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Ari Goldwag - Shoftim - Charity and Justice
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Why does the verse imply that Justice and Charity are greater than bringing sacrifices in the Temple? In what ways are they indeed greater? Why did King David rejoice when his scoffers expressed their wish that 'the temple be built' when it meant the end of his own life? How did King David perform justice and charity? Why does the medrash refer to his charity and justice, while a similar account in the Gemara (Talmud) refers to his Torah learning? Find out in this week's parsha podcast.
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in our party this week I'd like to share
with you a thought based on the mattress
and also Gemara and it has to do the
concept of shave timid shy trim that a
Shum commands us Moshe Rabbeinu
relays the command of Hashem to us to
make sure that we have judges and that
we have laws and laws are kept laws are
enforced
we have Dina man we have we have but
adenine we have courts that enforce
those laws and make sure that
righteousness and justice is being
enforced amongst the Jewish people and
that things are fair and that if there's
a dispute between people they have to
whom to go in order that their dispute
should be resolved and the measure she
says beautifully an amazing thing and it
reminded me will soon see reminded me of
a Gomorrah that's similar but has a
slightly different take on the concept
and we'll see what is the difference why
the Gomorrah puts it this way why is the
measure to put it this way so listen
carefully is that shamrock kouzef the
measure tells us that when the torah
describes it's the obligation to set up
courts a court system judges and
everything that all has to be done
correctly and responsibly so there's a
reference to this constant of the
importance of this idea in the plastic
and michelin proverbs chapter 21 verse 3
it says like this assay to the Commish
pot or I say sadako mismo Nev Carla she
means ova somebody who does charity and
justice someone who's involved in
justice and and sadaqa so it's more
precious to a Shem it's chosen to Hashem
something that a Shem loves more than a
sacrifice more than a Corbin
because
King SIPC on the magic point set doesn't
say that it's equal to a sacrifice that
is on the same level as a sacrifice
and let me say Buffett says that it's
greater than a sacrifice what is the
idea how do we see in which ways do we
see that a Corbin a sacrifice which is
brought in the temple or in the Mishkan
in the tabernacle
that's something that a sham loves is
something that I Shawn asks for it's
something precious but where do we see
and in what ways is charity and judgment
just this something which is greater
Hucker but I started craving a little
bit now bias the sacrifices were only
able to be brought in debate some
English in the temple in one place I've
a let's talk about Dean in know I guess
before now by social I beef now bias
when it comes to charity that's
something that can be done in a temple
and something that can be done outside
of the temple anywhere it's possible to
give charity and when it comes to
justice when it comes to but the adenine
when it comes to having these court a
court system and making sure that things
are proper and just so that's something
that indeed was done in the base I'm
English
we had the Sun Hedren who sat on the
Hara bias on the Temple Mount but there
were also but enum there were also
courts throughout the land of Israel so
that's the first place that we see it
number after another example how
Kerberos a macabre medal is shy gig you
find that when it comes to carbon so it
comes to sacrifices so the sacrifice is
coming to be macabre they can only atone
for somebody if they've done a sin by
accident if it wasn't done on purpose
but snuck of adenine and the charity and
a person coming to a court even if a
person receives a negative judgment but
the fact that he comes to court in order
to resolve what's going on
so Mojave man the show you being amazing
so a person has an opportunity to get a
cut part to get an atonement whether the
thing that he's done wrong was done by
accident or even if he's done it
intentionally it's possible to get a cop
ARRA through the judgment of the court
tomorrow
care another another way we see that
carbon is that the sacrifices are not as
great a guy - Enoch in Malibu taco
talk about DNA and a million will be my
tottenham then when it comes to
sacrifice is a sacrifice is something
that can be brought in this world to
only benefit a person in this world but
when it comes to charity and when it
comes to judgment it's something that is
that is shiet that can pertain both to
the lower realms and the upper realms
not clear to me exactly what this is
referring to but perhaps this is the
next state of the Magisters an
explanation of it door ah there another
explanation Carbonite
ain't no game Ella bottom has a box
dhaka vada now give me my damn house MA
madam I bought that when it comes to
sacrifice is that something that can
only be done in this world but when it
comes to charity and when it comes to
Dean when it comes to justice when it
comes to these types of things so that's
