What is the Eternal Flame before God? by Rabbi Aaron Dovid Poston

[Music] good evening everybody we are in par shop to tell then that would be chapter 27 verse 20 and we're going to discuss just two verses seemingly that seemed way out of place because most of par shop today is going to be dealing with the colony and their vestments that goes on for pages about the clothing that they wear and towards the end we will talk about the inauguration of the Kadeem and the investments as well and then toward the very very very end we're talking about the tummy's offering which is also very interesting but we're not going to discuss that tonight and it ends with the incense altar which is not necessarily dealing with the vestments but the clear card lists according to my count 11 question and anybody who wants to really learn some basic Hebrew you should follow along in the Hebrew with us it's a great way to learn I'm not telling you that I'm an expert in Hebrew but he dishes it out he's an expert in Hebrew okay so I counted 11 questions and we'll start with the first he mentions look right away in the in verse 20 the ahta pits are their most open teachers especially Americans we get into this habit this nasty habit of using the word you multiple times meaning viata which is an you tit svet the word the tough the letter tough in the word that event is implied you shall command so there's two pronouns there's two second person pronouns being used in the first two words so the eye pockets are this B'nai Israel okay so I said we're in Parshat kitab that's chapter 27 verse 20 the only way it's translated in most books is now you shall command the children of Israel I actually think the word now is actually very bad translation what's your problem what no no nothing at all in fact Rashi says the Doros right we're gonna get to that but that's just I'm letting you know that the whole idea of translating is now is very problematic so all you have is and you let's even put a comma there you shall command the children of Israel that's how it would be properly translated so he says yesh Ladakh dake if you're very careful and you examine it what in the world is the attitudes are there with stake no he wrote with two second person pronouns actually the attacks are there and you command is more properly boy Laila muammar it really was required to have said if you are if you know anything like grammar and again we know that Hashem wrote the Torah and he's the master of grammar there's nobody better grammarian that's a word then him then he then the old mighty who created the entire universe and created the language himself and the second question also the word viata is completely superfluous kula me you teres it's not necessary why is it not necessary because there is a verse in viagra Micra is Leviticus chapter 24 verse 2 where and believe it or not this is talking about what the menorah now these two verses I mentioned the beginning seemed out of place because it's dealing with the menorah and right there when the menorahs discussed it says specifically command the children of israel doesn't even use the word you once and certainly doesn't use the word you twice like it uses an our verse our chapter so that should be like alarm bells going off Keeble Russians in their mother parshas Emma as I mentioned all her narrows halala regarding the candles now that's already going to be a little bit of a hint to something we're going to discuss because in our parsha it mentions one candle whereas in parsha said more it mentions all seven candles so we'll have to get to that but that not addressed yet but he does bring down with the ROM bond says and the ROM bond says she hit feet Shailaja says ie - Lea that it's very important that Aaron the high priest is the one who lights the menorah and that that's the command you you the double you not a double you not a letter W but that the fact that you is mentioned twice it's like emphasizing you and only you should be lighting this menorah so not not to do this through another agent or agency or a messenger but last wait till you hear this so now the third question is if that's the case this itself is a question why because we want to know llama hippy permits the zoo yo can we call her mythos why we have 613 commandments why is this the one that's pointed out only you and nobody else by the menorah come on you have six hundred and twelve other mitzvahs it's only this one so question number three is why is it this particular Mitzvah that has this idea or notion that you and only you but based on what the Rambam said then we're stuck with another question because a few verses later in chapter 28 verse 3 it says viata tada bear and what did we just hear what did we just find out as many open teachers will point out especially to the Americans you don't need to use the word you twice and yet in that verse it also says and you shall speak this is regarding the production of the garments for the car name again a double you a twice usage of the word you keish Ghanshyam had of art saris issue this requires clarification the fifth question that many mu fortune asked not Indian myths the zoo nakhon what is the idea of having the concept of this of this Mitzvah here in other words where's the proper place for the Mitzvah of the menorah in purchase mr that's where it goes into great length here using about two verses that's it two verses but over there in chapter 24 of Leviticus it goes much more into depth as he says a coma coma that its prime location its prime place its Macomber a Pharisee at the Michigan it's after the the production the creation of the Michigan and the Hanukkah menorah it the place that we really should be discussing the menorah is after the Michigan is done and the time and place it should be placed a put and the Abbar Mandel he says explains he increments the zoo but parshas have more so to that the prime location of this parsha of dealing with menorah is not here at all so we're really wonder what are these two verses doing here it's way out of place way out of place and therefore when it says here tits out there as Rashi points it out wrote a lot more what does that mean I thought it's a vote that the nice round now we're dumbfounded what does that mean you're saying it here because in the future you will command the Jewish people you know partial sell are after the Mishkan is built and the menorah needs to be placed then and only then but you're saying to me now pizza there you shall command