Absolutely Not Worth Being an Anti-Semite with Rabbi Aaron Dovid Poston

anybody [Music] everybody welcome back to the even of beat midrash welcome home to Torah you may notice there's a little bit of a different background we're still in the same room just we switched angles because of the lighting situation I just want to mention and welcome to the people here in the Bateman Josh welcome to those who are listening uh at any time anytime right um I just want to mention that we do have the original Hebrew um Clear Car transcripts in the description box below meaning you have a link and then you still have to find which year which Parsha uh which book of the Torah tonight today we are in Genesis chapter 12 verse 3 parshot now we're going to deal with a verse that you've probably are all familiar with however however everybody it's very important to know the Hebrew because the Hebrew tells a story it opens up your mind to what God is really thinking not all the fake news out there but there's a famous expression pre people have probably heard it have said it I will bless those who bless you and I will curse those who curse you that's not what it says that's not what it says so what does it say and what does it mean so let's take a look one of the things the clear car is famous for is opening up like a like to the text itself and the text is alive and we're able to see what we call anomalies things that remember Hashem created the language he created everything created the world and he created the world through the language so he is the foremost grammarian if that's a word he knows grammar better than anybody else because he invented the entire language and all the rules of grammar and we start off in the verse which it says in English and I will bless those who bless you and the one who curses you out I will curse so already in the English you can see there's a difference I will bless those who bless you so God is telling us that even before they bless you he's already blessing so in other words I will bless those who bless you and the ones who curses you in other words it doesn't say what you had thought oh and I curse those who curse no those who curse you has to come first before he curses them at least that's the way it says in English and this is a good translation this is the Arts glow or Chabad doesn't matter what Jewish authentic Jewish translation I assume that it's all going to be similar and all the families the Earth shall be blessed in you or through you so let's look at the Hebrew when it says and I will bless that means I will bless those who bless you keep in mind not only is it in that direction that God will bless that's what he says first secondly those who bless you then it says um and those who curse you or I will curse now the the word for curse is different in other words the same root for blessing is used in both words when it comes to the curses there's two types of words being used tonight we're not going to discuss that I'm sorry there won't be enough time but stay tuned I actually discussed in another share and I'll put that link below as well one thing to point out as well is that when it says Those Who bless you it's actually plural you have the uid before the final half and then when it says in and those who curse you it's singular and there is no good before the final cuff so it's singular and there's also a schwa under the second lament okay that's the I'm just pointing this out to begin with the Clear Car himself points it out to us when we open the clear car and he says from the very fact that it does not say foreign and I will curse those who curse you kid Derek like it says in the very beginning of the verse that I will bless those who bless you I know this may sound like a very fine point that's what we do here we dissect the text because there's a message and it's not just a hit it's not so hidden if you know the language and you know the nuances and you know and you're familiar with the rabbis and what they have to say about it it should have like jumped off the page at you okay so the very first statement is he wants he wants you to know that this is not the case that there is no symmetry it's asymmetrical and there's no symmetry between the first two words of the verse which you would have expected with the second two words of the verse and then he begins to give you some insight the Insight is based on Proverbs 16 1 16 1. so I have this on the English Source sheet number two and number two it's in Proverbs and will translate the word as the arrangements of the heart or the way the heart is designed so we'll it starts off in Hebrew it's to man man has the thoughts the arrangements of the thoughts are within man okay in his heart so to speak and it's from Hashem the second part of the verse we will be dealing with as well but the second part of the verse says and it's from Hashem is the answer or the response of the tongue this is going to play key into our discussion so keep in mind what this Proverbs 16 1 is saying so in other words man thinks and then he either speaks or he acts or will call speaking in action but the first thing before a person acts hopefully and before he speaks hopefully he she mankind will think it through it first goes through your brain so now he expresses exactly this idea prior to before any words come out of your mouth okay outside of your lips and towards the outside the first thing that happens is there's an arrangement right there's some kind of how does he explained it a design within your heart and and mind now Theodore you should know this is something that is well known in Judaism that whenever there are good thoughts within a man the Holy One Blessed Be he is means to weld to combine to join together the thought to the action this is very deep and there are many explanations we're going to try to stick with just the simple we'll call the push it shot the simple explanation but then we're going to go down a rabbit hole we are going to go so far you will not be the same person right I put before you two different pill a red pill and a blue pill which one you're going to choose right if you take one of them you're not going to be the same okay so what does this mean on a simple level let's say that maybe it's not simple maybe it's Beyond Simple I want to help an old