Shnayim Yomi - Shemot - Rishon - #1- Rabbi Shlomo Landau

[Music] it's Rabbi Shalom oando and here is something incredibly powerful about the first Aliyah in par sham you know the first p in the entire sa sh is an introduction to the formula the secret recipe of how the Jewish people survived the decadence and the immorality that was Egypt take a look at this P the first component is shise the name of the book why is names the name of the book K teach us that in Egypt Leu sham the Jewish people maintained their Jewish names they didn't feel a need to assimilate and integrate and take on Egyptian names they were proud of their Jewish names that was the first ingredient and the recipe for Jewish survival the second one that are coming to Egypt in the present tense shouldn't it be that came in the past tense the answer is that even 100 150 years into the Egyptian existence the Jewish people never for a moment felt acclimated they felt like foreigners people who had just come the society the morals the values the culture of Egyptian Society is just not us we are immigrants and we will always be that way Yakov they came with Yakov the image of Yakov sear deeply into their conscience ysf has a challenge in saer barus he's about to capitulate to the wife of potifar all of a sudden his father's image appears before him and that gives him the inner strength and fortitude to pass this incredibly difficult Challenge and ordeal the Jewish people when they made decisions in Egypt it was always as yic what would Yakov have done and then finally and perhaps most importantly ish UB they came with their homes that means maybe they were living in a culture in a society where the street was trafe it was impure it was unethical but when they closed the front door of their homes they were transported back to their homes in Canan in is with their father amongst the shtim The Jewish Home was never contaminated it wasn't impacted and affected by that which was on the Egyptian Street these ingredients are the ingredients for the survival the Eternal survival of the Jewish people we need to be proud of who we are we need to retain our Jewish identity we need to understand who are our role models Yakov isra and then finally to understand the power and the preciousness of the Holy Jewish Home we can close the door to the street and we can be in a sanctuary and Abode of Shina of holiness [Music]