Parshat Vayechi: Yaakov Blesses the Tribes - Rabbi David Kaplan

[Music] I want to go to a a partial safety we have a few more points who want to finish up here and partially feet so the first is like this we were talking last time about the brachot them in a sham in Menasha and frame and I want to show you something very interesting here first of all I'm page 272 this is this is where we're gonna show how even home is remember the Austin one join us here join us at the table here everybody make yourselves comfortable thank you very much everybody has a unit you know they always ask you about what's the difference between learning Gomorrah and learning commish now you can learn Hamish the same way you learn Gomorrah and what happens is as a result of learning Amara you learn how much differently you do everything in life differently when you learn enough Gomorrah you know you know if you've learned you've experienced it often or what happens is you become what I call but like it's my own expression I caught you become the goal is to become a Gomorrah creature right where everything becomes a Gomorrah you know where it's like you know is a your wife says you would like for supper mullux or flakes what do you want for supper meaty milk dairy or dairy or meat well if I have dairy that I won't do it but if I have meat then I'll be pleasure to you know they everything in life becomes like that your whole life becomes a Gomorrah which is why the tour leaders of the Generation Y win any even on what's called none Torah issues we turn to them because it's the same mind that's gonna analyze the issue over here it's a same exact mine it's going to analyze a social or a national issue as it is learning or it's just another Tasos for that and the same way that they can understand that those is better than the rest of us they understand the world better than the rest of us so so the whole that in a torah home that's standard if somebody would ask mind i kids ask me a question does he daddy are we gonna do this my responses and yes sir my son says what's your have amina i say yes or no more so it's like when you're learning good more you wear what was the Guerra's Harvey wasn't worth King before I got the answer and the answer said no but what were you thinking when you asked the question that I had to tell you know if you've been there if you've done there and Gubar class where you ask what was the guar even thinking that the guar has such a question that's how we talk that's standard in the home daddy could I have money to go there I have money to go what do you got to buy new sweater what you're having Meena I say yes or no what was there however why would you no why would you even think I would say yes that you asked the question you know the whole thing becomes the whole thing becomes it all becomes a Gomorrah I heard one rabbi rabbi over here who was I call the ultimate Kumar creature yeah he was sitting in jobs table apparently one of the kids was bringing a sailor to the table the other kids suddenly got up out of his chair turn and hit the kid the salad fell so everybody went boy and he went now you had a right to be there now you didn't see where you're going oh the woods lowland all he turned into a turn into a piece of Bubba , the whole thing turned into big piece of Bubba comment so when Abel's your mind simply becomes conditioned that way that's that's the Jewish mind this is the Jewish mind Shaul Mofaz was the at one point was the defense minister when they were doing the and and they were doing the the Gush Katif you know the withdrawal from Gush Katif so the the when they were tossing the be party who said he have to give back the land so they felt sure Owen felt that it would be in his best interest if he can get some religious backing for it that would hold kasi so whatever was he sent sure all my father's was more traditional sharona's as is it was Rosanna kyboots show my father's more traditional he sent job of us a speaker of Ayasha itself see if he could get relative to to get him some backing on this issue so he went through Yasha to try to bait him you know try to try to draw a holy ash even which was a bad mistake they go through Yasha he says how much should we take into consideration loss of life to Jewish soldiers so he I should said very much he wouldn't commit he didn't he didn't commit that if he just said well yeah that's a very big consideration so then Moffat said to him well how Anna and I'm sure that he thought well I'll work the old rabbi I'm sure he told her Rome before one just loved you leave it to me I'll work the old rabbi over here so he goes he says early Asif and how much should we take into consideration the opinion of the Americans so he actually sent them out understand the question the whole thing is because the opinion of the American citizens Omo faster drop and he left with his tail between his legs hello like the old rabbi isn't isn't isn't the the turtle that I thought he was you know step ahead of me so it's all a result right now that's right the reason I bring the up in your introduction let's take a look at posting your design over here interesting good more question and busting your design remember Yaakov goes that he crosses his hands okay now look at puzzle you're designing a page 272 Bayardo safety yoshi's of the Vig Amina or OSHA fried Yosef saw that his father put his right hand on a frames head by a robbery nerve was bad in his eyes by each monkey odd of Eve loss or some arrows or five others now he reaches for his father's hand to