lady across the street and I see her and I'm running over there and someone gets there first we say that Hashem will give me the reward as if I did it because why I wanted to but I also made the effort right I invite someone for Shabbat come to my house they say we were sorry we're not available but you get the credit as if we as if you hosted us it's amazing right in Judaism we speak like this right the power of suggestion the power of the positive actually I mean this is the gemara that says it um actually the good more I'll tell you where the Gamora is in kadushan 40a which you will see shortly that it brings us down and perhaps there's several ways to read it but let's continue but when it comes to a negative thought meaning the the thought to do something evil the thought to do and Avera a sin ACH Hashem will not he does not connect combine or bring together the thought to the action now before we read a verse from King David in Psalm 66 18 I'll just give you like an example somebody plans to rob the truth is maybe in in Civil Court they're going to still put him away for something intended burglary but the guys takes out a bank three months gets the the plans whatever he observes when The Changing of the Guard comes with a plan and the Very day that he's going to execute the plan to rob the bank his car doesn't start and he never robs the bank is he going to be held accountable for robbery I'm sure there's some code that you know he'll get a slap on the wrist and maybe even worse but he's not going to get the X amount of years and the the felony I don't know maybe it is a felony but it's certainly not the same degree of the felony of if he actually robbed the bank right he only thought about it okay and he did a lot of actions but in the end he didn't rob the bank okay so you see in this sense that Hashem will not punish the person just for the thoughts alone I do want to say there are a few examples a few exceptions a voted Zara for example idol worship that right is an exception because the whole sin is within the mind I shouldn't say that there are also physical things one could do but the prime the prime sin it does take place in the mind and the Heart and also if someone constantly repeats the same sin so constantly repeating so just thinking about dreaming about it and thinking about it in a deep way it could be problematic and still be punished for as if they did it okay but there are exceptions the general rule is Hashem will give you the reward you really intend you did everything you could to try to do the Mitzvah and in the end you didn't do it so you'll get credited if you did it and vice versa it doesn't work uh the negative so here we have in Psalm 66 18 this is number three this is King David speaking Avon Aven that means a sin now he's talking to himself if if I saw iniquity within my heart meaning we already said that the designs and the arrangements of manner within the heart so I saw iniquity in my heart I didn't do it the Lord does not hear it what does that mean the word the Lord does not pay attention he's not mitsari if he's not going to connect he's not going to punish you for it listen to the Hebrew okay so the Lord does not hear it foreign okay so I want to read to you the Gamora in kadushan 40a I have the original Hebrew here uh if you look on the Hebrew Source sheet on the English score sheet it's on page two in the middle okay so if you want to read along with me we're only going to deal with the right side of the the right column okay so it says like this thought that a man has to do something positive Tova such as a mitzvah now even though in the end he's nanas he is not capable of for some reason something's preventing him against his will right he has all the will to do it but he's not able to do it for some external reason so what is the karishbara who is he actually what he'll combine the action to what to consider it as if he did it now there is a verse in um sorry it's Milwaukee 316. you'll find that on page two in the middle um I hadn't figured the entire thing out here but it doesn't sound like there are any actions taking place at all so then so let's read it in English then they feared then they that feared the Lord spoke with one another okay let's get context in you if you read the several verses before it sounds like people are wondering is there really reward and Punishment I see people who are evil and they're successful and I see plenty of righteous people suffering so it sounds like they're complaining that there's no uh Diane within that there's no judge and there's no judgment and hashem's responding with this verse okay again the verse is then they that feared the Lord spoke to one another and the Lord listened and heard so he's he wants to respond he's listening he heard and a book of remembrance was written before him okay so this is key for them that fear the lord and that think upon his name so a book of remembrance was written before him meaning Hashem himself made sure to let them know this is his response that they will get their either reward or punishment because it's not erased it's not uh forgotten it's remembered you may not see right now the repercussions the consequences or even the reward for them that fear the lord that think upon his name now what does it mean his name we're talking about doing mixes what is the name of God have to do with mitzvahs so I want to show you I know we've discussed this many times but I decided to pull it off the internet the atbash cipher once again right so that's basically it's called at bash because in Hebrew you have the first letter is an alif and the last letter is a tough so there's a code that just like the gematri is that the first letters replace with the last letter the second letter is replaced with the second to the last letter and that's why it's called like here you have alif tough then bet Shin at bash you can go look it up on Google it's a real thing and they used it in the war and the United States used it in the war and they won the war right because they had a code and they based it on ancient Hebrew wisdom so anyway the the word Mitzvah is part of God's name the last two letters of God's famous name on the other hand when you use the atbash so you have mem is your Sadiq is hey so you actually have the word Mitzvah like