Heaven For All Jew and Gentile with Rabbi Aaron Dovid Poston

[Music] warm welcome home to torah to the eubank midrash as you all know we deal with the absolute fundamentals and i tonight today whenever you're watching this is no exception although i think it is an exception we are probably dealing with one of the most fundamental principles of judaism and therefore a ben noah a non-jew who's accepted let's just say accepted the seven laws of nach the question is why did they accept them how did they accept them what was their point in accepting them this is going to like underlie a fundamental principle in belief that's going to make or break and yes i want to tell you this is not going to be pc this is not going to be politically correct we're going to separate the men from the boys the girls from the women the women from the girls and the righteous who will see whether jew or not the righteous that will see etern eternality or versus those who will not and that includes non-jews non-jews go to heaven not all of them we'll have to find out how do you get to heaven right like i'm going to give you my explanation who am i i have at my fingertips the sources and therefore don't argue with me argue with the sources okay now we're in parchas akev we're going to start in the beginning but what i'd like to do is just to give you a summary so the pages i gave out we're going to actually start on page one but i'm going to go through page one and two and most of three really quickly just like a summary and i implore you to go back i'll put a link down below where you could find classes where we went slow in depth with all the sources for the first part because i think the second part is so fundamental we usually rush over it and tonight today whenever you're watching this we're going to go hopefully slower towards the end so bear with me whatever we do in the first i don't know 15 minutes is um like a just a summary without necessarily all the sources so bear with us it's definitely worth watching if you want to skip to that point perhaps maybe i will put if i remember to put down in the description box as well when the part two when the important part it's all important the important part of the message i wanted to give over tonight slowly begins okay so basically the word a kev it it's a ver what does it mean right if you go to the parsha it's in deuteronomy chapter 7 verse 12 where it says what does a kev really mean okay quickly it could mean the reward of it could mean because of or the consequences therefore it's the reward of true it also means the end in the end you will be rewarded it all it means all that because the word akev has to do with your heel it's the word for heal what does that do with anything if we look at rashi so rashi actually mentions that it literally means heal if you will heed listen to the minor we don't know what that means relatively light commandments which one usually tramples on with his heels which a person treats as being of minor importance that is what you should listen to meaning in addition to everything else you must listen to those as well and there you will get the reward now that what the clear car actually wants to do and this is where we get into the whole idea of the differences between jew and non-jew gentile there's many different names for these non-jews they could be in akum which is someone who worships the stars a pagan it could be a just the word which for our practical purposes probably means a non-jew who has not really accepted to do and follow and guard the seven misses of nach also you have the expression of the wise of the nations who come to their own conclusion that this is beneficial to keep the seven akai laws but not because of spiritual reasons they may be spiritual people but it's not because they believe in god and that the torah is from hashem and that it was commanded through moses that is what they're lacking but they're they're right they seem to be very decent human beings and they will be rewarded in this world unfortunately not in the next and then you have the khasi um which are the righteous of the non-jews and they will see and experience the world to come forever for all eternity now based on that the word a kev is talking about what called the verses the mishpati what now just if you read the verse like this and it will be the kim if you listen to the khukim we're going to define what a hulk is along with the mishpati will describe or define what mishpatim are then you will and hashem is going to guard his covenant for you now this first verse is definitely talking to the jewish people but understand what's being laid out here meaning the undercurrent then this covenant will be kept for you hashem will guard it and he will guard his kindness and you will experience his kindness meaning the one he swore with your forefathers not only coming into the land but all the blessings of the world to come as well now let's just define our terms a hoax is an it's not based on rational thinking and whether whatever command was given by god i'll give you an example shotness meaning we cannot perceive the benefit in this world on the physical level of not wearing wool and linen or holding a lulav and esrog the floor mini monsookis what is the benefit it's purely spiritual where to fill in so the the are mainly that's going to divide between the jews and the non-jews so the jews have to keep all 613 commandments the ones that are especially discussed here is make sure to keep those khukim whereas mishpatim which all human beings on the planet earth we'll call them just for the simple term all human beings have to keep them ishbatim what are the mishpatim rational logical beneficial commandments okay so already within the seven high laws one of them is to set up systems of justice uh set up laws civil laws that society can function through so these are these are called mishpati the details are irrelevant to a certain extent meaning the jews already have the details through the torah for themselves the non-jews each society they could say murder is forbidden unfortunately then it becomes it can be come corrupt right because they could decide wrongly right that a certain people are vermin and should be killed right for the betterment benefit of society so that's called a corruption but they at least say murder is wrong and