Journey To South Africa: SPEECH - Fusion of Body & Soul, Johannesburg Annual Shmiras Halashon Event

this Tower class is brought to you by torahanytime.com special gathering for shmir saloshan here in Johannesburg the learning today is dedicated as a stressful first language I'd like to just take the opportunity of thanking Rabbi gladstein firstly for coming all the way down here to South Africa and if I can say for being a good sport I can't actually believe how much we've worked rubber glatstone over the last few days this is his final final talk here in Johannesburg and he's literally come from one to the next and just deliver the most beautiful Toyota and I've lifted the entire community we hear so much about with regard to technology recently a lot of talk about the power of these very quick social media mechanisms that we have that in an instant can cause so much destruction forwarding an email forwarding a message and how it can just spiral out of control that's focusing on the negative side is a symbol of we have a principle that in every spiritual negative force is the corresponding positive force and Robert gladstein has harnessed the power of these media these Technologies to spread the words of Torah and inspiration across the entire world across the globe and it's really a discuss for us real life is always that much better and we so appreciate that Trevor glastin not just reaches us through the technology but has also come here to be with us and to share the directorian person I'd like to call her about gladstein foreign want to take a moment to pay tribute to my hosts ravaria and Robinson Tamar who I think highly talented individuals if there's anything that could be done they know how to do it and they utilize all of their many talents you know in the gemara there's an expression of ishash kailas the man who combines all abilities that's the tabac family they have so many creative talents and they're able to harness all of them in but I think one of the very strong uh limudim that I'm going to take away with is with all the responsibilities that they have they have this Serenity and calm and every word that comes out of their mouths is with such nachas and such Edo kite and such refinement and despite the fact that they have the pressure of the entire community every word is so perfectly chosen so I hope that's the Lima that I could take with me and I think an appropriate way to segue into today's subject um the learning should be as close for suleima for Anna um who's a sister-in-law of a very dear friend of mine ivanishum should send her fuchsia Israel okay fasten your seat belts we're going to explore smear's halash on in a very novel way I think over the years of certainly we've heard many many shurim and many ideas about speech but what I would like to do is examine the phenomenon of speech and understand what its role is in our personality and in our persona and really deepen our awareness and appreciation for what speeches the rambam wrote the famous the body of Jewish law and where the rambam literally codifies every single aspect of and in his sixth book which is the sixth area of Alaska knowledge the rambam dubs of swearing nazirus all of the disciplines of speech any type of that is relegated to speech the ramam groups all of these halachas in One Umbrella category and the rambam calls it safer the book of Wonder the book of wonder what kind of name is that why does the rambam term laws of Oaths nazirus these are all various types of prohibitions a person could create with his speech for example let's say a person says you know I'm going on a diet I forb from now on all carbohydrates are ulcer to me they make a nether so from now on he the person cannot eat carbs carbs are to them like a piece of khazir it's called a Nether and there are various forms of nadaram one could make and the ramam groups all of these halajos in a category called safer hafla the book of wonder foreign when it talks about a person accepting upon themselves to be a Nazir the language the Torah uses is Ish Isha kiafully Linda a man or a woman somehow speech is associated with which three letters Wonder as if to say the greatest wonder that we have in this world is speech now there are a lot of Wonders out there every physical phenomenon in the human body be it circulation respiration is a wonder and yet of all the phenomenon that exists the one that the Hamish calls a Pella the one that the rambam Kohl's apella is the phenomenon of speech why is that let's examine something else very interesting who's the greatest man who ever lived my chabeno it is so vital to our Torah that moshabino is the greatest man who ever lived if one would were to say that avraham avina was on the level not only are they wrong they're a kaifa they're no longer part of the Jewish people it is a fundamental principle of faith that my Shabana was the greatest man who ever lived in Torah in Prophecy and in every single character trait in humility in zeriza since the heroes in every trade in the book Maisha was the greatest he's already he's our teacher and in order to be a good teacher what would you think is the most important criteria to be a good teacher and my opinion is just speak clearly because if you can't speak clearly you can't convey the message and yet my sharabino the greatest man who ever lived wasshine he was not given the gift of speech why not was that a deficiency in my shopping the gemara tells us what is a child like in his mother's womb all the orifices are sealed shut PIV sasam the mouth is closed says the gemara it's a number three on your sheets at the end of the piece the kivan in the single sheet the kivan Shabbat last three lines when a child is about to be born malach and Angel Comes This such Royal PIV and smacks him on the mouth foreign think carefully about the language of the gemara that a child in his mother's womb or in her mother's womb knows the entirety of