in bed it is God's name they're thinking about God's name when they're doing Mitzvahs you want to do God's will you want to connect to Hashem by the way just another Agave by the way the very word Mitzvah does not only and maybe it doesn't mean it at all but let's say it does it means law or command but it doesn't only mean that the actual root of the word is like the word seven which means to connect it actually means to connect and we have a modern word a modern understanding the word save it when you go to a restaurant you have the whole staff whether it's the Mater D to the host right the hostess you have the the the the the waiters taking your order the bus boy at the end cleaning off cleaning the dishes for the next group of people The Cook the chef the prep Chef everybody they're they're only there to please the customer and to make some money right or to make some money and please the customer whatever it is they all have one goal in mind they're all connected they're all under One Direction uh even though they're doing many different acts uh by the way if you want to see this other uh there's a wheel here that might be easier to deal with um with the at Bosh so it's the same thing that Sadiq is the hey the mem is the good okay now the Gamora continues we're in kadushan mem Ahmed aleph and the continued after it mentioned that verse which I do want to read a comment on so the Kumar itself asks my what does it mean those who consider his name as we already said outside that it's referring to people who do mitzvahs so says ravasi aphilo it's referring to even somebody who considers he wants to do a Mitzvah to do a Mitzvah but is means forced not able to do it in the end in the end he didn't do it listen to these words meaning the pasik this verse we just said is raised upon him in other words it's as if he did the Mitzvah Hashem will remember him for doing the Mitzvah it's written in a book of remembrance even though he didn't do it but he only thought about doing it and therefore the Gomorrah says Ah it's as if he did it now what about negative thoughts think idea to do in a very sin so makshavara you have intent to do a sin but in the end again us B Hashem will not will not what will not combine it with the action because the action never took place but we didn't say that's the case by the positives you are actually anyway so he brings a verse in Psalms 66 18. it might be 19. I think it's 18. um yeah but it says oh you know what it's the same it's the same verse we already saw so go back to and number three on the source sheet that was King David he said if I saw iniquity in my heart in other words I only thought about doing it the Lord does not hear it and that would be the source for the disconnect the not connecting the thought to the action when it's negative so that means Hashem deals with us it's as if Hashem is behaving with us his behavior towards us is as if he didn't see as if he didn't hear the thoughts the evil thoughts that are in our head but of course he does he just doesn't consider it he's not connecting it to the Masset by the way so I had a friend recently who made announcement in the synagogue and he told everyone don't forget ready for this don't forget to start praying for rain okay but don't forget so I'm reminded him what our teacher said our famous teacher of North Weinberg he's not the only one I think the Lubavitch think good it'll be good don't say don't don't say no in your prayers because Hashem doesn't hear those negative words right and we are a halek of Hashem we are creating the image of God So when you say things like that say remember as opposed to don't forget because the only thing you'll remember is the forget part the no won't even register okay think about it actually is I actually have a friend I'm not going to mention any names he used to tell me oh see you later and I would say see you soon I'm looking forward to seeing you oh it means to be seen looking looking forward to seeing you so I don't know maybe maybe I'm getting carried away what is it later later is like could be much later could be much later but the hope of seeing somebody soon I think is a little greater in a bracha if you're like if you really like the person if you're not interested in the person yes see you later um I think at this point I do want to read a famous safer unbelievable I came I have been repeating this idea it could be because I saw it in the in the commentary and I didn't pay attention to who said it I always thought for some reason this is something that the benesh high would say and if anybody heard in the name of the benesh high put in the comments yes the banish High also says this but anyway the safer is actually called the makne he is known as the the it means like the book or the master of Wonders right wonders so I'll just show you the cover again this is the name of the safety you can find on Hebrew books.com but you can find it in the in the matifta gamar in the in the on this page on the top right when we think about this idea we have already discussed what we call push-up shot at least according to me pashup Shack is that somebody wanted to do some good act and what happens he was nenas seems like from the Gomorrah that's shot and he'll get reward the person himself ready for this according to the say from by the way who is this this is Rebecca sarowitz he he was born in 1731 he died in 1805 and he was living in the Frankfurt on the main he was known as the Baja as I mentioned um he was his Rabbi was Dolph bear of meserich the famous Margate um it seems like also that he also learned from the custom sofa so he kind of had the best of both worlds right the lit Rock and the hasidish Masters wait to hear what he says he's going to knock you off your feet if you're not sitting down so please sit down we don't want anyone to get hurt here so on that page right you have it lamid bet it's about 10 lines but it's worth it so the Magnus says and other acronyms see other acronians say and that could have been the banished high again if anybody heard the name of the banished guy please tell me where you heard of it I always thought it was him it's certainly something he would say okay now here it goes should I just reiterate what we have already been saying just one more time because you're going to flip