Ari Goldwag - Ki Seitze - Compassion and Fellowship

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari Gold wag recorded with a chums never-ending assistance in Roma by sheemish Israel 5777 2017 this week's parsha is partial Sookie Sade say and I'd like to remind you about my safer my book perfectly imperfect breaking out of the ordinary and striving for greatness get that in your local Judaica store or online you can find it on amazon.com as well Lauren felt on calm in our Park you say say so there are two topics which the metric speaks about of all the many topics in our parsha the measures picks on two specific topics to talk about and I'd like to look at these two topics and try to understand what is the common denominator between them what is the underlying theme she found them both and how does it apply to us how can we learn from this idea and apply to our lives so we start off like this the magic begins like this you say it's a Kia car I can't see Parlophone fo the verse speaks about the fact that if a person is walking alone and he comes across a bird's nest and he'd like to take the eggs of that bird so the halacha is that he needs to send away the mother bird who's sitting on the eggs and only then is he permitted to take the eggs now the major she goes off on what seems to be a tangent but we'll soon see comes back our topic it says halakhah teen action allocation model Mao Jay McDonald mo it's a very interesting question sometimes there are children who are born a boy is born and the foreskin is already not there so a bris is circumcision to remove the foreskin is not necessary so what's the halacha as far as such a child does does anything need to be done shut up how common this is what the sages taught us connection eyelid model a child who is born without a foreskin so if I have to be mad at dumb bris there's an obligation to take a little bit of blood named pre-social Avraham in order to fulfill the mitzvot the obligation of the circumcision of Abraham me neither told my maid so make sure she teaches us how do we know that this is true and it goes through the source for that and only to get into it at this time now there's a few other helices that the the magic teaches us it says Hamal you ammonia molecule a base comic as cosmic ah what is this each shot a caribou Alice Jamie likes me no Priya there's two different parts the Mila not important from for this discussion right now relating our Marty Molly Moll mechana master of shame all different aloha the one who's doing the Mila the one who is actually performing the circumcision needs to be circumcised himself to see if he Molly Moll double language okay the alumni Teaneck normal schwedhelm measures something very interesting and soon we'll see how it connects back to the concept of the consi part of our sending away the mother bird why is it that a child is circumcised on the eighth day why don't we do it right away sure that's not kosher Oklahoma love Hashem Hashem wanted to have Rock - he wanted to have compassion on this child Hampton Larry but quickly so I had a child to gain strength with Charles eight days old with s'more Spitzer's stronger okay shame sheriff well coach profile ha Adam Kurama Bela Bahama and just like God's compassion he's on a human being we also find that a Shems compassion is on animals mean ionomer me and my screen evil Hollywood glamour the Turner tells us the verse which indicates this video shows Morrow who is Melissa shot to me I'm at another way that we see it it's like that the verse tells us that you can't kill an animal and the child of that animal on one day and as the ETA points out and it's also going to be the explanation of the idea behind not taking the motherboard and and the baby birds at the same time we don't want to destroy a mean we don't want to destroy a species of an animal and that's part of the idea so we see a shamrock on UCF Shems compassion sure no circles broken rapidly on the Bahama just like Hashem places his compassion as compassion upon him and almost cut myself on lolly face we also find that God has compassion upon the birds you know in America Akari consi Parlophone alpha the same idea when it comes to this bird we want to send away the mother bird it has to do with Hashem compassion or interesting questioning CFC points Alex the obvious question to anyone who's learned Gamora this is my surface bravas first attracted and omelette come on I tells us that if a person is praying and he wants to say I can't see / you want to see how great is her shams compassion and you say praise this guy because he has compassion upon the birds Mahaska and I say we shut him up we quiet him down it's not a proper prayer so the question is what is the matter saying here the measure seems to be saying that is a shams Rahman Martin says we don't talk that way it has nothing to do with Rock'em him as Rashi says in the morning breakfast it's a sham it's x0 a shaman said this is what you should do that's not to do the rifleman so the easiest it says and we need to understand this he says it says when it comes to its Vela when it comes to prayer it's not proper to say such a prayer to say that Hashem is rough I'm on the animals not really true animals don't need rock come in the animals don't do they don't have that level of consciousness then we need to have Rajamani something we need to have compassion upon them but rather when it comes to Gerasa so it's Fela it's inappropriate when it comes to add rush like are our measures coming to dharshan or trying to to say deep ideas so there it's appropriate to speak about ashrams Rock how many mushrooms compassion upon the animals what is the same what is the ETF's what is a sensitive teaching us what is the idea between this contradiction between our metric and the Gemara and Broca's and the understanding of it I believe the concept that that the it's issue is coming is coming to teach us is trying to bring across is that when it comes to add rusher what is the idea of the dry show whenever we when when causal are teaching us things when you know and many many justices we've seen so many times are fantastic they don't they're not literal or they can't