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The side of Yehudah and Rabbi Yehudah says ein lo ela b'achas. 1:58 Ultimately, Rabbi Yehudah holds of the only applies to one of the legs, one of the thighs. 2:04 Now, that's my as Shimon. 2:08 And logic dictates that that's my logic dictates that the thigh that it applies to is the right side." 2:14 So, the mayor says, "Okay." 2:15 He says when Reuven says that it applies to the right side, but that's no sense. 2:21 Logic dictates that Reuven is saying, "I'm definitively sure that it applies to the right side." 2:27 What might that's no sense? 2:28 What might that's What does he mean when he says logic dictates? 2:31 That's Torah. It's clear that in Reuven's worldview, it is clear that it is clearly the right side that has the prohibition of only the right side. 2:40 And that's the Torah I said he's he's absolutely clear on that. 2:43 All the other possibility is maybe Reuven is unsure. 2:46 What does he mean he's unsure? 2:49 What might that's that's no Torah. 2:51 And when he says what does he mean logic dictates? 2:53 It means this is the way it seems logical to assume. 2:57 So, it's interesting. So, in other words, Reuven tells us that the prohibition of only applies to one side of the animal. 3:04 And he uses that's no sense. 3:06 And literally logic would dictate that it's the right. 3:09 So, the mayor is asking, "Logic dictates it's the right side? 3:12 And when he says that logic is the Torah tells us so? 3:15 Or no? Or again, Torah is not clear, it's not explicit, but again logic would dictate just we could infer that it only applies to the right side." 3:23 So, the mayor says analyze. 3:26 The mayor says, "I touch my hands on my hands. 3:30 You should wash your hands." 3:31 So, this is interesting. 3:32 By the way, the law is that the bones, the sinews, and the noses Noses any meat left over from the meat. 3:39 And again, the law is you eat the meat on the night on the night. 3:44 And anything that's left over ultimately again on the ultimately until the 16th, you go ahead and you burn. 3:52 So, the mayor says we ask about this. 3:55 How do you get the matter what is the price of sale why why why does the price say that you burn the Gidon the seniors if you get them a meat you should eat it the I know and if it's 4:09 just pieces that are left over and again that should fall under the umbrella of no sir. 4:14 The Gemara says I will get it so rather must be talking about the seniors of the neck. 4:19 So again he love the shredder the shredder if it's not meat then why do you have to burn it just throw it out doesn't even have the status of meat just simply throw it out no what is he referring to 4:33 it is referring to the good and OSHA that I be with the armor and it's referring all in accordance with the hoodoo who holds that get on OSHA only applies to one leg so let's analyze this So give me some 4:51 say if you would be with us says it's right but it's really not sure it's a but you don't know definitively that get on OSHA only applies to one leg he's which like he's in doubt which like but I don't 5:03 know if logic dictates that it's the right so if that's the case shop here then all of this makes sense because ultimately again you're going to leave it over and therefore whatever is left over you're going to burn and if 5:14 shop sheet away that if you would be on a critical issue that the right side is also the left side is motor then I will you should be able to eat the left side cuz it's part of the meat that 5:26 comes if you want and the other side the right side the prohibited side you should just be able to throw away immediately in reality is an equivalent sure that the prohibition of get on OSHA only applies to the right side 5:41 but I'm asking on what's the case over here cuz you hook all of my soul this the over here is where you knew exactly which gid was which at a certain point in the is explicitly clear the right side is 5:53 also the left side is motor what's the case here the case is where the key didn't get mixed up the right and left key didn't get mixed up and we look at Rashi Rashi is this last Rashi in the so 6:09 ultimately again in that case then we're not sure what to do so what do you do you go ahead and you burn it together with left over no sir incredible top of 90 91 Rashi Rashi says the Rashi says no 6:23 no no what are we talking what is the Rashi talking about over here the Rashi is ultimately talking about the fat that is around the the we learn that the so the the fat of the is actually technically permitted the 6:43 but the Israel again we're we're strict upon themselves and therefore they did not even eat the fat around the if you look at Rashi Rashi how awesome the Torah not all the machine learning so listen to this this is very 7:01 interesting so make a din the fat around the is permitted so we're and they did not eat the fat so listen to this so interestingly enough interestingly enough so so really if you leave it over it has a status of 7:17 no sir because since technically speaking you're allowed to eat it therefore again you can't just throw it out because it has a din of sacrificial meat and therefore the only choice you have because you're not sure if it's or not 7:27 is to go ahead and and leave it over well I take that back by the by the fat of the everyone is sure that it is not that it is motor but we're so therefore again when it comes to Pesach, 7:42 what to do? You can't throw it away, right? 7:45 Because technically speaking, it's part of the Passover. 7:47 It's part of the part of the carbon Pesach. 7:48 So, the only option you have is to leave it over, allow it to become no sir, and then you go ahead and you burn it. 7:54 Incredible. says this is in accordance with who says you want to say sneaky there are two different kidding. 