something that that we can speak about
in this world and in the next world and
again it's not so clear exactly how this
applies in the next world the HCA civ
says that charelle demands a good move
our initial Afiya dean then in the next
world so there's a concept of a person
receiving their just reward and there's
a concept of a person receiving a
punishment and that's something that
occurs in the next world so so we can
have it in this world and in the next
world and I would I would add to that
that there's an aspect of cup par
there's an aspect link we've mentioned
already but it's an aspect of atonement
that occurs when a person the the the
purpose of Gahanna and the purpose of
going to the fiery places that a person
has to go to heaven forbid if he hasn't
repented in this world so the purpose of
that is a Khepera it's to atone for his
sins it's not because Hashem is angry at
him and he wants to show him you know
I'm saying it's to click cleanse his
soul of the mire that he's become
engulfed in by in being involved in sin
in this world so that's something
justice can help a person in the next
world
also sadaqa we have to understand how
charity would perhaps when a person does
let's say a person gives charity in this
world we find personally give charity in
this world on behalf of somebody who's
in the next world someone who's already
passed away it's possible to be charity
and it could be a merit for them
according to many opinions so it's
possible that charity can help in this
world for somebody in the next world a
cup
urban cannot help a person who's no
longer in this world aware actual barnak
meaning now here's where we get to to
really an awesome piece in the managers
which parallels the Gemara let's go
Martin Marcus also similar very similar
tomorrow and it's just an amazing
conversation between King David between
mm Ella and I cut her sparkling God
remember knock me around when he said
Bashar Monica - both : awesome so King
David so he had this tremendous desire
he wanted to build a make some English
he wanted to be the one who would build
that temple that place that house for
God so to speak until that time for many
hundreds of years so I Shem God his
presence was manifested in the Mishkan
in a impermanent structure and it's
haver Knakal as long as they were in the
wilderness so it was a moving structure
it was a it would be set down obviously
for a time but it would move and then
there were periods of time where the
Jewish people had that tabernacle in
different places it was in Shiloh it was
in different locations and so King David
wanted to build a temple he wanted to
build to be some English a place where
Hashem would be able to rest his spirit
now shall we be able to receive court
bonus the Jewish people be able to
interact with God in that location
unfortunately he wasn't safe it to this
Hashem said - nothing on W - Nathan the
Prophet Lake Lamar tell daddy he said go
to King David go to David my servant I
am Hashem this is what I Shem said Leigh
I talked even early huh bias las llaves
you shall not be the one who's going to
build this house for me to be able to
sit in it to dwell there ki lawyer
Shakti bias men i-i'm a Cheryl Eccl I am
Hazare for from the time that I brought
the Jewish people asked out it out of
Egypt until this very day I haven't been
in a house I haven't been in a prominent
structure yeah my loyal Myshkin I was
going from one place to another from one
tent to another it was always a place
that was impermanent
so that was a schrems way of saying to
King David don't feel so bad I've been
in an imprimatur structure until now
continue to be but King Solomon would be
I'm Ella King David's son would be the
one who was going to build me some
English but not mm I know but it was not
privileged he set down the foundations
that me something does she found the
location of Jerusalem of the Hara bias
of the Temple Mount but it was not to be
that King David would actually build it
so now what happened at that point
everybody knew that King David wanted to
build a base some English he wants to
build a temple but he wasn't able to
build a temple so the result was call me
shame a vocational College in Ohio so I
say they were there were people in that
generation early sunny hot door there
the scoffers of the generation who would
want to make a jab at King David they
wanted to say something negative they
wanted to say something that was not
sometimes I wanted to curse the King
David so would they say oh your armor
Lloyd tyshee bana bites they would say
to King David we are excited we can't
wait for the temple to be built in other
words we can't wait until you die
that's what they would say they wanted
to say something to scoff at King David
so now an amazing thing this is just
just beautiful the amazing humility of
double-helical King David of a Jewish
true Jewish leader tadaka madhava
diamond you should know what is King
David's say some mock DB are merely
basis I'm nailing he knew it'd be a sham
Nanak meant when people were saying we
want to go to the temple they were
saying
King David we want to be rid of you but
King David had said an amazing samake he
said I was I would rejoice when I heard
