The Beautiful “Eilay”

We didn't start We didn't start Parshas Chayei Sarah yet. I would like to begin Parshas Chayei Sarah today. First of all, I want I want to welcome you to the group here. >> [applause] >> Welcome home, Yorda. There's There's such a shady character. He's like He's not a very like studied I shouldn't say he's not studied. I shouldn't say I should say I should say that I haven't focused a lot in these Parshas HaTeirah this this character Ephraim. Such an interesting character. I want to I want to study him a bit. I think he can learn a lot from this guy. We're going to hear soon some music. You heard the welcome home. Thank you for [applause] being here. Thank you. I want to I want to do some songs with the group. For a few minutes, I think we're going to get from it. We're going to grow. We're going to study Ephraim Zevy for a few minutes. I don't have so much of an agenda. I want to learn the guys. There are a lot of different thoughts. Ephraim can take us different places. I literally want to learn some Sukkim. See if we can gain from studying a little. Anybody Hashem speaks about for all eternity. Torah is not a history book. There are many people who were or are not focused on. Ephraim gets like a big role. Let's talk about this person Ephraim. He gets highlighted, though. So Avraham Avinu after after Sarah Imeinu after our mama Sarah is niftara, she passes away Avraham Avinu speaks to the Bnei Cheys Sleimer. He engages the Bnei Cheys in a conversation. And he asked them, I have an excuse to gather? I want to bury Sarah in it." "Could I have a piece to bury Sarah in it?" "Please, naturally, come out of the second and we're amazed by you. Naturally, come. You're a Nazi from God. They're like very amazed by Abraham and they say come and cross my second. Take the best grave to bury your mace." "The one you pick to bury Sarah will give it to you. You can bury my second. We won't hold back anything. Please, Abraham. Please." The Nazis answered very, very graciously to Abraham who wants to bury Sarah in it. He bows down to the Nazis, to these people. And he says, "Please get me Ben Secher." "If you don't mind, Ephraim, I need Ephraim. Could you bring Ephraim here?" "And and I'll give me the Abraham picks out the second double cave, the famous cave of doubles. It's a shallow the doubles refers to the couples that are buried there or the double deck of the cave. But he says, "Give me the cave of doubles, the second double cave that is say say to you that's the corner of Ephraim's field. Because of money naturally, I'll pay top dollar for it. And I'll give it and I'll bury Sarah in it." He asked for the second double cave. Abraham has a prophecy. He has a ruach hakodesh as a say navua ruach hakodesh that Sarah may need to be buried there. He says, "Please give me the Machpelah." Then Rashi points something. He needs it from Ephraim. It says Ephron yoshev besoch benei ches. Now, in the Torah, yoshev is written chaser without a vav. Ephron is sitting amongst the benei ches. Says Rashi, This very important Rashi for politics, relevant to Mamdani. Very important Rashi. You'll hear, it's very relevant. Ephron yashav ksav chaser. Says it minus a vav. Oiseh yom minei yishreto aleihem. That day he became a king. Oiseh yom minei yishreto aleihem. He became a king in Ephraim. He became the ruler that day. Mitnei chashivu seichel Avraham. For the dignity of Avraham, she hoya tzaruch le al le gdula. Says Chazal, since Avraham needed him, Avraham is like Avraham Avinu, everybody looks up to Avraham. Avraham Avinu says, "I want to bury Sarah in where?" They're all excited. In Ephraim's plot. They make Ephraim the leader of ches. They appoint him leader. Rashi says because Avraham Avinu needed him, al le gdula, he was made the leader. It doesn't sound like the people did it because of that. You could learn Hashem did it. Rebbe Ze'evi learned Hashem maybe. It says since the chashivus of Avraham who needed him, he was al le gdula, he was made in charge. Does that mean Hashem or does it mean the people? Could be Hashem did it. Ephron is needed and it since Avraham Avinu needs him, he becomes the leader. I want to share a in studying Ephraim Ephraim the Tyro makes clear he's in the middle of means he was ruling. It says it cuz it just happened. He became the ruler right then it was a day in he was just voted the mayor the governor of the king. He was the ruler of this little and he ruled over them. Why cuz I have needed him the Abraham if Abraham needs a person. Now this is a principle. That day so Morty and and learn knows what's going to be Sham knew going to need him needs you you become big that that's all it says about the whole world's created for the connection to the other needs a person. That's but I want to share with you what one of them says it's to me very powerful. And anybody who lives in New York what's being discussed by our people and whether you live in New York or not anybody is shaken that in a city of so many hundreds of thousands of somebody was voted in who's anti-semitic who clearly is anti-semitic there's a degree of fear it's it's it's a there's there's what there's what to think and for somebody to say I don't live there we care about our people we shall We care about our people scary a mayor of a country a mayor of a big city a person in charge and is blatantly quite anti-semitic. I want to say something that's very encouraging this Shabbos I want to share you're you're in Monsey so like me and you Monsey is not part of his he does not rule over Monsey and yet we fear we feel for our brothers. What I'm about to say Ben, I'm not saying lightly. I'm not saying I I'm saying from a place that's it's many of qualities. So, I want to say as follows. This the Sharia in a beautiful safer, he brings this Rashi. That that that Ephron became Ephron became the leader that day. So, I'd like to read what he says. He says from a safer called the Pardes Yosef. The Pardes Yosef writes, I'm amazed by this. Ephron becomes becomes the ruler that day. Says the Pardes Yosef like this. There's a possuk lev malachim beyad Hashem, kings I control Hashem says. The hearts of kings I control. There's a it's a possuk lev malachim beyad Hashem, the hearts of kings are controlled