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Parshas Devarim Shabbos Chazon Inspiration by Dr. Rubie Minkowitz · The Frum Health Club Podcast

• 0:08
  SPEAKER_00: For all those following the World Cup, Argentina just won the semifinals.
• 0:15
  SPEAKER_00: And Argentina's president, Millet, is a staunch supporter of Israel.
• 0:21
  SPEAKER_00: He also follows the Rebbe's teachings, and their greatest player is Messi, and we are truly living in Messianic times.
• 0:31
  SPEAKER_00: We start a new book, Devarim, where Mesha is now talking to the Bene Israel for 36 days, from Rishva to Zinother, his birthday and the day of his passing.
• 0:45
  SPEAKER_00: And an easy way to remember the 36 days of Devarim is from the first word of the Parsha, Ela, Alif Lamid Hay, which adds up to 36.
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_00: And Mesha says, Elah Dvarim, these are the words.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_00: And we see the transformation of Mesha, since when he was at the burning bush, he said to Ashem, Do not choose me, since Loish Devarim Anhi, I am not a man of words, which he wasn't.
• 1:18
  SPEAKER_00: But in Devarim, when he speaks, he is transmitting the words of Ashem to Bene Israel.
• 1:26
  SPEAKER_00: And we read that Hashem promised us the land of Israel, as Rashi explains, Hashem created the world and he can give the land to anyone, and he gave it to us.
• 1:38
  SPEAKER_00: So Parsh's Dvarim is read the week before Tishab, which discusses the covenant between the Jewish people and Hashem.
• 1:48
  SPEAKER_00: That will never be broken.
• 1:50
  SPEAKER_00: And we especially need to hear this before Tishab.
• 1:54
  SPEAKER_00: And we read in Devarim an unusual word Echa, meaning how can this happen?
• 2:01
  SPEAKER_00: Referring to the sin of the Moraglam that occurred on Tishbaav, and that the entire generation of males died in the desert, because each year on Tishab they would dig their own graves, and in the morning the living would separate from the dead.
• 2:20
  SPEAKER_00: And this happened for thirty-nine years, and on the fortieth year no one died, and this was right before going into Arjisrael, which is the setting of our parsha.
• 2:33
  SPEAKER_00: We also read in the Haftira from Yeshia, Isaiah, who prophesied a hundred and fifty years before the destruction of the Bashamegdish, a blistering rebuke of Bene Israel, saying, Echa, how did you stray so much from God?
• 2:52
  SPEAKER_00: And then he gives a vision of the destruction, hence the name Shabaz Khazain, which leads into Megilis Echa, that we read on Tishabav from the prophet of Yermiyahu about the destruction of Baysamidash, and of B'n'Aisrael asking Echa, how did this happen?
• 3:13
  SPEAKER_00: But in reality, we know that the seeds of Mashiach were born on Tishab.
• 3:19
  SPEAKER_00: And the Haftera of Shabbos Chazain says Riblevi Yislik of Berditov that Chazain is that every Jewish shown a vision of the future bashamidash, and the vision of the destruction holds within it the vision of Mashiach.
• 3:38
  SPEAKER_00: And furthermore, the Medr says the word Echa can also be pronounced as Ayekah, meaning where are you?
• 3:47
  SPEAKER_00: And the first time we come in contact with this word is when Hashem is asking Otham and Chaba after they sinned in Ganedin, Ayekah, where are you?
• 3:59
  SPEAKER_00: In other words, the Alter Rebbe says, What are you doing with yourself on this world?
• 4:05
  SPEAKER_00: Ayekah is a message to every Jew to wake up and ask, What are you doing with your life?
• 4:12
  SPEAKER_00: Are you following in God's ways?
• 4:15
  SPEAKER_00: Are you taking care of yourself to be there for your family?
• 4:19
  SPEAKER_00: Are you making the Rebbe proud?
• 4:22
  SPEAKER_00: And now it's the Bine Israel turn to ask Hashem, Ayekah, where are you?
• 4:29
  SPEAKER_00: It's time for you to show yourself with the revelation of Mashiach.
• 4:34
  SPEAKER_00: And to conclude, the Gemara says that the Keruvim on top of the Arn Kadesh faced each other when the Bine Israel were doing the right things in the eyes of Hashem.
• 4:46
  SPEAKER_00: And when they weren't, they faced away from each other.
• 4:50
  SPEAKER_00: On Tishba, you would think that they would be facing away, but surprisingly, the Keruvim were seen to be in a loving embrace.
• 5:00
  SPEAKER_00: And the Magad of Merz says that this was Hashem's way of showing us his love at our lowest time and reassuring us that the seeds of our redemption were being sowed.
• 5:13
  SPEAKER_00: And may it be that this Shabbos we should be able to see the actual third Bay Samidash transforming Tishba of into a day of joy.
• 5:23
  SPEAKER_00: Amen.