The Bomb Kasha

Firstly, I want to welcome home I want to welcome home Mordechai Samelwitz back to Yeshiva. >> [applause] >> I want to express a tremendous appreciation that what Mordy has done in our Yeshiva B'siyatta d'Shmaya, many many many many people have come through this space medrish and have been zocheh to grow and develop a closer kesher to Hashem in their limud haTorah, in their tefillah, in all aspects. It's baruch Hashem a beautiful space medrish. And in my estimation, there are not too many people more responsible for the beauty of our space medrish. Mordy is way way way way up there in what you've brought here for years and years now. And just going to Eretz Yisrael with you, Mordy, and and being together with so many guys who passed through here anybody you watched our guys are not very good at faking. When Mordy just walked in, we were not a packed space medrish. There was a certain cheer. The guys don't pretend things. We're not like this politically correct like nice cheering vibe. We're not good at that. Somebody once like a pleasant I know in leil Shabbos when I'm zocheh to speak in Yeshiva, I know when I nail it. When I get it wrong, you can hear you can hear like this like nothing going on here like I'll call out a name the oilam's not masken to something. They don't do very well like the polite political cheer. You can sense things here. When we get it right, when somebody speaks and is saying something, the chevreh listens. I have taken over for some of the shiurim Rabbi Wasnicky many times, Rabbi Silverman sometimes, and if I'm speaking I've really not from a deep place, guys like walk out. Like No, I want to tell you like be quiet. And then when I come and I want to say something and I'm talking real, nobody moves. The guy's like there. This place is a mirror. It's a mirror of truth. And I want to express that when Mordy Samwitz walked in, there was a buzz in here. There was like a serious cheer. It got loud in here for very few to make it very loud. And I just want to express that Mordy, that your honesty, sincere search for Hashem, sincere search for your own place, for your own success, your willingness to listen to others and hear others, the impact you have on this holy base match is extremely worthy. I'm excited. I'm I'm feeling very good about Mordy from I want to wish a brocha that the whole Yeshiva should travel. We should need buses, Rabbi Braunstein, to go to Mordy's chasuna. Should be a namish the whole Yeshiva tzuzamen. Should travel. It should be such a lebedik a chasuna. A yed namish this morning I late last night, early this morning, somewhere in the between of the middle hours, I was on the phone with one of our guys and somebody was complaining that one of the chasunas, the guys with two lebedik, there should be so many complaints for how lebedik the chevre is at your chasuna. And we should all just celebrate simchas with Mordcha. And we'll always You always have a massive place. Mordcha's a rebbe in the Yeshiva. Kipshuta namish. Kipshuta namish. He's a rebbe or one of the rebbeim. Kipshuta. One of the rebbeim in the Yeshiva. And your impact on for shidduchin, when you called up chevre for shidduchin, he's a rebbe in the Yeshiva. He's a rebbe, a mashpia. The term dorm counselor is so ridiculous. It doesn't And Yechiel, who brought you the who brought you who encouraged you? I don't want to say who encouraged, but the Megalim who saw you there Zaka, Yechiel was close to Mordcha. It was his first water bearer rebbe that he has water bearer experience. And just that he gave us Yechiel, that would be dayenu, but there's many many many chevre. So, I want to express a tremendous gratitude for Mordcha for what you mean to me, to the yeshiva, to my children. And it's it's very special. It's It's positive and wonderful and inspiring and nice to be around you. So, welcome home, MORDCHA. THANK YOU. >> [applause] [applause] >> YOU'RE BEING POLITE. [applause] I WA- >> [laughter] >> READ THE ROOM, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I want to welcome on this special day as well. I want to welcome somebody who's here, who's a tremendous tremendously kind person. It's a good segue talking about Mordcha. And somebody who has opened his heart to many friends of ours from this yeshiva and many yidden. I've been to his house and the matzevah that he's created in Monsey. I like spaces where yidden are appreciated and celebrated and encouraged. A yid's a big thing. And we're zocheh to Reichman. Reb is here today [applause] and I appreciate it. He's I'm I feel fortunate to be a good friend. I like when he comes and I like being in his presence. He's warm, he's loving, he's a courageous and good good yid who's mechabed other yid. Other yid, one of the most important questions of our life, the Chazal teach us is emlascha chaberaicha, that you treat your friend like a melech? You hear it's one of the most important questions of our life, Avraham. Did you treat your friend like a melech? A yid's a big deal. Did you make space for another yid? Did you make space? Did you treat him like a king? There's too much talk about where in yeshivas could and it's it's nobody means bad. Every Am Yisrael Am Yisrael are tzadikim. And yeshivas are places where there's a lot of fixing and constructing and building. And there's such a thing of growing and learning and developing. But there has to be equal that there's space for a yid. There's not much room for a person not to build, not to construct, but to celebrate, to appreciate, to make space for a yid. That's real. was one of those people. Rav Volbe wrote a book Binyan Ha'Zriya B'Chinuch where he describes the other aspect and and and once in a home that there's space for somebody's process. You'll see one day with your own children that in the chinuch of our children, there certainly is teaching, but more than there's teaching is the home is a space where there's place for your children. >> I see. A wide an open home that there's space. You're going to have a beautiful family, b'ezrat Hashem. >> Amen. And there should be space for all your children. Mamish space. Roomy home. Roomy home with space for