Ari Goldwag - Vaera - Recognizing the Source

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with our Eagle drag recorded with a chums never-ending assistance in rubbish Israel 5778 2018 this week's Varsha is part of our era and I'd like to share with you a few different men rushing some beautiful madryn and to learn them together with you and see what they have to teach us Mart I'd love I shall not care how Avram the camera the tire tells us amazing thing very interesting and deep idea that each of the times that Hashem was going to bring Marcos bringing plagues upon Egypt so Hashem sent mancha first to give a warning to warn the Egyptians of the impending disaster that was about to befall them claimed a shambles I stayed ah God says this is how you shall know although deceive hain kill you ask you behind me come my Amira when it comes to God the way that God interacts with human beings is beyond he's exalted it's lifted above the way the human beings react with each other or interact with each other I know this Eve I'm sorry about that banana boy l'm the way of the world is pasta redemption move out Jahnavi royal Sinai when it comes to a human being someone whose flesh and blood wants to bring some evil upon the one who he hates cuz I may be a Love Actually argus boy so he does it with a surprise attack he does it in a way where the person will not realize that he's about to receive the blow McCulloh burgomaster Allah Farrakhan makamaka shio shio boy but I shan't us things differently CHM is not a sign a when Hashem is upset my Shem interacts with the human being because they've done something wrong or they're doing something wrong so I shouldn't do it in a way which is to destroy that's not God's Way God is a loving God God is someone even who loves rashaam he loves even though he's our wicked so when Hashem wanted to bring these plagues upon Egypt first he would warn them first he would give them an opportunity to do chuva to repent although the ciub is AC ducting a sham that's what the verse means when it says with this you shall know that I am God meaning the magic understands that the litter is trying to point out whenever it says in the tiny ash-sham I am God so it comes to point something out why does God need to say I am God so in this context is coming to point out that I am God I'm different than human beings human beings don't give each other opportunity to repent human beings lash out bring pain upon another human being if it says if it's his enemy in an unexpected way in a surprise attack shaman doesn't do that a shaman gives people opportunities to do kuva para also had a chance to be able to back out of his negativity out of his evil ways and let the Jews out am I sure by your naff Kula dum in regards to the water so we're here at the beginning of the markets we're at the beginning of the plagues and we're looking at the place we want to understand why is it that Shen brought this particular plague on on the water why does Shem turn the water into blood because each of the plagues is significant each of them has a significance we know that God always metes out punishment or means out judgment neither can I give me the measure for measure and the idea of measure for measure generally speaking is that a person has done a certain thing wrong as we say God is not coming to mercilessly and cruelly punish people but rather it's it's coming as an atonement it's an opportunity if they can do chuva that's even better that's the that's the best thing but if they don't do Chuba so then the atonement for their avila for their negative deed has to be measure for measure it's coming to be miss sockin it's coming to rectify what they've done wrong so we want to understand why is it what's the understanding why specifically was it the water the year or the nile river that turned into blood what was the idea here then extra power that midstream of them while you are because Pharaoh and the Egyptians they they idolized the or they idolized the river the river for them was considered an idolatry they worshipped it what's the idea simple simple understanding push-up shot is that the or was that would provide them with sustenance all of their food was was it grew in the fertile area near the Nile so the Nile will overflow its banks and the water would come into all of their fields through their irrigation ditches etc and so they saw and it was clear to them that the Nile was a source of life and generally speaking support to understand what was the concept of ideology generally the ancients understood and he saw a natural phenomenon that that they were being provided for they were God there was a godly aspect to the Nile a Shem God is the one who provides us with our needs they saw the Nile as a channel for that goodness to receive their sustenance and so naturally it's very interesting the human being as an instinct to be grateful for and to idolize that which provides him with something positive that which provides him with life's lifeforce with life sustenance the problem with idolatry is not so much that they're that they serve the problem is that they served it but the problem was really that they disconnected from the source like who was the one providing the knowledge easy to see that the Nile is providing them with sustenance that was easy to see and was easy to worship it but to bring it back to Hashem that's where idolatry disconnects it disconnects from God who is the source of everything who is the invisible source of everything a Shem chooses to be invisible chooses to be anonymous let us say idolatry says I acknowledge that I'm receiving from something outside of myself but I don't acknowledge the source of it is God and interestingly you know the