remove it so I've the following question a man who crosses his arms to give a Bravo Yaakov Aveeno when he crosses arms ooga do you think that's an act that's done with forethought or without forethought I would say with you know most people don't go in like this what they're giving a Bravo so vo safe saw you ready for the thumbs now if yo safe saw that Yaakov did something with forethought so why did yo se think that Yakko didn't understand what was going on I mean you also should have a said well my father crossing his arms obviously understands what's going on and if he's doing it so he obviously thought of what I thought of and he's still doing it in spite of this why just have objected well whatever your objection is whatever your objections will dig me out go figure that he obviously must have because he's crossing his hand so he crosses hands he's doing it in spite he knows why he's doing it say knows what the problem could be you follow the question what did you say think that Yakko thought thing else I've decided try to correct him you follow you following question galaxy for all our questions okay in other words if I see the example I gave it like this if I see that you're yeah you're a rational person yeah you're you're a somewhat rational person okay if I see you wrestle person smoking a cigarette and so once a while annoying people will go over to somebody's smoking and they'll say something like you know that's not healthy now did you have a have Amina that there's anyone in the 21st century who doesn't know that right so if you if you're not an annoying person if you're a well-meaning person if you're an annoying person there's no help for you but other other than other than rawhide if you're a well-meaning person and is intelligent well-meaning person I light up a cigarette and you the intelligent well-meaning person come over to me and tell you by the way that's not healthy now for some reason you must think that I'm not aware of what you're aware of you follow otherwise if again if you're an annoying person so there's no way there's no restraint but at first someone who is well me why would you think I don't know what you know and in knowing that I do know what you know and I lit up a cigarette and we saw obviously I'm not concerned about the health benefit the health the healthy the the harm so why would you come over and tell me that your do you follow the question so you'll say sees yakov crosses his arms so obviously my father is crossing his arms he's obviously aware what he's doing and he's doing that with forethought and y'all says don't know it's not a good idea dad yeah but your father obviously thought it was a good idea so why did you say think that Yaakov wasn't aware of something else everyone's aware of that's a question sorry actually so what okay I have this question and that's quite that's why I'm so excited about it actually saw one of the commentaries mentions it when I got here he's actually great brings it up in the India that seafarers see own it's brought down I saw in a different say from the Shahriyar and it's a Pharisee and so I was like the CC Yosef thought the Yaakov thought tell you like what is one of these who thought we you know Yossi thought the echo thought the following but Yossi brings the sun's over to Yaakov the same way that it is more of an inert a of the right hand on the head of the one you're gonna bless the left hand on the younger son so also more of an honor when you bring them to bring the older one on your right side I'm the father and I'm bringing my sons to the grandfather so I take the and I put them on my rights and I take the younger one and put them on my left and I bring them over to the grandfather now if the grandfather receives them that way and he wants to get to the firstborn son that means how are they standing facing the grandfather now they're setting in the opposite direction in which case it would logically make sense that cross your hands to get your right hand on the head of the bar so when Joseph sees Yakko crosses hands Yosef is thinking that Yaakov is thinking that yo safe brought them in Aniak goes left and right as opposed to out goes right and left and therefore yourselves no no no dad I didn't do it the way you think I might have done it I brought Menasha on my left so he'd be on your right and I brought a frame on my right side he'd be to your left I didn't bring them in the way you think I brought them in that's what Yosef was where Yaakov was might have thought that's why he's crazy to that yeah cool response don't know yeah dot even eeeh Dottie no no no I know you're wise I know you're wise and I know that you wouldn't have done that because that would have created problems and I realize you brought them in where the before is to my right and the younger one is to my left yet in spite of that what am i doing I'm crossing my hands over because I want to get to the younger one so what you'll say thought yet you follow you follow that's a good question excellent question actually commentaries that say that these three verses are out of order that is that it's yo safe protested as he saw Jakov going to do it there there actually comes as a big discussion on that because it really does not make sense in the in the order that it's written okay in any of that let's go on Thursday night we started speaking about were Jakov calls and the brothers now and and he's going to he's gonna going to give the brothers each individual bravas now if take a look at a page 274 we want to focus on a few of the brothers