the children. Mamish space. So, is one of those yidden with his big heart and he creates space for yidden. I view Yerushalayim coming fresh from Yerushalayim. Yerushalayim is like it's a happening place. Everybody's Everybody and his grandmother's making half ganah about something. It's like funny to find out. My daughter-in-law was driving. It took an hour and a half. She passed by like two half ganahs. You try to find out what's the half ganah. It's this one half ganah for this, for that. Everybody owns Yerushalayim. Everybody's like standing up for something. I have There's a beauty to it. That our people like have a space. It's mine. Where it's yours. You stand up in protest. It's yours. It's my It's my place. And Jerusalem's a place where there's a lot of space. Nidchei Yisrael Yechaneis. I like Yerushalmi'din. Yerushalmi'din Yerushalmi'din is a bechina of somebody who has space for our people. Yerushalayim Rachamim's one of those Yidden that in his heart there's space for our people. And I'm appreciative that you're here today and join the Yeshiva. We join you. So, thank you for being here. >> [applause] >> I want to express [cheering] as well an appreciation. I apologize Gabriel, it feels so formal with this silly mic. We're going to do away with the mic. I have a little bit sore in my shoulder, neck, and elbow. And talking loudly just set something off. So, we're a little bit selling out. I don't like I'd rather do it less formally. But this is amen. But I want to express that Gabriel learned here as a bachur. And a lot of suggios. We had some very, very special conversations. Years ago when Gabriel was here in the Yeshiva. Good to see you Dave, my chaverusa. Years ago when Gabriel was in the Yeshiva. When Gabriel was here in the Yeshiva first as a as a as a 10th grade, 11th, 12th. I believe 10th Gabriel you came? 11th. I remember the Yeshiva you came from. And Gabriel came here for 11th and 12th. And we had some very, very good conversations for me. It was at early stages in my own development, my own like tapping into the guys. And this brilliant, really brilliant and sweet. It's a very good combination cuz he's brilliant and sweet. If a brilliant guy is not sweet, then I can't like tap in. If a sweet guy is not brilliant, it's it's not the same thing. Brilliant and sweet is a very good very good combination. And Gabriel, we had a lot of good conversations. There was friendship very very fast. Gabriel was here 11th and 12th, went there to Israel, and came back as a dorm counselor on this campus. What year of this campus which you were here for 2 years? >> What? Oh, he was here He was a dorm counselor right here. Oh. I'm sorry? 2019 you're out and then back in. So, that was what Rebbe, what year on this campus was that? >> 2018. That was the third year? >> 2018 2019. >> Was that the third year on this campus? Yeah. The third year on this campus. We are now the 10th year Baruch Hashem. Is that true, Rabbi Weinstein? This is the 10th year on this campus B'siyatta Dishmaya. Gabriel was here. There was a lot of like anxiety. We had been thrown out of Waterbury and by the government, and we were always nervous and shutdowns. Baruch Hashem. It's the 10th year now. We do feel quite comfortable today. Gabriel, you'd be happy to know B'siyatta Dishmaya B'siyatta Dishmaya. It's not like we sense like oh oh we're a minute we don't we don't live with that fear. But Gabriel was a dorm counselor here impacting and just bringing tremendous intelligence and care and heart and love to the Yeshiva. So, just I'm very very appreciative. Gabriel is one of my close one of my men and his wife Raheli who are have a beautiful beautiful family. I've been Zoche to be in Monsey for the Brisos of their wonderful children. Their children are precious each one of their children. And him and his wife are to me again in the Yeshiva it's hard to because the Yeshiva, the space for people, it's hard to say the poster child of the Yeshiva, but an honest searcher for Hashem, a person growing comfortably and beautifully. I would say Gavriel and Raheli, his wife's part of the Yeshiva most definitely. And he's Zocheh to be married to a wife who's an honest searcher like he is. They're both really incredible people who together they to me a lot of the dream Gavriel. People have asked me and what about Yeshivas often want to replicate more Yeshivas. The Alter of Novardok was Zocheh to build 86 Yeshivas. And certainly many Yeshivas have come from this holy base medrish. Other batim midrashos have opened up, but I want to express to me of equal importance is that Jewish homes come from this Yeshiva. That they're homes of honesty, homes of space, homes of happiness, homes of faith, homes of unity, husband and wife together. And I want to express that Gavriel's home is a home that I'm tremendously, tremendously proud of. Gavriel and Raheli are a force, a power couple, both sincere, respectful of each other. Both beautiful mishpacha that they're raising. So, Gavriel, welcome home. You and Raheli should be Zocheh that your home which is really a place, a beautiful, beautiful space. You both should have massive, massive Yiddishe Nachas from your children, parnassa berivacha, tremendous amount of parnassa to support your family, Yishuv Hadass, Menuchas Hanefesh. It should be a happy space. Gavriel, I want I want to say this to the guys. I want all the guys, Moishe, I want you guys welcome home Moishe Noach, >> [applause] >> I want guys to hear this. I want zemiros in the homes. I want Mordy, Dan, and Dan. I want your home, Mordy, to be a place of zemiros, of song. But I want to express it's not the stiff type of song. Sometimes people say you're supposed to sing zemiros at the Shabbos table. No, no. And there's like forced music. That's not song. I don't know what that is. Zemiros we're talking about is the whole family. I'm excited. Gavriel with his wife and children singing to Zaman. Song represents a certain atmosphere, a certain place. Song I'll tell you a word. I'm going to say, "Listen to Yitzy. Listen to this word. I want you, Yitzy, to have a home of song." But not forced. Chill, okay? Family with singing. Song