then they define it so that's going to be a problem the next thing is okay so let's say they decide that if someone commits a serious sin maybe it's murder that they get 25 years to life or their life is taken they call that capital punishment what if they say no you get eight months so they have the right to decide but that again is the corrupt it could become corrupt because it's not logical because what you end up doing is encouraging people to kill people and then you only get eight months or less right obviously the society says if you run a stop sign so you could spend a day in jail or you could pay a thousand dollars or they could say you know what we'll just put a point on your tick on your driver's license or you just have to pay 25 dollars it's up to the society to decide but once they say it's wrong to go through a stop sign because you're putting lives in danger they hold life to be sacred but each society should come to a reasonable um decree in order to prevent these crimes from continuing because it's also uh it's not only a punishment but the main the main thing also is to prevent people from doing so okay so basically you have the khukim and you have the mishpati and what the cleo car wants to explain is for us for the jewish people you should know jews that the way you think about cooking i should say like this that most people think when it comes to hooking they take it very lightly in other words we can ask ourselves what does it mean we didn't read rashi in the hebrew but it's mitzvos kalos he says if you take the mitzvos kalos lightly you take what and again we don't know what it means the light we're just translating it for now it could mean and i put here a few definitions in a perkian vote see in perky vote chap it's number 12 on the english sword she be careful be diligent in whatever we're going to call those light mitzvahs kala just like the strict ones now i wrote here what does it mean kala and khamor so kala could mean light and hamor could mean strict so i have here maybe it means minor versus major maybe it means light versus heavy maybe it means light versus grave meaning light versus heavy like a lot of effort or no effort you know like shooing away the mother bird when you want to take the egg how much effort is there just to go like this no effort whatsoever or perhaps you know spending a lot of money to do a mitzvah or walking a great distance or carrying a great load um maybe light versus grave meaning the the reward is very light versus the doing the sin the the punishment is very grave big or small however you want to define that lenient or strict you can look at the well if i violate this mitzvah there's no punishment so that would be called light or lenient whereas if i violate this other one could be very strict very heavy okay so rashi had said you'll you'll take these mitzvahs lightly and you'll you'll tread on them with your heels and that's what echev and the clear car wants to define this clearly as the hukim that's going to be the running and the running theme here so he says when it comes to the hooking there's no real i want to actually go to another verse just for our benefit when it came to the para aduma [Applause] you can find this in numbers chapter 19 verse verse 2. right this is the hulk of the torah and it's talking about it's talking about the the red heifer i shared siva hashem which hashem commanded you what we discussed before in that parsha was when the non-jews and the unfortunately even jews may do this mock you for doing what we call the that are not rational rashi over there says israel the satan which means the eight sahara within each one of us as well as whatever external powers that be as well as the nations of the world will mock the jewish people saying what are you guys doing this is ridiculous this is bordering on superstition and witchcraft what exactly are you doing why are you doing what you're doing that's why it says i'm just reading rashi that's why it says it's a hulk of the torah a gazer he it's a decree from hashem it's god's word god's word mila funai that i have in front of me and guess what you're not a lot of doesn't mean not allowed to think otherwise listen god said you have to do it interesting because this is where the clear car brings in the whole mishpati mishpatim are well thought out they're logical so when things are not based on logic we take them lightly we ourselves right we ourselves will take them away forget about the external pressures of society when they see you do these strange things but the the art scroll comment over here mentions by the red cow by the the the para duma is described by the sages as the quantitation torah that's why it says who has a torah it is decree of the torah meaning that is beyond it is beyond human understanding because satan and the nations will taunt israel saying what is the purpose of this commandment the torah states that it is a decree of the one who gave the torah it's not for anyone to question it that's what it means not to question in other words obviously you're allowed to think deeply about the different khukim but ultimately you have to do it because god said so and if that's true you're doing it for the sake of god so to speak you're doing it because god said so when it comes to the mishpatim that are logical you should do it because god said to as well i understand there is benefit in this world and you know that you're doing the right thing nevertheless the ultimate reason for doing it the clear car explains is because you're equating it this verse equates the mishpatim with the khukim now how does he come to that because all you have to do is go back one verse the last verse of last week's parasha of ethranon so you'll find that in chapter 7 verse 11. it says you shall observe the commandment the decrees and the ordinances that i command you they perform them but in the hebrew it says clearly so both are mentioned in the previous verse then our verse in a kev leaves out the word hukim it uses the word a kev rashi already explained a kev is the misses that you dash your heel on you tread upon the clear car is explaining that as hook him and how does he know because the word hook doesn't appear but the word akeb does and the word at right says vahayu aketh tishma'un and you shall let's say it shall be the huki that you should listen