Kerem B'Yavneh Parsha Podcast

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โ”€โ”€ Shiur Outline โ”€โ”€
(0:08) Two Parshiot: Korach and Shlach Overview
(1:22) The Meraglim Sin and the Desert Punishment
(2:34) From Desert to Galus: Mission to Spread Torah
(3:40) Rambam on Nonโ€‘Jewish Figures in Godโ€™s Plan
(5:19) Current Crises and Hope for Moshiach

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1. Divine orchestration of history โ€” Every major shift in history, including the failures of the Meraglim and Korach, is directed by Hakadosh Baruch Hu.
2. Shift in national mission โ€” The original plan was for Eretz Yisrael to be the lev laguf (heart of the body), but the sin of the spies forced a change toward galus.
3. Disseminating holiness through exile โ€” When we lost the merit to influence the world from within the Land, our mission shifted to spreading Yediyat Hashem throughout the nations.
4. Purpose in religious movements โ€” The Rambam explains that even the rise of other major world religions was part of the Divine plan to prepare the world for the concept of Mashiach.
5. Navigating modern uncertainty โ€” Just as history shifted in the desert, our current challenges and wars are managed entirely by Hakadosh Baruch Hu toward a specific goal.
6. Ultimate redemption โ€” Despite the dangers of assimilation and the pain of war, the process is leading toward the final tikkun and the arrival of Mashiach.

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This week in ืืจืฅ ื™ืฉืจืืœ and the world we read two separate ืคืจืฉื™ื•ืช.

In ืืจืฅ ื™ืฉืจืืœ we read ืคืจืฉืช ืงื•ืจื— about the rebellion of ืงื•ืจื— and the

ืขื“ื”.

And in ื—ื•ืฅ ืœืืจืฅ we read ืคืจืฉืช ืฉืœื—,

the ืคืจืฉื” of the ืžืจื’ืœื™ื.

Two ืคืจืฉื™ื•ืช that changed history and really were turning points in the way we

perceive ืชื•ืจื”,

the way we perceive the leadership of ืžืฉื” ืจื‘ื™ื ื•,

and by the ืžืจื’ืœื™ื we didn't go into ืืจืฅ ื™ืฉืจืืœ.

We had to change course.

40 years in the desert.

How are we supposed to handle all of this back and forth,

all of these difficulties,

these challenges?

Why do we need them,

and where do they come from,

and what's the point?

How are we supposed to relate to these sudden changes that happen,

a change of course of history?

One of the ways is certainly to understand and appreciate that it all comes

from ื”ืงื“ื•ืฉ ื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื.

Without a question,

it comes from ื”ืงื“ื•ืฉ ื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื.

No matter how we're supposed to understand that.

What does that mean?

Let's look at the case of the ืžืจื’ืœื™ื for a moment.

The case of the ืžืจื’ืœื™ื was a sin that unfortunately brought us to the

punishment that we're no longer going to be able to go into ืืจืฅ ื™ืฉืจืืœ.

The ื“ื•ืจ ื”ืžื“ื‘ืจ was now going to die and only the next generation get

into the land.

But what happened?

What's the point?

Is there something larger here?

The ื ืฆื™ื‘ and the ืžืœื‘ื™ื describe that the ideal that ื”ืงื“ื•ืฉ ื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื had

planned was that we're all going to go to ืืจืฅ ื™ืฉืจืืœ and when we

get to ืืจืฅ ื™ืฉืจืืœ,

ืืจืฅ ื™ืฉืจืืœ was going to be a ืœื‘ ืœื’ื•ืฃ.

It was going to be just like a heart to the body,

ืืจืฅ ื™ืฉืจืืœ to the world.

And you're going to be able to have the ืงื“ื•ืฉื” and the ื˜ื”ืจื” and

the modeling of the Jewish people that would be spread from ืืจืฅ ื™ืฉืจืืœ to

the rest of the world.

But what happened when the ืžืจื’ืœื™ื came back and said that ืืจืฅ ื™ืฉืจืืœ ื ืžืืก

ืœื ื•,

it's repulsive to us?

We were no longer ื–ื•ื›ื” to that.

And therefore we had to stay in the ืžื“ื‘ืจ.

But the description in other places in ืชื ืš is that this wasn't just about

staying in the ืžื“ื‘ืจ 40 days,

but rather this was a ื’ื–ื™ืจื” of ื’ืœื•ืช.

We now had to stay in ื’ืœื•ืช.

Stay in ื’ืœื•ืช?

Why?

What happened to the goal?

ื”ืงื“ื•ืฉ ื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื had to change it.

We were no longer going to be a heart to a ื’ื•ืฃ,

but rather now he had to spread us everywhere.

And if he spread us everywhere,

hopefully we'll be able to succeed and promote ืชื•ืจื”,

ื”ืงื“ื•ืฉ ื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื,

ื™ื“ื™ืขืช ื”ืฉื everywhere in the world.

The ideal to get back to ืืจืฅ ื™ืฉืจืืœ for sure,

but that would become our mission,

a very,

very dangerous one.

We know the assimilation that happens in ื—ื•ืฅ ืœืืจืฅ.

We know the difficulties in ื—ื•ืฅ ืœืืจืฅ.

But yet we always have to maintain our mission is still there.

But what's the idea?

Why?

Do we really need to be all out there?

The ืจืžื‘ื in ืคืจืง ื™ื of ืกืคืจ ืžืœื›ื™ื writes something unbelievable.

He writes,

even ื™ืฉื• and even ืžื•ื—ืžื“ of Islam,

even they were part of the plan of ื”ืงื“ื•ืฉ ื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื.

What do you mean?

ื™ืฉื• ื”ื ื•ืฆืจื™,

you know how much death has brought to the world of the Jews,

how much hate,

so much.

But he's part of the plan.

ื”ืงื“ื•ืฉ ื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื says it is part of the plan because at some point

ื‘ืขื–ืจืช ื”ืฉื we're going to have ืžืฉื™ื— and the ืžืฉื™ื— will bring a ืชื™ืงื•ืŸ

to the whole world.

But we need the world to appreciate it.

The only way the world can appreciate it is if they have a feeling

and a sense that there's something called a savior.

They're wrong,

absolutely wrong.

But at least when we come and start spreading ืžืฉื™ื—,

they'll like 'I know what that means'.

That's the craziest thing.

Even things so far away from ื™ื™ื“ื™ืฉืงื™ื™ื˜ are ืžืžืฉ part of the plan of

ื”ืงื“ื•ืฉ ื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื.

Even when things change so quickly.

Included within every single aspect of the plan of ื”ืงื“ื•ืฉ ื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื.

But why does it happen?

We don't know.

We have no way of understanding,

no way of appreciating it.

But we look to ื”ืงื“ื•ืฉ ื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื and understand that every difficulty that we

go through,

every challenge that we go through.

And nowadays I really think we have that with the war.

Sometimes we have this feeling like,

oh,

we're going to finish our problems,

everything's going to be done.

And then no,

it stops.

And then it starts again,

and it stops.

We have no idea.

ื”ืงื“ื•ืฉ ื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื's in charge.

We should never ever think otherwise.

ื”ืงื“ื•ืฉ ื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื's running the show,

and no matter what it is,

ื”ืงื“ื•ืฉ ื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื's going to bring us to the greatest glory that we'll ever

have.

We should always be ื–ื•ื›ื” to build off our challenges,

bring more successes,

and ื‘ืขื–ืจืช ื”ืฉื be ื–ื•ื›ื” to ืžืฉื™ื— ืฆื“ืงื ื• in our coming days.

ื’ื•ื˜ ืฉื‘ืช.