out a person who wants to do a mitzvah and he's not capable something prevents him right let's say for example I want to give money I want to give money to a a good charity but I don't have it for some reason I went to my bank and I forgot I had another bill to pay and it was already taken out of the bank and now I'm in minus so that's nenas so I'm going to get credit as if I did it because I actually went to the bank I checked it out I actually thought I had the money right something happened okay listen to what he says Mitzvah a person considers again considers probably means went through some part some kind of an effort but in the end he didn't perform that mitzvah ah here someone else did that Mitzvah without proper or full complete kavana right either without kavan at all or without some type of high-level Cabana for example someone else gave I wanted to give and someone else gave who was what maybe a little bit proud perhaps there's nothing wrong with being a little bit proud but maybe he was a little bit too proud he only gave because he wanted his name on the wall or he also wanted his name on the wall not for all the right reasons see if you want your name on the wall because you want other people to give and the the fundraiser told you listen if you get your name on the wall there's gonna allow other people are going to give so perhaps that's not at all a negative reason but for some reason he either gave because he wanted to be in that category with all his friends to go to The Hamptons and they have a club of givers and without giving to this charity he won't make it right to being known in the circle right and he'll get discounts when he goes to a certain restaurant who knows I don't they don't need discounts but you know what I mean maybe his kimono was not fully proper what what happens I wanted to give and I didn't have the money he wanted to give and did give but didn't have the right Covenants what is it because Hashem is going to combine my thoughts with his actions do you understand that the Jewish people are one we are one we have this unique unite United United aspect who we are we share a root in the shama a soul and our souls are interconnected just to bring it down another level or up another level right there's 600 000 letters in the Torah so we're told whatever that means there's six hundred thousand Jews that left Egypt each one of us is a letter and if one letter is missing the whole Torah is no good you understand that we need every Jew every one of us is necessary there's so many other examples I can give the idea is that Israel is compared to a scattered sheep the scat right a what does that mean we're like scattered sheep the whole idea is that we're compared to a sheep to begin with that a sheep is a very timid animal I know it looks very fluffy it may be fat but when you shave off all the wool a normal sheep does not really appear to be that fat at all and let no no Muscle really and therefore what happens is if it stubs its toe its whole body shakes right so if one Jew sins we all feel it we've discussed this idea when one Jew does a Mitzvah and tilts the whole world to the positive we all feel it we all benefit from his actions we are actually so interconnected it's unbelievable so don't stop your positive thoughts from flowing there are people all over the world doing Mitzvahs perhaps not with the full cavana and your positive thoughts are connecting with them and they're getting reward and you're getting reward okay so this is like an amazing idea we can really go on and on and on and talk about and hopefully the whole world should understand these points meaning the non-jews the Gentiles should learn the wisdom from the Jews how to treat your neighbor a famous expression love your neighbor as yourself that was not invented 2000 years ago it's in the Torah it's in Leviticus okay it's written black and white okay okay so what does he say now he goes on and he now he was also a kabbalist repentless lady Horowitz that was his name he says like this this is like the spooky stuff komas amidst the boy malach Malik's tov as we all know every Mitzvah that you do creates a Advocate an advocate for you when you go to heaven so this the very fact that he exists I don't even know if he has to open his mouth he's standing there because you created this positive energy we'll call it an Angel that's going to be defending you in the great an awesome day of the Lord which call yomadin your judgment day okay so how is this Angel created ready for this I never thought about this he says that the makshava um from the thought that the person has nivrat nishmas the what does it mean an angel has a soul we're gonna not go too deep into this but there is let's say a certain energy let's say like that that is ethereal to this Angel the thought that you have of doing the kind Act created the uh the Ethereal part of the Angel but what about the masay um now the angel doesn't have a goof although we do see in Tanakh sometimes they appear as human beings I think what it means is the action meaning the physical consequences of your actions because that means right it's connected to your actions it's creating the action it's creating the Goof the body of the malach meaning the physical consequences in this world of the malach and when he says so how much more so now if you only created one meaning you only had the makshava without the action or if you only had the action without the makshava then this advocate for you your proponent in the uh the Heavenly court is not complete however actually we're only talking about the good stuff when you're trying to do something good or someone did something good without all the cavanas Hashem will combine them both the soul of this Angel as well as well as the body whatever that means of the Angel and it becomes a complete entity we'll call an angel and that works for the toe for the good however he goes on Vera when it comes to the thoughts of doing a sin invera balokavana okay so when it comes to the thoughts of the ver Hashem is not going to combine the um the action of the the sin if you didn't have cavana if you eat right however now listen to what he says if through the thought alone it would have been considered a sin a feeling and even in the end of the end of the day right Nazi