Shabbos: A Day of Building

This Torah class is brought to [music] you by torahanytime.com. >> The Banu Yisrael comes to Moshe Rabbeinu and he gives Moshe Rabbeinu one of the grandest reports in the entire Chumash. And he tells Moshe Rabbeinu, if you look in perek vav, pasuk vav, vav vav, page 318. "V'achein emor l'vnei Yisrael ani Hashem. Therefore say say it to Bnei Yisrael, I am Hashem. V'hotzeisi eschem mitachas sivlos Mitzrayim. I will take you out from under the burden of Mitzrayim. V'hitzalti eschem me'avodas sham. I will save you from your service. V'ga'alti eschem mizro'a netuya. I will redeem you with an outstretched hand uvishvatim gedolim and with great judgments. V'lakachti eschem li l'am. I will take you to me as a people. V'hayisi lachem Elokim. I will be your God." So the Banu Yisrael gives Klal Yisrael what is known as the report of the dalet lishanos geulah, four languages of redemption, right? V'hotzeisi, v'hitzalti, v'ga'alti, v'lakachti. You know all the songs? V'hotzeisi Yeah, fine. The dalet kosos, right? We drink four cups of wine on Pesach k'neged the four languages of geulah, four lishanos geulah. V'hotzeisi, v'hitzalti, v'ga'alti, v'lakachti. Fine. Moshe Rabbeinu is very happy to hear the report and he goes to Bnei Yisrael. What is the reaction of Bnei Yisrael? If you look at number one in the sheet, "Vayedaber Moshe kein el Bnei Yisrael." Moshe says it over to them, Bnei Yisrael. "V'lo sham'u el Moshe." They don't even listen to Moshe. "Mikotzer ruach because of shortness of breath u'me'avoda kasha." And from hard labor. In other words, here Moshe Rabbeinu comes to them with the greatest report in the history of our people. He's going to take us out of Mitzrayim, save us from the bondage, release us from the work, bring us to Eretz Yisrael. Bnei Yisrael, they're not interested. Not only do they not believe it, it doesn't even doesn't even enter their ears. What does it mean it doesn't enter their ears? They obviously the sound enter their ear means they they couldn't even pay attention to it. It's like, you know, you go in the train station and there's a guy standing on top of the telephone box. He's, you know, preaching. You don't even listen you don't even pay attention. They couldn't even listen to a Moshe Rabbeinu say. Okay, so you could say you know, they were working very hard and it was hard for them to really take Moshe seriously, but if you look at the very end of Parshas Shemois if you look in perek hey Mhm. perek daled pasuk lamed alef on page 312 Okay? So, the Ribono shel Olam told Moshe Rabbeinu, I'm going to take the Jewish people out of Mitzrayim. This was the first report the Jewish people got and what do they What's their reaction? Vayamen the people believed. Vayishmu and they listened ki pakad Hashem es Bnei Israel that Hashem will remember Bnei Israel b'chiros onyam and that he will see or he has seen their affliction vayikdu they bowed down vayishtachavu and they prostrated themselves. So, what's going on? The first time Moshe Rabbeinu tells Klal Israel, listen, Hashem's going to redeem you. Bnei Israel, not only do they listen, they have emunah shleimah. And the second time Moshe says, not only will you be redeemed, v'hoitseisi v'hitsalti God will take you out, he'll save you from the work, he'll elevate you, he'll he'll take you to be his chosen nation, he'll bring you there as well. They can't even listen to it. What what what happened? >> It's not in a logical order. Maybe that's why that was later than this one. >> Ah. Okay, but we don't we don't necessarily know that to be the case that it's out of order. So, we have to assume, you know, we don't find Chazal, we don't find in the Gemara that it is out of order. So, why should it be the first report they believed completely and the second report, not only did they believe, they couldn't even listen to? Now, you have to understand what's going on in the interim because when Moshe goes and tells Bnei Yisrael that Hashem's going to take you out of Mitzrayim, then Bnei Yisrael believed Moshe, Moshe then went to Paroh. And what did Paroh say? Who's Hashem? Mi Hashem Asher Eshma B'kolo? Who is God that I should listen to him? In Pasuk Perek Hey, Pasuk Aleph. And he says, Moshe, what are you busy interfering with the labor of the Jewish people and talking to them and and eliciting feelings that they want to go free. Well, you know, why are you bothering? Why are you interfering with their work? And what did Paroh do? Tichbad Ha'avodah Al Ha'anashim. He made the work harder. And until then, the Jews were given bricks and they took the bricks and built things with the bricks. Now, at this point, Paroh said, "No, no, no, no. You have to make your own bricks. And don't think now that you have to make your own bricks, the quota of what you have to accomplish is going to be lessened. No, you have to keep the same quota." So, so what's going on over here is Bnei Yisrael got a report they're going to go free. They trusted it. But then Moshe Rabbeinu went to Paroh and he says, "Paroh, let them go." Paroh says, "Who's Hashem that I should listen to him? Make the Avodah harder. Make the work harder." And then Bnei Yisrael sees that Paroh is just making things worse for them. And now when Moshe Rabbeinu comes with the full report of Geulah, they can't even listen to