Ki Seitze - Moshiach Comes When We Go To The Root

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari goldwag recorded with hash's never ending assistance in Rish Israel 5784 20124 this week's para and I'd like to share with you a very interesting thought it relates to shabas it relates to rash it relates to mashiach and interestingly the the foundation of this idea is based on the MIT of sh that if a person wants to take the eggs of a mother bird there's an obligation to send away the mother bird we're going to try to understand a little bit of what that has to do what is the concept behind it what is the the what are we supposed to learn from this Mitzvah and also interestingly we're going to see that it has to do with mhi you know it's one of my favorite topics as you might know and we're going to see it has to do with mhia The Bu tells us if let's say you're walking along you're walking along let's say you come across a nest the mother is at the in the nest it has in it chicks or it has in it eggs that you want to take the mother bird is there taking care of the chicks or on the eggs him so Torah tells us don't take the mother bird together with the baby birds don't take them together send away the mother bird you're allowed to take you're allowed to eat food you're allowed to eat these animals were made for us to be able to eat the says but send away the mother bird don't take them all together it's a similar commandment to to not to cook the child in the mother's milk it has to do with a a sense of respect for Generations don't destroy something completely let the mother get away she'll be able to make more birds you're not going to destroy the species perhaps we could say she'll be able to lay more eggs the species will continue and the P ends up by saying that this will be good for you and you will have a long life this will be good for you and you will have a long life so what's what's the message or the concept behind this Mitzvah so I'd like to turn for a moment to the m I'm going to share with you two MIM actually three MIM one of which is just the in the in the in the p in in the Mitzvah and one is the connection to mashia and a third mag that has to do with Ria and yob and as [Music] and some Su there's a lot there's a lot going on here I want to share with you and it's very deep it's very powerful and I encourage you to stay with me from now till the end you'll have a really deep idea one thing I want to point out says the send away the mother [Music] bird says it's not really necessary sending away the mother bird I'm saying the the mother bird do okay has compassion on all of his Creations but the pus is the most simple understanding is that that's talking about all of his Creations human beings Hashem made the birds for us to eat them for us to enjoy them for us to cook them okay it doesn't sound so nice to the Western ear but that's the facts or they for carbas they're for sacrifices Etc there's there's a purpose for them but they're not intrinsically they're not sentient beings they're not humans despite if you watch s and you believe in Big Bird they're not sentient human beings right so what is the idea why ises the seem to care about the mother [Music] bird the mother bird is involved in the honor of the world the the continuing function of the world so it should be saved what does it mean exactly so I'm going to say myot based on other things we're going to see I think that it means that the motherb bird is involved in the continuation of its species the mother bird cares about its children about its its either the chicks or the eggs that are in the in the nest and as a reward for that we're going to let it go and I'm adding giving an opportunity to be able to continue to have more eggs more chicks okay why because it cares about and of course it's instinctive but the is saying this instinct is something that needs to be encouraged needs to be valued needs to be shown respect we need to show respect for the for the mother bird as it were then the says something interesting OB we find that a bird doesn't have any intrinsic Merit doesn't have any Merit from its forefathers from the from the birds that came before it doesn't have any covenants with God but yet the children its children they they do something for it right because the person wants to take the babies wants to take the the chicks or the eggs so the mother is allowed to go free you can't take the mother and and kill the mother so it benefits from we could say taking care of its [Music] children so we the children of Abraham ISAC and Jacob we have the merits of our forefathers we have from whom to learn see this is an important Point here certainly that if someone has has gone off someone has done something wrong Hashem will bring about a kapar for us just like the motherb bird is rewarded for something that is doing for its children so to we have merits and we have a future we have a future even if we've gone off even if we've done something wrong we still have a future right in the future it's we're going to there's going to be a kapar there's going to be an atonement for us that's L of Love is a interesting language usually ref to mashiah Messianic age or world to come what does this mean we're going to we're going to come back to this point but it's going to connect in to the next part of the magish that I want to share with you and here's where it gets even more interesting okay so so before the more interesting simple CH why do we send away the mother bird it's to recognize what it's done it's done something good for its children for its babies protecting them bringing them into the World perhaps we want to acknowledge the value of the mother we should acknowledge the value of our mothers generally speaking thank you Mommy thank you to my wife mother of my children thank you you know there's a recognition and appreciation that's engendered in this Mitzvah okay another explanation says this is in what we just