through me. Famously, kings have less bechira than anybody else. Yechidim have bechira, they have choice. They can choose this. The least bechira in the world are kings. They have very little bechira. Says the Pardes Yosef, Avraham Avinu needed a place to bury Sarah and he wanted Maras Machpelah. Ephron, it's in Ephron's field. He could say yes, he could say no. Hashem made him the king, now he loses bechira. It was an iphone of taking away his bechira. The Pardes Yosef writes this amazingly. We had a guy in Yeshiva, we had a guy in a very special guy. He has kids up in Ahavas Torah. One of the real tachshitim in the Yeshiva. He's married, his kids are teenagers in Ahavas Torah talmidei chacham. And this guy had a tremendous, tremendous liking to Sharon. Sharon was a general in the Israeli army. He was known as a tough guy. If you read anybody ever read about Sharon, he was tough. What? He was tough. He becomes the Yehuda, he becomes the prime minister of Israel. This guy had to read the book about him was so was a big Sharon guy. Like fire Sharon. And was known about him the Arabs are in trouble. He doesn't back down. Eliezer was known as a war hawk. He was a general. He was tough. And when he gets prime minister, whoa. This guy in Yeshiva was crazy excited. He was a guy who had read about Sharon and followed his career. And he was a guy the Arabs are in trouble. He becomes prime minister mid tamol, like shockingly. He was like the most dovish prime minister. He was giving He gave back Gaza to the to the Arabs. He was remarkably benevolent to the Arabs, like crazy. In ways that shocked everybody. He then after he gave it to her went into a coma and never came out. For years he was in a coma. He died already. He died then years and years later. He was in a coma for years. And out of nowhere, it was like nobody understands it. Nobody could ask him. He went into a coma right after. And in the greatest shock, and in a certain way, leaders don't have so much behair. It's it's so good. It's so good. I I don't say there's none and I want to express this that we try to vote for certain people are good at them and so they can tell us. And there's a normal life of a star glass that we do. And I'm not coming to say something cheap. It's a scare. It's like anti-semite and allowed and people voted. I want to express that Remus Sternbach great sad to connect said this about Mondani. He said he's now a king. He doesn't have He now he's a leader. He's a mayor. He doesn't have so much bechira. Said don't be nervous. He doesn't have so much bechira. Now I want to express we do do normal histadlus. He was described he's going to get lazy. He was funny. He was like very Reb Moshe Sternbuch said he's going to be lazy, don't worry. So he said. He was saying don't worry. He was saying don't worry. Now I'm I want to express I'm not a >> leaders that have been bad to us. Yeah, there've been leaders that have been bad to us. Yeah. Yeah. I'm not I'm not coming to pretend. I'm not going to pretend that Gedolim said to be careful to vote. Yeah. Yeah. That's I'm not I'm not saying that they're not scary things. I'm not saying people shouldn't do chuva. I am saying that there's a limited bechira to a leader. That's psukim lev melech can be a melech. I'm learning Chumash Rashi. I'm studying Ephraim, my friends. Ephraim on the day Avraham Avinu needs him becomes the head of of the of the country. And the Pardes Yosef says the reason Hashem made him a head is to take away his bechira. Hashem wanted Avraham to get the field. He made him leader. Now he has no bechira and it goes to Avraham. That's the Pardes Yosef said. Huh? He's not saying pshat in the shitas. According to this, no. He's saying why he becomes head to take away his bechira. That he was appointed also similar thing, yeah. He became the leader. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's the first thing I wanted to share with you about Ephraim. But I want to keep going on. I want to keep going on. Avraham Avinu, when he asked Ephron, I want to study Ephron. Ephron is Ephron is such a fraud. Daniel, I want to explode expose the fraud a bit. Ephron's a very sneaky fellow. The Ramban says he had mirror me, was deceitful. The Ramban already the Rishonim Ramban Avraham calls out Ephron for being deceitful. True true true There could still be a trickster. His bad meters still are exhibited. Kings Ahasuerus could still be a Russia. And and I didn't say no behira. There's a limited behira. There's a limited. It says So, Avraham Avinu asked for the Ma'arat Hamachpelah. That's big say Sadeh U, the corner of his field. Avraham Avinu just wants this little burial spot, the Ma'arat Hamachpelah. Ephron Vayan Ephron HaChiti. Ephron responds as a generous man. He answers Avraham Ba'oznei Benei Cheis Lechol Ba Shari U'leimer. Very funny loshon. He answers in the ears of Benei Cheis in front of everybody. First of all, the Rishonim say everybody was there as the covenant of Sarah Imeinu. Avraham and Sarah were beloved and respected and appreciated. The whole city came out. It's interesting the loshon Ephron answers Ba'oznei in the ears of Benei Cheis Lechol Ba Shari in front of everybody, a double loshon. Some Rishonim said he was two-faced. He whispered to the people and spoke loudly, two different things. But Ephron answers and he says Lo Adoni Lo Lo. Avraham says give me the Ma'arat Hamachpelah. Ephron is such a nice guy. Avraham only asked for the cave today. Ephron has a beautiful sprawling field. Avram says there's a cave in the corner of your field. All I want is that. And and sell it to me. I'll pay good bucks for it. Ephron says lie down. No, no, no. Avram no, no, no. It's not He's such a guy, apparently. I said I want to give you the field also. Avram, don't just take the cave. The field in front you need also. So he says I said I'm going to give you the field and the cave also. I want to give both to you. Bury it. He says he gets like so much more generous. Avram asked just for the just for the wants just the cave. Ephron is such a such generous fellow. Some even learn that he said to Avram that you just taking the cave, people to visit. You need much more. You need the field also. He expands to Avram what you need. He says to Avram the