people saying that I want that they want
to go to the temple but they want to be
able to go in the temple even though the
implication was they want me to pass on
the King David but I lived at the beauty
of what they were saying I love the fact
that they were excited there was a piece
of them that really wanted to have that
base I mean there's a temple so they
could serve you properly I've actually
learned love Russia in a tub I know so
but in mentioning this to God so he said
he said you know people are trying to
say things negatively about me because
because I'm not going to build a base in
English this line is not exactly clear
on exactly how to how it fits in well
but let's keep moving or like Kadosh
Baruch Hashem said to King David hyukoh
I swear I promise you by your life
Jacques naina in anima hacer
don't think that because I'm I'm gonna
wait until you pass on a shaman since
the King David don't think that
therefore you're gonna miss a single
moment of your life no every single
moment that you were meant to have you
will have benign how do we know she
named her liver cells us from obeys
chapter 7 verse 12 kilo MF o when your
days will be filled when you will
complete your days we shall cough them
out myself oh and you will sleep with
your father's like you miss U's Erica
erica and i will stand up your seat
after your show a telling me alcohol
that will come out of your innards he
nicest mom laughter and i will cause his
king kingdom to be prepared from a lack
of the shukaku shem said a shem system
like this hat sadaqa well you know
here's when we come back to the concept
they were speaking about until now the
greatness of sadaqa the greatness of
charity the greatness of mishpokhe of
justice King David as well since he was
known for his charity and for his
justice Hashem says they might want you
to know don't think you're gonna miss
out on a moment of your life don't think
that I'm going that I'm anxious to build
a base in English and that's what I
really want since I shall know I am more
interested in the sadaqa the charity
that you do the mission for the justice
that you cause the Jewish people to be
able to have I care about that that's
that's what you represent King David
that's what's important to me
microbots not medina shot to hell even
let me some big douche the charity and
the justice that you do is more precious
to me than the temple itself mean I mean
how do we know this should mr how do we
know that this was King David's
specialty so to speak because they're
worse they're in in Schwab days and the
second samuel chapter 8 verse 15 says he
dove it I said mish but stucco King
David was somebody who was constantly
doing judgment and chair
he was involved in getting justice for
the Jewish people he was involved in
charity now there's a parallel tomorrow
which really soon I'm gonna get to just
I wanna it's important for me to mention
it but just before we get to that
there's a few more lines in the magician
that are very interesting my home ish
but it stuck a little Emily what is this
reference to the fact that he would do
to Dhaka and mish but he would do
charity and he would do justice what's
the idea of King David's charity and
justice or really justice and charity a
beautifu of Nachman so we have an
argument about this from that Malloy
maybe there tannoy I'm not clear
remember how you're done aside in one
says that would hat what would happen
was King David he would he would judge
the case nozaki says document crime is a
high you go through the halacha based on
a lot of the final judgment is the one
who is obligated to pay this one has to
pay this one is one who has to receive
the money in my Lea the high latane I
have a nice to meetcha Loy King David
what he would do is if he would see the
person who he had said is obligated to
give the one who's obligated to give up
his own money so if you see that that
person didn't have the money he didn't
have the wherewithal to be able to pay
off the money that he owed javi so so
King David would give him money of his
own even give charity so he would be
done he would he would judge the case
and he would help the person the person
who lost the case if he needed money he
would help that person to be able to pay
heavy Mission footed stucco
that's according to Rebbe who though
earlier if knock instead of not been
said to him in King if that's correct
name say so maybe as you saw they were
amused so if King David would do that so
the result would be that people wouldn't
everyone know that King David would do
this kind of thing and people would
intentionally come accuse the other one
they don't really owe anybody money they
would accuse one would accuse the other
one they would have King David give one
of them the money and then they would
end up splitting the money so it can't
be that that's what it means
so Nachman says if i wish but it's
Tucker what is that
like a mish but Oh King David how you
done a sudden so the stuck and mich what
was like this that he would judge the
case missus a Kazakh mclamb is a kite
the person who he found innocent would
be found innocent the person who was
obligated to pay would pay heavy mich
but it's dhaka acharya Moises a ghazal
me odo what he would do is as they see