severik the shogek you ended up doing the Avera but unintentionally bashogging okay now if he gives an example okay good morning katubos on 46a it mentions that during the day especially by a man but this should apply to anybody that you shouldn't think about doing sins during the day because if you're and specifically let's say sexual sins so if you're thinking about it one should be very careful with their eyes during the day because it brings about perhaps an nocturnal Mission at night the hourly day Tuma balaila however I'm sorry off also even though Lewis should be self a noose even though you didn't perform an actual Act but rather there was still two men vow so since the the um the thought itself was what caused in other words even though it was so subtle it was um it was inadvertent to a certain extent obviously there was negligence involved because what took place during the day then Hashem will connect the uh the thought to the action in such a case okay I just want to go down to one more idea actually you know what let's go back to the clear car because we have to make some time here we only read four lines and we're already half over half an hour in okay let's go further because it really gets exciting it's written in Isaiah chapter 65 verse 24. we have that number five and it will be when they have not yet called I will respond when they are still speaking meaning they haven't even spoken yet I will already hearken I will listen in Hebrew even before they call out I'm going to answer them while they're still speaking meaning they're not even fully made their requests vanisma I already know I'm listening I already understand what they want foreign so the clear car says since before a man even expresses from his own mouth what he needs or what he wants obviously already he himself thought this through in his heart what he wants that's why he said it right because he thought about it Hashem already has answered him or let's say who will certainly answer him from his holy Abode his holy place before the person already calls out this is the kindness of God this shows you how different we are from God okay to exclude to show you the difference when you ask your friend for something it's necessary you need to actually express it with your lips I mean there are people that are married over 50 years and they have a sense of ESP is that what's called extra sensory perception where they can read minds meaning your partner's mind before they express it but that's a unique situation we're talking about in general people don't know what other people want unless they express it again because people generally don't know what is in the heart of their friends he um he examines he's the examiner he knows exactly what's going on within the heart he wants to fulfill and he goes ahead and he fulfills all the heart's desire and where do we know this from in Psalms chapter 20 verse 7. is that right uh some sorry five it's number seven number seven on the source sheet it's Psalms 20 verse 5. King David said may he give you as your heart desires and may He fulfill all of your again kind of desires but these are your counsel okay and it also says in mishlay Proverbs 16 1 which I didn't I think we actually read is that right right so the designs or the arrangements the harder mans but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord I think we're going to use this verse now to soon explain a bit of a problem why do we have a commandment to pray why should we pray at all we all know what we want and Hashem knows what we're thinking and knows what we want and what we desire so why is there a commandment to enter God's house trample his Courtyard so to speak and make our requests when he already knows he's the best mind reader and heart reader right so we're going to be here he says this is actually coming to answer to fix whatever question we might have which is about we're about to express it right now what's the question that if it's true that Hashem is going to fulfill the desires of the heart of man right even before he expresses it him came Lam is at Siva Hashem altafila why is it that God wants us to move our lips why is it that he wants us to stand in Prayer by the way for those who are not familiar Jews move their lips when they pray right we learned that from Hana okay we're not going to go there right now but you should know that you have to move your lips I just want to express this could be also the idea of makshava and Masa the combination it's always good to combine makshava thought with action so prayers and action if you're just standing there with makshaba alone it's not an action so the best way to fulfill is always to do both especially when you can so we have the question down why does Hashem want us or desire us or even command for us um to to pray with using our lips so I think he means the answer is already in the second part of that verse where it says but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord I mean you have to hear the Hebrew right right and from Hashem comes the tongue's reply okay what does this mean [Music] this is like a gift Hashem is giving you something he's giving the reply of the tongue I mean the verse says it right the answer of the tongue is from the Lord you want your you want this thing make sure to express it now why is it so important to express it so besides the fact and this is not a joke and I hope nobody takes it the wrong way women are much more interested in the relationship in relationships in general you can have three women they're all talking at the same time right men seem to be very excuse me I'm talking only one at a time that's it I can't hear I'm at a box I can't hear anything else I'm just concentrating what you're saying and that's it a woman can hear and she can be on the phone and talk to three women at the same time right okay women have will say the gift the gift of speech because it's about relationship by the way I might as well say no When God put into man a living Soul if you go into if I'm not mistaken and earlier on in Genesis chapter two and so just to point out that in chapter 2 verse 7 in the Hebrew is so when Hashem breathed into man let me find Hashem formed and Hashem God formed the man of the dust in the ground and this is the part I just said in Hebrew and he