Will the Real Yishmael Please Stand UP! with Rabbi Poston

[Music] Shalom Al everybody Welcome Home to Torah warm welcome to Torah we are not in the y b mid we are in the ER mid where we have been learning this last month month and a half whatever it's been you know we lose all track of time recently H I want to mention just for those who are watching us for the first time we're using the clear to explain the verses in the par usually we only go through one or two verses and that could take a lot of time so who the clear is go back and watch some of the other videos and you'll see who but number one you should know that we have Hebrew sheets you can go into our website there are links below and you can get copies of the sheets however they're not as colorly decorated as mine you'll just get plain black and white that's number one number two if you want to get the English Source sheets you can write me an email again that's in the link below uh also because we are in the middle of a war and there's a revolution there a chuva Revolution going on I want to bring a verse to before we begin our par toos and that is in B midbar and parus Matos where we're going to battle we're going to battle against the midianites there's a verse a very famous verse it says El late El late so it's verse it's chapter 31 verse 5 a thousand from each tribe a thousand from each tribe 12,000 Al together so what does that mean there were 12,000 there were 12 tribes you're sending a thousand from each tribe and then it's repeated a thousand from each tribe for all those people in the room who are actually making tias and I'm going to just take one second to show you how we're doing it okay I just wanted to show you what we're doing here this is the command center we are making ties for the soldiers the green ones are for the regular Soldiers the white ones are for the Kyle of for the uh um the the well the Navy and the Air Force okay so I want to just show you a quick glance of whaty okay you didn't do it yet okay so this is what the room looks like this is the command center and they're being shipped out every day to the front lines here are the seven pairs of to fill in that barem people have donated ated either money or actual to filling we had them checked we had them refurbished but basically most of these here are brand new sets and I'll give you just an idea and these special special cases for the Kim and they're on their way now to the front line okay so we're back so now you know what we're doing here we're making ties um are we doing enough we have to pray we have to learn Torah we have to maybe give charity whatever it is there's a lot we can do there are going to be for every tribe a thousand that goes out there's going to be a thousand to stay behind and pray and do Mitzvah and learn Torah and make tius and pack parachutes whatever it is we are tied to them they are tied to us there was an interesting story that developed this week somebody had a near-death experience and he explained that when he went up to heaven totally not religious guy said you know what pulled him back to Earth and made him alive again somebody was learning Torah he a non-religious guy had a near-death experience and he's convinced that Torah learning is what's keeping him alive and it's just an amazing story maybe if I can find it I'll put the link in the description box as well so you can hear about his story so are we doing enough we can imagine try to imagine being out there no shower not comfortable who knows where you're going to sleep and you're getting shot at and you are trying to save the Jewish people okay so we want our hostages back that is number one number two we will destroy the enemy but that's not for me that's for the generals to speak about in the meantime we have to have a lot of amuna and hope okay so let's start in chapter 25 of Genesis by the way there are sheets here if you want English and Hebrew Source sheets for those who just came in I want you to look at the English Source sheets for a second and I want you to compare Source One with Source two Source One Genesis 25:19 it says and bold that Isaac the son of Abraham Abraham begot Isaac so in Hebrew a told us these are Generations y Ben abam now it's established that yak is the son of abam do we really need the next four words AB was H at y do we really need to know that well I'll tell you we will see Rashi there's a lot of good reason for that however go to Genesis 2512 in source to it's just a few verses back now these are the generations of Ishmael the son of Abraham so in Hebrew Ben Abraham just like Yak is Ben Abraham whom Hagar the Egyptian now you wouldn't notice this in the English we're going to see the Hebrew a second the made servant of SAR bore to Abraham so in the Hebrew it says that yes yes is been Abraham just like y but when it comes to the one who begat or begets cause to give birth right it was y it was Hagar who gave birth to to yesma but in our verse it's Abraham who gave birth obviously we're not talking about physical birth I mean we are talking about who the real father is no problem but hly the the word giving birth is based on and hanging on Hagar not on Abraham and all throughout the Bible you always hear the word holly is usually applied to the male but here we're being taught something unique about yesel