KLM: The Unbelievable Kavanos of Gid Hanasheh

[Music] welcome back to the viewers of Tor time and Y to the word for the table and mitzvah for Life series from the cavana Mitzvah Foundation pares Vish you know if you were to look into a non kosher butcher shop one of the prominently displayed pieces of meat would be the Porter House steak why cuz some call it the king of the meat it's a succulent portion it's beautiful however if you were to pass by a kosher meat store you won't see it there why not so the reason is that to remove the G anasha from the meat very complicated and very expensive and it's almost never done that means for us no porterhouse steak why why is it prohibited in this week's para is the famous fight the wrestling match between yakob ainu and the Malik who H us is the S sh as and we all know that Yakov gets injured in the hip which seems like that was a loss yet that limp of Yakov became one of our greatest strengths throughout Jewish history let's go to the esteemed rashim H to understand why that's the case this is so beautiful of HS points out that the gasha that prohibition it's it's obviously meant to remind us of what the wrestling match and that he heard his hip and then he had the limp afterwards sah hirs there's no way that that is going to be a Mitzvah is just to remember that he got heard he's saying that's like saying that the prohibition ofes the whole point why do we eat H why do we have a z remembrance so remember what bread we ate when we left that's ridiculous listen to these beautiful words of rers rers explains like this he says these seemingly minor events like uh when we uh the the fact that we only ate matah and notates or the gasha the injury to Yakov vinu it seems like a just minor physical event but it's turned into Eternal Divine Law and the only reason hasem would do that is if there's a profound message in that zear in that remembrance here we see this as's could not defeat Yakov but he did tempor temporarily paralyze his leg this says R HS represents Yo's inability to rely on his physical power yaku's limp signifies the Jewish people's condition throughout history walking without a secure material foothold the the iser of gidon Nasha remind Rems Yo's descendants that's us that our strength lies in our connection to Hashem not in our worldly power it's hashem's way of telling us your power is not in your muscles it's in your connection to me just like you would not expect a lightweight boxer to defeat the heavyweight champion so too the Jews have survived Against All Odds through throughout history which shows us that our true strength is something much deeper than physical might today as K Israel faces incredible challenges from all fronts literally this in quotes ancient message hits home with Incredible Force while in these times we definitely need our brave soldiers and the Iron Dome defense system but our Ultimate Security is and has always come from our staying true to our divine Mission it's not about the size of our army it's about the strength of our inem that's the word for the table now how about a mitzvah for Life the Mitzvah of gasha every week us T observant Jews uh purchase me for chabas and of course for yto this provides us with an opportunity to fulfill the Mitzvah of avoiding eating the gasha with conscious intention with cavana for the Mitzvah rather than just buying Kosher meat out of habit we can Elevate this mundane act by having in mind that this is the ratem this is a commandment to get meat that lacks the setic nerve that lacks the GHA so that's number one apply caban mitzah when you purchase meat let's go deeper however we can enhance this by reflecting on the deeper messages while we're making that purchase that's what the missioner Brea describes as cavanis Al the uh Focus and engagement of your heart so for this we're going to bring another hitish about gasha the huni teaches us that this prohibition to eat the gasha is a z for something else it's a reminder of the importance of the mitzah the Mitzvah of Leva of escorting and accompanying people out how so says the huni Yakov When what when did did he have this injury when he was left alone in other words when he went to get the Pim Katan he went on his own and his sons didn't escort him they didn't go along with him and then he got injured so this can really change your your purchases of meat uh because this what does this do it reminds us we can't let the fellow Jew alone we can't let our friends alone we let can't let our community alone the Mitzvah Lilla so if we not only when we purchase the meat do we we can sanctify our intentions in the purchas with cavana for the Mitzvah of G Asha but we can tap into this very very important message so purchase meat with this Consciousness and if you do it with cavan Mitzvah conscious intention and conon reflecting on the meaning behind the uh being deprived porterhouse steak then you'll become closer to a Kadesh boru and Elevate um the Jewish people and their situation [Music] hold