blew into his nostrils the soul of life and Man became a living being so over here it says in the the Aramaic ankles I'm not going to give a whole class on the history of oculus but this is the uh the Aramaic translation by way of ruach hakodesh of the Holy Spirit and he explains basically in the vernacular of the time that what was blown into the in man ruach it's very important for us to know that these these were words would be translated as a spirit of speech I mean this is when when we were creating the image of God as we started out saying that God created the world through speech so too we have a certain aspect of godliness inside of us and that is through our speech okay so must be very careful about your speech but again that's not for tonight's class either let's go back into where we left off the idea that um we were stuck with this whole question why would man need to use his lips to pray and we answered because of the movement of the lips basically it's the lips it's where the tongue okay tongue and lips to me we're talking about using both in order to speak um so he brings down a Gamora in your vamos 64a is Hashem desires the prayers of the righteous he wants it then is a strong word for a very strong desire if we think about our holy mothers who didn't have children so easily it took a while Hashem wanted their prayers like he wants all prayers of righteous people so the clear car says the fish in Himachal ID it's a very interesting because this is analogous when we think about Hashem that sadiqi why they need to pray they're like a he wants he wants them to be like um excited happy children in front of their father when they ask for something um I don't know how many people listening have children but I remember my kids delicious growing up and they would tug on the on the hems or whatever on the on my pants Abba Abba Abba buy me this buy me that when are we gonna get there whatever it is right um what nachas you have so he says even though the father knows exactly what the child needs nevertheless you know what the father really wants that the father wants the child to express himself for themselves the feature of mishta ashaya event because it actually also affects the father in a positive way as well that the father is made Happy right he's going to get excited by being made happy that the son or the child is expressing themselves and asking the father for something right you have an allowance to your child you say okay I'm going to give you a dollar a day you know what it's 365 a year I'll just give it to you one time well that's not a very smart father right you say to your child I'm giving you a dollar a day and I want to give you I want to give you a dollar a day so come every day and ask for your dollar right and I'll give it to you or even if you don't ask I'll be there to give it to you whereas I think the uncaring or you know the father who doesn't is not interested in the relationship would be very happy to give 365 dollars once a year okay so this is what is saying to the Jewish people let me hear you I want to hear your voice and this is based on um a verse and Song of Songs chapter 2 verse 14 as well as Jeremiah chapter 30 verse 21. do I have it on the source sheet and no 11 11 okay okay let's say number 10 first so Song of Songs 214. it's just based in other words it's poetic license here because the Hebrew says as the clear card says because your voice is so sweet as it reaches or approaches or reaches me so in Song of Songs it says my dove in the clefs of the Rock in the Overture of the steps show me your appearance let me hear your voice for your voices Pleasant and your appearance is calmly as I said I want to hear your voice let me hear your voice it's based on this verse and now in Jeremiah chapter 30 verse 21 and it's just a play on the word and I will bring him near basically the nigosh a lie okay lagesha said Lee same idea let's go on basically Hashem does not act he's not interested in acting with us the way the human beings who are of very prominent stature such as ministers or Kings Earthly Kings ambassadors and whatnot I don't know if you ever had any interactions with them let's say CEOs sometimes you know they're like kings right they're very important people Shane Monique they really don't want to have too long of a conversation with the peasants with the help right as soon as they get any inkling of an idea of what you're looking for right they basically understand why you're there because that's how you got your 15 second elevator pitch you're halfway through you're seven seconds in and they say make it even shorter get to the point basically or just I don't want to say shut up and leave uh finish your words and leave whatever it is they're very impatient and they're very arrogant well I'm saying they could be right Hashem is not like that ain't okay but a shaman is unbelievable Mercy he's not like that in fact it says in Psalms 21 3. let's find it um number 12. you gave this King David you gave him his heart's desire and the speech of his lips you have never withheld again I think we actually saw this word already but [Music] okay so this is hashem's unbelievable patience but keep in mind the tongue is involved the tongue is involved in making sure that your request is made and through the tongue through the action also you'll be blessed now even that's true even though Alpha P Kane even though that's true we still have the rest of the verse he broke it into two in other words you gave him his heart's desire also the speech of the lips you've never withheld fine Leticia is since shanu we since we in God's eyes are like that excited little child who is his favorite child his dear child and that's the way we should be looking at it and that's why we should open our mouths and ask what we need now we understand even though we say that we said in Isaiah chapter 65 verse 24 that before they call out I already answer them this is God's word from Isaiah me coma come nevertheless listen to this oh shame and that dream while they're still speaking if they're not even finished their sentences I'm already listening I'm already understanding remember the word Shema is not just listening but it's a deep understanding like we have in shemais hear o Israel the Lord Is Our God lord is one understand