and it's his birthing is somehow dependent on a an egyp ipan woman named Hagar now if we don't go on you guys won't sleep tonight because this should really bother you like this is a one off you don't see this anywhere else but you see it here so let's look at the clear and see how he unfolds the mystery so on the first page in the Hebrew a told us Ben these are the generations of Y who is been Abraham now Ben AB even though the verse is telling me that he was y was the son of Abraham nevertheless the Torah deems it necessary finds it necessary to teach me that Abram was Hol that word Hol is causing to give birth to why is this when we see the verse referring to yesel it's clearly different than y when it comes to the Ben yes he's the son of Abraham but in terms of giving birth you know begetting it's not a tributed to Abraham but rather to Hagar you need to say here the following to means the description of the word Bane and the word to what they represent when it comes to both descriptions attributes whether he's the son and Abraham caused the birth of Y it's all both aspects are on Abraham now this Sage lived over 400 years ago and he was an expert in Hebrew better than all of us put together in this room and he tells us that within the Hebrew lashes the holy language so there's a difference we we have to become cognizant of these differences so Ben means son of to means begetting and what's the difference first he says there are this is an amazing concept are you aware of the fact that this expression son of is actually said many times with without the person giving birth I'll ask you when is that people adopt people right there are such a thing as an adoption I get that but what about the famous about phrase about students students are your children okay so that's what the um the cleart brings down a famous statement that when you are a mentor to somebody when you are if you're dealing with conversions or balet Chua people you're mentoring them you're giving them so much wisdom and direction it's like you're an adopted you know spiritual parent so that's the truth about rebies and and you know people who are teaching their students are called children e they children I meaning their their product even though they never gave birth to them actuality and the clear brings down three examples the example dealing with bati and mosha the the right we have a b here baa relationship with mosha was she was like an adopted mother we have M and Esther okay we're not going to get into uh the aspect of the relationship but the T itself describes him as as an El adopted father and abah himself he's called a hon I'm sorry aamon he is the father of a multitude of Nations and yet he did not give birth to every one of them so let's just look at the verses themselves you can see this in uh 3 four and five in the sore sheet right Exodus 2:10 and this is regarding Basia it says Vil right he became like her son obviously should not give birth in Esther there are two verses one is in Esther 27 says M took her to himself for a daughter and in Esther chapter 2 verse1 15 who had taken her for a daughter A so you have the relationship of father son or father daughter in with or mother son in this case as a parent and in Genesis 1775 where Abraham is no longer called abah but rather aaham as the verse says he he's now Abraham because he's a father of a multitude of Nations Aon as we quoted okay so you can see that the word there is a difference well so far we're beginning to describe the difference between the word Ben and then the word to now I think what he does now he tries to prove his point by a a narrative a story that Moses has with God it's says in numbers 11:12 you'll see that number six on the store sheet where God is kind of upset with the Jewish people and Moses feels somewhat responsible as any leader would he was the major influence we call him mosha Renu he is our teacher okay so he says to God he's ask asking God did I conceive these people did I give birth to them right am I carrying you you say to me that I should carry them in my bosom listen God I'm just going to try to say what clear is saying then we'll see inside don't blame me I did the best I can to influence them it didn't catch but I didn't give birth so their bad behavior is not because of me meaning through the DNA part and this is how the clear expresses it Yar second line down in the second paragraph even though yes they are my students we know the famous phrase that that students are called children but God I didn't actually give birth to them what can I do if they're acting improperly if what can I do what did I do if their actions change from good to bad you know whatever bad schemes they came up with it wasn't for me it wasn't for me that this consequence these outcomes came from so be so this is what Moses is saying so that's the case why are you placing on me all these troubles why are you putting on me as if I'm the one who's guilty that everything's on my shoulders okay now that was like a nice statement these next two lines I'm a little bit confused about because I'm I'm trying to say like is I think what the clay c car is doing here is that if you have at this point a good question I already have a good answer to your question you and I would probably not have asked this question but in in in bamidbar