read was in section he in section the seventh section what is accomplished by sending away the mother bird says something that was very difficult to understand on the service on the surface of it if you have fulfilled this commandment you are if you fulfill this commandment and I I'm adding if you understand the essence of what this commandment is and you fulfill it because it's not an easy Mitzvah to get it doesn't happen all the time I happened to be able to do this mitvah not long ago because my sister had such an a nest on her porch and she was able to be M okay it's a little complicated exactly how you get it to work but it's not a Mitzvah that comes along often but if you do this Mitzvah or maybe if you understand the essence of it and you take the message to heart I'm I'm adding you help bring M why what is this have to do with mhia it says in two different contexts the word sh which means to send over here we're saying that you have to send away the mother bird and in conidence with that there's a different sending hasem sends mhia sends the prophet to inform us that mhia is about to arrive what is the understanding we need to understand what's the sending what is the idea of sending the PK says in yes and I'd like to also read this to you in the context but first out of context the P refers to those who are sent regel with literal the m is taking a very literal they're sent by foot the shore and theur the ox and the the Donkey before explain the ox and the donkey what is the idea we're going to see more of this in another Mish but the ox and the donkey refer Ox is y is referred to as a we know that MAV comes he appears as an he comes as a poor man riding on a donkey so the P refers to MH and mhav being sent being sent so so when you send away the mother bird you are helping Hashem as it were to send MAV right we need to understand this but that's what it says now it talks about if you send away the mother bird sh so you bring about you hasten the Advent of Elijah the prophet the says it also says sending by Elijah the prophet behold I sending to you a to the prophet prophet he will come and he will console you okay he says the hearts of the sons on the fathers and the hearts of the fathers on the sons he's going to bringing everything back into balance which is interesting because here we are as thefor point out here we are talking about the motherb bird and the child bird the the child protects the mother the the the fact that you're taking the baby birds it helps you get it helps the mother that she has a compar she gets sent away what's going on here what's the what's the concept here okay that's the medish that's the medish we need to understand we need to understand this so two things first of all first of all I want to read to you one more mes and this Mish is found this is referenced in the I believe in the OR okay hear this because we're going to we talked about a sh and aam the ax and the and the donkey and there's another place where the P says sh and besides for this which I do want to see inside there's another place that talks about a is coming back from he's married his wives he has 12 tribes or 11 out of 12 is about to be born and ASV is coming out and it seems like he's in a battle posture and yob sends a message to asov I lived with L and I have a I've veled my own my own livestock so what what was he referring to when he said he said I have an ox and a and and a donkey was hinting the fact that I don't need to be afraid of you was born he's called an ox mentioned to you earlier he's called an ox I'm not afraid of you as because I have someone named in reference to that refers to him that he's poor and he's riding on a KN on a mule on a donkey also says says I have sheep the in Ezekiel 34:31 refers to the Jewish people to the to the tribes of Israel as sheep holy sheep so I've got all of this says yov Gish asov Judah was also a powerful enemy of asov he's the he has a counter Force he's a counter force of as right we it's perhaps more famous that is his counterforce is y right the the force the power of ysf is to destroy the power of asov right but the mag says that MAV also has that power Yehuda who is the forbearer of m says that in the future the The Lion and the cattle are all going to eat instead of eating meat they're going to instead of being they're not going to be carnivores anymore they're going to eat which means which means straw as is referred to asash straw so both the bucker which is Yos who's the shore he's the ox and the AR which is Yehuda which is the which is the lion they will both destroy asov is the lion he's like the he's like y who is the cattle they're both going to destroy the the straw and how do we no says the M they're not just Yehuda and Y not just MH mavid those are not going to be the only ones who will come to to destroy as in the future but it's going to be all the tribear refers to the the entire nation off says y says I have everything I have animals and I which really means Y and Yehuda Etc I have is he said I I have slaves it's a reference to MOS I have a maid servant it's a reference to r King David is going to come okay so I'm reading you a lot of information here and there's a reason why I'm trying to understand what's what's going on here why is he why is Yakov saying so much about his kids it's very nice he's has kids is going to be in the future saying he's coming now to deal with asov he's coming now to deal with asov why is he talking so much about kids and his offspring and his children and the powers that he has and and and I'm I'm as I'm reading this I'm thinking you know first of all in our context we're talking about when you take the kids right there's something about kids and the mother something that kids and another we'll see in the CLE or exactly what's the idea the depth of it but let's remember asov what was his power asa's spiritual power was that he was M he respected his father he showed in tremendous respect for his