Chayei Sarah - Ishmael's Final Fall

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari goldwag recorded with hm's never running assistance in R Israel 5784 2023 this week's par is and at the end of our par we have usam is is on everybody's Minds today these are The Offspring of is the son of that hugar the sh the maid Servants of Sarah gave birth to it goes through the different children that he had Etc P finishes off in chapter 25: 17 and 18 these are the years of the life of he lived to 137 he died he was gathered in to his people they lived in a section which was on the face of Egypt towards as towards assria the end of the P says something very interesting the language is very interesting the simple understanding of it is as Rashi says the word usually means to fall but in this context it means L which means to to live to dwell so on the face of all of his brothers he fell right we know that is is involved right as we we found in last week's para and we're going to look back in in the medish there because we have the same piece of medish here as we have there the very last piece of the medish says in this week's Para the said earlier it speaks about the fact that they're they dwelt the word sh means to dwell we find the word in regards God's uh divine presence dwells in the Mish in in the BD in the temple so it refers first to is and his children as dwelling y but but then at the end at the end after ishma dies it refers to his children as naal they were naal which means in this context the same thing but he uses a different language why does it switch language says the there's different versions of this med but this med says as long as Abraham was alive yes there was an there was an aspect of there was an aspect of dwelling once died there was a Nall the the dwelling became different it became a fall it became a fall became a dwelling which wasn't on the same level AB was alive so he had an impact on his son isma is himself at the end of his life did Chua he he repented well what happened to is children they had a fall they fell down especially after aru passed away and according to different versions of the of the Mish after isma died they fell they didn't have that same level they didn't have the same greatness finishes off by saying something incredible very interesting statement the measure says that as long as yesma doesn't set their hand against the temple against the B mikdash so then they dwell they're in a good place but when they extend their hand to try to take the b mikdash or maybe to build a building on the Mak mikdash on the place of the temple or maybe to fight against the Jewish people in the name of Jerusalem in the name of the mikdash so that's when they fall but Yin in this world they have a certain a certain stance they have a certain dwelling they they dwell well they dwell well right they have a certain uh I don't know what the right word is in English I'm thinking of the word in Hebrew which means to to a stance in the end they fall in the end they don't have that great level they lose that level or they lose their they lose their they lose their significance I want to share to share with you I have a whole pile of storm here because this the the mahu over here uh references the other mag in in earlier it's actually tells us that that he's going to be a wild man right his offspring they're going to be a wild person they're going to be untethered the M brings the same exact thing same exact language Etc the same exact words says I like to read it to you inside over here in two par ago it says the language of to dwell it sounds like they're in a state of security they're great there it says at the end of our it says they'll fall they fall down to the Earth and they're [Music] lowered so the the mes is daring first about is himself and then about his Offspring which means for all generations which means down to our very day and it's and it's saying I'm sorry sh the main prophecy here the main thing that we learn now from the language of the verses has to do with The Offspring of that they will fall at the End of Time interesting what does it mean they stick out their hands on the BD so I'd like to take you on a little journey here with where the Maru sends us so he brings a PK he says what does it mean that they stick out their hand on the bik so I said a little it means uh they fight over the area of the of the harabas of the Temple Mount or it's that they build their own building on the Temple mount on the mikd he brings here A P it says in chapter 83 of this sounds exactly like what we said I'd like to read to you a chapter and tell him it's it's amazing a song bya God do not be silent do not be quiet your enemies they're speaking up they're they're raising up their heads the enemies of the Jewish people they are they are planning things they're they are secretly planning they say let's gather together and and erase them from being a nation King David wrote this 2500 years ago and they want the name of Israel never to be mentioned again verse six they're all joining together Iran Russia China North Korea and they're all planning together they have a [Music] covenant but not just the the sons of isma but also the the tents of Edom the Biden Administration people who come from people who come from you name them they're all in they're all in what did they want to do I'm skipping to verse 13 because they say they want to inherit the beautiful place of God what is the beautiful place of God it's a reference to the they want the beautiful house of God they want the harab they want the Temple Mount they want the what does the temple Mountain represent why are they fighting over Al which means Al is kadosh why are they fighting about the Holy place because whoever has the holy Place Whoever has jurisdiction over bikash that's who the chosen of God is so they all will claim the people of Edom we've said this recently a few times but the people of Edom the the West will claim We Are The Chosen the the torchbearers of humanity is them say no we are the chosen we are the torch bearers of of humanity is our great-grandfather was the one that Abraham brought onto the Holy Mountain actually they have a different Mountain that they're talking about it's called it's in Mecca but they're all it's called replacement theology