Ramban says this was merely this was deceitful of Ephron. And Ephron looked so generous. Avram says can you give me the cave in the corner to bury my wife? And Ephron says to Avram you need much more than the cave. Take the field also. You know, I want you to have not just the corner. This way people can come and go. Take the field also. I'll give you both. You are such a generous man. Then Avram says no, I want to pay for it. And then Ephron says a very nice price and takes massive price. They say about Ephron that only what people heard they know them. They only say they say a lot but feel nice and They point out the difference between them and the sharp. Avraham Avinu by the Malachim when they come to him, he said, "I'll give you a little." The I'm going to ask Sadiq him for ice and herb, they do tons. Sadiq him say a little and do a lot. Rasha him say a lot and don't even do a little. Ephron talks such a big game. Avraham asked for the Ma'ar references the Ma'ar, I'll give you the whole field, the whole possession. Take tons. Such a generous fellow. And then Avraham Avinu says, "I'm paying for it." And Avraham says, "Okay, you know what? Pay." And he charged him an exorbitant, a crazy fee. Now, it's possible when he said the field also he knew Avraham was going to pay. So, the Rambam says it was a trick. He says Ephron was a liar, it was trickery. Even when Ephron says it. I want to talk about this custom of Rasha. Sadiq him don't say so much. I'm going to ask for it and they do a lot. Rasha him say a lot and barely do anything. And I want to say the danger. Why doesn't it say Sadiq him say a lot and do a lot and Rasha him say a lot and don't do anything? Sadiq him are very marked but not to say a lot. The I'm going to ask for it and they say a lot, they don't say a lot. And Rasha him say a lot and do a little. Now, the saying a lot's not the problem, Eliezer. The problem is that they don't do anything. But it sounds like Rasha him are I'm going to ask for it, it's part of the problem. Rav Dessler explains that people have a drive inside, they have like a fire. We get idealism. We get like we're we're fired up. He said by by saying a lot you like you crush the idealism. Hold it till you're ready to do. The Rasha him take an idealism, a fire and a passion, then they talk a a ballgame. This I've heard people even in plans and idealism like go crazy what they're going to do and they speak so much they feel like they did it already, but you didn't do anything yet. And if Dessler says in the I'm Harvey that you feel like you're Yitz already, I'm going to do and you my mission describing it big time. You feel like you Yitz already, but you didn't do it. Wow. The importance of watching out you have idealism say a little to good Zachary up to say what you're going to do a little bit, but make sure not to be Yitz with the mirror. Be careful with the practice Ephraim like describes it's so cool Ephraim. You think about Ephraim in my mission. I from asked for the Machpelah level apples a little piece I want to give you. Ephraim like stands up with such idealism. It's a little piece of run not why I don't need no no not like you say. You need much more and he mentions describes the whole saga what he wants to do so beautiful with the scripture what he wants to do. Then it comes down to what he sells the whole thing for Ephraim for a rip-off he like charges him a fortune. The kiss of money he sells it to him for crazy amounts. And it's it's very very it's it's it's very very cautionary tale to us all. That Ephraim is talk such a good game so much sickness he's he's the best talker in the world of the sickness you're going to do, but that's the Derek of a sham. I'm in Harvey they say so much I feel them out and I say but they don't even do a little. It's not Derek Adam they happen if they settle up they also the reason they don't do a lot is because they say a lot. Don't be careful not to be Yitz by talking. You have an idealism you fire it up at something hold it. Hold it and let it out when you're ready to do. You can say a little bit you describe I from a venue as guests he doesn't tell them what he's going to do for them. There's no big description what he's going to do. I'll tell you what I'll do for you. Very, very, very brief what he's going to do for them. Then when it comes time, he says it in matters they come to the beginning of Parshas Vayeira. The contrast of Avraham and Ephron. Avraham Avinu says, "Please, you not might my a little water some bread and water." Little He makes them a soda there's steaks flowing. He ends up making them there's cakes and steaks Avraham there's cakes and steaks flowing. When they came to him tzaddikim, that's their practice. Say, "Maybe I'll eat a little bit I'll take some bread I'll eat something." That's what Avraham Avinu says. And then when it comes down to it, he lays it on. Ephron describes to Avraham just the corner was haste. I want to give you Avraham. Let's take good care and he directions what he's going to do. When it all boils down, he charges a fortune and doesn't doesn't do diddly squat. It's not so they say a lot they with amira. You know what I'm talking about the nail people? It's dangerous that there's a danger I I've experienced this. But I'm going to say I'm doing something I'm like so I feel so good. Schmack. You know what I said I'm going to then it comes down to do you like you ready you push it feel like you say. There's something branding in there's a fire burning inside. Don't extinguish it don't don't say so much. Hold it. Hold it. Say a little okay. I picture Avraham the guests come he's on fire what he wants to do with them. He doesn't tell them so much. Say, "Come come we'll have a little." Then they come. An explosion of Avraham Avinu is flying around steaks are flying. He had a whole fire inside what he wants to do for them. He almost holds it in. They say Avraham is a rasha because he like did feel whole show. It's the practice of Rishon. They get confused I don't want to say that makes him a Russia, but that's what Rishon do. The practice of Rishon is they just say a lot. It's so sad. You you had such a fire in you. Then you that you I said he talked a big game. Ephraim like was glowing. Ephraim after his