understand this deeply that I God did not prevent them from the utterance of their lips and then it says we know that it says we read this in Psalm 66 18. King David says the Sin if I see it in my own heart Lo ishma donoi um my God my Lord doesn't hear it he's not sorry if he's not combining it he's not listening he's not interested the Shema Tamar maybe you might say so that's true by Evan by oven by sin what about good how do we know that for sure God does combine that's why the Torah says this is in this is the following verse 66 19 in Psalms so we just read 18. what about 19 it says but God heard he hearkened to the voice of my prayer okay when it comes to prayer it doesn't work like this God does hear my prayer I hope he should die alone even though I didn't even get the words have not even come out of my mouth yet now if you want to say and this is the idea the real question why would we need to actually go to the temple why would we need to to pray in front of Hashem why would I then have to trample his Courtyards to pray in front of him regarding this and now that's the next verse verse 20 in other words number 15 on the source sheet uh Psalm 66 20. it says blessed be God who did not remove my prayer and his kindness from me eating because I'm coming to give praises to Him his kindness he doesn't turn away in my prayer because again going back to this idea this is what God wants God wants you and I how many Jews do I know I shouldn't say I don't know any but maybe that go to synagogue and they can't wait to leave they get there and they're already thinking of other things they have to do this is probably the most important thing that you can come up with your life besides learning Torah but um to take five seven minutes for your own prayer and not rush through it okay now we're getting to the good stuff all this was preliminary now we understand why it says I will bless those who bless you why because the one who blesses you is God's already blessing him before the the blessing even comes out of his mouth I want to repeat that without so much excitement it's too exciting how many times just to walk around the street blessing people unbelievable we should so the one who's blessing you has the thoughts in his heart before it even comes out of his mouth and we know that and therefore the thought the good thoughts alone are considered actions am already blessing him them before they even bless you of a mccullalim but those who curse you and a Dover came remember we said it doesn't say and though uh it doesn't say I will curse those who curse you it says Those Who curse you I will curse that's only after the curse came out of the person's mouth only then God says I will curse the person but not before it comes out of his mouth because as we said bad thoughts negative thoughts thoughts of doing sin God does not connect to the action now he brings a whole other reason to this idea and this is actually a very beautiful concept right when you go to synagogue and the kohani were blessing the people there's a schliaksi boy there's the leader of the prayer service who's feeding him the words push it shot if you ask anybody it would be that the leader is just saying the words so they don't get confused so they're all in sync because they all say the word for word after everyone else I would have thought that's push-up shot that's the simple reason why it's done no no hold on to your pants and your belt buckle okay before I even begin we're saying that I will bless those who bless you so hashem's already blessing first and if the coneem are blessing us Hashem is making sure that they're being blessed first that would be even the simple shot but he goes deeper than that he says you cannot compare a cup that is completely over full right over filled and protruding a fully pronounced cup that's protruding to pouring out from a cup that has something lacking that's why we call Coast shabraja that the the coast itself the cup should be overflowing we do this during kiddish Bar Mitzvah brismila uh on and on weddings whatever you know okay so kaderaksham at Cena babirkas kalanim he says just like we find in the blessings of the khanim if you look in Numbers chapter 6 verse 23 which I don't think I have here yeah I do it's number 16. so speak to Aaron and say to his son saying this is how you should bless the children of Israel saying to them so and then you say it to the coinim but really you're blessing the kohenim really to bless everyone else listen they're the full cup but when they start they're not right there may be just below the rim of the cup and by the schlier sibor blessing them then they become an overflowing cup and then their Pat the power of that blessing is even greater so to all those schleft's out there right the people leading you're not just saying the words have cavana you're blessing the conim that they should have even a greater bracha to give to the Jews and you're actually doing like Hashem himself because he's blessing them before the right I will bless those who bless you unbelievable okay so we have the statement cultivarco has been Israel that's the the one leading the service says to the coaching and then he says after they repeat that word and then he continues because the leader of the congregation he's actually acting as an intermediary between Hashem and the um and the kohenim because he's first blessing the coin he's first saying and then Hashem and what's happening through that process of the of the schliac seabor blessing the coinim it's Murray to love hashefa Dara khatsinoros now this is a little bit kabbalistic I'll try to explain it in simple terms that there's a flow descending from heaven and the Providence or the abundance is Flowing down by way of a very direct Roots through the sphere out through in in Kabbalah different expressions are used but basically that's what the schlier siber is doing he's already bringing blessing to the kanim kadeshia cohenclimale beer because Hashem that the co-aim would then be a full overflowing vessel with the blessing of God and then only afterwards Israel then afterwards he is then uh pouring upon the cone is pouring upon the Jewish people from a full vessel because then it's even more I don't know how to translate this more apical the blessing has a greater application much more