the Torah and then an angel comes and hits the child on the mouth and they forget the Torah the mouth the tire is not on one's mouth the Tarzan one's mind why does it say The Angel comes and hits the child on the mouth as if hitting the child on the mouth will make the child forget the Torah what is the connection between Torah knowledge and being hit on the mouth let me tell you a little secret there's another gemara the gemara says in the seven days of training to do that in the basement was the presiding even though but someone's got to teach our own so much asked what did my Shaw wear during those seven days did he wear the big day Kahuna no he wore begged love on number six the gamara and tyness Hollow Club on a white garment like a kitto imra that has no hem right we know uh Kettle there are no pockets it has no hem he wore a white garment that has no hem how do you say hem in Aramaic Imran what does Imran what is the root of the word Imran the mouth speech the Hem of a garment is referred to as speech what's going on over here this is the secret of speech it's incredible insight every morning many times a day the lowest function of a human being is when a person has to go to a facility has to take care of their needs they come out and they make a blessing God you created me with wisdom um I have orifices in the body I have holes in the body I have Hollows in the body think how beautiful these words are we say no matter how lowly our function is it is dear to you you're interested in even my lowest function before your your throne of Glory this is not beneath it what is it's the blessing on the physical characteristics and makeup of human being thanking Hashem for our most base nature our lowest most physical nature what do we follow our showy outside with which Brook has actually considered attached to ashaya it's called bracha has attached to its friend in fact it's a broker that doesn't begin with Baruch because it doesn't need to because it's reliant on the brother of we combine two blessings together every morning we immediately should go into the following blessing God the soul that you gave me is pure who in their right mind decided to juxtapose these two blessings somebody just came out of a basaki say and is thanking God for their lowest phenomenon and immediately thanks God oh and also my soul that you gave me from on high why in the world would you juxtapose these two blessings these were these are the most diametrically opposite blessings you could imagine why connect the two but listen carefully how does that show yatsar end so you heal All Flesh all meat but that's not how it ends um what does my flea mean what's the root of my flea Pella now we're about to discover I'm not available it's a wonder it's a Pella it's a pillow what's the pillar here the pillow is like this drama rights you know what the greatest miracle in this world is you know what the greatest Wonder in this world is God's ability to take a physical inanimate object take a spiritual object and fuse the two together that's the greatest wonder the fact that there is a physical world that's incredible it's not a pillow the fact that there's a spirit is great but it's not a pillow but when God is able to take a physical item and fuse it together with a spiritual soul that is the greatest miracle therefore listen carefully is the creation of the physical is the gratitude for the spiritual and we juxtapose these two blessings together with two words you know what these two words are oh my flee La soy and you act wondrously to take the asharyotsar and to combine odilikai nishama that is the greatest pillow of all um the two words of my flea Associated are the interphase between the ashar yasama between the Goof and the hashama between the physical and the spiritual and the question is so what is that interface what is the adhesive what is the Scotch tape what is the glue that connects the physical to the spiritual we have a body we have a soul what's the glue that connects the body to the song and the answer is it must be the greatest palette of all and now we could understand one of the most important we've heard this past like a million times but now we see it in new light it's number 16 on the other booklet God created man dust from the earth physical and he blew into his nose a Living spirit spiritual and what became of manifest look at number 18 tiger mooncliffs now man could speak God took the physical goof he imbued a spiritual soul and he connects the two together hence now we have the power of speech the power of speech is the interface and the connection between the Goof and the nashama without speech there's no hayim foreign you want to live you want to keep your soul around your soul has to be connected to your body how do you keep the two together love the power of speech the life of a human being is utterly dependent on the the power of speech speech is the glue that connects the physical to the spiritual what do we call speech Pella a wonder what's the Wonder of speech it's not physical it's not spiritual you need to summon the creativity of the soul and use the faculties of the mouth and the tongue it's the fusion of body and soul and it's what life is dependent on therefore we say you created me with wisdom my physical body you created a soul in me and what fuses the two together of speech the ramam dubs all of the halachays of speech safer in the parisha of Nazir it says but here's a problem was so lofty and so great it could not connect to his goof it wasn't a deficiency in Moshe that he wasn't able to speak it was because of his greatness his soul was so so Supernatural it could not be lower to fuse together with the body Maisha Rabino when he served in the basement in the mishkan he wore a white garment that had no hem let's explain if I were to ask you what's the Finishing Touch of man what's the final touch of a person what's the last step in the creation of Adam