Parshas Matos Masaei with Rabbi Simcha Bunim Berger

Even ingenious mati the second of the three weeks. Let us learn a little bit about the of the you find this in B. It's in your hand out over here because of the story of fell apart was because of the chicken and the hen, the rooster and the hen tour. It was a major place with lots and lots of people, millions of people that lived there. It's called T Mala the mountain of the king and because of a story of a tarn and tarnis that was destroyed and because the side of a wagon beta was destroyed. Let me just tell you the three stories very quickly and we're going to focus on the Kamsa Kamsa story this week. Kamsa Baramsa story as you all know there was a fellow Hau Gavra who was making a party he liked Kamsa he didn't like Baramsa the invitation went out and they sent it to the wrong person they invited bar kamsa he showed up and the gava said what are you doing here I got invited it was a mistake you could leave he said I'll pay for my portion I don't want you I'll pay for half of the suda I don't want you I'll pay for the whole suda I don't want you. And they got rid of him. Eventually he wanted to take revenge this baramsa and the thing was midar until they went and brought the Romans inside and neb this was the story of the catalyst that your was destroyed. The Garra goes on to tell a story about a taragel and a tarn which is a chicken, a rooster and a hen. Once upon a time when Eden would get married, one of the stick that they would do before the and was bring a chicken, a rooster and a chicken and they would sort of be like pu pu and revu is male and female. Pru and revu chicken. the two the story is that some Roman um a garrison of Romans went and took the chickens away and the yeeton went after them and he hit them and then Caesar found out and to Malco which was where all those people lived there was was destroyed because of this that's the second story the third story which is ashaka The rispic kalisol used to have a minnick. When a little boy was born or a little girl was born, they would plant a tree. Special tree for the boy, a special tree like an arz, a pine tree, special tree which was planted. And then when he got older, they would use that tree and make a hoop out of it. Story is that the daughter of Caesar was driving and she had a breakdown in her chariot. One piece of the wood broke. They went to a tree, her soldiers, her attendants, and cut the tree. When the Jews saw that, they revolted and they beat up these people. Caesar heard about it and that has happened in Betar or with Bar and that's how Betar was destroyed. Now that's the and the why three stories why three separate episodes. Why not one story >> like and that destroyed everything? The Gimarra makes a point of telling us three separate episodes which describe or are identified and connected to three separate places. What is the message of why was this the catalyst? which was the mountain of the king where all of where millions of people lived didn't happen by chance. And the same the so what what is the fact because because of a chicken that's why that because of these this chicken chicken that's why to Maka was destroyed come on what's the secret vid listen to the introduction ction. They're very deep. Had three things that they could be proud of and that made them distinct and separate than other people. made them number one who which is the most important init as it says in parces what eritus needs The is involved in there's nothing that doesn't happen in that doesn't have his that's because the is there. So distinction is number one that's one that's your next paragraph. It was also had millions of people living in the was holy because of the there and the people that were there were so numerous. There were fortified places so that the people were protected. They had they had healthy walled cities. They had fortified areas. Actually the means to say it's these three things that gave us. It's not just a desert. On the contrary, it's lush. There's in the land. The land itself is a beautiful land. That's number one. Number two. Number three. And if you pay attention says the mar when moenu told the to go to he mentioned all these three things see if there are a lot of people what is that then afterwards he says What is that? If there's how do they live? He said, "Is it a fat land? Is it a luscious land? Is it a good land? See the people, see the the see the cities, and see the quality of the earth." When Misha Rabenu told the Maglin to check out Erit, he said exactly that. Take a look. Because some lands have a lot of people, but they're exposed. They're not well protected. Some of them are protected, but they're not a lot of people. Some of the lands are well protected, a lot of people, but they don't have good they don't have good soil. They don't have it. Each one is a mile of and therefore bottom of the column the was the fact that the gimra is itemizing these three places the holy city the city of the shina to Mala the mountain of the king as we'll see maybe not this week next week had millions and millions of people and they were killed with a story that was triggered through a tarnas which represented Puru which represented a big nation and