Pekudei - Israel Gets Past the Tough Times

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari goldwag recorded with H's nevering assistance in R Israel 5784 2024 this week P day we've been speaking about the Tabernacle the mishon and by extension the B mikd the Holy Temple which paralleled the mishkon for the last five weeks we've been speaking about it and now we come to the completion says the p in chapter 39:32 all of the a all of the work that was involved in creating all the parts of the Tabernacle were completed the Jewish people the sons of Israel the children of Israel did all that Hashem commanded Moshe that's what they did okay so now all the parts are ready how do we put it up who constructs it who does that final takes that final action next they brought the Mish to Moses the ohal the Tabernacle meaning all the parts all of its vessels CR of crush of all of the boards all of the walls Etc they brought everything to Moshe why did they bring it to Moshe so the Mish tells us something amazing let's read the Mish together we're going to read a few different pieces small pieces in the Mish very importantly connected and very importantly connected to us the tells us there were many wise people there they came to Moses there were there were people who were very Adept at creating the different parts of the Michigan and there were also Engineers who were adept at constructing M actually putting it up but they couldn't put it up King Solomon says I'm sorry many daughters many girls have done Mighty acts but you are greater than all of them there were many wise people many able people but there was one who Rose above no one else could put up the Mish only Moses was able to they created it they made it it was ready to go but they couldn't put it up says what did they do they all took their the different parts that they made each individual part and they brought it to mosha you know we have to hear as we're reading the the Mish that mosu is the person each person takes their own thing and brings it to mosha mosha raenu is generally speaking the the he is the soul that includes represents all of the Jewish people and includes all of the Jewish people so if there's going to be one person who can bring together all of the creative activity and complete it and bring it to its final form it's going to be mosha each person brought their particular the thing that they made they said here's a boards here's the different aspects of it here's the different elements of the of the Mish of the Tabernacle once he saw all the parts he had and he was able to to lift it up now thear Milla says we find this in a number of different places we find that it's true by by esthera she had R she had a a spirit that came into her King David had a spirit that came in into him when he was able to defeat golas shim had a spirit that came into him to defeat the Philistines mosenu it's it's it was perhaps out of his natural ability but a supernatural Spirit came into him and he was able to lift it up what does it mean don't think that mosha physically was so powerful that he could lift it up but Miracles occurred it stood by itself says the Mish stood meaning it stood on its own it stood by itself say an amazing thing who built the first base of make this first temple we all know King Solomon built the first temple but it's not precisely true King Solomon oversaw all of the building he saw he oversaw all of the creation of the parts Etc all of the construction however it was built just like the mishkon the Tabernacle was built on its own mosh Renu so to speak did it but it was really done supernaturally so to King Solomon find the the the mag shim talks about this at length there were actually special angels that came or brings it here as well right the B says as we're about to see the the the house when it was built the Holy Temple when it was built it was it was built right which means that the Angels Came and they assisted him supernatural creatures came and and they were involved in building the B show this this gives actually a slightly different spin when we talk about the the Third Temple hopefully will be built soon speedily and in our days so we think of it coming down from heaven we think of it uh you know being something that God does spiritually but there's a whole discussion as to who actually has to build are we to build are we obligated to build the MD is there mitvah today for us us we need to build our Holy Temple right now or is it something that happens on its own and I would say based on this Mish that of course we need to actually do it and it will also be done by Heaven comes together right it makes sense the Bish which just the location and the place where we connect to where where Heaven meets Earth it makes sense that it would be done by both man and Heaven okay so the says just like it was by so it was the same exact kind of thing mosu was able to to stand up the Mish to complete the mishkon through Supernatural means just like schom King Solomon did as well now the I'm going to I'm going to steer away for a moment from from what's going on here in the in the discussion of the completion of the Mish I'm going to read to you two different things in the mag in this context right here in this med speaking about the completion of the Mish but seem to have a little bit not a clear connection but we'll see that it's the foundation of what's going on and it's it's a tremendously deep and important idea that we need to know today today as we are yearning for the Bas some English to be built the temple to be built the Jewish people to be rebuilt as we go through difficult times that we are going through here in Israel and throughout the world P says King David said famous we say it every week in the place of