means people are comfortable. Song means people are happy. Avram, I want you to have a beautiful Jewish home one day. Beautiful wife, beautiful children. And together at a house of song. Avram, a house of song is an atmosphere, Yisrael. The word I want to share with you is it says about song. Akiva, afterwards text this. Put down the phones for 1 minute. Everybody can put down phones cuz I want the bracha. Then you'll text it to your whole chat. For 1 minute, no phones. Then everybody pick up your phones. It says we say in davening every single day, Gavriel, we say "Az yashir Moshe." We describe a beautiful scene at at at the Yam. Klal Yisrael's been freed. Klal Yisrael's been saved. The Mitzriyim have been killed. And it says "Ay az yashir Moshe." Now anybody pays you knows dikduk. Az yashir means then they will sing, Avram. Beautiful. Then they will sing. Not they will sing, they sang. Oz shur. should say Oz then shur they sang. Yashir means they will sing. Then Claudius brow will sing? Then they sang Oz then at that auspicious moment, at that holy moment, at that happy moment, at that elevated moment David should say they sang. My schnoz what is Oz Yashir mean? Then they will sing. It's telling a story in the past. Why does it say they will sing? Should say they sang. Says Rashi Yashir they will sing Allah bin mashav them they decided to sing. Now why would it speak then they decided to sing? Well obviously if they sang they decided to sing. So why does it say they decided to sing? They sang. Such a strange way of talking. Whenever in the Torah it says somebody spoke doesn't say he decided to speak Israel it says he spoke. Obviously if he spoke my schwartz do you know he decided to speak. But that's not the way to talk when you're relating a story. Benyamin a bomb kasha. Oz at that moment in shur they sang. Doesn't speak about them sing it speaks about the decision to sing. So what I want to express is that true song means that there's a massive force song the space for song. It means people are happy. People It means that there's a joy there's a space for song. Some it's I'll tell you I'll tell you we were zayin this space mesh and I want you to hear this. Shalom Rubashkin spoke. He was sitting about No, more like where a moat rabbit sitting. We had the tables together and he was sitting somewhere in the middle of the base mesh. Remember Rabbi Ross? All the tables. And he said something fascinating. Shalom Rubashkin said Reb Shalom said that in jail there were a group called the Noahides and they joined Reb Shalom Rubashkin for everything he was doing. Whatever he did, they did. The Noahides They weren't called Noahides. Israelites. Israelites were a group of guyum who claimed they're the real Jews. And whatever Shalom Rubashkin did, they did. So as a mushul, he got time to sit in the sukkah. He got to sit in the sukkah on Sukkos. Now the Israelites were jealous. They also wanted to sit in the sukkah because it got them extra yard time to go outside. Everybody in jail wants to go outside. So they said we're Jews also. If he gets it, so do we. And they sat in the sukkah. It was annoying for him. Sitting in the sukkah was with the Israelites. Reb Shalom Rubashkin Friday night got grape juice to make kiddush. The Israelites is excuse me, we're the real Jews. So they got grape juice also. He didn't mind. Let them get grape juice. He got a lulav and esrog. And the Israelites said we're Jews also. And they were like banging each other with their sticks. They wanted the extra toys. They got a lulav and esrog also. Whatever he got, they got. Reb Shalom was nervous that when they handed him the safer Torah for Simchas Torah that he's going to have to dance with the Israelites. Whatever he gets, they get. He said they didn't dance and sing. To his surprise, they didn't dance and sing with him. And Reb Shalom said that all the things he did, they did, but they couldn't fathom in jail. They were all It was a maximum security prison. They were hopeless. They were all there for sentences that they'd never see the light of day. And there was a certain ye'ush. There was no space for song, he said. So, he would sing and he danced and sang. They could They copied the kiddush. They copied the sukkah. They copied all of it as written. To dance and sing, there was no space for singing or dancing. It was like crazy. There was no We're not singing. We're not doing that. So, song needs a certain space for song. You can't like force song. Okay. Okay. I'm going to ask Gavriel and Shimon to sing and if you can like, "Okay. Let's sing." It means I like that we have singing by shiurim because song has a certain space for song. It means people are comfortable and relaxed and freilach and there's like room to say something and sing something and express something. Song needs space for song. And I want to express that it says "Oz yashir." It doesn't say they sang. Says "Oz at that moment it was decided to sing." Remember beforehand they had been in very dark spaces in Mitzrayim. There was no room for song. "Oz yashir." Then they decided, "Wow, we can sing. We can sing. Oh my goodness. Woah, something was released that there was space for song." So, when I say Avraham that I want guys to have zemiros in their homes, I'm not talking about a forest, chill, us yashir. A place with a space for song. It means people are enjoying each other. People like each other. There's space for song. That's the type of song that I am wishing Gabriel that his home should be a beautiful place with his mama's yashir. There they'll sing. There there's the joy. There is there's the space. There there's the faith for song. That should be your home, Gabriel. Welcome home and thank you for being here. >> [applause] >> Before before I ask Gabriel and to sing What do you say, Wow. So, first sing something to Gabriel. Before we ask Gabriel, it's not even nice. Gabriel comes and right away say, "Gabriel, sing for us." Let's have sing something for Gabriel. Aviad, you maskin. But, then I have a kasha for you also, Aviad. Should we Should we have sing something for Gabriel? You're a big akiva, Aviad. We'll have Gabriel sing. We'll ask him together soon. Aviad, you met Gabriel already? Give him a shalom. My shalom, you gave a shalom to My shalom's money. See guys, have to stick together. >> [laughter] >> Why do you hold Gabriel? What do you hold we ask to do Ashivenu for Gabriel? Yes. Okay, good. Yes, Gabriel. 