Terumah - Unique Relationship

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari goldwag recorded with ashram's never running assistance in Roma Beach Massachusetts 5783 2023 this week's Parsha is parsha's truma and we have the Jewish people being asbest and equally truma to bring for me a donation to bring for me or to bring to me or on my behalf to bring all of the different components the Jewish people so excited can you imagine imagine if we're going to build a base on mcdosh imagine a kurdishborg who asks us to donate to our basement today how excited we would be I'd like to share with you two pieces in the measures actually there's two sections in the magic with a lot of pieces a few different ideas beautiful ideas deep ideas let's study this together and see what we can take out personally what is the message of this if so the first idea of course is when we speak about the Truman we speak about the that which is being built that which is being constructed the first thing that the Torah speaks about is the arnabriss the Ark of the Covenant which contains sarasa de brois and classically in Jewish thought the RN represents the Torah represents the teachings the instructions for how we behave and how we interact and what our relationship looks like with Hashem so the magic this seems to be the shot the magic starts off I don't accept major share talks about the idea of the fact that Torah was taught us by Moshe Robin scissors very uh deep foundational classic idea the Torah the word Torah so we know the word Torah if we take the gamachary of the word Torah so the number is 611 and classically we know that the Torah is composed of 613 Commandments so the number is 611 so the the measure chat same time right in another toughration so Torah is only 611. most charmain will give us 613 so where's the other two Ella the Sages so there's a dual aspective taught us the entire tourist season 13 Commandments but at the same time tire is only 611 what's the other two it's the first two Commandments that were spoken by Hashem spoken by God directly to the Jewish people and not through an intermediary not through mushroom the tough race should I live or more than Maisha the other 611 were said by Moshe rabbin when I learned this with my son moshido so we both noticed that really it's it's all 613 were given through Moshe but only 611 were given through my because two were given directly so what's the idea the idea is that moshebenu there is a direct there's a directness of these two of the first two Commandments but there's also something that's given over by Moshe within those two as well there's a dual aspect we need to understand that not going to really get into that so much but there's a directness there's a directness of the Torah as we're going to see the theme throughout this measure is that there's a taking of Hashem there's a direct relationship that we gain with Hashem at the essence of the Torah the beginning of the Torah the first commandment that Hashem speaks to the entire Jewish people is I am Hashem your God it's direct don't have Idols don't have any other gods before me there's a directness there's a direct relationship that we have let's see other ideas reflect to the next part of the magic supposing it says territory under my ship my Russia keyless yaakov which means it's a it's an inheritance for the for the congregation of Jacob [Music] Russia Russia says the medrish oh my Russia which means something that's given over it's a yerusha it's an inheritance what is the concept of an inheritance yerushiello Island the Tyra which man which is a manifestation of the relationship that we have with God the Torah represents something which is a it's because to me it's it's something which I have for my parents it's something that I have rights to birth rights it's a Birthright the Torah access to Hashem access to a relationship with God is a Birthright it's a martial it's an analogy to a prince that he was captured he was kidnapped when he was young and he was brought to a far away City far away land is even if many years have passed he was captured when he was a young child he was a he's a prince even if many decades have passed he can always come back to the palace and say I'm the long the long-lost prince he always has access to the Torah he he has a Birthright he's born a prince he might have been raised by the kidnappers he might have been raised by people who were uncouth who were vulgar who were not the kind of people you want to hang out with but he always has a Birthright you can always go back to who he is his at his Essence he's a prince says the measures a very interesting thing let's say you have a Taurus scholar who studied for years he became somebody who is erudite who is steeped in wisdom into our wisdom and at some point for whatever reason he was punishment at Torah he left he had to go out well get involved in in business manners I feel like sir even after a number of years even decades he wants to come back in a bush is nothing to be afraid of he does nothing to be embarrassed about he can walk back into the palace just like that Prince because he's saying I'm going I'm coming back to my birthday is a Birthright it tells you something that by studying it we we become we become tourist scars we become steeped in the terrorist wisdom and even if we take a break so to speak could be a short break hopefully not a long break but even if it is a long break we can always come back the tires are Birthright very interesting that's the my Russia it's something that we inherit it's something that we have rights to no matter what and I would say it's something that we also resonate with because the the depth of it is something that we know deep down in our hearts it's something that we know to our core [Music] and and as a good as a beautiful part of that analogy you know think about it the the prince comes back and he's and he's just like the kidnappers he's uncouthies but but at his core there's a nobility a nobility within him the prince is still a prince he doesn't lose his princeliness it's there it needs to be cultivated again needs to be brought out again but it's still there Terror wisdom is something that when we resonate with the terror it resonates inside of us in a deep way with that princely aspect of ourselves another explanation May Russia says my Russia as we said before titira is about a manifestation of