when when a person steps away from acknowledging the source even if he still acknowledges something when she sees the source outside of himself at first ultimately he ends up idolizing himself and seeing himself as the source which is which is actually a piece in the in the magistrate I didn't read which is right before this where it's a famous idea that that Paro so he claimed that he himself was a God and he would go out each morning to the Nile River and he would the reason he would go out early in the morning because he would say I'm a God I don't need to use the facilities on it I don't need to relieve myself so he would actually relieve himself early in the morning and then he would go all day without relieving him self claiming that he was a god which basically means I am self-sustaining I have no there's nothing extra in my body I am self-sustaining that's idea and and over here as well in in in regards to the or in regards to the Nile River the it's yes it brings up a second the plastics is Leo I revani Assisi knee Farrell said that the Nile is mine and I made myself so he he recognizes that the Nile is the source of power but he claims the Nile for himself and he sees himself as the source of power so that's the ultimate result of idolatry the ultimate result of idolatry is I am NOT dependent I am self-sustaining I can do it by myself I don't need God I don't need anybody outside of me and ultimately even those things that I need so to speak the Nile River itself is mine it's a part of me it's an extension of me so that is the foundation of why the you are the Nile River was that which needed to be struck first because we need to we need to get to the source we need to get down to the root of the problem and it wasn't a coincidence that Pharaoh would go down to the Nile in order to relieve himself it was a statement that this is part of me the Nile is part of me I can sustain myself and even when I have to relieve myself which I claim to not need to do but I'm still gonna do it in that place which is the where I'm sustained or I'm sustaining myself so it was a continuation of his of his proclaimed belief that he himself was a God that he was self-sustaining so here we have what is coming here what's going on here McNish a power mystery or even lie or says the magic why was it that the or the Nile was struck it was because they served the Nile they recognized the Nile as a source of their power instead of God Marko - Miroku God says I can't aleca Kela sorry a candle hot Kela AHA calmly very interesting now Shem says I will strike their God first and then I'll strike their nation so the the posture understanding of what this manager is saying as the ACS have explains and as other explanations here explain is that God wanted them accordingly kuta here which is from the etchant hana column the God wanted them to be Nisshin I wanted them to be convinced he wanted them to give up he wanted them to do chuva he wanted them to be Mashona like we say in Hebrew so therefore he struck their God once they see that their God has fallen so then perhaps they will admit the truth that God is the source of power that the true God Hashem himself as a source of all power that's part of it on a deeper level I was thinking which actually the ATAC mentions in a different context in regards to a different Madras but I was thinking that that because they saw the Nile as their source Hashem wanted to cut off their source she wanted to cut off their source of energy denial is that which sustains the Egyptians by cutting off their God which they see as their source of power God was saying I am your source of power stop depending on anything except for me that was the lesson throughout here that son of Shem is trying to show the Egyptians the greatest people of that time God is trying to show them don't think that your money and your power and your wealth and your and your source of sustenance is your true source of sustenance don't fall into the trap of the idolatry don't fall into the trap of ego - egotism and and feeling that you are self sustaining recognize understand that I am a source of your existence Shama wanted them to see and that's what he means by Ania Shem tada kyani Hashem so he said before that a dhakini asha means God wanted him to know that he's different than human beings he's not doing out of out of resentment out of anger he's doing it because he wants them to do Tuva but I'm adding that the this part of the the measure she is saying that she wanted them to see their mistake I am a Shem I am the source of true of all of your blessings I'm a source of your sustenance not that you're not the Nile River and and what's interesting is that has the plague progresses which is in the next piece of the manish we'll see if we have time to read it but as the play progresses so we finds that the Egyptians were not able to get water anywhere all of their water turned into blood you know what let's actually read that let's read that inside and we'll see that it attaches connects very much to this point of who is the source of sustenance now a mesh ml moisture amoral RN I'm gonna have time to cool em early look of my mind while you name I should it's a famous Manish I'm just reading it because it's here it's it's not so connected to the point I'm trying to make but it's just interesting why was it that Moshe wasn't commanded to strike the water why was it that Aram was commanded to strike the water actually I just realized that it is connected we'll see I'm a knight kodesh Miroku I'm I'm Trish murukku shoosh laughs delay or inattention you look well you're caught ah so cool so cool I just understood something so cool I want to share with you okay so you were thrown into