speech of what he wanted to do had like the glow of a tzaddik. You heard what I said Moshe. You didn't do anything yet Ephraim. Yeah, give it a He had the glow of a tzaddik before Huh? Do I have bonus two shots of humanity? He does have a shot that he meant it. Does it There's possible he means it, but but that's not the goal. So let's stop stop giving your drashas and do it. If you want to do some good stuff, let's go do it. Tzaddikim put it into play. They have a big machshava and they put it into play. They They get it done. The Russia talks what he's going to do. He's darshaning. It could be he even has a big machshava. He will have neshama. See he had such a fire. Don't hold it. Hold it. Hold it for the thing and then let it out where it's supposed to be let out. He gives this such a beautiful speech of what he means to do, what he wants to do, what's right. It is such a nice speech that person. It's like so touching. Why I don't even listen to me. The field is yours. The aura the gantz is ach. I want to give it to you my son such such noble things. Then he walks away like glowing. He's like such a You heard I said. Four minutes later he's selling the whole thing for exorbitant for crazy prices. We had all the We had all You were You're ready You're ready ready You're ready to let out idealism. Be careful when you're idealistic about something. Sometimes hold it in. Hold it in. I'll tell you a maiseh. I want to tell you a maiseh. Tell you a maiseh that that a year who was there told me, "Gabriel, one year this story is it's a behavior of tzaddikim. People came in very fired up about something in Lakewood to the to the Lakewood mashgiach, Reb Nosson Wachtfogel. They came in fired up with what they were going to do in a whole inyan, like askanim. The guy The Yid who was there told me, "Sir, Reb Nosson started falling asleep." So that they were like He was an older man. He's sleeping. It's hard if he's sleeping. So they Wait till he wakes up. Said, "Reb Reb" And they start darshaning again. And again he fell asleep. He said like two or three times. They eventually left like kept falling asleep. Okay. After he left, he said he was there The Yid who was there Reb Mendel. told me So Reb Mendel Reb Mendel, yeah. Reb Meish Mendel. You're a rabbi? Yeah, yeah. He said, "After he left, he got up like a lion." He said like a young man and took care of everything. Made calls. He said like a tiger. Said he made calls and like did the whole thing. I I don't remember if he asked him or Reb Nosson said this or he told me this. A rabbi of mine. He was there when this happened. I don't remember if Reb Nosson told him. He said, "I didn't want to talk about it. I wanted to do it." Mamish this story. How are you sir? So I like you to I talk We're talking We could talk. We'll talk. We have meetings galore. He said, "If I talk, maybe it won't happen." Tzaddikim, I remember I twice in Harbe if if I talk, we'll all feel so glowing in the year we said Enough. Get get get enough enough enough turmoil. He like fell asleep three times. Everybody left then he did. >> [laughter] >> It's like a shvache who does it. Something is shvache about it. Like you talk what you're going to do. He was There's times to plan. There's times to think. He felt there was a lot of hack. And he felt that that's not the way to do things. Mamish he didn't want to be afrined. He He felt it. He felt fire about something. He said after they left, he kept following us. They left, he said he was a tiger. He gets up, he's making calls, screaming. He's screaming. He was like on fire. He didn't want to use up. There was an idealism. There was a to talk about it like, "Let's not talk and let's let's get out and let out. We have a fire. Let's Let's Let's express the fire." That's the Derek of Sadiqim. So, that's our second lesson in studying Ephraim. Ephraim speaks so one of the best in the entire He asked from Ephraim's given so much more than he does nothing. He was they speak a lot and I when it comes time to doing they're already burnt out. They're tired out already. He's He's already like he already like feels he's done. That's how Desler understood this with this Mesa. It's a good Mesa. It's interesting you would because there are times to speak things out. Desler himself told tell me he was going to quit smoking and he said it to make it a reality. So, there are times to speak out what you're going to do and I've seen it to help actualize. There's a time to speak. Sadiqim speak too. It says I remember that. They say I'm old. There's a reason to say sometimes. Saying it makes it says I'm going to do this. Makes a commitment. There's a reason Sadiqim say but not Desler. I remember that. Then there's when when it comes time there is not Even even making sure you don't feel with what you say. The I remember that to me is not just even how much speech I counting the words. Though certainly it says I remember that but it means the I remember that is not that's not where the fire is the speaking. We say that we should say we say that we have good stuff. But where their idealism is is unleashed is the ice and have big. Abraham Abinu says what he says some stuff he's going to do. Why do you say anything? Could be quiet. He's he is being Daniel to say helps to say helps you to say helps others but make sure that you're not all about what you say you're much more about what you deliver much more. What you say is wonderful. Make sure that you deliver is much much more powerful. Make sure that Amir is only in the act compared to what you do that that you receive is linked to your Amir and Yassir much more pours forth and you say much much more pours forth than you say. I wanted we have a question with guest Gabriel is here. Gabriel I want to do some music for you Gabriel. >> [applause] >> Let's do you heard that could you let's come forward you heard that. I'll tell you a couple of things that I think I want to hear what you're thinking is. The bulb that did that also. Yeah, a little bit like he was an old man he was in his 80s like he had he just wasn't so excited like by their the hockey like It's funny right? The great stories. It's a great it's instructive this story. I've told you this story before. A good story. >> [laughter] >> Has that part How's that direction? Should have just given him the field. When he came, he should have been given that direction. We do see on Tamala, a little bit Shabbos. Gabriel, you like Zusha see on Tamala? 