them as a future it's like telling you that you will command them in the future well we'll leave the burov and according to these his words actually the whole verse is superfluous then you don't need adhere at all because of the famous question cope us to exam you tal I keep my Higgy lubbers s yourself of the Szabo's what in the world would you need to tell now that later on in the end you're going to command so there must be something but it must be a fascinating reason why it's here it just doesn't make sense well Maya Sahaba pursue again what would be a barber now do with that those words in we mentioned it's in verse 28 verse 3 where it says the attacked a bear that said very close to this so in other words we're stuck we're producing more questions as we go along and believe me we're just beginning to scratch the surface because there's 11 questions that I figured out here and we're only halfway through so the words here in our verse says Mahalo to NER Tamid to raise up right to light ner is singular Tom Mead will we'll discuss also means continuously forever on a regular basis but tamid is constantly or continuously so why does it say NER NER oh sweet boy leg it should have used the plural because how many everyone knows how many candles there are not on your how to care for Chanukah that's eight here you had seven one in the middle and three on each side there were seven hooray she bhai you that one knows they're seven and then the seventh question hello ko hello load all Kuakini era of the advocare the verse actually says it's going to be lit from when they in verse 21 right look at the first 21 you shall arrange it from evening until morning now what does it mean arrange it from evening until morning it's lit from evening until morning are you thinking that he's gonna stand there arranging it the whole time from the time the Sun sets until 3:00 you know whatever 5:30 6 o'clock in the morning I mean come on that's Aaron's job he'll never be able to function the next day so what does it mean that I'll just read the words again is it not known is it not that it's only late from evening until morning so why does it say a bead why is it say constantly on a regular bit on a continuous basis okay now we're gonna get in some nitty-gritty and the 8th 9th and 10th and 11th maybe there's only 10 questions I don't know but anyway let's let's see what the and other questions like this it says in the oh hell no aid right look at 21 in the oh hell no e in the tent of meeting outside the partition mahute slipper orchid / ocut is the curtain that separates between where the holy of holies and the rest of the sanctuary okay so you've least in the tabernacle you had two rooms in the temple you have three rooms but then you had that the courtyard so we're dealing with three areas as I think I brought down to the picture on the bottom of page 2 the picture of the tabernacle so you have where the Ark is that's the Holy of Holies and then you have the sanctuary where you have the rest of the vessels such as the menorah the the incense offering altar and the shock on the show breads are placed so what does this mean it says in the tent of meeting outside of this curtain and where's the curtain the curtain separates all ha a booth it actually separating the testimony which for practical purpose will understand the testimony is the arc where the stone tablets were where the Toro be kept cold Bari Macomb air exec near Allah lope Cyrus so anybody who sees this source anybody that sees this of this arrangement sees there's really no reason to even bring it at all because what it could have said was a lemon or a yarrow Hotel in other words we don't need to know where them and now everyone knows the menorah is in that room so just tell me it's on the menorah that you're gonna put the lamps in other words what are we discussing here the fact that it's pointing out and pushing exactly where it's located it's in the lmoa it's in the tent outside of the curtain which is the curtain is is on the testimony it's so important to say that just say like the lamps on top of the menorah cuz why are you Donna Malcolm a menorah - oh we already know later oddly some partials Emma where will be he Melo his core key America and the knife question is we it's only mentioning here one candle Narracott right that's well that's mentioned if you look at it two candle aid lamp the lamp continually but in parshas mr it says the candle the narrows the the the narrows is plural and we know there are seven okay so as you mentioned the partial somewhere says your oak s hinari's arranged the candles and then in veranda the Ted question it says in and we're going to compare our verse compared to what it says in chapter 24 okay oh by the way if you want to know in terms of where the Arles place you can look in chapter 25 verse 16 and in terms of where the menorah will be placed is going to be opposite to show Han in chapter 26 verse 34 and 35 so that is actually already been said not only will it be said again in partial summer but was already said okay now we have in our verse where it says oh hell no eat first and then afterwards it says outside of the curtain on meaning on the other side of the curtain but when you look at parshas and more it is reversed so you can go to chapter 24 in viagra in Leviticus in the beginning and you see that the verse is it's an opposite order hello it it begins with hoots me hoots little raucous outside of the curtain bit oh hell no aid in the oh Emily what is that all about why is there a switch I know this sounds very picky on but we're used to this idea every letter is in its right place for a very specific reason and not just for the codes come out right that that could you can always fall back as a default answer but there is riches to be gained and in mind from this also it says me hoots Lapera yes I share a lie a DOS so in our verse it says outside of the curtain which is all hiatus the curtain is somehow on the testimony but over there in parshat mor in-vehicle 24 in the beginning it says Methuselah Paracas how a dues the actual curtain is called the testimony not that it's a curtain that's on the testimony that it says me whose laRocca's ha a DOS it's outside of the curtain of testimony the curtain itself is called testimony okay I have now gone through the questions that we are going to try to resolve it I'm going to tell you that he's going to tell us one concept that's going to answer them all can you believe that veneer