What Every Jew and Noahide Needs to Know about Mitzvot with Rabbi Aaron Dovid Poston

anybody [Music] Shalom alaikum everybody welcome back to the ebony midrash welcome home to Torah a very warm welcome I'm glad you're all here because tonight's class is another absolutely fundamental you know foundational you're so dick you know fundamental principles of Judaism that I believe every Jew and every non-jew every righteous Gentile needs to know and it's based on the clear card of course we use the clear car as the the basis for our discussion in the Clear Car impartius a Kev okay and we're gonna be in chapter seven and really it's verse 12. now we do encourage you to all learn Hebrew so in the description box below is a link where you could find the the um the source sheets the Hebrew Source sheets for that particular Parsha for this particular Parsha if you're interested in getting the English Source sheets basically I just add English translations to some of the sources that are quoted here to make it easier to look up you don't have to Fumble around although it's always good to see them in the original another concept that I want to mention is that especially in tonight's class I always encourage you to look at and listen to the other classes on this Parsha we're not covering the whole partial we usually cover just a few verses however tonight's class is picking up it's almost like part two of the previous class where we're going to go more in depth towards let's say part two the second part of the class we're going to go much more in depth so down below there'll be a link to what we'll call the first part of this class although I will give you I'm hoping like in two or three minutes I know it won't be two or three minutes um some background okay so if you notice in Source One in the English I mentioned that the previously the P car emphasized in the beginning of parches akev that the word akev he is translating or attending to the idea of the Kim are a type of Mitzvah there's two type let's just say you can always divide any subject into two parts so there are myths vote there are Commandments that are called would be the mitzes that are not based on logic and reason they're more of religious nature um and the mishpatim are let's say civil laws between man and man things that Society needs to run and uh the the important lesson that the clear card gives over is to emphasize this idea that one should perform the hukim which are Mitzvahs without neces without reason just like you would with the with the mishpati meaning these are things that you know are right there's you know right and wrong you know it's right or wrong you know that there's uh I'm going to even call benefit for society and for the world that's what the mishpatimar the hukim are decrees from God without reason you should do them because God because God commanded you basically an even playing field I'm going to get into a little bit more and vice versa meaning that the mishpatim you should do because God decreed it the more religious nature and you should do the mishpatim even though they make sense and they feel good when you do them you should do them because God commanded you now that's for the Jews okay and we're going to say that even a Ben knock is going to learn a tremendous amount of wisdom they're a non-jew who wants to I'm going to use the words observe the Torah for them their motivation should be and you'll see why I'm saying this that when they do the seven or high laws when they do the whatever they're obligated to by the way it's not just seven there's seven principles and any logical um moral Mitzvah that's in the Torah they're also obligated in okay so the clear card really goes out of his way to emphasize that the who came should be done and performed just like the mishpati and the mishpatim should be performed just like you do the hooking and for the reasons we mentioned earlier so that for sure viewed the previous classes on that on that issue okay thank you Rashi had mentioned on verse 12. that why is the word achev used what does it mean literally means the heel but if you will heed the minor Commandments or in Hebrews kalot that what usually people are dashed by him they usually trample them with their heels and that is what the Torah is warning you you should you shouldn't treat them as of minor importance okay so it's very important that we equate the two and again you'll enjoy the previous class so we're going to pick up in the middle of tough shinyud that would be 710 in the clear car and halfway down the page he says what does it say at the end of the etch so if you go back to um chapter 7 verse I'm even going to tell you verse 9 but I only quoted 10 and 11 in Source number two so in verse 9 you must know that Hashem your God he is the god the faithful God who safeguards the Covenant and the kindness for those who love him and for those who observe his Commandments for a thousand Generations that's unbelievable that's incredible now verse 10 and he repays his enemies in his lifetime we have no idea what that means who are God's enemies if you read verse 9 you understand that God loves those who observe his Commandments for a thousand Generations so who does he not love that would be the enemy again it's very it's very um vague he repays his enemies in his lifetime to make him perish he will he shall not delay for his enemy in his lifetime he shall repay him now what I'm about to tell you you don't really see in the words until you really examine them carefully in the Hebrew son of Hashem will pay to those who hate him El panav to their face to cause their destruction to have they translated here um perish okay that's a good translation he doesn't delay he will pay them quickly let's say El penave again to his face very I would say vague because we don't understand exactly what it means God's enemies welcome and Michelle if you could just put yourself on silent that would be great mute long time no see okay so this idea of God hating somebody who in the world are these people and that God will what does it mean that he will not delay in pain in paying them so Michelle you're still not on mute I think you're the only one on not on here no ways okay so Rashi actually says what it means meaning during his lifetime God will pay him good reward what is going on here we're talking about God's enemies he's going to reward them but what does he do could why is he rewarding them now in this world in order to cause that person to be lost from the world to come there will not be any reward in the world to come there there won't even be the world to come for such a person unbelievable so who is this person that God is going to bless in this world and like I said in the beginning I believe every Jew must understand these principles and every god-loving Gentile should understand these principles as well okay because we're going to talk about the basis for a righteous a I'm going to say in Hebrew the one who's the ones amongst the Nations who are truly righteous and you gotta like be prepared for this so that's at the end of last week's Parsha then we turn the page and we go right into