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I asked Rabbi Levertov when he comes back to explain to the Havurah. Those are two different things. Hashem is Malachi and he fills the world and surrounds the world. They're two different huggers. Two different rules, two different things that happen that the songs referring to. Hashem is the surrounder of the world and the filler of the world. So I asked next time believe a little homework if somebody wants to find out what's say but I'm going to ask Rabbi Levertov the Rebbetzin one. I asked and he told me he'll do it for you he'll share with the Havurah what it means if you're singing it we should know what it means. Malachi and say that what are these two beginners? You've seen the Rebbetzin's piece on this? Levertov shares believe it or not he'll tell you. What's only feeling you have? Beautiful song though. >> He knows that one? Yeah. Obviously. That'd be so strange not to be. I [music] played a song in Michigan. That real track this song. Elliahu, we like [music] this song. >> [music] >> Thank you. >> [music] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] >> When [music and singing] I show up, when I When I show up, I [singing] >> [music] [music] [singing] [music and singing] [music] >> When I show up, I >> [singing] >> When [music] I show up, I >> [singing] >> When I show up, >> [music] >> When I show [singing] up, >> [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [music and singing] [music] [music and singing] >> When I love. >> [music] >> When I show you love. >> [music] >> When I show you love. When [music] I show you >> [music and singing] [music and singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] >> When I show you >> [music and singing] [music and singing] [music] [music and singing] [music] [applause] >> Five. One more? Yes, he wants some. Silver, he wants silver now. >> [music] >> This one This one is cover Josh. Cover Joshua, let's go. >> [music] [music] >> They [singing] are far from me. I >> [music] >> am left shaking >> [singing] >> if I don't call me. >> [music] >> This is not >> [music and singing] >> They are far from They are far from I [singing] am left shaking >> [music] >> if I don't call [singing] me. >> [music] [singing] [music and singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music and singing] >> They are [singing] >> [music] >> They are far from me. I am left shaking if I >> [music and singing] >> I [music and singing] am >> [music] >> They are >> [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [applause] [music] >> Beautiful song. We're going to We're going to share one final The hour is getting late and people have to pack. Just it's beautiful to have you here is wonderful. Thank you for that. [applause] There's a chat because so many of our friends are in the shidduchim in the thoughts of shidduchim. Anybody after 17 was I see a small It's a topic we're thinking about. So I want to share a chat that we've shared before here, but maybe it'll be more meaningful. Now, I I like being old. And if we if it comes out different, you don't you don't say yesterday's plot. Maybe we'll hit a similar. There's a casual we've asked for years been in the Yeshiva. Everybody can focus kibble. There's a casual we've had for years back in the Yeshiva. This is a casual for years been asked and listened for years are you. Eliezer Eliezer very good. You know the rate Daniel? Eliezer Eliezer has been sent by by Avraham Avinu. He sends his trustworthy servant Eliezer to find a shadow for Yitzchak Avinu. Go out and bring back a shadow for Yitzchak Avinu. And Eliezer has a discussion with Avraham. Before so interesting Avraham, before Eliezer takes on the job Avraham has a conversation. And he makes Eliezer swear to me you won't take from the Kenaani. They're in Kenaan. Avraham doesn't want a shadow from here. Go to Arutz Sheva Amoladeti. Go from my birthplace. Go to the place I was where I was born Avraham says and get a shadow from there. I don't want from the Kenaanites. Not from here. Not from where it's Kenaan. Go back to my birthplace. Find a shadow. And bring her back. Asked Eliezer innocently a lover Evan. Eliezer says Uli perhaps Leisava Ishalach Acharei. Maybe she won't want to come back. You're telling me to go there and make a shadow. Who said she'll want to move here? Yeah. So I tell you guys know when they marry a girl, this is a rule I don't care what a girl tells you. It's it's comical to me when guys fall for this. If you marry a girl, Avi and I were talking about it today. Any guy intelligent. You marry a girl in a mush. I'm not saying that LA girls are wonderful. Just know you might end up in LA. He says, "No, no, no, we'll go wherever you want." I hear, but there's a good chance you'll be back in a You married 3 years, she wants LA, you're in LA, buddy. You marry your girl from Cleveland, from Chicago, from in the big city. The only types of places not that way. We could talk about this. If a girl's like from like Portland or something, she's probably not going to end up back there. She doesn't even think growing up you're going back there. But from a big city, Eliezer is the first one to have this. He's like Avram. It's very nice. I take a girl from there, but she's not going to want to come here. She's going back to LA. Avram Avinu wants him to get a girl, make a shidduch, and they live near Avram in the base Avram. He said she might not want to U lay lay say that you should let Avram learn Torah there. Should I bring your son there? Ha Ha Shem asked if Ben Ha Shem wants me to Should I bring Yitzchak out of Eretz Yisrael? Avram says, "No." >> [cough] >> Yitzchak stay in here. Yitzchak's not going there. And he says, "You try to get somebody. If lay say that she doesn't want to come back, you're partners in the [clears throat] shidduch, but my son's not going there." This is like such a cool shidduch conversation. All the chevre shidduch, "Are you moving to her or is she coming here?" Eliezer innocently says she might want to stay in LA, Avram. And