Moshe. So, there is somewhat of a reason for the Bnei Yisrael not to believe the report of Geulah because things are getting worse. The more Moshe tells them about Geulah, the more things are getting hard for them. But still, if at first the Bnei Yisrael had Emunah Sheleima, if look at number one in Parsha the beginning of our era, and at the end of Shemot, I'm sorry, at the end of Shemot, Bnei Yisrael had full emunah in the report of Moshe Rabbeinu that they were going to be redeemed, then how was it such a quick turnaround that not only can they not believe Moshe, but they can't even listen to it. Okay. So, let's we're going to try to investigate this and we're going to come to uncover something very important. Every Shabbos morning, we say in Shmoneh Esrei, we uh besides the first three brachos of Shmoneh Esrei, we say Avos, Gevuros, Kedusha. What is the first bracha of Shmoneh Esrei of Shabbos, the special Shabbos Shmoneh Esrei? What is the the special What is the bracha? >> Yismach Moshe. >> Yismach Moshe. Okay? But, we know as opposed to Yom Tov, Yom Tov, every Shmoneh Esrei is exactly the same. What do we say? Ata v'echa Ata right? Ata v'echa Atanu. Every Friday uh at night, day, every time, Ata v'echa Atanu again and again and again. Shabbos, you have four separate Shmoneh Esreis. Friday night, Ata Kidashta. Shabbos morning, Yismach Moshe. Musaf, Tikanta Shabbos. Mincha, Ata Echad. Okay? Let's try to analyze these words a little bit. Yismach Moshe b'matnas chalkai. Moshe should rejoice in the gift of his share, ki eved ne'eman poras alai, because he is called a trustworthy servant. Okay. So, the first question we have to ask is, we're telling Moshe to be happy. About what? What should he be happy about? Why should I want to be happy? Why should Moshe be happy? Well, what do we What do we mean? Moshe should be happy. Number two, b'matnas chalkai, with his gift. Moshe, be happy with your gift. What was the gift? What gift did Moshe Rabbeinu get? And what does the gift have to do with Shabbos? You know, you're not allowed to give a gift on Shabbos. So, if Hashem gave Moshe a gift, maybe he gave him, you know, a nice watch, you know, "Thank you very much. You know, you gave the Jewish people the Torah. Let me give you a Rolex. You know, what gift are we talking about? Okay? So, that's the question we have to try to understand. Why are we telling Moshe to be happy with his gift and why are we telling him to be happy on Shabbos? There's a safer, if you look at number four, called safer Haman Heg. Written by Rabbi Avraham ben Rabbi Nosson Hayarchi. Okay? His name was Rabbi Avraham, his father was Rabbi Nosson and he would sign his name Even Hayarchi. What's Even? Avraham ben ben Nosson. Even Avraham ben Nosson Hayarchi. Why Yarchi? What does Yarchi mean in Hebrew? >> I don't know. Chodesh. >> Uh the moon. He was born, he lived in Lunel. In French In French, how do you say the moon? Lune, like lunar, lune. So, he was born in Lunel, so he called himself Hayarchi, the one from the moon. In any event, he was born in 1155. He passed away in 1215, okay? We're talking about one of the early Rishonim. Very interesting, at a very young age, Rabbi Avraham, he liked to travel. Liked to travel. So, he traveled everywhere and he recorded the different customs of the different places he traveled to. What? >> Like an anthropologist. >> Okay. So, listen to what he says. Reb Zal presumably, who's this Reb Rashi. Lo haya omer Yismach Moshe. When he davens, when he says on Shabbos, he would not say Yismach Moshe. Why? What would he say instead? Vahaya omer Ata vechartanu. He said Ata vechartanu. Vahaya maskir veomer Shabbos o is limenucha. He would insert Shabbos o is limenucha into the Ata vechartanu. Why wouldn't he say Yismach Moshe? Ki lo haya yodea ma inyan shel Shabbos Yismach Moshe. He said, "I have no idea why on Shabbas we're telling Moshe to be happy." Therefore, he removed it from Sura S. Okay, we can Yeah, we we can't do that just because we have a question on this Sura S, you know, I don't understand what this means, you know, I'm not going to say. But, these people, the Rishonim, they they could do that. So, obviously, it seems that it's a very problematic, this this Nusach, this um this text of Yismach Moshe, Moshe should be happy. What do we want him to be happy about on Shabbas? Okay, so we're going to present now three explanations, and we're going to focus on the last one. The first explanation is the explanation of the Avudraham. He lived in Seville, Spain, in the late 13th to 14th century. Okay? He says like this, I'm going to say it outside for to save time. When the Ribono shel Olam wanted to give Okay, the first thing is like this. You know what we're telling Moshe Rabbenu to be happy at about? The gift he was given. What was the gift? The gift was first of all, he was called an Eved Ne'eman. That's his gift, right? We say it in the Torah, it says Lo chen avdi Moshe. Not my servant Moshe, it's not like that. Bechol beisi ne'eman hu. He's faithful. So, he's called an Eved, and he's called Ne'eman. So, the gift that we're praising Moshe, and we're telling Moshe he should rejoice in is the fact that he's called an Eved Ne'eman. Okay? That's his gift. Yismach Moshe, Moshe should rejoice bematnas chelko, in his share, ki Eved ne'eman karasa lo, because he is called