Parshas Hachodesh & Tucker Carlson

Parshas Hachodesh & Tucker Carlson

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This week is Parsha Sakhadesh, where we read the first commandment that Akkadeshvarakur gave us collectively as a people. The mitzvah of Shadesh, the Kiddish Shaqesh of sanctifying the new moon. And there's a few questions. Question number one is why do we read this now, this week, in the period between Param and Pesach? Question number two is why was this the first mitzvah that was given to the Mine Israel collectively? And question number three is, what does Tucker Carlson have to do with this at all? So, Basas Sham thisek, we're going to try to answer all these questions. To start, we know that as Yiddin, we go by the lunar calendar and not the solar calendar, we count by the moon and not by the sun. Why do we count by the moon and not by the sun? So, as we know, the moon has many, many phases, it goes from full moon down to where it's barely a sliver. Yet, even when there's just the tiniest sliver of moon, we know that it will go back to its fullness. The Nasivishalam explains that this concept, the moon, alludes to us in our lives. That just like the moon, even when it's just the tiniest sliver, when it's barely visible, when it's completely shrouded in darkness, we know it will regain its full glory, it'll go back to its fullness, it'll go back to the full moon. So too, in our lives, we're supposed to believe that even when our lives are shrouded in darkness, even when everything seems completely dark, we barely see a glimmer of light, we're supposed to believe, we're supposed to bateh pa Hashem, we're supposed to believe and trust in Hashem that the light will once again illuminate our lives, that the darkness will be gone. Not only that, but when is it Rashkhodesh? When do we sanctify the new moon? When are we makesh the Khadish? It's not when we have a full moon, it's not when the moon is there and it's all its glory, it's when it's the tiniest sliver of moon that's visible. That's when it's Rish Kodesh. Why says the Nasivish? Because this is alluding to the concept, this symbolizes Hakadish Baruch choosing us, the yiddin, in the darkness. That even when everything is so dark, Akkadish Baruch chooses us. When did this happen? When did Akadish Baruch choose us within the darkness? This happened in Mitzrayan. When we were in Mitzrayahan, when we were in Gaulus Mitzrayan, we hit the lowest levels, the 49th level of Tumah. We are at the bottom of the bottom. Before we had the gula, before we accepted the Torah, before Harsina, what did Akadish Baruch say? Hashem said, Bini Bakhiri Yisrael, my son, my firstborn, Claw Yisrael. That when we were stuck in the impurity of Egypt, that's when Akadish Baruch called us Beni Bachari Yisrael. That's when Hashem chose us for his people. Specifically, when we were stuck in the darkness of its time. This is this concept that is alluded to by Rishhodesh, being when the moon is at the slightest, slightest sliver of light and not when it's on its full moon. So Akadish Baruch choosing us within the darkness. But there's one more idea as well. In Kiddushavana, in Kildishavana, the brah of Kildushavana, we say that the moon is constantly renewing itself and that we're going to be renewed just as the moon gets renewed. That the moon also symbolizes his shachas. It symbolizes the ability to constantly renew. That every single one of us have the ability to be machadish, to be machadish ourselves, to renew ourselves. And it doesn't matter what happened until now, it doesn't matter what went on until now. We could constantly, constantly choose to renew, to start again. We're approaching the month of Nisan right now. Nisan is a very interesting month. On the one hand, we're halfway through the year, six months in, we're six months away from Rish Hashanah, we're six months away from the new year. On the other hand, right, in Parsh's Khadish, which we're reading this week, it calls it calls Khadish Nisan, Nisan, Ruish Khadashan. The Pasik says, A Khadish Hazelakhem, Rosh Khadashim, Rishinhulachem Lochana, Nisan, the month of Nisan is the first month when you count the months of the year, right? When we count the months of the year, we don't start from Tishwe, which is when the year starts. We start from Nisan, Nisan, Ear, Sivan, Tambas, the Kul. So what is it? Is Nisan the first month of the year, or is Nisan halfway through the year? So Nisan is halfway through the year, but the reason why Nisan is called the first month of the year is because Akhadish Baruch is giving us an opportunity. Here's your chance to start again. Risha and Hulukhachi Hashanah. This could be your new year's moment right now. Start over, start again right now. This is why we read Parsha Khadish right now between Puram and Pesach. It's to symbolize this idea of the new moon constantly renewing itself. That we have the ability right now between Puram and Pesach, we're in a Zman of Ga'ula, a Zman of redemption, a Zman of renewal, that we could choose right now, renewal as well. So the reason why we read Pashal Khadish right now, A, is to show that we can make a fresh star right now. B, we're showing that Hashem chose us to be his people while we are still in the darkness of Mitzraim. And C, because we just passed Purim and we're right before Pesach. What do we see from both Purim and Pesach? That even when we seem to be shrouded in darkness, even when there seems to be nothing but darkness, the light again will come. Which brings us to Tucker Carlson. What does Tucker have to do with anything? The very first Rash in Khamish, the first Rashid in his commentary in Khumish says that really the Torah did not have to start from Baratish. It could have just started from the first mitzvah that the Khaj Baruch gave us of Achideshazelakh. Why did the Torah start from Baratius? Why did it go through Avram Yutzakaniakov? Why did it go through our whole history of Gaussian until we finally get to the point where we get the midst where we accept the Torah? says Rashi, that if there will become a point where the non-Jews will say, You guys are listening, you guys are a bunch of thieves, a bunch of crooks. You don't have any claim on Eretz Israel. You have no right to Eretz Israel. You guys just came and took the land. Came along, Rashi, and Rashid said, Therefore, the Tara gave us the whole history to show us that no, that's Baruch who gave us the land of Eretzisraul, that we really have the claim to Eretz Israel. Now, at one point, this seems so abstract. Who? Who are the ones that are claiming that we have no right to the land of Eritral? Who are they claiming this to? But now, with Tucker Carlson's comments over the past few weeks, all the absurdities coming out of Tucker Carlson's mouth, that maybe we all have to do DNA testing, we have to prove our lineage, prove that we descended from Abraham, who says that we're really entitled to the land? Maybe the Palestinian people are the real Semites. Now it's become very, very clear, very apparent that if the nonjus, if the people with millions of audience and millions of people will say, listen, you guys are a bunch of robbers, a bunch of crooks. Therefore, the Torah couldn't start from Achalak, the Torah start from Boris to show that no, we are the ones that really have the fear claim. We are the ones that are entitled to Her Disrol. And it's the Managula, we're going to get back to her Israel.