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Ari Goldwag - Nasso - Gaining Control
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What motivates a person to become a Nazir and forbid himself from wine? What are the wiles of the Yetzer Hara (Evil Inclination), and how can we defend ourselves from him? What is the power of a true commitment in battling the Yetzer Hara? How does one 'turn away from bad and do good?' Find out in this week's Parsha Podcast.
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you're listening to the weekly partial
podcast with Ari Gold rag recorded with
Russians never-ending assistance in
rubbish mission Israel 5778 2018 this
week's purchase partials no sell and I'd
like to share with you again a beautiful
idea from rabbi Haim Freelander and it's
based on the pasta we have the post
again this week parsha it's chapter six
verse one do I never actually shall
anymore God spoke to Moses and said that
Melanie sarah markel ahem Ayesha Ayesha
Keithley Lyndon Ned they're nausea
Lancer Lucia the Torah the the verses
speak about the fact that it's possible
for a person to make themselves into
another I know there is somebody who
promises to God as it were that he's not
going to drink any wine that he is going
to cut his hair and it's a certain level
of kedusha of holiness it's brought upon
a person okay so it's very interesting
what is the language of nausea what is
the concept of the nausea what is the
idea that person takes upon himself this
vow like to share with you a beautiful
idea from replying Freelander beautiful
death so he brings a huzzah our sages
say like this armor Rami bar-abba my
dear severe katana vanish mcgamer the
verse speaks about it's a verse in
Corrales and Ecclesiastes it speaks
about the fact that there's a little
city your katana is a goof the small
city is a reference to the body
I'm not shamba mahat there were only a
few people in the city loa varam this is
a reference to the limbs of a person who
baile Melik girdle a great king came the
sava of isis and surrounded it
surrounded the city so what is this
zenki Sahara this is a reference to the
evil inclination
one autumn with Sudan the Haram him so
what is the evil inclination do what is
he too hard to do he this this very
powerful King so he builds all kinds of
traps ela Venus this is a reference to
the sins months about ish miss Kay maja
comes Easter type and he found inside of
it a very wise person one one wise
person inside of the city is is a
reference to the eight through twelve
the good inclination ma lat
and he escaped who is here I'm sorry he
the the the good person which is a
reference to the good inclination Easter
Tov helps a person escape helps the city
once a with his wisdom Zhu chuva my
symptom this is a reference to
repentance and good deeds but otherwise
offers a ishyama skinner who but the
person nobody remembered this the the
the wise one which is it sort of is not
someone who's remembered so easily the
machete it's our ah less the myth
clearly let's return the measures tells
us that when a person is engulfed by the
it's hardly the evil inclination
overcomes a person it's very hard to
remember the answer to of the good
inclination now so he says like this
cause I'll hold on our sages are
teaching us here as Derek well initially
Sahara the way that the evil inclination
wages war with us who Bynum ifsar what
he does is he builds a powerful powerful
surrounding of the city it causes the
city to be surrounded Mitaka FS out of
nothingness that's how these are hard
words the evil inclination starts with
nothing he gives us nothing I check
college I should say but he builds so
much out of nothing
that it's impossible to overcome a more
nearly impossible nice Lacock he is a
caiman of zakian still very interesting
besides her that the are hazael tell us
that the it sahara is like a king a
foolish king and sclerotic Zeus
what is his where's what are the Weir's
of this king what is he trying to sell
us he's trying to sell his foolishness
Clara zhu zi who by now some youths are
and out of this foolishness he builds a
powerful surrounding she named a logical
cough caution the high shot
so it seems impossible to overcome it
right good Felix Jelena run it's like we
refer to this idea on Yemen Lear I'm on
the High Holidays when we say like this
McCauley shakuhachi on tickler
all the evil in a model will disappear
when machine
Messiah arrives all the evil will
disappear just like smoke stop here I'm
sure those other in hours when you
remove the power of evil in the land
college who Michelle as long as the evil
inclinations and charges in power near
Achille Ashland I'm Charlotte seems like
he has power it seems like he's in
charge right that's how it seems I'll be
a squishy yeah if you're Aquarius I
guess all right but when a sham takes
away the evil inclination from us what's
going to happen near Aquila yes I'm
