Parshas Ki Seitzei: ELIGIBILITY FOR GREATNESS

this Tower class is brought to you by torahanytime.com progress okay good afternoon everyone nice to see everybody parashas quesets we have a very important subject today we're headed toward the yamunaram and like we always say ready or not you know they're fast approaching and even though we're still in the summer we're what we call we're in the dog days of August but the days of LL are passing by when the asserts who made chuba begin we offer the trila avino malkeinu Zach is number one on the sheet because who I don't know a lot about his personal life although I know I do like his first name would ask the following question how can we asked write Us in the book of Merit what do you mean God write Us in the in the book of Merit you want Merit go do midsize and if you don't do Mitzvahs there's nothing God could do for you there's one thing retracts from Hashem controls everything in this world the weather the economy health even your sports team everything is controlled by God there's only one thing he doesn't control and that is your midsole is but when it comes to right and wrong that's a person's free choice so how could you say first if we do Mitzvahs then we'll be written in the book of meron if we don't do Mitzvahs then we will not be written in the book of Merit now we're still in the beginning of hello and we're reading this week parashas kisetse and parcese has more Mitzvahs in this week's parasha than any other than any parts in the Torah how many how many Mitzvahs are there there's 74 Mitzvahs in this week's Parsha ayin dalid gamachua Aid just like in uh we have the big Iron the big dalid as testimony to the unity of God so too in this week's parisha we have Ayan dalid Mitzvahs and the safer State Sadiq points out that the reason why there are more amidst in this week's parasha than any other PowerShot is because we know there's a principle when you learn about a carbon oil it's like you brought an Euler when you learn about a shlomim it's like you brought a shlomim so before the aimadin Hashem wants to be mazaka us with many many so therefore Hashem gives us more Mitzvahs to learn about in this week so that we could accrue to our benefit to our record more Mitzvahs than any other week so it's important to pay close attention to all the details of this week's parasha and in that case if there are more Mitzvahs in case than any other parasha then probably this week's parasha has something to tell us about the proper way in which we perform at slice let's begin this subject with an astounding we know if somebody kills Michelle gig someone's pulling out of the driveway and instead of pressing on the gas um and instead of thinking their car is in Drive their car is in reverse and Hashem somebody killed someone but they have to run away to the Ari mcclan in the interim their life is in danger why is their life in danger the goyal hadam the Avenger of blood a relative of this of the victim is allowed to kill the murderer the murderer runs way to the Army and he remains there he does not leave there what about if he sees the new moon and he has to testify when yamtif is no what if he knows testimony about money he knows he could un uncover the Ponzi scheme he could help the economy recover no what if he has testimony on a different capital offense no what if he's the general of the Jewish Army and all of Israel's dependent on him no he can never leave it says there he should live there he should die there he should be buried he may not leave ever ever ever that's the halacha ashayanos shama he runs away there that is now the question is that the mask the million dollar question as we know then nothing stands in the way of that if somebody puts a gun to a Jew's head and says we're the shotness otherwise I'm going to shoot you you got to put on the shotness speak Lush and horror otherwise I'm going to shoot you got to speak to lashinhara somebody says I don't know talk during hazards otherwise I'm going to shoot you know what under those circumstances you could talk by khazar shots how a person Jewish life supersedes any Mitzvah except for the Cardinal three therefore asked at first Israel and other acronym how could the halacha be that if Claud Israel needs this person because he's a general of the Jewish Army and he could he could save Jewish lives how could it be that he's required to stay in the Ari McLeod but shouldn't his ability to save Jewish life supersede the command to remain in the ra McLeod that is the Kasha of Pharisee Israel he says to me honey clola I mean on the rock is and don't say that's only averos are pushed away when it comes to a person's own life but it's not true we know you're a lot of desecrate Our Heroes to save another person's life so why can't he leave the Ari mikla to Save a Life comes and he says I would say that it doesn't mean he's not allowed to leave he is a lot to leave even though he's allowed to leave it means that that doesn't exempt him from Gallows meaning let's say he leaves Rabbi Sai to save the Jewish people so you might think okay he was given a dispensation to leave now he could remain outside of the aramiklad no he has to get right back in as soon as he's finished doing