Ari Goldwag - Kedoshim - Tzion, Yosef and Kedusha

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast recorded with a Shems never-ending assistance in ramat beit shemesh israel 5770 6 2016 this week and hood slides were going to be reading parts Kadosh iam and there's a few questions I'd like to address try to understand Torah tells us cadichon tu cayado shawnee God says the Jewish people I want you to be holy because I am holy and as we read this verse as we ponder the concept of holiness what is the idea of kedusha what is the idea of holiness what is the idea of being cottage and what is idea being cottage because a shaman Scottish that a Shem is in joining us to be holy because he is holy what is the idea what is the verse coming to teach us and I'd like to share with you two different min Russian that address the idea of holiness and give us some hints so we can try to understand what is the concept of holiness of kedusha the measure says like this dove are out hair yeesh locked s ome Kadesh the verse tells us so verse in psalms chapter 20 it says Lana safe madhavi I'm Hashem be I'm Sarah God will answer you in your time of challenge and some 20 SRC just houses speaking about the future time speaking about the challenges of the coming of Messiah Messiah non-cash MEMS our God will answer you in the time of difficulty of oppression you suck em casa mila ke olive the name of God will make you great and it's important to know as we start to evaluate this message that the concept of chimay of God's name which is making the Jewish people great shimaa is always God's name is the transcendent aspect that we see that the nations of the world they look at the Jewish people we're old colony rd Sheamus I'm Nick Rahall Rebecca all of the nations of the world will see that the name of God is called upon you and as our sages say it's referring to the fact that they will see the tefillin she'll rush the heads feelin which is placed on the head they will see the holiness of the Jewish people the kedusha the fact that God's name is placed upon us and they will fear us so the the name of God is the source of kedusha it's a source of holiness of the transcendent d which we bring down into the world through our my sim through our midst of observance and the verse 10 says yesh lach hozuki McCoy desh meet see I knew Soraka God will send his help from holiness from that place of holiness and from Zion will God give you support what is the concept of seeing what is the concept of Zion what is the concept of kedusha the verse here is placing them together and the verse is doubling the language it's saying the same thing twice yesh lach atomic eightish God will send you help from holiness meets the eye in from Zion which is also comparable to holiness from kedusha sign is a place of the base hammock ductions the place of the Holy Temple that's a place where your help is going to come from that's where you are going to be supported from so the message is telling us if we want to understand what is kedusha if you won't understand what is holiness that's the place where the help comes from as we're going to see but if we want understand kedusha we ending to understand the concept of cin you can understand what is idea of Zion which is the place of the Holy Temple I marable AV the measure says like this reveal AV says called TV Sbrocco Santa hummucks checotah schwab colossally tinyurl a non le metes en all of the good things all the blessings all the constellations that college Berkeley that God is going to give to the Jewish people in the future they all come only from Zion and here the mattress speaking about what's going to happen in the future when Messiah comes when Messiah comes so all of these things all the good things that we're going to experience the consolation the final consolation the gula will come from cm from Zion from holiness from kedusha Yeshua me seein the measure says salvation comes from Zion shin mr meet a metes en Yeshua sees well the verse in Psalm chapter 14 verse 6 says who would give or would that it would be given from Zion the salvation of Israel eyes meet seein the measure says strength comes from Zion shin mr mateos FL Esh la hashemi universe also in psalms chapter 1 10 verse to the staff of your power that power comes a sham is going to send it from zion baraka mean seeing blessings come from Zion also as verse says in Psalms 134 verse 3 Verret aakash mecn God will bless you from Zion shy for meets you in the belong of the chauffeur which we know Harold's the advent of the Messianic age that also comes from zhongshan mr as a verse says in Joel chapter 2 verse 15 takushi far BTW ein below on a chauffeur in Zion Tolliver acaba hi Mitzi on the dew and the blessings in life which are a reference to the Talia that which is going to cause all of those who have died to come back to life this all comes from Zion SHINee Mars verse says kotaku Hermann Scheer a delhi relates en like the dew of the hermann that falls on the hills of zion Keshawn Siva Shyam Sbrocco that's where the blessings are commanded by God to come from hi matt elam and life forever the the everlasting life which is what we will experience we will live forever when the Messiah comes so that's something again which is associated with zion Torah means IAM the torah through the description of those