a trustworthy Eved. That's Okay. Now, what does it have to do with Shabbas? So, he says like this. When the Ribono shel Olam wanted to give Shabbas to the Jewish people, he told tells Moshe Rabbenu like this, Moshe, matana tova yesh li beveis genazim. I have a very special present in my storehouse. Hashem says, "Ve rotzani let na li Yisrael. I want to give it to them, Yisrael, ve Shabbas shema. The name of this gift is shabbos. Leich v'hodiaim, please go tell them. In other words, now some of I think Reb Gedaliah Shore points out, what does Reb Nosson say? He says, "Moshe, I have a great gift in my storehouse. You know what it's called? Shabbos. Go tell them about it." One second. Reb Nosson doesn't say I'm going to take it out of my storehouse and give it to the Jewish people. He says I have a great gift in my storehouse, go tell them about it. Meaning on Shabbos it's as if Reb Nosson is lifting us up and putting us in his special treasure house to partake of this great gift. It's not that he told Moshe go bring it to us, but he said, "No, I have a great gift in my storehouse, go tell them about it." Now it's like a king he says, "I have a great collection of jewels in my storehouse, go tell my friends about it." King's not going to take it out of the treasure house. He's going to bring the people to see it in his treasure house. Okay, but any event that's a side point. But what do we see from here? Moshe Rabbeinu played a special role in giving Shabbos to the Jewish people. He was what we He was like the shadchan, right? He told He Hashem says to to You know it's like You know Shabbos is the mate, is the the zivug of klal Yisrael. So who is the shadchan, right? We're married to Shabbos, so to speak. Who is our shadchan? Moshe Rabbeinu. So we're saying, "Moshe, be happy in the gift." The gift was you you are the one who transmitted Shabbos to the Jewish people. Um You know, he he played both roles, you know. He played both roles. Okay. That's a That's the first explanation. Explanation number two is you know what it means Moshe Rabbeinu should rejoice in the gift of his share? You know what the gift is? The Torah. Moshe rejoice in the Torah. cuz that's the gift. Now, why why are we saying Moshe should rejoice? Cuz he's the one who gave us the Torah. Why are we telling him to rejoice on Shabbos? Cuz the Torah was given on Shabbat. How come the Mishna says on Shabbos "How come more than Shabbos not a Torah?" Everyone agrees the Torah was given on Shabbos. When on Shabbos? Shabbos morning. That's why we say this, not Friday night, not Musaf, not Mincha, Shabbos morning. This is the explanation of the safer Seder Hayom. The safer Seder Hayom was written by Rav Moshe ben Machir. Okay, now Rav Moshe ben Machir is a very important person to know about because first of all, he was Miguraho Arizal, right? And the Ari, the great Kabbalist the Ari, he's called Elokei Rabbeinu Yitzchak, right? No. No. Ari. But Ari also means lion. How do you say a young cub in Hebrew? Gur, Gur. So, the Talmudim of the Ari are called Gureiho Ari. He was one of the cubs, the lion cubs of the Ari. But he he made a tremendous contribution to the Jewish people. You know what it is? You say it every single day. Modeh Ani Lefanecha Melech Chai Vekayam, he wrote this tefillah. He wrote this tefillah in the 1500s, Rav Moshe ben Machir. Yeah, he wrote this tefillah. Rav Moshe ben Machir. Now, people think Modeh Ani is said for the last 10 years, you know? 1,000 years, no, it's pretty recent, pretty recent. Now, we're going to This is the explanation I wanted to focus on. The Tur. The Tur is the son of the Rosh. The Tur was born in Germany in 1275. Okay? And he passed away in 1340 in Toledo, Spain. >> So, Rav Moshe ben Machir, he said that this is the Torah is a gift. That's why >> That's the gift that that we're thanking Moshe Rabbeinu for. Yeah. And and why and why do we say it on Shabbos? Cuz the Torah was given on Shabbos and that's why we specifically say Shabbos morning cuz at the Torah was given Shabbos morning. Okay, now listen to this. This is really what what we're going to focus on. Okay. Says the Torah. Payrus Yismach Moshe. We're going to read this inside. What does it mean Yismach Moshe? K'shehayu Avosenu b'Mitzrayim, when the B'nei Yisrael were in Egypt, V'ra Moshe Koved Ha'shibud, and Moshe saw how difficult the labor became she'hekhbidu aleihem b'kash, that Paroh mi'Paroh, that Paroh made a very heavy burden on the Jewish people with the straw. She'yitnu lahem So, what did Moshe Rabbeinu do? Moshe went She'yitnu lahem yom echad ba'shavua she'yanuchu bo. Moshe went to Paroh and he said, "Paroh, if you overwork your slaves, they're going to die. It's not smart to work them every single day of the week, right? If you have a worker, you know, you better give them a day off because if you just work them, work them, work them, they're going to end up falling apart." So, Moshe says, "Paroh, look, listen to my advice. I think you need to give the Jewish people a day off." So, Vayinasnu lo Paroh said, "Good idea. Good idea." U'vakhar b'yom ha'shvi'i. So, Moshe said, "You know what? Maybe we should give them the seventh day off." B'khashen itstavah yom ha'Shabbos, and later on in history, when the Jewish people were commanded to keep Shabbos, Simchas Moshe, Moshe was happy she'vakhar bo