#522: Amida: V'Lamalshinim (Part 4)

s spp generous respons by the Saka family and by for as well we on the of still the introduction we last left off how many bras really are there to the we call it the and the where they're originally 18 is number 19 and three opinions in the gamar how we arrived at that number and therefore what right do we have to add a 19th or there were originally 17 is number 18 and that's why it is still called we suggested sever reasons why maybe it's still called sh so we read the r the r gave us the historical background of what precipitated what led to the Genesis of this the time ofi in y when the was relocated to Y after the destruction of the second B mikdash the Heretics the sedim were seeking to corrupt the Jewish M or M and they were Moser they tried to turn their uh Raba colleagues into authorities and to cost Jewish lives and it was a devastating time for the traditional Jewish Community for the observant Community for the M community so much so the ra writes felt he had no choice but to author a br to Institute into our doing to incorporate we'll see originally it was not every day three times a day the way we have it now originally it was only on Fast days the same way we say n on Fast days we have a certain insertion to the amida on Fast Days the original hope would be that on a fast day a day of chuva we can invoke hashem's Mercy to eliminate and altogether obliterate those forces that were challenging our M But ultimately it wasn't enough and theim the threat that they posed the damage that they did was such that it was instituted ultimately shaut the author will describe right now instituted not only on on on Fast days but it was added to our to three times a day so that was the threat and that was what what uh inspired this BR so theas tells us that when Ra was moved was motivated to 500 years after an authored the to Institute another he wondered who could author it we know the problem we know the theme but who who from the generation can we recruit who's qualified who's credible who is the one who should author this braa who could find the right who could find the right words what was he worried about we don't find this elsewhere nobody challenges which of the an what was their motive for this BR all of a sudden we're worried about motive for this BR we're worried about how pure a person is we're worried about a bias we're worried about who it is so much so that was Stu stuck he announced who can author it and ultimately who was the author that emerged none other than who was coton why was he called a cotton he was low in stature low in height what made him a cotton couldn't grow a beard why was he called why was he and why was it only him the M the fourth par teaches us that says we all invoke this teaching of we remember it when on P we don't say for the remainder of P when at the Seder we remove some of the wine during the makos what was the teaching of we have enemies and we need to eliminate those enemies from the Earth but we don't take joy they two are creatures of Hashem what's extraordinary about this quote OFA pavos Isa cut the original author is that an original thought where did he get it from it's not a trick question it's a PK sh was quoting a PK and yet because he didn't just quote the PK but he lived the PK it's who he was and it's how he lived it was his humility his sensitivity his love for all of humanity that even though of course he was willing to confront and to challenge and eliminate dangers and threats like enemies but the reason it's attributed to him is he didn't just say it that would be plagiarism he could have qualified to be an ivy league president but that would be plagiarism he didn't just plagiarize a PK the reason it's attributed to him is because he lived that PK that's who he was that's how he lived that's what Thea explains that it's attributed to sh says Thea because that PK was his constant companion it was what how he identified huay om the huay OM is he all throughout peros who who he was and how he lived through his example and through his actions that's what he says it's so why do you need somebody why is motive so important with this so I would suggest two reasons number one because it was Prett pretty Brazen to author another BR 500 years after the an already closed the amida to say somebody should now add to it modify it and addent expand it you needed the right person the righteous person to do it but moreover what's the theme of the BR what's our hope in this bra we're seeking the demise of fellow Jews we think about enemies in general this is a was here alluded to that we should be having kavana particularly during this war we're thinking about the broadc category of enemies but the specific motivation the opening word the mean that are fellow Jews so if a person's going to find the words to author a prayer for the demise of a fellow Jew they better be pure they better have a pure motive they better not be tainted or biased by anything else and the only person the only person G concluded who was deemed worthy of doing such a thing was none other than sh hakon shm hoton who had already proved that he didn't have a personal bias when it came to these matters when it came to these issues because that's the Miss of us that's how he lived that's who he was he therefore was uniquely qualified to author it and to write it and the gamar there tells the story of how he wrote it and it was forgotten and he had to remember it and he had to reestablish it and originally only on Fast days with the hope that that would be enough to invoke hashem's mercy and to stall the progress of the minim and masim and theim but when it proved unsuccessful then it had to be expanded to be said at all of our at all of ouros at all of ouros we continue with this tomorrow night but you could ask is bothered we don't have we have meim we don't have it's also this week's par the origin of eating hot food to prove you're not AI so why are we still saying this who should we be thinking of when we say this today we'll continue with tomorrow night