things that we need to do in order to connect Hashem to connect to God this also comes from Zion shalimar is verses in Isaiah chapter 2 verse 3 key need sientes etc from Zion shall come forth the Torah as we miss you mean serum finally the measure says that help and aid assistance comes from Zion shanem are you sure a physical make a dish as a verse says this is a versa we quoted at the very beginning God sends his help from from Kadesh the place of kedusha and the end of the verse obviously is meets a young a sadhaka your support comes from Zion and now the magics wraps up its statement and says makedama same Shh piatra from the Holy acts that you have in your hands Umi tianya so dekha and from Zion will come your support meet soon maasdam Shh piatra from the outstanding acts that you have in your hands when you do something outstanding which is the definition of the concept of kedusha kedusha means that we separate ourselves now it sounds like separating ourselves means we do something we act ascetic we go to the top of a mountain we meditate we disconnect from the world but that's not a cup of the Torah the tower doesn't want us the intent of the pasta Quentin Sisk addition to you you have to be holy Kaba shots macabre motor lock and even to make yourself wholly by separating yourself from something which is permitted to you but does it mean that it means that I need to completely separate from this world does it mean I need to completely separate from the pleasures of the world and I need to be disconnected from others be completely ascetic that's not what the Torah means but what is the Torah saying what is the injunction the Torah that um says be holy and what does it mean that Hashem is saying be holy because I am holy is God disconnected from the world or does God is got completely connected to every aspect that we see in the world it seems to be a contradiction is he holy is he disconnected is he porush is he completely not connected to the world has got completely connected to the world what is the concept of kedusha what is the tire telling us it's also very interesting because what we see in this message that all of the good things all of the blessings life that do the tile kia the chauffeur the ultimate redemption all the good things come as a result of our connections at sea on doing outstanding things being wholly being outstanding the holiday being connected to all and is being connected to the base sir mick dodge all of the Torah the relationship with a sham comes through kedusha it comes by being connected to holiness but what do we get from it we get all these blessings and we're not talking about just spiritual blessings here we're talking about all the good things in the world all the blessings of the world so Howie to understand that this message is telling us that by disconnecting it seems from the world by being a cottage by being wholly I get the blessings i get the good things i get all the special things of this world seem to be what i get when we talk about meshia talk about the Messiah so at the Messianic age our house not speak about it in terms of all the fruits have amazing taste now you don't even taste the tastes the colors we don't see the colors when Messiah comes we talk about music you talk about the taste severity straw the fruits of the Land of Israel all these things are going to be in the future we're going to have the ultimate connection to the physical but it sounds like it's coming because we've disconnected from the physical how are we to understand the implication of this med rush now I'd like to show you another mesh which is later on this in this parsha of the mesh partial Huftalin a 24th parsha we were just reading from the piece which is piece number for now I'd like to take you to piece number nine which at first doesn't seem to be connected as usual but the the piece speaks about yosef of Sonic it speaks about Joseph and immediately my ears perked up as I saw this as i heard this because seoane which we've been speaking about till now the concept of Zion which is the holiness the kedusha the temple the higher hara bias them the Temple Mount that place the word see own which denotes that place is the same guy matches the same numerical value as the word Yosef Yosef also somehow is connected to the concept of kedusha he's the one who's able to separate himself from licentious behavior from being with this woman who's trying to seduce him he's able to retain his holiness to retain his presa to retain his separateness from her and yet interestingly just as we said before where there's a kedusha there's a separation ultimately what what happens to us a policing marry the Torah tells us he marries the daughter of Potiphar the very woman who was trying to seduce him yosik marries her daughter it seems so there's this interesting paradox of the separation of yo safe his disconnect from the physical it was disconnect from behavior which was immoral and inappropriate but at the same time yo safe has this ability to connect in the right way in the right place as we spoke about last week as we spoke about the concept of knowing the right time the right place for connecting to that in that type of way so let's see the message which speaks about yo safe in the context of our parsha what does it say it says like this I remember Lukesh