8:06 The two different kidding half sitting versus panini some of the inner part of the kid which hugs the bone is next to the bone that's a sir the and one is higher than one goes ahead and consumes it heats on 8:20 the outer kid some of the closer to the flesh further from the bone a sir ultimately again you can't eat it the ain't higher than a lot but ultimately again we're not you're not higher than Marcus on it so interestingly 8:32 enough how long do you get a rush in higher than a lot rush he says the love you all the way he eats on the skin on Michelle Hawkins the server server body some of the so similar answer to all 8:47 my two different types of the kid the part of the kid that is awesome right so is the inner part of the kid that hugs the bone the outer part of the kid or the outer kid that is closer to 8:56 the flesh right so is motor so therefore but yet cloudy so it was we don't we don't eat it we don't eat it therefore when it comes to carbon Pesach a lot of you have to leave it over you can't 9:07 discard it because technically it's permitted so you have to leave it over and when you leave it over it becomes no sir incredible so the says eat let's go through this eat is explicitly clear I'm sorry I'm sorry miss the 9:24 one touch my braces says all the eyes the eyes so it's short now the way we understand this case the way we understand what it's saying is if you eat of this kid and of this kid now again the assumption 9:39 over here is the dog about you eating from the right side and the left side. 9:43 What's the Halacha? Ain Sofek Elo Raboy, you only get 40 Malkos. 9:47 Now the Gemara says, Ee amrit b'Shlomo nefsha b'shido l'shom here. 9:51 If you hold that Rabbi Yehuda was unequivocally clear that you have to go ahead, it's only the right kid that's problematic, then this makes sense. 9:58 Because even if you eat the right and you eat the left, you're only going to be high for eating the right. 10:02 Elo Ee amrit b'pukim b'chulei, but if you hold Rabbi Yehuda was unsure, have they hasra sofek, then again, what's the problem? 10:09 The problem is we have a hasra sofek, a doubtful hasra. 10:13 Because again, we're not sure which kid carries with it biblical liability. 10:19 B'shom min Elo Rabbi Yehuda d'omer as well sofek l'shom asra. 10:23 And we have on record Rabbi Yehuda is of the opinion that doubtful hasra is not a valid hasra. 10:27 Where do we see this? 10:28 So we actually had this case. 10:29 Remember if it was Sunday, Sunday maybe even or the end of last week, this Anio, he got a Zev Elo Chozav and he got Zev. 10:36 So let's say, you know, we're dealing with the case of a woman who got divorced. 10:39 She did not wait the requisite six three months before getting remarried. 10:42 She had a child. 10:43 So therefore again, if she had a child within six months after a second marriage, we're not sure, is this a nine-month baby for husband number one or a six-month baby for husband number two? 10:53 So what's the Halacha? 10:54 So obviously midoraisa, a child is not allowed to hit or curse his father. 10:58 And if he does, carries the of Misa. 11:00 Here's the case. He got a Zev Elo Chozav and he got Zev. 11:03 So let's say again, the child hits, we'll call it father one and then father two. 11:08 So the Gemara says, Kila Zev Elo Chozav and Kila Zev. 11:10 Or he curses father one and then father two. 11:12 Now you understand when I say father, we potential father one, potential father two. 11:16 Or Hika Shnaim Elo Sachos or Kila Shnaim Elo Sachos. 11:19 Or he hits them both at the same time or curses them both at the same time, Chayev. 11:23 Ultimately again, in all of these cases he's going to be Chayev. 11:26 That's the Tana Kama. 11:27 And Tana Kama's logic is because we know that since he hit both of them, he cursed both of them. 11:33 What's for sure, he for sure hit his father, he for sure cursed his father. 11:36 Even though we're not sure on which one is which, halakha l'maaseh, halakha l'maaseh is going to be higher. 11:42 Rebbe Yehudah holds that says, "The bas achas chayav, b'zeh achas zeh patur." 11:46 Rebbe Yehudah holds if he did it simultaneously, he hit them both at once, he cursed them both at once, then there's going to be liability. 11:52 However, "B'zeh achas zeh patur." 11:56 But if he goes ahead and he hits them one after the other or he curses them one after the other, then halakha l'maaseh, ultimately he's patur. 12:03 Why is he patur? 12:04 Because this hasra'as safek. 12:07 Hasra'as safek, because remember again what kind of basra, "Don't hit your father." 12:10 Or you're going to go to be able to that. 12:11 "Don't curse your father." 12:12 Or maybe the guy is his father, or maybe the guy is not his father. 12:14 So point is over here, you see that Rebbe Yehudah holds that hasra'as safek is not called a hasra'a. 12:20 To which the Gemara says, "Hai tanu savra l'keida Rebbe Yehudah." 12:24 "D'amar hasra'as safek sh'ma hasra'a." 12:27 Ultimately again, our tanu holds like the other understanding of Rebbe Yehudah or other position of Rebbe Yehudah or other interpretation of Rebbe Yehudah's position, who says that Rebbe Yehudah holds that hasra'as safek is in fact hasra'a. 12:39 Where do we see it? 12:39 This is a Gemara. 12:40 Lo s'yuman avoker. The Torah says you're not allowed to go ahead and leave over carbon Pesach until the morning. 12:46 And then what's the halakha? 12:48 Ba kasuv "V'lo s'yuman asher lo s'aseh." 12:51 Then the Torah says, "V'no s'yumanu ba ish t'saif." 12:53 Torah says whatever is left over, burn it in the fire. 12:56 So then the Gemara says that the Torah gives an assei, the assei the positive command of this "Burn it in the fire" that comes to rectify the prohibition of leaving it over. 13:04 So the Gemara says, "Ba kasuv 'V'lo s'yumanu asher lo s'aseh' l'omar 'Shein lokin al divrei Rebbe Yehudah.'" So therefore the Torah gives an assei, burn the leftover, in order to show you that you're not going to be in violation of 13:15 the lo s'aseh. This is Rebbe Yehudah. 