this is the reward for those who hearken to these ordinances we already said the word reward here akev is referring to the The Smiths that are not logical you do them equal to the mishpa team and then you will observe and perform them Hashem your God will safeguard for you the Covenant and the kindness and that's going to refer to the world to come the promise of eternal life okay so now let's just get into the clear card right away the clear card mentioned this verse right he's going to pay to those who hate him to their face to cause them to perish Ono he won't delay that payment meaning he's going to pay now in this world El penave to his face meaning in this world you shall aim Lo he will certainly pay him out you will guard the Mitzvahs remember there's two types the hooking and the mishpatim uh share and know him okay and which I command you today to do them now Rashi says there what does Rashi say there and we read it already during his lifetime low he's going to pay him gamulo atov whatever reward good reward is coming to him so who again who is the who are those that hate that God hates in order to take away in order to trouble them meaning to to take away from the the the reward in the world to come now right away the clay car is making a unbelievable assumption but he will take the Assumption and prove what he's talking about and the assumption is it's not just an assumption it's actually a principle the Kasha what's bothering what is bothering the clear class mitzvah if a non-jew fulfills a Mitzvah it doesn't matter which one even and especially the seven archive laws in which is question mark why is he considered or called hated by God at the time he's fulfilling a Mitzvah it doesn't make sense a non-jew who's doing a mitzvah means god commanded him he is what he's hated by God at the time he does it trust me if you really thought about this it certainly does not make sense God should love him so now the assumption is like this with absolute certainty since what we're talking about this non-jew I would even say drum roll please this is really the summation of what we spoke about as you'll see in in the earlier part of the clear card that we only summarized whom is even at the time at the moment that the person is non-jew is fulfilling a particular Mitzvah amongst what we're going to call the muscoliot The Logical well thought out intellectually stimulating or beneficial mitzvahs ET the Shah I'm going to say in this case we were describing the one that God hates he is only doing the Mitzvah or the we'll call it the kind the good act whatever that is for a a benefit it could be a psychological benefit could be an emotional benefit it could be an intellectual benefit but he's stealing the benefit at the moment that he's performing the mitzvah and perhaps because it's muscolio that's why he's doing it not a hoax I'm sorry therefore the clear card is claiming that this person has the status the din of somebody who basically made his own religion what does it mean he that he passed in for himself he made his own personal ruling he decided this is good for me not because God commanded him he's doing it because it's good for him and therefore therefore he will receive reward in this world Amen I mean it was so much that needs to be explained here you know we said that this person is not going to get the the reward in the world to come well he doesn't believe in it he doesn't believe in God he's not doing these missions because God commanded he's doing them only I'm talking about the one who does him only for the sake obviously if Ben Noah does it because yes it makes sense and especially because God commanded me or him he's not going to fit in this category this is the category where he's doing it only because it makes sense and not because God commanded him but God tells us the Jewish people about atem but you the Jewish people Lotus soon came do not do this to Hashem your God God hates this right but rather as it said in verse 11 the shamarta you shall guard and do and perform and observe all these mixes ready I share I know him because I'm the one that commanded you because I command you that's why you're going to do it and therefore I want to just add in now when the Ben Noah who wants to be righteous he's doing it because God commanded him and we're going to prove that that's the case then he gets reward in the world to come God is so kind he's not going to give you something you don't want you don't believe in him you don't think enough that maybe I should be doing it for the sake of God that maybe there is a world to come but you're doing it only because of the personal benefit God will give you your reward in this world because that is exactly what you do another measure for measure he's giving you exactly what you deserve you wanted some benefit in this world he's going to give you the benefit in this room and he will give it to you now and not later which I'm sure you're not interested in alone meaning to say it's on account that I commanded you that you're observing them that you're doing them and not for your own personal benefit not because of a psychological or a emotional benefit asthma mailer then what comes out automatically you Hamish as we said in last you know earlier in this partial which we skipped over the whole idea is that automatically both the mishpatim which are The Logical Mitzvahs and the hooking which are the illogical the superno above nature mitzviz they would be equal in your eyes you would be doing them for the same reason meaning because for two reasons well at least the mishpatine because God commanded you and they make sense and the who came because God commanded you and through this there's there's a connection therefore we're connecting the first verse in our weeks our weeks Parsha which is verse 12. and it will be remember the word akev is hinting to the idea of the hukim if you listen to them and you do them with just as much seriousness as Jesus fervor and passion the hook him as you do with the mishpatim then what will be what will be the azra Karen then for sure it's absolutely fitting that the prime reward will be guarded for you in the world to come and that's what it means at the end of that verse 12 the god the shama Hashem that God will guard for you the Brit and the cats and the kindness which he swear to your forefathers to give you okay that is first paragraph now next piece goes like this now I don't think it means the end of the weekly partnership at the end of these two paragraphs chapter 8 verse 20. now it's really I want you to look at 19 and 20. we're going to really look at 20 in depth but if you go to number four on the source sheet it says and it will be if you forget the Lord your God and follow other gods and worship them and prostrate yourself before them I bear witness against you this day that you will surely perish this is no question it's talking to the Jews about idol worship okay verse 20 is very awkward because this is where the clear card understands this idea as the Nations that the Lord destroys before you so will you perish since you will not obey the Lord your God so who's perishing the