100% >> [laughter] >> Ashivenu Hashem Listen. You want it? >> [music] [music] >> Ashivenu >> [music and singing] [singing] [music] >> V'nashuvah [music and singing] V'nashuvah [music] [singing] Ah Hashiveinu [music] >> [singing] >> Hashem. Ah, >> [music and singing] >> Hashiveinu >> [music] >> Ah, >> [music] [singing] >> Hashem >> [singing] [music] >> V'nashuva. V'nashuva. [music] >> [singing] [music] >> V'nashuva. V'nashuva. [music] >> [singing] >> Ah, Hashiveinu [singing] Hashem. >> [singing] >> Chadesh, chadesh [music and singing] yameinu. Chadesh [music] yameinu k'kedem. >> [singing] >> Chadesh, [music] >> [singing] >> chadesh yameinu. Chadesh [music] yameinu >> [music] >> k'kedem. >> [singing] [music] >> Chadesh >> [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [applause] >> I would ask a cat you don't have to put the guitar away yet. Schliemann don't put it away. I would ask a cashier first but I'll tell you like this. I'll tell the camera like this. I came with Schliemann a few guys and we went to a specific school and they had tons of sandwiches for the guys and they said after the rabbi says that the guy will get the sandwiches. I wasn't doing that. No, no, no. If you think one person wanted to eat, I I told I asked the head of the school if he could please first give out the sandwiches. I really believe he didn't like tire. You don't have to like hold them hostages where you have to tell you don't okay. You see this sandwich you'll get it if you learn. You didn't really like learning. >> [laughter] >> People really like learning. I feel like to hold Gabriel here and tell the chevra, if you listen to my ramblings, we'll get Gabriel. We want Gabriel and we're That's That would be beautiful and we like That is beautiful. I don't have to hold the chevra hostage to tell you say a word to get Sweaky I want Sweaky to get to hear Gabriel. If I could be so bold, and I want Gabriel to know he can come here without singing also. We love you. And then this if Gabriel says I'm not in the That's we just this is a whole lot dumber. There has to be room for song. We happen to love There many many guys in the yeshiva that listen to Gabriel and enjoy Gabriel. I have introduced Gabriel's music to many many an Uber driver. If you go into a local Uber driver, the odds are good he has Gabriel on on his like saved on his phone and his playlist. He has Gabriel. And because I have played it for many an Uber driver. But I want to ask Gabriel if possible would come up and share with us a song or three. Oh oh he's going to hear? Of course. Of course. Sweaky this is for you. Nothing. are you joining in? No. >> Welcome Sweaty. Sweaty sucker, welcome home. >> [applause] >> Gabriel, do you want a mic? Check this out, Sweaty. Check this out. You want to do This is This is all. >> [music] [music] >> I love. >> [singing] [music] >> I love. >> [music and singing] >> I I I I >> [singing] >> I I I >> [music] >> I I >> [singing] >> I I >> [music and singing] >> for you to return. >> [music] >> And still there are our >> [music and singing] >> Can you see we're begging >> [singing] >> But [music] you know that tonight I I I >> [music and singing] [singing] [music] >> I love. >> [singing] [music] [music and singing] >> I [music] love. >> [singing] [music] [singing] [music and singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music and singing] [music] >> I >> [music] [applause] >> That's beautiful. WHEN WHEN WE'VE GONE to play for for Yidden who are in all different schools, what's the first song they ask Time and time again. Oh, yeah. Move me. That was like no choice. That has reached Yidden the hearts of Yidden in far far flung places Gabriel. So, thank you Gabriel. Move me. >> [applause] >> Zack, do you have a specific song you want from Gabriel? What do you want Zack? From peace to penny to >> peace. Oh, I want peace. >> Zack ask ask Gabriel. Ask him. I would tell we want to hear what you're thinking now. >> [laughter] >> Which one? The echo one? Different one. You know this one Yossi? Yeah. >> Oh. Oh. All my breath, all I got left, I give it all to God. And since each day is borrowed, so take my heart, give it all to God. Every step I take, [music] song that I sing, every strum of my guitar, it's just to glorify your name, and I say, Hallelujah. I give it all to Hallelujah. Yeah, hallelujah. Hallelujah. Yeah, hallelujah. [music and singing] Hallelujah. Beautiful song. All my breath, all I got left, I give it >> [music] >> all to And since each day is borrowed, >> [music] >> so >> [singing] >> take my heart, >> [music] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [applause] could you do again the Hazerem Bidema? Gabriel, that was gorgeous. I never heard that one, yeah. Gabriel, is that a new one? Zusha, Zusha, yes. Zusha, yes. Yeah. Gabriel, were you involved in L'cha Dodi? No. Call in a shomer, beautiful. You would have never taught me that song. Avram, you seem to have known it also. Yeah, I did. Beautiful. I hear the whole time. >> [music] [music] [music and singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [applause] >> Come here. Come here. What is the Kevin and Gabriel and Aaron Feinsod on the Aaron, bring the drums to the back. what's a lace? We're different one. Like It would be awfully weird to tell Gabriel Reichmann what to sing. >> [laughter] >> That was my fault. Usher What song do you want to hear Gabriel Reichmann sing? Come sit next to me. bring up Ezra. Bring up Ezra. Come. Come. Sit down. I want the two Shlomos near each other. What's Nesanel and Mayer here and Mordcha? Mordcha Liner, are you really the Ishbitzer? He was the Mordcha Liner. Right, right, yes? Yes, yes. The Ishbitzer. What does he say? The Ishbitzer was the Mordcha Liner? Are you Mordcha Yesif, Mordy? Mordechai Yesif The Ishbitzer was Masha with Mordechai Yesif. Right, Josh? And that's what he said. Happy