the relationship that we have with Hashem it's our arusa the Torah is our the one that we're engaged to the woman that we're engaged to [Music] foreign what happens when a person is engaged to be married so there's a relationship with the wife there's also a relationship with the father-in-law right the the new son-in-law who's marrying this woman really this woman is a product of her home of her household and so the the Father the future father-in-law so he is now going to have a relationship with his son-in-law let's say the father-in was a very hush of person very important person a great Taurus scholar let's let's say so the son-in-law the relationship that he's going to have with his father-in-law is obviously going to be different when they're engaged when he's engaged to his wife than when they're married why at the beginning so the Sun the son-in-law comes to the home of the father-in-law we're talking about the Torah as the as the wife so think about it in the sense that the Torah is the wife and the father-in-law is like who as it were it's God so we're we're entering into a relationship with his father and Allah spoke with God through his Torah now when the son-in-law comes and he's engaged so he has to visit the home but once he marries once he marries the daughter of this man so then the father-in-law comes to his house when he wants to see his daughter right in the same way before the Torah was given to the Jewish people before we had actually received before and entered into our home so to speak so Moshe went up right me so Moshe who was our messenger so he had to go to the he had to go up to heaven in order to receive the terrier to go there as a as a like a son-in-law who's only engaged Michelle all right what does the terrorist say a few suck him later right if you suck him later where are we here we're in no I'm sorry this is uh uh yeah it's a few seconds later right we say the terrorist says to us the purpose of creating this mission of creating this Tabernacle is so that I should come to dwell in your midst God says the entire episode presents the relationship the mishkan which is which houses the Lucas habris it houses the Torah itself inside of this Ark of the Covenant from which the the divine revelation comes down into the world between the crew of him the crew of them represent this relationship between us and Hashem so now Hashem instead of us having to go to to him as it were Hashem comes down to us because you're taking Hashem through the Torah through the mishkan through the Tabernacle right and basic of course the temple itself is also a representation of this idea the thesis the place where the Sanhedrin sat the greatest tourist scholar is a place where we would come we would bring all of our questions all of our halachic questions all of our divided all of the fights that we have with each other that we need to be resolved in Money Matters Etc so where is it it's brought to the base hamiktas that's where the that's where the Sanhedrin said that's where we would go all of the questions all of her questions were brought onto the Hara bias onto our Holy Mountain right that represents the place where Hashem came down and revealed himself revealed himself in the minds of the Torah Scholars but that's where the presence of Hashem was seen and was possible to access so through the Torah Hashem comes and visits us as it were you are taking Hashem by creating this house this home this place for God's presence to dwell ER says the magician another explanation now the measures tells us another aspect of this relationship [Music] what does it look like Israel the Tyra is exclusive exclusively bound to the Jewish people the Jewish people have a unique relationship with the Torah and it's not to say of course that those who are now part of the people of Israel cannot access it also through the Jewish people right it says the house of Hashem is a place of prayer for everyone but there's a unique relationship who is allowed into who's allowed into the holy of holies who's allowed into the Azara who's allowed into the basement itself it's the Jewish people who is allowed into the shrina who has the most direct relationship we are the ones who are more awesome we are the ones who are engaged to God who are engaged to the Torah let me searching verses in Hosea chapter 2 uh I'm wedded to you forever how do we know that the Torah is like a a married woman in relationship to the nations of the world is it speaks about the Torah it speaks about the fire it speaks says my words are like fire and when it comes to fire it's something that can't be touched it's not possible to have calls on your lap without the calls causing the the decade causing the Garment to be burned there's a unique and holy relations red condition What is kadushan marriage what is it execution means it's it's designated this person is now designated only to me when a person gets married no one else is allowed to access that relationship it's holy in the same way the tire is Holy and the relationship with Hashem is Holy to the Jewish people The Rocker so once again once again the tire is something special it's Unique to the Jewish people the terror is something that through which we have a direct relationship Hashem comes to us as it were the player is something that is yerushalanu it's it's our Birthright it's a relationship with Hashem that's unbreakable even if we step away we can always come back and it's a direct relationship we experienced as a nation directly hearing the words directly from Hashem it's personal the pair is personal they were actually true very interesting another important point about the person how how personal the terror is they will take for me a truma right but then it says each individual first it starts in plural and then it goes down to an individual an individual level he says Hashem says let them bring for me a truma a contribution let them partake in creating this home as it were for God for God's presence but then it says each individual whose heart has that feeling whose heart wishes to donate so can can can the Jewish people do this that's mushroom Hashem is it possible for the Jewish people to create a place that your presence will dwell that seems like a task which is beyond the scope of a human being said can the entire Jewish people do it it seems like a task has too much for them Hashem says not only can the entire Jewish