Jew who could be the one we just talked about doing idol worship the clear card is going to have another angle but why is it compared to the Nations who are going to be destroyed where did that even come up the clear card is going to separate verse 19 verse 20. so according to him right now he only wants us to look at verse 20 and it said like I mentioned in Hebrew foreign like the Nations that God will cause to perish before you so too today it also means because of Lotus Moon because you didn't listen because so just take this one verse on its own like the whoever they are they will perish so just like they perish it's because you did not do the hooking you didn't listen to the word to the voice of God as a command you were doing it only because it made sense that's in other words the regular guy who's a wise guy and that's not a little thing it's a huge thing a very smart and I'm going to call him Moro seemingly allegedly living a seemingly moral life but he doesn't believe in God he's not doing them because God commanded he only will be blessed in this world and not in the world to come and that's what it means that he will surely perish now the very fact that verse 19 is speaking about idol worship and it uses the word perishing twice the last two Hebrew words is the Jew who worships idols truth is probably by non-jews as well will perish in this world and the world to come that's why it says it twice whereas the you're gonna you're gonna perish like the going who don't listen to my word who don't take my Commandments seriously as a command you'll only have one till they doing there's only one aspect of perishing and so the distinct distinction here is drum roll please that thank you the The non-jew Who on his own decides This Is My Religion this is my way of life the seven Noah High laws because they make sense to me he will lose his place in the world to come but we'll be blessed in this world okay now let's go back into the clear card now that I gave that little bit of an introduction with the last paragraph on page tough shinyud visit chapter 8 verse 20. just like the Nations or the non-jews that Hashem is going to cause to Parish before you came to vedun so too you will perish just like them aquez the word akeb we know it's a hint to the cooking lot because you didn't listen to the be called the The Voice the command of Hashem your God so the clear car says this verse without all my explanation would have seemed Superfluous would have seemed not necessary because it already mentions in the verse 19 that you the Jewish surely perish okay that's his assumption because we didn't really understand the verses yet so what is verse 20 actually add that we didn't already know in verse 19. and furthermore he says and this is a fantastic question because how did the how did the Clio even know that we're going to say that was earlier on uh well let's just say like this how does the clear card understand in our verse when I say our verse I'm really talking about the last verses in parsha's veteran uh I mean verse 10 it says he repays his enemies in his lifetime to make him perish okay what does that have to do when you look at verse um chapter 8 verse 20 where it says like the he's actually making a comparison so he understands it like this is the question what in the world is a like in other words our verse says they like the going you will perish so why did he even have to say like the going just say you will perished we already saw that you were perish in verse 19. so what is verse 20 say now like the you will perish what is it to be compelled what is the Torah doing what is God trying to tell us what does Moshe telling us that like the goyam elevadai so he's telling us with absolute certainty that verse 20 does is not connected it's a separate idea because it would have been totally extra you wouldn't have needed it you're already going to be perishing in this world in the next World what is verse 20 actually add that it actually somehow connects to idol worship to goyam so he says we already know verse 19. in chapter 8 is dealing with other worship as the verse says [Applause] and it will be that if you forget meaning if you surely forget the Lord your God and you follow other gods and worship them and prostrate yourself before them of course just talking about about Azara because what other what else can it mean when it says you forgot the Lord your God and regarding that that's why it says the double language there's a double perishing as I mentioned the perishing in this world and a perishing in the world to come but he says it himself he says there's a double perishing meaning to say the one that worships idols he's nitrad um he will lose both he will be perished from both from getting any benefit uh in this world meaning any kind of bracha or reward in this world and any kind of bracha or reward in the world to come now afterwards it says so in verse 20 it's talking about a totally different type of perishing is only talking about a perishing in the world to come now I just want to mention before we go further how do we even know that non-jews have a place in the world to come is that an assumption they get a place in the world to come so I want to tell you that the rom-bomb says it and I believe that it's based on a gemara and Gaelic and um I want to bring it up now look at number five on the sourcing this is from the ROM bomb in Hopeless malachim um this is a chapter 8 well it's Mission 11. it's a halacha 11. so listen to these words anyone this is the rambam anyone who accepts this is all about uh by the way about non-jews anyone who accepts upon himself the Fulfillment of the seven mitzvot and is precise meaning he really makes every effort in their observance is considered one of the pious amongst the Gentiles and what does he say next and we'll have a merit in the world to come but there's a caveat he says this applies only so the will to come as a reward for the pious amongst the Nations who fulfill the Mitzvahs because they try is because he and only when he accepts them and fulfills them because the Holy One Blessed Be he commanded them command them the Torah as well as inform them through Moshe that's how we know and that Noah's descendants had been commanded to fill them previously now he writes something else however if that non-jew fulfills them out of intellectual conviction he's not a resident resident Alley we're going to read it in Hebrew that means a gertosov nor is he amongst the khasire um which we already said gets Allah but rather he's only amongst the wise of the Nations which are the um I want to read it in Hebrews so we understand that we're not making any uh you know mistakes here all that are accepting of these seven myths was and is careful precise loving to do them he is a monkster she is amongst the righteous of the Gentiles the righteous of the of the Nations and they will receive the reward in the world to come and the reason they accept them and they're going to do them is because God commanded them in the Torah rodiana Moshe which was informed us through by Moses through the toraham that even the there was a tradition already