Emet Inspire - Rabbi Mordechai Kraft - Parashat Emor

Welcome back to this week's EMTT inspired. I'm just I'm very happy to be able to offer a few words and some thoughts of inspiration as we as we go into the Shabbat. Now, one thing that we do at EMTT is we offer kabura for our advanced girls in which we're working on different meat and ways to grow in. One thing we're working right now particularly is on a fascinating meetup which is really the meet up of how do we greet one another? How do we say hello to each other? And surprisingly, this is something very important because the task of a Jew really is to walk in the ways of Hashem. And we understand that one of the attributes of Hashem is that he's made up of he has a hor he shines his countenance upon us. In other words, he greets us with such warmth and and a smile. And therefore, that's the way Coach Bar does it. It means that we also have to resemble him. And we have to work on how do we greet each other? How do we look at each other? And and just like Hashem greets us and gives us a warmth and brings out something from us that we know we have, that's who we're supposed to be, look at something, say to them, give the greedy we need to bring out the greatness. So very fascinating. We understand that if we want to know really how far does this idea go in terms of greeding, what what does a grieving look like? Well, we understand we have a hala and the says as follows. It says it's brought down either the one who goes and greets his friend before he praise. It's as if he's offered up some sort of false offering and it's brought down actually say we understand that it says that that in pas says that bishopes when he meets a friend of the marketplace or a person who is goes to a friend's house before he plays more we understand that something was not supposed to do Well, can't greet somebody before they greet a come and that's the point. And the question is why? And the reason is the time brought down is because to greet somebody before one's greeted Hashem is in some ways a a denial of the honor that we owe Hashem. If I greet my friend or I go out of my way to greet my friend before I end. Perhaps if I meet them along the way or somewhere at the home, it might be different. But to go out of my way to greet a friend before I greeted the creator of the world insulting to Hashem. How could we do something which which in any way detracts from the honor that we have to give to Hashem? If we greet someone before I greeted Hashem, before I greeted God, I I dishonored God in some way. The question on that in the altimist asked this question, but wait a minute. The way we greet somebody is completely different than the way we greet Hashem. Hashem obviously the king of kings would greet with all the honor to the king and yet my friend I greet I should show honor I show respect but certainly it's different in the way I'll greet the alternative insight and he points out that we know that in the next world as we arrive we're going to be asked certain questions some of the questions I think we're familiar with have we have we practiced our business did we practice our business This is honestly a bit sadly sure did we look towards the are we did we set time for however there's another question that maybe some of us aren't so familiar and the question that they ask us in this world is did you treat your friend like a king did you cause your friend to be a me cause your friend to be a king that's questions to what does it mean? It means the way we greet each other has to be the way we greet a king and therefore go out of our way to greet one's friend before we greeted the king of kings. It's a lack of honor for because the way we greet another human is accept that person as a king. Can you treat your friend royally and therefore you out of our way to greet that friend before we pray? In essence is taking them away. the attracts and the honor that is is due to the King of Kings. This is the way we have to treat one another. We have to look at each other and see royalty in who we are. Look at each other and say, "You're a king in my eyes." And by doing so and let that person realize how much we value them, of course, that there's so much for a person to realize that they have a greatness that they can express out into the world. They give us such confidence. If we can do that for one another, if we can understand that every human being, every of course possesses this royalty. What a wonderful wonderful way to give that gift. Let somebody know how worthy they are. Treat them like a king. The way monster wants to we should feel that royalty true that by doing so we should build a nation that truly understands this great gift what it means to be an obstacle.