sorry doesn't evoke a flea rises up see
you sir shoot ocean Laval then we'll see
how insignificant they are otherwise it
seems like this r is real it seems like
he has power it seems like he has built
this amazing thing for us that we should
do that we should follow after him all
of the Titus all of the the desires of
this world but in the end we'll see that
it was nothing that it was just smoke
Radhika it's much quieter that's how
much power the evil incarnation as she
which assets are less the myth clearly
relates to type it has such power over
us set when we're involved in this are
involved in our the evil inclination so
we don't even remember the it's a type
the good inclination seems to be missing
seems to have disappeared
Maya it's uh what is the what can we do
should leave us a slice that I'm sure
it's the dealers have passed up she
alloy of shows the lysosome it's our we
need to do is stop it nip it in the bud
we need to stop it before it starts the
peso hottest right it's all technically
right he's standing there at the
threshold at the doorway don't open the
door
okay it's a heart is trying to get us
yes we got a watch out so this is the
introduction for the concept of the Naza
what is the idea of another passions
another London
oh no a fleece wrapping mail yet sir
well this is a short subsequence a Pesa
the concept of another teaches us how is
it possible to overcome the Sahara has
it possible to face off with our evil
inclination and not to let him in the
door come on Castle as I stated saucer
Reyes a typical Kula
yassir's has men are very interesting
when a person sees a woman who's the
wayward wife so she has there's a
there's a whole ceremony that's done for
her
and she blows up literally and
figuratively blows up so when someone
sees that so he needs to be master at
swimming the onions to make sure to make
a nether not to drink wine to be a
nutter he makes another to be another
yes I'm very interesting he has Murray
SSI tobacco cool is like fart is
especially its era when a person sees a
woman who's the wayward wife even though
he sees that she's getting destroyed but
there's something opens up for that
person it's possible to do such a sin to
be involved in such a thing you need to
immediately nip it in the bud and so
flick obvious is a pest I should he be
live air hammer is no person needs to
think about it how did they get to this
place how did she get there how did she
end up doing this this terrible sin
which all rozelle is receive just tell
us sheikh novice where's Marie Liam it's
autumn lava lava and when a person is
lightheaded he does things which are
lightheaded so it causes a person to
come to a sin that's involved with
licensed behavior levira sahabas bi sir
even to one of the big three is
infidelity who's one of the big three
that it's the torah tells us we're meant
higher in value or it's better to be
killed than to do one of those big three
so so another teaches us this concept
Maya to Rick derris hepanza what is the
idea how can we close the door so to
speak on this era who wants to cause us
to do the Avera are you take a bus and
zeros it's by accepting upon ourselves
in the zeros comes your customer
missiles are shown like the missile
shall reach me nuts are learning lastest
mich merit saucer sure is yayan
the way that we learn how is it possible
for a person to to distance himself from
sin to distance himself Benita are often
evil inclination
it's by learning from Nazir the NAS here
is someone who sees that it's important
to stay away from wine to stay away from
things that cause a person to end up
doing sins so he completely locks
himself off from anything to do with
wine and the Torah tells us all the
different details of that in a similar
way a person needs to do that when it
comes to those areas where he has
are you it siharan evil inclination
that's engulfing him each key a flee the
fire Shimon Ezra the verse tells us that
when a man does a wondrous thing when a
person was wondrous thing to accept upon
himself to be another Joffrey's a
yasodara teller you never I'm hold from
a heart of Awesome in order to to enter
the space of the nozzle to get into a
place where they have separated
themselves or in order for me to get to
a place where I've separated myself from
the various the sins that pull at me so
the nuts are hats they do something very
powerful he has to do something awesome
it's versus each key awfully when it
does something amazing what's the
amazing thing most people go after the
time as most people go after their
desires the caucus of Allah barking
nazar the cub al ratio the verse tells
us that the nazar of his God is upon his
head what is the idea of that attack he
company of them I'll attack asylum most
people or all people are servants they
are slaves to the to this to the desires
of the world famine especially nazar
about Terris mouth was very shy call me
Tsiolkovsky minute ibis who is the