going back to Noah they would receive them but if you do it only because it makes sense because it's the most logical conclusion they don't have the Merit to live in Israel amongst the Jews and to be part of a Jewish Community as a non-jew vain which you already said that is the righteous Gentile that goes to heaven or has a portion in the world to come but rather only amongst the the wise the wise of the the non-jews okay so there's one more piece I wanted to go to the gemara and it's here I don't have a number I'm sorry but it's like below number 13 and before 14. it says Sanhedrin mishnah it's uh the chapter 11 in in uh in San Pedro it says all the Jewish people even Sinners even Sinners amongst the Jews and those who are liable to be executed by the way so the previous chapters before helic mentioned the different types of death penalties for Jews once you're guilty and you're put to death the person is put to death they executed then through um through the the debt process and perhaps whatever has to take place in a short period in gehenna the person will then go to omabah as it says hasn't share in the world to come and I kind of want to skip some of this but it says there are exceptions so not every Jew in other words it says all the Jews and then it gives you a whole list of Jews who don't now so who are the exceptions who do not have a share in the world to come one who says amazing there's no such thing as what as resurrection of the Dead Minotaur okay we're not going to go into that one but the next one is who's an exception a Jew says that the Torah is not from heaven so this applies to a Jew as well a Jew will lose his world to come if he doesn't believe that these Commandments are from God okay now what I didn't quote here the mission later on but by the way there's a few other exceptions of different types of attitudes but there are um there's a list of four three kings and four common Folk in the list of the common folks billum is listed why is Bill Enlisted the whole mission is about Jews all Jews have a world to come call you sorry yes and then in this exceptions for the Jews allegedly I think once you see the word villain is listed and this I'm not making this up this is clearly accepted amongst many billum is not Jewish and therefore that's proof that all Jews have a place in the world to come and only select non-jews okay non-jews have a portion of the world to come as well is an example of a non-jew not getting so in other words once you list the non-jew that's not getting then you understood that non-jews can not all but there's there right and there's no doubt in my mind that everything I learned about the rambam and what we we hold by the seven nokai laws that if you believe that God commanded them then you go to the heaven if you don't you're lonely listen amongst the wise of the Nations and there's no world to come waiting for you I I hope this really penetrates those people especially the Jews of course that we do the Mitzvahs the hukim and we understand that we're doing the because God commanded and the mishpatim don't forget God commanded them as well do them also for the same reason because God commanded but importantly for the non-jew to really come and be you know let it sit well with you this understanding examine the Torah come to believe that detours from heaven or or or deny it but in other words investigate it okay check it out so going back into the Clear Car the last thing we read was that the the the idea that uh of that Tove Dune in verse 19 was said twice that was talking about Azara so the person loses both this world in the next World and then afterwards verse 20 is only talking about one of the one type of loss and that would only be the loss of Allah so that's where we would pick up third line down five words from the end if someone is not fulfilling the word again is a hint to the idea of the hukim the hukim again are those that are not obvious benefits since the benefits of the Mitzvahs are not obvious or perceived in this world like not wearing shortness like picking up a little loving this rug whatever it is things that are eating matzo and PESA Mitzvah then what happens is most likely even what one does fulfill from the mitzvos he's that he would only be doing it for some kind of benefit and that is what the verse is talking about in chapter 8 verse 20. Hashem like the Nations who Shem only causes the Persian One Way meaning in the world to come but not in this world he'll better he'll he'll give you the reward for doing the misses in this world and he's referring to this is exactly what it means in chapters 7 verse 10 meaning the last couple verses of last week's Parsha that God says Michelle that God will pay he'll pay to those who hate him to their face to destroy them to cause them to perish that's from the world to come came so too you will perish mean that's in verse 20. that's the extension just like the non-jews who don't take my word seriously they will perish in the world to come so to you minola you the Jew as well like rambam says and now we're going to give a reason for this idea when it says you're not listening to you're not taking seriously just as akev we said it means it's since you're not listening you're not taking seriously the Mitzvahs that are hinted in akev mashma what does that infer that inference the one who does take seriously the one who does fulfill the and again for none Jew a righteous Gentile all the Mitzvahs that are muscolio that are logical do them because God commanded you to do them it's going to make a huge difference for eternity I hope that lesson is getting clear so he says there right someone who fulfills those Mitzvahs like the hookim as if they're doing hooking for sure the Jew so they're going to eat the fruit in this world meaning there will be some benefits because God will bless the person in this world and the principle the prime reward will be waiting for the person in the world to come and that's why it says here and right in the end of our verse 12 that God will guard for you the Brit is the Covenant the promise and the hasid the kindness and that's awaiting for you in the world to come okay so the clear car is going to continue vishama Hashem he's so he's going to point out a few things in verse 12 God will guard for you the Covenant which he swear to your forefathers so the clear card points out the word okay what does it mean he says that the word is actually coming to answer machine God's going to guard for you the Brit the Covenant it's going to guide for you what he swore to your forefathers now let me ask you something God swore to our forefronts Abraham Isaac Jacob your seed will inherit this land you guys are very special you're unique is this conditional in other words no matter how we behave no matter how we Act is this unconditional love that God will no matter what provide you with uh no we already know we already saw those exceptions it's mommish individually so let's see how he explains it he actually asks a very good question hello tonight is it not this this oath the god swertres wasn't it um it was not unconditional I mean he's really asking a