13:17 And the point is, what do you see from here? 13:18 You see from here that according to Well, let's finish up first. 13:21 Rebbe Yaakov Rebbe Yaakov says, "Lo l'shaim hu zeh, ela l'shaim d'halash lav shaim l'maaseh." 13:25 "D'halash shaim l'maaseh ein lokin alav." 13:28 Rebbe Yaakov disagrees. He says, "No, there is a he don't get Marcus if you leave the if you leave over no service because it's a love shame of my sister it's passive. 13:35 The act of leaving over carbonated material is passive. 13:38 You don't get Marcus on a passive act. 13:41 You only get Marcus on an active act. 13:42 The point of what say is over here that my sister according to you though were not for the fact that the total would go ahead and give us an essay after the low say I say you would get Marcus. 13:53 You would get Marcus. 13:54 Even though again this is also a case of something. 13:57 Who says you're going to leave it over? 13:59 So the point over here is that even is my hope is that you hold this something. 14:03 If there is a is not okay. 14:06 So therefore again leaves that open. 14:09 The leaves that open. 14:11 Okay. Um. Fine. Let's go back to the touch my uncle base getting the base of a host the base of a if a person eats two getting right two seniors from two legs and two animals so fake pay. 14:24 He gets 80s he gets 82 sets of Marcus. 14:26 Two sets of Marcus. 14:28 In a so fake Ella are born he only gets 40 Marcus. 14:32 I think you must be the owner of the base of a base of a cheetah that the value of the Torah or that we hold that is the giver of the second since we're talking about two animals that's two legs 14:42 so the punch to see you're consuming two things that are fundamentally prohibited to which the giver of the second is the yet according to the giver of the second this needs to be said that you only get Marcus for one. 14:55 So what do you see from here? 14:59 You see from here that the giver of the second is definitive that the prohibition of only applies to the right leg does not apply to the left one. 15:06 I have to say I might so fake man the solo will keep a better understand even if you have two legs and two animals maybe they were both maybe they were both the right leg and therefore you should get two 15:18 sets of Marcus. How can I ask you and what's the case that we can go on the last big size, we're ultimately again you consume the gid hanasheh, but there was not a kazayis of gid material. 15:27 The sanyo achlo ve'ein bo kazayis chayiv. 15:31 If you go and eat gid hanasheh and it's not a kazayis, you're going to be chayiv. 15:33 The Rema says, "Achi heibo kazayis." 15:36 The Rema says, "Halacha You're only in violation if you consume a kazayis. 15:42 I says the Rema says we are in side gimmel daled. 15:44 91 a third wide line in the middle of the wide line. 15:48 The Rema says the time of my what's the Rema's logic? 15:51 So here's what we established. 15:52 According to Rema, gid hanasheh only applies to the right leg. 15:55 And when he says that has no sentence, it means it's explicitly clear. 15:59 He holds that that is the doraisa, that it only applies to the right leg. 16:02 The Rema says, "Okay, where did you get that from?" 16:04 In other words, you tell me now you're definitively sure that it only applies to the right leg. 16:08 Okay, where do you know that from? 16:11 Amarava amar kra hayarech. 16:14 Hamiyumenes shebiyarech. The Rema says the Torah says hayarech. 16:17 The pasuk is achiv lo yochal be'isroel gid hanasheh. 16:21 Ashrei kaf hayarech. That hayarech, that hey is what's called the hey hayedia, the definitive article. 16:29 Stressing the fact that the yarech, the leg the thigh mentioned is important. 16:32 What does it teach us? 16:33 Hamiyumenes shebiyarech, the most important of the thighs. 16:37 And since again halacha ke mai so generally right has a dominance, therefore halacha ke mai so applies to the right leg. 16:43 Incredible. So the Rema says Rabanan, what did the Rabanan do with that? 16:46 Amar hahu deparshitei sura bechuliya lafus keso below. 16:50 What does that come to exclude? 16:51 That comes to include ultimately again that the inner gid that is on the thigh ultimately spreads out throughout the entire leg, which does not apply ultimately again to the inner gid which is the excuse me, which does not apply to 17:05 the outer gid. Take a look at Rashi just moment the parsha de'isur bechuliya. 17:08 Who the kankanos veshurashim nishpashim bechulai yarech be'eino gid p'nimi hagadol hanimtsa betzela'os ha'yarech. 17:14 So the Rabanan to that hayarech means that this kid hanosha spreads throughout the thigh. 17:20 That as opposed to the outer kid, right, which is one that is closer to the flesh, it doesn't have those appendages or what are called those kid tentacles that that spread out, but the inner kid, which is the one that 17:30 hugs the bone, really spreads itself out with all of its kid extensions and tentacles throughout the leg. 17:36 Incredible. Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai on the crowd, Shimon bar Yochai says as follows. 17:39 Rabbi Shimon So, again, what say I? 17:40 Just I'll just mention Actually, let's just finish this. 17:42 Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai says, "Where does Rabbi Yehudah know that it's the right that it's the right leg?" 17:47 Amar kra, "They have ko eemo." 17:49 Now, this is very interesting. 