it's a power of speech God already created the physical body he had the soul speech is the finishing touch what is there's a malacha when you add the last touch to something and you finish a product what is it called that's why the gemara says the Mala Comes This such right up if he hits the body with his a stick doesn't hit anything that's just an allegory hitting refers to the Final Touch of the Panthers the mark of a pathus of an atom is when the Mala comes hits him on the mouth that's the Final Touch of a human being the body was there the soul was there they were not connected listen carefully when the soul is unconnected to the body the soul is unbridled the soul is completely Supernatural the soul is completely spiritual the soul knows the entirety of the Torah but the moment the Mala comes and connects the soul to the lowly body now this Soul forgets all the Torah that's the explanation the nashama always knows all the Torah but the more it's connected to the goof it's pulled down and the spiritual knowledge dissipates it's when the Mala comes and creates the finishing touch so now the soul is attached to the body the soul forgets the whole Torah but moisture rabinu never forgot a word of Torah you know why because his soul was never connected to his body and therefore he remembered the hotel always but he couldn't speak he couldn't speak eventually and this is for another discussion the matter says that once moisha taught the Torah the Torah gives the person the ability to fuse the body and the Soul together seamlessly that it's not a contradiction emotion ultimately regains his power of speech but when Maisha served in the temple in the mishkan he served with a white garment that has no hem what's the Hem of a garment the Hem is the finishing touch the same way mashaven was missing the Finishing Touch of speech he was missing the Finishing Touch around His Garment that was an appropriate garment for my shravena what we learned from here is that literally the life of a human being is dependent on their ability to speak and therefore if one uses their kayaka dibor for what it's intended for for what it's designated for then you want life you want your body and soul to be a seamless connection be careful with what you say that's the point of life that's the source of life that is what our lives are dependent on you ever hear of somebody's you ever hear people say you know don't waste your words you only have a limited number of words in this world there's actually a source for that writes that here we go people say well once you use your allotted number of words so now you know then you're finished you're done it's true there's a source for that but what's the rationale what's the explanation because your life are your words your words literally hold together your body and your soul that's the secret of the connection of Asha yatsar and Allah with which two words fascinated with the ability and the phenomenon of speech I'll read to you if you look at number three in your booklet in a safer Miriam with the kindness of Hashem I've reached my 80s listen to this expression I never stopped analyzing and studying The Faculty of speech as if like even though he spends his life riding the mishnaburu and all the wonderful swarm that he wrote but he was so focused and so taken and captivated with the faculty of speech that was his life's mission let's point out a few things you ever hear there's a plastic in michelang it says when there's a hole in the fence you're bitten by the snake right you have you have this fence around your property it keeps the snakes out and as soon as there's a hole in the fence you know the snakes could come in what's the deeper meaning here the gemara says that the tongue is different than every other organ in the body every single organ in the body is vertical vertical what does vertical mean when you're standing up you're ready to go you're primed to act you're primed to do something there's only one limb that's horizontal the tongue what what type of uh attitude does a person have when they're horizontal relax they're asleep there's a reason that every organ in the body is is vertical why because they need to be acting your heart needs to be pumping and your your lungs need to be breathing but your tongue needs to be quiet it's like a gun just because you have a gun it doesn't mean you need to use it well I bought a gun so I might as well you know a gun is something that you have in case you need it a tongue is something that you have just in case you may need it really but you know a gun has like safeguards well it says so does the tongue the tongue has many safeguards first you have teeth if your teeth are closed it becomes very very hard to speak imagine if you had a sneaker who would not it'll get a little Annoying after but if after you close your teeth you also close your then it becomes a very peaceful share says the gemara the tongue has two guards to it the tongue has two guards I heard from one of my radem what do we do to the Messiah we send him out three machines we send him all the way out of all three Jewish camps we send them out out of the three camps why because he allowed his tongue to exit the teeth and go all the way out of the three camps you have safeguards of your mouth Pirates go there if you break that fence inappropriately then the Great Snake on high the the primordial snake comes and that was his Avera and he comes to to deal with it let me tell you a few interesting ideas in the hashgraph of the Torah the mouth is specifically and very precisely created how many teeth do we have 32 teeth 16 on the top 16 on the bottom if you look at number 13 and 14 on your sheets there are two sukim and shiram that describe teeth number 13 it says your teeth are like a flock that is set and at number 14 your teeth are like a flock of rams thank you it's very interesting that describe teeth you have 16 on the top 16 on the