Was Moshe's Cloud Made of Smoke or Something Else?
Was Moshe's Cloud Made of Smoke or Something Else?
Part of Shemot · 37:03
A close Rashi reading on the cloud Moshe entered to receive the Torah, distinguishing it from ordinary smoke, and the spiritual purpose of uplifting the physical world through it.
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look at look at the end of the parsha. It says the end of Parshas Mishpatim actually talks about Matan Torah. The last parsha piece, it says there Hashem said to Moshe, \"Come up to the mountain and be there, and I'll give you the luchos.\" Moshe and Yehoshua came, and to the ืืงื ืื he said, \"Stay here.\" Then it says, ืืืขื ืืฉื ืื ืืืจ, look at pasuk, starts with ืคืกืืง ืืดื: ืืืขื ืืฉื ืื ืืืจ, Moshe went up to the mountain, ืืืืก ืืขื ื ืืช ืืืจ, and the anan, the cloud, covered the mountain. Then it says, ืืืฉืื ืืืื ืืณ ืขื ืืจ ืกืื ื, and the honor of Hashem rested on ืืจ ืกืื ื, ืืืืกืื ืืขื ื, and the anan covered it, ืฉืฉืช ืืืื, for six days. ืืืงืจื ืื ืืฉื, and He called to Moshe, ืืืื ืืฉืืืขื, and on the seventh day He called him, ืืชืื ืืขื ื, Hashem called Moshe from through the cloud. Then it says, ืืืจืื ืืืื ืืณ ืืืฉ ืืืืืช ืืจืืฉ ืืืจ, the kavod of Hashem looked like fire, eating, consuming, on top of the mountain ืืขืื ื ืื ื ืืฉืจืื, the Yidden saw it. Then it says, ืืืื ืืฉื ืืชืื ืืขื ื, Moshe went into the cloud, ืืืขื ืื ืืืจ, and went up to the mountain, ืืืื ืืฉื ืืืจ ืืจืืขืื ืืื ืืืจืืขืื ืืืื, Moshe was there for 40 days and 40 nights. Okay, so let's learn the sicha now. ืืกืืื ืืกืืจื, ืืดืืืื ืืชืื ืืขื ืืด, the end of the ืกืืจื and the last words of the the the end of the last by the end by the last pasuk, where it says Moshe came into ืืชืื ืืขื ื, into the cloud, Zogt
Rashi, now you can see what Rashi says, ืขื ื ืื ืืืื ืขืฉื ืืื, this cloud was like smoke. ืืืืื, and then he says more, but the Rebbe doesn't bring the end of the Rashi yet. We could look at the Rashi. Rashi says the second half of Rashi is: ืืขืฉื ืื ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืืืฉื ืฉืืื ืืชืืื, Hashem made for Moshe a path in the middle of this cloud, in the middle of the smoke. It's left over from ืืชื ืชืืจื. This is from ืืชื ืชืืจื, we'll see. ืืื ืืืจืฃ ืืขื ืื ืคืืจืฉืืืื, ืขื ื ืืืื ืืืขืจื ืืขืืืืืฉื ืืืืืงื. ืขื ื, the word ืขื ื means a cloud. ืขืฉื ืืืื ื ืจืืื, means smoke. ืืืืก ืืืก ืืขื ืขื ืฆืืืื ืืืืื ืืขืจืข ืืืื. Smoke and a cloud, that's two different things. ืืื ื ืื ืืขืจ, ืก'ืืื ืคืืจืงืขืจืืข ืืืื, they're opposite. ืขื ื ืืืขืจื ืืขืฉืืคื ืคืื ืืื, a cloud comes from water, ืืื ืขืฉื, and smoke comes from ืืฉ, from fire. ืืืื ื, therefore the kashya is like: number one, ืืืืก ื ืขืื ืจืฉืดื ืืืืืฉื ืขื ื ืื ืืขืจืฉ ืืื ืืืืขืจืื? What makes Rashi change that here the cloud means smoke? ืืื ืฆืืืืืื ืก, ืืืืก ืืื ืืืขืจ ืืืื ืฉืืืขืจ ืืื ืคืฉืืื ืฉื ืืงืจื ืืืืก ืจืฉืดื ืืืจืฃ ืืืก ืฆื ืคืืจืขื ืืคืขืจื? What does Rashi want? Rashi only explains the pasuk if something not clear. What's not clear? It says very clearly: Moshe went into the cloud, finished! Why why does Rashi even look for any pshat? Okay, that's the first part of Rashi. ืืืืืืขืจ ืืื ืจืฉืดื ืืืื, then Rashi continues and says, ืืขืฉื ืื ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืืืฉื ืฉืืื ืืชืืื, Moshe Hashem made for Moshe a path. ืืขืจ ืืงืืจ ืคืื ืืขื ืขื ืื ืืื ืืื ืืืจื, the