over here by ikura acabo bono vo maje su a yellow car made such regrets about Rosie I'm Yaakov calls the brothers gather and I will tell you what's going to happen at the end of days so we mentioned the idea that he says gather together because each one's going to get in an individual assignment ever mention I think Thursday night each one's are you getting into the duel Simon but Jews always have to remember regardless of your individual assignment that we are all on one team over here and everybody's got a role to play on the team now he says about Reuben the following Reuben back orietta Kofi versus reishi Sony yes sir says the yessir us so we mentioned on Thursday Pawhuska my maltose you were spontaneous or impetuous water like impetuosity good word altos are you therefore will not get the extra portion that you're supposed to get here Lisa miss Cavell because he'll Altea Tooele okay so you remain you know your impetuous you're supposed to be the king you supposed to the firstborn supposed to be the co-ed you lose it all now you're under something fascinating what is a nun Cohan called anybody you know what's a nun cohan called are you throw okay could also be a lady but what is he also there's another word for it that the Tori uses way where you have a Cohen comes in and it says has are how Cory view most bizarre which also means what Azhar means a stranger there's army the stranger but a nan Coheed is called a czar and I'm coin in general the generic word you're either coin or you're as are okay not like the Czar of Russia Czar meanings in Zion Rafe you are a you are a nine coin a nun before you only get one per family there's only one firstborn for family what is the goomar refer to as a nun bit a nun before it's called a no Azhar is an inchoate mean and the was called a push it push it means ordinary you have a bahar you have a push it a Nanking you have a Melek you know Nanking you call we only find one verse in michl a we're refers to somebody you're either a king or you're a kosher kosher literally means a dark woman means a lowly person okay a lowly person you're a Melek or a hoe Shula okay so the three things that Reuven lost king Cohen and firstborn the opposite is push it Hacha lands are push it question of desire spell three-letter words pay guess zalien spells what pakka's take a look at the push at the top line Papa's cam I am Altos are Pacha's command because you were impetuous like water therefore you're not going to get the extra portion what are you going to get you're going to get exactly what Papa's is you were impetuous and therefore you get pockets top of page 276 second line so I get word pay stands for push it S stands for Joshua second word on 276 second word top lines I can work pay stands for Pusha S stands for caution Zion stands for desire that's what you get because of your impetuousness your spontaneity your impetuousness therefore your pot your Europe your what he called a pocket okay now Shimon and lady also get rebuked and then he goes to take a look at possible no to the contrary he's rebuking him the first three are gonna get rebukes the first three actually get reviews roofing yes rebuked then Shimon and Lavvy get rebukes because of their age range err unleashing their anger on cam and that's why they are given Broca's Shipman and lady are given a rebuke and then the groshi' even says that when he gets to you hood of you and it starts backing away you know so it's back it away hey like you know I don't like the way this is going dad and Jakob says no no no no you're not getting a review get in a row and he calls Ruth a banker Ruben gets the room it becomes royalty move ain't you heard I'll tell you does I think you're gonna come you're gonna you're the royalty you're going to be the wedding call you're going to be the head of you're gonna be the head of all the tribes do you see where it says low yes sir shave it Mia who the top of page 278 low yell sir shave it me who the the scepter will not remove from your dough cokecake be Bain Rocco page 278 ready to that 278 ready to that I'd Kiev OC low until Shiloh comes Lucy low damage F the low ye cast I'm a man here will gather the nation's now just an amazing amazing it's really an amazing coincidence what was this week was this week the famous holiday this is that there's extra stirs this week which is all about the false messiah right is interesting that in the in the in the parsha that talks about the this is generally the time of year that he falls out and there's a religion here to the messiah she loathes gonna come the machetes gonna come and this is specifically the week where we're where the false messiah is born and so one of the commentaries points out now you have to stay with this gentleman you have to stay with the yellow rush 8t vocês russia tavis means the first letter of each word you take the first letter of each word okay now take a look and that pus look top line okay the first letter is low the first word is low okay look at the next two first letters and the top line on page 278 low then you have a Yiddish in low yesh which you translate is there was there how do you translate there there is not low yesh you see where I am okay Alex you see that that's okay you are now the first word the first word is low then the first letter the lecture is a good yeah and that'll first letter next word is a shin so take the Yoda in the shin spells yesh lo yesh there is not then look at the first three letters of the next three words you have a mem and above and a mem what Sam um no a mum