bottom and there's a very important reason for that Hashem created us this way so that we understand what our teeth are for what our mouth is for it's for two things Torah study of Tyra promotion of Tyra now that that could also mean Torah ideals it doesn't mean now you're going to go home your husband said how up um sometimes you can make a joke you can make things light you have to create a happy household that's all part of Torah the proper seika the proper common sense of how to deal with your friends with your neighbors with your children that's all part of Tyron but you have 16 teeth you know I have 16 teeth how many times do we read from the Torah every week Monday Thursday shot this morning how many times we read the Torah Monday morning three alios Thursday today 16. that's your top 16 teeth for Tyra there's 16 readings of the Tyro a week that's why you have top teeth how about the bottom teeth Fila Fila is corresponding to carbonos how many carbonos a week is in South Africa they fill this fulfill this very well they have lamb chops at night I even saw someone have lamb chops in the morning but the Parsha the carbon tamid tumid one lamb in the morning one lamb in the evening so that's only 14 a week one in the morning one in the evening Shabbos you add two extra Cabanas 16 carbonates a week that means the 16 top teeth indicate we have a mouth for Tyra they have a 16 bottom teeth indicate we have a mouth for trila but it's a weapon you use it when you need to you use it when you've determined that it's the correct tool to use at that moment it doesn't always have to be used but let's explain a little bit further in the beginning of voracious and we'll have to conclude with this the beginning of voracious in the creation of the world it says I like him how many times let's say Eloy Kim in the first paragobaracius 32 times if you look at number 23 the first mishnah of the saferite Sirah which is attributed to avraham avinoishim us with 32 wondrous Pathways of wisdom Hashem with 32 Pathways of wisdom God Almighty created this world what is the REM is to this the REM is to this is the fact then the safer writes that the remnants to the 32 Pathways of wisdom with which God created the world are the 30 times two times it says La Kim in the first pack of voracious zero let's say I like him 32 times the 32 Avenues of wisdom the 32 Avenues of wisdom are by the way the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet and the 10th Sphero is that's the next mission on the SafeRide zero so God created with 32 Pathways of wisdom we know that we are created in the image of God we're created with Selma like him that means our minds must have in its 32 Pathways of wisdom and in fact biologically the human mind has 32 channels that descend from it and where do they descend to each one descends to another tooth the 32 teeth are connected to the 32 channels of wisdom in the human mind and what are we going to do with that what does that mean for us says this teaches us what our mouth is for our mouth is for our mouth is for Wisdom now wisdom could mean Torah it can mean but everything we say has to be because that's the whole purpose of speech speech is the expression of the 32 mystical Pathways of wisdom that descend from the Mind into the teeth which are connected to the 32 Pathways of wisdom of Heaven our whole lives are dependent on it that's what connects our body to our soul the base time is built in whose share which Chevette Omar you did Hashem Benjamin is called the friend of God you did why is he the friend of God the base hammock touches in his hand when Hashem sees avraham avino in the base of Mexico says that when Hashem destroyed the base of he went there and who was in the basement at the time avraham Aveeno Abraham avino oh okay I'll start over now who is in the basement at the time avraham avino says Hashem called Abraham avinu Malia di deep doing in the base what's my friend doing what do you mean Hashem never called Abram you did before no when he's in the basement she's called you did if you look in the chapter and to heal him that speaks about the basamikdash it says whenever we refer to the base amigdas we call it ye did you know why it's called you did I think Amara tells us the this world the RS the Earth was created with one hand of God the heaven was created with the other hand of God it says the gemara greater is the temple than Heaven and Earth because the Earth was created with one hand the heaven was created with another hand and the way samigdus was created with two hands from here we see says why did God have to create the temple with two hands if this world is only one hand and shamayam is another hand why does the temple require two hands because the temple is the fusion of Heaven and Earth the the temple connects this world to the next World the prayers go up to the heavens via that Temple the blessing comes down from the Heavens to this world via the temple what is the temple doing it's connecting the physical to the spiritual what is the temple apella why do we call the base base the house of our life because the same way our life is dependent on speech our lives are dependent on the base hamiktas the definition of life is the connection of the physical and the spiritual and therefore is no wonder that the critical ingredient in rebuilding the temple the connection of Heaven and Earth the connection of the physical and the spiritual is by recreating and rebuilding our own personal Temple by connecting and strengthening our body to our soul through the capacity of speech which is the greatest pellet of all we hope in the Merit of us gathering together to study this vital topic and hearing all the shiram from all the various should give us all Heavenly assistance to elevate and upgrade rebuild ourselves rebuild our own personal base rebuild the real base amen you've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by torahanytime.com