Ki Sisa - The Artist's Many Names

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari goldwag recorded with hm's never ending assistance in Rish Israel 5784 2024 this week's para parais and as we've been speaking about for the last few weeks we continue in our para to speak about the construction of the mishkon the different parts of the mishkon the different aspects of the mishkon and and theim tell us this is in chapter 31 verse one hm speaks to Moses and he says I want you to see says Hashem that I have called in the name of betal the son of URI the son of to the to the tribe of Yehuda there's one person one very young person as say he was 12 years old who will have the ability who will have the wisdom who will have the talent to oversee and to create all of the different aspects all of theut all of the artistic aspects of the mishkan that were involved he has the ability to think the thoughts to create to to have the vision to create with gold and silver Etc and go on to describe how not only he was from the tribe of Yehuda was from the tribe of D this is something that was given over to all those who are very wise before we get to the medish and the main point that I want to speak about I want to read to you this is aish as I've mentioned I I read it pretty much we've been reading from it every week as far as the text there's also a comment here this is a from my great-grandfather and in this Kish there's a comment that it's it's an amazing thing if you think about it Hashem and as we'll see the the there was a this the I call out see I want you to see that I'm calling in the name of bsah what is the idea of this language so there an idea that the the name of Balo was written in a book from the times of Adam reown the times of the first person the first human being Adam was shown all of the people who would exist throughout all of time all of the leaders all of those as we'll see also who contributed to their great leadership and you know it wasn't really natural that that the Jewish people would have somebody who is so talented who would have such an incredible ability without even being trained to be able to create all of the incredible um beautiful aspects of the mishon the the dynamic and beautiful artistic aspects of the Mish mishan but it was somebody who had chosen this particular person this soul and those who helped him clearly and had placed it in this in this time exactly for the express purpose of creating the mishkon which would be necessary everybody every one of us it's beautiful thing miraculously every single one of us the Jewish people are a slave Nation they don't have the ability they didn't study they didn't have doesn't matter every single one of us has a talent has a place or written in that book and it's good to know it's important important to know that's uh just a little introductory comment but I'd like to share with you now the says like this the M tells us that there are seven people there are seven people who have multiple names right we saw in the P that he has what's his name his name is B Ben URI Ben the son of URI the son of and often when a person has names it's also true of as we'll see Mori Ben shimi Benish often the names of a person the the they're they're the son of somebody and the father's name or the grandfather's name or their great-grandfather's name has a certain connotation which manifest within the person himself it's very beautiful idea person has many names person has many names and each of those names have are a descriptive um they're a description of the person not only just something that we use as a handle to call the person but also Express the innermost essence of who that person is and also denote as we'll see the fact that there are many factors there are many there are many cont contributors to the essence of who this person is me says seven people that we find have multiple names Elijah the prophet who we're going to see more about leoi had four names but but has six names Yoshua Z Joshua had six names Moses had seven names Mori different gear here exactly how many he had according to one gear it's eight had eight names Mor daniar different prophets had some had more names so it goes through seven different instances where we see that there are multiple names we're not going to get into every single one of them clearly we're going to talk for a bit about Alo and we're going to talk for a bit about Balo but the amazing thing is as we said a person's name is the essence of who he is so when you have a name it indicates that there's more to this person and it indicates that there's a tremendous background behind this person what do I mean so I going to share with you thear [Music] is the says like this to of when you have a person mentioned in tanak and you have his name mentioned and the name of the father mentioned and it says about him that he is a navi so if it mentions his father by mentioning the father it's telling us something more and that is that not only is this person a na'vi but his father was also a na'vi his father was also a prophet if it says a person's name but it does not mention his father's name so we know that he is he was a prophet but his father was [Music] not sorry the the gar says something interesting that if it mentions the city where the person is from if it mentions a a city alongside the name of of the Prophet so you know that he came from that City if it's if it doesn't say which city he's from we know he's from Jerusalem okay it's interesting we got to understand exactly what this is trying to teach us and then one more thing it says which I'm not going to read on the side is that if it tells us about a person and it says his father's name so we know that they're connected in what way if it explicitly talks about sidus if it speaks about righteousness we know that he and his father were righteous if it speaks about this person in a negative way and mentions his father so we know that he and his father were Wicked okay so what's the idea here and we're going to see that it's also connected to us it's connected to Balo it's connected to Ali Elijah the prophet but we talk about the person we talk about his location we talk about the person we talk about his father and and we talk about it as a name that describes him what is the teaching here the teaching is powerful it means that if he's righteous his father's righteous if he's a prophet his father's a prophet it means that who I am is very much a product of those who came before me this is something that we got to think about cuz sometimes we we do differently we we we've gone on our own path a different path perhaps in our parents but sometimes we're following in their paths and we need to know that very much who we are is a result of who our parents are who our parents brought us up to be I enjoy the fact that I'm reading from the of my great grandfather this is an expression of the fact that who I am is a result of who he was I've mentioned here in the past my great-grandfather's buried Inaba he's buried in Israel my grand my