birthday, Joshie Glatter. >> [cheering and applause] >> I was wondering so many special were going down that Schliemann is here, Gabriel is playing, Morty came back. Now all makes sense. Josh is I don't want to do that though. Mort is the heart, Josh is the soul of our Yeshiva. So the heart and soul are back. I'm Moshe Livshutz and I'm on the bus now. Schliemann, you, Gabriel and Aaron picked the song. Maybe we can just say on the mic we're experiencing just a little bit of turbulence. Everyone can please go back to their It's such a funny thing. Ike, he's He's one Really I don't know if he knows the song, right? I don't really know any. I never got to play the like the famous ones. I like Oh, exactly. Exactly. By the way, I forgot one time I saw him and then my sister was like, "Oh, he loves this song." So she was like, "Sing it for him." I didn't know the words. So I was like, "Uh-uh." I didn't know the words. Oh. >> [music] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] >> What was that way? >> [music] [music] >> Okay, we're having [music] to tell you a good story in the middle. [singing] Tell me. Is that live? They're live. >> [singing and music] [music and singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing and music] [music] >> Oh, um It was [music] I think it was called Shema Yisrael. Are you leaving now? Yeah, I'm leaving now. I wanted to tell you what I got to say. I'm trying to get a diploma. Yeah. He's getting a diploma. >> [applause] >> One last song that I want to share with Tyra. >> [snorts and laughter] >> The song Eicha Odah Hashem, that's Is that what I'm thinking of? Like Gabriel wrote that song. So let's do Odah Hashem. You who to go up Do you who do you know Odah Hashem? Go go go next to Eliyahu Eliyahu Eliyahu also Eliyahu go next to Zack Wiener Zack sing for us Zack. You know Odah? Zack let's go go next to let's go. let's take Zack around to our people and have him sing all over. >> Listen right after this song I want to share something with you and mayor and Mark Halainer the Ishbitzer. >> [music] >> This is like nice. It makes a little It's very convenient now. Just like whisper in your ear. >> [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] >> I don't have to whisper now. >> [music and singing] [singing and music] [singing] [music] [music and singing] [singing] [music] [music and singing] [music] [singing] [music and singing] [applause] >> Okay. I'd like to ask a question to to Yechiel to Naftali Telyo. But Yehuda Awy. One of the hardest one of the hardest things in our life I find there's a chazzal that describes this kasha taken me hadati. And Naftali one of the challenges in life is we learn important things when we're young and we find it difficult to rethink. To think about it older a year older a year wiser. Every single year we read the same parshas Torah. The intelligent person Yechiel reconnects to the parshas. You're a year older you're a year different. I like that Zach asked Gavriel could you sing us peace? He said that's not where I am right now. And I like that a lot. That's what I was saying before there needs to be space for song. So that's not what I'm thinking about right now. I can I can give you and he's not pretending he can give some version but you could tell when a singer sings they're like telling us something. He said whoa okay, let me try to like remember that. It's not where I am. And in the parshas Torah Aviad to relearn chometz we're up to parshas boy. A bocher here, a bocher in the base madrash now, told me that I'm embarrassed. I don't know the stories of these parshas. I don't know what went on in boy. And I want to say that in a way I was excited for him. I told him, "Whoa." I mean this in a way. I am thankful that I've learned boy before. But I want to express that I had a certain excitement that at 18 he could read boy and say, "What hits you? What What do you hear in the parsha?" Now it's tricky because I read this parsha when I was 17 and 16 and 14 and 8. But I want to learn it now. I want to express that we were in Eretz Yisrael, Rav Aaron David Schleta, this Godol b'Yisrael, came and he spoke Friday night. And one of the bochrim told me Mark on the phone today that of all the things that went on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Shabbos, he said he didn't know his name. He said that tzaddik Friday night, one of our guys said that tzaddik spoke Friday night that like spoke to me. And I want to express, Gavriel, I fell in love with Rav Aaron David. Rav Aaron David is a Godol b'Yisrael. The man knows a lot of Torah, Yehuda. You know what I fell in love with, Avram? Rav Aaron David would once a week open a Chumash and he would read a Rashi and with a lev patuach, with an open heart, he would fall in love with the Rashi. all my He would read it with such excitement and beauty. And you were like waiting for his vert, but he just was like he was feeling the Rashi. I was zocheh to have a seder to learn with the Sadiq once a week and we learned I learned by the Ramban and I want to express I have heard going to vote them I've heard deep ideas and I like I like my mind to work and I shall tell her it's deep and the wisest people who ever lived could wrap their minds and try and expand their minds and understand a bit of Tyra but I want to express there's a special article to learn presently to bring your story I find my stuff in the Tyra all the time when you learn Tyra presently [clears throat] and with your issues you'll find it in the Tyra real you're open you're you're looking you're learning you're absorbing Hashem's talking to us presently when I was your age of the guys here I would go to my Rabbi share Gabriel and time and again I thought he had a good idea he knew my story it was like what I was thinking about it was like crazy oh my God like Rabbi I could I do like he knew what I he knew what happened last night it was scary today I understand that that's what we Tyra is when you learn by your Rabbi you can expect when you learn Tyra Hashem's Tyra talks to us it's saying something very present so of course it's going to speak to your story Hashem's talking to us the one who