to at the what's the word at et can be translated in many different ways it could be and it could be the but guess what it can also mean in with and there's many places the clear car explains that the word et means therefore the the passage is clearly telling you to keep the with equal to shove as if they're parallel with the mishpa team and then you'll get your reward now he then does a reverse and says the same thing is true by the mishpatim and i think this is where the noah hides because that that is the only thing that they're obligated in of course they can do other mitzvahs that they should do the mishpatin because god said so yes it's true that you feel very empowered you're doing the right thing you have a you know an emotional response to you doing the right thing nevertheless the way we should do the mishpatim is the same way equate it to the way we do the mishpatim the which is for the sake of god because he said so okay with that in mind let's now continue a little bit just i'm gonna again summarize part of what the cleo card was explaining that basically there was a very interesting medrish king david himself is using different verses to really explain why he himself was extra careful with the light mitzvahs and it's based on this verse okay and not only do we have it in perky aval which is part of the oral torah but the question is where did it come from and king david actually says an amazing verse in psalms 49 6 lama era be mera why should i fear why is david saying why should i be afraid in the days of whatever ra it actually means towards his death right when he's going to be judged that's the same word ekkev because of the sins that i tread upon will surround me the day of judgment i am going to be judged for those sins that i took lightly meaning that i tread upon with my heels the same consistency we're talking about all along just like rashi says just like the clear car says that according to the car it's talking about and there's another verse it says in psalms chapter 19 verse 12 gam of the nizar behem also your servant he's talking to hashem is extremely careful in them what is them right that in the at observance adherence of them there is great reward the word akev again the heel the ones that he trapped that he was afraid that he was going to be trampling on and there's another verse in psalms 31 20. just the three words he quotes here ma rav but the truth is if we actually go to the whole verse we'll see something very interesting so what the clear card does with this verse right how abundant is your goodness that you have stored away for those who feared you that you have performed for those who seek refuge in you now in english it says in the presence of men in hebrew it will enlighten you how great is your goodness how great is your reward which you have put away safanta means you stashed away to whom to those who fear you that have al that you have performed for them ready for this what does it mean in the presence of men don't read it in english means in opposition to that people will feel like you know you're you're nuts they're going to give you a really hard time um mitna get opposition to remember we saw before where the saturn and the um are going to taunt or when ammonine are going to mock the jewish people that's what it means again proof for all the reward that one will get for keeping the and believe me reward will be given to the non-jews who do keep the hooking it's not a secret why don't people know that i don't know but let's go on i mean we're going to turn to page three now there is one important word that the clear card brings out when we talk about the words resource which means fervor and passion zahir means careful careful to do the mitzvahs the word as king david said or nizar right the whole concept the root is zohar what is zohar the clear car explains zohar is a shine a light a a an eternal light that when you're careful in doing the mitzvahs you're creating light what does light represent it represents godliness spirituality uh the energies you're gonna build up all the positive energies you're building up for your own light in the world to come and therefore there's a very interesting uh what do you what we call it uh a connection between the word zaher and zohar and therefore uh this really i just have to say this kind of like ends the summary now we're going to get to the meat and potatoes for those vegetarians i don't really apologize you know what i mean and here we go it's on the page three halfway down where he says this is what is meant at the end of parshas the ethenon so what we read was verse 11 right chapter 7 verse 11 but he wants us to go back to verse 10. now even though it doesn't say the word non-jews in verse 10 we're going to somehow equate that to non-jews so i want you to bear with us because there's a proof why or how it somehow is also speaking about non-jews in a very non-politically correct way okay so it says in verse 10 and he repays his enemies in his lifetime to make him perish he shall not delay for his enemy in his lifetime he shall repay him now in the hebrew it says like this he's going to pay those who hate god god's going to pay those who hate him to their face meaning while they're alive to perish he's not going to delay it to those to his face he will pay them now i want to get my here it is this is what the art scroll explains what does it mean his enemies even the wicked deserve reward for their good deeds okay so what hashem is going to do is going to pay them while they're alive for their good deeds but not in the world to come snuffed out so to speak you take a candle it's gone so these jews are non-jews well let's see his enemies even the wicked deserve rewards for their good deeds deeds and god does not deprive anyone of what is rightfully his so the wicked are rewarded but they will not share the bliss in the world to come instead god rewards them quickly in this world so they will not survive to enjoy the great rewards that await the righteous now i just want to mention okay let's let's leave it at that you know what yeah so i hope it's clear what the verse is actually saying and what the verse actually means so the clear car goes on and says look at rashi we said we read rashi the lame logo that hashem will reward the person for his good deeds in this world kade littara