Shemos - Selflessness Brings Redemption

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari goldwag recorded with hashem's never-ending assistance in romapus Israel 5783 2023 this week's passion is partially with shamos We Begin the safer of geola of Gala sengula as a ramban explains gracious is the seeds and we begin to see those seeds sprout and develop in this safer and part in safer shmos Book of Exodus and of course where does it begin it begins with Moshe rabenu it begins with Moses who's the Redeemer of the Jewish people but really before that it begins with a very brave act on the part of Moshe albino's mother and sister who are referred to in obsukum as khazal Talis as shifra and Pua pyro commands them Pharaoh says then they must destroy the baby boys they must kill the baby boys and the plastic tells about tyrannos is Kim the The Midwives which is a reference to shifra and Pua Miriam they feared Hashem they feared God they feared heaven and therefore they did not kill the children even though their lives were at stake even though as we'll soon see they had an opportunity to become very great in the house of pharaoh in the house of Paro nevertheless they did not get they did not uh you know kill the children in order to get any personal benefit heaven forbid only the opposite as we'll see they did all that they could in order to help out the children let's see this together it's a very interesting majorish a few points in the magic a few interesting ideas excuse me let's study this together uh Leia Neymar the posix says says the Magic in mishley says in mishlay is Proverbs King Solomon tells us that a woman fears Hashem she shall be praised right and this person could say that they feared heaven they feared God 's rhyme so there's two things here which are very interesting we need to understand the connection but the magistrator is going to understand that besides her telling them that they needed to kill the children there is something a little bit Sinister or maybe very sinister about power's approach with the mealdus with these midwives the pasig uses an unusual language as a madrush in speaking about the fact that they didn't do as he spoke to them what does it mean that as he spoke to them um this teaches us that Paro actually wanted to on the service of things he wanted them to have relations with their marital relations with him these miology is midwives They didn't accept this they weren't interested in his offer now in trying to understand what is this exactly what what is this idea or what is it connected in to the fact that he wants them to do this this uh infanticide what is going on so one of them before she explains there's a few different explanations here but this is the shot I like the most one of the fortune explains that pyro made them an offer he made them an offer you know to be a princess or a queen a pharaoh is a very high level in Egyptian uh society and he said to them Liz David doesn't just mean to have marital relations but it actually means to marry them so power of said to them look I'm giving you an opportunity here if you do as I say if you kill the Jewish children so then I'll marry you you'll become a queen a princess you'll be you'll be able to to have a very uh coveted position in in uh in Egypt well they keep the momentum even though this was a great opportunity they did not accept it they weren't interested in it so you know it's hard to understand exactly this idea but living in a dictatorship we don't live in dictatorship Hashem but there's a lot of power to the dictator there's a lot of power to the king and they were putting their lives at risk foreign obviously if they didn't do what pyro said obviously they they kept the kids alive need to tell us that they they were Makai and the children that they gave sustenance to the children or that they let them live it's obvious yes that's a magic there's a praise within a praise here is not only did they not fulfill that which Paro said to do not only did they just deny the the request of pharaoh on the simple level but they furthermore they did favors to the children they did things in order to make sure that not only would this child not be killed but that their child would live and the child would live well foreign who were poor who were poor and these mealdas these midwives would go and they would go to rich people and they would say to the rich people please give something so that the poor women can have what they need so that their children can have what they need um this is what it means when it says that the midwives gave life to the to the children not only did they help the women give birth not only did they defy the words of pharaoh they further went and took care of all of the needs of the Jewish women so that the children should be able to grow properly there should be no problems that's number one that's the first excuse me it's the first understanding movement now here's where we get to the main the main idea which I would like to to discuss the message tells us that the women these realities midwives they saw something very interesting they saw that they were children in the process I don't know they didn't have ultrasounds in those days but they saw that there were certain children and perhaps through hakadish they were able to recognize it's not clear exactly how they knew but they saw that some children would come out lame or blind or missing a part of their body or some some kind of physical issue come out with birth defects or there were children that could come out where it looked like they're they're something had happened to their body part um [Music] because of this Zera pharaoh so they were driven the mealdas were driven to stand up in prayer and they said in front of God I tell you they actually came in the virtual pirate they said you know that we did not fulfill the will of pharaoh he wanted us to kill the children he wanted us to maim the children he wanted us to cause them damage is the time we want to fulfill your word we want to fulfill your roots in Hashem your will amies foreign we don't want any kind of negative reports to come out about us that we listened in some measure that we tried to kill the child and therefore that's what happened that's why they came out blind or lame or some some kind of missing limb we don't want to be accused of having even in the slightest tried to fulfill the the xera the decree of pharaoh foreign as a result of this prayer God listened to the prayers and even though this child indeed was supposed to come out with missing limb with blindness with an ability to walk Hashem listen to their prayers and the result was that they came out in a perfect State the children the babies came out perfect a miracle unbelievable Arab Levy and relavi says another idea Hare Martinez says you're saying