17:51 Remember the prohibition of gid hanosha, as we mentioned when we started this perek, really really emanates from the story of the fight of Yaakov with the mysterious ish. 17:59 Remember again this fight, we're going to talk more about that in just a little bit, but this fight occurs on the fateful night before Yaakov is supposed to meet Esau. 18:07 And again, Yaakov crosses over Ma'avar Yabbok, he crosses over to the other side of the Jordan, he's all alone, va ye'avek ish eemo, and a man began to wrestle with him. 18:15 Now, it's interesting that the lashon of the pasuk is behe'avko. 18:20 Right, klal Yisrael don't eat the gid hanosha, as it says in the pasuk, ki nogah bakaf yarech Yaakov bagid, right? 18:25 Cuz ultimately again in the pasuk, sorry, va ya'ak lo yakhol lo, va yaga bakaf yarecho, va takah kaf yarecho behe'avko So, the gid Yaakov, the gid hanosha was injured when behe'avko. 18:36 Now, behe'avko we normally translate as struggle, but the truth is behe'avko is also from lashon of of chibuk, of like a hug. 18:44 In other words, that the malach, the ish, this mysterious man who Rashi identifies as the malach ha sare the ministering angel of Esau, was wrestling with Yaakov. 18:52 When you wrestle with someone, what happens? 18:54 You have your arm around them. 18:55 So, what Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai says like this, behe'avko eemo, ka'adam shechovek es chaveiro, v'yado magaas bakaf yamino shechores. 19:02 Listen to this. If I'm wrestling with someone, I'm not wrestling with anyone. 19:07 If if the if the angel, right, if if the ish, the mysterious ish is wrestling with Yaakov, so remember again, the assumption over here, obviously it's some anthropomorphism over here, but obviously the the Ish assumed a physical form. 19:17 His dominant would be his right one. 19:19 So, when he was wrestling with Yakov, ultimately again, he would wrap around, and when he tried to injure him in the thigh, his right hand would wrap around and injure Yakov Avinu's thigh. 19:30 So, Rav Shimon Levi again, Rav Shimon Levi is is explaining Rav Yehuda, this is where Rav Yehuda goes out and says that the only Gid Hanasheh that is prohibited is on the right side. 19:39 Incredible. So, again, what it says, so just point out, so that's the end of that. 19:42 Rav Yehuda Sofer writes in the name of Rav Yehuda that Rav Yehuda holds that the Halacha of the prohibition of Gid Hanasheh only applies to the right side, does not apply to the left side. 19:51 The limit for that is a number of different opinions where Rav Yehuda holds like that. 19:55 Chachmei Yavan hold that the prohibition of Gid Hanasheh applies both on the right and the left. 19:59 Halacha L'Maaseh we pasken like the Chachamim, and the prohibition of Gid Hanasheh applies both on the right as well as on the left. 20:09 Incredible. Okay, so now, now the Gemara is going to spend some time, it's actually very beautiful Halacha to going through the story of the struggle of Yakov with a mysterious Ish. 20:19 Rav Shimon bar Nachmani omer, "K'Oved Kochavim nitmalo." 20:22 So, Rav Shimon bar Nachmani said that ultimately again, when the Ish, right, this mysterious man, who again, as we said before, Rashi, the Gemara identifies as the ministering angel of Eisav, when he appeared to Yakov, he looked a little nefarious, 20:35 right? He looked a little suspect. 20:37 Yakov Avinu thought he was an idolater. 20:39 D'amar mar, "Ish oseh nitpalo oved kochavim baderech tovel lo yemino." 20:44 Because the Halacha is that when you're traveling with an akum, if you don't trust him, put the akum on your right side. 20:49 Now, if the akum tries to start up with you, you can repel him with your right, your dominant hand. 20:53 Rav Shimon bar Nachmani d'amar b'shmei d'Rava, bar Ulla omer, "K'Talmid Chacham nitmalo." 20:59 Ultimately again, now what happened, the Ish, the mysterious man, appeared to Yakov Avinu as a Talmid Chacham. 21:06 D'amar mar, "Hamahalich l'yamin rav oved bor again if a person goes ahead and walks to the right of his right being other words walking to the right of someone shows that you're so if you walk to the right of your 21:19 right being such a person is ignorant is empty and if you have a couple of you know thought this issue is a time talking to put himself to the left that's how the Malik was able to injure Jacob for a 21:29 bond on may I call the nachos according to the rabbinate on ultimately again and the son of ice of comes but snuck up behind Jacob and injured him in both in the Gideon and all the first two opinions are explaining 21:44 how the issue only injured Jacob on the right Gideon the last opinion is saying no the Malik came behind Jacob injured him on both sides injured him on both on both on both Gideon on both nerves but say it it 21:57 it is interesting by the way just to point out how Jacob is very surprised by how Jacob and you perceive the issue was he an outcome was he a time talking so this is incredibly important right because this this issue 22:09 this mysterious man as we met now a bunch of times was the ministering angel of ace of the son of ice of sometimes the danger of ace of is that ace of presents in so many different ways sometimes ace of 22:22 looks like a topic sometimes ace of looks like a Russia like an outcome and that's why again called this in general remember again Western culture is all comes all descended from ace of and there's good there there is Arab absolutely 22:35 good but sometimes you have to be careful because that which appears good may not really be good remember this goes back to ace of himself and ultimately again remember the positive that says that is coming love the ace of why 22:45 he said the fifth literally again because he hunted with his mouth so that is because ace of hunted food and gave you food to eat but Russia also called he said the fifth that ace of would mislead he would mislead 22:58 he he hunted him with his mouth and other words, he would present himself as a pious, upstanding individual, when in fact, that's not really who he was. 23:07 This is the danger of Asaph in general. 