Avram says, "Beside that, but Yitzchak's not moving there. So if she doesn't want to come back, shidduch off. And you're free from your shidduch." That's this fascinating, beautiful conversation, Avram and Eliezer. Later on, Eliezer says over the story. Besuel, when he comes to Besuel and he's talking, he runs this test, and he Rifky Mayno plot passes the test with flying colors. She's a balance has said. And he wants to bring Rifky may new back with him. See, tells the story. When he repeats over the story, he describes his conversation with Avram. And when he describes the conversation with Avram, he says "Ooh, lie." But it's spelled without the verb. He says, "I said to my master "Ooh, lie." And there's no verb. Maybe she won't want to come back with me." There Rashi says there's no verb Eli. He was hoping the girl wouldn't want to come back cuz there's a little secret. He had a of himself. Eli. That he wanted for Yitzchak. I mean, he really wanted Yitzchak for his own daughter Eliezer. Yeah. So, he says "Ooh, lie. She won't come back." There was like a hidden agenda in the Eli for me. "I'm actually hoping Remember, he's supposed to get a up from Avram's birthplace. I'm hoping that girl from Haran won't want to come back. I'm hoping cuz Eli cuz I actually want Yitzchak. So, the question is we've asked yearly and it's a bomb kasha. This nigiyus that Eliezer had. Eliezer was an igiyus of her. And he really wanted Yitzchak for his own daughter, for his own daughters. Why doesn't it say the nigiyus the first time say Eli? In real time when the conversation was in Avram and Avram and Eliezer was happening, it says "Ooh, lie." with a molly. It only hints at the nigiyus the second time Eli. Why doesn't it say the nigiyus the first time? What did he say Avram? When he repeats it over to the silo, he says Eli. I really want her. Why did the first time he said tov ram, said maybe she won't want to come. Wink wink, I hope she doesn't want to come cuz I want kids. She'd say Eli there there rashy doesn't say there chazzal. And the it says Eli doesn't even spell it aleph lamed yud Eli that I hope. Why doesn't the Torah they should point out the negius the first time? Remember the chat we set up front? So we set up chat other years gishmak that he told Bisuel the negius. He told Bisuel I wasn't just the negius was there the first time. He told Bisuel when you ask for a shidduch one of the first will you take her will you take her will you take him for your own daughter? That's always the question in shidduchim. He told Bisuel Eli was this a pitch for the shidduch. Bisuel, Eli I'll tell you about my negius. So he told Bisuel I want her. That was the way of convincing Bisuel. I love that chat that he took his negius. Not only did he go by his negius, he took his negius he used it to help convince Bisuel. It's it says that Avram said to Eliezer you're an arur and I'm a baruch and an arur can't be mistavem baruch. It's mevuor after this Eliezer becomes a baruch and he becomes a he becomes a baruch Rashi brings. He becomes a baruch because any person who puts aside his own stuff to help another is a baruch. It's a givench demench. Here he takes his negius. Not only doesn't he fold his negius, he uses his negius to have it to convince Bisuel. I'm telling you I'll be honest Bisuel, I'm dying to get your tzaddik. Eli so he tells him the negius. That was the chat we said many years, a beautiful chat and idea. What? No, earlier Eli was not Eli. It was Eli. Maybe it was as a serious it wasn't the gears. He wasn't saying the gears. He said it isn't gears. Doesn't even call out it wasn't gears. The Torah is not coming to record wasn't the gears. He was using the gears. What I want to express, what I want to express Perhaps just just twice and perhaps it doesn't contradict what we said this other chat that he used the gears but as he was battling he came in touch with his gears. Before he has a conversation he says Eli there wasn't a gears. He wasn't in touch with that gears. When it came down to the Shidduch before it was a theoretical thing. Get somebody in there. Maybe she won't want to come back. He wasn't in touch with the gears. Here he's actually getting the Shidduch for Yitzchak. So like yeah yeah he's talking to the Shidduch. He said maybe she won't one second he was Yored at the moment he was getting the Shidduch he was Yored to the Eli. So the recording of Eli whether we're saying the Shidduch in previous years that he used that gears to sell the Shidduch maybe yeah maybe no. Maybe yeah. My point is that before when it happened in real time, it was a conversation. It wasn't in touch with the gears. When it came down, now he's like there's a man here with a daughter. The soul is here with Rifka menu. And he said over what he said then. He was yelling now in in in with the sheriff comes down Elijah. He called himself out. It was a car that happens now. When he said it to the first time, it wasn't there was no sheriff there. It was an innocent conversation. When he's handling the sheriff, there's a hat. It hurts. It hurts him and he have say like have say in the gears. I want So what was the exchange of the answer of the problem? What was the The first time that he parted from the shore, he asked No, but Rashi says What happened? Did he not say like >> But I don't I don't that wasn't That wasn't in the all right. There was such when was I hear you saying when was that conversation? He responded to something. At some point. >> saying? He didn't know that it wasn't the I mean you see he wanted I hear you saying there was some conversation at The conversation I'm asking when did that happen? This is when the conversation wasn't an uncalled the gears. Unless he's talking >> be happening. No, it could be there was the conversation but doesn't mean that it happened in the all right. It was the gears talking. Now when it came down to it, that was yeah yeah yeah yeah. I hear you saying there was some response But I what I want to say to the camera, I want to I want to say Gabriel. Gabriel, I want to say this. I want to say I want to say something. And I want to say what's hitting me this year. I don't want to just learn last year's entire year. And I want to close with this. I want to close. I have