Bitachon 209 - As War and Judgments Rise

You're listening to the 209th edition of the buffen podcast and we are inukim from ribund in in tahim and specifically that we read in hal last week and the week before we read the hashem is people of Israel let them trust in hashem protects them hashem is their shield and now we're going to look at the next is The house of Aron which means the kohanim the priests they too says the puk will trust in hashem hashem is their protector hashem is their shield now why does the pik specify base iron what's different about the kohanim the priests as opposed to all of kal is why isn't it enough for to tell us that needs to trust in hashem why do we also have to add on the fact that the The also need to trust in Hashem says attempts to the house of needs a deeper level of trust in Hashem. And I think this is something that we spoke about recently in parados. The kohanim have a deeper level of connection to Hashem. They have a deeper You know they serve as a conduit. They serve as a connector between Israel and Hashem. They come into the Bikdash or into the Mishkan and they are bringing atonement to Israel. So what? Now listen to this because each one of us really has the ability to be priestly. What does a cohen do says? They get atonement for their people for Israel. They pray. They d on behalf of Israel that Hashem should receive their carbon, receive their desire for atonement. And they also dav on behalf of Israel that nothing bad should happen for them. Someone just told me that um Rav Arush who's one of the big mashim in Brussels he asked he put out a call that everyone should spend a half an hour a half an hour every day think about this dvening for aml he's been doing it every single day since the beginning of the war dinging for am we could spend a few minutes at least if we can't give a half an hour but caring about other people caring about aml is in a time of difficulty soldiers are going into a place of danger Israel is and throughout the world there's a sense of danger. We're running. There are sirens and we're running to our protected rooms. AmI is needs prayers. The kohanim are aware of that. The kohanim are ding that no difficulty should come. It's especially essential if you're somebody who is caring about others. You're a parent. You have friends in your community and you want to help them. You want to d for them. You want to pray on their behalf and you want Hashem to forgive them. You want Hashem to give them all that's good. Deepen your ine. If you deepen your and connection to Hashem, so then your prayers will be answered. because Hashem is the helper. He's a rescuer to those who trust him. So what it means to say is that there's lots of paths and ways into there's lots of ways to get there. Some people can go straight in. Some people can just have their relationship with Hashem is real. It's strong and it works. But Ramach is giving us another way. One way is to be a sadic to be righteous to develop our relationship with Hashem that way. Another way is to to care about somebody else to den on behalf of somebody else to have for somebody else. Yeah, we can do that for your kids going to send them the right spouse is going to put them in the right headsp space where they can receive the good that he wants to give them. Strengthen our I can strengthen my for somebody else. Well, sometimes it's easier to do that than than to do that for myself. But it helps me too. When I strengthen my be talking for somebody else, it helps me have more talking for myself. I get it along the way. Says they're okay. Interesting. He says that in our he says basm means that there's as opposed to it's a commandem and he understands that when it says it means that they did already trust in hashem when it comes to generally we can't talk about something that's already happened we can only speak about something that they must do or they should do in the future the example that he gives is that when it came to the sin of the of the golden calf, they did not have they did not properly trust in Hashem and when it comes to the house of Aaron. So we can say that they bit who they trusted tells us in regards to theel the son of the golden calf all of the sons of ley gathered to Moshe in regards to iron it says the Puk that the which is interesting because Aaron was part of facilitating the mistake of the golden calf but still we see that the lips of the Coen Yeshuas they maintain they keep wisdom or intimate understanding which means to say the are the the outer aspect of my inner aspect meaning I have inner thoughts I have inner beliefs have inner emotions and and experiences and the the lips express that outwards. Okay. So the lips their job is to maintain or to be faithful to a person's das a person's wisdom. And people come to iron because his mouth is consistent with his mind. meaning he doesn't allow his emotions to control him. He doesn't get carried away. He's somebody who has he believes in Hashem. He knows that in his heart and it's something that expresses itself outwardly. And that's what it means that a a let's say a righteous individual, someone like he's a he's an angel, which means an angel, there's no difference between what he's