when the kohen pain which is now the influencer has even more blessing to give okay how can someone who's not blessed himself bless others you first have to be blessed and then you can bless others and that's what's happening okay now we understand when it says or there's another level of the understanding I will bless those who bless you that means before you coning bless I'm blessing you first kadashia clean Malay beer because Hashem so that the Coney would be a full overflowing vessel the arika with the goose and they would end up being a full vessel that's overflowing when it comes to the curses it doesn't work it doesn't it doesn't match up we already said um only when you curse the den Hashem occurs it's only afterwards there's no extension of the bracha in this in this this and only an extension of a bracha that does not apply to the klala now the last three lines are very important now we understand also well he says you know what it says that's Lush and robbing many people will bless you you understand many people will bless you only individuals how are you supposed to understand that we all see a rise and probably has always been seemingly allegedly a lot of anti-semitism I want to say just like you have in America they call a silent majority I want to say there's a vocal minority most people are probably not anti-semitic most people are just ignorant but I'll even tell you a story maybe I should even mention who it was a famous broadcaster in America one of the most famous broadcasters if I mention his name everyone would have known of him so he was supposed to give a um a broadcast from The Old City on top of one of the buildings and uh overlooking the kotel plaza and I mean you have you know Alaska AXA you have the memorial to the Muslims you got the wall you got crowds now he sent his agent a half an hour before the the interview and his Pro production was take place and he gets up there and when he comes he actually asked my friend who was on the roof of this building what am I looking at we're talking about the most famous broadcaster of all time who's been on had been on the news in producing news for 30 40 years gets to the most holiest place in the entire universe the the most well-known place and ask the person before he begins to speak before the cameras are on where am I what is this unbelievable unbelievable so what we concluded is and this person is not known as an anti-semite okay that most people are just ignorant most people are just ignorant I maybe there is some anti-Semitism involved to make you ignorant but okay let's go on he mentions that you will be blessed there's at the word itself by many you will be cursed by the few it does teach you the many will bless you thank God but when it comes to the curses lo you rabeem they'll just be the vocal few you there won't be many there will be individuals now I want to say we don't really know the number but even if there are many they're still individuals you know that we have been blessed by our enemies hating each other more than they hate us it may be true they all hate us but in the end they're only small countries whatever they can't all get together if they would all get together there would be a disaster there is a statement in the Gomorrah about a place called Germania and this is going back two thousand years ago there was a place called Germania whether it existed then or not it's irrelevant there was one of the 70 Sons progeny of of Noah named Germania anyway it says that there are 365. different provinces in Germania they all would get together they would destroy the world and prior to World War II prior to World War One there was a unification of Germany and there were very interestingly enough similar numbers to what we just discussed and unfortunately whatever you know what happened World War II okay so now the clear card Ends by calling these individuals that's why I said a vocal minority because they're separate from the word muksa muksi means separate okay and means inferior so they're not the majority and they're not all great you can have a few great ones and you know people think they're great but they're they're inferior and he gives an example like Nimrod right nimro was like the most well-known person at the time and his friends but nevertheless they were not the majority they might have been outstanding figures in history but they are in our eyes in God's eyes separate and inferior so basically we're going to end here the idea that um the two words for klala and Aurora are used I will again put a statement a link down below and you'll be able to hear that share as well I feel bad I really feel bad for these anti-semites and I don't really feel bad but listen I don't even want to mention the guy's name you know the guy did an anti-semitic thing and I don't believe in cancel culture but when you're confronted with doing the wrong thing and you don't fess up you don't admit that it's wrong and you dig your heels in further and further we're talking about billions of dollars are lost from this guy that we won't even mention them but what's the point it happens in every generation it happens all the time someone thinks they're so blessed and they're going to go ahead and curse the Jews curse the Jews right Defcon 3 whatever that means right that you will lose big time and then they think oh there's a whole conspiracy like see this proves I'm right you're this proves you're right because most of the people that were against what he said were the non-ignorant masses right we said there's a vocal minority you know it raises the head of the the we'll call it uh but actually they do call the uh the Moral Majority right there probably is a Moral Majority I don't know if that's the word used but um basically they came down hard I doubt I mean I shouldn't say I don't know all these names of the companies how many Jews are actually on uh these the board but it's irrelevant because it's about making money and about doing what's right and uh anyway we'll sign off here just remember bless the Jews don't curse the Jews you will be blessed you're already your deepest thoughts are already recognized by Hashem we will see you next week have a great life and a great Shabbos a great job it's been a great life and we'll see you next week [Music] where is [Music]