Chukas - My Personal Rock

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari goldwag recorded with sting assistance in raish Isel 5784 2024 this week's Paras and in the our par Torah tells us about the events that took place as the Jewish people were about to enter into the land of Israel so Moshe Miram Aon they were the Gula team who took the Jewish people out of Egypt and now their task was done it was to bring them to the border yosua would bring them into the land of Israel conquer the land destroy all the nations there distribute the land amongst the Jewish people but Miriam Aon Moshe each of them would pass away at this point and because Miriam it was in her it was in her Merit that the Jewish people had the be Miriam the waters that came from the rock throughout the 40 years in the wilderness when she passed away there needed to be a new a new onang as we would say in yish there would be a new beginning for this water to to come out of the Rock and to be given to the Jewish people iron is also going to die in our para we lose the an the the Clouds Of Glory which were there especially to protect the Jewish people and as a result of that the Jewish people are attacked when they lose that special protection they like to focus in specifically on the event which took place when M Ru and Aon came to the Rock and we know they sinned MOS Ru sinned and he was supposed to speak to the Rock but instead he struck the rock I don't want to focus so much on the sin of mosha what I do want to focus in on is something amazing of the M tells us about the Mad The Grand Event which took place when they all came to the Rock so you have to imagine okay the Jewish people have been in the wilderness for 40 years and they water flowing out of the rock Miriam dies the water stops and now they're thirsty and they come to complain to Moshe so but is called the tells us this is in chapter 20: 10 that Moshe and Aon brought the entire nation the entire one and a half million people or classically we refer to them as 600,000 we refer to the males between the age of 20 and 60 the entire Jewish people came to the Rock and they all watched and we'll see exactly what happened there what the mistake was that mosha did and how it came about what was the the Jewish people why did they what did they ask for what what sparked the issue of him hitting the rock instead of speaking to it but everybody came to the Rock and the says something amazing about this we find in a few different places and we'll see more of those places shortly after we read this mes we're going to read another Mish but it says in a few different places the entire Jewish people was gathered together for example in it says the entire Congregation of Israel was brought to the opening to the door of the Almo of the of the sanctuary of the mishkon so the mes tells us what does it mean why does it say that they were all brought to the door they were all gathered there m made it says something foundational we need to understand this idea this is just such an important idea the tells us that whenever you see this Vu the congregation coming together at a point which is obviously too small for the entire congregation to be able to be at they can't all stand right in front of the door of the mishon they can't all stand right in front of the Cella of the rock it's not possible it's physically impossible the M tells us that when it says it it means it and we're going to understand the depth of what's what the mag is trying to teach us but it's but it's coming to say that every single individual whether it was at the door of the mishon whether it was at the Rock standing in front of the rock they all perceived themselves individually in a miraculous way they perceived themselves as standing in front of the rock each one of them saw themselves in front of the rock or in front of the door of the when the Jewish people were about to cross over the Jordan River the Torah tells us the it's a PK in yosua it says thatu told them allu called them all to to come to him and the mes understands that when they came to him they stood all in front of they all fit or or they all perceived themselves as standing immediately in front of the Aron in front of the Arc of the Covenant and here too every single Jew was had a front row seat how is it possible it's a miracle they all had a front row seat they all were standing right in front of the rock as the Miracles were done as moshu was supposed to really speak to the Rock but he struck the Rock and the water at first came out in drops but then came out in a torrent but all of this occurred in front of every single individual they felt like they had the front row seat right in front of the rock so we need to understand what is the idea what is the concept what is the teaching that each and every individual felt like that they were right there why is specifically in this circumstance why when it comes to the Rock getting the water from the rock why when it comes to yosua as he's bringing the Jewish people over into the land of Israel why in front of the mishkon at the opening at the entrance of the mishon of the Tabernacle and we'll see other circumstances other examples of it but before we do i' like to read you the continuation of the mes because it's important to understand the foundational idea really what happens the mistake that moshu made and why he made it is some people started to say and and unfortunately they say it was the scoffers you to understand who these scoffers are as well but they said you know mosu he knows the secret of the rock he knows the magic Rock he has a magic Rock he can make the rock he can make the rock produce water if he wants to he can take the the water out of any Rock he can take water out of that rock he knows the secret of getting water out of rocks so specifically instructed MH to take the water out of a certain Rock why that rock that's the the Mitzvah of the M the king says to do it you do it right so mosh was