23:10 Asaph presents himself a certain way and is not usually like that. 23:14 Again, is there good in Asaph? 23:16 Of course, there is. 23:17 Is there good in culture? 23:19 Of course, there is. 23:20 But one has to be incredibly careful because sometimes those things that are represented as holy, as pure, as good, could sometimes be incredibly misleading. 23:29 Incredible. Let's go back to Rabbonim. 23:32 Hi B have coin more my daughter should be. 23:34 What did the Rabbonim do with the face B have coin more? 23:36 So again, remember, if coin means he wrestled with him. 23:39 So So Rabbeinu Tam was darshaning it ultimately again. 23:43 Are we sure of the lady? 23:44 Like B have coin like like he hugged him. 23:46 He hugged him. You know, he hugged him. 23:47 What did the Rabbonim do with it? 23:48 My daughter should be by the heel of Rabbeinu Yitzchaki. 23:51 Rabbeinu Yitzchaki allowed me to all of Avak Miraglosam Kisei Hakavod. 23:56 That when Yaakov and the Ish were struggling, literally again, they kicked up dirt. 24:00 They kicked up dust. 24:02 And the dust ascended all the way to the divine throne. 24:04 K'siv Hacha B have coin more u'ksiv Hasam V'anan Avak Raglav. 24:10 So I was saying incredible. 24:10 That the fighting was so intense, they kicked up so much dust that the dust rose all the way again to the heavens. 24:16 So I was saying what's what's the p'shat? 24:18 What's the p'shat? So he says so, you know, there's a beautiful Mishnah in Pirkei Avot. 24:21 What's the Mishnah in Pirkei Avot? 24:22 It says Da Mala Mala Mincha. 24:25 Right? P'shat P'shat P'shat, nobody is above you. 24:29 Mishnah is teaching me God awareness. 24:30 Right? Shevi's Hashem L'negdi Someday you who has God awareness has everything. 24:33 But the Rosh Hashanah college doesn't mean something different. 24:35 Da, no. Mala Mala Mincha. 24:38 That there are things that happen in the heavens. 24:41 And when they happen in the heavens, why they happen in the heavens? 24:43 Mincha, because of you. 24:44 Meaning what? Rosh Hashanah says, all too often we go through life and we think that our actions don't matter. 24:49 We think that we don't matter. 24:50 We think that we don't really have any impact or repercussion on what's happening around us or above us. 24:55 But the Rebbe says there's nothing further from the truth. 24:57 The impact of the Yid is universal. 25:00 My actions, big or small, absolutely have an impact. 25:03 Dah. Just know mala mala, that which happens above mimcha is because of what you do, because of me, from me. 25:11 My actions have an impact. 25:12 And that's what it's saying over here also, that Yaakov is struggling with this issue. 25:16 He's struggling with Esav. 25:17 He's struggling with the issue of Esav. 25:19 And what happens? He kicks dust all the way up to the heavens. 25:21 He sees it and he will say, "This is incredible also because what does Hakadosh Baruch Hu see more than anything in this world? 25:26 What does Hashem see? 25:28 He sees our struggle. 25:29 See, we think that sometimes a struggle itself is a is a form of failure. 25:35 Like if I was holier, I wouldn't have to struggle. 25:38 If I was more in touch with my neshama, then everything would come easier. 25:41 There'd be no struggles. 25:42 It's not true. Struggle is part of the human condition. 25:45 And there I say, struggle is holy. 25:48 Struggle is healing. It's so holy that literally again, when a Yid that struggles with something in life, the struggle kicks up the dust all the way to the Kisei Hakavod. 25:59 When Hakadosh Baruch Hu sees me struggling, he's seeing We often end the sentence incorrectly. 26:04 We say when Hashem sees me struggle and I succeed, he's so proud of me. 26:08 The inference from that is when he sees me struggle and I fail, he's not proud of He's not proud of me. 26:12 But that's not true. 26:13 All Hashem wants to see me engaging is the struggle. 26:17 When Hashem sees me struggle, he's proud. 26:20 Sometimes I win, sometimes I lose. 26:23 But if you never struggle, like you lose all the time. 26:26 The ability and the willingness to engage in the struggle is one of the holiest pursuits of the Yid. 26:33 And Yaakov Avinu engages in the struggle. 26:36 The struggle was so intense that it kicked up dust to show Hakadosh Baruch Hu is acutely aware and is is acutely knowledgeable and is proud when we struggle. 26:47 Yes, it's good to win the struggles. 26:49 And it's sad to lose the struggles. 26:51 But the iker life is to engage. 26:54 Don't be afraid to engage. 26:56 Right? Some of us are just afraid to engage because we're going to lose. 26:59 We all lose. We all lose, we all win. 27:01 But, the iker avodah of the yet is to engage in the struggle of life. 27:06 And just know that if you're willing to engage, that makes a roshan. 27:09 Now, right? Abba goes all the way up who is so proud, shipping such nachas from the willingness to engage in the struggle. 27:17 Incredible. Reish Lakish and Rebbe Yochanan. 27:19 Rebbe Shimon bar Yochai Why is the sciatic Why is it called the gid hanasheh? 27:24 She nasham and komo because it was dislodged from its place and moved up. 27:28 The king of all men nishtag vurasam hayu noshim. 27:33 Rebbe Yishmael ben Elisha and Rebbe Akiva was saying the pasuk diber shalach b'Yaakov v'Yisrael. 27:39 So, you're going to say that according to the pasuk according to the pasuk from Nachum. 27:43 Hashem erech apayim u'gedal koach v'nikah lo yinakeh. 27:46 Hashem u'sora u'sora dako No, I'm sorry. 27:51 I'm sorry. That's the wrong pasuk. 27:52 Um excuse me. Pasuk from Yirmiyahu. 27:55 Chadlu giborei Bavel l'hilochem b'Yisrael b'sudos. 27:59 Nash sag vurasam hayu l'noshim. 28:02 So, what does this mean? 28:03 Rebbe Yishmael ben Elisha and Rebbe Akiva was saying diber shalach b'Yaakov u'nafal b'Yisrael. 28:07 Davar shalach b'Yaakov. So, Kodesh Baruch Hu literally there was a matter that was sent out for Klal Yisrael. 