father and yov is knows he has to come and battle asov in that in that respect for his respect he has tremendous spiritual power Y is saying you might have the power of the father of the respect for our father but I have the power of my children that's what it seems to me is going on here he's saying I have the power of my children what what's the difference what's the idea what's the concept okay we need to understand that we're going to come back to that hold on to that thought we're going to answer these questions I want to just read to you the p in before we get to the kakra which which really uh you know ties up everything in a nice bundle I read to you about m which refers to the it seems is going to send the ox which is and the which isav reading in context it's just beautiful the are talking about the Messianic age and the says one back it's in chapter 32 verse 15 there's going to be a time says the says yes speaking 3,000 years ago or 2500 years ago it's going to be a time that um the Jewish people are going to be outside of their land they're going to go out into Exile but they're going to come back says Hashem is going to pour out a spirit from above onto US onto the Jewish people onto our land car the section of Israel which had become desolate became like a a Wilderness it's going to come back to life Carmel is a place of of of a k of of sis a place of Vineyards and Fields Israel is going to be transformed in the Messianic age which we've already started to see the beginning of clearly we're already you know perhaps quite far in as I've spoken about in the mhia podcast the Wilderness will become a place of Vineyards and and and it's going to come to life a carel it's going to be forests it's going to come back that which was destroyed is going to come back those who dwell in the wilderness are going to come back to a state of proper relationships between themselves and their fellows it's and there'll be in in these places that have changed from A wilderness to to the places of inhabitation and places of of habitation sorry they've become inhabited and they've become places of life and and Vineyards and Fields there'll be righteousness there and as a result of this righteousness there will be peace eventually as we become more and more connected to to righteous n and Truth in the T and the guidance of hasem which is happening slowly but surely we'll get to quietude we'll get to confidence we'll get to a state of peace my nation will dwell in the city of Peace which is a reference to and in in in sanctuaries that are safe just beautiful description of what we're waiting for we're getting towards and to to a time and a place of of man of rest of of of solitude or not solitude but what had previously been a place where we had lost these forests we had lost these cities everything is going to come back to life and here's where we get to our oh praiseworthy are you those who will be able to plant your seeds there'll be so much water there'll be so much water means you'll be sending out your oxes and your donkeys to collect all of the produce that you'll be producing but the PK is talking about mashia is talking about this amazing peaceful age and the Mish understands that how does it come about by those who are sent it comes about by those who are sent MH y mhav they bring about this peaceful age through their Wars through as the maam explained through the destruction of Israel's enemies so that the world respects us sounds like what's going on today the destruction of our enemies so that our enemies respect us but also a Rejuvenation of our spiritual side but it's so interesting cuz the PK starts off it's talking about sending sending that's what we're talking about here sending away the mother bird there's a sending what is the idea of sending that's what I want to understand what is the idea of sending what's with all these kids what's with all the yaku referring to his offspring in his and but here also there's a there's a planting there's a ascending there's a planting and ascending okay so these are all the questions and now for the wrap up I'd like to read to you from the kaker cuz the y on this P gives us an incredible insight and it really explains everything that we've asked he says like this what is the idea behind this Mitzvah he says that there are two places where we find that the PK tells us we're going to have a long life one place is by Kim respecting our father and our mother and the other place is over here sending away the mother bird and he says that they're really the same theme the we're being an example to our kids when we when we properly respect our parents our kids are going to respect us that's that's that's what it's about that's part of what this Mitzvah is about and when our kids see us send away the mother bird when we take the baby birds we're showing honor as we said from the med we're showing respect for the mother bird that she was involved in taking care of the baby birds we're we're going to let this baby the the mother bird fly free so she can do her thing again so she can continue the species but it's a show of respect for the mother bird so if we show respect to those who give birth even when we're talking about animals certainly our kids should show respect to their parents their mother their father and the the reward for both of them is long life these two Mitzvah strengthen our belief hear this because this is the foundation of what I you know the what's going to explain everything they strengthen our belief in the fact that the world was created and Hashem is constantly recreating the world everything that comes is from an original source which is HEM right what does it mean I respect my parents what does it mean I respect the mother bird I'm showing I respect the antecedants I expect respect those who came before who brought me about that's why I'm here it's because of my parents why were they why did they do they exist because it's their parents and