dom in um in order to snuff out in order to take and remove whatever reward would have been waiting for him in the world to come because he rightfully deserves the reward for the good deeds but god will pay him in this world this is where the clear car mentions we're talking about a guy i don't want anybody to hang up hang in there because we're going to go to a verse in our parsha and parsha say kev that clearly describes certain things about non-jews and the clear card is going to equate that verse to this verse he says if a non-jew fulfills a certain mitzvah la mekaru sono bishas kiyome mitzva again we don't know where the clear car yet is coming from but he's making the assumption the guy is called the hater of god why is he called the hater at the time he's actually doing mitzvahs he's fulfilling a mitzvah and yet he's called the hater of god he said he's he's getting his reward for doing something good now this is where the principle comes in the main principle of the evening we have to understand what the difference between the khukim and the mishpatim which i hopefully explained that the hukim are irrational not necessarily based on seijo one thought it's a decree of hashem whereas the mishpatim are clearly logical and sensical he says like this since the affiliable makai mays amidst the minimum even at the time that he is actually fulfilling a mitzvah which is logical which is well thought out which is basically in the mishpatim category now remember this is a as opposed to a ben noah who's righteous we're going to describe there's a benoit who's considered the wise amongst the nations and the then noah who's considered pious amongst the nations he's talking about the ones who are wise they're only doing so because there is some kind of emotional or let's say a a benefit that is felt at the moment that they're doing the mitzvah alcandino therefore that's what's going to be they're going to get measure for measure and we're going to describe this later they're going to get the reward but they're doing it to get reward in this world because they don't believe necessarily in the torah and in the revelation we're going to describe all this why this seems to be necessary but they're going to get what they're what they're going to get their just rewards but god is telling us you jews don't do like them who only do the misses for the hargasha for the decree that you know for the um for the mishpatim that are logical you're doing it because god commanded rather the martin verse 11 verse 11 said and you should guard those mitchell's mitzvahs which i command you today to perform them because god commanded us those same words appear where similarly over there in the the the paraduma what does it mean the clear car says it's because i commanded you you shall observe them not because of any physical or emotional benefit asthma mailer then automatically what comes out you are mispatient then you will totally equate both the what we call the the mishpatim the civil laws as well as the hukim the we'll call the seemingly religious rights that we do they would be equal in your eyes and now we understand why there is this connection in verse well we're doing verse 12 and right see when you go back to um you know chapter 7 verse 12 12 and 13 right it's going to be this reward when you hearken to these ordinances and observe and perform them hashem your god he's going to safeguard the covenant actually it's all part of verse it's the latter part of verse 12. god is going to guard for you the covenant and the kindness that he swore to your forefathers that's talking about the covenant of course and the the reward that comes along with it then then mamela as a result it comes out that it's fitting that the prime reward will be waiting for you in the world to come as vishal hashem as god will save god for you the covenant now i mentioned there's a verse in our part right in a kev and that you're going to see in chapter 8 verse 20. now truth is we have to read verse 9 as verse 19 as well even though he wants us to read 20 verse 19 says that it will be that if you do forget hashem your god and go after the gods of others and worship them and prostrate yourselves to them i testify against you today you will surely perish so this verse 19 is talking about for jews to do idol worship they will perish this perishing we're going to talk about now remember when we went back in our verse i'm sorry back in verse 10 where we mention this idea that he repays his enemies in his lifetime to make him perish that's why we're equating that verse which we did not see the word we only saw the word those who hate hashem and over here in chapter 8 verse 9 verse it's using the same word perish but it's talking to jews who do idol worship then you have verse 20 and this is where we understand that verse it was verse sorry verse 10 in the previous you know uh parsha in chapter seven is talking about why like the god said i'm gonna make you perish because of the idol worship like the like the nations that hashem caused to perish before you so you will perish because you will not have hearkened to the voice of hashem your god we are going to dissect this verse very and slowly that's why i wanted to spend most of the time doing this so you understand what it is that we've said so far up into this point and beyond so we're in the page three the last paragraph and this is what is said at the end of the parsha meaning verse of chapter eight like the nations that hashem causes to perish before you cainto they do so too you will end the persian just like them and what's the next word a kev a kevlo tishma'un now we're going to translate it because you didn't listen to the voice of hashem your god and knowing that it also means regarding the hooking okay now the cleocard wants to say verse 19 verse 20 is completely extraneous posix zoo plus exec coulomb utar it's not necessary what do you need to bring this in for i got the idea 19. kikivar namar we already said in 19 you're going to be now it's a double language we translated you will surely perish in verse 19. see you have to see the hebrew whenever it uses a double language let's say always but 99.9 it means that it's surely going to happen like in an extreme sense so we're talking about being wiped out god's going to cause the the jew who does idol worship to perish in this