what he needed to do when the gemara says that means he doesn't permanently leave that's what it means he doesn't have he can't take a uh indeterminate absence rather he could leave of course to save Jewish lives but he better get right back there as soon as his job is over that's how the learns the Ursa mayak has a wondrous approach over here there's a bit of a controversial uh point whether a person is obligated to risk their life to save another Jew is a person obligated to risk their life to save another Jew is a person obligated to risk their life to save another Jew and you know uh here's an afghamina you know there's a major subject of organ donation now maybe today or likely today it's um likely today it is perhaps not dangerous but I think even today there it does pose a risk to the donor are you obligated to risk your life to save another Jew and it seems like the basically safe brings the cast submission of rings that it's um it's a maclocus between the usia me and the babli the xiaomi says you are indeed obligated you're not obligated to give up your life to save another Jew but you're obligated to risk your life to save another Jew disagrees that you're not obligated to risk your life to save another Jew and we basically pass skin friends a person is not obligated to risk their life to save another life but the question is where in the Bible does it say you're not obligated to risk your life to save another life and there are some acts suggests is this Kamara because if this guy is going to leave the ra mikla to save Jewish lives you bet those are the rules you stay inside you're safe you leave the confines you're taking your life in your own hands so the girl that I'm allowed to kill him so therefore says the reason he's not allowed to leave the ra McLeod is because he's endangering his life a hence what the bubbly saying is a person's not obligated to risk their life to save another do this is the rationale why you're not obligated to leave the ra McLeod the reason why we tell the general don't leave the ra mikla to to save lives is because he's endangering his own life because and then we see from here that one is not obligated to risk their life to save another Jew but we would like to present today an astounding approach of why someone who kills the Shag cannot leave the ra miklad even if it means even if he's someone who's a general and he could save Jewish lives we are all familiar with the teaching of percivals Mitzvah guerreras mitzvah mitzvah why shame mitzvah one Mitzvah draws another Mitzvah the average draws another Avira Mitzvah the reward of a Mitzvah is another mitzvah ushara Vera Avera and the reward of guanavera is another Avera okay and the medrish brings down what's the source of this the source is this week's parasha how so it says in this looks past you're going to go out to war you're going to see a beautiful woman in captivity Hashem says even though I allow you to take her nevertheless I don't want her to find favor in your eyes make her disgusting you're gonna end up marrying her you're gonna have a bensaro Myra then there's going to be someone the kids will be eligible for the death penalty oh we see averogara savera however Mitzvah Guerrera you're gonna chance upon a bird's nest from that you're going to be able to build a new house from that and you're going to build a fence around the house then you're gonna have a Vineyard and you're not going to planted cliam then you're not you're going to have a field and you're not going to plow an ox and a donkey together and then you're going to make scissors for yourself Mitzvah Guerrera and Rashi brings down these andyanim in this week's parashah that taking the the HSC Fast Tire is going to lead to bencero Moira is going to lead to mishbad Mavis Rashi also brings down that if you build a new house if your Makai you're going to um build a new house you're mikai in the midst of Makkah Mitzvah Gareth Mitzvah and it's going to uh reach your Vineyard your field your clothing and you're going to move up and up and up with more and more opportunities to make so the source of mitsugares Mitzvah are the juxtaposition of the various subject matters discussed in parashas kisete so let's begin to discuss the rationale why is a Mitzvah guerreras another mitzvah why is that and rabinuyano offers us a number of reasons he says when a person does a small mitzvah says he brings God close and he trains his Spirit to do avidas Hashem and it becomes easy to do another Mitzvah that may be the second Mitzvah has a little bit more than the first mitzvah but once you've trained yourself to go out of your way let's say nine points to do a Mitzvah then it will be easier the next time if a Mitzvah comes up that requires an effort of 10 points you'll say well you know I'm already accustomed to in doing that and then when you do a second Mitzvah that will make it easier to do a third myth so that might be even more difficult basically Rabbi Sai it's like a weight training you know you start off you lift 10 pounds then 20 pounds then 30 pounds I'll give you an example you tell somebody who's unaffiliated okay who's farty say okay starting now you have to wake up every morning an hour before chakras with Sleek