created me Raffi and my worries and my unique stories is talking to me I can expect it will speak to me Gabriel I pointed out that you did rabbonim on a Shabbos this Shabbos rabbonim are going to speak from boy why they doing that Gabriel maybe they should say a more appropriate verb from to rabbinic trick us we're a very deep people. So, why are rabbonim across America going to say from parshas Boi? Maybe it'd be more appropriate, to share a dvar Torah from Vayeilech. Akiva, you hear what I'm asking? Why are rabbonim this week's parsha going to say from Boi? Why are rabbonim going to say different Torah from parshas Boi, which is what we're learning this week? Maybe they should say a dvar Torah from a different parsha. It's not a trick, Akiva. What's happening is is we believe if all of Am Yisrael is reading this parsha, the Torah is talking to us now. Hashem is talking to us now. So, the rav is saying, "Hey, let's look in Boi. The entirety of our people are reading Boi. Let's see what Hashem is saying to us now." So, there's an art of learning Torah, Akiva, presently. Saying, "Hey, what's Hashem saying to me now?" So, I want to ask you a pasuk, Akiva. Avi, if you take off your coat, otherwise it's not negaya. If you take off your coat, Avi, I want to read a pasuk in parshas Boi and ask the chevre if we can try. Okay, he's saying no. If the oil can try, if we could try to wrap our minds, to be present, to be present and ask what's the Torah What's Hashem saying to us? We're about to leave in parshas Boi, yetzias Mitzrayim. In parshas Boi, we're getting out of Mitzrayim amash. And the pasuk says as follows at the moment of yetzias Mitzrayim, Yankev. The pasuk says, "Vayisa Am b'tziltam." Klal Yisrael is right now the Mitzrayim had the final makah of virus. Every single home in Egypt, somebody died. In every single in bias as your in shamayim every home in Egypt the final marker marker's virus. Every single home in Egypt had somebody die. And Parshas is just going crazy as is the whole Egypt. And Parshas says get out of here. Call you throw go out. You're free. Come out then come go serve your God. You're out. Come bring all your animals. Take them please get out and give me a on the way out. Like pressured call you throw. To quickly send call you throw go. Get out and my hair to speedily send out call you throw me now it's out of key on call on you may see they said we're all going to die. You didn't get out. So I keep it after all the markers finally markers broke the will of the tree. And they chased us out. Get out of here. We can't handle this anymore. And then a very like interesting almost trivial detail you throw. And this funny detail that in being chasing us out get out. We don't want you here anymore. You please just leave us quickly. They chased us out. And we didn't just get out. They like chased us out. And then it says that we had food. And in order to bake challah, Akiva, if you've ever watched Mama bake challah, we've all watched our mothers bake challah, and the mother takes the dough, and it sits there and you got to wait patiently. And the dough rises, and when it rises properly, you put it in the oven and you bake it. But we were so rushed out of Mitzrayim, we ran out, the dough had no time to rise, we couldn't wait around. So the dough was flat, and we ran out with flat dough. That's how we ran out of Mitzrayim. We baked the dough They were just matzah, ki lo chameitz. They didn't have time to rise, ki gurshu mi Mitzrayim, for we were chased out of Egypt. V'lo yachlu l'hismahmeha, there was no time to delay. V'gam tzeidah lo asu lahem, we didn't have time to make provisions for the road. So we were chased out, and the dough, like we posha would have waited a few more minutes. Like you like please like Mitzrayim like out. L'maher l'shalacham, get out. We can't handle you, kulanu meisim, we're all going to die. The Mitzrayim just freaked out of it. So they chased us out. And in a very odd thing, the bread we had unusually was matzah instead of challah. Cuz to have challah, what has to happen, Akiva? The dough has to rise. But we didn't have time for that. So we grabbed the dough before it rose, we baked it quickly. So, what did we eat on the way out? Matzah. Now, all of us are commanded for all eternity, you and I eat matzah. Every single Pesach night, we eat matzah. And my question that I want to ask, guys, not to think what you thought yesterday or last year anyway. You're You're old. You're You're here. You're present. What hits you with that? That seems to be such a minor detail of Yitziat Mitzrayim. Why would we even remember? It seems such a quirky Zach, it seems such a quirky detail to even mark that the challahs didn't rise. I hear even by the way is What are we remembering? Why is that important, Binyamin? Why is that seems like such a quirky, side, inconsequential detail? It's a peleh Yicheel. Yicheel, I'm asking and honest speaking. And I want all of I don't I don't care for the answer, by the way, It's not like I want to give a drasha and have a shmooze. We listen to Gavriel. I'm having a good time here. Naftali, Tzvi Tzvi's here. We can have good times. Avraham, I have no agenda other than I want us all in fine shape to learn Torah. What's happening? What's the big deal, Akiva? What hits you? Why is that important? That's like a quirk. We left Mitzrayim. Hashem made great miracles to free us. We were there for decades and decades and decades. 