the city of Bar which was a fortified city. Those are the three different mileas of and each one is because each one unfortunately is its own milo with its own individual. Okay, as we'll talk about next column show and it's called that's part of the beauty and the glory of a king. that now those were the three let's talk about for now each one fell apart because of the Indian that was to it explains key now this part is underlined gentlemen and I'm going to explain to you why was the catalyst for the destruction why not why not why not why the answer is the purpose of the mikdash and is to unify the Jewish people init. We all gather together. We come together to bring our carbon. We have one msbayak. You're not allowed to build any bum. There has to be one altar. Before there was a ban mikdash or a centralized place was able to have a bum. You could have your own little place in the back m your own bum. But as soon as Cla saw whether it was the Mishkan, whether it was Gilgal, whether it was your Shalim, as soon as you had a centralized place, all the Bas are, you know, I expect you to show up. No such a thing as you're part of the group of so the premise of the mikdash is we're one group. If there's and we're separate then why do we deserve to have a ba mikdash? then we're undermining the unity of what the B mikdash stands for. It's very logical. Doesn't go together. If you're not one, then you're not one. And if you're not one, then what are you doing with one bash? So then you know it's gone. The whole place was made for I want to explain this is a big vert. This is one of the most important words I've ment You really need to understand this. I want to know says the why was he called and you couldn't find another name for these people. And I also want to know something else. Barams was the guy who was invited who shouldn't have been there. What did Kama do wrong? Why is it always in history known as Kamsa? What did Kamza do wrong? He was his friend. He was the one who supposed to show up. Why is he? Because just cuz we mixed up the names. Mal says, "No, I want you to know that Kamsa was as guilty >> as Baramsa." You're going to hear a big kadesh now. Kamsa was as guilty as Baramsa. He says like this. First of all, a kamsa is known as a grasshopper in lshen kazal. Kamsa is the name of a grasshopper. It's also the name of an ant. Grasshoppers and ants are insects that have a very interesting common denominator. They don't have a king or queen. Bees have a queen bee. There's a centralized that's them. >> That's right. It was >> That's right. They don't have That's right. The word means you take off a piece. You're separating a piece. The word the name means because they write they make fall apart. Okay, that's why it says we talked about this once with there's no it talks about I want to explain to you. Here's the last piece. It's right over here where there's a little star right and there's a line right there. Listen to this. Why is go down in history as being part of the problem? Because there was when people don't get along with each other. You should have given it. >> When one person has a fight with another person, if all of the say to him, what are you fighting with him for? If he has no support, he'll come around. The people who support Mikis are as bad if not worse than the ballet makus because supporting Mahis is what allows the Mahus to survive. Every person that has a fight with somebody, you'll look in and find that there's a friend or two or three that's supporting this fight. You find a friend to fight with the other person to help him fight the zam. The friendship of tra that friendship that friendship is there to support a friendship is in itself destructive. You can't support a person who's doing something wrong about misus. So you think you're his friend and the is a positive thing. Kamso was invited because he was a friend. Baramso was not invited because he was not a friend. When Baramsa showed up, you don't think Kamsa was there? He didn't need an invite. He was a friend anyway. So when the mixup happened, why didn't Kamsa tell the gavraus? Why did Kamsa keep quiet? Why didn't Kamsa say it's an honest mistake? He supported him. He's responsible, too. It's just as much his fault. It's Kamso with Baramso that this happened says the Mar. It's kamso with barams because supporting is itself a therefore you're teaming up to create a and therefore says the kamso is as guilty as Baramso. Hamza, the friend was just as much the problem as Baramso, the person who was the enemy. >> We don't know the name of the person who >> we don't know the name. You know why? Because that's correct. They're the ones who were the catalyst. It takes a lot of guts to be able to tell your friend you're doing something wrong. Real friendship is when you can tell your friend you're messing up. That's real to look away when your friend does something wrong. I don't want to ruin the relationship. The relationship is a kamsa type of relationship. Even he's called an ant or a grasshopper. Even the relationship is itself mus. If you really care about somebody, he's really your friend and you see he's doing something wrong, then have the courage to be a good friend and tell him you're messing up.