chapter 3 verse one it says these are the descendants of Moses and Aon okay now this is referring to as the um as Rashi explains if you see the verses it's talking about um it's talking about nadav n and are AR children they're not Moses's children and yet the verse uses toot so if they're not Moses's children they're only his students why does the Torah used the word toote and the answer the clear gives because aon's in the verse and they really are aon's children and look at the look at the Rashi it's a very interesting Rashi these are the descendants of Moses and Aon yet we see only the sons of Aaron are mentioned remember we're looking at the word toote and it mentions Moshe however they are considered Moses descendants because he taught them Torah this teaches us that whoever teaches Torah to the son of his fellow man scripture regards it as if he begotten him I think the clear is just trying to answer if you had such a question why toos is used there it's because of Aon is in the verse but we still have the lesson learned about someone who has an influence okay here we come to once again Abraham going back to the first verse we have Ben Abraham and holy that's holy that's y that was by y but by it's only been the only thing that yes received from n naturally was whatever abah taught him doesn't mean that it's stuck but that's it it wasn't Forum it was only whatever influence could have been from Abraham's side he made every attempt to treat and and to influence his son yes correctly but it was only superficial it was it was happen stance it could be changed very easily and we see that it did because hares l towards you know later on we see that yes himself was corrupted I want to bring you the attention your attention where we at I I don't want to I want to go out of order um let let's continue and then I'll get to these sources and now we understand why in that verse 12 that the to was not somehow dependent on abam but it was dependent on Hagar now this sounds a little bit risque here it says Kel Kel Hagar just trying to get I think I I lost the line here how do I translate this that yishmael received this certain nature from this Egyptian woman and it's well known that the Egyptians were shatu Zima shatu Zima I'm going to translate as sexually they acted sexually inappropriately they were um deviant okay therefore that's where I want to bring in the other sources also therefore he was also was we're going to deal with that word in gorias which means um sexually inappropriate okay now huh promiscuous promiscuous thank you so the word I want to take you on a little journey and I want to take you to number 10 it says Exodus 326 this says the day after um on the next day they arose early offered up burnt offerings brought peace offerings the people sat down to eat and drink this is the sin of the golden calf are you aware at the sin of the golden calf there were three sins the three major sins there was we know it's obvious that there was idol worship that's what all the golden calf is all about idol worship correct but there was also murder was murdered and what about sexual immorality well if you saw the movie you knew there were belly dancers so it must have been you know it all starts there anyway so in the Hebrew it says they got up and and to make marry the Hebrew is you can see that on the top page three and Rashi says there to make marry this word it's also connotation of sexual immorality okay we have a verse in Genesis 39:17 which I'll take you in a second to see and also regarding Bloodshed okay in 2 Samuel chter 2:14 so I'll take you quickly to number 11 number 11 is anybody hear of the ROP you never heard of the ROP okay the ROP is R keep that in your memory you have to have a sense of humor so I wrote obviously regarding the golden calf the sin the sin of the idol worship was committed along with with murder and sexual immorality so in in Genesis 39:17 what's that verse referring to Mrs potifar was lying about Ys sadik's sexual advancements and the word L as Rashi mentioned is used and in 2 Samuel chapter 2 ver14 there was almost like a civil war but basically um ish bosis Saul's son was going to be King and King David was going to be king and their their um their their people battled it out you see in verse 16 each one took hold of his fellow's head and his sword was thrust to his fellow side they fell together and we see the word uh we saw the word okay so that word implies that yesel was already involved in sexual immorality murder and um and idol worship of course we did discuss for the last few weeks that yish will do chuva I don't know about all of isma a certain portion we saw the Abra Abraham Accords Abraham Accords we do believe that many hopefully right now is is a very pivotal point for every person in the Arab world to choose a side are you going to be part of the family of isma that does truva or are you going to do remain as is which is which would be sad for everybody in the world included let's continue so the clear continues after the word we're only in the top line that yesma was the was sexual immorality that did not change because that was within his DNA that's why the superficial bikra was dependent on Aram but theum the essence of who he was was dependent on Hagar now that's true byma what about and he right he was La made so he