also explains what he would do is that
he would he would show the people in
such a clear way that this person is
high if this person is obligated to pay
and that this person is the one who is
meant to receive the money it would be
so clear and he would do it in such a
sensitive way that the people who he was
judging would actually be excited and
happy to give up the money if they were
obligated to give up the money and
obviously to receive the money if they
were the ones who were to receive it the
point is that he would do it in a
sensitive way in a loving way in an
encouraging way such that the people who
who received the negative judgement
would agree that it was the right thing
to do to give up that money so that's it
sucker that's the charity that he would
give the people an opportunity to do the
right thing in the right way
come on come on please throw so I Shem
says to the Jewish people
why all the I didn't Xavier
malifaux nice since you see that justice
is so beloved to me so important to me I
was here ma'am
so it's extremely important to be
careful about judgments that's what we
see now I just I found an amazing and
remarkable this kimono there's a few
reasons but you know just the the
amazing humility of King David the the
beauty of his ability to first of all to
bring justice to people to give of his
of himself to give of the money that he
had for the person who couldn't afford
to pay off the money that was owed or
the ability that he had to show the
people the the truth of the judgement so
that they would agree to give up that
money but the the humility the
incredible humility of King David that
he was able despite the fact that people
were saying we want that base something
that should be built already and they
didn't mean it because they wanted to
base amusement
they meant it as a cursed King David but
his humility was that he didn't see that
part he was able to see he was able to
bring out I would even say the part of
their statement of we want the base some
English we want the temple because he
saw himself and his whole purpose his
whole desire was to build a temple why
for himself no it was sort of the Jewish
people would have a place to connect to
God so he he saw even in the negativity
even in the in the negative statements
of others and their statements which
came to say something bad about King
David so he saw an opportunity to to
bring out the fact that they wanted to
build the base aminos the fact that they
wanted to serve Hashem and that based on
English now is another another America
is all another place where our sages
speak about this idea very similar
Gomorrah however there's a slight
difference in and I won't understand why
they Gomorrah says it slightly
differently we Gomorrah says like this
how am i dub it I'm sorry
now are you sure when lady might've
saved for B Sherman IV says Gomorrah
moccasin a feud page 10a the bottom of
the page Shubin ladies said what does it
mean the first one it says sure muscled
of it we have a song of Addison's King
essence King David wrote Samak diva I'm
Emily based Hashem nailing King David
said and we quoted this verse already I
rejoiced when I heard people saying that
they want to go to the house of God oh
my doubled lift nikolushka bar who King
David said in front of God we burnish
alone master the world sure mati then
they Adam show you I must say my sake
and sir I have heard people saying when
will it be that that this old man will
die
who's referring to himself the Amish not
even knowing and his son Solomon will
come even evasive athira not on the rag
oh so he said I could you know people
are saying when is he gonna die when is
sama gonna take over so that we can come
up to the base of English and we can
bring out her bonus there
Sumati amazing thing
King David rejoiced when he heard this
he was so excited that people wanted to
be some English you so excited that
people you
surah shine people who were had negative
things to say about King David
but they say they they wanted this they
wanted to be something that she saw the
part of it
that was positive so this samake I'm an
echo - Burcu Shem says him an amazing
thing he told Yamaha tear a female of me
Elif one day in your Hut sir
one day in an empty there was an empty
courtyard he was on top of the Hara bias
the base I'm English was not there there
was no temple there there wasn't even
something you know an about and I don't
want to say negative things there wasn't
even a different religions temple there
there was nothing there was an empty Hut
sir nobody was serving a sham there all
that all that there was what was there
he told ya makutsi refer your auntie
courtyard I prefer may Elif rather than
a thousand what's the thousand turn the
a method shots of OS equatorial the
phone I says a Shem to King David I
prefer one day of your Torah learning in
front of me me Elif Eilish Austin I've
been called a California hummus bath
more than a thousand core bonus there
were a thousand sacrifices that King
Salman brought when he dedicated the
temple Shem says those thousand
sacrifices are beautiful there there are
sacrifice to me they are an amazing
offering they're amazing connection to
me but this is a shunt to King David
your one day of learning your one moment