that he chose the day that Hashem was going He was m'khaven. He thought of the same idea of Hashem. V'zehu Yismach Moshe b'manas khalko. This is what we mean. Moshe Rabbeinu should rejoice in his gift because Shabbos is really the gift of Moshe Rabbeinu to the Jewish people. When the Jewish people were being overworked in Mitzrayim, Moshe says to Paroh, "Paroh, you cannot overwork these people. They're going to fall apart." Pharaoh said, "Fine." He chose the seventh day, and then later when the Torah was given and Hashem said, "You know what? There's a mitzvah to rest on the seventh day." Moshe Rabbeinu was overjoyed. He thought of the idea of Hashem. Okay? So, that's what it means. Yismach Moshe, Moshe should rejoice bematnas chelko in his gift. What gift are we talking about? Shabbos. Moshe Rabbeinu was the one who gave Shabbos to the Jewish people. Okay? Take a look. This is This really comes from the Medrash, the Medrash Rabbah, in number eight. Look at number eight. Davar acher. Another explanation. Vayar b'sivlosam. Remember when Moshe Rabbeinu was a young man, he first came out of Pharaoh's palace, it says he went out to see their burden. Ra she'ein lahem menucha. He saw they don't have any rest. Halach va'yomer l'Pharaoh. So, he went and he said to Pharaoh, Misha yesh lo eved. Someone who has a slave, im ein o nach yom echad b'shavua hu meis. If he doesn't rest one day a week, he's going to die. V'eilu avadecha, and your slaves, im einam maniyach lahem yom echad b'shavua heim meisim. If you don't let them rest one day, they're going to die. Amar lo. So, he said to him, Pharaoh said, "Lech va'aseh lahem k'moshe tomer." Go do to them as you wish. Halach Moshe. Moshe went v'yatikem lahem es yom ha'Shabbos, and he enacted Shabbos. Okay? Very interesting. So, here we're seeing that not When was Shabbos first observed? In Mitzrayim. >> But what about Sarah? Didn't she have Shabbos candles with uh >> Ah. So, good point. Isaac is raising a point that we know Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov kept the whole Torah. But Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov kept the Torah. We don't find that the descendants of Yaakov kept the Torah. For instance, the Shvatim according to some did, according to others did not. And certainly their children did not have to keep the Torah. But Moshe Rabbeinu instituted Shabbos as a national practice. Okay? But you right, the Avos and the Imahos kept the Torah. Okay? Remember we started off the show with a question. Why is it that when Moshe Rabbeinu comes and tells Bnei Yisrael the four Lashonos of Geulah, V'hotzeisi, V'hitzalti, V'ga'alti, V'lakachti, they don't they don't not only do they not believe Moshe, they can't even listen. And yet at the end of Parshas Shmos, they believe everything that Moshe tells them. So let's take a look at number nine. After Moshe tells Bnei Yisrael they're going to be freed, and the Bnei Yisrael accept it, so Moshe goes to Paroh. And Paroh says, "Mi Hashem Asher Eshma B'kolo?" Who's God I should listen to him? And in Pasuk nine, "Tichbad Ha'avodah Al Ha'anashim." Make the service very difficult on the men. "V'ya'asu Va'al Let them do it. V'al Yishchu B'divrei Shav. Let them not divert and turn to false matters." So Paroh is saying, you know, rev up the labor. Let's go. Keep on putting more. Give them more. You know, sometimes you have a worker and you see, you know, he's, you know, lazy. He's not really doing what he needs to do. So you have to give give to give him more jobs to do, you know? Keep him going. Okay? But the words Paroh uses, "Let them not turn to false words." So says the Targum. Look at number 10. "V'lo Yis'askun B'piskomin B'teilin." Let them not engage in empty words. What does Yis'askun mean? Yis what? L'his'asek to busy. Like we say, "Asher Kidshanu B'mitzvotav V'tzivanu L'his'asek Um La'asok B'divrei Torah." La'asok means to be busy with, to engage yourself with, to be involved with. What words were the Jewish people being involved with? Says the Medrash. Okay, you ready for this? Take a look at number 12. The Medrash says that we know that the Jewish people had Shabbos off, right? They were That was Moshe Rabbeinu's innovation. They were off on Shabbos. Says the Medrash, "What were they doing on Shabbos?" Look at number 12. "Tichbad ha'avodah al anashim." Let the service be heavy on the men. "Melamed shehayu biyadom megillos." We see from here that they had in their possession scrolls. "Shehayu mishtashim bahem baShabbos." That they would busy themselves with on Shabbos. "MiShabbos leShabbos lomar." What do these megillos say? "Shehakadosh Baruch Hu go'alam." That God will redeem them. "Lefi shehayu nochim baShabbos." They would rest on Shabbos. So, we see the Medrash is telling us, not only do they rest on Shabbos, they had special megillos that they read on Shabbos. And what would What did it say in the megillah? "Vayehi bimei Achashverosh." No. It said in the megillah that God is going to redeem them. "Amar lahem Par'oh." Par'oh said, "Tichbad ha'avodah al anashim." Rev up the work on the men. "Veyasu ba let them do it veyalu yeshu let them not turn al yiu mishtashim let them not delight veyalu nefeshian bi'am haShabbos let them not rest on Shabbos. So, listen to what's happening here. Moshe Rabbeinu comes down to Mitzrayim. He sees the