beautiful views the the the place in all of the land which causes you to Rejoice what's that place the mountain of Zion which is a reference to harabas to the location of the Holy Temple right behind Kel is the harabas is a wall of the harab this place is it's the it's the leg of the north have to know what that means kir the city of the great king the great king is Hashem so you knife so we're talking about the completion of the Mish so we're going to talk about the B English as well we're going to talk about its beauty and how it causes people to rejoice in explaining this verse and explaining this reference to Jerusalem as the place in in all of the land which causes people to Rejoice he there's a story with a particular Merchant he went to Jerusalem in order to sell his wees Jerusalem is the place to be you want to sell stuff Jerusalem everyone's coming there maybe it was during the Regal maybe it was at the time when Jews were gathering there he sat down he was waiting to sell his wees nobody was buying nobody was buying the the merchant said this is the place that the PK says it causes everyone in the land to Rejoice I can't sell a thing here what's going on it would seem to me as as it were the merchant is saying it would seem to me that if this is the place where everyone's happy it's got to make me happy too I'm a merchant I can't be happy without selling he's made the statement at first but then after a short amount of time he sold all his merchandise he sold out so the beginning he couldn't sell a thing and then all of a sudden I don't know if it was because of his statement or maybe it was just it wasn't yet the time was not yet ripe but he went and he sold everything so he said this is it this is the this is the place with with the beautiful views and the place to Rejoice Jerusalem this is the place now what is the message of the story it almost sounds like that's the that's the way things are in you don't sell right away but in the end you do sell and it just goes it starts off interestingly in the it says what is we said it's kind of an interesting language it means the the leg of the north so the word sa which means the north if we're facing East which we always faced we always face East right we're optimistic MRA means the place where the sun rises we're optimistic the sun is rising we always face East we're facing towards Jerusalem which is in the East which really means we're facing towards optimism and we believe the sun will rise when you're facing East so the north is to the left okay the north being to the left is very significant we find also in kazal the in the gar and Su refers to the the north SA or the saf is the the evil inclination the concept of the north has to do with the concept of G of withholding the left hand is right hand is left hand is G it's a withholding of kindness means there's a leg of the north there's an aspect of gura in Jerusalem that there an aspect which you have to get through you have to break through in order to get to the other side which is the beauty of Jerusalem which is the the of Jerusalem it's and Sh right Y is and Sh is fear there's G it's fear it's fearsome and there's sh there's a completeness Jerusalem which is the seat of the mikdash the seat of the Holy Temple and a parallel way it parallels the mishkon you have to get through a certain darkness in order to get to the light the guy the the merchant he had to have a moment where he couldn't sell anything in order to get to that point where it just sells out quickly this is a very deep idea I'd like to share with you one more piece in the medish which very much connects to this idea the M [Music] says there's a we know that the which is the thees individual which is the Jewish people who are the Righteous amongst the Nations there's a laughing on the last day meaning it looks like until the last day that it's not going to work out so well but on the last day everything turns around think about saru think about aru till the age of90 respectively they didn't have they didn't have a child but they laughed on the last day s calls her son y says the this is a description of what happened with those who the mockers those who mocked those who made fun amongst the people of Israel they didn't believe for some reason they didn't believe that the would ever come back maybe we could say they didn't believe that mosh rinu had the ability to complete the job to finish off the Mish to finish off the Tabernacle and thereby cause the the divine presence to to find its place upon the Jewish people why perhaps the reason is I think that this might be the the based on the M wasn't involved in the actual construction of the mishon he didn't do anything he didn't do anything he wasn't involved in the construction butol all many Artisans MOS was shown everything on Mount he saw a vision of every single thing that was going to be created but he didn't actually take part he gave the command but he didn't actually do [Music] it soem says to I want you to pick up the Mish I want you to be the one like we saw before who actually physically raises up completes the Mish so what happened so he hadn't done anything until then but says I want you to complete it and now turns as it were to those who made fun of him and said hey you're not doing anything you're not going to bring the and he says you see I'm the one to complete it okay that's why they weren't able to do it like we saw before he says bring it to me they weren't able to do it they brought it to him he was the one who was able to complete it as we saw in a miraculous way with the help of Hashem is an aspect of of inability he couldn't do it he wasn't involved in it it seemed like he wasn't going to be the one to bring the even though that was it would seem to be his