that doesn't make sense to say that this this is literal so but what is it it's coming to teach us something it's coming to give us a depth it's coming to teach the human being something as we see when we study this concept you know the idea of Hashem having ROM onus on the animals it's not literal but rather as they explain it's for us to learn the reason that Shem wants us to behave in a way that's that's compassionate to the animals it's not because the animals need compassion it's not because we need to save the dogs or we need to save the whales it's not because the whales need are saving maybe if they're going to become extinct there isn't anything like we said before but it's not because they need rahman is they don't need compassion they're not that level of consciousness that they need that I mean beings are but an amazing thing and it's very deep amazing depth is that we need to learn to be compassionate we need to learn to be compassionate I need to rock - I need to have compassion on a dog need to have compassion upon a bird I need to have compassion upon an animal why so that I learn compassion so that I become a more compassionate person but the ultimate goal is that I should be compassionate are human beings who need compassion we deserve compassion who it's appropriate to show compassion to and the amazing depth of this is that for example I don't know how many people are aware I live in Beit Shemesh as I always mention and there's a whole problem with dogs that there are dogs coming in attacking people so the animal rights activists don't want those dogs to be shot or to be taken care of to be removed but they're the Romano's that they have the compassion to have is misplaced because these dogs are causing distress to human beings the point is why we supposed to have compassion on a dog so that we learned that compassion on human beings if I'm having more compassion on a dog than having on a human being I've missed the point that's the depth of the lesson of the concept of shall they have to shala sending away the mother bird it's not because intrinsically the bird needs compassion or I'm supposed to have compassion where I was supposed to learn compassion and it's very it's a very deep idea it's a beautiful idea we'll see more about it as we get to the second concept in the magic which is the concept of loshon Hara processing the fussing tells us we'll get there Zafar is a Shia assertion alcohol Miriam we have to remember what happened to Miriam she spoke loshon her about her brother about Moses but motion remain Oh as a result she got sorrows she ended up with leprosy spiritual leprosy so we see over there the concept of you know that that's gonna be the next thing we'll get there but before we do so there's a very interesting wrap-up at the end here of speaking about shall have to shop speaking about sending away the mother bird and we need to understand it and it's also very interesting because there's a similar wrap up there's a similar ending to the piece that has to do with Russian our that has to do with speaking gossip so the magic shows us like this shall I after shala the magic brings a few different places where we see that the word shall laugh the shop which means to send away the mother bird we see the word Schlick who's the sending away or the sending in regards to other in regard to other contexts okay one of them is with Robin or nominee Michelle laughed when she laughed emits as I can if a person merited and fulfilled the obligation of sending away the mother bird exactly shall I have a dipper you find you're gonna get another opportunity to send away what's the other opportunity it's evidently there's a Holika there's an obligation to send away in the in the Oval you're in the Jubilee year have to send away your slave your Jewish slave United everything I know how she mean emo and as a COC points out how does a person get such a slave but person has to be very wealthy so one person does a mitzvah it focuses and tries to fulfill this myth so she'll laughter shala so anyway the mother bird the result is that it becomes wealthy and he has opportunity to do another sending which is the sending away of a of a material a Jewish slave and as he says he points out persons in the way a Jewish slaves so there's all kinds of gifts that he gives to that slave so I want to give such gifts you have to be rich so personal merit to have riches wealth because you see the word Schlick was here where sleep was there where it's standing away now the manager says something amazing Dharam I shall laugh - Shaka same another explanation what does it mean that you're gonna be sending away what's the idea of sending away in chianti mitzvahs oh if you fulfill the commandment of shall after shala avemar Lavoie melaka mushiya Jocasta Vashi lua you will cause amazing thing you will cause that the king Mashiach the Messiah will come faster because you were involved in this Mitzvah how do we know it it says the word she Lu out I said the word sending in regards to the Machine United no I'm a shot a regular become or the verse in Isaiah chapter 32 verse 20 speaks about michelle de regalos who are sent those who are sent by foot the shore and the Himura the ox and a donkey so the easiest of explains war this who is the ox and a donkey they're being sent the Ox is a reference to misshapen Yosef machine min Yosef who comes from Joseph from Joseph exotic so he's referred to as a sure we find that then in the brothers and the blessings of yo safe he's referred to as an ox and the ham or the mule the donkey I'm sorry is a reference to me chef Ben David we find that the verse tells us that he comes in riding upon a donkey so these two through the midst of shall after shock a person will bring about mushiya will come sooner amazing thing what's the connection how by doing the myths of shall they have to shop does that bring about mushiya's advent amidst the advent of the Messiah in you know sooner time Deborah Kerr another explanation of this also in consonance with this idea i'm rabbit and puma in Campton Mitzvahs ice if you're fulfilled this commandment after amira Sileo nov you are causing elijah the prophet