Jews are being overworked. He goes to Par'oh. He says, "If you let make them work every single day of the week, they're going to die." So, he institutes Shabbos. Says the Medrash, "What did they do on Shabbos?" They had megillos. They had scrolls. What did it say in the scrolls? In the scrolls, there was information about how God was going to redeem them on Shabbos. And this is what Every Shabbos after You can imagine, you know, they were building the pyramids the whole week. the Egyptians were whipping them, they were brutal they were being brutalized, they're being tortured, and every Shabbos they had a day off, and what would they read about? That Hashem is going to redeem them. That gave them chizuk, it gave them encouragement. It allowed them to believe that when Moshe came and said Hashem is going to redeem you, they believed it because that's what they've been learning and reviewing every single Shabbos. Paroh said, "Uh-uh-uh, I thought they were going to keep Shabbos as a day of rest to to reinvigorate themselves to work more. Now I see, what are they doing on Shabbos? They're reading all of this paraphernalia, all of this propaganda that they're going to leave Mitzrayim? No, I don't want that. No, no, no, no. Stop. No more Shabbos, no more learning, no more of this chizuk that they're getting. You know, they're Paroh saw that what were they doing? They were getting together and they were, you know, exciting themselves that they're going to get out of here." Says Reb Yaakov Kamenetsky, "You want to know why the first time when Moshe Rabbeinu came to Bnei Yisrael and said, 'You're going to be redeemed,' they believed it, and the second time, not only did they not believe it, they couldn't even listen? Because the first time Moshe told them they're going to be redeemed, they had been observing Shabbos after Shabbos after Shabbos after Shabbos. And what were they doing on Shabbos? Reviewing the fact that Hashem was going to redeem them. They were learning the Megillos. So, when Moshe Rabbeinu comes and says, 'Yes, you're going to be redeemed,' this is not news to them. This is something that was coursing through their veins. They've been reviewing these ideas every single Shabbos. But now Paroh abolished it. Paroh said, "Tichbad ha'avodah." No more rest on Shabbos. So, now the Jewish people had no time to even entertain thoughts of redemption. They were completely When Moshe Rabbeinu came and said, "You're going to be redeemed," this was a old, forgotten concept that they maybe learned a long time before. But since Paroh abolished the Shabbos, so when Moshe came and said you're going to be redeemed, this was a foreign concept to the Jewish people. This was something they remembered from a long time ago, but not something that was actively in their in their minds. And that's why the first time Vayam they believed. The second time Moshe they couldn't even listen. They couldn't even listen. >> Did they work on Shabbos or they >> Both. Both. Both. Okay. So that's what Kamenesky explains in number 14. That the reason why the answer to our question, why in the end of Shemos Vayam they believed and the second time it's because they lost out on Shabbos. Shabbos was all of their encouragement, all of their all of their yearning for the came from the Megillos that they read on Shabbos. Okay. Now let us turn to number 16. Number 16. Let's ask ourselves a question. And the question is what exactly were these Megillos? What did it say in these Megillos? What What are they? You know what? Megillas Esther, Megillas Eicha. What kind of Megillos do they have in Mitzrayim? Who wrote them? You know, where are they today? Are they in a museum? Maybe you know, they you go to Cairo and they have a an ancient collection of Megillos, the Jewish Megillos. What are these Megillos? Says Kamenesky. Look at number 16. Um look in the middle column. Middle column. The the first paragraph. Okay? And he points out the following. Uh uh we're going to say it outside. The Gamara tells us in Bava Basra that everybody knows there's something called Sefer Tehillim. Who wrote Sefer Tehillim? David, right? King David. David Hamelech Ne'im Zemirot Yisrael, right? David Hamelech. Yeah, David? He was He was one of the authors. How many authors were there? 10. 10 authors. Who were they? Adam Harishon, Moshe Rabbeinu, the sons of Korach, Abraham Avinu, and so on. Which chapters did Moshe Rabbeinu write? What? 90, very good. Rachamim. 90. Chapter 90, Sadi. Tfilah L'Moshe Ish Elohim, until and including Kuf. Mizmor L'Asaf, okay? So, he wrote 10 11 chapters of Tehillim, okay? When did he write these chapters? We don't know. We don't know exactly. Let's talk about one of the chapters that we know Moshe Rabbeinu wrote, chapter 92. Mizmor Shir L'Yom HaShabbat. Okay? We say this every Shabbat a bunch of times. Mizmor Shir L'Yom HaShabbat. Okay? A song of Shabbat. Now, somebody please tell me, look through the whole chapter, do you see one word about Shabbat? Anything to do with Shabbat? Nothing. Not one thing about Shabbat. You say, Ish Ba'al Lo Yeda, a fool won't understand. U'Chsil Lo Yavin Es Oyis, and a ignorant person can't understand, can't comprehend. Um Bifroach Rishaim K'mo Esev, that the wicked flourish like grass. V'Yatzitzu Kol Po'alei Aven, and the evildoers sprout forth. Right? No one can