elongate leg a shaved Koza me moshpit Ogura bond he's able to resolve all of what we just spoke about according to what the ROM bond had written keep Misawa the fact that it says Mahalo to near tummy that you raised up a single lamp continuously that is the Nair Mara V the most Western Li light the most westerly lamp shall you Doyle a column it will be constantly lit now we all know that our big Knesset our shoes our synagogues are like a small temple and in front of the Holy Ark there's a curtain and beyond that there's usually a light that is always very low voltage the wattage but it's constantly lit as a reminder now what did I want to ask here it's Doyle ik literally LOM fine but which one is the western me like in other words if the menorah is let's go through this the the rectangular tabernacle and the courtyard let's assume is facing east and west that's for sure the way the temple is going to be its east to west which way was a menorah facing was it also facing east and west then it's very easy to say which is the most Western the candle but most opinions is its face north and south so that's the case then you had three wicks on each side of the middle work the middle work faced towards the holy of holies west and the other three pointed inward on each side so the six of them pointed to the middle and the middle pointed towards the valley of Holies keep that in mind no matter which way we're thinking about it keep both in mind but it's I think it's easier to understand if we're gonna have the second scenario in mind that everything is pointed to the center and the center one is pointed to the West even though it's easier to fathom we talk about the Western the candle if it was facing east west so the Western one but now we're gonna think a little bit outside the box play with me hang in there okay so he says I was Sharan arrows but all the other narrows meaning the other six no you told me they were not counting when they were not always lit came the era of advocare except from evening until morning as the verse says so clearly lebron ah kazoo you throat so color cycles in this curry with this proposal this discussion we're having now we can actually answer all these doubts that we just mentioned all the questions that were just mentioned with the thesis that were running with the author should see varsham the Moshe Allen Michigan the whole Caleb this is going to be the kicker we're going to base it on this statement after God commanded Moses to make to produce the Mishkan and all of its vessels and right there right previous party odd there's this concept of a curtain now Moses saw all the plans but he I don't know it didn't exactly click because a curtain there that's going to separate between what the rest of us can see and what the Kohen Gadol is only going to be able to see once a year and that is the island condition now rabbi brighter wits mentioned three times a year during the holidays they pull the curtain aside and everyone can see but what about the rest of the year for most of us the rest of the year it was not seen so based on that the fact that he laid a Myshkin lush lush aha lucky that the Mishkan is divided and at least a bit the temple is divided into three areas so to the Michigan you have the Holy of Holies the Holies and then the the outer courtyard and regarding all them just remember what God said make for me a dwelling place a Michigan with shut haunted betoken I can dwell in them doesn't say in it in them is plural now we all know God rests and every one of us but that's just one concept what about if he's actually talking about in them the Michigan in each room that everyone should be able to see that God dwells there so once you make this partition and you're not able to see it on a daily basis because that curtain is there and the Holy in the Holy of Holies you cannot see and you cannot see the miracle of what is taking place in there which we'll discuss it very shortly if you can hang in there guys so what happens he says that vaasthu lemic - the fact that it says in verse 25 chart chapter 25 verse 8 they shall make for me a sanctuary so I may dwell amongst them amongst them all three rooms all the areas so Vasily McTavish can't even talk on the Hierapolis mouth deal pain kodesh Lakota skidoo shame that this curtain is separating between room 1 and room two between the Holies and the Holy of Holies the lots of Moshe Shapiro's Kayla Yadav raha Moira alakina shroyer Israel Moses really felt this was not good for the Jewish people not to feel the presence of Hashem in in outside of the Holy of Holies only the Cohen God or the high priest once a year can go in there how we gonna know that God is dwelling amongst all areas of this Myshkin he made the cottage Kadosh iam how you close a juice inside the Holy Ark were the broken tablets as well as the full tablets that were not broken I assure you no a deus hashem minashi in ashram and this was giving faithful testimony that a sham the Tichina of God that the the presence of God rested there here Lucas are you behind my anything I'm gonna try to describe to you that we know that Hashem is the one who carved into these stone tablets and no matter which side you were on you know in other words if they were a tablet that you could read from one side it was carved from one of the sides so when you go around to the other side to try to read it should be backwards right that would make sense like when you're in a in a car and there's an ambulance behind you so you look in your rear-view mirror and you see the word ambulance correctly because they actually spell it if you never notice the word ambulance backwards on the front end of the ambulance so that you would be able to see it correctly in your rear-view mirror so I'm trying to describe to you what it should be if it's inscribed from one end of the stone to the other when you're on the other end it would be to look backwards but it wasn't backwards so that's the first miracle I can describe to you then no matter which side you were on it was correctly from right to left in Hebrew and not only that there are two specific letters that have pulled them donuts in the middle that would be a mem write a final men and a sama so one is a little bit more square the other one's a little bit more round but nevertheless what you have is a little block that's somehow and they were levitating they levitated they were otherwise it wouldn't solve a letter correctly I mean if it's certainly a safer Toto