supposed to speak to a particular Rock but the people said to him look you you could take it you could take the water out of any Rock we need to we'll have to understand what why would they want it to come out of a different Rock what's wrong with the rock that Hashem chose why do they need to pick a different Rock we'll get to that had a quandry if I listen to the Jewish people words he he understood something from what they were asking that he should take the water out of the rock that they chose perhaps to prove that he had the power maybe and not exactly clear exactly what he needed to prove for some reason he felt there would be a greater sanctification of God's name if he would listen to them in a certain sense but he also knew that Hashem had commanded him to take the water out of a particular particular Rock so what does he do right we find that there's a principle that hasem traps wise people in their wisdom sometimes a person's own wisdom you try to figure something out instead of taking things at a simple level just go with the simple understanding you get very deep you try to understand things it's a it's a mistake that people make in every they try to figure things out they end up instead of taking it just in a simple faith belief in God which would get them to where they want to get to they create all kinds of calculations so MOS also made a calculation it was a mistake knew that he didn't want he didn't want to get into fights with the Jewish people he didn't want to get in trouble with them he didn't want to end up being included Hashem had said that all the people of this generation are not going to go into the land of Israel when they sin the sin of the spies so hasem said none of you are going to enter into the land of Israel mhu was afraid that he would be included in that he didn't want to end up included in that so he was careful not to do anything that would uh make the Jewish people maybe sin or anything that would cause them a m so he kind of wanted to go with their understanding so that he wouldn't end up included in X in his decree of not going into Israel which anyways what happened just like you could take out of this rock take out of that rock Shem told you to take it out of that rock but you could take it out of this rock too so that's what they said to him yell at them listen to me oh rebellious ones the word which means rebellious ones has a few different explanations those who refuse can mean fools could be those who try to teach their own teachers it could mean those who shoot arrows okay so what did do so he picks up the stick picks up his hand actually it says but he uses the stick it seems and he strikes The Rock so which rock does he hit it's not so clear it sounds like from the story that he listened to them and he it's the wrong Rock it's the wrong Rock it's the rock that they they asked him to hit instead of the rock that Hashem had commanded so he hits it and it only comes out a little bit a few drops they said that's enough water for a baby somebody who is nursing child who's nursing from his mother that's not enough water for the entire nation he got upset he headed excuse me he hit the second time and the water just flowed out and torrentially tons of water came out and it it knocked over the people who had said something to mosha and knocked over these people who had who had been we could say uh challenging him now the finishes off with something amazing it ended up that Moshe when he hit the rock he didn't hit their Rock he ended up hitting the rock specifically that had instructed him to hit that's where the water came out from I'm sorry so mes tells us that every not only the rock that they asked about but every Rock maybe in the whole area maybe in the whole world I don't know exactly all the Rocks started producing water okay so he struck the actual rock that hashm had commanded him but the rock that they had spoken about that they had said take the water out of this rock it also produced water and all the Rocks around so they were completely all disproven mush who had made a mistake by striking the rock getting upset Etc but in any event amazing I think about it like what's the idea what's what is this coming to teach us he hits the right Rock it's the wrong Rock what's what's the difference which rock it has to be the rock hasm instructed it can't be the rock that they say but still he listened to them he didn't listen to them the water came out of that rock it came out of all the Rocks what's the mag teaching us what is the teaching and how does it connect to every individual standing in front of the Rock right because it's one Mish it's continuation so before we answer these questions I want to turn your attention to the men inra and I have it marked off here so we learned it together at some point as well but the MRA brings our and brings the concept of everyone standing in front of the rock or or miraculously standing in front of the rock or feeling like they're standing or their perception was that they're right in front of the rock also in front of the PES the entrance of the tent of meeting and a few more examples which are important oh and and also the example of they all fit inside right in front of between the staves the staves of the of the Aron of the Ark of the Covenant by yahushua they all stood in front they they squished in and now there's an interesting language here rauna says that he actually stood them very stand up standing up tall all straight together right in front in that small space between the stabs of the AR he stood them stood them all there he says no they were placed there the M explained he placed them each individual alongside others of the same age all the older people were together all the middle-aged people were together all the younger people were together as right inside of between these two stabs what's the idea we're going to try to understand I'm sorry R says they were squished in they were they were very tight they were