thinking and what he's doing. It's all aligned. It's all the same. And so to a saddic like an he's somebody who the inside and the outside are the same. There's no difference between them. So his when he acts with and he acts with faith. So then you know that that's what's going on inside. He's not putting on a show. So he's the person to go to to get instruction. He's the person who has it from before. People of Israel need to trust in Hashem. That means that we need to from now on act that way. But we can learn it from somebody already has it. And those are the khan the priests. And if you think about it besides what happened with theel they the ones who lived without knowing exactly where their food was going to come from. They were they didn't have a portion in they didn't have a piece of land. They would serve hashem. They were spiritual and they were provided for. They would eat from the they would get gifts that were for Hashem that Hashem would give to them so to speak. says the Mos the M says that to the degree that a person's becomes greater and by the way before I get to the M I'm just thinking about it you know we want to have we want to work on and we want to deepen our level of and our relationship with Hashem and so what the is really saying is we need to look to others who have it we need to look to others who are working on it, who are thinking about it. In order for us to develop it, we need to hear from those who have it. Okay. He says that according to how much I have the result of my is if I have protects me more I experience more of the fact that he's protecting me and taking care of me when I have this is something that we pointed out many times that when we start to have we start to notice we start to notice it that Hashem is taking care of us more. When it comes to BR, when it comes to the children of Aaron, the Kohan, their level is greater than the level of the regular the regular people amongst the people of Israel. They have a deeper level of the is coming to say according to the that have a deeper they have more help they have more protection because of that and the next thing in the next is that those who fear they also and they also experience an even deeper level of protection These are those these are individuals who seek to deepen their fear of Hashem. The the language he says is they serve Hashem with their free will with holiness, a deeper level of holiness. They're able to overcome the they're able to set aside I prefer to say their normal inclinations and they're able to say what does Hashem want from me in this moment will help me and they're able to choose that which they believe Hashem wants. If I can do that, if I can be someone who is aed by Hashem, I see Hashem's awesomeness and his greatness and I want to come close to him and I know that coming close to God means that I need to be on higher level. I need to be seeking his will even more. That type of individual who seeks Hashem's will even more and pushes away and chooses to do the rat that person has greater kadusha greater greater a greater level of being protected of Hashem being his shield of seeing brings here from It says that Hashem is their helper. Hashem helps them that they shouldn't be poor. They shouldn't be impoverished. Here's what I mentioned before that the priests, the kohanim, they have special gifts. The 24 gifts that are given to the priests that Hashem commands in the Tyra, give these items, these different food items, these different parts of the animal of the give them to the priests to the also protected says the they're protected from any kind of sicknesses. how it seems I I think this is what he's saying that through the mitzvah of the regal through them performing the special commandments that are commanded upon them to serve am is at the at the festival time when everyone comes to the bdash to bring their carbonas they're eating a lot of the the the meat of carbonas tells us this morning that there's a protection when a when a person when a kayan eats from the holy basar the holy uh flesh of the animals so it's very interesting the carbonas the sacrifices when a person would eat them tell us that the person wouldn't have to go to the bathroom there was no uh excrement that was that came as a result of eating carbon it was like the mun The mun that they ate for 40 years in the midbar they there was there was no waste. Everything was used. It was a spiritual food. The carbonus became a spiritual food such that there was no waste. Not only that, it seems the shami seems to be saying that it would help them. It would give them protection against any kind of stomach issues. It would be protected. So it's very interesting. So, so it comes out that the kohanov had a special protection because of their service of Hashem. They had a special protection. They had first of all they had their needs met. They had their panosa taken care of their livelihood. And second of all, they had their physical needs were met. They were protected from any kind of sickness. If you look at the word and you look at the last letters of every one of those words and you scramble the letters, so the letters give you the words matan um the gift of the nation. So in this very