great-grandfather y y my great grandmother Raul and uh it's the fact that I'm an Israel I live in the land of Israel is very much because it was their she for their desire to be here my grandparents lived here they went to America my parents came here they left they went back to America my parents returned I I'm living here I have two sisters here but we are a product very much a product of who raised us of the background of of of the the values the spiritual values that make up our our families and and that's our names we're called our names are and that's why we give our kids my baby is named after my great-grandfather Y and and who we are and who we name our children it's all a h there's a continuation and it forms the essence of who we we are and the spiritual uh the spiritual positivity that we bring into the world is a testament to who they were let's see what the me says so this is also also an important Point Elijah was from Jerusalem right we said that if it mentions the name of the location where the the person lives so he was from that place if it doesn't say it so he's from Jerusalem what's the significance obviously we shall is the most spiritual you know it's the spiritual capital of the world bash the the temple is there theis as we're about to say it's the place where the the Sanhedrin sat the greatest rabbis of the generation people would come there to to find out what is hashem's Will for them this was the location the spiritual place that we are the city that we live in has an effect on who we are if we come from a certain place it affects us the language that we speak the ideals that we [Music] have says the M Alisha I'm sorry Ali was someone who came from Jerusalem and he sat amongst the great sages in the there are different descriptions of he's called Gil he's from Gill what's Gill discussion here exactly where is this location Gill there are those who say it's referring to the bdash the temple he lived in different places he lived he came from two different different tribes of the Jewish people but he has four names indicating that there are four aspects of who he was four aspects of his background the city that he lived in the the place that he found himself located all of these things created the man ELO anovi Elijah the prophet and who are these people if you look at the list these are great people who are transition people right let's see who are we talking about is the one who we know is going to be the he's going to he's going to announce the ultimate Redemption he's going to return he's going to tell us about what's going to happen he's going to say msia is arriving bdes is about to be built but Sal is the one who's actually building the mishon interestingly the ask why don't we talk about King Solomon he should have been mentioned here he was also the one who built the B he also had many names yahushua is obviously the person who brings the Jewish people into the land of Israel to conquer the land Moshe brings the Jewish people out of Egypt in order to receive the Torah Mori is the the go of his time he's the one who redeems the Jewish people from the threat of hamon right before the second B is to be built each of these represents a person of this stature and caliber but it's important to understand who are these people who are the great people of Israel the leaders of the people of Israel they are a product of the of Israel they are a product of their surroundings of their of their glorious past and they're a product of their presence the cities where they grew up the the surroundings that they found themselves in it's very easy to read stories about the Jewish people hear the stories about the great ones who led each generation and think hey well what happened to everybody else what about the the hundreds of thousands of of am of regular people right but it's important to understand that the am were part of they were led by these leaders but the leaders were also formed by the people they came out of the people they were the result of and a combination of the places that they lived and the backgrounds that they had okay not so clear exactly what this is speaking about but it's speaking about the fact that he came from the place the location of came from Jerusalem which was in the of which is in the portion of Benjamin right we know Jerusalem is that place also morai is from from Benyamin and he's also from Yehuda he's the right it's interesting the the person who has to do with G who has to do with Redemption is a someone who lives Alo lives at The Junction in Jerusalem which is the junction between Yehuda and Ben Benyamin Judah and Benjamin which are two Messianic characters something I can't get into right now but that's who is talking about y it's a place that's going to be renewed it's going to be you know think about it we're here after 2,000 years of being outside of and is getting back its great Glory it's it's it's a it's a process we still need a b MD but we have returned we're bringing back the spirituality is returning the the physical aspect of Earth Israel is returning the land of Israel and Jerusalem but it's a place that needs to be brought back okay this is the place first describing which was the place thato lived and saying that it was a place of protection it's a place where KES brings down the destruction of asov of the forces of evil it's a place where they all gather and they want to you know I'm saying just look at what's going on right now talk the the evil talk the the Muslims who doesn't even mention Jerusalem in the Quran but still they claim y they claim Jerusalem some of them do some of them don't whole conversation for another time but the nations of the world are all saying hey we're going to acknowledge a Palestinian State Jerusalem as as its capital Etc all these kinds of there's a focus on y because Yim is the source it's the source of who eloh was who Elijah the prophet was it's the but it's the source of gula because that's whoi represents and it's the place where they fall they make a claim of being the chosen ones of Hashem but there there's there's only one chosen Nation there's only one chosen people who are meant to guide the entire world and that's CL Israel people of Israel okay let's go on has a a few different descriptions of alavi besides for where he's from from Jerusalem he's called Elia he's called why does he have these names so in speaking about the essence of who is and we're about to get back to and the Mish but it's important to understand that ELO is also a pathway into the into the bikash right into the temple he's the one who introduces us to Gula and says it's the time and it's the time to build it's time for B English to come right so eloh and and Bala are very much related but what the the description is 1 verse I'm sorry 1 Chronicles 8: 27 and it refers to Elio as Yar which means that there's a a shaking a shaking of the world Hashem brings a great noise into the world but it says elu it refers to him by his name that we know the word is another reference to there's a mentioning hem reminds the world