very tight inside that and I want to read to you the what the says they weren't they weren't like squished to the point squash to the point where they felt like they were going they couldn't breathe but they didn't have space they weren't there wasn't a lot of space between them that they would pay attention to and realize that there was an a miracle going on that the space that they were in was exactly the space needed for the hire Jewish people it's hard to understand this medish exactly what it's saying or what's the what's the lesson what's the depth of it but let's let's continue studying This Together Yeshua tells them I want you to know that this this experience that you're having right now is an indication of the fact that God the Living God is in your midst from the fact that you all fit between the two stabs of the Aron you know you can you can be assured that God's divine presence is in your midst the says this isn't only these aren't the only three instances of this this was true also in in the Holy Temple the we find it says it's a mishna I believe in Yuma or it's AAR in Yuma that in theik on oner the entire Jewish people would be there inside of the aara inside of the the temple in the courtyard of the temple and they would all bow they wouldn't bow the way we bow today on our knees the way the way the ishma and bow they bowed all the way down completely lying flat out not not on their knees flat out lying down Head Hands forward but the nice was that although they stood inside of the courtyard and they were tight it was tight in there when they were all bowed down which obviously took up a lot more space on the floor there was room for everyone it was a ace it was a miracle Not only was there room on the floor but when they went down on the floor there was space one amama a foot and a half or foot beat on either every side of you right so you wouldn't hear the next guy praying you wanted to say a personal prayer I don't need to e drop on your prayer the guy is next to me so there will be space amazing amazing Miracle there would be space around me also my my head wouldn't have to be right next to your feet says it's going to be this way in the future as well at that time they will call Jerusalem everyone the nations of the world will call Jerusalem Throne of God they're not going to go to Mecca they're not going to go to Rome they're going to come only to Jerusalem the nations of the world as well they will recognize that the Jerusalem is the holy city all the nations will come they'll be gathered there so so what came once came to and he came to visit him say hello he saw he was studying this verse so he said Son how is it possible that all the nations of the world would Gather in Jerusalem how will there be space for them the verse says he answered said there's going to be space the the there will be an expansion there will be an expansion that will include everybody everyone will be able to fit there all the nations of the world can you imagine not just we're not just talking about a million and a half people're not just talking about 6 million 7 million 15 million people Jews they talking about 8 billion people they'll all fit in Jerusalem that's what it says so what is the depth here what is the meaning of this what is the saying what is the teaching here what is what what what I get out of this how does this apply to me to you to each of us I believe that the Mish is saying an important thing let's ask a question first and then hopefully with the answer to this question we'll start to understand what's going on when when the Nations when when Messiah when the Messiah arrives why do they need to come to Jerusalem why can't they go to Mecca there's definitely a lot of Truth within um Islam they believe in one God they believe in doing kindness why why do they need to come to Jerusalem why can't they have their Center Let each Nation have their own Center the Christians okay they have to lose the idea of of the the human Idol but they also believe in God they also have a center let them go to the Vatican why do they need to come to Jerusalem and let's let's think about clo the Jewish people why do they why do they need to come to the bikash why why does the Torah command us that three times a year we're supposed to come to the Holy Temple why do we bow there and and there's room for every what's the purpose of this miracle I mean God doesn't stretch the physical reality often Miracles are unusual in the Bas of English this was something that happened all the time why did Hashem deem it necessary to have this constant miracle in the temple back to the it's really the same question why did they request that the rock that mosha used to to get water from be a different rock that mosha had intended or that Hashem had intended why do they say Let It Come into let it come into this rock or let it come in and and why did the water end up coming out of all of the Rocks but it didn't really come out of all of the rocks it really or did but it came out of the original Rock moshu ended up getting the water out of the original Rock what what is the teaching of that I think that the depth of what's going on here the depth of what's going on here which is really amazing you know we make a mistake and we think that every individual and there's a truth to it which is why we make this mistake every individual has their own path in their relationship with hem now that's true can but and every even the non-jews have a path in their relationship with God and it differs from the path it can defer from the path of the Jew and within there's a path for for priests there's a path for leim for Levites and there's a path for isim and different tribes have different purposes they have different characters each and every one of us is an individual but with the medish the depth of the medes what is teaching us and think about it in terms of I it's very clear you talk about a mish and the Tabernacle you talk talk about bdes