be puzzle if if it wasn't the correct letter so here these were to open miracles and revealed miracles that would be able to be seen on the Luke house so based on that let me just continue reading where he says it should Nick Ramos naiive Rahab as Rashi Matson mentions in verse 33 birth birth destroy verse 32 verse 15 that they were a the the stone tablets could be read from both sides the mem and the sonic those two letters should Malou close then mace how you oh beam it was by miracle that they were standing now keep this idea miracles that are continuous now that's the way the lucasz were and we're going to relate that very much to the lamp the most westerly lamp was also in a sense kept a light through a miracle it was they put in the coin would fix the candles with the exact same amount of oil in each one of the containers and yet one of them lasted twice as long okay last of the full 24 hours so let's see how the pliat car expresses this he says the member the psalmist Lugo's were standing fine the Tanakh granted should call a ball of mikuma who anybody that would enter that place yura iron by and they would see with their own eyes he shame hashem nick role of that the name of God is written is called out on it obviously just a side point if you want to go to Deuteronomy chapter 28 verse 10 told by the Jewish people in that sense that the name of Hashem is called upon them now arkasha Hipparchus ma Slav seek the fact that this curtain separates right Aimco other mashallah bahama not every single person is they only the Kohen Gadol right and even if we said that the curtain was removed three times a year that was just for a few days right pen kalila yamaha rare what do you think Bible critics are gonna say they're gonna say you know what I know why there's a curtain so you can't see that - fooling us well I think The Wizard of Oz right like The Wizard of Oz if there is a miracle that we're all supposed to be seeing well then give a dose give witness No so there's an idea like I think in the Mafia you know if you're a state's witness they have to put you under protection because they all know what happens to witnesses that's called the disappeared witnessing act right his life was cut short because he decided to be a witness against the Mafia guy okay very dangerous so if you want to lie just separate get rid of the witnesses but no we're gonna bring what happen with us is do we need we now give me two witnesses right so here we have a second witness it's the question most light listen to what he says I wrote to the shop if someone wants to lie yah hey hey Doc get rid of disappear dismiss the witnesses alkane hoots Rakesh Marco that's why God found it necessary loss of gamba hey cow also in the inner room I said save the sanctuary which is the outer room also a constant miracle with this most Western Lee life today should Coulomb you stock Lubow so everyone can see it even if you're not in that room you could be in the third chamber meaning the courtyard or right well you could see directly through is we know there was a way remember the the the red heifer has to be slaughtered outside the Temple Mount on or above Mount of Olives and the mission tells us that he is to be able to see directly into the Holy of Holies so we know there's a way so anybody passing by could see if they could see that Western we like being still continuously being lit so it was for everyone to see and that was a miracle so why why I asked a great question and that is why do you have the curtain to begin with what what purpose does it serve so we've discussed this idea previously that perhaps because the Kohen Gadol goes in there only one time a year and it's a heavy meditation you still have to all the right Kevon all the right intentions and it's he's not allowed to go there just any day so to have a curtain it's like a fenced kind of the reminder there's a limit you can't go in there and when you go in there it's very private intimate time you're begging for forgiveness for the Jewish people you know not every Cohen came out there was many Cohen high priests in history that when the Sadducees were in charge because they paid their way in they weren't righteous I think every year there was a new one they died inside and they pull a they go in there with a cord wrapped around them so that they could be yanked out so to speak yeah so just to refresh this idea about the during the Second Temple period the people who did not believe in the oral torah they were called the Sadducees the Pharisees were there are there us were them they believed in the oral torah as well as the written Torah and they were the Sadducees were the corrupt clan who was running the temple okay they actually ran the the sacrifices they bought their way in other words they paid their way in to be I think it also by the Romans it wasn't just it wasn't just they were paying off Jews they were actually working with the Roman government to have power and that was not a good time for the Jews during that time okay so let's go back to the text and basically the idea is that we mentioned that it seemed necessary by Hashem to make also in the sanctuary meaning of the Holies not the Holy of Holies also it contained this continuous light of the Western light in order that everyone who's passing by should see it now if you I wanted you to go to Isaiah chapter 59 verse 19 now there's a hint to this idea from the West people will fear the name of a Shem and from the Rising Sun s UN his glory okay so this this idea in chapter 59 is alluding to from the West the Western the lengths that people will have an or and in knowledge and an intimate knowledge of Hashem of the name of Hashem okay to you who shot him both TOCOM that he's dwelling in them that's the whole idea he's dwelling among them and with them the people would know it the Eagle Ohia Hipparchus now if you didn't have this curtain that was McLaren Avis they're actually separated the Holy Ark of testimony no it's Harkness that you wouldn't have a need and Moses felt that it was necessary so obviously had this discussion with Hashem lahars hoon Omar according to this approach Shaco partial zoo this entire paragraph that we're dealing with a niqab under let's have vote al Henares a menorah it's not coming to tell us about the lights all the six months and the lights on the menorah came apart rosamma but rather in Parkers my equal 24 sharm Ekrem accomplished altivo is that that's the real place for this command and what about