entire reason for existence mosh was there to facilitate the the divine presence coming on the Jewish people but he didn't do anything oh but he was there at the end and he completed it and he had the last laugh so to speak the measure says like this in uh in explaining [Music] this there's a story with a particular student shim the famous who's buried in meron student of he was the author of the Z one of his students went out of the land of Israel and he came back a rich man the students saw this they were jealous they wanted their needs to be provided for they want they wanted to have the wherewithal so that they could sit and learn comfortably they said look let's let's they were talking amongst themselves let's go out of the land of Israel shom heav forbid to leave Israel weim shim realized that this was going on that this conversation was going on amongst the students he took them to a valley an open area maybe it's not a valley maybe it's a field next to meon Mayon in the North of Israel he prayed and he and he asked God let this let this open area fill with golden coins excuse me they saw endless golden coins sitting there in front of them wow you want to be rich you want money you want gold you want guarantees for all of your needs go and take you need to know that if you take now you're going to subtract from your portion of the world to come the reward for Torah which really means the reward for our relationship with God comes at the end comes in the world to come that's what it means she laughs she has the last laugh on the last day the joy comes at the completion doesn't come at the beginning the the sense that you have that full completion right Jerusalem starts off with a Tsum it starts off with a constriction the completion the sense of feeling complete is the second stage it doesn't happen in the beginning if you try to grab it at the beginning you don't get anything in the end that's what was saying to them don't leave the land of Israel oh it's hard to make money in Israel oh it's hard to raise your kids in Israel don't leave Israel don't think that if you live in KS if you live outside of Israel it's going to be it might be a little easier might be a little better you might be richer you might things might be a little smoother now but you don't end up with the same thing as you end up with when you are living in the land of Israel when you're living in Jerusalem when you're near the Bish when you're in the temple Bish says don't leave don't try to get it now that's not that's not the path the path is you want to laugh on the last day like moshu it looks like he's not involved it looks like he's not involved in in bringing the the divine presence in you come into Jerusalem to sell your Wars it looks like you come to Israel in order to you want to live in Israel it looks like you're not going to make it it looks like you're not going to have parosa it looks like your your kids are not going to succeed heaven forbid stick it out it's going to work out in the end you have to pass through the fire say is the land of Israel is acquired through difficulties through challenges ER Israel the land of Israel this is the place to be says you can't leave don't leave don't give it up don't give up don't give up your last your last laugh because you want to try to laugh now and if you think about it what he's really saying is what is what does it mean to go toart what does it really mean to leave Israel what does it really mean to have the gold it really means I feel I feel uh I feel like I've got everything Tak taken care of I got to feel like everything is taken care of before I get involved in my spiritual my spiritual endeavors says don't make that mistake you need to just connect and could have said look am I not involved in the actual construction of the Mish where's my part where's my place but his job was to complete it his job was to complete it don't make the mistake you might come to Israel and you might experience excuse me where am I here where do I fit into this country where do I fit into this culture but don't worry there's a there's going to be a joy in the end you might not make all the money you'd like to in Jerusalem and you might say Hey where's this m color Arts but you got you got to wait for the M col Arts you got to wait for that for that joy and the joy is a spiritual Joy ultimately and that's what you see also from even when moshu is lifting up the Mish and he's not doing it himself he's Perhaps Perhaps it looks like he's doing it SCH King Solomon building the Bas mdash perhaps it looks like he's doing it but the Spiritual Beings are all there assisting him hey I want to do it I can't do it m call the ultimate Joy is when you know it's not you it's God that's what we're going for I want to bless you and I ask you to bless me Hashem should help us that we should be able to recognize the power the importance of er Israel of living in the land of Israel we should recognize the importance of putting our full dependence only on him only on God we should recognize when things aren going our way when it seems like we're not successful maybe in business maybe in spiritual matters putting up the mishon trying to sell merchandise in Jerusalem hold on hold onm is going to help you it's going to be if you are connected to God which is what the Mish and the B MDES are about may may we be blessed to recognize that if we're holding on to hem in the end we're going to have that last laugh we're going to have that incredible Joy which only comes with a spiritual connection thank you so much for listening have a wonderful shamas this podcast was made possible through the gracious donations of listeners like you for more podcasts like this please visit www.wag.com or search on iTunes Ari goldwag