it's very cool the says they received the gift of the nation. Hashem provides for them a gift from the gift. He provides their needs from the gift of the nation. But still, despite the fact that you're getting this gift from the nation and the and the and the gift itself helps you and protects you and and feeds you and keeps you well, but always place your bet on Hashem. Remember who's the source of the gift. Don't lose sight of the fact that the gifts that you have as a cohen as a priest are coming from Hashem. This is really important. You know, we have a beautiful we have a beautiful world of people studying the Torah of Hashem putting themselves completely into Tyra and they get gifts, right? They get gifts. Sometimes it's from a father-in-law. Sometimes it's from the kyo the money that's the kyo is uh is sedaka money right it's important to think about the fact that it's not that it comes from them it's not that it comes from anybody else it comes from hashem comes from hashem needs to be remembered and I noticed because you said this the next person if you look at the last letters of y is a yud hashem is a hey at the end is a vashm at the end is a hey yv Which means to say with the they get a gift from the um with the Hashem those who fear Hashem those who are committed to Hashem's aid their gift is Hashem himself as it were they get Hashem himself it's it's more obvious it's more clear he gets a gift from people but the Hashem their conception of Hashem has to be their perception of Hashem has to It's coming to me directly from Hashem. That's the feeling that it has to engender. Now, there's a bit of a long piece from the and I'm pretty sure that we studied this together a while ago, but it's always good to go over item. We find that in the beginning of this little section of of it says, "Don't do it for us. Hashem, don't save us for us. Do it for your honor." to say this is something that will say different times in the history but we're going to say this as we enter the war which maybe we're in now of which said was World War I and World War II and there's a third one maybe that's what we're in now but we say Hashem it's not us it's not about us it's you Hashem for your honor for your sake help us and save us those who say that being said that this leilanu that hashem were saying don't do it for us do it for your sake save us for your sake is something that's said by in the times right before mashia comes in the birth pangs the birthing time of msiah and what happens right afterwards is should trust in hashem we see We have three levels. The first level is generally then is the priests and then there's the those then there are those who fear Hashem. Why didn't it stop? Just say people of Israel trust in Hashem. That's enough. That includes also the obviously and those of the understanding here is as follows. Israel has three levels. The first level is all of the people of Israel, all the Jewish people. The second level is the priests. By the way, was a priest. Their job is to guide to show them exactly what to do, how to serve Hashem properly. And then the third level is those who fear Hashem, who are shaking. They're fearful that they should make sure to do Hashem's word. They're on a deeper level. They're on a higher level than the priests. And the is teaching us that at the times of the war of which again perhaps we're in right now at that time when Msiah is so close and the birth pangs are getting strong. So then the will become so strong that it will be impossible to get out of that difficult strong judgment. What do you do in that moment? You find yourself in the middle of a protest on a campus. What do you do in that moment? You hear a siren that's going off and you're running to your to your supported room, to the room that's strong. What are you thinking in that moment? is telling us for each and every one of us depending on our level here's what to do to strengthen ourselves in at that moment. This is the way to save ourselves from the heavy judgment that's coming into the world at that time. in this garment of think in your mind you're in that moment they're surrounding you waving Palestinian flags what do you do it's only nothing can hurt me that that that missile that's on its way can't hurt me only Hashem can protect me is with me in this way it brings us in front of Hashem to be mentioned in front to be remembered in front of Hashem. That's the next remember us. Bless us. The result of the is that blessings come upon us. We're remembered in front of Hashem. Hashem protects us. He blesses us which is on a higher level than just protecting us. He's giving us all of our needs. Right? We mentioned the house of Israel. priests. Bless those who fear says, "My dear friends, even though the times that we're in are so difficult and so many so many troubles are facing us, if we put our faith completely on, if we strengthen our we can get through anything. Certainly Hashem will help us and we will be remembered in front of Hashem for good says Hashem will remember us and he will bless us all of us the people of Israel the Quran and the priests and those who sincerely fear Hashem who seek his will. Thank you so much for listening. See you again next time.