Shnayim Yomi - Naso - Chamishi - #5- Rabbi Karmi Gross

[Music] The fifth aliyah is the aliyah which begins the nim and which will start really which will carry us almost to the end of the para the para of the carbonus of the one I think it's very interesting when the nim first come from before Moshe they bring a gift and the gift is these covered wagons and when They bring the covered wagons. The says that take the wagons from them. Well, why wouldn't Moshe take the wagons? So the says that actually Moshe did not want to take the wagons from the Levim. He didn't want to take them because he said you're supposed to carry with your with your shoulders supposed to carry. You don't carry these things with wagons either very heavy. Okay. No, put in the effort. But Hashem says, "No, take the wagons from them." That's hard to understand. What are they arguing about? Moshe's thing that we shouldn't take the wagons. They should carry them. Put in the effort. And Hashem's saying that no, take the wagons. I once heard a very interesting and they said that who's right? Were they too heavy to carry? Did you need wagons? Or were they not too heavy to carry? If they're too heavy to carry, then what's Mosha's problem? And if they if they aren't too heavy to carry, then why does Hashem say to take the take the agalot? He shouldn't. He should say you should carry it. Don't be lazy. And the answer is I think Henry Ford once said, if you think you can or you think you can't, you're probably right. And what that means in this context is that Moshe saying that you try to carry the beams. Beams are incredibly heavy. You try to carry the beams and if you really believe you can carry them and you really want to carry them, Hashem will help you carry them. Like the no says the aon carried those who carried it. Moshe believed if you put in the effort and you believed you could do it because Hashem would help you then you'll be successful and you'll be able to do it and therefore you should carry them. But once they brought the wagons and they're saying we can't carry it's too heavy for us. Then Hashem is saying then I'm not going to give them the braha. If they are not going to willing to put in the effort then I'm not going to give them the braha. And then you know what? They're going to need the wagons. And therefore says let them use the wagons. Take the wagons from them. [Music]