source of such a thing is in Gemara. ืืืขืจ ืืืจื ืงืืื ืขืก ืืืก ื ืชืืจืืฅ ืืืืฃ ืืขืจ ืกืชืืจื ืฆืืืืฉื ืฆืืืื ืคืกืืงืื, in Gemara it comes as an answer to a contradiction between two pesukim. The Gemara says like this: ืืชืื, it says one pasuk, not here, someplace else it says, ืคืจืฉืช ืคืงืืื, ืืื ืืืื ืืฉื ืืืื ืื ืืื ืืืขื ืื ืฉืื ืขืืื ืืขื ื, Moshe couldn't enter the ืืื ืืืขื because the cloud was there. So obviously Moshe could not go into the cloud. ืืชืื, another pasuk says, and that's this ืคืกืืง, ืืืื ืืฉื ืืชืื ืืขื ื, Moshe came into the cloud, so he could go into the cloud. So the ืืื ืจืื ืืฉืืขืื ืชื ื, so in yeshivah of Rabbi Yishmael they answer like this: ื ืืืจ ืืื ืืชืื ืื ืืืจ ืืืื ืืชืื, when it says here he went ืืชืื, we learn out the word ืืชืื from a different place. By Krias Yam Suf it says ืืืืื ืื ื ืืฉืจืื ืืชืื ืืื, same word, they went, what does that, what happened there? ื ืขืฉื ืืื ืฉืืื, just like there Hashem made a path, ืืืชืื it says ืืืืื ืืื ืืืื, the water was like a like a wall on both sides, so like a path, ืืฃ ืืื ืฉืืื, also here a path. So the reason the Gemara brings this idea that Moshe had a path here is pashut because there's a contradiction to another pasuk. So we have to answer: in the couldn't go, but when you make a path he could, that's why he could, that's the pshat. ืืืขืจ ืืื ืคืืจืืฉ ืจืฉ\"ื ืื ืงืขื ืืขื ื ืื ืืขืจื ืขื ืื ืขืจ ืืื ืืืืกื ืฆื ืืื ืฆื ืคืืจืขื ืืคืขืจื ืื ืกืชืืจื, you can't learn that Rashi says this because this will answer a contradiction. Why? ืืืืื ืื ืกืชืืจื ืืืขืจื ืขืจืฉื ืฉืคืขืืขืจ, this contradiction only comes up later in ืคืกืืง ืืื ืืืื ืืฉื. The other pasuk where it says that Moshe couldn't come in, that's in ืคืงืืื, ืืื ืจืฉ\"ื ืืขืืื ืคืืจืขื ืืคืขืจื ืื ืกืชืืจื ืืืขื ืก'ืืื ืืืขืจื ืืืจืื. When does Rashi answer a contradiction to pesukim? When the first pasuk comes, there's no contradiction yet. When you come to the second pasuk and that contradicts the previous, Rashi answers it later. So
Rashi here is not interested in answering a contradiction later. ืืื ืืขื ืืืื we must say ืื ืืืก ืืืืก ืจืฉ\"ื ืืืจืฃ ืืืืืืจืขื ืขื ืืื ืืืื ืืฉื ืขืจ ืืื ืืขืงืขื ื ืืจืืื ืืื ืขื ื, so we have to say that this that Rashi has to tell us how was Moshe possible to go into the cloud, and Rashi has to answer it by ืขืฉื ืื ืขืฉื ืืื ืืงื\"ื ืืืฉื ืฉืืื, he made him a path, ืืื ื ืื ืืขืจืคืืจ ืฉืคืขืืขืจ ืืืื ืืขืจ ืคืกืืง ืืื ืืืื ืืฉื ืืื ืื ืฉืื ืขืืื ืืขื ื, is not because there's a later pasuk which says Moshe couldn't come into the ืขื ื, ื ืืจ ืืืืื ืืขื ืคืืจืฉืืืื ืื ืื ืืขื ืงืขื ื ืืฉื ืืจืืื ืงืืืขื ืืื ืื ืขื ื. Obviously here, this pasuk itself has