Shabbat shalom everybody, Erev Rosh Hodesh Sivan. I hope everyone's gonna have a great Rosh Hodesh. This is the month of Matan Torah We're gonna do a very deep, profound Divya Torah on this week's Parashah. We can give some backdrop to When Hashem created Adam Harishon, we all know that the Torah says that Adam was tall, his eyes spanned across the whole universe, his feet were on the ground, his head was in the sky and the Torah says that Adam was meditating on the connections between the upper worlds, the lower worlds. He saw every connection. He almost had Hashem's wisdom, so to speak, right? And the angels were fascinated by man, the angels were jealous of man, this Adam Harishon, and the world was in a state of perfection. But the Samachem, he said, I have to do something about this. So what did he do? He sent the nachash, he sent the snake and tamper with this, with this perfection. And the snake was injected into, the Yitzarah was injected into creation. Basically, they hacked the code of creation. And from that point on, man was drawn down to physical, his physical nature, and he could no longer reach that state of spiritual perfection. Obviously, there are points in time in the history of the Torah where we got closer to it with Abraham, with Yitzak, with Yacot, with Shed, Adam's third son. But so basically, everything got distorted through the Yitzarah, from the, basically, what does the snake do? A snake injects venom. A snake has venom. So it injected its venom into Adam and Hava, and they lost their eternal wisdom, so to speak. So in the opening Parashah uses Adam as Adamah in a plural, and it's to teach us that man has an effect on all the worlds. Man is the, is really, but they have to deal with the master power of Hashem's purpose. We are the purpose of creation, and it's our job to bring the world back to that state as best as we can. And when we've gone to the point of maximizing our capabilities, that's when Hashem will do the rest and bring Mashiach. But so now, what are we dealing with? So we mentioned the forefathers, they were rectifying the world to a degree, but not enough to completely rectify. You know, they brought the world from, they sustained the world, but they still didn't bring it to a state of perfection. And the Shekhinah still didn't come down until the 12 tribes came, and the 12 tribes corresponding to, you know, the main angels upstairs. So let's now pivot to this week's Parashah, and Parashah b'amidbar Hashem counts the nation. What is the significance of counting? So first of all, counting is an act, it's an action. They say when something is worthy, mentioned and counted, because these are the actions of, it's like bringing something relevant to actual, actual, from potential to actual. Something relevant is potential, but to actualize it, you have to be worthy through deeds. You have to be mentioned through speech and counted. It's like the highest form you're counted. So there's a big significance behind counting. Like we said earlier, man is the master power of this world of bringing perfection to creation. Again, Hashem counts his cherished people. He counted us when we went out of Egypt. He counted to see who was remaining after the Synod of the Golden Calf, after the construction of Mishkan. You know, always at major milestones, Hashem is, so to speak, like seeing who's left. There's always people who were sifted out. The bad was always sifted out in these major events. But at the end of the day, there's the core of the nation left over. So the fact that they're counted, this is the physical manifestation of our worthiness. When we're counted, that means we're loved, we're desired. So going back to what we said in the beginning, when the Gitserara came down to Adam al-Ishawn, they hacked the code of creation. The creation was in a perfect world. And now, how does Hashem bring it back to that state with physicality, with separation? It's a deep concept, but things not where they should be. We have to realign everything that is broken, so to speak. And when two things that are opposite come together for the glory of Hashem, that's when the light of Hashem is best able to shine. The purpose of the world is to create unity within separation. Hashem creates everything in this world in a form of separation and wants us to create unity, how? With our actions, with what I'm explored, with right intentions. There's a famous verse. I've shared it with this, with the group before. It has Hashem created a thing in its polarity. Why? For this exact reason. Whenever something bad exists, there's the opposite good and vice versa. There's a thing in its opposite in all aspects. And the most common example, not in bad and good, is male and female, they're opposites. But what is the greatest glory is when man and woman come together and in great unity. And this is the way Adam was created before the sin. Adam and Hava were one. So with this information, Bezat Hashem, we could increase our motivation. Sounds like a major incentive. Who doesn't want to be in Hashem's army? The army that's here to fix the world, to bring the redemption closer. And this is a very major parashat at the beginning of a new book. And where do we receive the Torah? Just at the end of this all. I think it fits perfectly. We receive the Torah in the desert of Mount of Harsenei. What are some qualities of the desert? The desert is desolate. It's bare. So we have to make ourselves, so to speak, bare. We have to be empty in order to receive all Torah. To the degree I have physicality, 10% physicality, I'll get 90% filled with Torah. If I'm 100%, spirituality, I'll have no room for physicality. So it's corresponding. It's opposite. And then one more proof that we were talking about in the past. And this is the same idea that we're discussing today. In the story of the Megillah, Mordechai canceled Pesach. How could he cancel Pesach? Because Mordechai understood what was going on in the worlds above, in Shamaim. He understood that if he doesn't make a radical change, and do make the, you know, radical, we have to fast, we have to fix the Gezerad that is going on upstairs. Because the world will cease to exist. There won't be any more Pesovers. So that's how he got the authority to fast on a time where it's matzah. So never think man is so little. Man is great. Man and his actions are sustaining the world and are bringing the world closer to where it needs to be. Each person on an individual level. So each person individually. It's almost like a person and his God, his personal relationship. Hashem crafts the world in a way that's perfect for each individual to grow, to excel, and to fix. We're here to fix things. So I'd like to wish everyone a beautiful month ahead, a beautiful Shabbat. I hope everyone stays up Shabbat night. It's the most amazing night of the year. I have fun with it. Call me. We could do something fun. And I'd like to wish everyone a beautiful Shabbat. And we should only experience good things best after Shem.