the water the water protected you so you should not be striking the water you have to show a car set off you have to recognize the good that you received oh yeah hello yoku liu they are when you were a baby your mother put you into the water the water protected you and now you have to show you're a car so tell you recognition your gratitude okay so the question that I had when I read this is what do you mean the water protected him if anything the water was a dangerous place for him to go you know we all hear this as a kid oh yes the show occur so tom gratitude for the for the water protecting it well how did the water protect him he was placed into the water it was extremely extremely dangerous how did they want to protect him so the ATIS if I believe or maybe it was the mehar's Oh explains that the water protected him because instead of the water acting the way that it usually does which is to to be to have waves and to sometimes be very quick the water when Moshe was placed inside of that little boat the water was very same and calm so the water protected Moshe okay but the interesting thing is that the way that it's set up in the before team is that wondered why did the water do that because Hashem protected moisha God himself asked the water so so to speak or you know cause the water to protect my should to become and not cause him any difficulty so now she has to show his gratitude to the water and not to strike the water the kind of bench oil and here they ask the boy asks the question yes you know we need to ask but then you should show why does he have to show a car set off to the water why doesn't he show Kosar kodesh borrow who Hashem is the one of course the water to to become so why is it that most sure man can't strike the water and what clearly comes out of what we're saying what comes out of this meander beautifully it's exactly what we're saying is that my Sharad man who needs to show up what is it what is the concept of a car Satou what is the idea of recognizing the good it's showing that I see that I am not the source I see that there's another there's something outside of me that's the source of my good so in recognizing that it's the opposite of idolatry right idolatry says I'm disconnected from source I am my own source even though things that give me good it's me a car Satou says no I recognize that mmm that the water protected me and in recognizing that the water protected me that it went out of its nature I recognize that Hashem is the one who directed the water or caused the water to protect me so it's the opposite my shirabe know when he's doing this muck and when he's doing this plague he's instructing even the way the plague is done is instructive to us and to the Egyptians that the path that we're looking for the path of the tire the path this true spirituality is through our car Satou it's through gratitude recognizing that I received something good from somebody and where did that good come from that good that I received is ultimately from a Shem a sham cause that good to come through that person or in this case to come through the water that the water should become okay beautiful now let me tell you a car mania mitzraim spread out your hand it's hash I'm speaking to iron spread out your hand on all of the waters of Egypt how come Marshall you're about gamma vana Horace quick am I may-maybe you dumb mush my ketone the verse says numerous times different waters because it's not just the water of the Nile it's all of the waters of Egypt even the water that's in other places in their swamps in their in their rivers in their even in a jug a jug that contains water all of their water without exception turn into blood that's the magic show you're dumb before I dismiss ryeom glam I feel much a mystery right cake interesting even when an Egyptian spits damn oh yeah it would turn into blood if they Maha vehicles were called him damn what was the reason why sham brought blood upon him meat Okanagan either it was measure for measure Chicago really Avraham we gotta go you've waited on an IV I shall I shall sham set Abraham when it comes to the nation that's going to enslave them I will judge them usually how many families feel it upon me Tomas on why were they punished with bla they were punished with blood because because they had done something in regards to blood which was which affected the Jewish people and that was that when the women of the Jewish people were tummy when they were when they were impure because of their blood they didn't allow the Jewish women to go to the mikveh didn't allow them to purify themselves conditionally you pardon me Robin feel of a look about my madam they didn't want the Jewish people to have children they were afraid of the Jewish people would have many children become too many for them and therefore they did not allow them to go in the water so their water didn't allow them to go in the water to purify so their water was turned into blood measure for measure okay so here's the point which I wanted to get to but yes okay mine should be ironed I should see my Shem mother should be our Mesa so motion are did ads God commanded and all of the fish in the Nile died already have enough Haleiwa Bobby Bhuvana levy Robbie says me Marcus dumb has Cherise row the Jewish people got rich as a result of the plague of blood Kate said how is that a mysterious ruble bias echoed amazing thing an Egyptian and an Israelite they're in the same house a gigas Millea mine the barrel is full of water mystery all of my male psyche tomato and an Egyptian would go to fill up his jug from inside of it but see I'm a layer dumb he would take it out you take the jug out of the out of the barrel full of blood you still shyster mind me to