understand A fool can't understand that. Here the You see a guy walking down the street, he's a he's a Uh, know, a Hollywood actor. Why is he so successful? He's such a Russia, why is he so wealthy? He's a Russia. Says the chapter, tell him a fool can't understand it, but you know why? Leisha mad they had it to destroy him forever. He'll get his his benefit in this world, eventually he'll be destroyed in Olam Haba. What does that got to do with Shabbos? Well, on Shabbos where we have to work on trying to understand why Sadiq for a while Russia the toy lie all of a sudden what is this this chapter how does it end off? The Haggadah K Asher Hashem, this teaches us that God is straight Suri he's a rock below of loss of a he doesn't commit iniquity. That means Hashem is fair. Hashem does not commit iniquity. What does that have to do with Shabbos? What does that have to do with Shabbos? Well, on Shabbos all of a sudden we have to try to I try to understand the ways of Hashem why the wicked prosper why the righteous suffer? That has nothing to do with Shabbos. Says Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky, it has nothing at all to do with Shabbos. Why is it Mizmor Shir LeYom HaShabbos? Because this is one of the Megillos that the Jewish people learned on Shabbos in Mitzrayim. Why did they have to learn this in Mitzrayim? Cuz you could just imagine Imagine the whole week the Jewish people who are certainly more righteous than the Mitzriyim, the Mitzriyim are beating them, torturing them, and what are the Jews thinking to themselves? That Hashem's ways are not fair. Why are the wicked Egyptians ruling over us? So, what do you think they were trying to think about on Shabbos? What do you think Moshe Rabbenu was Moshe Rabbenu, you know, on Shabbos when the Jews were resting he convened the Yeshiva, right? He got all the Jews together to learn. What was his drasha about? He was trying to explain to them when you see wicked people prospering, when you see the righteous suffering, don't think that God is not just. Don't think God is not fair. Only a fool thinks that. You know why the the wicked prosper? It's to destroy them. But eventually it's Sadiq The Sadiq will sprout forth. To teach that Hashem is Hashem is our rock and Hashem does not commit iniquity. Says Yaakov Kamenetsky, it has nothing to do with Shabbos. This is one of the Megillahs that the Jewish people learned about on Shabbos. This is one of the Megillahs. They were they were trying to integrate into their minds and their hearts the idea that even if you see a Russian prospering and you see Sadiq in suffering, Hashem has a Hashem has a calculation. And it's not without justice. So says Yaakov Kamenetsky, this is one of the Megillahs that the Jewish people learned on Shabbos. Another Megillah he suggests. We know which safer in Tanakh speaks about the concept of Sadiq Russian of a tobler. That that you have a righteous person suffering or you have a wicked person prospering. What is there's a the one book of Tanakh is designated for this concept? Sadiq Barala. Iov. Iov safer Iov, right? Iov is a time you're a little Kim. And he suffered right? Everybody knows the paradigm of suffering is Iov. Who wrote safer Iov? Moshe Rabbeinu. When did Moshe Rabbeinu write it? Says Yaakov Kamenetsky, perhaps he wrote it in the shrine and this is one of the Megillahs that the Jewish people were also learning on Shabbos to be able to come to grips with the concept of Sadiq V'Ra Lo. Okay? That's what Reb Yaakov Kamenetsky suggests. >> Excuse me, Rabbi. >> Yes. >> Doesn't it basically say that when Messiah comes that it's going to be like every day is like Shabbos? >> Okay, good. And we're going to we're going to use that. That's going to be a very important piece. Okay, good. >> But why why do we read Iyov? >> What? >> Why do they read Iyov? >> Why Why do they read Iyov? >> Yeah. >> Because again, they were having trouble What was the What? What was their main issue? What kind of ideological, philosophical issues do you think the Jewish people had in Mitzrayim? >> suffering and the Egyptian obligation to them. >> Yeah, Sadiq V'Ra Lo. Sadiq V'Ra Lo. So, Iyov helps a person come to grips with the that idea how sometimes you see righteous people suffering. So, this is one of the Megillos that the Jewish people learned on Shabbos that gave them the chizuk to withstand the the shibud Mitzrayim. However, Paroh at one point Paroh avodah, he stopped the Shabbos. He said, "No None of this Megillos, none of this propaganda." You know, he felt that it was, you know, getting their hopes up and giving them hope that they'll be redeemed eventually because the whole Megillah talks about at first V'Yatzitzu K'Paroh Iyov and they flourish, but eventually the reshaim are hesham dam ad ya, they're going to be destroyed. And then Sadiq Yufrah, the righteous are going to prosper. So, Paroh was mevatel the Shabbos. Now, very interesting. Let's look at the last paragraph in number 16 where Reb Yaakov Kamenetsky proves that these chapters of Tehillim were composed by Moshe Rabbeinu when he was in Mitzrayim. Okay? Take a look. It's very interesting. V'Yesh lo hoche'ach, we can prove Ki T'filah l'Moshe Tegan b'yoso b'eretz Mitzrayim harbeh kodam yetzias mitzrayim. You could prove that Moshe enacted this tfila when he was in mitzrayim before