world and in the next world double trouble let's say it's an example of a double language that's number one number two lama tola ibdum be buddha what in the world do you need in verse why do you have to tell me just like the are going to perish what is all that about why make dependent our perishing seemingly in verse 19 that has to do with idol worship what does that have to do with verse 20 not in other words what does that have to do with the uh the perishing of the non-jews so here is what he says meaning verse 20 this verse there's no connection how let's explain it there's no connection between verse 19 and 20. they're talking about two different things see in verse 19 it's clearly talking about if you forget the lord your god right you're going to end up worshiping gods that you didn't know that right other gods as it says you will surely forget again a double language you was right it would be that if you forget hashem your god by going after other gods that's regarding idol worship and regarding russia why the worship you have the double language as a clear car says kefal haibud it's a double perishing it's a double whammy meaning to say regarding sha'a veda vodasara the one who serves the idols he's nitride minneola he's pretty much wiped out he's driven away from this world as well as the world to come and only afterwards there's an entirely different type of perishing that second perishing which it says but like the is only referring to the world to come so keep in mind how we started this off there are two types of meaning people that keep the seven laws they're the ones to keep it muscaliot out of an intellectual conviction they think it's right and it makes them feel good and then there are those that keep the laws the mishpatim out of how do i say it i'll say it because they know that there's a lord there's a creator that there's a relationship between god and all human beings but there are these priests called the jews they're the ones that had the revelation and are sharing this information so freely on the internet these days that there's such a thing called the torah that describes the behavior of man generally as well as specifically the jews and the non-jews and the differences thereof and therefore he says the whom me shaina mikayama akev anyone who does not fulfill those well let's just say the huki whoever doesn't fulfill those a kev the the mitzes that you would shred on which we said hints about through the word and their those mitzvahs there is no known revealed benefit for those at the time you're doing them anyway then most likely what comes out of ma kaya minha mitzvahs therefore whatever the person is going to fulfill of any other mitzvah and um it seems like the only reason they're doing it is in order to get some kind of intellectual satisfaction emotional psychological satisfaction because those mitzvahs have reasons and that's why it says in verse 20 kigoyim like the non-jews i share hashem who hashem is going to cause to perish now this is where the klee car now connects it to verse chapter 7 verse because it's like this it says um he's going to pay to those who hate him to their face to destroy them in allah meaning to from the world to come came to vadoon so too in our verse meaning chapter 8 verse 20 where god says so too you will perish that's talking to the jew also for the idol worship the son tom ladavar and he actually gives a reason actually i'm not sure i just said for the other worship it's actually not it's now talking about doing the mitzvas only because they make sense the jew also has to do them because god said so that's the whole point of what we're talking about here and he says vinassen are you actually giving a reason for it the acab which is the cooking you didn't listen to that you should listen to but this is in our verse chapter 8 verse 20. look what it says carefully carefully look in the hebrew king chapter 8 verse 20. masha shema like the non-jews who hashem will cause to perish before you came to they do so too you will perish for not keeping the mitzvahs because god said so the a kev which of the you didn't listen to it says a kev lo tishma i mean that's how the whole parasha began explaining it means the what does it mean the the right they have to keep the seven laws which are basically basically mishpatim it's basically they're not obligated to do the others so if they're doing it if if you can transform you can change your whole muscle you can change your whole eternity i'm talking to the non-jew right now obviously the jew understands this but the non-jew can transform his whole existence if he accepts the seven laws because god said so you understand because it was a revelation of mount sinai because a torah was given at mount sinai that includes the seven noah had laws and therefore they will be keeping the seven as if not just because they make sense not just because there's a physical or emotion or psychological benefit they feel fulfilled as human beings on the planet but because god said so and we're going to talk very much in depth what that is all about and why that is so important but before we do let's just finish this paragraph and then we're going to read from the rambam the laws of kings in chapter 8 and chapter 10 and a few other things in the gemara in sanhedrin parikh halek that deals with the um the concept of the world to come and how non-jews are included okay but it sounds like only when you're involved in this way the way i just described so now we said like this so it's what does this come out it comes out oh let me just go back [Applause] so we're like four lines up from the bottom of that paragraph and that's on tom ledavar therefore we're giving reason for the whole matter is a kevlar tissue medium listen to the visual tishman and mitsubishi you didn't keep the misses remember this is for the jew as all the other let's say 606 all you know the 613 mitzvahs he has to keep them because god said so guess what there's no reason this should not apply to the non-jew and it does as we will see where does it come out from the idea of aker shemishi makai masha rammus bekev that if someone fulfills what is really hinted in the word akev as the khukim he's going it's true he will be blessed in this world he or she they're going to eat from the fruits from the crumbs from the the the the the