you talk about the talk about the stabs of the of the Ark what was contained inside of the Bish inside of the missish inside of the Ark was the tablets the only tablets s The Ten Commandments the original Torah that moshu wrote we all have to know that while it's true we're all individuals and we all have our own path to God but there's one source for that path there's one place that we all have to resonate with that we all have to go to in order to find our individual path we're not going to find our way to God in India we're not going to find it in Mecca we're not going to find it in Rome even though there are many nations and there are many paths but they all stem from a single path they all stem from the original root the original instruction which Hashem gave to the Jewish people really for the entire world that's why it was translated into 70 n 70 languages for 70 Nations the Torah is the blueprint and the the foundation of Mankind's relationship with God we all have to squish and find ourselves there we also we all have to uh perceive ourselves to be fitting inside we all fit inside of the stabs of the Aron the stabs of the the box which holds inside of it the instruction manual for Life the water of the rock the water always represents as I'll say the water always represents the the the the lifegiving the Life Source that God gives us our sustenance it's not just in a physical sense it is in a physical sense but it's also in a spiritual sense it's not a coincidence that it's Miram that's the righteous Miriam that it was in her Merit that we had water what does that mean she was the Paragon Miriam Misha Aon they were the paragons of what it means to have a relationship with God she was a prophetess she led the Jewish people in their swong at the sea and I'm sure throughout the 40 years in the midbar she was leading them and guiding them and speaking to them and encouraging them but it was always about our relationship with God that's who she was the fact that the water stopped when she passed away way means that there was a a tremendous loss not just physically the physical is just an outer manifestation of the spiritual there was a loss of connection to Hashem and it was that rock it's that rock it's a specific Rock it's the rock of Miriam it's the Miriam it's her Rock we go to the sikim not because we don't have access to God not because they're the only one who access his God we go to sadik we go to the righteous individuals because they will teach us how we access Hashem that's their job they are there to teach us our individual way of connecting to God we go to amiram we go to we go to the we go to the B mikd we go to the place the bikes was the place of the son Adin which was the highest authority of instruction for Torah and we all fit there because it's all about us bowing to God the miracle was done so that we would all see we all fit here we all have our place in serving God but it's here it's here in the Bas of English in the temple in Jerusalem that the magic happens it's not in kutlar it's it's not in America it's not in Europe it's not in Australia it's not in South Africa it's not in Russia it's not anywhere else but here it's only in Israel it's only in y it's only in Jerusalem it's only on AR in the Holy Temple that's where we all fit that's where we all have our instruction for relationship with Hashem now they said to moshu I I want I want you to use my rock I want you to get the water out of my rock for me that's what the scoffer said when she was at a quandry do do I I'm supposed to show them their Rock he got confused I'm supposed to show them the S is supposed to show the individual his path his source of water his Source of Life his relationship with God but it has to come through the sadik's rock not because the sadik is of course he is special but he's special because he's the one who has developed a real relationship properly with Hashem based on the Torah based on the way that God wants it and it has to be that rock andu hits that rock in the end he does hit that rock cuz that's the only rock that it can come through and all the other rocks pour forth water in torrents because yes once the once the water comes out of the real rock it comes out to all the other rocks too but each individual has to see themselves standing in front of that rock each individual has to see themselves standing in front of and fitting in in front of the entrance of the mishon each individual has to see himself standing in in between the stabs of the Ark and as he's entering the land of Israel we have to know what is our relationship about it's about Torah it's about God's instructions for Life each individual inside of the mikos there's space for you there's space for you but it's here and all the nations of the world have to come together not it can't be in Mecca yeah they can go back to Mecca they can go back to Rome they'll return there but there's space in Jerusalem for everybody because this is the place Jerusalem is the place the holy the Holy Mountain it's not a coincidence everybody wants access to the mountain but everybody there's space there for everybody then that light the Torah comes out ofion and it it goes out to every single the farthest reaches the water the water comes out of all of the Rocks wherever they are but they have to come and recognize that the source of it is Jerusalem it's the original Rock of the sikim of those who have the secrets of the Torah the secrets of what a relationship with hm looks like I want to bless you ask you to bless me sh help us that we should be able to feel ourselves recognize ourselves standing in front of the rock recognize that the water comes to us but it comes to us through the source the the the truth our relationship with h is in it's in it's in B mikd it's in the Holy Temple it's in the should help us to see that recognize it and understand that there's space for every one of us 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 back [Music]