a light thing you know birth defect is a terrible thing but it's nothing compared to something more seriously there were some babies that should have died when they came out they should have died in childbirth or come out stillborn oh you eaten or that the mother should be in danger and and they could die after I don't know if that's talking about the mother or the the child could die after the baby comes out oh you're on this feeling and they stood up in prayer and they sit in front of God Rebellion a master of the world to laylaim Asha returned let them let them not the the word means to wait [Music] let them not be judged now let them not be judged now let them live [Music] son so that no one should say that that we killed them that we killed them that we listened to the xera of pharaoh because we're always just feel awesome that's what it means when he said that not only did they not listen did they defy the word of pharaoh they gave life to the children what does it mean it means according to this shot that they prayed on their behalf he they prayed number one that they should come out slamming that they should come out in perfect condition that the babies should have no birth defects not only that but they pray that the baby should come out lives that there should be no there should be no children that should come out stillborn heaven forbid this is a very interesting idea very deep idea and it needs a deeper understanding perhaps we'll get to that very soon now perhaps we will get to that very soon I just like to read on a little bit further in the mendrish I loved him so it says two things it says so whenever we have the word s whenever I have the word it's hard to translate the word in in English the word s means with right about uh we find with God so here it says and whenever you have the word s it always implies that there's something along with so besides for the fact that they gave life to the children they didn't kill the children and they encourage the growth of the children as we saw there was also something that along with it they gave life to the mothers as well right so that's this prayer that's this prayer what does it mean that they feared they feared heaven they beautify themselves with the with the ways of their forefather Abraham as we find that avram avinu was referred to as someone who fears heaven here's heaven um did an amazing thing Abraham was known for his the character trait of kindness they learned from what does avram do Abraham would see pastors by and he would bring them into his tent and he would take care of them and he would feed them they said look not only do we need to take care of them and Feed the Children well we're supposed we're not going to feed them we're going to kill them and forbid no we're going to give them life as we saw before the myaldas they beautify themselves with this me though in other words the message is understanding where it's it's saying really the same idea but just connecting it in another way but tyrannos is like him it speaks about the fact that they feared Heaven this is amida this is amida of you know of Abraham interesting I'm just thinking as I'm reading um Joseph also says that he fears heaven right when he's speaking to the brothers he's also someone who is my fairness is someone who provides sustenance for for the Jewish people for all of the areas so so there's a an aspect here of in in the year of selikim there's an aspect of certainly in the measures saying clearly explicitly from Abraham we we see that he was somebody who was someone who feared heaven and and he provided for others he provided for others and so the media of these myaldas The Midwives they were not just people who were interested in helping bring children into the world obviously that was their profession they couldn't bring themselves to kill the children who they're supposed to help and they also couldn't they couldn't do anything less than providing for the needs of the children as we saw now they put themselves in danger and I just like to read the wrap up of what happens because you know I'm saying they put themselves in danger they defied the will of Paro what happened what was the result didn't fulfill his decree the the Jewish women are having babies no one's getting killed what's going on suppose it says that they they called the king of the king of Egypt called to the myaldas and says what's going on there what's going on here so they gave their explanation they gave their explanation and they explained that the Jewish women are not like the Egyptian women they're much they're much more robust they're much stronger when they give birth by the time we get there the baby's out already we can't we can't uh make it look like the baby was born stillborn now what was the result Vegas says that God provided for and did good to these to these midwives the measure says what was the good that they that they received you know it's very easy to say look I can't I can't do what's right it's very hard to do what's right in so many instances because you're gonna get in trouble you're risking your life in this case they were risking their lives so the king hears that they're defying him but God the same very same La Kim who they feared they had a fear of Heaven the very same Heaven showered upon the blessings what was the blessings besides for the simple shot of the public that they received home when they received all the good there is also the simple miraculous thing that that Pharaoh didn't shaqibram he was macaville he received their words and he didn't cause some damage on another level right the fear of Heaven it is wisdom what is the the reward for their fear of Heaven it's Terror it's wisdom what does it mean what was the reward of the mealdas for your heaven and Miriam what was their reward official since the mother of because she had fear of Heaven that's why she was chosen to be the mother of Moses Chicago he was good and the public says he is good she saw that he's good with what a gorgeous Magic what was the result what was the reward of your Heaven you have it did something difficult she did something impossible really she risked her life to save the Jewish children what was the result what was the reward she received Tyra the terror came through her son through mosharabenu the entire world today 3 300 years later still every single person acknowledges the wisdom the goodness of the Torah The Ten Commandments Moshe rabbana brought into the world right that was the reward s is is called by the name of of of Maisha remember the tire of my servant Moshe um okay and Miriam is also rewarded that from her came butzalo who was the one who would cry be the Craftsman of the mishkan so this was the goodness this was the the favor that they received in return they received a an incredible thing Tyra