86 years of torture, frankly. Before and we're there a long time, but in relative comfort. For 86 years, Mitzrayim beat the stuffings out of us and Mitzrayim killed our youth, tortured us, and then Hashem for 1 year freed us. For 1 year they didn't pressure us anymore, and Hashem pounded them Mitzrayim down. So, right there you have kingdom already shaken. Man mish took care of the Mitzrayim. The final makah makas b'choros and every Mitzri house has a dead person in it, and the Mitzrayim just freak. L'maher l'shalach. Out! And we rushed and we didn't have time for the bread the bread to bake. So, it was matzahs. And forever you and I Pesach night eat matzahs. Of what importance is that fact? What does that say to us? Why is that important to remember that? What is that? The eating of matzah seems like a massively side point. By the way, if we would have waited [music] to get out of Mitzrayim, it wasn't even for us. It wasn't even appear. L'maher l'shalach was the Mitzrayim said, "Kulanu mesim." Ki amru, "The leaving fast." We were like very chilled at that point. We were like a I picture Am Yisrael us sitting there Akiva, and to us it was very like relaxed. We were no longer in servitude. We could have said, "Mitzrayim, I know you want us out fast. I'm sorry." This was almost like a Mitzrayim like bug, and they're like, "Out!" As far as we were concerned, we were no longer we were not in threat right now, by the way, Yechiel. Life was good. The Mitzrayim were completely in chaos, completely bugging out. Life was nuts for them and very good for us, Zaki. Kish mach. Come. The oppressor the we we we ran out. For who? Lemeyer leshalacham is their pressures. So why are the matzah that we left fast them? We were just happy to leave. We were not you know I I told the chevre that I studied a lot. The yidden that were in who were in Russia and imprisoned, our people in Russia were amazing Gabriel. And I read this story this the story of one particular Russian one particular yid who was in Russia and he was locked up in prison for many many years. And upon leaving upon leaving he actually forgot. I believe he had a siddur of Yisrael Menachem. I don't remember what it was and to like to there Did he have to bench? I don't even remember why. He asked to go back into bench. I can't remember why. But this was Yisrael Menachem Mendelovitch. Reb Ashkin what? He had a benching thing? I don't remember. Yisrael Menachem Mendelovitch I said chill out I got to like take care of something. Like out out he's like I'm sorry look. HE WASN'T I picture Gabriel by Mitzrayim like they're chasing us out. At this point we're like very like no you're going to wait a minute. But somehow we left fast like they chased us out. And we were in a very good predicament at this point. Matzah that it says when we left Mitzrayim remember they were the Mitzrim had it. So when they chased us out we're about to go into the desert you got to make food. So they're saying out out I'm like chill out I'm making bread. So my wife's baking we're going out 3 million people. So what do you do? You have to leave the bread you tell them it's Excuse me, you're going to wait a bit. You wait till the bread rises, then you bake it, and then you have to do challah. The Mitzrayim wanted us out so badly, we didn't have time for the bread to rise. So, that's why we ate matzah. Why do we tackle saying that? Why do we tackle like >> What is that? Oh, you're asking I beg the chevre, don't just ex- Like, we learn it when we're kids. We're allowed to be older. We're allowed to think. We're allowed to absorb Torah. What's being said here? Of what significance is this? Yes. Yisrael, I don't want to say an answer. I want to Let's really think. What is it? It seems like Gavriel's not like troubling. Like, I would I think me and Gavriel would have said, "Excuse me, I'm I'm going to actually stay a bit longer. I'm going to go away when the bread's ready." Wait, that's the different question. Two questions that he's asking. It's all the same question. There's some significance that they chased us out. That the Klaal Yisrael said, "Okay, okay, we'll leave fast." And we leave. They They We left fast. We left fast. This speedy leaving. By Yaffu Es HaBotzek, we cooked the dough. U Gais Matzos Ki Lo Chametz, Ki Garshu Mitzrayim, for we were chased from Egypt, and it didn't rise. Yank, the story of being chased was they were desperate. OUT! WE CAN'T HANDLE you anymore. It looks like we could have even said, "I'm sorry." Like, we weren't even under threat, by the way. What is this story that we're forever remembering, this quick leaving? Why did we leave quickly? It's all part of the same. If it's two questions, I'll ask it as two. No, I'm asking if it is two. Yeah. Yeah, I believe it's two questions. Why did we listen to them? Yeah. And why is it significant that we listened to them? And why do we forever remember this, right? Akiva? Is that a fair question? We're so Love, let's go. I don't I I am I miss I don't want to say shut. I want to tell you we I want guys to say that we really could think. Okay, we're thinking. Too too much too much I ask you one day you'll see you're going to have your say to the Seder. And words are beautiful. The very entire are beautiful. Why not be present with your family to the Seder to our story? Why not we tell the we're so used to the story. Do you know as you get older the story is more interesting like things you slow slow down they're chasing us out. You don't have to run right now. Listen to the story like let it feel in. It's our story. It's my story and your story. What's happening with the matzahs? Mark, any what hits you Mark with these matzahs? These provisions that didn't rise. Mark, what would you have said to the Egyptians? Out. Excuse me. I'm going to have good bread on the way out. But they chased like enough. And when I say they chased we were under no threat. There were no guns at this point. The Egyptians were broken. And by they were broken the Egyptians. They just said go. Go. We weren't chased with guns. We were pleaded they were begging please go. And we run out see with the with the matzahs cuz there was no time. Isn't that interesting Schliemann? What is this? Rabbi Russ, what isn't a fascinating story? And we think like we know the story already. Like why can't we like learn the story now? I I to ask the guys rather than say it hurts, I want to ask you study the story now, please, carefully. I promise you I'm studying the story like I never learned it before. And I'm telling you that I'm seeing new things. I'm telling you. I'm telling you I learned on the plane. I started learning we really got out of Mitzrayim. We're getting out of Mitzrayim, my friends. I want to tell you when studying the story, I am finding new parts of me in Mitzrayim. I'm re-meeting Par'e, finding out all different stuff about