to come sooner so Croatoan because i'm issued a lot the verse tells us that there's a language of Shilla Wahab sending God sends a lot to the proposition I'm our union official ahem açelya Nabi the verse tells us that God promises I'm going to send to you Elijah the Prophet before the coming of the Messiah for the Messiah oh yeah baby knock him ask em he's gonna come and he's going to console you with the advent of Michelle you know I should marry hey Shirley Bob ease up on him he's going to cause the sun's and the father's to come back together the hearts are going to reunite very interesting there's gonna be a reunification somehow by sending away the mother bird it causes mushiya to come and causes reunification of the hearts what is the idea of this what is the depth of this let's turn now to Marian let's turn now to the concept of Lashon Hara and we'll see how much time we have to talk about it the constant election hora the tire tells us as we said before Zohar says sure I saw I shown the calf up the miriam remember what was done to Miriam she spoke loshon Hara about her brother about motion of a know what did she say what was the negative speech that sees she said she said that Moshe Rabbeinu he's an avi he's a prophet and we also she was talking to our and her brother she herself was a prophetess and Aaron was a prophet and they were not obligated to separate from their spouse they remained they remember their spouse except when they were commanded otherwise my Shem and Moshe Rabbeinu however I completely separated from his wife from sapore so Miriam said what what's going on here it's it's not correct what Moshe is doing is he's there's an obligation of free of Arabia obligation person has to have children person has to have to be fruitful and multiply why is he separating from his wife now it was a common perhaps that she should have made to Moshe himself but it was Lucien RA it was negative speech although it's for constructive purpose Hashem was upset at Miriam for speaking this way and she ended up getting sorrows she ended up getting leprosy the Jewish people waited for seven days until she recovered from this from the leprosy a man the Jewish people were able to move on now measure says an amazing thing arm Shimon Simmons says oh my Amira mats had a guess if when it came to Miriam the righteous prophetess shallowness cabinet liner loshon Hara Elodie British Field Peru Bolivia what happened she wasn't intending to say something negative she wasn't intending to you know make a party of someone else's faults no she wanted to point out the motion of a no it's not fulfilling the mitzvot her brother she cared about her brother Cathy guy I saw but this was the result for her Irish our mission is common level of Shannara a harem those who are evil who intend to say negative speech gossip about their friends take us Khayyam to cut off their lives they're just doing it for the fun of destroying somebody else a lot has come a Bahama sure yeah terrific yeah could tell you how could this work with the shining so certainly a sham is going to cut off their tongues shanem ER as a verse says into hilum this is also it's right it's a it's in chapter 12 verse 4 yeah crisis impulsive cycle occurs I shall cut off all of those who speak in a slice slick way okay so lush and Hara what is the idea of Lashon Hara muse Lashon Hara wasn't the general principle of Russian are Russian Hara is something that person speaks it's literally evil tongue it's speaking in a way that causes destruction to others causes disputes among others causes separation pure olive obvious separation of the hearts it's gossip it's negative speech and it puts a person in a negative mindset puts a person in a place of negativity so what's the result the result is sham it's not happy with a person they receive leprosy now now the measures finishes off an amazing thing and before we get to that it's and it's connected to mushiya but before we get to that I want to point out something amazing and this is the depth of what I think is really the connection between these two ideas what is the connection between this why is the magician specifically the whole power show are the mesh only focuses on two points the point of shot after shot sending off the mother bird and the point of of not speaking loshon Hara what is the comment that not only the thread that binds these two and I think that the idea is that there's a depth within the human being there's two possibilities always each human being has within him or each person has within them a force of evil a force of selfishness of self-centeredness of being of only caring about myself of ego now that aspect of one's self depending on the actions that one takes depending on what a person does the the fit sonia's my reticence of anemias the outside the actions of a person cause the inside of a person to change if a person acts in a way which is negative the result is going to be negative and they're going to bring out the negative nature inside of themselves and they become more and more separate from others more and more egotistical more and more selfish but when a person takes actions that are positive that are that are compassionate that are good so then it brings out the goodness inside of the person and that person becomes more and more positive I want to take you for a moment to think about you know if we look back at World War two always the power of the leader of Germany I don't even want to say his name what was his power what was his ability it was to bring out the evil within people he was able to bring out the ultimate cruelty you read about the the depth of cruelty of the Germans of the Nazis and all those who collaborated with them the depth and evil and how they treated the poor pathetic human beings who they had to destroy and kill you see the power of of a leader to affect his people and bring out the evil within them and the cruelty that service and attire teaches us the opposite because that's the power of a mullick a mullux power is to bring out evil within a place within a nation that was the power of the leader of Germany melih how much you think about in that obviously Havel million