here kann ich rats even on their marat visa this is the point it's only really speaking about the command regarding that most westerly light that's the focus let's call it the hyper focus do what Logano the Moshe in order to reveal to Moses because Moses had this feeling there was something necessary God responded knowingly to reveal to Moses the okapi shahe perilous and Mikasa olara Naidu's that even though this veil this Perot cos is going to cover that Holy Ark of testimony the koma koma gum the Malcolm ha'qodesh nice Tommy nevertheless there will also be in the place of the Holies meaning the outer room also a constant miracle and why have a far same P Hacha Shokan Shama in order to publicize it's so important to publicize that God dwells there as well as he said make me a myth - so I can dwell in them in every area of the temple area Kivar your data and they you already know where is Moses berry most buried on the other side of the Jordan in the area of God so what did Moses say when he was giving the blessing to them the rhe slow looking Deuteronomy chapter 33 verse 21 it says he chose the first portion for himself yes there's the idea of the Toinette tribes they wanted that portion no doubt about it but why did they chose that but why did they choose that so that is where the lawgivers plot is hidden they wanted a certain hailing what they wanted to be a connected to moses he came out he came at the head of the nation carrying out a shims justice for his ordinances with israel so this idea in hebrew when we say the yard reiki slow he saw the first portion for himself he who my race sheep were talking about moses now the personality of moses he was the first i know in the new the Christian Bibles it says something about JCPenney being the Alpha and the Omega the first and last before the world was created he well I mean come on put that aside it's comic-book stuff this is the real stuff he was the first and the inception of all things that hang in miracles in other words and we try to describe all power comes from a chef but a Shem bestowed certain gifts and properties to Moses and it's from Moses that then that will filter out and be distributed with over prophecy it says in the Torah he is the greatest prophet there's no prophet that could be greater than him alright so his prophecy is the first in this and all the other prophets are going to basically receive the light as we're going to describe it in those terms with the Western Lee light which way with the western light was closest and directed towards the towards the Holy of Holies so God forbid that light is not God we're talking about the light of Moses and what do we know about Moses when he was born the whole house filled with light how could we get to it surely okay but it's through his light not that Moses was God there is an idea that yes to a certain extent he was a man of God and he had such heavenly aspirations and refined so refined that he was like half man half God right that doesn't make him God okay so he was he was very very high spiritually and that's what we're gonna focus on here now we're at the verse where it says we already know that Moses peace upon him said these words in Deuteronomy 33 21 because he was the first and the inception of all things that stand miraculously all matters that exist miraculously now he is like that westerly candle he is like that westerly candle the words are who hiya kanessa he was like this candle jamadagni men who common arrows the narrator hacer what is it about a candle imagine this you take another candle to light from a candle you now past on mobile energy I don't know what it what the exact thing is and it will call the light that's lit on the wick but when you look at the original light that you took it from nothing's missing it's exactly the same candle light power right if you right let's just say whatever is I have no idea how to make it up numbers here but let's just say it's like five candlelight power is it whatever against one I guess it's one let's say what that's these one one candlelight power and you take another candle away from it so what would you think it's half candlelight power but that's the mirror right it's not that power is still 100% one candlelight power so this is how it works so two heads on me men who Scheffer ruach ha'qodesh listen to this everything that emanated from Moses that was a chef a raw courage that flowed with what we call Ruach Hakodesh the divine spirit : Devine Shabak harav it was a flow from Moses of course it originally emanated with Hashem and was a gift to Moses and it's through Moses that and that's why when we look at knock right I have right here anything you'll find in the later or whatever you call that you know four-fifths of this book anything that you see that looks new looks new it's not the can't be there's already a rule that a prophet cannot come up with anything new it has to be hinted at it has to be in the five votes now it might like I said hinted too but it's got to be clearly in to do not like fabricated all right not in your wildest dreams of nightmares that it's there it's got to be there okay there's nothing new that the prophets never mentioned you know it's an extension of this clear as mud okay keepin a moshe comma the face of Moses was like the Sun and we think about the Sun versus the moon the Sun is the source of light we say Moses face was like the sun Joshua's face was like the moon that means you're a receiver the light's not emanating from and we do see light but it's reflective light the original light is from the Sun so in terms of prophecy we're using Moses as the example the Sun s UN and the moon Joshua all the other prophets Kimi Manoa or Al coulomb because it was from him that emanated the light to all of them so to the same exact thing with the Neira our abuse' the truth is the way the clear car says that the light emanating from this candle that was lit for 24 hours at a time that source of light emanated from Moses himself must be the darkness that it's light was a continuous miracle and so all of my aura Sean Moshe key whom I am sorry bein aura Shem Lacombe in a euro shall I'm do Benes that the emanation that shone upon it but actually even Moses is light emanated upon it because Moses was the M say Moses acted as an inter may intermediary between the light of God and all other lights that exist miraculously okay so that's why this these two verses are spoken about here all right and we're saying you you okay