desserts that hashem is throwing in this world the blessings that one gets in this world and the karen the principle of the reward is shomar lolo maba that will be guarded and given over as a reward in the world to come and that's why the rest of the verse says that hashem your god right who's who's your god we all know the jews know who their god is but the non-jews have to make a decision you can't be on the fence you can't say right as elijah the prophet make up your minds right you can't have your cake and eat it too you're going to have to give up your idols or your your fantasies of a man god a man god but rather hashem that hashem will guard for you the covenant and the hasid and the kindness which is the reward in the world to come now i want to take you on a small journey into uh we'll call it um it's in chapter eight of the rambam do you see it on the source sheet it would be in number i can't hear you 19. okay so anyone who accepts upon themselves the fulfillment of the seven mitzvahs and is precise in their observance is considered one of the pious of the gentiles and it says they will merit a place in the world to come call them acaba mitzvahs vinizhar like zohar like a shining light fervorous to be careful to perform them raise them um he will be considered she will be considered amongst the pious and they get a portion of the world to come yes yes yes yes now what if you only fulfill them out of an intellectual conviction we'll call that and let's just read it on the scenes home of nations okay i skipped something so the reason the the the hasid is going to get the reason the hasid is going to get the world to come is because there they accepted them and they fulfilled them because hashem commanded them in the torah and informed us through moses our teacher that knows descendants had been commanded previously okay so that i'm sorry i skipped but the he accepts it he does them and performs them because they were commanded by karishma in the torah and we were reformed through moshe rabbenu nawak mikode nitstavubam the the the world was already warned concerning these mitzvahs ah if you only accept them out of a intellectual conviction we'll call that hakhra tatas it means you thought about it and this makes sense makes sense emotionally makes sense psychologically it makes sense for society there's a benefit he is not considered we're not going to talk about the gertoshav right now but he's not considered amongst the righteous of the gentiles therefore what no ulama but rather what is considered mayhem amongst the wise of the nations very nice but you're not going to get the world to come now i want to take you on a small journey now to uh chapter 10 in the same this is by the way the rambam and laws of kings and their wars chapter 10 it is um 9 and 10. actually i don't want to do this right now because i don't i think i got my point across let's go back to what i said sanhedrin go to number 20. sanhedrin chapter 11 and it's the first mission anyway it's um it's on page a okay it's the 11th chapter of sanhedrin now what it does say it says that all jews claudius that every jew has a portion of waiting for him in the world to come i'll tell you the secret the jews basically just have a head start okay everybody can get there bruce mila the dna meaning the the the the mysterious nephesh that our parents and great-grandparents 60-some generations gave up their life for god it's in the dna okay in the soul and therefore it just makes it easier to get to alma you actually have to work very hard to get rid of your almabah now keep in mind rabbi kessingen explains yes god gave us the misses because he wants to increase our share in the world to come so we have the mitzvahs very nice guess what we don't all do mitzvahs we have true or plan b so we can repent god also is very merciful he knows we're not all going to do juve properly he gave us suffering okay suffering is going to end up the default how we're all going to get into the world to come but what about non-jews this mission that describes every jew happens to be there's a list of exceptions so every jew goes to heaven except for and i just want to read let me say it so basically there's some principles and then it lists um three kings and four commoners in the list it says someone who says that the torah is not from heaven i mean all i just skipped the first one but someone who says there's no such thing as resurrection the dead but this is the point i wanted to mention someone who says ain't tara minisha that the torah is not from heaven a jew who's a denier right because we know that god is measured for measure ex measure for measure we're going to talk about why should the jew who doesn't believe that the torah is from heaven not he'll get snuffed out he won't get a place in the world to come i just want to skip down in this mishna to the bottom where it says there were four commoners out of the four commoners one of them listed as bilum everybody knows bill and was not jewish how does a non-jew end up on this list in other words the list says it starts off every jew is eventually going to go to heaven yes through suffering or whatever but in the end there are exceptions and the exceptions i just mentioned the first two somewhat a jew who says right there's no there's no resurrection of the of the dead from the torah that there's no such thing as the torah from heaven and there's a few other exceptions we're not going to go into it but at the end billam is listed who's a non-jew what is he doing on this list okay what is he doing on this list so i want to read to you some of the comments first of all this many will explain this is the proof this is in the oral torah that non-jews can go to heaven but they have to work for it okay now this particular person was a well-known what he was a fortune teller let's say he was known he was known but there's a verse where he himself prayed that he should end up like moses i just want you to turn to numbers 23 10 numbers 23 10 this is the words of billam may my soul die the death of the upright and may my end be like his with it's not on the it's not on the sheep okay it's numbers 23 verse 10 billam is praying that he should end up so the the mission has to go out of its way to explain because he's a fortune teller he's you know like a prophet perhaps right his prophecy would