Hi, everyone. Hodesh Tov, Erev Shevachalom. This month that we've just entered is the month of Elul. It's the last month in the Jewish calendar, and it's considered the month of Teshuvah when the king is in the field. It's famous saying the king is in the field, find the king when he's near. And Teshuvah is always accepted, but in this month, it's a divine time for it to be more readily accepted. We know that the famous Pasuk comes down, Ani, Ledodili, is the acronym Elul. So what that Pasuk is telling us, if a person takes one step towards Hashem, Ani, Ledodili, and then Hashem provides the other, the balance. You get a person who comes to purify himself. Oh my gosh, I'll let them fly. Who comes to purify himself? He's assisted. So Ledodili and Hashem will fill in the gap. Hashem is obsessed with his nation. He gets so much in the head from Ani Salel. And another Pasuk, it says, in the Mejilat Purim, Islerehu, Umatanol Evionim, Elul, again. So there's a custom to increase our ex-charity, increase Hesed. So we will be judged favorably when the high holidays come. Another one is, I don't have to book in front of me, Ahub Leemala, Beohed Leemata. The love below cherished above. There's Mishnampi Kavot, when the spirit of one's fellow is pleased. The spirit of Hashem is pleased with that person in person. When other people love you, Hashem loves you. So this is a, and we'll see later, I'm going to mention it, It's a very special time to, you know, work on our interpersonal relationships and just become on good terms with everyone. Any stones left unturned, this is the time. So now the tribe that corresponds to the month is God. And there's a very deep discussion there where it says that, first let me just tell you, God stands for Gomel Dalim, like we just alluded to, increasing acts of kindness. There's no kindness upon the poor, that's what God stands for. And his name literally means Good Mazal. God means Good Mazal. Gimel stands for riches and Dalit, they say stands for poverty. But ultimately, it's future focused. When we say Good Mazal, it's future focused. So there's many arguments I'm not going to go through it and they kept citing sources, is the nation of Israel governed by Mazal? Now, long story short, yes and no. But ultimately, ultimately, no. Why? We were given the Torah. We have Zechud Avot. We know that there's a story, another story in the Torah, Abraham was, she was sure he saw on the stars that he could not have a child. And he was right, Hashem corrected him. He said, I know what the stars say, but I'm telling you that in Mazal Israel, Abraham could not have a child, but Abraham with the hey, it could. And what does the hey stand for? The hey stands for the Hamshahum Shetorah. So that's the allusion to there. And then there's another pasuk in the Yishaya that says do not be like the nations of the world. They're scared of the mazalot. They have reason to be scared. They exist. They're real. But ultimately, we are not governed by them. Now, let's say it seems like we are. Mazal is dealing us harsh blows. The Hazal say that there's five things that can change a person's mazal. There's change of name, there's change in location, change of deeds, charity and crying out Hashem. And then they went on to say, now sometimes the crying out Hashem and charity is not sufficient. And when mazal is dealing a person a harsh blow and these two things don't seem to be working, they're going to say that Tishubah is the only answer. Okay, sorry about that. They're going to say that Tishubah is the only answer. Now, in conclusion, every month of the Jewish calendar, a new book I got, the third volume of the set that I am so obsessed with, every blessing of the middle blessings in Amida correspond to a month. Combining Hashibah, Shoftenu and Lameenim, those considered one, there's 13 middle blessings corresponding to 12 months of the year, but the 13th corresponding to the last month of the year is which one, Shema Kolenu. And it says, here our voice except our prayers and they brought up Hanah when she was praying. Her lips were moving, but her voice could not be heard. Her voice, because why is it using that terminology? Here our voice. So first, a little bit more back information, hopefully I'm able to answer that for you clearly. Here our voice is referring to the collective voice and I went too fast. Shema Kolenu is the most important blessing, they say, of the middle 13. That's the one that gives the effectiveness of the prior 12. Just like when the year concludes, you know that the last of something, Ahub, Ahadunah, Ahadunah, the last is the most beloved. So the month of Elul gives meaning and is the acid test of what our previous 11 months were. Do you want a person once to be judged and be considered, they had a great test year? Work on Elul. Elul is a time where everything is just magnified, doubled. And so when we say here our voice, it's really referring to hearing the collective voice of Amir Sa'el. So as I'll say, so this is very important thing, a person