person who truly is a king who is a
person who has the power and someone who
has overcome his ECRI his evil
inclination so the word nazar which is
the word Nazir is a Quran upon a
person's head an idea of the crown is
that he has the he has the power he has
the power he's on top right so another
has given himself power over his ears
are over hissing evil inclination he is
a king his life star doesn't be amylase
you mean Israeli of es el paso mi oedd
furthermore we find in regards to
somebody who has completed his vow so he
brings a Corbin
so the verse refers the fact that your V
I saw he brings it or in Hebrew the word
it can also be him he brings him who
brings him because of a surname if my
memento she behaved there is nobody who
is more honorable to bring him to bring
the Nasser than himself of all who
obvious Atzmon he brings
self amazing thing cool I'm our holiday
he's from ku Sonia ty ways by person
distancing himself from the desires
yeah Sigma Drake aikidoka madrix crying
goggle he acquires himself an amazing
level similar akin to a high priest
there we obvious a some issues on the
Roman SATs my he brings himself what
does it mean it means that he married it
to raise himself up to a very high level
to a level equivalent of a high priest
gains him a firearm ban in a similar
vein Rambin explains shannon ish my
doing occasionally manias used to circle
hobby carbon Coty's
why is that when a person completes his
Nazir owes he has to bring a sin
offering what sin did he do but Anahata
chakra philosophy MLS you mean Israel
learn inspired she doesn't explain it
it's not clear it's not abundantly clear
oh they're hot chocky Alicia's at Hoyt a
nationally from lesson is eros the
pushup shot is Susan ban then when a
person gets to the end of his Nazir's
he's been another for thirty days or for
six months or a year or however long so
when he gets to the end of his Nazir
Asst so there's a certain sin that
happens at the end of the Nazir is what
is that he was at another week to show
some of it is a sham
right so he has lifted himself he is
available some of the opportunity to to
make himself a greater person by
completely distancing himself through
the vow from the things that could cause
I'm a map show that could cause him to
stumble right
the Virology yeah LOL yarmulke on is you
have a Kalashnikov it would have been
appropriate for him it would've been a
greater accomplishment for him to remain
in that state to remain holy to remain
separated from the from the things of
this world from the tightest desires of
this world kini charmer but all can even
a from the Naveen back away from Anna's
Ihram
the verse refers in the same breath to
to Naveen to prophets and Nazir him
those who have made this vow here try
circus of the loving the verse compares
the Nasser to another could have saved
to a profit as the verse says call you
mean is Ricardo solution all the days of
his Nazir is he is holy unto God
my name is are hapara the shoe boy the
timer time asylum he needs a cap para to
the Rambam he needs in an atonement
because he's coming back to being a
mundane regular person he was a Superman
no if Superman gives up his powers
that's really sad
you need to bring a carbon Coty's slob
deal right when when the Nasser gives up
his commitment his vow to God he needs
to bring a sin offering because he's
lost his condition lost a level of
holiness Akari Akash Aneesa is Tomica
Ducie to be all of a who perish me manna
after he has tasted the taste of
holiness the Torah the Torah is
lamenting the fact that he's stepping
away from that okay now there's enough
time to read the entire piece I would
like to just share with you a little bit
of the next section and then bring it to
the end of the section but he brings the
Gemara the famous Gomorrah in the dorm
and in an uma that speaks about the fact
that there was a particular person
became an Aussie and it tells the whole
story how he became another he was
looking at his own reflection in the in
the water he was a shepherd and he came
to the water he looked at his reflection
he saw he was a very handsome person
very good-looking person he had a very
long beautiful hair and he thought
himself man what am i doing as a
shepherd I could that could be you know
really getting involved in house in this
world and inside of his mind he's he's
like oh no my eight Sahara's got me my
evil inclination has got me and he made
a vow to become a nutter and the cuddle
at the time which was shimon hatzadik so
he said when he saw this person he
kissed him on the head and he said holla
why it should be that there should be
many many Newseum just like you that the
Newseum shouldn't do it for the wrong
reasons because they should become holy
for the right reasons just like you okay
so so what's the idea
viii Sahara he says like this I'm gonna
read it inside no hurry mr. Shannon made
Sahara we have this game with you to