come true no bilum didn't make it but the very fact you have a non-jew is proof positive this is our oral torah that there's a place in heaven for the non-jews i didn't know i do remember why i wanted to go to um [Applause] the laws of rambam in chapter 10. um [Music] so i'll tell you where so in the rambam chapter 10 and i want to just focus in on number 10 we don't prevent a gentile who performs a mitzvah of one of the torah's mitzvahs in order to receive a reward why would the rambam write this provided that he does it correctly understand so in the hebrew which is so beautiful then noah he's no longer talking about a guy in the previous verse in the previous halacha he spoke about a keep that in mind whatever you read in number nine it's not referring to a ben noah okay you can argue with me all you want it's clear as day black and white hawker 9 is talking about star magoy okay so you can read it all you want and figure it out i'll help you call me write me whatever it is but it's not talking about all of a sudden the language changes in number 10 and ben no rata lost mitzvah mitzvos which is the kind we described already the kind that understands and accepts the torahs from heaven and that it came from god to moses he wants to do one of the other misses one of the other 606 mitzvahs cadet le cabell scar in order to receive reward aim money also of course we're not going to prevent him and the commentators say that we can even help them when we should help them if they come to us hey what does it mean the only way they will ever understand what the mitzvahs actually mean is to come to us because they've already accepted that the torah's from heaven was given to the jews and they are the guardians of the torah so in money so according to the way it's supposed to be done the only way they will understand how it's done is to come to the jewish people okay because what because measure for measure we're getting this idea they accepted that the torah's from heaven therefore they actually will go to heaven why is it measure for measure there's some amazing comment here regarding that and i don't even know where to begin but i'll try the marshawn himself asked what is this about this idea that it all what is when god acts measure for measure what is that all about meduh there's a there's another more insulted that the more didn't bring and the martial wants to know why it says over there that tanya haya rebbi adam from where do we know where is this idea that according to the way a man behaves in other words he will be judged accordingly where do we know this from so it actually says in isaiah chapter 27 verse 8. so it says over there in um in the english anyway it says according to its measure of sin he contended against her so in the hebrew in verse eight okay so that's going to be the source for measure for measure the way hashem behaves with us so beerus charlotte farish it's possible to explain over there should we say who rock legate yeah you could say that's just the way man acts and man will be um whether punished or reward you know what hashem will reward will respond according to the actions of man of al khan haiseth lamar but over here we're saying where do we understand that all you did was you were a kaithir makshato it was just a thought you denied resurrection of the dead or you denied in your mind you didn't do any actions all the ideas of the sham acting measure for measure we would think it only act has to do with actions but what about thoughts so karish baruch who the in the future will not rise raise the person from the dead or bring them to the world to come so it just ends off here even the clifford in his thought regarding may seem so low yohen and me meno you're not going to benefit from it this is going to apply to the torah too how could you benefit you don't believe in it you don't believe it in fact you're midnight you're against it why would god give you the word that you're against you don't want the torah you're not interested in the torah you're not interested in the resurrection of the dead you're not even interested in trying to find out if it's a possibility if it's true and to accept that if it's true of course i would want it why couldn't someone say that if it's true of course i would want it but they're so against it they're not even willing to be open-minded about it they're not going to benefit it and therefore hashem will not raise that person up from the dead but the whole idea is that it's from the torah itself you wouldn't have known anything about god per se and the way he works so this is an explanation of atom hashem going to read this slowly the reason that hashem performs or acts in a way that we call measure for measure so it's written beer so this is why god acts this way perished this is not well known this is not well understood by many kia vu life we should consider how to explain this how hashem works the way people work we cannot imagine hashem so hard but we know how people work each person might do a nice kind act for his friend kathia tova should also email according to what you did to him right you do something to him he'll do something nice back to you right you invited me to your party i'll invite you to my party right and the same thing works in the negative oh kathi harash also or the negative things ah but when it comes to things don't work like that because hashem there's no evil that emanates from god ever right it's only goodness it's only kindness it's only mercy that always emanates from god um there's actually gamora insulted it says me the shadow day the modin lo we said that already before the way in which a man acts that is how it is going to be performed to him it's going to end up being measure for measure what does it mean hakavana lomar kilithi maisa aadha marey humikabel edgamulo meh chamisbrach the intent is saying like this that according to the action of man behold he accepts upon humacabel he's willing i hope to accept the kindness wouldn't that be nice hashem is pure kindness and he's willing to give you wouldn't you want to accept that with allah of abraham and therefore it's going to extend to you the bracha or god would be the opposite so it's written yasodavarim the real fundamental principle here is what we call let's say the opposite of a blessing right a curse there's no such thing all