we're going to get into all this and this is a simin the the sign as a proof to what we're talking about is looking Exodus chapter 2 verse 2 it says should delay that tone it's male color by sorrow when Moses was his whole house was full of light okay you can look in in in Rashi on that so we're talking about that his mother sold that it was good right how do we know what's good mean good god when he created the world he said I he created light and said it was good so we know that light is good that Moses was when he was born his mother said ah like what does that mean every mother's gonna say it's good the painter sees the kid looks beautiful and all that you know blood just wipe it off but there's this objective good and that was the light that came when Moses was born Mijares to teach us quite sure who yeah I'm a cavalry Sean menorah le on this is like amazing Moses was the first recipient from the divine light Reuben salute oh hush mejor and it's through his agency his acting as an intermediary emanates and flows this light now Cole McComb on every place she H bowed over who only made Benes on other lights that stand in a miracle which we're referring to as the Western light here and now we understand why it says the eye pockit saw that that double language of you you shall command stay no clothes why the first viata and you hi new who taught Smoot car right that is the essence of your being and you and you artists effet Orisha baja remember there's this abundant extra light that's within you Moses so that's where you that's you the light that you have tits Sava s ganeshrao you will command the Jewish people the Nicoletta to take for you light oil listen to these words why do they have to bring it only to Moses let them bring it to the kind command the children of Israel they should take for you the oil look what it says in verse 20 now you should command the children vigil they should take for you you also okay that's alaihe that this Shemin should be brought specifcally to you he's the light he bees the fuel mean to say let's rol AHA to become totally combined and intertwined with you and who you are kadesha tosh be all of me aha in order that you will have an effect on the world from your glory and your splendour kadai louse NER Tamid in order to raise up this candle singular in a continuous fashion this is the most westerly candles and near Marvy sheeeit amoeba darkness that was constantly a flame in a supernatural way and then afterwards the Aqua and that TomTom the spark he wants to give a great reason a good reason la magia Tariq Vanessa why do we need this miracle the few of our mo a remember we mentioned the order it's in the Oh Elmo aid it's in the tent of meeting me who's flipper o kette outside of the partition I share all ha a dose which is on the testimony why because the ha ha the paratus is Marvel Bey Malcolm ch a dose a latina surely be shreya who bangs table oh boy this partition this veil is separating between the place where there is the testimony about the sheena resting with israel and then outside in the main sanctuary therefore y ro koto are on the era of advocare so did Aaron we asked the question right but it says a statement Aaron shall arrange it from evening until morning but the question we asked the key call I'll hire all made by ear ache what are you saying he actually stood there all night and arrange them Elish and noting both Shemin the me Kubota huh you know what he did he placed in each one of the cups the exact amount of oil similar there was nothing unusual about this one that lit longer it was the exact amount of wheels all the rest shame bow shame bulky she word alayka mayor VAT Volker it was exactly the amount they needed to use to make it stay lit from sundown to sunrise 4p Kane yeah a linear tummy nevertheless that one Western the candle stayed lit the kept burning a tiny little polish behaves in there you you'd need Nace's F however at this point we we didn't mention that it was the west of the candle okay we I mean the text doesn't so you still would know but the fact we told you so it doesn't explain it ah now when it says lifting a sham look again right what does it say it now you should commander before Hashem see in verse 22 21 verse 21 it says lift may Hashem aza who closed along as an eternal decree for their generations so only when it says in front of God lift may Hashem it's in front of God in our partial right so it's in front of God that's the mayor that's most westerly that's closest to the Shiina that's in the West the divine presence is in the West Kim it's odd I do s-- it's from the aspect of giving testimony as witnesses that it's similar which we're comparing this one candle to the ark so what is one witness to the ark it makes two and as we know Deuteronomy chapter 19 verse 15 it says but according to two or three witnesses shall the matter be confirmed okay so we know you need to name IUD Moshe both both putting up to be fingers both will we call the Torah it's called Moses Torah the Torah so Moshe here's a few verses if you want to look them up on your spare time in the Prophet the Milwaukee chapter 3 verse 22 in Joshua chapter 8 verse 31 in first Kings chapter 2 verse 3 the Torah is called the Torah of Moses so the Torah which is the inside the Ark and everything the Ark represents that's of Moses and here this most Western light is also testimony in the same way as the Ark is and it's also tributed to Moses as we already mentioned that the the oil is to you it's they shall take for you then what would you think you're talking about for God for the for the menorah it's for Moses the oil is for Moses kagama Turin Icarus I'll smell that both of them are through Moses also the tourists through Moses and it's not mentioned here we're not mentioning all the candles we're only mentioning one candle and one candle only only and parshas my equal 24 do you realize there are seven six additional candles he ain't caught macomb because this is not the place only in partial said more as like it says over there right in chapter 24 verse 4 I'll have no rahat ahora on the pure menorah yaar oak at tomorrow's arrange the candles plural therefore only here here it says I pockets of that remember over there to Saab Aspen Israel he's not gonna go into what's the difference he says why does it why does it say over here the I Takata there the double language of you since the main place for the candles is over there and the PE Curitiba sham higher alcohol her narrows the