rhetorical question you mean even if you didn't Merit it is that God would or would not like is it dependent on what you do is gonna fulfill his oath no avail okay this is what it comes down to yes God has promised the nation the nation call Israel but individuals can lose it if you personally don't marry it you will lose out even as a Jew like it said like Moses was promised God wanted to destroy the Jewish people and he said I'm going to make up with you look in Exodus chapter 32 verse 10. where do we see it on our sheep it's number six right so Moses is praying for the uh for the for the atonement for the Forgiveness of the Jewish people God says now leave me alone and my anger will be kindled against them so that I will annihilate them take the Jews out but not all of them because he's going to start over with Moses a Jew Moses is part of Israel so he's never going to get rid of the Jewish people never going to get rid of the Jewish people he would start over with Moshe so the individual there's no guarantee there's no guarantee is what he's saying so if you do Merit then you will marry in this generation to be part of the club that's why it says now think about the verse think about the verse we're talking about verse 12. so when you look at verse 12 it says plural and it will be that if you listen right there will be a reward if you listen to shmoon as a mishpatam ushartem and you all collectively perform them I'm sorry uh keep them and perform them and then all of a sudden right away it switches to singular in the mid-sentence the beginning is all plural and now it says and God will guard for you individually which he swore to your forefathers so one second the clear card points this out and he says the fact that what from the very fact that is a singular language even though the verse started out speaking to the harmony to the whole uh plural people Niko makom his nevertheless mid-sense it changes too individually live remote lermos to hint to what even to the world to come the the reward that is waiting for you as an individual in the world to come that there in the world to come will be created in individual living unit for each righteous person on their own now there is a Gamora here in Shabbos 152 a which is number seven I'll just read it real quick the Gilmore interprets the continuation of a previous verse that said literally a person goes to his Eternal home what does it mean his eternal home this is in Ecclesiastes cohalis 12 5 review said this teaches that each and every righteous person is given a dwelling place in the world to come in accordance with his personal honor what you deserve or what you don't deserve maybe it's Grace and kindness but what you earned so to speak the gamot offers a parable Parable in which a King enters a city along with his servants so they're all coming into the city the big entourage guess what they all come in through the same gate when they enter they'll enter through a single gate however now you're going to go to sleep you think the king's quarters are any different than the Servants of course they are right you got the bed with the mosquito net right nice plush pillows you know maybe a gold goblet or two but you can just use your imagination when the king is offered his room so when they sleep each one is given a Dwelling Place in accordance with his honor so too although everyone dies we all go to the same gate right not everyone receives the same reward in the world to come it's individual it's custom-made okay so now we'll continue on with the Clear Car and it's we've got two more paragraphs to go verse 14. now this if you thought this was good so far wait till you hear this it's crazy stuff so this is number eight now depends how you want to translate this so the Chabad website says you shall be blessed Above All Peoples art scroll says you shall be blessed most like how does it say it's actually here um we told him at 7 10. and and oh I'm sorry 7 14. 7 14. you will be the Most Blessed of all peoples wait till you see this look at the Hebrew look at the Hebrew and they'll tell me how to translate it you will be blessed by all the people in other words the blessing is coming from the people every non-jew on the planet will bless the Jewish people what does it says what's the mem from now obviously it sounds great you're going to be blessed mostly by you know your your people are the Most Blessed you'll be blessed above listen to the Hebrew of the clear car he says there's a there's a there's a midrash ravati daresha they will bless you you're going to be blessed from them they're going to bless you does that make any sense what benefit is there in Israel to be blessed that's great that's very nice but what is that all about so there's a little bit of background by the way so this is 119 B I actually want to spend a lot of time on this um we have a little bit of time the Gamora says it's like this let me just tell you what the clear card just sums up in four words there's a malach a evil angel or a bad Angel has to say Amen now what is this referring to Friday night we come home from shul and we say right we're saying kiddish so when we come on Friday night we sing and everything's nice believe me if your beds were made and the crew was cooked and the house was clean and the kids are all clean and everyone's well fed and they're putting on their nicest clothes and you come home then there's two angels that escort you home and one is a good Angel one's a bad angel and so the good Angel when everything is in order says manek Shabbos be just like they shot us and the bad Angel says amen I mean he's forced to say on me and God forbid what happens when the house is a mess things not clean the food is not cooked or it's burnt or whatever like even people are not clean and the house is a mess so then the good the bad Angel says may next week be just like this one and the good Angel is forced to say Amen now that's the background for what the clear card is going to say s like this the Gomorrah in 119 B am I right said one who prays on Shabbos evening and recites Via Hulu so that's in shul two ministering Angels who accompany that person at all times Place their hands on his head and say your iniquity has passed and your sin has been atoned that's an amazing thing when a Jew observed Shabbat as we'll see he is partnering with God in the creation of the world and what happened on Friday of the original week of creation Adam was forgiven his sins were forgiven as Shabbos came in so it was taught in the Bryce uh rubiosi bar Yehuda says two ministering Angels accompany a person on Shabbat evening from the synagogue to his home one good Angel and one evil angel when he reaches his home and finds the lamp burning meaning it's a good thing there's light at the table sat in his bed is made though the good Angel says May It Be Your Will that it shall be like this for another Shabbos and the evil angel answers against his will amen and if the person's home is not prepared for Shabbos in that manner the evil angel says May It Be Your Will that it should be for another like this another Shabbat and the good Angel answers against his