received that's why both words are used in our para in our first verse he was Ben and he was to because he um he received the nature that's first nature from abam and second nature all of his actions he learned that's why everything is depend on Abraham both language of ban and language of to ah what about again but that's not true by even when he was young why do you think SAR wanted him out of the house so I want to take you I said I was taking you on a little journey go to number nine it said but the matter greatly displeased abah concerning his son and then God said don't be displeased concerning the lad because Sara told them to leave but in if we understand in the Hebrew in Genesis chapter 21: 11 and 12 the thing pained abrah greatly Rashi says because he heard that he had fallen into Wicked Ways this is why Abraham was was upset obviously is he was upset SAR said to get rid of him but the way we understand it here is that he was actually upset because he saw his son going in in a bad Direction so let's continue that's what we just read that verse chapter 21 verse 11 and 12 so our chapter right chapter 25: 19 is talking about he received everything he could possibly receive from Abraham by the way I mentioned this before according to yes according to um Islamic tradition it was not y who was on the aada but it was yes because you know the verse says your son your only son the one you love and they really feel like gave a whole sh on that displaced this is part of their problem learn how to deal with it without killing people okay but here we have what about this man Y what aad y received everything from Abraham who was a moralist he was a ethicist he was monotheistic ethical perfe to Perfection right those three words he was welld disciplined it means that he conquered his Fountain his Wellspring meaning he didn't get married until 40 right how can a guy like that being right he was handsome wealthy prominent he was probably you know really good-looking he would look like Abraham will see shortly who wouldn't want to marry him he was probably the back of the Millennium right we're talking about he didn't get married until his 40 obviously he had such self-control and he actually waited until he found RKA his soulmate his partner keep in mind we spoke about this earlier also he did not want to marry the Canaanites no why remember we're saying that he was moral who is who are the Canaanites they come from Africa okay so they came over and they they stole the land okay whatever they were here before us for to a certain extent they were here at the time of a soon as we come out of Egypt we're told to get rid of them send them back to a send them back to where they came from what was the sin of it was a sexual nature there's a m Focus whether he sodomized his father Noah or whether he castrated him but we'll go for the time being of sodomized so why did yit not want to marry a Canaanite because the Canaanites come from kham and kham had a a sexual encounter with Noah which was inappropriate that's why he waited 40 years for R there's no doubt I wasn't making it up a guy like this a single guy like this many would jump on him how can a handsome like this remain unmarried for so long CaRu it must be for the reason we said above that he was well disciplined now the next paragraph you have to understand this is fake news there's a lot of fake news that goes around so what the clear is going to do is saying you know there are people with fake news and they spread this propaganda so I want to tell you what what the answer is going to be but you shouldn't think like this and Hashem set it up but there's always free choice the the answer is obvious but there will be people that fall into this category so he says in order that you the people who want to make a claim and argue will not find a proper argument but this is what they say you know what this guy Yak you're telling me he was so perfect and holy if he was so perfect and holy how did you get a a person who's inferior in character like as coming out of such a righteous person he took women who were about to go to the with their husbands who were H we'll see they were um they were virgins and he violated them but he was basically an adulterer Abra Sara you know what they were spreading false news about that it must be that Sara was cohabitating or cohabitated with aik and so remember the question was where did Asa come from he didn't come from Abraham our T tells you no he did come from AF but what would be the fake news so how does such a righteous person like Yak give birth to an ASA it must be that Yakov came from s SAR side but ASA comes from aik side we're talk about the grandparents no confusion here right you follow you follow that the people are gonna ask how did such a righteous person such as yit give birth to a good guy and a bad guy it must be that his seat came from aik not Abraham and therefore you have a Yakov takes after his grandmother Sarah and as takes care for his grandfather we have in it says created a miracle now the truth is most people do look like their parents more like the mother more like the father but y had a an exact and identical face as Abraham Hashem created a miracle he you got it LEF this was that's in order to get rid of any idea that abam that that that um that yak could have been