hug it's a Jew drinks water out of that very barrel omits if I miss your mother tamely be out coming at Miami you would say give me a little bit of water and I say my man I said mom as soon as it reached the hands of the Egyptian the jug of the Egyptian became blood primal initiative I need vitamin in Caracas and he says him let I let me and you drink from the same plate from the same ball he spells tracing my my mystery Dom the Jew would drink water Egyptian would have blood sure you look at me start with done in my choice in Miami but if you would pay for it if he would actually pay for the water from the Jew so then it would stay water me kind of shoe is wrong and that is how the Jewish people became very rich they made tons of money selling water there interesting now what is the message or what is the concept of the depth of this of this medicine I think it's a beautiful beautiful idea the mystery and the Egyptians said you are mine you are mine that's not Vedas or that's the idolatry when it came to the Nile he said you are mine you the Nile are mine you're not separate from me you are mine I am self-sustaining and when it came to the Jewish people that we discussed previously the Egyptians said you are mine you're not separate entities for me you are a piece of me and I have every right to your work and in this case they would say I have every right to your water give me your water but reality said differently the plague was a reflection of the true reality and this is what a sham was trying to prove him we spoke about this previously but I want to bring home this point the idolatry says I am my own person I everything is part of me you go you go everything is part of my ego God who is God as Pharaoh says who is God the plagues come to say do chuhwa come back to me return to me true love means to repent but it means come back recognize that I am the source you are not it don't separate yourself from me recognize also that the Jewish people are not yours the Jewish people if you have anything from them it's because God's chef is flowing through the Jewish people if you have anything from the Nile River it's because God's influx is flowing through the Nile River to you recognize the true source and when somebody pays for something when somebody pays for something it recognizes that that thing there's something to have a car set off - there's something - if I give up my hard-earned money for some some service that you provide so it recognizes that this is something which has value which is not mine it's not Miggy le that I deserve it it comes to me but rather it's something that I I recognize it comes from a Shem it has true value just like a car set so when I have gratitude so it it connects me back to kodesh broccoli that's what my Shero baina was doing with uh with not striking the water by recognizing by thanking the water he was really thanking Hashem so - when a person pays gives the money for the water when that Egyptian would pay the Jew now he's starting to give up something of himself now he's starting to recognize that this Jew is not his now he's starting to recognize that the water is not his and it reverses the effects of the plague it's an amazing thing when he pays for it it reverses the effect of the plague and so in Reckitt there's a recognition there that the Jew - for the Egyptian is not is the Jew is not his slave the Jew is somebody who brings colors for Khrushchev out into the world brings God's influx into the world and now is the entire mess of all of the plagues and of course when we start with the first plague we speak about the first plague the first thing is always the foundation of all the other ones and so this is the foundation of all of the plagues the plagues are not to destroy Egypt although they do that the plagues are not to to to mercilessly beat them up no the purpose of the excuse me the purpose of the place is to teach the Egyptians who is the true source the true source is God one of the ways that they see that is by recognizing through our Karsa Tov the Nile is not part of you recognising through a car set off by paying for the water the Jew is not part of you recognize that he is something outside of you that you need to appreciate and to appreciate and when when we pay for something we appreciate it right that's always true when we pay for something we appreciate it much more and so the Jewish people were to be recognized and once they have a recognition by being paid for their water that's when the water turns into remains I'm sorry that's when the water does not turn into blood when it remains water for the Egyptian so what I bless you and I asked you to please bless me Hashem should help us that we should be able to recognize who is the true source of our lives who is the true source we should learn what the tyre is trying to teach us the measure is trying to teach us with the Marcus Shaam wants us to see that when we experience difficulties or challenges it's not a sham as a punishing God it's Hashem has a beckoning loving God saying come my child do you see do you see you've disconnected from me do you see that you've disconnected from me and sometimes we pay for that with our money and sometimes we pay for that with our hearts whether with a challenge with a difficulty but ultimately it's the matter for the point and as soon as we we do to Allah as soon as we recognize what it's about that a Shem is the source that's what it's all about some should help us to see that it should help us to recognize the challenges for what they are I should help us to do chuhwa to repent and always recognize that he is the source of all the goodness in our lives thank you so 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