Vayakhel-Pekudei - Drawing Down Blessings

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari goldwag recorded with hashem's never ending assistance in Romania Israel 5783 2023. this week we have two parishes we're reading vayako and bikude and both of these parches deal with the Malacca mishkan with the creation of the Tabernacle which we have spoken about over the last few weeks and I'd like to share with you a bit of research that was sparked by a ramban in our Parsha every single week bisrat Hashem usually almost every single week I learned with my son moshidov we learned Miss Russian we learn a few days of ramban and this week what I'd like to share with you is from the ramban and where the ramban brought me he sent me to a few different places I'd like to share some of those ideas the foundation of which is based on this project it says in chapter 35 verse 4 hayamer Maisha El kodas Israeli more Moshe said to all of the congregation of the the children of Israel as follows this is that which Hashem commanded like we saw in previous parshus take for yourselves a truma a donation to God collectively by whoever has an outpouring of his heart UVA is Hashem he shall bring the truma the donation of Hashem is gold and silver and bronze is so there's many different things out there to bring and to bring gold and silver and different types of of dyed wolves blue and purple and red Etc now the ramban points out it's a very quick run Bond but he actually refers back to another ramban back in Paris truma which we'll see together the ramban points out this the language is is interesting it says Hashem which means he will bring it the truma of Hashem the donation to Hashem why did it say he will bring it the truma of Hashem it should say he will bring the truma the donation of Hashem why does it say this language so there's a pushup shot in it but he says a deeper shot based on the valderja MS which means kabbalistically I would like to read it to you it's a short short line in the room button we find that the word s the word ask I mean can be like a throw in word that doesn't have so much meaning or it can mean with the word s we find that Noah went with God so the word here is even though it could ordinarily be translated to mean just kind of the you'll bring the truma of Hashem he says he will bring it with the truma of Hashem what does it mean he will bring it with the Trump there is a deep spiritual idea here that spiritual idea is that there's something that's brought together with my bringing there's an offering that I offer and when I offer when I make that offer when I bring that donation to The mishkan Hashem there's a chumas Hashem there is an exalted spiritual donation that comes along with it God himself as it were comes along with it Raman says I already explained this which we're going to read in a moment foreign ERS say that when when the daughter of pharaoh opened up this basket they had inside of it on the baby mushroom you know Moses so she's she opened and she saw she saw the child could also be translated as translated as she saw with the child what did she see with the child she saw the divine presence through sio she saw something with the child and that was the divine presence so the ramban is telling us that in our Parsha coming along with this gift to the mishkan is a gift to the person who's giving the gift and that gift is the presence of Hashem a revelation of hashem's presence in that person's life just like Moshe rabenu it could be seen the presence of Hashem with this child with mushroom with Moses the baby Moshe okay so that's the ramban in our Parsha and I'd like to look back now on the ramban to the ramban chapter 25 verse 3. there it says [Music] this is the donation that you shall take from them says they're gold and silver and bronze the same exact items okay so it's a parallel verse there is going to refer to samaj which we'll also see together which are really quite amazing and Powerful says and by the way before we before we jump deeply into the ramban the question that we really need to ask ourselves is and this is a foundational question for life how do we get God's presence in her life what does it mean to have God's presence in our life how do we get hashem's presence I would say that it means that we have seat we have unique Divine assistance in what we do unusual Divine assistance in what we do what does that mean that's we're going to see what that means very shortly let's see because that's what we're talking about here having God in our lives what doesn't mean to have God in our lives what does it mean what does it mean divine presence of based on the deeper sources it's like what it says in the verse that God gave wisdom to King Solomon who is this wisdom we also find in regards to basala that he had a unique wisdom excuse me a unique understanding a unique ability I would say the king Kosovo versus we find in regards to yaakovino Jacob that he gave blessings to his children and he said as follows and this is that he this is right this is the verse this is what their father said to them when he was giving blessings to his 12 sons and he blessed them foreign and it says and this is the blessing and this is the blessing right use the same language and this is the truma so the word Visa and this what is this what is the ultimate and this says the ramban the ultimate and this is the is that which we see manifest as a blessing is that which we see King Solomon has wisdom it's a manifestation of godliness of shechina of divine presence in the person's life [Music] we find the verse says we say this in in from God this was this was from God it's an awesome thing in our eyes what is this it's from God right you can see clearly when you see clearly that something awesome happens in your life something that seems to be Supernatural it's from Hashem that's the blessing that's what we're talking when we talk about shrina we talk about God's divine presence we're talking about