lights and then huh he's used to waking up 20 minutes before he has to go to work he has uh he has breakfast and he leaves now he has to wake up two and a half hours before it's very difficult foreign we're okay I'm already used to uh I'm already used to giving of myself and sacrificing certain Comforts and certain uh conveniences Hashem and for service of Hashem so the next time when Sleepless comes okay it's just a bit earlier you know it's within reach it's within grasp it's not it's not so distant it's not so remote that's the first Indian of Mitzvah guerreras mitzvah by the way explains the the principle of Scar Mitzvah Mitzvah Baruch explains to mitzvah is as follows does not give a person the ability to do anything in this world is accomplished by God we get up in the morning God did it we shake a Lula Vanessa forgiven God did it we put on fill in Hashem did it we speak nice words Hashem didn't we speak insulting words Hashem did it so then what do we have to do with it God gave us the ability to choose once we choose the path whether it's good then Hashem will be with you and if you do the mitzvah that midsole will assist you to do another mitzvah because otherwise you don't have the ability to act and to accomplish and to achieve anything because a person's actions are from heaven it's only the track that you put yourself on when you choose so basically when you're choosing a certain path once you choose that path God allows you to be placed in that path and that path will bring you to more and more and more midslice okay let's let's explain this further the room reviews the author of The Shari Oro one of the classic works of Kabbalah he wrote a safer called Chloe hamit's voice and he says actually the midst of the Torah are like a chain and a ladder whether the mitsuase if you do one Mitzvah that Mitzvah will literally lead you to the next for example it says don't think don't have improperim in the day and that will bring you to impurity in the night like when Pinnacles benjar said from here we see zahiros brings to zuriso Springs to nakios you hear the principle an improper thought in the day will bring to defilement in the nighttime but on the flip side brings to another here's an example says that says Hashem you see the midst of citizens it will bring you to other midsoists that are dependent on it for example when could you say Shema bashakras when you could recognize between the trellis and the Lavan which means the midst of tsis is like the rung which will lift you up to the Mitzvah of kriya Shima so in other words the Mitzvahs are like uh not an escalator but an electronic ladder that once you step on the first rung that rung will then Propel you up to the second rung that's another idea of Mitzvah guerreras Mitzvah so Robin learns that it's a psychological approach a practical approach where you're basically training yourself to give up of yourself for the sake of Hashem and that will make it that will facilitate your ability to accomplish more met slice but then there's a kabbalistic idea that each Mitzvah is linked sitsis is linked to Shema will bring you toward the restitution of Shema Sarah he was one of the garushi safarad he brings a wondrous idea that all the midst of Hashem kulam kashurai zubazai they're all tied to each other just like God is one the Torah is one someone who says except for one he's a mummar because he's not accepting the Corpus the body of Torah and he is included in the reason there's a reason why we have 248 Mitzvah SASE can I get a person's Limbs and 365 Mr slice can I get a person sinews because all the mitzos are connected and tied mamela or as the morale explains it don't think that a Mitzvah is a candle and the Taurus 613 candles the tower is not 613 candles the tire is one unit of light this is what it means Torah is gamatria 613 the tire is one the Mela listen carefully when a person accepts upon himself amitzvah he's accepting the entire Torah because he's grabbing a hold of one unit if a person says you know what I'm going to embrace sitzis oh you can Embrace sisters you're embracing the whole time the example is I'm picking up the bottle cap on top of the bottle oh I'm just gonna pick up the battle cap I'm gonna pick up the bottle I'm gonna pick up the label around the bottle because one entity if a person Embraces one Mitzvah the entire Tower comes along with it the tire is not 613 distinct segments it's one Corpus it's a candle but the Torah is not many candles the tire is light it's all the candles together mamela if a person you know if somebody is far from Torah a good aidsa is you tell them okay just be Makai in one Mitzvah they'll say okay pick an easy Mitzvah okay I'll put on a pair of tootsies uh their life has changed because they're not just being became citizens they have just embraced the 613 without even knowing it because the Torah is one Corpus of material this is another Indian of Mitzvah guyeres mitzvah the villanuein has a kabbalistic interpretation of this he says something very interesting something that often people have a hard time understanding he says one of the great mysteries of life is why people like to talk that's that's the reality people like to talk he says that he doesn't