28:12 Zeh gid hanasheh. This is the first prohibition of gid hanasheh. 28:15 Remember again, after the struggle of Yaakov Avinu, Klal Yisrael accepted upon themselves the prohibition of gid hanasheh. 28:20 V'nafal b'Yisrael. And ultimately again, it fell on the Jewish people. 28:24 Shepashat issur b'chol Yisrael. 28:26 That all of Klal Yisrael accepted this All of Klal Yisrael accepted this prohibition. 28:31 Davar shalach b'Yaakov. Davar shalach b'Yaakov. 28:36 Um I'm sorry. No, I'm sorry. 28:37 Rebbe Yishmael and Rebbe Akiva was saying this. 28:40 So, again, fine. So, the idea over here is This, by the way, is also interesting that the prohibition of gid hanasheh comes from Yaakov Avinu, which is also fancy, cuz in general there's a principle from the Yerushalmi of in the 28:50 mating of the matter of the Torah. 28:51 We do not learn binding halacha from anything that occurred before Matan Torah. 28:56 Okay, so we have to see what we're going to come to this. 28:57 We're going to see how to reconcile that. 28:59 The point over here is after Yaakov Avinu, probably so the children of Yaakov took it upon themselves not to eat the gid hanasheh, and that became a pervasive uh we'll call it operational procedure. 29:09 Klal Yisrael accepted this mode of behavior. 29:11 Okay, let's go by there. 29:20 So this is by Yosef. 29:21 So remember again, Torah says Vayar Yosef itam itam es Binyamin. 29:25 Vayomer la'Shabbos. So have a sa'an asher ba'yisoh tovoach v'tavoach. 29:30 So this is before Yosef revealed his identity to his brothers. 29:32 He brings up Binyamin to them, and he prepares like his uh chef, his butcher, to make a feast, to slaughter. 29:37 So what does this mean? 29:42 So ultimately again, he when he slaughtered the animal he showed them the base ha'shchitah to show that the animal had a proper shchitah, and he also showed them the gid hanasheh that had been removed. 29:52 Kiman d'amar gid hanasheh nisah nisah min ha'mayim because this is in accordance with the opinion that says that gid hanasheh is prohibited even to b'nei Noach. 30:02 Incredible. Incredible. So the Gemara goes by there. 30:12 Vayivaser Yaakov l'vado. Yaakov Avinu was left all alone. 30:16 Vayivaser Yaakov l'vado. Amar Rabbi Elazar So this is very beautiful. 30:22 The obvious question that the Gemara has is now remember this is the story where Yaakov Avinu is is struggling, has that fight the whole night with the sar with the ish. 30:30 Again, remember the Torah only only identifies him mysteriously as an ish. 30:34 Vaye'avek ish imo. The sha'alti Gemara is bothered by is how was Yaakov alone? 30:40 Why why why was he alone? 30:41 Right? After all, at the end of the day, he was traveling with all of his children, wives, grandchildren, presumably servants. 30:48 Why is he alone? 30:52 Um, so what happened was Yaakov Avinu crossed his family over the Jordan River, over Ma'avar Yabbok. 30:57 And then after crossing over, he realized that he forgot small utensils, biblical Tupperware. 31:03 Tupperware. He forgot his biblical Tupperware on the other side. 31:05 He wasn't going to take the whole family back, so instead he went back to get his small utensils. 31:10 What do you see from here? 31:12 "She chovev aleihem amonam yosef migufam." 31:15 From here you see that this wording is very interesting. 31:18 That the tzaddikim, their money is more important to them than their body. 31:24 Than their body. Okay. 31:26 So the Gemara says, Rashi says over here, Rashi says, Okay, fine. 31:33 So what does this mean? 31:34 That for tzaddikim, their their mammon, their money, their possessions are more important to them than their body? 31:39 "The whole kakhlalamo." Why is that? 31:40 "Fishei poshin bigezel." Because they don't steal. 31:43 They don't steal. So the pashut shat the Gemara seems to be saying is that the tzaddikim are very meticulous with their material wealth. 31:49 Why? Because since they never want to be tempted to steal, therefore they're very careful with what they have, and maintaining what they have. 31:54 But perhaps on a deeper level, because this idea What does it mean that a tzaddik holds he he loves his possessions as much as he loves his body? 32:01 So perhaps the idea is a little bit different. 32:03 "Chovev aleihem amonam yosef migufam." 32:06 "Yosef migufam" could mean could almost also mean just as much as their body, or or as much, if not more. 32:13 Meaning what? The tzaddik recognizes that everything is from Hakadosh Baruch Hu. 32:18 Right? Remember, the Torah tells us "U'shmartem od nafshoteichem." 32:21 You have to watch your health. 32:22 Now, why do I have to watch my health? 32:23 Why can't I just say, "You know what? 32:25 It's my life. I'll eat what I want, drink what I want, do what I want." 32:28 What is Why do I have to watch? 32:30 Because it's not mine. 32:31 Because life comes from Hakadosh Baruch Hu. 32:33 And because it's the Ribono shel Olam, it's His, and I'm but the custodian of that life. 32:37 Therefore, I've an obligation to go ahead and safeguard and take care of that which has been deposited with me. 32:43 A tzaddik recognizes that that's true for everything you have in life. 32:47 All of your money, all of your possessions, all of your material goods, from the biggest things to the smallest things, it's not yours. 32:55 It's Hashem's and then Hashem made me the custodian over it. 32:57 And therefore, I have an obligation to be incredibly vigilant and mindful of these items. 33:04 Therefore, again, you know, Yaakov Avinu forgot his Tupperware on the other side of the yard, they would have said, "Forget it. 33:09 Forget it. Just just just buy more. 33:11 What's the big deal?" 33:12 But a tzaddik understands that just like every part of my body is from Hashem, every one of my possessions, from the biggest to the smallest, is from Hashem. 