of the Merit of the forefathers right what's the Merit of the forefathers what does that have to do with me it's something that happened 3,700 years ago but it's but it has everything to do with me right CU we are continuation of them if the if we are always talking about a he talking about that's how we bless our children that you should be like them that's that's so we say every single day three times a day in our we're talking about them we're reading the the stories their stories because that shapes who we are that shapes who we are so we still have their Merit the last thing is is referred to as the children of Y the word y means that hem has Mercy on us he has Mercy on the world right it's a time of D before Messiah comes the time we're in now it's a time of judgment on the world but it's also a time of RA wants the world to continue he wants B he wants the the the entire world to serve him Kem has has compassion on his world through this process through the Advent of eloi has six names balah has six aspects of who he is where he comes from what is the essence what does it take to be somebody who creates a mishkon Who forms a tabernacle a place where the Jewish people will connect to Hashem what are the aspects of his personality what are the aspects of all that went into creating this person there are six of them so we get we have he comes from the tribe of Jud he comes from Judah refers to the grandson of of Yehuda which is Yehuda right understand who is Yehuda Yehuda is the one who's the great grandfather of M of course he's the aspect of of thanks to God of admission to God his grandson is refers to refers to follow this a little bit his names so it refers to K who a great grandson of Yehuda who is married to Miriam this is another aspect of who B is who he comes from who is the essence of who he is Miram the sister of mosu also an aspect of G of redemption she who is she she was called ephas she's married to K she's called what's the language of she was one of the she was one of the women who helped the Jewish people she and her mother y they helped the Jewish people have more babies you understand who is the who what is the background of AAL why is he chosen to be the one who's going to build a mishkon it's because of the essence of who he comes from the aspects that go into his personality the the the people behind him who were encouraging the Jewish people to to have children to become great to become who they're meant to be goes on to speak about these different aspects and then it says something which we mentioned at the beginning that we said that says see this person that's going to create the mishon see this person within his very essence are aspects of the Mish and the the mes goes through all these different aspects and I can't get into them because I want to get to one more last point but the idea is that he was prepared all the way for this job all the way back in time from the six days of creation like we saw ad marish saw inside of his book that this person B is going to come at this exact moment in time to create the mishon and of course I will say that there's going to be somebody who's going to come at exactly the right moment to build our B mikdash to be involved right we think of it as coming down from sh coming down from heaven but it says that also in regards to the B King Solomon's Temple also in a certain sense came down but he also built it so there probably will be both aspects we will be involved there will be someone who will be that chosen person who will have been prepared all the way from the time of creation just like Bal was and one last point and it has to do with something that we read later on in thei says the greatest of all of the tribes was Yehuda we have who comes from Yehuda and the lowest the one that's considered so to speak the lowest of all the tribes was sh wanted that not only is bsal who comes from the greatest tribe of the Jewish people going to be involved in the construction of the mishon but also a Hol of a Hol of we mentioned before he came from the tribe of Dan the lowest of all of the tribes Hashem took somebody from the greatest tribe and from the seemingly lowest tribe and Hashem said I want you to know no one should think that just because you are are involved in my mishkan just cuz you are involved in creating the Tabernacle the place where my my divine presence will rest and you will have a relationship with me don't think that just cuz you're the one doing it that you're the only one that's great no even from the from the lowest tribe I'm going to have somebody who is equally involved everyone in front of me has aash has an importance and the reason that this is such an important point that the Mish ends off with with in speaking about the idea of the names and the backgrounds and the the sikim the great righteous individuals alovi BSO all the other ones that are mentioned here every single person has a background a different background Ben they were from the sh they were from the maid servants they didn't have perhaps the golden Yus the golden background that that Bal who came from Miram and came from K and came from and from Yehuda and that's not whool was he was from Dan he came from a different perhaps more humble background we could say and the T tells us wants us to know and it's true also in the times of the Mish I'm sorry in the times of the B mikdash the the mes goes on to say that also there were people from Yehuda were involved in the in the building of the it was according to one opin is coming also was from Dan the greatest person the lowest person the the the the point is that here we are we have backgrounds whatever our backgrounds are wherever it comes from why whatever the reason for our name we are who we are the greatest person the humblest person we have all of the elements the spiritual elements that we need in order to serve Hashem in order to create that mishon whether it's an actual mishon or it's a personal mishkon a personal place for us to relate to Hashem each and every one of us wherever we arees who wants us to be who we are supposed to be to create that relationship with him and it's an incredible lesson and we are who we are based on all of the components of our surroundings of our city of our background of our family all of these things contribute to Who We Are and who we are to become all of our experiences they're there for us to grow and to serve Hashem each of us exactly in our own way Hashem shall bless us I ask you to bless me Hashem sh bless you as well hasem should help us to realize the incredible power that we have in our names in our parents' names and our grandparents names great-grandparents names should help us to understand who we are in his plan and should help us to build that Mishka that Tabernacle and be able to see the day when iloi comes and ushers in that moment when we see the true building of the B mikdash maybe speedily in our days thank you so much for listening have a wonderful shabas 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 Tunes Ari goldwag