understand I understand people like to eat it tastes good there's a physical pleasure there are other physical Pleasures we understand so a person might like to eat so he may even like to eat non-kosher food a person might want to engage in certain Pleasures he might even engage in illicit Pleasures because because okay we can understand that it feels good but one thing we can understand is why people enjoy talking a it's a waste of time be you want I can understand I understand why people go to sleep but why do people talk they're sitting around the corner what are they talking about they're thinking about the price of tuna fish I mean are you kidding me you're not living longer because you're not getting exercise out of it you're not getting money out of it you're not getting Health out of it you're not getting rest out of it what are you getting out of you know yeah uh yanking around talking about oh did you see the centerpieces at fivos hasana you know how much it cost and right after that they they didn't even give it to a Gamache they threw it straight into the garbage where does he have all that money from uh yerusha that he had from his altazeda who is in the tuna fish business I mean they're talking and talking and talking and talking why are they talking says the vulner going an amazing revelation the velner going teaches how does that work says the going when a person does a Mitzvah God sends an angel and that angel is a certain it creates a certain desire now that you've done the first mitzvah you have a desire to satisfy this need that the angel that was sent to you has engendered where you have no rest and respite and Manuka until you fulfill a bigger mitzvah and then when you do the bigger Mitzvah God sends another and and this desires an even greater Mitzvah and you have no Manuka or in hashgate until you do an even bigger mitzvah and therefore the greatest Mitzvah in the world is tamatara so when a person learns after he learns he may feel satisfied God will send down a ruach that will not rest until you learn even more and then when you learn more God will send down another ruach that has desire for more mitzvahs and sometimes you see it's a what in the world how does he how does he do that how does he learn so much how does he accomplish so much the man is possessed I don't know is there is there is is he possessed and the answer is yes he's possessed he's possessed for for good the man is possessed that's the way of the world but says the guy who works the same way in the flip side because if the greatest mist is learning Tyra the greatest sin is idling away time and just nonsensical chatter and after you spoke about the price of tuna fish for a half hour a ruach will come and it will not rest until you analyze the um the I don't know what um some other nonsensical issue for even more time and then you will have more of a ruach and another spirit that will will not have any respite until you talk even more so there's no physical pleasure from Talking there's no Sensation that you have like when you eat or engage in other pleasure but there is this mystical Direction Where when a person does a Mitzvah a spirit comes and doesn't allow a person to be settled unless he accomplishes even greater Mitzvah and conversely Lara in terms of idle conversation chatter devaram betalem this is the concept of Mitzvah guerreras Mitzvah the Avera Guerrera savera but now I would like to share with you what I humbly believe is a one of the most important dimensions of Mitzvah guerreras Mitzvah and Avira Guerrero savera the plastic says in this week's Parsha you're going to build a new house you will make a roof you will make a fence for your roof or as they say in the oil if you ever hear in Yeshiva Lai talking about Amica now they're talking about the word if they lean it that way you have to correct them but if they're just talking and learning they may pronounce it that way you got to make offense why the light saws you don't want there to be blood in your house because it will fall the one who has fallen from it so right she's troubled why does it say that he will fall the one who has fallen he didn't fall yet why do we call him Fallen should say because someone who will fall may fall from it why do we call the person who who will fall the one who has already fallen so Rashi says the answer is because if you don't put up a fence technically speaking the guy who Falls it's not your fault I caused him to fall God decreed he should fall imagine you know the person who owns the roof is taken to court and the judge says why didn't you put up a fence some a plane he fell down he said what plenty fell down Jacobi they shanayam God decreed he should fall what do you want for my life well the judge says he should have put up a fence why should I put offense only if he wasn't supposed to fall he wouldn't have fallen and if he fell that means god the Creed he shall fall what do you want me why are you busting my chops says Rashi no this person who fell he was worthy to fall nevertheless Hashem brought about his death through you because God brings Merit through the medium of the meritorious and God brings detriment through those who are detrimental which means as follows