learned in this Yeshiva and I want to say this to the guys. I have learned in this Yeshiva not to be afraid of my inside. I came here just like distant from the inside. Do and how you feel, what's hitting you, if you're jealous, to ignore the inner world. I have learned to come to appreciate and not be afraid of the inner world. If I'm jealous, if I'm angry, if I'm hurt, I like that space. Great seal. If If I'm hurt, if I'm angry, if I'm insulted, I'm not afraid of that space. I want to express this year what's hitting me, this inner space of Eliezer Eli, an inner space that he really wants her. He really wants Yitzchak Avinu. Especially, I don't need this pshat, especially what we're saying that he used it to sell the shidduch. But I I'm not even getting if he used it with toyiv not to be afraid of the inner space of Eli. To actually, by the way, his want for Yitzchak Avinu is a beautiful want. It's actually a compliment to Eliezer that he wants Yitzchak Avinu. Not to be afraid of the Eli space. That's what's hitting me this year. I'm not getting involved I'm not even getting involved. It's not hitting me what the pshat is. And how many years I ignored this. I want to find the Eli spaces in me. Not to be afraid. Hashem made us right. It's such a cool thing that Eliezer wants to be mastabeik and a frum and that's amazing. There's so many cool space I think I've real the typical person sits in a shiur. This was me before meeting the Yeshiva. You think your insides like messed up. The rebbe saying, "A gishmaka Rashbi or the Rashbi you don't you you might not find so much shmak and you have a lot of things in your mind and you feel like your inside is like a a mess." Okay, but you know, keep it hold it down and you know, and then try to hitznius versus apinimius. I want to express that our inside is as beautiful as our outside. That's what I want to express. And the A-lies of the world is such a cool thing that jumps out. You taught me here the tire of A-lie. Of all the worlds that Eliezer wants that Eliezer wants Yitzchak is so beautiful. It's a beautiful thing. Eliezer's on a shlichus, but does it and it's it's part of the beauty. By the way, even putting aside his own A-lie, using it to sell with the soul of the A-lie. But what's hitting me this year is I wanted to not ignore my own A-lies. That when there's an A-lie thing there's it's a cool thing. Eliezer has a cool thing. We're saying gishmak of happy uses it to sell the shidduch. That's No, I like him. I'm bringing out that there's an A-lie in us and not to be afraid of the A-lie. I even think this A-lie is so beautiful. Eliezer really wants it. Gishmak. Not to be afraid of the A-lie. You know how many A-lies we have? Different things we think and want. We have pushy with them. This gishmak is that there's an A-lie there. There's an A-lie he really wants. Isn't that a beautiful thing that Eliezer really wants Yitzchak for his own daughter? It's a beautiful story. And it doesn't hold him back and he does his job. I want to express and I want to say this to him. What's hitting me is Eliezer says A-lie. Eliezer speaks about his nigiyus. The Torah doesn't just record or the nigiyus. Whether we we're saying pshat that he uses it to sell. Eliezer was in touch with the A-lie. That's as good as the nigiyus. If it said it the first time when it happened, so I don't know if Eliezer was in touch with it. The Torah recorded there was a nigiyus. He understood Eliezer says A-lie, I was hoping something. And then Rashi says there was a conversation. It wasn't like a law that was sitting [cough] there. >> [clears throat] >> You know, I really want Yitzchak. Could I have an Avram's I'm sorry Eliezer, you can't. Not to be afraid of your A lie. The A lie is a beautiful A lie. Eliezer is Rotzon to be a Baruch. He's Rotzon to be Mastabeik in Avram. We learn it Eliezer. We learn it like mocking Eliezer. Eliezer's Nikios. It's like a shameful story. You know, the older I'm getting I think it's so cool Eliezer really wanted it. That's amazing. Isn't that beautiful? Eliezer really wanted Yitzchak. Avinu. We learn it as kids. I learned it. I looked at this was like the shame. Eliezer's Nikios Avdofer. And like it's embarrassing. Eliezer's the one who announced this. Well, Eliezer said A lie. He said let me tell you he says to That's what's hitting me this year. That Eliezer is in touch with his A lie, with his want for him. And by the way, still does the job excellent. Maybe even with saying of shot this year that his Nikios helped sell the of Yishmael. I'm just asking us not to be afraid of our own Sugios of A lie. And it's so funny that what I learned Aryeh as a shame Our kids are going to come one day your kids are going to come home. Eliezer wink wink. I want to tell my kids aren't you impressed with Eliezer and he was in touch and he really wanted Yitzchak. Isn't that amazing? Isn't he right to want Yitzchak? He wanted the Tzadik A lie. It wasn't the Yes, Nikios is a beautiful Isn't that a beautiful inner space that the loyal eved of Avram wanted Yitzchak for his own sake. And it's beautiful. So nice. So moving. So touching. Such a good desire to want of Avram Avinu. It has Paris. It has big Paris in Eretz Yisrael. His want for Yitzchak. His want for the Forever he's called eved Avram. Eliezer forever is known as eved Avram. This is all part of his Rotzon. Instead of the shame of Eliezer So, actually the beauty of Eliezer. He loves Avraham. He wants to be misdabeik him forever. He's known as Eved Avraham. Big big shefa on Eliezer. That's that's what's hitting me this year more than any p'shat. When any like the kashas gishmak, what's hitting me this year is not to be afraid of your eilay spaces. We all have eilay spaces. The space of what's going on inside of us. It's very beautiful. I think our inside is beautiful as our outside if we stop being afraid of it. The inside wants good to happen. We have to figure out I think all our inner tsaylem are nice. We have to figure out where it's coming, where the space for that is, where our inner tsaylem Could somebody Could I'm asking. Could I I change It's funny. I'm changing. When I heard this young, it was like the shame of Eliezer. Like like like jokes on Eliezer. I'm all I'm so impressed with