he left. Because what do we say in chapter 90? In tehillim. In tfilah of Moshe we say, "Yemay shnos sayno bohem shivim shana. Man lives for 70 years. Ve'im bigvuros shmonim shana. If he's strong, 80 years." So who's saying this? Moshe. When do you think he said it? >> In mitzrayim. >> If he said it after they left mitzrayim, Moshe Rabbeinu was already 80 when they left mitzrayim. So he's saying a person lives 70 years and if things are going well, 80 years. So if he's already 85 years old, you know, why would he only say 80 years? He should say more. It must be he said this before he at least when he was 80 or before. So that's a proof that Moshe Rabbeinu wrote these chapters at least while he was in mitzrayim before he reached beyond 80 years old. Cuz we know when Moshe Rabbeinu was 80, that's when Hashem started to take them out. So Rabbeinu Yaakov says this is a proof that Moshe Rabbeinu wrote it when he was still in mitzrayim. Ve'im tomar, and if you're going to say, "Sha'amar tfila zu acher yetzias mitzrayim." That he wrote this tfila after they left mitzrayim, halo kfar haya yosef mishmonim. He was already more than 80. De'eich yomar, how could he say, "Yemay shnos sayno shivim shana." The years of my life are 70 years. Ve'al kacha sha'amar tfila zu bimenu or he must have said it when in his youth when he was still in mitzrayim. So very interesting. Okay. We're going to end off with a passage from the Ben Ish Chai. Okay? On parshas shmos, right? Ben Ish Chai is a collection of halachos on the by the parsha of the week. But at the beginning of every parsha he has some insights into the parsha. So in other words, parshas bereishis he'll talk about many halachas, but he'll introduce it through some insight into the parsha. So, in parsha Shemais, in the second cycle, right? Ben Ish Chai has a two years, right? Two cycles. In the second cycle, he says like this. What exactly did Paro, why did he want to stop Shabbos? Why did Moshe Rabbeinu want to introduce Shabbos to the Jewish people? What was the deeper kavana of Moshe in introducing Shabbos? What was the deeper kavana of Paro in stopping Shabbos? Says the Ben Ish Chai, there's a concept, Adam le amal yulad. Man was created to work. To work. Every human being, you have to work. There's no there you can't just lie in bed all day. You got to work. Now, and not only do you have to work, you have to build. Right? We know that Klal Yisrael are called boneh ayach, builders. Well, what are they building exactly? Ela take you boneh ayach, don't read it children. Ela boneh ayach, builders. What are we building? Through learning words of Torah, you create buildings. Where are they? Olam Haba. You ever drive, you know, you drive through Forest Hills, you see these big mansions, you know, nice houses? So, you know, what what what do I need to see it for? To be jealous, you know, why why does Hashem make me No, it's a mashal, it's a par it's a parable. The parable is, whatever these mansions look like in this world, every time you do a mitzvah, you create something at least as good as that. You have to have some picture of what Olam Haba is. So, Hashem made houses like that to give us a glimpse into Olam Haba. Every time you learn one word of Torah, you create something greater than those mansions. Fine. So, we're builders. We're builders. are also builders. They build physical things. They build houses, they build buildings, they create, they build with their hands. That's why we say hakol kol Yaakov, Yaakov creates with he builds with his voice, The higher dime in the ace of ace of builds with his hands. Pharaoh understood this. Moshe Rabbeinu understood this. So, listen to this. Moshe Rabbeinu sees the Bene Israel are in Mitzrayim. What are they doing in Mitzrayim? What are the Bene Israel doing in Mitzrayim? They're building. They're building. Why are Bene Israel building in Mitzrayim? Because a human being has to build. So, why couldn't the Jewish people learn Torah? Because Torah wasn't given yet. If a Jew doesn't have Torah, he got to build something. So, that's why as soon as the Jewish people became a nation in Mitzrayim, immediately they got to build. If there's no Torah, they're going to have to work. That's the way it is. A Jew has to be building. If a Jew has to be working, if a Jew is not having some type of putting an effort into Torah, he's going to have hard time somewhere else. You're A person was created amal for hard work. That There's no way around it. That's the That is a characteristic of a man in this world. You have to work hard. There's no Either Torah or physical labor. That's the way it is. The more you work in Torah, the easier your life becomes. Because the every human being has a quota of hard work that he has to do. So, either you're going to work in learning or you're going to work in physical labor. So, Moshe Rabbeinu sees the Jewish people are down in Mitzrayim. He sees the Torah wasn't given yet. So, he understands why they have to work with such hard labor. Because there's no Torah, Jews got to work. He says, "Let me do something about that. If I introduce Shabbos, and I give them these megillos, these Torah scrolls to learn, so they'll be involved in spiritual work, and that will lessen their burden. That will be my trick to get to get the Jewish people to have a much easier