when this person falls and dies of course God decreed that he should fall and die so why does a person who didn't put up the roof why is he liable because when God wants to bring about disaster to someone who disaster was supposed to happen to him God is looking for an eligible medium an eligible candidate to bring it about and when a person is negligent they basically are waving their hand hey God I'm a negligent person I would like to be eligible to be your agent to be the medium and the schlier to bring about bad things so even though it was supposed to happen to the guy anyway but the reason it happened through you is because you did something wrong you were negligent by not putting up the fence on the other hand the plastic says um the gemara says God brings about Merit through the meritorious what's that doing here what's that doing here who's who's meritorious in this pasok the guy didn't put up a fence the eonyakov says well conversely let's say if someone does put up a fence then there won't be spilled blood then it will come out that if someone ever went up to your roof and didn't die you were the one who saved him so after 120 the guide goes up to Shema he says God I would like reward for saving the life of Pliny so the Malachi saving life of Pliny plenty wasn't supposed to die no of course Pliny wasn't supposed to die of course Pliny it was decreed that he should be saved but God was looking for an eligible person to bring about the salvation of Pliny and when you were responsible and you did the responsible thing and you put up a real offense you were saying God God I'm doing it I'm a good guy could I be your agent to save Jewish lives God said yeah you're my man you're my man and after 120 you're going to be rewarded with saving a life what do you mean but the person wasn't supposed to die no it was decreed he wasn't supposed to die but God was looking for a Few Good Men and you became one of them how by doing this of putting up a fence so what do we see from here we learn another aspect of Mitzvah guerreras mitzvah dear friends do you think a person in life could just do mitzvahs you think you could just do mid-sues in life yeah I'll go put on scissors I'll go learn gamara I'll go help somebody with something I'll go give sadaka you think you could just do mitzvahs a lot of things are needed to do a Mitzvah you want to learn gemara you know how many people don't know about this year you know how many people maybe weren't feeling well they couldn't come on this year you know how many people they got into uh they didn't have time to come to this year to do a Mitzvah you have to be eligible to do mid-spice you have to Hashem has to select you to have opportunities to do missiles let's think about the guy who's putting on citizen this week's parasha you know how many things he had to do to get a pair of titses he had a see a bird on the road by doing that God said you know what let me give the guy opportunity to buy some real estate so he bought a house now he has the opportunity to put up a fence oh he put up the fence God said let me uh get him an orchard ah he got an orchard he doesn't plow he doesn't plan climb oh he doesn't plan climb let me give him a cow and an ox he doesn't plow with them God said let me give him a nice clothing so he could wear it sits us I have a question why didn't the guy put on census in the beginning of the story he's walking down the street he sees a bird that needs why didn't he put on senses then the answer is circumstances in life did not afford him the opportunity to wear it since this until he became the zakai that God said okay he has now elevated himself I would like him now to be given additional opportunities to do a Mitzvahs from here we're learning an unbelievable principle don't think in life you can say okay everybody so I'm gonna go do mid-spice you need to be given opportunities in life and in order to get the opportunity you need to be deserving of it and in order to be deserving of it you need to start by doing small Nets Vice and when a person does a small Mitzvah God says okay this person is now zakai he is we call innocent or meritorious let me use him to bring about greater midslice in the world greater in the world this is a principle of magalgalins you see Mitzvah guyeris mitso works that by doing a small Mitzvah you become a zakai once you become a zakai now it could give you and afford you opportunities in the Kanye more mitzvahs you know we think we're going into the yamana and we say okay I did a few things wrong this year let me try to clean them up and then I'll be good you know I think I could take care of it in two days Rosh Hashanah one day Yom Kippur and Robin reveals to us that wiping away sin is not the only avoida of the amnaram don't think the only thing you need to pray for is Hashem should forgive you more important than praying that Hashem should forgive you is to pray that Hashem should want you you hear this we need to pray that Hashem should want us that Hashem should want our mitzvahs and that Hashem should give us opportunities to do Mitzvahs and that Hashem should afford US chances in life to be his to accomplish the holy ice you need to be a zakai to for Hashem to be magazines