rash lockage says state party is at hey Steve lon o Muhammad IRA there are two different concepts that the Torah writes down that was written by moshe rabana by Moses oh no no mayonnaise let me purchase powerha Russia and we are able to understand them by looking at something that was said by Pharaoh in safer braces in the book of Genesis costs avocado mera the verse tells us in Deuteronomy chapter 28 verse 13 value ciroc llamala the Torah tells us that when we do what we're supposed to do when we fulfill them insisting we listen to God when we have that relationship with God so God tells us that you will be above you will be on top everything will be great yellow kimoni now you might think that that means there will be so high up that'll be as high as God will be in that exalted space that transcended space where God is Talmud limer rock the Torah says values of rock lamal and you shall be only above why is it tour to say only above Russian mute whenever you have the word rock in the Torah which means only so it's coming to exclude something it's coming to diminish the statement you do lusty llamala make it Alaska the Torah is telling us that yes you're going to be above yes you're going to be exalted but don't think that you're going to be as exalted as I am says God your greatness will not be as great as my greatness Manu lumina nice to me power Russia we see a similar concept and we learn that this is true from Pharaoh the evil Pharaoh Shannon Mars ever says in regards to Paris conversation with yo safe yo save has succeeded in interpreting Pharaoh's dream to his liking and indeed fair was going to appoint him to be second in command itati albay see he says you shall be in charge of my home you'll be in charge of all that goes on in my house all that goes on really in my kingdom your whole come on now you might think that you're going to be as great as me so sparrow tamil a maraca kiss a egg dummy Mecca he says you should know that only the throne will I make greater than you you do las Elam on Omega to lhasa my greatness is greater than your greatness yes you're going to be great yes you're going to have amazing power yes you're going to be in charge of the entire kingdom i'm going to send people to you when they ask me questions i'm going to say do whatever Yosef says but I'm the one who ultimately has the power your power is only a result of my power so that's the first verse that we find that we learn something from with the feral pigs and we understand lahav deal that God also speaks that way but then condition to you this verse that we have in our parsha that says you shall be holy Yahoo come on you might think that it's possible to be wholly like God is holy to be on that exalted transcendent level I God tamil Mr Key Kadesh Annie that's how the verse says I am holy k do shots in the mattamy could do shots cam why is it turning to say be holy because I am holy what is idea that i am holding when god says i am holy God is saying my holiness is always going to be exalted above your holiness well I eat on Alameda me para Russia and we see this also from Farish anamur the verses valium apparel yosef an affair o Farrell says to Joseph I am Pharaoh yo ho kumani you might think what was fair coming to say you might have thought that I'm giving you all this power that you had the same power the level of powers I do come on over I need Pharaoh he says I am Pharaoh you do not see me lemond Omega the lusca my greatness is above your greatness yes you're going to be great yes you're going to have power but never for a moment think that your power is yours your power is always a result of my power I'm always going to be above you I am always going to be the one feeding you power but the power is really mine now I just want to share with you one last statement of the measures which is really really interesting he says like it somebody sure Bashir me believing me shua said the name every lady my initial bust of a dumb from the statement of I which was said by a human being atala made an initial crush Boko I can understand the statement of I which God says uma initial basara dumb when we find that there's a statement of I which is said by human being a leader I'm apparel is a funny farah when para says to Joseph I am Pharaoh shaka laka laka Vanessa always the result a fair saying I am Pharaoh he was saying i am giving you all this honor i'm giving you all the power that i represent I am Pharaoh on giving all of my power I'm giving it to you obviously as we said before with the gruel with a boundary i was going to be above you but because Pharaoh said I am Pharaoh the result of that was that Joseph received all of this great honor Loschiavo initial a college bar when the statement that i am that god says i am when that happens in the future time versus vatican anyhoo verse says until that time of elderly pneus until that age-old time which is a reference to the times of mushiya of the Messiah I am so shem says in that time I will say I am super hashem verse says this is what God says melodies through our gallery the king of Israel the one who redeems them I neri showing Vania her own I'm first and I'm last me ballad I anal or him and besides for me there are no other gods so God says I am when Messiah comes God says I am a lock has come of a comma certainly certainly it's