what so what happens to them what happens to them in the end so the gives us a hint sends us to in Lamentations chapter 1 verse 21 it says like this it's talking about the destruction of the temple right that's where we are we're talking about them trying to destroy the temple or trying to take over the temple trying to claim the makik the place of the temple trying to claim that they are the chosen ones sounds like it sounds like it could have been written today this is Jeremiah the prophet writing this at the end of the second temple they right and I made a mistake DAV was 3,300 years ago you're he one was 2500 years ago 3,000 years ago they heard that I was groaning there's no one to console me all of my enemies heard what happened to me and they rejoiced y tells us that how do we look at it when we think about the fact that we have enemies and our enemies have done wrong to us how do we see it we have to remember hem is behind everything whether it's negative whether it's positive whether it's joyous or whether it's sad I know that you did it saysi and and what's the what does that mean so what if I know that you did it has that helped me as far as my enemies says Jeremiah the prophet in his book Lamentations in he says the day will come you will bring that day they will be like me the tables will turn says the PK Jeremiah the prophet makes a promise the tables will turn they are rejoicing over my downfall but but whose downfall is it really it's going to be their ultimate downfall says the next verse let all of their evil come before you and I'm not translating it intentionally just like just like all the things that happened to me were because of my sins and I know that when I recognize Jeremiah is saying saying when I recognize that the negative things that have befallen me are because of my own sins they happened to me because of my own my own shortcomings and mistakes it was hem who did it and I deserved it I might not even understand it I might not even see it it might be too great for me to to wrap my head around but when I can recognize that you was telling me if I can recognize that it's Hashem so then I have a right to say that just like something negative happened to me because of my sins there's going to be a moment in time which comes where the sins of my enemies will be paid back they will receive they Rejoice that my downfall they will fall as well right it's it's very much in line with what we're talking about here there's a fall of isma in the end there's a fall of the people of isma and the Edom of you know the west and the nations of the world there they get It ultimately there's there's a there's a a cup the cup of Wrath which we talk about on PES and it's a cut a cup of Retribution ultimately everything all of the scores are settled now I'd like to read to you first of all I didn't translate two words and there's a reason I didn't because I wanted to share with you something which is it's painful it's painful but it's right here it's in our sages our sages told us this means that which we attempted that which we did wrong or that which Came Upon Us that which Came Upon Us because of our sins there's another explanation for the word because the word can also mean it can also mean uh o could be a child Plus earlier and the Maru also sent me to this PK that's how I found it the PK says in chapter 1:2 of all those who are passing by look and see is there any pain like my pain that occurred to me that Hashem expressed on the day of his anger so the word which means to occur to me as I mentioned also means as the M says a child and says the look and see is there any pain like my pain that happened to me hasm was angry and he was he was angry and there was a child that was cut off says the explanation is there was something that happened that they took this was incorrect this was says this was not this was they went over the line where do the g go over the line they serve also as a punishment for us sometimes we get Hashem speaks through our enemies and and the PK is telling us we need to recognize that but they go too far they've gone too far that's why we say all the evil should come upon them because they went too far they went and they they butchered our children they killed our children no sane Fair righteous person could ever justify such a terrible action no one and they did that so what happens I want to read you the magish I want to read you this piece on the PK in chapter 20 in chapter 1 verse 21 and 22 21 really in in and we'll see that it's amazingly talking to us and talking to our time and and it gives us the message of how we're supposed to take this how are we supposed to look at this when yma gets up and he lashes out and he does such terrible things 1,400 people murdered in Cold Blood in the most barbaric way thousands of people injured how are we to think of this how are we to look at this Yeshua [Music] sayses yesu says that this they heard that I was groaning it's talking about another story besides for the destruction of the temple it's talking about when Aon died the high priest passed away says excuse me when Aon died the Clouds Of Glory parted all the children of Israel came to ulize him they said how can we not how can we not mourn over the great IR amazing thing it says our enemies see when we're weak when we're spiritually weak they saw our and died and the Clouds Of Glory departed from the the Jewish people that were there in the memory that were there in in the honor of Aon when he was alive and they came and they fought with the Jewish people and they kidnapped they took kidnapped they they took hostages they see our weakness they see our weakness when we are weak let's think about as the one who was he was the one who sought after peace we see now after October 7th we see how much of the Jewish people are coming back into relationship with each other and how much we are doing for each other all kinds of Jews reconnecting but when there's a weakness in in the love for each other it opens up the possibility for them to attack us for them to take hostages the sages say that this is not just talking about this type of situation but also it's talking about the destruction of the Temple wherever the Jews tried to run they couldn't go they were stuck they tried to run to the north they couldn't