these blessings we are talking about this is this it's this it's something that is unmistakable there could be nowhere else where this came from the celebrations we have a magic in gracious rabba which hints to this idea it speaks about the fact it uses the word Visa in a number of places and this in regards to Blessings regards to the blessings of yaakovino uses the word vis-oice and this in regards to the blessings of Moshe rabenu it uses the word visions right it's something that you need intuition to understand you need to what does Bina mean what is the one who understands will understand or will contemplate it means you need to intuitively understand Maybe one matter from another when you see that there are parallels you can start to understand what's going on when you see the same word being used in a few different locations there's a concept that's being taught in the language that's chosen the ramban is teaching us foreign also which is back in our Parsha which we'll see very shortly this is a says the magic and he quotes it this is the Truman you shall take from them that's the plastic that we it says the same language in our verse over here chapter 25 verse 3 and it'll also said in the first verse that we quoted which was which was uh chapter 35 verse 5. it doesn't use the word visas okay interesting okay but the measures quotes are possuk the magician in parshus goes upon the impartial stroma which is a similar language says the Madras an unbelievable thing we need to understand this deeply we want to know this is the question okay which we're trying to get to and we get shrina in our lives and we get blessings in our lives how do we get Supernatural assistance how do we get Hashem so to speak in our lives so that what we do succeeds or so that we're doing things that are aligned with godliness and thereby experiencing Hashem in our lives and success in our lives foreign there's an aspect of the Jewish people called Kinesis Israel which means the Gathering of Israel it could mean the the congregation right there were congregation is a nice word because congregation knesses means like a beta knesset is a is a congregation a synagogue it's a place where the Jews congregate but on a deeper level the word Kinesis Israel nadiva sources refers to a place in the upper spheres refers to the place where the souls of the people of Israel right we have a soul it's in our body different aspects of the soul in different parts of our body there's an aspect of our soul which the only the bottom of that aspect is in our minds in our brain and it reaches up the higher aspects go all the way up to the highest Realms of spirituality to the place of the key say I covered God's Divine throne is the place where all of our souls actually connect with each other knesses Israel is the place where all of our souls connect with each other and that is also the place where God as it were resides God sends down his shepher his Divine influx to us canes Israel that point the congregation of Israel that is true so we find that the congregation of Israel is referred to these are very deep ideas bear with me try to try to hear me out the congregation of Israel is referred to as a truma as a as a donation to Hashem the word truma actually means means to pick up or to separate out right when I give a donation I take from my money and I separated it out I lift it up I use it for a higher purpose the Holy One of Israel the the Jewish people the people of Israel is racist to us as the first of his crops the Jewish people are referred to as a truma something that is separated something that is unique something that is special something that is raised up [Music] that's an aspect you want to know you want to understand how do we aspect do we attract or connect to Godliness to Sheena we we through trauma through raising ourselves through being the connecting to and and recognizing that we are tenesis Israel the congregation of Israel holy unto Hashem the first of his crops the Thai the mankind Israel we find in another place since also it's in the magic [Music] Hashem says I sold myself to you I sold I gave the tire I sold it to you and as it were I was sold along with it as the verse says you will take for me you will take me as a Truman when you give says the message when you when you receive the Torah when you when you take the Torah you're taking Hashem as it were with you with the Torah along with the Torah comes Hashem himself godliness as it were when you take a Truman when you give a tithe what does it mean I'm I'm giving a tithe what is what does it mean I'm giving a donation to the temple it means that I am showing that this is what's important I'm raising myself up I'm taking a significant portion of my money of my wherewithal of right money is really time money is about something that I spent my time in that had value for somebody else they paid me I'm taking that money and I'm showing that what is my time worth what is valuable to me the mission going to show the Tabernacle what is the result by giving that giving that insignificance showing that this is what's important to me by doing that I receive Hashem Hashem is so to speak drawn down into my life Imo the tumor will be for me and I will come with it Hashem says when you give a donation to to the Tabernacle I come along you have drawn me to you like the verse says in the song of songs I am to my beloved and my beloved is to me through them through the trauma through the donation I draw Hashem into my life is right Hashem also tells mosha you need to construct the the Tabernacle just exactly the way I show you the word Ani which means I I'm the one showing you right it's that which is shown to you right he had an experience Moshe Rabino had an experience of Hashem and through the mishkan through the kalim through the gold the silver then the fashioning of these of these vessels which are meant to serve God there's a manifestation of Hashem in this world through doing hashem's will