easier life. Because if they're going to have Shabbos off, and they're going to be working and building in shamayim, where there's big mansions in the heaven and olam haba, so now they're not going to have to build uh pyramids in this world. So Paro didn't didn't really catch on to the plan at first. So he said, "Good idea." Paro just thought he's We'll give him a We'll give them a day off to build more in this world. He didn't realize Moshe Rabbeinu wanted to give them a day off to build more in Olam Haba to decrease the building in this world. But then the Ben Ish Hai writes, "The malach of Paro said, 'You know, Paro, let me let you let me let you in on what Moshe Rabbeinu is trying to do. He wants them to rest on Shabbos to learn on Shabbos to build in Olam Haba, not to have to build in this world.' So Paro says to Moshe, 'No, no, no, no, no. No more of the Shabbos business. You want the Jews to learn Torah? We'll wait till they get the Torah in Har Sinai. Then they'll build with their Torah. Until then, they got to build my pyramids.' Therefore, the Ben Ish Hai writes, listen to what he says. Chazal tell us, look in the last paragraph, we're going to read it inside. Uvazemuvonhatam. Look at the very last paragraph in tiny letters. Now we understand the reason. Shaumrabozeinuzachazaltellus. Lineinushaboslisraelelalaslikbehembetorah. Shabbos was given to the Jewish people to learn Torah. Vahainu and that is kiyisroelyishbehemkoachlivnosbinyonruchoniveelyoniyideisakatorah. The Jewish people are able to build spiritual buildings through learning Torah. Ulokachnikrobanoem. That's why they're called banoem. Kmaishomrachazal. Our posuk says like Chazal tell us, "Vchobonayichlimudeihashemveravshalombonayich." Now when a Jew learns Torah and he makes these buildings, where are the buildings being built? Where are they being built? Olam Haba. Dizehabinyonshabonemosaiyideisakatorahhunasebicheilkolamhaba. The buildings are not in this world. When you learn and you're creating the mansions, right? You're not creating a mansion in In world, you're creating a mansion in Olam Haba. That is why the main learning has to be on Shabbos. You know why? Cuz Shabbos is main oil and a bar. Shabbos is a piece of oil and a bar. So, the most conducive day to build the mansions that are going to be in oil and a bar is Shabbos because Shabbos is almost as if oil and a bar comes down to this world. So, now that is the main day of work. Shabbos is the greatest day of building. When you go up to Shamayim and you see all the mansions that you'll you'll have built, la acharei me'ah shanim, you'll see you built cities, countries, worlds. The main building happens on Shabbos, says the Ben Ish Chai. Since Shabbos has to be a day of building for oil and a bar, that's why Hashem said a binyan gashmi is assur on Shabbos. Why are you not to build physical buildings on Shabbos? Why are you not one of the lamed tes malachos? You're not to build. Why? Because that will distract you from the real building you need to do. It's not that Shabbos is a day of rest. Shabbos is a day of work. Shabbos is the greatest day of work, but not building big towers, building the mansions in oil and a bar. And since you have to build on Shabbos the mansions on a bar, Hashem said there's no physical building in this world. Says the Ben Ish Chai, we'll end off with this. Every word you learn on Shabbos is equal to a thousand times of Torah during the week. Every hour you learn on Shabbos is like a thousand hours during the week. Because since the one of the main purposes of learning is it's the way that we build our oil and a bar, and Shabbos is main oil and a bar, it is most conducive day to binyan ruchani. As says the Ben Ish Chai, we'll read it inside. Seven lines 1 2 3 4 5 6 lines from the bottom. We'll tach kaslu kubalim. And the kubalim write, the godol ha payal ha nasan me eisek kator biyam Shabbos, greater is the the Torah that you do on Shabbos elef pa'am meyusar min hanhaga me'isa kator sheyima achol." It's a thousand times more than learning during the weekday. And therefore, Moshe Rabbeinu's intention was, if we give the Jewish people the off on Shabbos, they'll use it to build mansions in Olam Haba. You only have a certain quota of building you have to do. Once you build in Olam Haba, that will release them from building in this world. So, a person has to realize, the more Torah a person learns, the easier life becomes. Because everybody has a certain amount of hard work they have to do in life. Whatever it is, 50 hours a week, 80 hours a week of hard work. Everyone's got to do hard work. The more you push yourself in learning, the more you work in learning, whether it's to understand, whether it's to schlepp out to a shiur in the snow, whether it's to try to focus on the learning, whatever efforts a person does in learning, it takes away efforts in other areas. It's a balance. "Adam l'amal yulad." Man was created to work, but you have to choose what work you want to do. Physical labor, spiritual labor, and Moshe Rabbeinu's plan was, by giving the Jewish people off on Shabbos, they'll divert their attention to binyan ruchani, and that will diminish the amount of binyan ruchani that they'll binyan gashmi that they'll have to do. >> You've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by torahanytime.com.