the the prime place for the commanders over there the Agora soccer sham dam near Marah visa and it's just a it was in people's a incidentally dragged on if you look over Baker over the look to the verses it also mentions one candle as well but that was only because of the Mara V na la lows near Tommy McCullough Perico say hey Dube the om OAB RL koto we're now going to discuss the difference in our verse verses over there the change up in the order and he's going to tell us it's not so simple so he says like this seems to me the nearly that this Seder the actual order of the verse dealing in parsha sem our that we just read you need to make a pause like a comma a stop between the word lapa rocket and the word a deus which would sound like this if i read it to raise up that mare to me that one candle that is outside of the protis outside of the curtain as testimony comma as testimony not the perot COS of testimony what kind of thing that curtain is a testimony we know the arc is a testimony we know that the the whole elmo wait is a testimony but how is the curtain it's not that's not how to read it really get to in verse chapter 24 verse two and three right mentioning that you Bray's up that single candle constantly continuously outside of the curtain comma as testimony in the ELMO ed you shall arrange it okay so let's go through the way he reads it Lalo's NER Tamid me gusta Purohit meaning that Hashem actually wanted that there would be one candle constantly in a miraculous way outside on the other side of that curtain and then afterwards hey Rach mush mush on Nations and that's that and only afterwards explaining what the use of this miracle is the miracle would be that the a dos boa noite that the actual temple and the tabernacle itself will serve as a testimony how does the whole Tabernacle Service of testimony what's a testimony to then ashamed Wells there that's why you don't only have it in the Holy of Holies in the innermost room but also in the outer room another miracle acting as a testimony conveys a tables of Shem amana gamba lmoa that this miracle will grant or give God's trustworthy testimony also in the OM ol in as a whole had anybody who looks at it Col miss takling sharm anybody is able to pierce through and look the euro me myanmar Ibiza a shame Hashem Bakir BOM who they're able to recognize from that most Western Lee light that Hashem is there and dwelling amongst them Chiara koto our own as we said that our own will arrange them from night until morning and then it will be with Nash em Tommy in front of Hashem continuously now according to this we have in chapter 24 verse 2 and Vayikra Leviticus saw Destiny's real Vidya who elected they shall take for you now we're going to describe is this that there is something specifically from OSHA again that's why we have the attackers of that in our portion whereas over there he's commanding the children of Israel so there's something that is for everybody and then there's something with its unique just by him in terms of whatever about to discuss let's see buckle up now according to what it says over there of the equal 24 verse to command the children of Israel they shall take for you the oil so we hear from this that there is CH Khandava how may you constantly kolben a strong there's something that relates to as a message to all of Israel the HBO mm you cost emotional a lot and there's a message there just for Moses who had of their we made the nice I skipped something let's skip the whole line you know it says a letter for you specifically Cain who struck lafarge name therefore we're gonna have to discuss both POWs huh selectable ahem the thing that relates to you Moses but not to them is Hodari how I made Benes anything that is able to stand in a constant motion of the miracle sure all love and regarding that that's why it says lalo sneer tongue about Moses to bring up that one light continuously until when who costs Olin the door taken as a everlasting statue for all your generations this is still talking about Moses his spirit will continue on the ark akak perish and afterwards is explaining hadarom you Cosmo clear out something that relate to all the Jewish people and that's what it means in VII Cohen says Allah menorah a Torah on the pure menorah Yara S on a rose yeah we arranged the plural the many candles with Nash and Tommy in front of Hashem always key : arrows are you pointing Munir Marathi because all of the wicks they all pointed to that middle candle that was pointing West they're all facing they're all looking for they're all anticipating they're all learning from Moses our teacher Moshe Rabbeinu Moshe Rubino's our teacher how came out came them up a Coulomb that's why it says regarding all seven candles lift nan Shem Tommy in that verse it's really really they're all in front of Hashem and he claims this is the parish yeah Isaiah car as he usually ends however there are two additional paragraphs I don't believe that I covered in the past and I want to get to them now so alternatively double our hair Lacock not God Maremma comes that that this was designated in other words this discussion is taking place now why the Miko's lapel raucous I share all ha ADIS we're saying it's outside of the of the curtains the partition which is on the arc of testimony so people should not make a mistake this goes against people who will easily make mistakes right we have we've all made mistakes in our lives now we're on the true path of wisdom but there are people who are walking around this earth blind so there are people that will make mistake and think that God needs the light the God the why do you have the menorah it must because God needs the light no Marquis who use rocks are equal or oh sure a hyperopia smajsak vena menorah love mcComish wash gelato but guess what you asked earlier another reason could be you actually have the curtain you have the Holy Ark with a sheen arrest there's no light there and there's if there's a curtain so it shows the curtain is showing you that God does not need the light should just Shama Eidos the cool aura actually inside the place where the testimony is it's completely light now I don't mean that maybe physically like but we're talking about God's presence it's completely light I'll avoid that Iker key kazoo Electra and this is why it says by Moses they should take the oil for you the Sarkoja for your needs but not fresh Em's right as the meddra SH mansions should look how high you Colonia shall base a Mick Dodge we