will amen now what I want to do there is this uh look at my look what I'm holding up this page okay now I actually have that on the right side is the gomor itself which I just read on the left is the Hebrew comments Down Below in the gemara so I would like to highlight a few points here the idea in um I did I did quote vayikra 5-1 and Isaiah 6 7. so in Isaiah 6 7 that's what he's called your iniquity shall be removed and your sin shall be atoned for that is talking um referring to the first Shabbos of um of creation Adam maricion was forgiven okay just keep in mind that um why is it about declaring Shabbos and how is it that you're becoming a partner with God we know that if you were a witness to something and they're relying on your testimony and you don't show up that then you carry the sin of the person I mean whether for good or for bad you know the words to get them off or to get them convicted your witness to something and you need to show up so Leviticus 5 1 mentions that if a person sins and he accepts an oath to be a witness by seeing or knowing yet he doesn't testify if he doesn't testify no he carries the sin so imagine we are witnessing we are God's Witnesses we know that God created the world in seven days or six days and rest on the seventh we know so we're testifying when we keep Shabbos and we're saying kiddish we're testifying that uh that it so that's a very important thing to do now if the next part where it says at the time the Shabbos comes in Adam origin was atoned for for his sin of eating the uh from the um from the Tree of knowledge of Good and Evil therefore when you say you become a breishis and therefore you're also atoned for just like Adam was atoned for his sin now this gets a little hairy because is there such thing as an evil angel in Judaism we don't believe that so how can we be discussing this in English even in the word malach how does that work out there's such a thing as an evil angel so we don't believe in that so how does that explain so it's if you read along with me number seven every time you do a Mitzvah you're creating a Angelic Force let's say an energy force and that comes before man and one is going to be good what's the good we're calling it good because he's going to be your defensive angel in when you go before the Heavenly court that he's going to declare that you fulfill the Mitzvah just his presence alone I don't believe he even needs to speak I mean the way it says he's going to testify I think his presence is testimony enough because he exists you created him through the uh through the Mitzvah and what does it mean it's not that he intrinsically is RA he's lakachre just like the satin the satin isn't ra the certain isn't evil you heard me say it right he's going to process prosecute you by claiming you didn't fulfill it that's why he's called ra not that he intrinsically he's telling the truth okay now there's some that explain there's some that explain what's written the the yishun they write we're not actually talking about angels I know that's what is an angel an angel is an energy force and we talked about when you do the Mitzvah you're creating that energy for us right but there's something behind where'd the energy come from we all have within USA Tov God gave us free will without free will we wouldn't even receive reward there's no choices the fact that we're able to make the choices so when we choose the wrong thing that's called ra okay itself is not necessarily ra God created it and we have it within us and we can actually use it for good and we have to learn how so this is what he says they say that we're not talking about actual Angels because when you were talking about Heavenly Angels there's no evil angels at all there's no such thing as wrong therefore the intent is the yitza haran the Yates are tov that inclination that God gave us and ready for this I'm sure everyone can relate to this there's inertia right Mitzvah gorer and mitzvah oh there uh Guerrera Tavera so when you do a Mitzvah properly you be it strengthens a person to continue to fulfill Mitzvahs and it weakens the opposition which is the yaitsarah you do become more and more righteous right and let me just read the words again and the Felicia is so it weakens the inclination to do that evil act in the future okay this is the actual understanding when we say that the evil angel is going to say Amen where the good Angel has to force to be saying to the evil angel the good angel there is the good Angel he's blessing the person with in his house that he should be prepared he's just blessing him the the nurses should continue you're already on your way you're doing Mitzvahs you're right it's a Mitzvah to prepare take a hot shower cut your toenails cut the toilet paper whatever it is right prepare for Shabbos however even the malach even that thing that we call the evil angel he's forced to say I'm made so that's all good meaning he's being subjected subjugated he's being weakened okay you understand the now what about the other side when you're prevent it from fulfilling a Mitzvah properly this we this weakens your desire to do Mitzvahs properly in the you know whatever's coming up to you and it actually strengthens your your opposition the yetara becomes strengthened in in not doing it right so it comes out when we don't when we don't prepare our house if we're not preparing our house for Shabbos properly so then the malach that evil angel will call the eight Sahara he's blessing what is he blessing that even the shabba's coming up you should again stumble in the Mitzvah and and not be prepared whereas the maloctave is then forced to say amen he becomes weakened or it becomes weakened okay now going down to the next paragraph that the Gomorrah actually tells us that every human being is surrounded by Angels meaning these Angelic energy forces constantly always as in you can find this in gamora's good Olive we learn from the public in Psalms 911 look in number 12. key s for he God will command his angels on your behalf to guard you in all your ways do you understand you are constantly being escorted you're never alone okay so then he brings down in the name of the yaivitz who explains the malachim and his Karim meets that these Angelic forces that are mentioned by a person they're constantly they're always following a person around foreign they're always going to be with you remember those little describe a little red and talking person on your left shoulder a little right you know white person talking you know do it don't do it remember those movies when we were kids right or maybe Jiminy Cricket I don't know Pinocchio but anyway so um even the evil inclination it's root is actually good do you understand why because it's only because of him because of it there is the actual possibility to receive reward do you understand his job is actually to create more reward for you you know think about like this you're running an obstacle course I'm running I'm running I'm running and there's you know an obstacle you have to jump a hurdle well guess what that's too easy so the devil the Sutton he's sitting on the sidelines I'm going to raise it