a result of a one night stand with aik clear's day and then the clear is introducing another idea it says there is a statement in gorra page 110a that says that that when you want to go for a sh check out your F your future brother-in-laws doesn't actually work by the female meaning you can check them out of course your your your future husband sisters or brother but for a male who's looking for a wife check out your future wives Brothers okay and that's a statement but the truth is like this why does the T got out of its way to give us this verse in Genesis 2520 which we will look at right now it's number 12 that yes Isaac was 40 years old when he took Rebecca the daughter of B the are upon Aram the sister of Lavan we're finding out that that was her brother riska's brother was Lavan he was a schlamazel he was a a deceiver he was not a good guy and so that's where asav this is what the Torah is telling us asav came as a result not through Sara being violated by ABI melik but by rifka's brother in the DNA into into Asa now at Quick Glance we see in that last verse I highlighted the word AR Aran three times notice you see it the Aran from a place called P Aram sister Lavin the aramean and so there three times it mentions AR now why is that he says there were three very inferior qualities within asav and the word Aram the actually the word is the ramai arami is a deceiver but nevertheless the the the lesson here is that within asav there were these three very inferior character traits and the CLE says what are their sources what are they he violated women and as it's the verse says obviously was right R's father is what does B sound like the word virgin he was he went and he violated the women on their way to Thea like we saw in the Roman times many and maybe even the kasaks throughout Jewish history we've seen our enemies do these kind of Acts and it's brought down in the uh the yokut and it's brought down in theun in the medish that's the one character trait that asov has is also a bad track record when it comes to sexual morality or immorality the other thing is called gluttony gluttony what did asov say when he wanted the porridge and we see this in the 13 number 13 it's Genesis 2530 he uses the word pour into me noish was willing to just swallow the food he they that's what the arameans these people in this place they were this bad character trait came from his mother's side from Rifka side because she was from p andam as brought down in the med and this is in the med when abam was still what's the word traveling on his way to Israel and he stopped by these places and he saw their gluttonous Behavior he saw them eating in such a gluttonous way you know what he says and I hope every Jew says this wherever they are in the world I don't want any portion in this land okay look there's a lot of good people out there in other parts of the you know the world all over the world part of the Exile is that we will bring back some of the Sparks whether they're converts or whether they're good character traits there are good things right there are good things in other countries not just the culinary not just the food but there are good traits and hopefully we'll bring them back but for the major part this is the place to be and I think the world is seeing how we love life and treat life and treat uh the world we are teaching the world a lesson I mean whether we're trying to or not it's being unfolded so what do we have so far we have sexual immorality with Asa we have gluttony with Asa and the last thing is being a Rai the word it's based on r r he was a deceiver what do you think they have his name is Lavon remember the uh Dukes of Hazard there was like the sheriff I think or mayor the mayor like he's dressed all in white and he was the biggest corrupted guy ever right you get the idea so you know what asov did he asked his father how do I tithe salt how do I tithe hay these these are things that don't need tithing but he made himself look like he's a big sadic he's so righteous that he would be willing to even you know obviously he knew that's why he said it so anyway that he so so the last thing is that L was such a corrupt and disgust disgust did I just make up a word a disgusting person so here you have it these are the three traits we will end out so much I encourage you guys go through the CLE car on your own this is just a beautiful um explanation you can really improve your Hebrew I hope everyone has through this class and um I wish everybody I wish everybody a safe whatever you're doing wherever you are to be safe and um I me I didn't mention the beginning I'll mention it now that in the description box below one could donate to our tfillin fund which we just brought seven pairs of toilin to the front line today and we have a lot of tles that were donated Talis and of course we're making Talis Katon for the soldiers to protect them from any anything any harm so batem I think there's a Revolution going on people are waking up and at least questioning their own morality their own mortality and what life is really about so batem from strength to strength let's continue to pray for our soldiers and let's consider doing more working on our character working on our Torah working on our prayer and so forth so with that I wish everybody shabat Shalom call [Music] to [Music] oh