came through them came through them the divine presence was revealed Through The Offspring of your heaven and Miriam these two midwives now when I read this mattress it's a lot of information here but when I read this message I take out of this a central theme an essential theme is that there are a lot of rewards that would seem to be for someone who defies Hashem for someone who does the wrong thing you know we can put it into today's terms but I don't really so much want to I just wanted to speak about the idea you know each and every one of us can apply this to our own lives each and every one of us can see how this is something that we struggle with we Face Off with there are many reasons there are many things pulling us towards doing what's wrong might be a Partners issue might be how do I provide for my children how do I provide for my family it might be you know and that might spur a person to do something dishonest it might be the desire to do something wrong taiva some kind of Desire there are many things pulling us and there are many Rewards just like the mealdas were offered a reward they could become the queen of pharaoh they could have an they could become have an incredible status you know we can all translate this into what what is in our lives the thing that we want that we might gain from doing something which we know is not right if we would focus on here as Hashem we would know it's not right but what did the mealdas Do Not only did they not buy into the incentive of pharaoh they feared heaven and the the very challenge itself presented them with an opportunity to pray and this is a very interesting point as well you know the message tells us that since they were they wanted they were insistent in front of God they said God you know we don't want anyone to say that they don't want anyone to even think that they did anything wrong with the children that cause they brought about any kind of negative impact that the children will be born with any kind of birth defects or that any child will be stillborn they prayed because of that they were they were um inspired to prayer why because because of the very Xavier the very thing that was decreed upon the children that they should be killed in a hidden way resulted in a prayer that caused that there should be no problems you know this this underscores to me we look at our problems we look at our difficulty we look at our challenges we look at so many things that go on in our lives that seem to be we don't want those things we're not interested in the in the problems we're not interested in the pain we're not interested in the the difficulty and what you see from this message pointing out that the very thing itself that seemed to be terrible the xer the decree on the children brought about that there should be no problems with the children it created a situation where the prayer brought out that there should be no problems with the children that there should be no stillborn children this is an incredible blessing through the the challenge itself was brought out a a deeper life for the children and the mothers that they should be healthy and well that's the opposite it's the opposite of what we would think that the plastic brings that he was a fear a few he feared heaven he was ready to do something which was the opposite of his kindness really it's talking about by by the by the hakeda by The Binding of yitzhog by The Binding of Isaac he was ready to do something which was against his nature and that really saved claudiusra for all time he was instructed not to to kill to to kill youthak and we remember his willingness to do hashem's will [Music] the the Mi aldes were also on that page and what was the result and this is the bottom line here what was the final result the final result was the mother of Moshe the Redeemer of the Jewish people why because of this terrible decree the terrible decree itself brought out the fortitude of your heaven and Miriam the the greatness the spiritual greatness of Miriam and then the result was we have Moshe we have the goal we have the Redeemer of the Jewish people is born we have bitsala who's going to build the the mishk on the sanctuary for the shrina which is the purpose as the ramban points and also of the entire story is to get to the divine presence resting upon the Jewish people so the very difficulty itself the fact that the mealdas defied they defied the will of Paro they didn't listen they didn't they didn't fall into the Trap of the quote-unquote reward that they might get they didn't fall into that rather they did they focused on the will of Hashem and these are individuals of course if you're having a Miriam they were the she was the wife and the daughter of amram who was the girl hador but these were individuals and their individual act brought about a Redemption for the Jewish people and ultimately the divine presence would rest upon the Jewish people because of their bravery because of their courage each and every one of us is called Miriam to deny ourselves the quote rewards of doing what's wrong and to choose to do what's right to have fear of Heaven to to remember the kindness of avraham remember the the fact that avram avinu feared heaven was willing to do what's right despite it being against his nature right and when something is is our nature so to go against our nature means that we're not rewarding ourself so to speak when we do what's our what's our nature to do it feels feels natural when we do what's right despite our nature there's a quote lack of reward but there's an ultimate reward and that's what the message is teaching us the ultimate reward is despite the difficulty despite the decree despite the challenge we get a result which is so much better the opposite of what we thought it would be and the result is also personal Redemption National Redemption divine presence rest upon us personally and the divine presence rests upon us nationally I want to bless you and ask you to bless me Hashem should help us that we should face off with our challenges in life we should we be able to have that year we should be able to have the fear of Heaven we should be able to serve Hashem properly we should be able to do has a kindness with others and with ourselves with our children with our families someone should help us and bless us that we should indeed be able to see the Redemption in our own personal lives should be able to see the srin of the divine presence in our own personal lives and should be able to see the Redemption and the divine presence on a national level for the Jewish people as well thank you so much for listening have a wonderful Shabbos this podcast was made possible through the gracious donations of listeners like you for more podcasts like this please visit www.regoldwag.com or search on iTunes Ari goldwag [Music]