33:21 And therefore, I'm going to have to be so mindful and so careful with these. 33:24 You know, it's almost like Mashal l'Dovid u'man, you know, when you're when a child, you know, makes a makes a card for a parent, right? 33:30 A young child or grandchild draws a card, right, with their own with their own handwriting and their own pictures, and you look at it, right? 33:37 And anyone else who would see this would say, "That's terrible. 33:40 I can't read the letters. 33:41 I don't know what the pictures are. 33:42 Just throw it out. 33:43 It's a piece of garbage." 33:44 Yet, to the parents and the grandparents, it's priceless, because someone who I love took the time to write this, to draw this, and gave it to me. 33:51 So, the same thing is with tzaddikim with their possessions. 33:54 The tzaddik understands that everything I have in this world is from Hashem. 33:58 Okay, see, sometimes we think, "Oh, I worked hard and therefore I got it." 34:01 Okay, you worked hard, that's great. 34:03 But the reason I have it is because of Hashem. 34:06 So, because of that, everything takes on a sentimental value. 34:09 Everything, ultimately, again, is so near and dear to me. 34:11 Everything is so special to me. 34:13 The same way that it's so clear to me that every part of my No one ever says, "Oh, you know what? 34:16 Hashem made my heart and my brain, but really my fingers, that that's because of me." 34:21 No, I recognize that again, every single part of my body is from Hashem. 34:26 So, the same way every part of my body is from Hashem, every one of my possessions is from Hashem. 34:30 When you live life, first of all, just in general, when you live life with that type of awareness, it creates a much more heightened sense of appreciation. 34:37 So, suddenly, everything I have, everything I have, from that cup of coffee in the morning, which is mindless, like, if I don't have it, it's not going to be a fuss. 34:45 When I do have it, man, it's just the elixir of life. 34:48 That Eat from that to whatever, your car, your house, your money, your vacation, everything I have is from God. 34:54 When you live life with that level of awareness, first of all, I'm much more careful with my stuff. 34:59 And number two, it creates a profound sense of appreciation and gratitude for all that God has given me. 35:03 Incredible. So, remember again, the mysterious Remember again, the mysterious issue fought with Jacob until the morning. 35:13 From here you see that a should not go out alone at night. 35:17 Now, what does this mean? 35:18 So, Jacob went out alone at night, and look what happened to him. 35:21 Look what happened. He was He left, right? 35:23 He left all alone. 35:24 He was left all alone. 35:25 And because that, the started up with him. 35:29 says agrees with this shouldn't go out alone at night, but he learns it from a different source. 35:37 He was going to say very important. 35:39 In the story of Ruth, remember again, when Naomi wants Ruth to go to Boaz, so she tells Naomi, "You'll find Boaz, and he's sleeping by his threshing floor." 35:50 Why was he by his threshing floor? 35:51 So, Rashi understands over here that it must be that Boaz finished working late at night. 35:56 Boaz was a And it's not appropriate for a to go out and work into the night. 36:02 And therefore, so therefore, you could find he slept in the grainery until the next morning. 36:06 Incredible. Second line, 91 B. 36:10 He asked him to get up early in the morning and saddle his donkey. 36:15 Why in the morning? 36:16 Because again, Abraham wouldn't travel at night. 36:20 I wouldn't travel at night. 36:21 Interestingly enough, Abraham wasn't traveling alone. 36:23 Abraham traveled with Ishmael and with Isaac, but even so, he travel at night. 36:28 Allah has come to come all the more so that a solitary come to come should not travel at night by himself. 36:33 Incredible. Let's go back there. 36:35 But like this, shalom so Yakov says to Yosel, go and check on your brothers and go see how the sheep are doing. 36:46 Now the partials if he's sending him into the field to see what's happening. 36:50 When is this occurring? 36:51 It must be occurring ultimately again during the day. 36:53 Akiva Shalom Yosel Yosel Yosel shalom the Mishnah the no shalom listen to this. 37:02 So Rabbi Akiva says one time I asked Rabbi Gamliel and Rabbi Yehoshua in this place Italtyus Imus. 37:09 Italtyus Rashi says is the shock. 37:12 In the butcher's market in the city of Imun. 37:15 Imun that was the name of the city. 37:16 And I asked them the following question. 37:18 And they went Why were they there? 37:20 They were there to purchase an animal for the wedding celebration of Rabbi Gamliel's son. 37:24 Save the partials says by Yitzchak you ask yourself who cares, right? 37:29 What does it matter where this conversation took place? 37:31 It took place in the in the butcher's market in in Imun. 37:35 What does it matter if it was there or somewhere else? 37:36 Because I'll say now makes great people great is that Torah is not only something they occupy themselves in the base medrish or sheer or this. 37:43 Torah is everywhere. Torah is When you take your Torah everywhere, where Torah is with you everywhere, you learn your Torah everywhere. 37:49 In the marketplace, in the base medrish, in the board, everywhere you go Torah is there, that's what creates greatness. 37:56 So the mar says they asked the following question. 37:57 Save by Yitzchak partials says that the sun came up from for Yakov. 38:03 This was after the after the whole night of fighting with the mysterious issue with the ministering angel of Esau. 38:10 The partials says that the sun rose. 38:12 The mar says the shamesh low says the sun rose for him. 38:17 So the mar says really? 38:18 Just rose for him? 38:19 That's it? It was only a So the rose Avinu else? 38:21 But hello, the sun rose for everyone. 