heart of the evil inclination you know
the Margay shenmue that's not blue
silent we don't recognize that he's got
us in a death grip either out of commish
because of our love always love her big
day how you deduce the way that the
eights are the evil inclination works is
that he wears clothes of friendship he
says I'm your buddy hey man I want
what's good for you I want to help you
out
that's the Sarah works okay the ADA ID
vada Adina Ava Lake the neatness with
Lana Monica so he comes he's got this
trick he's your friend and he comes in
and he's got all of these good ideas for
you because he's your you know you trust
him but she had system school oh sorry
vaca he gets in he gets inside that's
how he gets into us
I know my saying now a bum and I don't
got losers here you should met someone
who bartered a monoi l'm that young man
who looked at his reflection in the
water recognized the sea Sahara evil
inclination was coming to destroy him
okay so how do we how do we defy the
eight Sarah how do we get away from the
evil inclination so this is what he says
the de la mechanic in here - Sarah in
order to get away from the quickness of
the effects of the evil inclination this
is what one has to do a mark teal in
Russia Lama Thomas glove I'm sure
English aha this is what the guy said
this is what this young man said when he
saw his reflection and he heard the it's
a heart of the evil inclinations voice
he said I said to him you evil one why
are you becoming proud and a word that a
world it's not yours
let me show us Ilyas Reem Evita Leia
someone who's going to be just eaten up
by the worms and rotting clearly nothing
leaves hearts our fleets ichael of
commotion huzzah in order to overcome
the evil inclination person needs to
yell at it to loyal Miyagi's on the
instant of all its are a person needs to
be marketed to in an angry way in a
powerful way an emotional way
bring his gate sir tell you if his good
inclination to to be makinia to subdue
the evil inclination the galaxy's part
Sufi amici shall I say shanira like la
Nokia deed Russia to recognize the truth
who is this this is not my friend played
Sahara my evil inclination is not my
friend he is my enemy
he is evil recognize it for what it is
in a powerful and emotional way whoever
gives show you call he not so many
people at Sahara constitutionally a
verdict IVA he felt that he could save
himself from the trick of the evil
inclination they shouldn't come together
to Pride Rock I obey Hagia our dalam
Lama Thomas gaya bong joon-ho only by
yelling at himself we reach because
she's sure shy guy he felt he sensed the
the root of Prai which was in him via
Rome the vocal opposition la caja when a
person's heart rises up the Guyver the
the pride comes up and tries to cause
him to forget God I'll initial other
munch leaders - so it's initially
initially another kodesh beaucoup how
does the cut had his pride come in it
comes in because it says hey it's ma
this is my power this is my ability this
is my beauty this is my talent that's
how this all works and so what did he do
bazoom and not tickets at some America -
Marco I'm sorry Am I otherwise I thought
I saw my list if a person thinks that
it's my ability my talent
the costigan amount of stop goofing is
certainly we're talking about the
physical advantages but then when I
think it's that's my metaphorical by
doing so he he detaches himself from God
Ilham Chahine Ashoka that's why he says
it's a world that's not yours why are
you getting all prideful in the world
that's not yours
I am Siva again is this guy's there
actually is no true intellectual reason
why person should become proud of
himself for something physical okay so
that's how it works way Savoie begorrah
be me show us at least remember today he
also added that what is what's gonna be
in the end it's just gonna be we're
gonna rot
we're gonna run under the ground but
worms are gonna eat us out my gum
incorrectly is a male even if I have
some advantage right now even if there's
something that I have in the next
shuttle Club this is how he was talking
to see it's our to this evil inclination
it's not so significant right now sure
let me assure you dimensional it is guys
what do I need to be prideful for now
call rags money everything is just for
the moment ceviche feel goofy la Rama
the Rima Vitale what's gonna be in the
end worms and rotting but I feel a bit
torn but God and should let me assure
those guys you can't even enjoy it in a
private way that you know I'm so proud
I'm so amazing for the clothes that I've
borrowed gains an erection sky emit
slalom it's not something which a person
the value doesn't last
okay so what does he do he promises that
he's going to the hair that he looked at
him something so so beautiful he
promises that he's going to shave it off
the shame shaman he's gonna do it for
God okay and I'm skipping a bit here
because we're running out of time all