a million dollars you think about it like why do we need a wish i Economist icon so why don't we need an individual everyone's gonna know a sham from the greatest to the least of them terrorists says everyone's gonna know everyone's gonna bro Hakodesh but divine inspiration but there's gonna be one individual who more than anyone just like when it came to evil there was an individual who had the ability to bring out the evil from everyone in the times of mashiac Lahav Adil all the way around there will be someone where the ability to lead the Jewish people to bring at the goodness within them and enable them to become that goodness to raise them up specially so they are that goodness he's gonna bring them to keep the Taira to inspire them and then the Jewish people in turn will do that for all of the nations of the world because that's the function of the Jewish people we are the Messiah we are the Messiah of the world the Jewish people's the Messiah to the entire world and by the way that's something that the leader of Germany Hitler understood that your moksha Moya's memory should be a race he understood what the power the Jewish people was which was why he wanted to destroy he was a mullick incarnate if they understood it they knew they were they knew who the Jewish people were and the Jewish people's job is to bring out the goodness within mankind to bring us to that true compassion not for the sake of being nice to animals for the sake of being compassionate to human beings you know it's amazing thing Hitler himself was a vegetarian II he wouldn't eat he wouldn't eat animals amazing thing he was completely warped now let's look at the end because when it comes to election Jara the la Shannara speaking negatively is brings out the negativity within the person it brings out the negative side of the person the selfishness of the person shall laugh to shala when a person engages in actions that are compassionate so he becomes more compassionate look at the end here Michael - Roberto bottom has a in this world ally they show you been a from Bali Lashon Hara as we as a result to the fact that there were people who spoke negatively see lack the ischemia she will not even ate him the result was the basis of English was destroyed the temple the the divine presence was taken away from the temple temple was destroyed the Jewish people had to leave the Land of Israel shameimaru Mahamaya Mila came the result was Gullah the result was more period separation exile Jewish people scattered amongst the nations of the world but how did they come back together what is the result when is mushiya comma velocity level H on the IQ is haram beneath him in the future the I'm going to remove the Sahara from you that evil that egotistical part of ourselves so she was going to take it away she never ever seriously / ever may miss our camp I'm going to remove that stone heart from your flesh master she cannot see beneath him when the Messiah arrives what's the result going to be it's going to be that she was going to return his divine presence to us unite remember waha for athena Schwitters really are called busser afterwards after all of that which is going to happen in the end of days she was going to pour out his spirit on all flesh we touch any mattress cannot say live him and the result will be since a Shem has places to vine presence upon him cool crimes and LaToya all of you will merit F Tyra because the tire is that which brings out the goodness within us removes eights are the Asura comes on we can engage in negative activity with strengthen they sorry I haven't forbid the evil inclination but to Tyra the yesh mashaallah Milam the result is going to be peace in the world she never before maniacal minissha lamba knife the Tyra causes us to engage in actions that resonate with the good part of ourselves the opposite of Lashon Hara remember what happened to Miriam she intended for good she intended to bring about goodness to bring motion back with his wife who could ask for anything greater but the mistake was that that moisture albedo needed to be ready for an even higher elevation which was his experience which could happen at any moment of godliness Hashem was ready at any moment to to place his divine presence upon moshe rabbeinu which was the mistake that mary made but the Taira and to bring Tyron right the Taira itself is that which when we engage in actions of timing we engage in shall laugh - Allah in the actions which encourage us and resonate with the part of ourselves which is compassionate and make that greater so when we do that so we are behaving in ways which bring out the goodness which the Taira wants us to do and so that's the theme that runs through it and this is the concept of Messiah which is why when we speak about show like Sujatha we also end up talking about Messiah because the result of being involved in engaged in activities which are which aroused a compassion within us not for the animals per se but aroused compassion and therefore cause us to be compassionate to human beings when you're compassionate human beings when we remember what happened to Miriam as a result of not being careful about speaking gossip when we recall that we focus ourselves on speaking in ways that arouse goodness within us avoiding the gossip avoiding negativity avoiding those things those actions that cause the negative to grow within us see it Sahara though the selfishness the ego to grow within us so then the result will be that mushiya will come sooner messiah will arrive sooner the messiah the son of Yosef the Shep and of it Hashem should help us I'm asking you to bless me I'm blessing you that should help us to be able to engage in these activities which bring about a greater resonance with goodness and a shem should send us the Messiah the one who is going to guide us all all up resident cause that resonance with goodness and thereby will be poured out upon the whole world Hashem Cena's divine presence thanks so much for listening I have great Shabbos this podcast was made possible through the gracious donations of listeners like you for more podcasts like this please visit www.carmensognonvi.com/newsletter [Music]