that all that that is that we call a curse that we call evil we call it evil it's god withholding the goodness there is no bad that emanates god god is a constant flow of goodness and when he sees fit this person doesn't deserve the goodness he doesn't send evil he just refrains he just holds back from emanating all that goodness we perceive that as evil that's what we call evil but that is not evil all that is is a cessation it's like what's darkness darkness is the cessation of light you have light when the light goes out you have darkness um so he says like this columbus have to say may olaf all that god is doing is remu removing his guard removing his observance from upon the person because of his sin as an ownership until the person accepts upon himself now the ownish that's fitting for him according to his sin now how does that work if if the negative is not coming from hashem why are we calling it an ownish that it's coming to him so we have a few comments down below that are absolutely absolutely fascinating so it says like this in the safe rachinuk he brings a mashal he brings an analogy so if a person is walking in a straight path he's walking along the path there's no stumbling blocks there's no rocks there's no weeds or let's say thorns we would see there derek get there mikozi but along the side of the road you do have a wall of of thorns the over echad one person particularly walked ahead and he got stuck in the thorns from the side of the on the walls okay don't say that god wanted that person to get stuck in the thorns through these thorns elisha who got him osmo the person caused it himself the person caused by not walking the straight path the person got caught in the thorns god doesn't want you to get caught in the thorns the person calls it himself shalom because he did not walk the straight path kamokin the so too the person who sins the kardashian doesn't really want to punish the person at all but rather it's through the sin itself through the sin hashem is just holding back from him the goodness that from reaching him because of the evil that the person did now similar to this it says in khazal now this is what i mentioned before aim davara yah reminish there's no such thing as evil that emanates from god or that descends from heaven there similarly the the hassam sofa writes that the avira atsumo nasi samaka that it's the sin itself it's the transgression itself that causes the hit the strike the affliction kiharemito locates a heroics because from hashem nothing evil comes therefore the ownish is that's why the it's so amazing measure for measure that's why the punishment is so similar to the sin itself because it's emanating from the sin not from god it's the sin itself that's causing right the the losing the way then you get caught up then he says and i'm going to bring two verses in the tony mir devorah have you heard of the tomir devorah the tome of devorah i'm just going to deliver myself a little plug you can look on our website you can just type it in tommy devore but you can look on the website as well i think in the in the description below we'll have a link to the tomer divorce series at this point we're not finished but we will eventually bizrat hashem so he says in the tomorrow tomorrow devorah robert safer uh he brings down in a safer right the com we're not going to talk about the safe right now but it's brought the the torment of brings this down the russia the very fact that there is he writes that there is this punishment for the sins of the evil people it's similar to one who dug a whole or he says boros or caves you dug out caves you dug out these holes these pits in the road shimuftak lo sha'asin huba atsumo la avor ba oto derek bisho it's almost a sure thing that one night if you dug these holes in the public thoroughfare one day the lights are going to be out for some reason the city didn't pay for the lights or it's not going to be a full moon whatever it is you're going to end up falling into your own pit that you dug meaning should be yo to russia over there first the act of the russia the act of the evil person by performing these sins it is just like digging these holes these pits muftak love say it's going to happen when your soul eventually leaves your body when you die that the soul will enter because it'll be in darkness the soul will be in darkness and it will enter these pits and these holes that you dug and he brings two verses to prove this point in isaiah chapter 3 verse 11 but woe to the wicked person who does evil for the recompense of his hands will be dealt to him you understand woe to the wicked person who does evil for the the recompense of his hands will be dealt to him and also in proverbs chapter 1 verse 31 they will eat of the fruit of their way and will be sated with their own schemes you create your own reality you create your own reality if you do not believe that the torah is from heaven investigate look into it there are so many good classes so many good rabbis don't just sit on your own go to the jews they were there they're the witnesses they'll tell you ask a religious and observant jew how do you know how do you know and they'll tell you probably simply listen my father told me his father told him there were three million of us there's even archaeological proof we were in egypt you have i mean archaeology today is much greater than it was ever you know in the past but you have scientific proofs you can have psychological proofs you can have all kinds of good proofs the question is are you open to hearing them go and ask show me the proofs doesn't mean you're going to be convinced right nobody's sitting here and saying we have 100 proof because god is hidden and he does this so you have free will so do you make the choice but at least the evidence is definitely there for you to make the decision even as a non-jew that there really was a warning to the people of saddam there was a warning to at tanach that god is full of mercy he doesn't just bring punishment for no reason there's always a reason and that the torah really has it's it's full of wisdom for everyone jew and non-jew alike and so we invite you we welcome you home to torah but this is just the beginning so we just scratched the surface and mizrat hashem we'll see you all next week have a great life shabbat shalom and khodov [Music] is [Music]