another inch right you go around the track and he's he'll never give you a turtle that you cannot do but you look and say I can't do it you're you're messed up in the head we're all messed up in the head we all have very low self-esteem but he's there to test us so he keeps wrench ranked wrenching it up without wrenching it up and it won't go so high that you will not pass but it's harder each time but the reward is that much greater each time so he's doing God's will the satin is doing God's Will by helping you and granting you more reward by making the challenges that much more challenging okay and that's what he says right here just read the words that through your free will your choices that you make you are choosing to overcome your Temptations your sub what's the word I'm looking for not temptation but your the seductions of this world okay there's this concept of seven planetary orbits the Earth's not included it's the sun it's the moon it's Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter and Saturn these are this and they all have let's just say energy forces that affect the Human Condition so he says the very last moment or last hour on Friday is ruled by the muzzle of sadik which is Jupiter and the Malik shallow sitkiel is the name of the uh Angelic force it happens to be a positive force so the very first hour the Shabbos comes in it's under the Mazel of a madim which is Mars which is red which is more like the Satan more like the negative and he says this is the Malik Shalom of the samik mem which is the Satan himself which is a malach even in other words that's how we're describing it now when Shabbos comes in at that moment the Shabbos comes in you're being maladim by both of these angels that's why it's these two angels that are escorting you to your house so by the way before we go on I just want you to know there is a custom a very s not well-known custom not to make kiddish when you come home Friday night between the hours of six and seven pm okay not going to get into that usually there's some opinions it's only like twice a year exactly when uh Chavez comes in at six which is you know what I mean it's only twice a year it's the spring and the and the fall some say that it works according to the Jewish hour it's always the sixth the seventh hour after midday and there are some say which I actually understand that it doesn't apply in Eric's Israel for good reason we're not under mazal they don't affect us but I think this is even stronger than that what he's saying is nothing to do with the Kiddush at that time but when you come home you actually have these two angels they're going to be there it's exactly that time and you're making Kiddush at that time so um he mentions here see the Mario okay in Cain uh the very fact that these two angels are the two angels that escort you at that time and believe me you're going to say that Hulu most people do not have this custom you're going to say kiddish you're going to have this tug of war I guess if you want to avoid that tug of war so you wait till seven o'clock to make Yiddish okay but anyway let's go back to the Clear Car so the last thing we mentioned we're about to right then when it says verse 14 that the non-jews are going to bless you he brought in this gemara now the reason I think the Gamora fits is because the when we talk about the um this Evil Angel Believe It or Not the arch angels of the non-jews basically are these evil angels if you ask me uh basically that's what it's coming down to when we talk about Asaf the Archangel of asav is the Satan okay so I think that's why it's brought down and he brings down a question by the Obama now and he asked like this what great benefit is there to the Jewish people through all the nations to to bless us so the picar says the almighty I'm going to tell you Hashem that God's eyes are on the land of Israel he desires him he loves it it's the apple of his eye the Jewish people and the land of Israel okay that's where it begins that's where it starts by God's careful observance and looking into the land of Israel who daresh calls then his eyes or desires spread to the rest of the world everyone is Meaningful but there's something unique and special about Israel the land of Israel the people of Israel and especially when the people of Israel are living on the land of Israel okay so that's where God's eyes are and then I would say drum roll please at this point because he says me time seat Eric Israel shouting that all of the other lands all of the other countries yes America Europe Africa Australia Asia all the lands of the world they extract they pull they suck from the energies that are coming all the energies all the spiritual energies enter two kilometers from here directly above the Temple Mount that's where the souls enter the world everyone's Soul enter the world's there and that is the navel of the world that's the foundation stone that's where the world began and everything extended from there just like it happened in the beginning that's happening every nanosecond so all the spiritual flow of energy spiritual energy is coming there and then going out into the rest of the world if that's true wait till you hear this is that then by default it's by necessity it has to be because whatever they're benefiting from it's coming from here it's coming and stemming from the spiritual reality of Israel kibish that the Peace of Israel right if Jews live in tranquility then it will extend to the whole world what goes on here goes through goes out and where do I have this I think I had a verse here maybe I didn't copy it look in number 16 it's Psalms 122. it's uh verses six through nine I'm going to ask someone to sing this with me in a second so request the welfare of you shall I am one should you know pray for this pray for the sake of Jerusalem May those who love you and voice enjoy Tranquility May there be peace in your walls Tranquility in your palaces for the sake of my brethren and my companions I shall now speak of Peace in you for the sake of the house of the Lord Our God I beg you for kindness for you I shall beg for kindness for you but this is a very deep song we use in prayer I'm going to try to sing it I'm going to only sing it once so I don't torture anybody [Music] I you know what I'm gonna stop right there I you wanna you wanna sing it I you know oh you won't be better to me there's many different ways to sing it that's not the way trust me okay let's move on um let's see here the last thing he said was if you like if the Jews have peace then the whole world has peace so of course they're going to bless the Jews and it says in Psalms 119 verses one through two you'll find that on number 13. Hallelujah [Music] anyway praise the Lord All Nations Lord him all peoples for his kindness has overwhelmed Us in the truth of the Lord is eternal Hallelujah okay so that's how that paragraph ends but he says therefore therefore and it's just three lines it's unbelievable what he says in verse 16 verse 16 says for you will devour the Jewish people will devour all the peoples that Hashem your God will deliver to you so in war we will what does that mean