your shopping has sasebo's a halo
kedusha he recognizes the reason for his
sin and he says i'm going to turn it
around and I'm going to bring it to the
side of holiness I'm gonna give it over
to God and Allah hominis clay loam
hozhet I'm a-comin ha no hun he puts it
in its right place I'm going to use I'm
gonna take this world I'm gonna put it
in its correct location I'll rock this
table Ebisu Mira like I'm a same time
it's not enough to to suffice oneself
with turning away from evil but rather I
need to take it and turn it towards the
good I need to do a positive Act
spiritual act it's serious kid I could
do sure meet a fellow mozzie to the
classroom tyler shyness need to turn
away from it not think oh you know it
was so nice when i was doing those at
various when i was doing those sins no
don't make that mistake take the sin
turn it around recognize that it's
something negative move myself to a
positive place okay
Yashoda has room and wired circling hope
it's a car if Kokoschka bolts Nazir's
why did he have to go straight into
doing something so strong so sharp which
was except upon
Wow of becoming a nurse here so I can
drink wine is gonna cut off his hair
it's talking about what to look at say
sorry why did you say you know what I'm
gonna do I have an idea I'm just gonna
cut off my hair because that's the
problem see how beautiful I am you're
gonna shave off my hair
oh yeah uh what he knew is like this
it's not enough to a one-time thing it's
not enough to cut off my hair to take
one action he recognized that it was
necessary essential that I do something
which is a commitment a commitment which
is beyond just a one moment deal the
ownership of karbala should aim by her
ass Lamaze speak it's not enough if I'm
not committed it's not enough if I if I
don't have that dahab I don't have that
that pull a push to do what's right you
be careful you call this car I'll use
right cutting up me at one time is not
gonna help me for the future okay it's
for Cathy motion as much bailouts
Michailidis guys I don't really need to
cut off my hair yeah I can you know I'm
not gonna get surprised fold it Sahara
he's our friend right that's how he
presents himself come yourself like I
left okay I'm gonna stop really gonna
stop me meet us there you can leave a
little bit of your hair - shine it's all
kinds of different you know
rationalizations you get the mask on a
shot Derek I you he doe habit to Cologne
I say yes sir the only way he recognized
the only way is how do I battled in
Sahara while you take a Boston's ears oh
hey yeah miss gila muchachos Arab leader
feel his calm coos there's no way out I
make a commitment
there's no I am that's the way away from
the heat Sahara from the evil
inclination right dere Zoomer surely
it's not take Mara
it's the only way to disconnect from
evil we can automate the mr. Devlin's
galleys are we learn from here how a
person kind of overcome is evil
unconditionally they go ara b8 sir
there's an intense emotional yelling
almost or or literally perhaps at the
ACE are at the evil inclination
listen the cops ain't died - Sameera
it's not enough to turn away from evil
donkeyness ashley Michelle I say to him
personally is the completion of doing
good of turning towards the good dark
alley near Karbala she he may view is
like the hair Luke i'ma only through
a commitment that forces him to fulfill
it hey McCallum Kansas governor yes sir
those are the tools that a person can
use in order to overcome his evil
inclination okay and he finishes off and
we'll finish off but he finishes off by
saying that that's I do I shown italic
when he saw me kissed him on the head
kissed him on his forehead or perhaps
over here in the place where it's the
spot it's the location of the Nazir as'
what are you what do I mean
you pray sit we said the nose in the
serous comes from a crown inside of a
crown the crown is placed on the head
and represents the fact that he is
elevated he's an elevated individual
he's a spiritual individual sure nuts
Alec the kind got all the high priests
kissed him on his head recognizing that
that this young man by making that
commitment by by committing himself to
new zeros so he was elevating himself to
a different place to a different plane
and so I want to bless you and ask you
to bless me she will help us that we
should recognize the places where the
eighth Sahara is itching us we're just
trying to get us to go back to that
place these are the evil inclination he
was always trying to bring us there
recognize the power of a commitment to
say I'm committed to God I will not do
this and a true commitment a true
commitment a deep commitment
I sure should happen to be able to do
that to recognize that that this is the
power sewer may rod turn away from evil
I say tôi you've turned towards the good
take on good actions commit to goodness
to commit to greatness Jim should help
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