through seeking out his will through pining Desiring service of Hashem that's how we draw Hashem into our lives [Music] okay so the idea here is the foundation here is that what do we have what do we have when we when we serve Hashem what do we have what do we have when we give when we give something to the Michigan to the Tabernacle what do we have what are the blessings what are the blessings that yaakov avinu Jacob is giving to his kids what are the blessings that motion are being was giving to the Jewish people the blessings are a manifestation of Hashem there are manifestation of God's will in the world I want to read you the magician our Parsha the verse says that all of those who were wise of heart they did all them Allah they did all of that which needed to be done all of the service of Hashem and this was quoted in the ramban but I'd like to read it to you inside what was the work that they did what was the work that they were doing what were they trying to accomplish is it Malacca it's so hard to weave something that requires wisdom and something that requires a certain talent but is it hard is it like something hard the answer is that they were doing something that required there was something that was difficult the knesses what they were doing is they were raising up the Jewish people through their actions through their dedication through their commitment to serving Hashem in this way in the way that's prescribed in the creation of the Tabernacle they were raising up the Jewish people because they the Jewish people are now the choice the choice of mankind the choicest human beings of mankind gold and silver that we refer to so can assist Israel what is the gold and the silver of the world it's the people of Israel it's the congregation of Israel foreign to the Jewish people silver and gold amazing references refers to the fact that they brought silver gold bronze to reference the Earth's Israel the land of Israel is the choice land of the entire world this is the place where we properly service Hashem whereas the first the fact that they brought the blue strings the strings that were dyed with the blood of the hilazine Israel once again it's a reference to the congregation of Israel foreign to the Jewish people the fact that we are one string Choice string right tennis was something that was worn by by the royalty royalty we are the royalty of the world is these different types of wool the different colors are reference to the Jewish people as well but the idea here is and the depth of the idea here is we want to know how to receive blessings we want to know how to have Sia to the smile we want to know how to have Divine assistance in our lives in all that we do we want to accomplish in the world we want our accomplishments to be significant and Lasting how do we get this how do we acquire this how do we align with this how do we get Divine assistance in our life and imagine she's telling us and the tsukumar telling us telling us that how do you get blessings how do you get the divine presence it's called a mishkan which means a tabernacle but the word mishkan the root of it is which means God's divine presence the Tabernacle is a place where God resides and when the Jewish people were in that place in that space they had unbelievable awareness and ability that goes beyond the the norm one of the majority ones I'm not going to read right now says that whoever was involved in the mishkan even if they didn't have talent they were able to do things that they couldn't naturally do which means that I can access something that's much higher than me the source of all Talent the source of all wisdom the source of all Beauty how do I access it I have to connect in to the root of my soul to connect into the place where where the divine presence rests the kisiakave The Throne of God's glory and where is that place it's called the Kinesis Israel it's called the congregation of Israel it's the root of all of our souls where they connect and combine and how do I connect into that that's what the message is telling us is by receiving the blessings by receiving the blessings it's by receiving the blessings of Moshe rabenu but what are those blessings those blessings are really just an indication or clarification of what is my purpose in life my purpose in life is to serve Hashem how do I serve Hashem by bringing him an offering by taking that which is mine and saying hey this isn't mine this is for you Hashem it's by bringing my talents bringing my wherewithal that which I've earned and saying here shall I offer it to you what is my life about what is what is why do I have all of these possessions why do I have all so much time right you know think about it we have much more time than people 100 years ago people didn't live as long as we do I don't know what the average ages were but today you know people live 70s 80s 90s wasn't that way 100 years ago we have so much time what do we do with our time we we need to offer it we want Seattle if we want to have the Divine assistance that comes with Sheena with divine presence how do we get that the answer is vehicle you will take me with your truma when you offer Hashem that what you have when you offer Hashem your time your money your ability your talent you're taking him you're bringing him into the world you're bringing him into your life you are accessing shrina you're accessing the divine presence and you will Merit to have Divine assistance so I want to bless you and ask you to bless me Hashem should help us that we should indeed be able to be those who are vvl estimates Hashem when we bring when we offer to Hashem and we offer our lives and our time and our and our wherewithal to God indeed that he is offering something to us that we will receive as a result of what seems like us giving it's really about us receiving thank you so much for listening have a wonderful Shabbos this podcast was made possible through the 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