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The Weekly Torah Parsha: Emor with Health Insights by Dr. Rubie Minkowitz · The Frum Health Club Podcast

• 0:00
  SPEAKER_00: Gij Shabis Pesah Shani, Parsha's Emir, and Lagba Amer.
• 0:06
  SPEAKER_00: The heavenly angels, the Malokim, call out Ayah Mekim Kevede, where is God's glory?
• 0:14
  SPEAKER_00: And we say in Davanin Kadesh, Kadesh Kadesh, three times holy.
• 0:19
  SPEAKER_00: And in our Parsha we have all three of them spelled out.
• 0:23
  SPEAKER_00: We start with the holy people, the Kaihanim.
• 0:27
  SPEAKER_00: The Binaisral are also called a holy nation, Agay Khadesh.
• 0:32
  SPEAKER_00: But Kaihanim are in a special category since they are involved primarily in acts of service, and that is holy.
• 0:40
  SPEAKER_00: We then read about the holy days, Shabbas and Yantiv, which is also read on the holidays.
• 0:47
  SPEAKER_00: We also read about the counting of Sefir Saimer in this parsha.
• 0:52
  SPEAKER_00: And today is the 20th day of the Aimer, the Kayak, strength of the Aimer.
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_00: May we give strength to each other.
• 1:00
  SPEAKER_00: What is special is that the word for counting is usually Mainah, yet we use the word Lispir for the Sefira because it means to shine, and each day of the Sefira a special energy shines forth, which makes the whole month of year holy.
• 1:18
  SPEAKER_00: And then we read about the holy actions, from giving siddakah and leaving portions of your field to the poor, to lighting the Meneira and Lechem upon him in the Besamiddash, the holiest place.
• 1:31
  SPEAKER_00: And to round it up, we are told to sanctify Hashem's name in everything we do.
• 1:37
  SPEAKER_00: We should make a kiddish Hashem, which ties in to the Hayem Yem of today, Yugimal Ear, which is most empowering.
• 1:46
  SPEAKER_00: The Rebbe quotes a teaching of the Alta Rebbe from Pirka Yabis.
• 1:51
  SPEAKER_00: It says, Da my Lamila Mamcha, which simply means you should always know what is above you.
• 1:58
  SPEAKER_00: The Alta Rebbe says even further, Da, you should be aware that what is above Lamilo is dependent on your actions on this world, meaning what you do affects the heavens and the higher spirits above.
• 2:13
  SPEAKER_00: Wow.
• 2:14
  SPEAKER_00: So one may think, who, me?
• 2:17
  SPEAKER_00: I'm not holy.
• 2:18
  SPEAKER_00: I'm not where I want to be, both physically and spiritually.
• 2:22
  SPEAKER_00: Who am I to have an effect above?
• 2:25
  SPEAKER_00: Comes the special day of Pesach Shani, and the Rebbe in Hayem Yim teaches us it's never too late.
• 2:32
  SPEAKER_00: One can always correct his ways no matter how far off he may be.
• 2:37
  SPEAKER_00: And if I may add, not just spiritually, but also physically regarding health, it's never too late to start eating better and doing daily exercise.
• 2:48
  SPEAKER_00: The model for this is Rebbe Akiva, who started learning when he was forty and became the Nasi Hadir.
• 2:56
  SPEAKER_00: He then lost all of his 24,000 students who died since they did not treat each other with respect, and the dying stopped on Lagamer.
• 3:06
  SPEAKER_00: And then Rebbe Akiva started again, getting a second chance with just five students, which they single-handedly revived the teaching of Tara for future generations.
• 3:18
  SPEAKER_00: It's never too late.
• 3:20
  SPEAKER_00: The same for getting in shape.
• 3:22
  SPEAKER_00: I saw an 80-year-old marathoner who started to run in his 50s.
• 3:27
  SPEAKER_00: He said this saved his life, and he started just with baby steps and kept going.
• 3:34
  SPEAKER_00: So how do we communicate this to the next generation, our children, to being holy and healthy?
• 3:42
  SPEAKER_00: We learn it in Rashi from the double term Emir Vyamarta, said in the beginning of the parsha of how to teach children.
• 3:50
  SPEAKER_00: Number one, speak softly and kindly, praise them.
• 3:55
  SPEAKER_00: Number two, he says, La Hazir, not just to warn them, but to illuminate and to shine, model for them good behavior.
• 4:05
  SPEAKER_00: And imagine a child being a rough diamond, and then bring out their light.
• 4:11
  SPEAKER_00: Zayar has the same root as La Hazir, and we celebrate Lag Baimir, the day of the Rashbi's passing, who was the author of the Zayar, the primary safer on Panima Satara, the teachings that shine light into the Tarah through the deeper and mystical meanings.
• 4:29
  SPEAKER_00: And ever wonder why we call the day Lag Baimer with a base, while every day of the Aimir we say in the count Yaim Laimer with a Lamid, because the Rashpi was a reincarnation of the Nishamah of Mesha Rabinu, and Lag Baimir has the same numerical value as Mesha.
• 4:52
  SPEAKER_00: And to conclude, may we practice the most famous teaching of Rebbe Ya Kiva, Via Hafta Reachha Kamecha, loving your fellow like yourself, and also Pesachini, it is never too late to start both in learning and being healthier.
• 5:07
  SPEAKER_00: And let us be holy and elevate ourselves with our children, to sanctify our time and our actions, to bring the G'ula and with the energy of ear, Ani Hashem Rayfecha, those who need a full shalemah should be blessed with one, to greet and dance around the fire of Lagbaimir with Mashiach Zukaina.