should also pray Al Hashem to wipe out like a cloud your sinsav but about chuva should also pray that God should want you the Earth say who and find favor with you VA Austin line being treated by you the mashallah I like to give is let's say you know somebody insulted you let's say you had a good friend he used to go out for here with him to if for lunch once a week you would go out to the shop and eat together and schmooze together and enjoy each other's company and he insulted you he invited you he made a wedding invited you to the khopah I thought I was your best friend he really hurt your feelings so he calls you he apologizes very nice the next week said hey pal you want to go out to the shop for lunch say no thanks what do you mean I thought you were Michael me I was what you didn't mean it no you believe Charlene so why don't you want to go to the shop I was Michael yeah I don't hold it against you I don't want you to get punished but we're not friends anymore so just because Hashem forgives our sin doesn't necessarily mean he wants us you know we Davin [Laughter] don't cast us away what does it mean don't cast us away it means even if you've forgiven us we want you to want us [Music] that the sin is atoned for the Nifty and a person is redeemed from tribulations when we call gazeron from every decree God doesn't want you um and God is Not desirous of your offerings the desire of the righteous from the greatest successes in this world is to gain Good Will from God that God should warn you one of the greatest in this world is that God should want you because if God wants you and they're good things to do in this world he'll use you as the vehicle to accomplish them because in order to do Mitzvahs you can't just do a mitzvah you know you see people who did great things you can't just do them you have to be zika to be able to do them you have to be a zakai in order for hashems foreign he says that if you want to know why if somebody killed bashoi geig if they're a general and they could save Jewish lives we don't allow them to leave the ra miklat is think about what this guy did the guy killed the shy gig so you say well it's not his fault he didn't do it intentionally yeah but if it happened through him then on some level he was not a zakai he was a high of and if he was a high of then he says well let me leave the Ari mikla to save Jewish lives we say pal you think you could just save Jewish lives you know what kind of it is to save a Jewish life you know how meritorious you need to be to be we say pal if you brought about someone's death then it is improbable that you will be successful in Saving other people's lives because in order to save someone's life Hashem has to be but it seems like we don't know maybe you did shuva but it right now it seems like you're not the zakai that because this is such an important principle because not enough to davant Hashem Hashem forgive my many sins but one needs to davant Hashem because write Us in the book of Merit you know what that means Hashem please reckon me a zakai someone who's meritorious because I I want to be some I'm waving my hand I'm raising my hands and we bunch of them if you have Mitzvahs to be done I would like to be eligible to do them you can't just do Mitzvahs you have to be eligible to do Mitzvahs you can't just wake up okay today I'm going to do a lot of mid slice foreign and that's something you could pray for avinu malkano casvenues Hashem should send them who would say that even though this is from the shortest if not the shortest feeling we say in the Vino maqueno but in a sense it's the most important field we say I know that in this world you can't just do mid slice you need to be worthy to be to have those I would like to be written in the book of Merit I would like to be eligible for greatness eligible to be able to accomplish the clear ice says someone who killed by gig we never allow him to leave the aramika but Kaliso needs him you're right we need him but he's not going to be able to do it it's not going to work out he will not he doesn't have the Merit to be the instrument to bring Salvation for the Jewish people and this is artifila It's a heart-wrenching Fila avinu malkein number that has more Mitzvahs than any other parashah it's also a program it's a handbook of how to be Makaya Mitzvahs you got to start small there are many dimensions number one you're training yourself to go beyond your comfort level for Hashem each Mitzvah is like a rung and a ladder that propels you to the next Mitzvah the marao the review the midsource are one body so perforce by doing one you're already embracing all of them the gra is a fourth shot that when you do a Mitzvah it creates a ruach and is not satisfied until you do another one but the fifth approach that we've uncovered is the way mitzel guerreras mitzel works is magalgalin when you do a small Mitzvah so to some degree you become a zakai you're now eligible for greater Lucius should allow us all to be considered before him as zakahim thank you very much everyone I wish you all a wonderful week I want to remind everyone at 4 30 uh we learned the safer see peace 4 30 Monday through Wednesday 4 30 PM same channel have a great day it's over anytime.com