people do it every individual has the ability on their own to create a space that I will dwell every it's called ish each and every one of us has the ability to have a direct relationship with to censorship in our lives to understand what it is that he wants from us as an individual we all have that ability um my son this is also a beautiful idea it's classic idea it's well known that where did the gems come from it says the deniseum the princes of the Jewish people the great leaders they were able to give to the to the mishkan they gave certain gems where did they get those gems from so the measures tells us that when the man fell the holy Mana which would fall from the heavens the special bread so there would be precious gems that would fall alongside the mun and the greatest of them would collect them to collect the gems and they would put them away you should know this is true should never have any of you I love oh says that they brought another um another contribution in the morning what is why is it say in the morning what they brought in the morning and on the afternoon we see the words about biker also in the morning regards to the man so they brought something that happened in the morning from something that happened in the morning they brought something in the morning that happened in the morning and that means that they were precious gems that came along with the month the princess brought these precious gems they brought their donation so there's a precious gem there's a unique gem which represents archaelic in the Torah it represents you know how we what our portion is what our understanding is Marisha Shiva says based on those who went before him my pair says the most important understanding of the terror is your understanding of the terror how you relate to it that's our offering what we get those gems that come with the mun that come with our sustenance it's not just the bread upon which we live upon which we depend s the words of Hashem that gives us life so the words of Hashem our understanding of God's will for us that's a precious gem that we offer back to Hashem that represents our personal relationship with Hashem no two people are alike no two people understand that they're the same way no two people have the same avoid they have the same way of serving Hashem foreign [Music] for Jacob to pass on from the world he called his sons Jacob talking about a story that happened 210 years before [Music] Jacob's about to pass on from the world he says to his children you should know that God is going to to say to your children he's going to ask your great great grandchildren to create a Michigan to create a sanctuary Hashem is going to ask them to create this place for him to dwell for his divine presence to dwell I want you to be ready for this have everything ready for it now already God will be with you that's the plus he says Jacob says his sons will be with you what Hashem wasn't with them uh you know when yaakov was there no heaven forbid there's going to be a moment in the future that Hashem is going to request the view to create a place a space for his divine presence to dwell in your message as the verse says you shall make a sanctuary for me and I will dwell in your Midstream is very interesting there were those who remembered what Jacob had commanded he had said to them have everything ready right this goes back to the yerusha it's something that even if we forgot we still have an opportunity there are some people who held on to to the preparations that Jacob asked them to make they didn't forget there were others who didn't they didn't remember they had to make new preparations some people brought that which they already had um I'm sorry they brought there were some who brought something new something new that they had received now let's say the the gems that they found in the month there were some who had saves for Generations from the times of Jacob of even from Jacob's time the preparations that were made 210 years earlier Chicago there were those who had found they had stuff with them right where did they get these are special wool that's died blue that's dyed purple how do you get that it's not something that you can just get it's not something that that you get in the midboard you can't get it in the wilderness it's something that you had to have from before but it was prepared from before I remember collection so you thought I'd say sheet and what did they get the Cedars the cedar wood that they were used in the mishkan it was something that was prepared from before from the times of yaakovino bottom line message of this the end of the magic really the theme that runs through it all is the tire is something that the the tire is something that creates a relationship between us and Hashem that we through which we create a space where his divine presence will dwell the turret is that place the mishkan is their place and soon the emergency will be that place and how do we create that we might create that from something that's yerushalan or something that we have from our parents from our grandparents our great grandparents it might be something that we we remember but it might be something that we forgot because we were so to speak kidnapped by the kidnappers but we're still princes we're still connected that relationship is still possible at any time we can find it within ourselves we can look for the diamonds that Hashem is sending to us today and sometimes we can find a treasure Trove that comes from our parents and grandparents and great grandparents and sometimes we need to create the Treasure Trove ourselves but it's all about a unique and personal relationship with Hashem it's all about accessing the shrina the divine presence and it's possible no matter where we are whether we have it already or whether we have lost it and we can we can always come back to it I want to bless you and ask you to bless me Hashem should help us that we should be able to recognize the treasure the awesome treasure box Treasure Chest which is the Ark of the Covenant the arnab arena should help us to develop that relationship to search for it in the past and to find it in the present to find all of the diamonds and all of the precious gems return them so that God will come down and bless us and dwell within our midsts thank you so much for listening have a wonderful Shamus 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]