a problem, how did Moshe come into the ืขื ื? We have to answer that he was he went through what they Hashem made a path. But that's the problem, it's ืชืืื. To say that it's hard to understand how Moshe went into the ืขื ื is not not understood, why not? Rashi ืืื ืืคืจืฉ ืคืจืืขืจ, it says ืืืฉื ื ืืฉ ืื ืืขืจืคื. Right here before we said Moshe entered the ืขืจืคื. Yeah? So this is not, is the end of Yisro. Moshe went into the ืขืจืคื. What's ืขืจืคื? So Rashi says ืื ืืืก ืืืื ื ืืคื ืื ืืฉืืฉ ืืืืฆืืช. ืขืจืคื is an area within three areas, there are three areas, ืืืฉื, ืขื ื, ืืขืจืคื. There is darkness, and then there is worse than that, a cloud, and then there is worse than that, ืขืจืคื, which is a very thick cloud. ืืืก ืืืืกื ืื ืืฉื ืืื ืืืจื ืืขืืื ืืขื, ื ืืฉื ืืืืื ืืืฉื ืืขื ื, ืืฉื passed, Rashi says there, not only the darkness, not only the cloud, ื ืืจ ืืืื ืืืจื ืขืจืคื, he also went through the ืขืจืคื, ืืืืก ืืื, ืจืฉ\"ื ืืืืืฉื ืืืจื ืขื ืืขื ื, ืขืจืคื is the thickness of the cloud. ืืื ืคืืจืืขืกืืืืขืื, ืืืืืืจืขื ื ื ืื ืจืฉ\"ื ืืื ืืืื, there's a pages are mixed up in this sicha, it's upside down, ืืืขื. But Rashi doesn't say how ืืื ืืืื ืขืจ ืืื ืืืจื ืืขืงืขื ื ืืืจืืืืื, how was he pass, Rashi doesn't answer. Is a ืคืืืข ืืืื, Rashi does, should If anything, should have If Rashi feels that al pi peshat you can't go through a cloud, so how did he go through there? So he should have answered that he made a path, should have said it over there. A ืคืืืข ืืืื, since Rashi doesn't say it there, ืื ืืื ืืืืฉ ืืืืงืจื, ืืื ืคืฉืืื ืฉื ืืงืจื ืืื ืงืืื ืงืฉืื ื ืืฉื ืืื ืืฉื ืงืขื ืืืจืืืืื ืื ืขื ื. A simple, that in peshat, not a question how you could go through a cloud. You can go through a cloud. ืืื ืืืจ ืืขืื ืืคืฉืืืช, ืื ืืขื ืงืขื ืืืจืืืืื ืื ืขื ื. You could go through a cloud, ืืคืืื ืื ืก'ืืื ื ืื ืงืืื ืฉืืื, even if you don't have a path. ืืืื ื ืืืืก ืืืจืฃ ืขืจ ืขืก ืืืืืืจืขื ืขื ืืื ืขื ื ืืื ืืื ืืขืจ ืคืกืืง? So therefore, over there he didn't tell us, so why is it important here? So mimela if we say it's a contradiction, you could say over there it says he couldn't, but here Rashi doesn't answer the contradiction, just explaining why how he went through the ืขื ื. What's the problem? Why do you need to tell me that he went through a path? So, the Rebbe answers that the answer is like this. ืื ืงืฉืื ืืืฉืืืื ืื ืืื ืคืฉืืื ืฉื ืืงืจื, one of the things the Rebbe asked, what is the problem with this pasuk, that Rashi has to say anything? The problem is like this. ืืืื ืืขืจ ืคืกืืง ืืืื ืคืจืืขืจ ืืืืก ืืขื ื ืืช ืืืจ, that's why I said you'll have the Chumash, the ืคืกืืง says before, ืืืขื, the ืคืกืืง says before, ืืืขื ืืฉื ืื ืืืจ, ืืฉื went up to the mountain, ืืืืก ืืขื ื ืืช ืืืจ, and the cloud covered the mountain. So it says there like that. ืื ืืขืจ ืืืจื ืืื ืืขืืืขื ืืืืขืงื ืืื'ื ืขื ื, the mountain was covered with the cloud. ืืื ืืื muvan me'eilav, so we understand, ืื ืืืขื ืืืขื ืืฉื ืื ืืืจ, so when the pasuk says here Moshe went up to the