we will consume them we will actually acquire their wealth let me explain he says right you will consume you will eat all those people that actually it's your own that he's giving to you whatever monetary and major possessions they own it all stems from here it all went out to the world like we said earlier therefore what are you taking you're taking back which belongs to you anyway because the verse goes on look at 16. it says you will devour other people to shame your God will deliver to you in Hebrew it says Hashem no ten lach God it give gave to you he's given to you meaning hamasuring he's already delivered into your hand under your Authority it's already yours now that may sound strange but there is a verse in numbers 14 9. look at number 15 on the sourishing this is uh you're going to go into the land of Israel and don't be afraid of the non-jews but you shall not rebel against the Lord and you will not fear the people of that land for they are as our bread what do we say you're going to eat them the word isn't that in the birkat Amazon you'll you'll eat you'll be satisfied you'll bless the Lord your God you've eaten well you will eat here in this case so in I mentioned the verse 14 9 in numbers it says they are your bread now just think about the word to fight to battle is the same word as bread lechem is bread lochem is a warrior a fighter combat when we eat we're consuming we're destroying your teeth our destroying and chewing and the bread itself I mean you don't think about it but that is really what's happening while you are eating you are at Battle you're at War and the word are it's not coincidence [Music] anyway going back into this idea that key lock menu hey now there is such a concept it says here below that's only that which God puts in your hand but not what God does not put into your hands now because there is a concept you're not allowed to steal from Gentiles a Jew may not steal from a gentile there are different rules about Jews and Gentiles when it comes to monetary things but I just want to get this I want to get this point across and hopefully everyone will hear what I'm about to say for Jew to steal from a guy okay but there are going to be differences I'll give you an example when a Jew loses an object in a Jewish neighborhood obviously if it has all kinds of you know names we call Simone it obviously belongs to somebody then you have to return it when it doesn't have any obvious signs and it was lost in a way that a person would have given up hope of ever finding it even a Jewish property the person who found it remember this is just an overview obviously the details you need to speak to your Orthodox Rabbi when you find something so if it has significant signs it belongs to somebody you have an obligation to return it when it is missing all that and it was obviously lost in a way that the person gave up any hope of ever getting it back it's called ownerless and therefore you're not stealing told me from a Jew because when a Jew loses an object in a Jewish neighborhood he probably expects to get it back even if there are signs on there especially if they're signs so there's always a relationship between the owner and the object whenever there's a relationship between the owner and the object if I find it I'm stealing I have an obligation to return it because it still belongs to somebody but if it was became ownerless then is not stealing and I can keep it okay there's a lot of details I'm not going into them however when it comes to a non-jew if a non-jew in Harlem just use an example lost his wallet even if it had Sim money it's unlikely they usually give up any hope of getting it back okay so unfortunately that's the way it's been throughout all Society so if a Jew found an object that belonged to a non-jew and I'm talking about just for practical purposes in a non-jewish neighborhood he would not be obligated to return it but it's not stealing why is it not stealing because the owner had given up hope of ever getting it back I hope that's clear there was a severance of the relationship between the owner of the object the object itself as long as there's still a relationship it's called stealing I have an option I have an opportunity I have an obligation to find the owner because there's still a relationship between the owner of the property but once that has been severed so Jews know they that that's an obligation to return lost objects I think that a lot of things has have changed in the last you know to 300 maybe 500 000 years you know with what they call judeo-christian values I believe that you know maybe anyway the Gomorrah actually says that any time this creates a God forbid a desecration of God's name of course the Jew has an obligation to return it but it's coming from a different angle you have an obligation return it to sanctify God's name to show how great God is um but not necessarily because it's considered stealing so this is the how the clear card Ends by this idea to emphasize that stealing from agoi is forbidden but the reason the Torah says and you will consume them is because it's already yours it was always yours in this case in terms of work God gave it back to you he gave you what was already yours but you can go and take it from a going okay but if a boy gave it to you that like in this case of War so then that's how it ends in babakama 113 b anyway I hope people have listened to the end I know it was very long it was very good it was very fundamental and I think that we can all walk away trying to understand the motivation behind doing the Mitzvahs meaning God commanded us even the word command itself is a connection to God and that he's the one who command it if I'm doing it only because it's a good idea like there are secular Jews okay they really are there happens to be who don't necessarily believe in God who think maybe the Torah is a good book that was evolved and written by human beings and they do things from a cultural standpoint or because it makes sense but they don't believe in God I understand that they have lost a place in the world to come okay so I'm talking to you Jew right I'll talk to you Gentile as well that if you do the Mitzvahs whether it's the seven for the non-jews or the 6 13 for the Jews because God commanded you as it said in the rambam and it says in Gomorrah Sanhedrin you do it because the Torah is from heaven it's going to make a Quantum Leap I mean a Quantum difference here whether or not and I'm not sure that's important to you but if it if if an everlasting relationship with God is important to you because I know how important it is in this world so if it's forever that's even greater right so therefore my interest is in having that relationship seek it out find out if it's true find out if it's worth making that connection with God forever and change your attitude when you do the Mitzvahs understanding you're doing it also or maybe primarily because God commanded it not necessarily just because it's do good feel good for the moment and you will enjoy Eternal Bliss and with that I wish everyone a shabbat shalom and a great life and we'll see you next week this radisha [Music]