their grandparents you know I know my name do you know your name my name is Ben Ben that's all the way back to 1799 all gold Wags right so I I I show when I understand where I come from I show respect for the ultimate source of everything which isem himself everything goes back to was the beginning of it all every child is born has someone who gave birth to him and it goes back to hasem who's the first one who as it were gave [Music] birth just like I show respect for those who came before me I show respect for Hemm gives honor to all those who give birth why he gives them he gives us an obligation to respect all those who have given birth so that we bring it back to him okay his say C beautifully whenever we have the MIT it talks about shabas it talks about the fact that hm created the world and we're supposed to rest on shabas shabas reminds us that hem created the world in seven days and six days and he rested on the seventh day they're very connected it has to do with understanding where it all comes from who's the original Creator who's the original one who brought everything into existence okay that's the that's the idea that's the amazing depth of the idea of the Mitzvah of of of sending away the mother bir is to show respect for the to the one who gives birth so that our kids obviously hopefully will learn that from us also it's the same idea with K but it all goes back to Hashem who's the original one who gave birth as it were to everyone to everything now let's look back and try to understand what what is Yakov saying to ASA it's incredible it's really incredible because what he's saying is asov you know you've got maybe maybe I can't fight with that but understand what is the what's the are you like our parents are you AIC asov look who comes from me look who it matters who the children are as the M says the children are mizak the parents the babies because of the the baby birds the mother bird flies free it means that at its Essence it's saying that what is mstic what proves that the parents have value is that the kids are good yak is saying you might have you might have but but you didn't continue in the ways of excuse me our parents you're not a sadic you're not righteous look who's going to come from me MHS the the incredible sad MH mhav incredible sadic who's going to come from Rus David Misha all these people what's their they are true Offspring they are true Offspring they are truly powerful against asov who claims k honor my parents I show I value who's before me but he doesn't really because he doesn't himself do he doesn't take on the values of his parents so he doesn't truly appreciate them yakob is saying my kids are going to have full power because they have keep of aim they have the true keep of they emulate the ways of their forefathers they emulate their tus they emulate their righteousness theed and the Mish like we saw in the in we have a right to come back to Isel we have a right to the The Vineyards Grow Again Everything grows this it's the it's the the seeds that are being planted on call May May is Tyra it's water the water is the Tyra why and the the seeds are the Tira that's there's seeds and there's a continuity continuation because the the children continue in the ways of the parents the respect that we show for the mother bird the respect that we show for our parents means that we appreciate who they are and we want to be like them our children want to be like us ASF doesn't have that power look at the world of ASV where's the K of where's the where's the emulation of the generations from before the good the good things that they had it's gone it's been destroyed the Jewish people have returned to the land of Israel and and slowly slowly stronger and stronger returning to the to the ways of the Jewish people and this is our power this is our power against asov against the world where it claims keep of it even claims respect for God in the Christian World maybe but that's that's not where it's headed it's not where it's headed it's cuz it was it wasn't real to begin with it wasn't true emulation of God but the Jewish people have that emulation and that is the concept of Shamus we remember that and and I add because I said we're going to talk about R that's what we're going for with rashash that's where we're headed El rash Yer it's a return to the values of the T return to the fact that Hashem is our King the fact that he created the world rashash we say this is the day of creation this is when was created this is the moment of the First Mid of the first person who gives birth and when we show respect for that moment in time we're showing respect for the fact that Hashem is the king and we want to be like God we want to fulfill his will we want to try our best to be the best people that we can be and go in the ways of the T and that's the that's the Merit that we have to be in Israel to return to Israel and that's the Merit that we have to continue with another good year because what we've done previously this whole year is a representation of what how we're going to continue we're going to keep respecting what's valuable what's truly valuable I want to bless you I ask you to bless me a should help us that we should continue to try to understand to try to Value to try to respect our parents the motherb bird sh hm is going to send us it's a sending it's a continuation of the original in sending we understand should help us to understand it's all from him should help us to be able to experience this day of theem sends mhia b y sends mashia B David and we become the representatives to the world of the fact that Hashem himself is the original the Creator and the original source of all that's here thank you so much for listening have a wonderful shamas this podcast was made possible through the gracious donations of listeners like you for more podcasts like this please visit www.wag.com or search on iTunes Ari goldwag 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