38:23 But the sun rose for everyone. 38:24 Why does it just say Why does it say lo Hashem? 38:27 The sun rose for The sun rose for everyone. 38:29 And then Shemesh haba lulo zarach ba'avuro. 38:33 So the So the sun says something so beautiful. 38:37 The same sun which set for Yakov Avinu set ultimately again I should say differently The same sun haba Yeah, the same sun which set for Yakov Avinu we're going to see set prematurely for Yakov Avinu also rose for Yakov Avinu. 38:53 What does this mean? 38:54 So the sun says it's so beautiful. 38:56 So the sun says Vayetzei Yakov vayelach So again we're going to go back a little bit. 39:02 This is when Yakov Avinu was forced to flee the familial home after taking the brochos from Eisav. 39:07 So it starts at the beginning of parshas Vayetzei. 39:09 Yakov Avinu left Meron and he went to Charan. 39:11 And then the posuk says Vayifka bamakom. 39:14 Ultimately again Vayifka bamakom means he came to this place. 39:19 He came to this place. 39:20 Now interestingly enough the loshon of vayifka is the loshon of tefillah. 39:24 Loshon of prayer. So watch this. 39:26 Kimat lachan. So what happened? 39:28 Yitzchak Avinu went from Beer Sheva and he went to Charan. 39:31 When he got to Charan he said, "My gosh, amar efshar avarti al makom she'ispallelu avosai. 39:37 Is it possible that I went ahead and I passed by the very place that my forefathers davened at?" 39:43 Now what was he referring to? 39:44 He was referring to Yerushalayim. 39:46 He was referring to Har Habayis. 39:48 Remember again Yakov Excuse me. 39:50 So Yakov Avinu says, "My grandfather and my father, Avraham and Yitzchak, both prayed both both prayed at this place. 39:57 Is it possible that I passed right through there and I didn't stop?" 40:01 From Beer Sheva to Charan Yakov Avinu would have would have passed by Yerushalayim, would have passed by the Har Habayis. 40:06 How could it be that I blew by the Har Habayis and I didn't stop there to daven? 40:11 So the sun says Vani lo hispalti kad daitin katzli aro. 40:16 So ultimately again Yakov Avinu decided is incredible. 40:18 He decided ultimately again that he was going to go ahead and go back, turn back and go back to Har Habayit and then come back to Haran. 40:26 So the moment that he decided ultimately again to go back to Har Habayit, there was a miracle. 40:30 What was the miracle? 40:31 Kfitzat Haderech, the road contracted. 40:34 The road contracted, Yakov Avinu ultimately again had Kfitzat Haderech. 40:39 He got there much faster than he thought. 40:40 Miyad Vayifga Bamakom. Ultimately again he works so he made his way back to Haran there was a miracle and he got back faster. 40:47 Kat Suli to go ahead and then he wanted to go ahead and go back to Haran. 40:55 Amra Kodesh Baruchu, "Tzadik Zeh Ba L'beit L'beit Moloni Di Partiv L'onina." 41:00 Miyad Ba Shemesh. Ultimately again Hakodesh Baruchu was so excited that Yakov Avinu came back. 41:05 Hakodesh Baruchu says, "Yakov Avinu is back, he's back in my literally again back in my hotel, back in my most sacred place in the world. 41:10 I'm not letting him go so fast." 41:11 Hakodesh Baruchu caused the sun to prematurely set so that Yakov Avinu would have to sleep there. 41:17 Therefore again the Gemara says the same way that Hashem caused the sun to prematurely set for Yakov Avinu so Yakov Avinu would remain in Yerushalayim remain at Har Habayit. 41:26 So so too Vayehi Vayizrach Hashemesh, Hashem also caused the sun to rise. 41:29 Now it doesn't mean he caused the sun to rise prematurely for Yakov Avinu, but ultimately again Hashem brought about the sunrise Yakov because also the sunrise was part of the therapeutic process that Yakov Avinu underwent to heal him from the 41:41 injuries he sustained in this in this battle with the Eisav. 41:45 This also say just one word, one word about this this really incredible incredible story. 41:51 Which is Yakov Avinu goes ahead and he leaves from Haran and he goes to May leaves from May Shav goes right to Haran. 41:57 And he passes by the Har Habayit and he doesn't stop. 41:59 Why doesn't he stop? 42:01 Because he has a vision. 42:02 Because he knows where he has to get to. 42:04 He knows he has to has to get from point A to point B. 42:06 That's his avodah. And there is so much in life about having a vision and knowing where you want to get to, and what you want to accomplish. 42:13 The danger is that sometimes you miss out on things along the journey. 42:18 See, Yaakov Avinu was so focused on getting from Beer Sheva to Charan that he missed out on the opportunity to daven at the Har HaBayit. 42:25 But, what's the greatness of Yaakov Avinu? 42:27 Sometimes when you miss out on things, it's okay. 42:29 Try to get back. 42:30 Try to get back. 42:31 Sometimes like we take a wrong turn, the whole of all day in life is course correct. 42:35 Yaakov Avinu could have just said, "Ah, I missed it. 42:37 You know, you know, I'll hit it on the way back." 42:39 No, at the end of the day, I made a mistake. 42:41 I missed out on an opportunity. 42:42 I'm going to course correct. 42:44 So, two incredible lessons. 42:45 Number one, have a vision from where you want to get to. 42:48 Where Where are you now? 42:48 Where do you want to get to? 42:49 And plot a course for that. 42:51 And have tunnel vision towards your You have singular vision. 42:53 But, not such tunnel vision that you can't see what's on either side cuz then you'll miss out on opportunities along the way. 42:58 And if you do miss out on opportunities along along the way, never be afraid to course correct. 43:03 All right, we must have to stop over here for today. 43:05 May I just remind you, a lot more to do. 43:06 We'll pick up more incredible Gemara tomorrow. 43:08 Shkoyach, everyone.
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