is a blemish a blemish click the next two letters race in INR the first deliver bra glove and a odd right raaah so we have so far low H moon wrap there is no bed blemish look at the next four words cuff you'd shin love Kia shoe like yeah sure there is no bad blemish like Yeshua right you know Yeshua's you your are aware of Yeshua's yes she was the acronym that yashka is always used for in the more yeshu stands for you match them over zero mais name and memory be blotted out so the tourists says over here the russia tables of a low yesh boom rocky issue there is no bad blemish like yeshua and this is specifically in the puss of the talks about when the real my chef is gonna come you know they're supposed to retire over the real my chef is gonna come there's an allusion to the disillusion to the false messiah now yet you should know from a Jewish perspective the history of Yeshua history of your kids you're wondering it is Christmas after all was it was or it is or or whatever it is everything from the Jewish perspective it is in the censored edition of the shots the Christian censors in the Middle Ages did not take kindly to the Jewish version of what happened at TSU according to we have the uncensored edition of the shouts I have a copy at home and the Goron Sanhedrin and it says openly that the Sun Hedren X now there is a bit of confusion exactly was there one year shoe or two yes in other words the one that we won that that what says they made the movie about [Music] which one is it which one is it I am you should know that I grew up I grew up until I was about I wants to live about 1718 till I knew I thought Christ was a swear word because it's the only time I ever heard it what when when when a beer quarterback threw an interception that's what everybody would say and I had no idea what the word actually meant which means the christened wondering which means been the anointed what I had no idea because it was only used on occasions like interceptions badly s interceptive and fingers getting hit by hammers or or getting tickets you know were bad for parking in front of hydrants there was hilly summer vert so I was I think about 1780 till I couldn't do what the word meant so I thought I actually thought it was a bad word now according our to did you the son had an executor I was clear there is one opinion that he was they had to get opinions they had to get permission from the roman there was a guy pantheon Pontius Pilate Pontius Pilate huh how do you pronounce it was Palacios agree okay but the only reason I remember that name by the way because the Blackhawks once had a player named Pierre plot so Pontius Pilate was close enough so that was one of those history names history where history names that I remember but but that was that was so that it's according to the censored edition of the chaste the Christian census took them out and according to the Christian editions as a senator in a signatory clearly clearly executed him that's what it says it was on Pesach according to son because it was when they would execute any public a public what's it called insider to idol worship or the Guru goes through the entire story about how he was born and so on and so forth so that was that was Waco that's what the commentary said it's an illusion over here when they like you know the extrange you ever hear the expression let me lead the lauren meanza bill Raisa there is nothing that is not alluded to in the Torah I think I've alluded to in the Torah whether or not that's the you know the plain meaning certainly not it's certainly anything you want you can find you'll find everything alluded to in the Torah okay now take a look yeah plus like your Dollard this is a fascinating fascinating insight it says east first of all sorry you got skip us a good game o zevulun the coffee ami myshkin's the vulnerable will live it at the seashore the hula coffin eels way across or out see dunk yeah how does he translate it there's a bit crypto etic zulan shall settled by sea shores page 278 the visual side of IC sure she shall be at the ship's harbour it his last border will reach sighted okay so you are aware that zevulun and II saw her had a partnership what does the suckers row let's see saw her come or guram you saw her is the heart bone donkey Rove eights beta Mishra sign crouching between the borders that means there's a donkey he took on the burden of thora he took out the yoke of the Torah in the person like anything else in life if you want to master something you're gonna have to make do it with single-minded devotion nobody ever rose to world-class level in any area of life without single-minded devotion so when we guys told me here my guys once told me he knew a girl was on the American United Stated 18 United States of Olympic swim team you know me and it shows for Florida State she bade the United States Olympic swim team so apparently she told him that between the ages of 9 and 17 there were four days that she was not in a pool to the ages of 9 and 17 I mean if you want something you're going to have to work at it you're going to take down number whatever it is you want world class you want to get to the top you're going to have to take it and raiga see was once walking out of a tennis tournament when he was 12 years old and his father he finished second so they were walking through the parking lot and his father took the second place trophy he threw it in the garbage dumpster and said we didn't enter the tournament to finish second so they I guess he said he'd said all these people you know