discussed this before if you ever go to the old city in the walls that are cut you know outside the old city so the wall there you're sitting in the window and it goes like this why you can easily save the archers right when you're when you're sitting there you want to be protected so that works well when you're outside right what about in a normal home that's exactly how it should be in a normal home you also want to draw the light in so it's narrow on the outside and it comes in a big slide so that the that is drawn in and and is brought into the room as much as possible but in the basement Mick - it was the opposite it was small on the inside and protruded outside because it didn't need those summer it didn't need the light from the outside in fact the light of the temple that energized the Sun s you end ok as we'll see shortly Chicago hollowness shall be Samak - recovers miracles so the the windows in the temple were wide on the outside with Sarah Smith theme but narrow on the inside to teach you what should i shemish Meramec - that it was not the Sun s UN that illuminated the temple L other Robbo's the other way how mikdash how your mayor out alack oh la la it's actually the temple that illuminated the world as it says in Ezekiel chapter 43 verse 2 it's really the last few words but I read the whole thing behold the glory of God of Israel was coming from the east it sound was like the sound of multitude of waters and the earth shone with God's glory with his glory the earth shines with God's glory it's whatever whenever light is emanating from the Sun it's emanating from a sham and now we there we also explained the parshas the8 say that would be in Genesis chapter 28 verse 11 where Yaakov encountered that place and he thought that the Sun set early perhaps it did but he saw that the Sun dimmed because when he comes across that place which is so bright of course this the the light is going to dim meaning you don't need the heavenly orbits of the Sun but rather it was the the light that it was emanating from the place so when you go to Genesis 20 verse 11 it says the youth could but luckily all on Sean P ba Shemesh right he encountered the place he slept there because the Sun had set or at least he thought it had Elijah cocked knocked at the left huh maybe now we understand what it says to you right that the Moses this is going to be for you this oil he a feeling pen emotion even the face of Moses you can take humma humma his face was like the would we say the face of the Sun like the countenance of the Sun his station become become a tatar little Rohan easy nevertheless you Moses you you need you Moses need this spiritual light k.michelle ishmael armitage it's not the Sun that's illuminated by Mick dodge you need this light as well Elohim it - meaning you need to lay the Mick Dodge and Lamech - Mehran Mishima SH but it's the mick - that is illuminating the Sun Kimi Mello yo th fr now cults vomer own because from it from God's presence from the Mick - goes forth or Providence that's able to light and flows towards all the heavenly hosts when you see stars right even the constellations it's all emanating from one place Hashem is Barack all coming from a Shem and using the mick - as an example that the light emanated from the Mick Dodge is where all energy flows from now there's some that explain yes the parsha zu there's a way to explain our partial also as mu Sorella time giving rebuke to people who need it about ethical ideas and note me mihaela can move car minimum on the torah ah hi man you know what they give their choices portion for themselves right in other words they allow their hey lift and move car from their own money for their own physical means they take the best and they eat and they drink and any kind of you know the little take their whole family for passover for $50,000 to the scrips Alps or who knows where unbelievable unbelievabl you know many people they could help by making Pesach at home unbelievable anyway so this is a problem he's gonna give them hell for using okay if you're using it for Mitzvah great but because people go overboard sometimes the caller melaka the nimza nanami's all their work and all their efforts are just inferior and wretched but rather we should understand near loki munition of sodom the candle of god is actually the soul of man now what about Cain Cain and Abel what's the problem came you know I might have been his idea first but he gave the flax the flaxseed the inferior the worst of the worst and what a day will give you was a shepherd he gave the best of the Sheep he gave the wolf okay we're not gonna get into shyness right now but there's a whole opening for a whole nother conversation but he gave the best and it was acceptable so when you give the worst what is it so when you squeeze the oil the very first drops of oil the first that goes to the menorah the second and third whatever the rest of the oil that's going to be used for the knuckles for the flour and bread offerings okay the crackers the matzah the oil so let's go into the everybody says kadar chaucer kyon right if the if this if the flame of God is the soul of man then when you come to use your wealth use your best of your wealth for the the first drops for your soul not for your physical well-being this is what he says la Yale it but they're heavily don't do like Cain but rather like Abel she hey beam in Kailash am when he brought his offering to a shambling was mean Bakura so no mokou they had in britain genesis chapter 4 verse 4 he brought from the best literally he brought from the first of his flock and the choices ye Tenri shumlin lore this is how when you were talking about the first drop of oil for the lamp it was latronnik narrow leukemia Sh'ma sodom think of it like this it's for your soul it's your soul is the soul of God I'm sorry the lamp of God is the soul of man I share or on its key it's an eternal light feed your eternal self with the best like it says the hollow snare tamid keep the flame going constantly well Shana heat a laminar flows it's only the second drops leave that for the physical stuff she Michael the colony that ends up being food for the high priests the diagram is bizarre that may be named this is good enough for those who truly understand what I'm trying to say so maybe next year we read this again we'll even understand it much more so that was just the beginning I wish all shabbat shalom and they shall just take the lessons that we have from our holy sage PA car [Music]