wants his praise to be accepted. Shema Kolenu, Hashem, answer our prayers. What do we have to do? Prayer has to come. I'm not going to even start with that one. I'll get to that. But before prayer, they say before prayer, if it sits down in the shul, he should have in mind to fulfill his vow that Haq-e-Leh-Haq-e-Moha love your friend like you love yourself so you could connect to the seaboard. Rabbi Mansur talks about this often. If a person prays by himself, he's judged with a harsh lens. You know his prayers listen to, your judge is individual, but when you connect to the minyan, your judge is a collective. And we know that Hashem does not turn down the collective. The collective, the whole of the seaboard is much so super beneficial in having a person's prayers answered. Now I was asked this week, I was just being honest with my friends. I'm like, you've got my best time. I can't even compare. I wish I could be all in the same level, but my shakhit is much better than my minkha. Why? Because the first thing in the morning I'm on the same level as everybody. We all just woke up. And then the day arrives and everyone's on different pages. But in the morning, it's just something fresh, something new. And I really just love my shakhit. So in continuing, they bring up the Ramban's letter. Ramban at the end of his letter of humility. He says, read this letter once a week and your prayers are guaranteed to be answered. Now, what does that mean? Because it's a pretty strong promise by the Ramban. So what it means is many things. But first of all, when a person, you know, what's it called? Person, you know, he negates himself. When he does, you know, like from a place of humility, good and bad are not so different. He could see the good within the perceivably bad. He could see the bad within the perceivably good. So they're almost two and the same. It's just that's on Hashem. And nothing bad stands from Hashem. And when a person has humility, not only will he translate it, you know, optimally from a place of humility, but also Hashem loves a person who, you know, who puts, that's on Hashem for us. That's really what this time is about and crowning the king. That's the time that's coming. And with that, I would like to wish everyone a beautiful month ahead, a month of Yeshua, a month of Teshubah, a month of great interpersonal relationships, Shalom Bayid, peace, health, and only good things as Hashem. Amen.

Hi everyone, Hodesh Tov, Erev Shabbat Shalom. This month that we've just entered is the month of Elul. It's the last month in the Jewish calendar and it's considered the month of Teshuvah when the king is in the field. It's famous saying the king is in the field, find the king when he's near. And Teshuvah is always accepted, but in this month it's a divine time for it to be more readily accepted. We know that the famous Pasuk comes down, Ani, Ledodi, Vedodili is the acronym Elul. So that Pasuk is telling us if a person takes one step towards Hashem, Ani, Ledodi, and then Hashem provides the balance. You get a person who comes to purify himself, who comes to purify himself, he's assisted. So Ledodi and Hashem will fill in the gap. Hashem is obsessed with his nation. He gets so much Nahat from Am Yisrael. And another Pasuk, it says in the Megillah Purim, Um Atanot Levyonim, Elul, again. So there's a custom to increase our ex-charity, increase Hezid. So we will be judged favorably when the high holidays come. Another one is, I don't have to book in front of me, Ahub Le Mala Ve Ohed Le Matah, Beloved Below, Cherished Above. There's Mishnam Peke Avot, when the spirit of one's fellow is pleased, the spirit of Hashem is pleased with that person and the person. When other people love you, Hashem loves you. So this is a, and we'll see later, I'm going to mention it, that it's a very special time to, you know, work on our interpersonal relationships and just become on good terms with everyone. Any stones left unturned, this is the time. So now the tribe that corresponds to the month is God. And there's a, there's a very deep discussion there where it says that, first let me just tell you, God stands for Gomel Dalim, like we just alluded to, increasing acts of kindness, bestowing kindness upon the poor. That's what God stands for. And His name literally means good mazal. God means good mazal. Gimel stands for riches and Dalit, they say stands for poverty, but ultimately it's, it's future focused. When we say good mazal, it's future focused. So there's many arguments. I'm not going to go through it and they kept citing sources. Is the nation of Israel governed by mazal? Now, long story short, yes and no. But ultimately, ultimately no. Why? We were given the Torah. We have Zechut Avot. We know that there's a story that, another story in the Torah, Abraham was, she was sure he saw on the stars that he could not have a child and he was right, but Hashem corrected him. He said, I know what the stars say, but I'm telling you that in mazal Israel, Abraham could not have a child, but