there they were playing tennis from from the earliest age you know Tiger Woods was playing golf when he was 3 years old all these people if you want you're gonna have to work at it remember Pete Maravich any of you hear of Pete Maravich remember as a basketball player who he said once that yeah 12 years old he was shooting baskets 8 hours a day at 12 years old now it's the only way you're gonna get it person who wants a master Tory could be a hard Bonjour donkey that means like a donkey carries the burden person who wants to learn Torah and master do you want to become a rabbi yosef you have to be Willy to shoulder the burden of Thor ESF to have a wife who's willing to allow your shoulder avail Yossef Josh's wife when really us who got married so the day after his wedding he was hanging around the house he was learning in the house and so I said then why are you here no Yasha said well the Torah says you have to gladden your wife the first year of marriage if I'm going to gladden you so I said you want to glad and you'll go to the base Rhenish so we have walked off to the base vendors he's the learn he had availabilities her she learned by himself in his base vanishes schedule was he used to go to sleep at 10:30 at night he would wake up at 2:00 in the morning and then he would learn from 2:00 till but secret until about 6:00 and he was avid jogger he would learn in the morning hours where we once explained he said to why do you it's a strange schedule why not just go to sleep it wasn't at 1:00 in the morning and get up at 5:00 why do I gotta sleep at 10:30 get it but two he said you know it's for three of o'clock four o'clock in the morning nobody bothers you there are no weddings there's nothing to distract you nobody's gonna call you up at four o'clock in the morning at 11 o'clock at night people are gonna bother you he once had a couple guys once knocked at the door of the house you know they had to come ask a question was about 10:30 at night they knock on the door your Rebbetzin told him you know the roof Groveland to sleep so they're looking like that stranger got a lot door went to sleep at 10:30 at night you know you picture him learning weed that we ours it Ordnung she goes well you know he gets up at 2:00 so they looked with a baffle baffled look he said well you know why she said well he has to know how to answer your questions yeah you know it doesn't happen by itself not when he was when she was on her deathbed some 60 years later the Rebbetzin was on her deathbed and Rivoli ashes the family was sitting around the bed and a certain point she sensed that Rolie Yasha was in the room so with her last ounce of strength she picked up her finger pick it up her hand as you do like this go to the base vanish he got up he went to the base murder she was in the base register when we came in a form of his wife died I mean he want to be a relative there you know it doesn't happen by itself you want to be a real cranky skee you know doesn't happen by itself it means you if the Shirl shoulder the burden so you sucker and zulan had a partnership what was the partnership zulan earns the pernessa and you saw her sits and learns taurah this is the forerunner to today's kollel setup and it's a partnership and our day and age the partnership is between the husband and the wife a wife works if she chooses to if she chooses she wants a guy's gonna learn in the Colo she chooses to shoulder the burden of the partner so she doesn't want though she doesn't have to that's a value to her therefore she does it her father may want to help support her husband so you can learn the head of the Colo man there people are willing to invest in this person's learning so the wife works they have a partnership it's he suffers rule in partnership suelen earned the partner so and he supported you suffer now nowadays they actually have it in the hollow hick realm will you make a contract actually draw up a contract I will in other words there are two ways to support Torah I can donate money excuse me I can donate money to a you Shiva or a Colo and I certainly get reward for supporting tour that way there's a different level of support where actually contract with you a contract with you I will provide you with your living needs in exchange for 50% of your of the reward that you're going to get that even that is a discussion how the reward is divided his reward divided fifty percent fifty percent or the reward is a hundred percent in a hundred percent because reward is spiritual if you take some of the flame for my candle so you've got 100 percent flame and I've got a hundred percent flag we're talk about something spiritual so let's discuss whether it's a hundred percent fifty five however however you split it the the way it's split is is it but that's called ie suckers alone relationship and it is contracted that is contracted and you've taken on the support of that one / some people contract with where wealthy men who contract with many people and they but but what it means is they are providing you with your very basic living expenses and they're making it possible for you to be able to learn now I saw a very beautiful very beautiful explanation why is he sucker compared to a donkey so it very interesting did you ever get discouraged those of you who have come you know if you say no then I don't believe because I'm discouraged myself you know but some things you know you open up a good Mora or a mich then you start looking like wow there's a long way to go over here you know how could anybody ever anybody ever