this is chilling this is like talking to us they couldn't those in the north they they were repelled he brings here I'm going to bring actually read a different geara because it it fits better with what's going on here they tried to go to the north but they were they were repelled in the north they tried to go to the South they were repelled in the South it actually brings in this me the P of talking about the sins of a AA they were closed off they weren't able to to they were repelled from AA that's what it says east west every single direction that they try to go north south east west Kisa the says you did this sh you made it that we would have such an experience what was what's the purpose of this experience what are we supposed to take out of this experience what are we supposed to learn from this experience and this experience is something which me says is going to happen throughout the world it starts in Israel but it goes throughout the world M says everyone's going to be saying where do we go where do we go right that's the question here where do we go there's nowhere to run there's nowhere to hide it's it's an analogy says the m to a King who married a princess he said to her look I don't want you to associate anymore with the peasants she maybe she she was an important woman but she before she was married to the king before she became a queen she she with peasants he says I don't want you to to talk to them anymore I don't want you to borrow things from them I don't want you to lend things to them that's it your connection with your old friends is [Music] over after certain amount of time the king got angry at his Queen threw her out of the Palace king says to his wife you have been terrible you've done wrong to me you've been you've you've I'm saying you don't if you're the queen even if you're the queen you have no right to say anything to the king you have no right to defy the king so the the queen says I have nowhere to go you're kicking me out of the palace but I have nowhere to go he didn't let me associate with my friends they're no longer my friends if I would have had if I would have been able to borrow things from them lend things to them if I would have had any kind of interactions with them I would have you know I would still have where to go but I have nowhere to go so the king basically in analogy you see that the King by forbidding his wife from associating with them was basically affording his wife the opportunity that when she was kicked out of the palace she would have nowhere else to go this the same way the Jewish people says to them you have you have defied me you have defied me we have no the Jewish people say what what does it say your I'm not allowed to marry non-jews I'm not allowed to have any uh you know close relationships with [Music] them look if I was married if I had a kid who was a son-in-law who was a non i' have somewhere to go so you you are the one who created this situation I've nowhere to go says the Mish I have nowhere to go I have no friends I have no connections I have no one else but you I have no one else but you Hashem I defied you I defied [Music] you says you shall love your neighbor like yourself I defied you says in the T ABC I didn't I'm ready to love my fellow now I'm ready to put on Titus now I'm ready to put on T now I'm ready to I'm ready to to care about the people around me and those who are running from the south I personally have family staying in my in my house in my uh guest apartment who's from the south has nowhere to go I'm going to change and what is the result when I recognize that it's you Hashem who brought it on me and it was my problem because I defied you and hasem says even after I want to throw you out you have nowhere to go what is the next let all of their evil come before you and how they attacked my children if I will be punished because I didn't have enough I didn't have enough love for my fellow if I will be punished for that do I have a doubt that the evil ones who perpetrated such terrible evil against me against my children against my people they will be paid back says the Mish just like you were mik you were you judged me so righteously so justly for the wrong that I did Judge them as well now it's their turn for judgment it needs to come back on their head if they want to claim that they are chosen so then what comes along with chosenness is you got to pay for the things that you've done wrong and the truth comes out the truth comes out in the end that's what the Mish is teaching us the mes is teaching us that the truth comes out in the end there is a judgment there is a judge and each and every one of us what do we do what's the answer what do we do so there's another last Med which I can't read there's no more time but the last Med I found in the on this same why did all everything happen why was Jerusalem destroyed and how do we get back Jerusalem says the why did we lose Jerusalem and how do we get back Jerusalem how do we get back our chosenness it's so simple it's so obvious by learning Torah the the B was destroyed because we forgot how we learn to have a relationship with God we forgot how to be a light unto the Nations and so we lost the temple which was the place of Tyra which was the place we say it's right next to each other let the temple be rebuilt give us a portion of the they are inextricable you want to know how we get back how we get back so to speak at our enemies and how we get get back a Bas of English to the temple how we get back the crown and the honor of the Jewish people the way we get it back is by recognizing what we've done wrong it's by recognizing that we need to recommit in our relationship with God we need to recommit in our relationship with our people with all those around us I want to bless you I ask you to bless me hashm should help us that we should be we should Merit to reconnect as so many people are doing reconnect the the number one most requested item of the soldiers in Gaza is tius should Inspire us to reconnect to each other to the tah to his will and in this way we will be we will Merit to receive back the Holy Mountain of Hashem with a rebuilt thank you so much for listening have a wonderful shamas this podcast was made possible through the Great ious 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