going to be the same that when Pharaoh says I am Pharaoh I'm giving you all of my power Hashem also is saying the same thing when God says I am God is saying I am giving you all of my power amazing statement of this message and the measure she's coming to explain this is not explicit in the mesh but what's clear is that it's coming to say that that's what the verse means when the Torah says condition to Yuki Kadosh ani be holy because I am holy God is saying I have a certain power through my holiness by being polished by being separated from the world I have a certain connection to the world paradoxically this is the idea hold on to this idea is very interesting is very deep God is saying I have power in the world because I'm separated from the world so too I give you that power kid ocean to you you shall be holy so I was reading this I was thinking what is the concept of yo safe what is the depth of the concept and we've already begun saying the idea but what is the concept of yo safe what is his connection to see on and the constant which we spoke about before that all the blessings all the good things the google the the redemption the the infusing of this world with spirituality what is idea that that all comes from Siona comes from zion it comes from kedusha comes from holiness what is the concept of holiness what is the concept of see on what is the concept of yo safe to understand the answer to this question i was thinking you know when Pharaoh says to Joseph I want you to be in charge of my whole house I want you to be I want you to have all of my power that's an amazing powerful statement I mean can you imagine there's a question of as before but can you imagine this guy comes out of jail he's he's a criminal he's been in jail for 12 years he's a criminal but he has some you know you sees a smart guy you notice that interpret dreams he's intuitive but you're gonna give him all of this power you're gonna make him the ruler over the entire Egypt no one's gonna raise a hand or a foot unless he says so what's the chat like what was Pharaoh thinking what did Pharaoh's see that that convinced him that Yosef would be indeed someone who wouldn't think that his power is gonna be beyond Pharaohs power that he would always know his place how did Pharaoh know that and the answer I believe is because when he asks him he says this is my dream can you I've heard that you know how to interpret the dreams the first response of yosef is Billa die it's not me the power that I have the intuitive power that i have is not mine my abilities my spiritual capacities my talents don't belong to me there but they belong to God I like Kimi on Ashland para it is going to be an answer to your questions it's going to be God is answering that yo safe immediately showed in the first words that he said that he knows his place that he understands that her power that he has is not his power Farrell knew that he could trust yo safe with his own power and that Yossi would respect the fact that fair was always above him how did he know because yo Steve already demonstrated that he has power and that he doesn't abuse that power he doesn't claim the power for himself he recognizes the power belongs to god so yo safe has an amazing ability his amazing ability is that he has the most he's beautiful that he was a very handsome human being he was someone who had physical beauty and that comes with power person like that well there was a reason as a metric tells us there was a reason that Potiphar's wife kept trying to seduce him because he had power over her so to speak he was she was drawn to him but what was yo saves true power it was the kedusha it was his ability to say no I will not use my power in an inappropriate way that's kedusha kudu shows parrisha I mean separating in the inner back place it means as we spoke about last week it means recognizing that there's power you know when there's a divine revelation that's power I'm bottle to wash em wash em reveals himself to me for sure you know I'd be at har sinai I just bow ash my locomotion looking there's no other besides of God that's real power I I do whatever he says I'm drawn but the amazing thing is that Yosef has the ability to say even though I have this power I know how to separate myself from the power I know how to place the boundaries in the correct places so that I don't abuse the power and Pharaoh says I have heard that you are powerful that you have this ability to interpret dreams to understand the future to know what's going to happen and Yossi mean immediately says I have sure i have that power but it's not my power and I recognize that I know how to separate myself from the power that's kedusha that's yo see if that's see own it's in this world we see that there's holiness there's a base I mcdouche there's a temple but you know what you got to climb up onto that mountain in order to have access to that spiritual enlightenment to have that access to our true relationship with a Shem commutes Ian Tate cetera all of the good that relationship the Torah comes from that mountain but it comes because there's a recognition that there is kedusha that there's holiness that their separation there are boundaries where kedusha applies where relationships make sense where it's appropriate to have that exalted relationship with Hashem even and certainly