learn all of that you know then you look on the shelf there's a whole bunch of big nasty books on the shelf over there and when you open up each one they got about four different levels of print there's small small or small as the minuscule you know all on one baby you've never seen more spot my goodness I was anybody ever supposed to learn all of this you ever get that feeling okay so so it's it's a very common feeling we get it's interesting that we only get their feeling when it comes to Torah no one ever gets that we're feeling when you're worried waiting in a doctor's office yeah I walk into the doctor's office and a bunch of sports magazines I think no one ever looks like I'm never gonna read them all so I might as well not do any of them you just you know you never if you have 70mm when cable came out so people aren't able to get you know 180 stations or 620 stations whatever you know everybody ever well I'm never gonna be able to watch all of it so I'm not gonna watch any of it you know you pick one and you watch it we save that attitude for Torah when it comes to Torah I'm never gonna be able to finish it you know what I just closed the book oh there's something else go out your cable TV show and I said no it's pure that pure evil inclination trying to pull us away from what's important so there was a man named rabbi lazer platoon ski ever laser pledges he was rebel yes his brother-in-law as it happens so that should tell you something about the man's stature the laser platoon see a major major Torah scholar he was once walking in old Jerusalem about 80 years ago 90 years ago whatever it was he passes by a quarry near these Arab workers who are pouring out Jerusalem stone out of the mountainside so the quarry out they they dig out the stone they query out the stone and they load it up on a donkey and then the donkey has to carry the stone up up the incline out of the quarry try purple privileges he said under watching and one of the herbs loads up a donkey and the donkey takes a couple of steps and he stops so the Arab takes can he smacks the donkey donkey doesn't move smacks him again the donkey doesn't move the Arab goes over he takes a towel then he drapes the towel over the donkey's head donkey turns to suppose his head down starts walking next you know the donkey's out of the quarry the Chevrolets approaches he said I now understand the pus look why you suckers compared to a donkey what happened to their donkey in the quarry the Arab loaded him up with stones the donkey took a look I gotta get from here all the way up there I'm never gonna get all the way up there forget it he doesn't move so what does he do puts a towel over his head he takes a look done so I got to get from here to here donkeys don't have good memories that remember he has to get up to that he just looks down I gotta get from here near he takes a step I got to get from here to here he takes another step I gotta get from your dear take that next you know you're outside the quarry because that's what the attitude would person studying tourists supposed to be don't worry about the end of the book you're studying this busser you're studying this I law that you're studying this Mishnah you're starting this page romário study that's right study study study it learn it one page at a time next thing you know you'll finish you're worried about today don't worry so much about finishing worry about enjoying the trip right that's what you're doing once one step at a time there's actually a Midrash that says there's a very interesting medicine by Eucharist the medicine baker says a guy walks into the basis of marriage the first time and a person walks into a big surgery man you remember your first time you walk into a base med rich into a yeshiva and you take a look and you all you see is shelves full of sorrow and your attitude is my goodness who could learn all of this and you just turn around you walk out magic says that's what a fool does the wise man walks in and he says alright I'll learn to how lockers today and I'll learn to Aloha's tomorrow and eventually I'll finish the entire Torah that's what the wise man does what does that mean I mean what are you looking at why why all of a sudden you think you have to finish it all you're not gonna fish so I can tell you right now you're not gonna fish at all in to the contrary the more you study the more you're going to feel deficient because like anything else in life the more you study the more you realize how vast it is a person who's takes a look at the water you take a look at the ocean wow it's a big ocean a person who goes diving down into the ocean he sees that the ocean is much bigger than the person who's standing on the surface so we stand on the surface I thought that the ocean may be five feet deep for all I know I don't know it just looked long right and it's five feet deep till you go diving down the ocean see their worlds on anything any worlds in the ocean the more you go into Tora those or you see you're not gonna finish it anyway I said I'm trying to finish it for designer jobs of it our job is to be involved in a study it does that the idea of you sorry compared to drunky the same way that a donkey takes one step at a time that's our job take one step at a time if you take one step a time as many thousands and thousands of people have done in the past and eventually surprise yourself uterine said my goodness I've accomplished an awful lot a lot more than I thought I personally could have accomplished each person and an individual level [Music] you