Eliezer. I'm like Nishtaynem Eliezer amazing. Of course Of course he wanted Yitzchak. Eilay He was like I'm actually with that. Maybe even use that with tayiv. Am I in touch with my eilays? Am I in bed? It's funny how I progressed from younger like the secret of the secret thing to older. What a beautiful world inside that he wants Yitzchak. That's That's wonderful. Don't be afraid of your eilay worlds inside. I'm telling you what you told me. I'm just saying If Avigdor again the the name of the shiur is Avigdor's domain. But if you don't be afraid of your EILAY WORLDS. >> [laughter] [applause and cheering] >> IT'S FUNNY HE SAID LA EILAY EILAY. >> [laughter] >> Girls to me. >> Yeah, I like that also. I didn't I didn't learn it this way. I learned it like a shame like a Hell yes and the curious. Schwartz, there was an ally and there's an enemy. Be in touch with look look look me in touch with that only. I'm like so excited that it became a good thing with all the years like I I'm like very like I'm like very encouraged by the yes and the ally. >> [cough] [clears throat] [cough] >> Don't be afraid of your ally. >> [clears throat] >> I'm just saying the truth of that. Massive. I'm not coming for titles. I'm not coming I'm coming to talk to me. I want to embrace my allies. We are having the curious. We are having other sorts inside not to be afraid of real. A bachelor here asked me a guy in Yeshiva asked me that we're fighting for 20 hostages. I said I'm going to lose more soldiers. He was very afraid to ask the question. He was like it's very That was his own ally inside. He was powered by something. There's a lot of places you get from there. Don't be afraid of your frictions of your ally moments. They're like good You learn big things from them. You learn like cool things from our wants. Very neat things from that. Hell yes, I'm more impressed with the ally yes than ever. It'd be weird not to want Yeshua. He had a daughter who was interested himself. Good design. He had a good shot. That was the ally moment. I got to say LA girls in touch with inner the beautiful Eli girls to me. Why the beautiful Eli? LA girls I think. Thank you guys. Okay, bye. Maybe maybe have a I hope you all heard still trying to figure out what I don't I don't feel like it. My mother is here. I I'm happy to do it. I got to look I got to go. I'm going to try things. It's too early for me. For me it's early. I have to speak about it. Woah. No, no, no. If you have to come back Kevra for a minute. Kevra for a minute. I want it I'm always afraid of goodbye parties Yehuda cuz I want the guy back. So like and if you make a party maybe then so 50/50 Aaron might be back Sunday night maybe next week Sunday maybe 2 weeks. We might say he's going to LA. He's going we talk about Eli LA the gun saga but I want to I want to express I want to express that he's extremely talented and today we spoke about Eli the inner world very very courageous. He's been open and honest the whole Yeshiva's meant to people it's an honest space. Aaron is a whatever is one of the Hashkafah of the Yeshiva always always connect you're an honest person. You come with honesty you've expressed honestly. I believe that honest people honesty wins in this world I believe that. It's a journey. The honest journeys I want to say to you always have a place here a connection here and importance here and on behalf of the whole Kevra I want to wish Aaron everything. I hope he's back a week 2 weeks, a month, two months, a year, always you have a space, always you have a space here. But I want to wish Aaron tremendous hatzlacha on his journey finding purpose and friendship and just continuing to develop. The honest person wins. I believe sheker ain lay rak layin. Sheker doesn't work, the honest bikush works out and people find it. Continue hatzlacha on your journey. Thank you. You're always one of my good friends. >> [applause] >> Same one song, one song he's going to sing something before he leaves. Avraham, where does the guitar come One song, one song before he leaves. One song before he leaves. Avraham, what are you doing for Shabbos? Do I need a one night song? Listen to one song. Check this out, Gavriel. >> [music] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] >> levavi v'ahavta [music and singing] simcha simcha l'olam ahavta simcha l'olam [singing and music] ahavta >> [music] >> Hashem Elokeinu >> [music] >> v'ahavta >> [singing] >> simcha l'olam l'olam l'olam [singing and music] levavi >> [music] [singing] >> ahavta ayayay simcha l'olam [music and singing] v'ahavta simcha l'olam [music and singing] l'olam ahavta >> [music] [singing] >> Hashem Elokeinu [singing] >> [music] >> ahavta ahavta >> [music and singing] >> levavi levavi >> [music] >> ahavta [singing] ayayay simcha >> [singing and music] >> l'olam v'ahavta simcha [singing] [music] l'olam l'olam [singing] >> [music] >> L'OLAM >> [applause] >> THANK GOD. THANK GOD. THANK GOD. YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO DO A MAGIC WHAT? I know. I know. I'm in a minute. All right. No, but you don't know like what to do. I'm not sure. You might I'm not going to do that. So, I just Once they come back Sunday night, but All right. No, because what's it called? Yep. I don't know, but No, I'm No, I'm saying we can call back. Yeah, watch this. Watch this. Call me back. Oh, what's You want me to call back or Yeah. What happened to you? Yeah. Bro, it's what? About renting? About renting. Okay, start Mario. We at 10? I'll be down with you in a second. I'll be there. Who are you, Jack? Yo, get some real like in the world of war. Yeah, I just I just I just got back. No, no, I'm saying Say say right? You feel like you're going to be healthy here? I'm about to have a panic. I'm about to have a panic. I need a party of three. You got those? I I I think I want to go home. 16 hours of free time. I think I want to go Is that Mario? That's it. Six for sure. Yeah? No, but But don't tell him. Don't tell him. Mario Mario, we got Mario at Nine. That was Mario. Now now now it went down from five to five hours. I need four more for Mario. The lab. Four more. You stop. Thank you, sir. Never come to LA. You got a place? That's not really going to happen. Yeah. You sit around and do nothing. Yes, sir.