Par'e. We can get out. We really can. See, you held I want you to ponder this question. This What are you holding interesting, right? It seems like such a strange detail, but one that Hashem clearly highlights. To say it's insignificant and forever you and I have a mitzvah de'oraita erev Pesach u'matzot. Eat the matzot. Matzot of what? >> [laughter] >> Of what significance? It seems like such a strange part of the story and and a part of the story that wasn't really our desperation. I'd actually say it was the Mitzrayim's desperation. It's almost we're telling their story, not our story. That's the eating of the matzah is not my story. I was I was cool. I don't know. >> [laughter] >> At this point, we were like really safe. The Mitzrayim were freaking. It's funny if the 86 years of us freaking, maybe I'm just a very competitive guy. And I want to be honest, I would say to the Mitzrayim, you know, I'm kind of enjoying how much you're freaking and I'm going to wait a bit. 86 years I was freaking. Now the Mitzrayim, get out. Get out. We can't. We're dying, friends. But somehow we rush out as Hashem was metzave us to. Hashem tells us to leave. And we leave in the speedy way. But the speedy way is not like really our sugia, it's their sugia. And forever we remember the matzahs we have. That which we didn't have time to rise, it's funny, chevre. If the story of matzahs, Marat was that we ran out in the middle of the night, and snuck out, and poshut we didn't even have time to bake cuz we were sneaking out, I would then eat matzahs. I get it, it's part of our story of sneaking out. We were totally cool, my friends. The reason they didn't rise and we had matzahs cuz the Mitzrim were bugging. Mhm. It's not part of my story of freedom. No. I will My story of freedom is the Mitzrim were pulverized, makas bechoros. The thin matzahs that speak about their desperation, that's not frankly my story, that's his story. I would see Egyptians across the world eating matzah, that I'd understand. Like we chased them out, we couldn't handle another second of them. But it's our story, we eat matzah, not them. Uh-huh. Mhm. Thoughts, my friends? Don't I don't need a quick answer, Nissanal Chaim. Isn't this worthy of pondering, Nissanal Chaim? Marat, what's eating you, Marat? No, it's just that we don't care so much for them. They've been oppressing us for years. I don't even care. They don't care. And after we ran out, they were pushing us out of the land. Please. We were made to suffer for so long, and then we obviously And we we obviously didn't suffer that much, so I we don't care about them. We made them suffer for so long, and then Say that what? We made them suffer, we did all these frog things, all these things. Hashem pulverized for 1 year, Akiva, after 86 years them killing our children, really hurting us, Hashem paid them back as Hashem always does to resha'im. And they had a year of makkos. During that year we weren't we were we were we were we were no longer in servitude. We were not working hard. We were observing. We had back seats to our enemies being attacked and hurt and getting the nakama sweet sweet revenge. And we got to watch. We were safe. The makkos were happening to the Mitzriyim, and we were observers. You want to do a comment on nakama, God doesn't nakama. Kel nakamos Hashem. Hashem revenges. We pray nikum lanu mikol dam avdecha Hashem. God avenges. Nobody gets away with touching us. Nobody. Somebody hurts one of Hashem's people gets it back. And the Mitzriyim got it back. So why shouldn't we have to avenge ourselves then? Ooh. Akiva Akiva says why isn't nakama bad? Nakama sweet? That's a great question. That's sweet. I like that question a lot. The Chinuch asks that question. The every single person craves nakama. So what's this issur nakama? I like that, Akiva. That's for a different time, but we could we should talk about that. That's a very Hashem's called Kel nakamos Hashem. We pray for nakama. That's a very good question. But here in the Mitzriyim got revenge. They got they got what they got. And then after makkas bechoros they've had it. And they chased us out. And somehow we remember that we left fast. >> like the main it's the main attraction. It's the main thing we remember. Chag hamatzos. Because The very name of the yom tov is chag hamatzos. Mitzvah derabbanan of erev Pesach matza. >> the answer. Matza, why do we have it on shabbat? Yeah. It's a freaking weird thing, Rob. Okay. So, poor Gabriel traveled him and Schliemann all the way from Monsey. Kalish asked the question. I'm not saying an answer. I'm saying The best thing you could do is friction. No, no, no. Friction is good. Akiva, I want you to think about it. I have my own thoughts this year, new thoughts. New? Cuz yeah, what hit me last year I remember remember when Zach asked Gabriel to sing peace. He said that was last year. So, I have thoughts this year learning Torah. I want to ask the haver to contemplate this. Sweet to think over. What's happening? What's it saying, Yechiel? Fair question, Yechiel? I want an answer from you, Yechiel. Sweaty, fair question? Avrahami, fair question? Yehuda? Tell her, right? He ran after. The master. Later on. What? Yisrael? Shtar, right? Schliemann, is something's hitting you? Hm? Food. Where is like You know, yeah, you're supposed to be present but you don't have like a specific place that you belong. That's what's hitting you. That's fair. That's fair. Very fair. Okay. I want to leave you a good cash is a very they're fortunate Gabriel and Schlimmer to come for a cash is today. I have thoughts I want to share Belina that Belina that over Shabbos. I'd like to share some thoughts but I also want to have a yoga Gabriel Schlimmer we owe Gabriel and Schlimmer they they have they have a lot to think and they'll share with their families over Shabbos. Thank you Gabriel. Isn't it nice that we study Isn't it nice Gabriel that we study the story? Isn't that and we said oh we know the story already. Maybe we don't know that like Wasn't it pleasant to study the story Akiva? My trap. Okay, thank you. I owe you. It's interesting. All right. I have thoughts. I have thoughts. Wow.