to have relationships with others as they are appropriate so kedusha doesn't mean completely separating it doesn't mean I don't do anything in this world I don't have any relationship with this world other way around God has a relationship of the world but God is also separated from the world the boundaries are very clear there's kedusha there's holiness it's axalta shem is unbelievably exalted and yet he gives life because he's exalted there's a paradox because he is so high in so great he gives life to every aspect of reality when i connect to that aspect when I have kedusha even kadai shots macabre motorla the concept of making myself holy and that which is permitted to me that means that I recognize that there are places even in those things that are within the boundaries of what I'm permitted there are places that I can still create even stronger and more refined boundaries and the more I do that the more I appreciate the places where it is motor Lee where it is permitted to me the more I have boundaries the more I this and this is the cause of the modesty the more I have boundaries the more I have recognition of the more I value something the more I value it that is the constant of modesty when I value something I place boundaries around it it's not just heavier it's not something that anyone can see it's not just something that anyone had can have access to but rather it's something that I value and I show that this is something which is precious and so to the degree that I show is precious to the degree that I show that it's exalted I recognize that this is a mountain this is a hard ceiling this is the mountain of Zion not everyone can come here not everyone can access the mountain not everyone can climb up this mountain me I'll ebihara xem we can't climb up on the mountain of a Shem it's something which is exalted which is powerful it's not free if it's not a free-for-all to the degree that I recognized there are boundaries there's kedusha there's holiness that that allows me to access the beautiful holiness that the the beautiful fruit which indeed is connection bringing down that holiness from a higher realm into this world I get all the blessings because of the braja is coupling though the word bara is 222 that's the gamut Rhea because it's a coupling of the upper realms in the lower realms but that happens because I've recognize that there are places where it's not appropriate for the coupling to occur and I respect that and I respect the holiness of it and I respect the beauty of it and to the degree that I respect it and to the degree that I separate at the appropriate time so when indeed I am allowed to come into a relationship i receive it so much deeper so much more beautiful so much more special so that's what the mesh means when it says MacLeish maya she should be alcohol where does that help for come from comes from kedusha comes i had that relationship with god because i have in my cottage my meissen I have made my actions holy I have recognized that there are these boundaries and I respect the boundaries I mean see I mr. Decker I do acts that are outstanding I recognize that there are sir things that if I do these things it it recognizes the boundaries so to the degree that I do those outstanding acts to the degree that I separate myself in the appropriate time the appropriate way I merit to have all these blessings I merit salvation I married power I merit to have tell her that that relationship with god this show for the the bula the redemption comes the blessings the the TSM Mason the bringing back of the dead the reconnecting the coupling of body and soul the help that I need all those things come as a result of my recognizing here in this world that I can't always have everything that I want I can't always have all of those amazing things I can't always have all of those exalted spiritual experiences but I will have them ultimately as long as I respect now that I can't have them at every moment that's kedusha so to the degree that I have kedusha ultimately as we saw last week I merit to have the harsh recession and the revelation of God's divine presence and that's what we see that's the concept of yo save yo safe went through the challenges he resisted temptation for so long and as a result of that ultimately he experienced his own personal goal on his own personal Redemption and ultimately we all to the degree that we respect those boundaries we keep the Tyra we respect the boundaries of the midst of God's commandments to that degree we will have that revelation in the future time I want to bless you and please bless me back ashram should help us two ND be able to have this kedusha to be able to respect the boundaries to be able to understand one of the places how do we climb up this mountain should help us get to the mountain ceiling to that Mount Zion ashram should help us that has result all of the blessings all the good things that come from CM that come from design that come from holiness asharam should give us that experience ultimately with the BSI meshia where the coming of the Messiah may be speedily and in our days thanks so much for listening have a good shabbos this podcast was made possible through the gracious donations of listeners like you for more podcasts like this please visit www com or search on itunes re gold black