of learning one day of learning it's
more precious to me than a thousand
sacrifices so the fact that you haven't
been able to build a base in English
don't think that it's that you don't
have some that you're missing something
precious yes you don't have to be some
English but you have something amazing
which is your torah learning and it's
just interesting that in both of these
mature ocean both the Gemara and the
mattress now Shem is saying to him you
have something amazing I need every day
of your life as we saw them a Jewish I
need every day of your life in the
message of song that says duck I wish
but it's talking about charity and
stalking about justice and the Gemara is
talking about his Torah learning and I
won't understand why the Gemara does it
to the Torah learning and why in the
majors doesn't refer to the stock
admission but and I was thinking and you
know the Gemara is speaking to the area
die the Tomica hum the person who has
the ability to study the Talmud so
there's a certain depth this requires
certain a certain intellectual ability
that's required to study the Torah to
study the Gemara and the magic is on a
different level the measure is a lighter
type of Li mood it's also something that
requires thought requires depth of
understanding a depth of an ability to
decipher what the measure is trying to
say but the message is really written
for more of the Hammond arm the the
regular people not necessarily the
intellectual people and so the measures
each of the majora is speaking about a
different aspect
but somebody who is a national kylus he
included everybody his soul included all
of the souls of the Jewish people and so
in a shamans telling him that this
aspect is precious Hashem is now Shem
said both of these things really but the
Gemara is telling us one aspect of what
what a sham said to King David which was
his Torah learning was precious
the measure is telling us a different
aspect which pertains to those who learn
the magician that is that charity and
and justice those things are important
those things are significant and deeply
important deeply significant you know we
can ask ourselves and this is really
talking to us you know King David live
70 years 70 years of that'd be some
mikdash his whole entire life whether
the says that the the can
tell his describes the fact that he's
promised he won't allow any eye his eyes
and he sleep his body fits to rest till
he found that place of Hashem he's
looking for where is Jerusalem where is
that place the muhkam how Neil or the
place is just a sham chooses until he
found it he was always looking for his
entire life
but sham says to him don't think that
just because you don't have a base I'm
English means you have nothing all the
way around the tire learning that you do
if you're an intellectual through a
scholar or that's a duck at a charity
that you do the justice that you that
you pursue if you're a regular person
don't think that that's not as
significant if not more significant or
equally significant if the measure
saying it's even more significant than
the sacrifices so
Shem is telling message to King David
but it's really a message for us as well
we are here we are almost 70 years in
Eretz Israel having our own country
having our own nation in our sea stone
it's slowly becoming more and more the
the Jewish character is becoming
stronger and stronger the tire is
becoming stronger and stronger in the
Land of Israel and so we could see her
says well where's the base on McDuff we
don't have a temple 70 years we don't
have a temple it's almost 70 years next
year we'll be seven years since 1948
where's our base Samak - where's our
temple and now Shem is telling us if you
have sadaqa if you have charity if you
have mich but if you have justice if you
have but a denim if you have tyra if you
have the learning of the torah type of
your manhood don't think that you
haven't filled your life don't think
that your life is not significant don't
think that what you've accomplished is
not significant yes it's a beauty to
obey something yes we're waiting for
that moment yes some mock the King David
rejoices when he hears that people want
that we're supposed to want to be some
English but let's no let's think about
let's remember and be massive and pursue
sometimes we need to pursue have a zip
hearing about him be extremely careful
about them sadaqa/charity whether it's
giving to people who need that money or
whether it's showing people the beauty
of the Taira as King David did showing
the beauty of justice of the of the SOT
best in of the final decisions of of a
best in of a court whether it's the tyre
that we get to learn if we have that
opportunity if we have that intellectual
capacity recognized Asher should help us
I want to bless you and bless me back if
some should help us to recognize the
beauty of what we have to always desire
yes that is King David did always desire
the base of meanness which hopefully
will speedily be built in our days very
soon but recognize that we have an
interim which is an amazing opportunity
for charity of chat of sadaqa of
pursuing justice and of course of
learning Torah each and every day of our
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