Abraham with the hay-ed it could. And what does the hay stand for? So, and what does the hay stand for? The hay stands for the Hamshahum Shetorah. So that's the allusion to there. And then there's another pasuk in the Yishaya that it says, do not be like the nations of the world. They're scared of the mazalot. They have reason to be scared. They exist. They're real. But ultimately we are not governed by them. And now let's say it seems like we are. Mazal is dealing us harsh blows. The Hazal say that there's five things that can change a person's mazal. There's change of name, there's change in location, change of deeds, charity, and crying out to Hashem. And then they went on to say, now sometimes the crying out to Hashem and charity is not sufficient. And when mazal is dealing a person a harsh blow and these two things don't seem to be working, they're going to say that Teshubah is the only answer. Okay, sorry about that. They're going to say that Teshubah is the only answer. Now, in conclusion, every month of the Jewish calendar, new book I got, the third volume of the set that I am so obsessed with, every blessing of the middle blessings in Amidah correspond to a month. Combining Hashibah Shoftenu and Laminim, those considered one, there's 13 middle blessings corresponding to the 12 months of the year, about the 13th, really corresponding to the last month of the year, is which one, Shema Kolenu. And it says here our voice except our prayers and they brought up Hanah when she was praying, her lips were moving but her voice could not be heard. So why was I saying here our voice? Because why is it using that terminology, here our voice? So first a little bit more back information, hopefully I'm able to answer that for you clearly. Here our voice is referring to the collective voice and I went too fast. Shema Kolenu is the most important blessing, they say, of the middle 13. That's the one that gives the, you know, effectiveness of the prior 12, just like when the year concludes that, you know that the last of something Ahub, Aharon Aharon Ha'vi, the last is the most beloved. So the month of Elul gives meaning and is the acid test of what our previous 11 months were. Do you want to, a person wants to be judged and be considered, they had a great past year, work on Elul. Elul is a time where everything is just magnified, doubled. And so what does it say here our voice? It's really referring to hearing the collective voice of Amir Sa'el. So the Hazal say, so this is a very important thing, a person wants his prayers to be accepted, Shema Kolenu has to answer our prayers. So what do we have to do? Prayer has to come, I'm not going to even start with that one yet, I'll get to that, before prayer, they say, before a person even sits down in the shul, he should have in mind to fulfill the mizvah, the Ha'at-e-lerah Ha'amoha, love your friend like you love yourself. So you could connect to the Sibur, Rabbi Mansur talks about this often. If a person prays by himself, he's judged with a harsh lens. You know his prayers listen too, but your judge is individual, but when you connect to the Minyan, your judge is a collective and you know, we know that Hashem does not turn down the collective. The collective, the whole of the Sibur is much super beneficial in having a person's prayers answered. Now I was asked this week, I was just being honest with my friends, I'm like, you know my best time, I can't even compare, I wish I could, I wish I could be all in the same level, but my shachrit is much better than my mincha, why? Because the first thing in the morning, I'm on the same level as everybody, we all just woke up, and then the day arrives and everyone's on different pages, but in the morning, it's just something fresh, something new, and I really just love my shachrit. My shachrit is beloved to me. So, and in continuing, they bring up the Ramban's letter. Ramban at the end of his letter of humility, he says, read this letter once a week and your prayers are guaranteed to be answered. Now, what does that mean? Because it's a pretty strong promise by the Ramban. So what it means is, many things, but first of all, when a person, you know, what's it called? A person, you know, he negates himself, bitul, when he does, you know, like from a place of humility, good and bad are not so different. He could see the good within the perceivably bad, he could see the bad within the perceivably good. So they're almost two and the same, it's just rachon hashem, and nothing bad stands from hashem, and when a person has humility, not only will he translate it, you know, optimally, from a place of humility, but also hashem loves a person who, you know, who puts, that's on hashem first. That's really what this time is about and crowning the king, that's the time that's coming. And with that, I would like to wish everyone a beautiful month ahead, a month of Yeshua, a month of Teshuba, a month of great interpersonal relationships, Shalom bayit, peace, health, and only good things. God bless you. Amen.