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Parsha Ki Seitzei Lessons and Inspiration · The Frum Health Club Podcast

• 0:03
  SPEAKER_00: The Parsha begins Kitseitse Lamachama when you go out to battle, and we read this in the month of El and the beginning of a school year and before Rashishana to say that this is not only discussing an actual war, which we should be victorious, but also as Hasidis explains, the battle with ourselves, especially when we start new endeavors, like a new year.
• 0:30
  SPEAKER_00: And this can also be applied to the multitude of mitzhis in our parsha, a total of seventy-four, that may be hard, and even someone starting a new exercise, like running.
• 0:43
  SPEAKER_00: This is tough, and you need to battle with yourself to do it.
• 0:47
  SPEAKER_00: And we continue to read, Hashem will give you success, especially now in El, when the king is in the field, God is more accessible to help us.
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_00: As the Gemara says, if one wants to improve his ways, Hashem will assist.
• 1:04
  SPEAKER_00: And that runner's high is real, especially after winning the battle with yourself.
• 1:10
  SPEAKER_00: I find this fascinating and even difficult, and makes us unique as a people.
• 1:16
  SPEAKER_00: It says you should not hate an anti Semite, even though they may hate us.
• 1:22
  SPEAKER_00: As we see the first Rashi says Asaine Esyak, so don't hate back, rather rise above it, like an eagle who soars high when the crow attacks it, and the crow eventually falls off.
• 1:38
  SPEAKER_00: We fight hate with light and go higher.
• 1:42
  SPEAKER_00: But we will never forget.
• 1:44
  SPEAKER_00: And the end of this parsa reminds us that Amolek, evil needs to be eradicated, and we need to say those verses daily.
• 1:54
  SPEAKER_00: And having hate in your heart is useless and even toxic, and it needs to be avoided.
• 2:00
  SPEAKER_00: And Tairah tells us because we are a Gai Kadesh, a holy nation, we are to serve as an inspiration for humanity with light and rising above the hate.
• 2:13
  SPEAKER_00: And as children return to school, we see an important lesson when we read about the Ben Sara Mira, the rebellious child.
• 2:22
  SPEAKER_00: It says that the son did not listen to the voice of his father and the voice of his mother.
• 2:28
  SPEAKER_00: It mentions them separately, telling us that the son is hearing two different voices or directions, and this can cause serious problems.
• 2:38
  SPEAKER_00: A child needs to hear a unified voice that comes from both parents.
• 2:43
  SPEAKER_00: Important lesson on raising children.
• 2:46
  SPEAKER_00: And to balance this, we read about marriage Kiika Ishisha, and the Gemarta says that marriage should be invehagefin, like grapes on a vine.
• 2:58
  SPEAKER_00: Why do we say grapes and not another fruit?
• 3:02
  SPEAKER_00: Because the juice of a regular fruit we say the bracha of shahako, which is a lower ranking blessing.
• 3:09
  SPEAKER_00: However, the juice of the grape has the special bracha of Bayre Prihagafen, which is in on a much higher level.
• 3:19
  SPEAKER_00: So the parents are compared to the vine and the children are compared to the grapes.
• 3:24
  SPEAKER_00: And the Gomorrah is telling us that a marriage which produces wine, meaning the children accomplish even more than their parents, this is a beautiful thing.
• 3:35
  SPEAKER_00: And when building a new home, the parsha tells us to build a guardrail around the roof to prevent falls.
• 3:42
  SPEAKER_00: So in addition to the literal meaning, the Rebbe says this is also instructing us that a home that is built should be where Yiddishkite flourishes to prevent people from falling.
• 3:55
  SPEAKER_00: And to conclude, we need to have a daily reminder about Amalek, which Chasida says represents coldness and apathy in life.
• 4:05
  SPEAKER_00: Since when the Mene Israel were basking in the miracles of going out of Misraim, Amalek cooled them off.
• 4:12
  SPEAKER_00: Asher Karcha also means to freeze them.
• 4:16
  SPEAKER_00: So we need to fight this coldness with passion in everything that we do, every day to win our battles with joy, which will lead to the ultimate joy of Mashiach.
• 4:27
  SPEAKER_00: Kesiva the Hasima Teva and Gujavas.