mountain, ืืื ืขืจ ืืจืืื ืืื ืขื ื, he went into the ืขื ื, for sure he went in the cloud. So ื ื ืืืืก ืืืจืฃ ืืขื ื ืืืืขื ืืืื ื ืืคืจืฉ ืืืื ืืืื ืืฉื ืืชืื ืืขื ื? Why does the Torah have to say that Moshe went into the cloud, that's how he went up? Obviously, if it tells you he went up to the mountain, and we know from the ืคืกืืง before that there was a cloud there, so it's obvious, why does the ืคืกืืง have to repeat he went into the cloud? Okay, so let's skip the, like I said, the brackets, that gets complicated if it's ืฉืืืืช, so we'll not Let's go to the next column. ืืื ืืขืจืคืื ืืฉืืข, from that we understand, ืื ืืชืื ืืขื ื ืืืื ื ืืขืจ ืคืกืืง ืืืื, that when the Torah adds that he went into the cloud, the Torah adds ืื ืืขืจ ืขื ื ืืืืก ืฉืืืื ืื ืืื ื ืื ืืขืจ ืืขืืืขืจ ืขื ื ืืืืก ืืืขืจื ืืขืจืืื ื ืืื ืื ืคืจืืขืจืืืงืข ืคืกืืงืื. It must be a different cloud. The previous cloud that the ืคืกืืง says that it was a cloud, that for sure he went through. The Torah is trying to tell you there's another cloud he went, not the same one as we had before. We'll see. ืืืืืืขืจ, ืืื ืื ืฉืืื, so the question is, ืืืืก ืืื ืืขืืืขื ืื ืืขืจ ืขื ื? So what is this? It's a new cloud? Says the Torah The Torah says a cloud covered it, but now it says he went through another cloud, that's what it seems like. ืืืื Rashi, yes, it's a different cloud. ืขื ื ืื, ืื this one, ืืืื ืขืฉื, that's smoke. What is the peshat? And he explains. ืืขื ืขื ื ืืืืก ืืืขืจื ืืขืจืืื ื ืืื ืื ืคืจืืขืจืืืงืข ืคืกืืงืื ืืื ืคืจืฉืืืช, the cloud that the the ืคืกืืง before speaks about that there was a cloud on top of the mountain or the previous ืคืจืฉื ืืชืจื it says, ืืืก ืืืืก ืจืฉ\"ื ืืคืจืฉ ืืืื. Rashi doesn't have to explain what's a cloud. Everyone knows what a cloud is. ืืืจืื ืืื ืืืื ืืคืฉืืืช. So it's clear. ืก'ืืื ืืขืืืขื ืื ืขื ื ืืคืฉืืื, there was a simple cloud, ืืื ืืื ืืขืืืขื ืื ืืขืืื ืืืื ืืฉื. Hashem's glory was put into a cloud. ืื ืขืก ืืื ืืขืืืขื ืืขืจ ืขืืื ืืขื ื, we know constantly there was this pillar of cloud that guided them their way. ืื ืืฉื ืืืื ืืคื ืืื ืืืื ืืขืืื ืขื ื. Hashem guided them, how did He guide them, through the cloud. ืืืืื ืืขืืื ืืฉ ืืืืจ ืืื, at night it was the fire. So we know a cloud is a cloud, ืขื ื ืืคืฉืืื, there's no problem. So the previous times it's mentioned it was a cloud, that's fine, simple. ืื ืฉืืื ืื ืืขืจ ืขื ื ืฉืืืคืกืืง ืื, ืืืืก ืืขื ืืื ืืืื ืื ืขืก ืืื ืืขืืืขื ืื ืื ืืขืจ ืืื ืขื ื, now the
cloud that it says here Moshe went into the cloud, and we said before it can't be the same cloud because the ืคืกืืง wouldn't repeat it, it must be a different cloud, ืืืจืฃ Rashi ืืคืจืฉ ืืืื ืื ืขื ื ืื ืืืื ืขืฉื. So this is a different type of cloud. This cloud is smoke. Why would he say smoke? Where did the smoke come from? So the Rebbe explains ืืขืจ ืืืจื ืคืื Rashi ืื ืขื ื ืื ืืืื ืขืฉื ืืื ืคืื ืื ืคืกืืงืื ืืืคื. What forced Rashi to say that this cloud was smoke, from the ืคืกืืงืื. What's the ืคืกืืงืื? So let's look at the ืคืกืืงืื again. The ืคืกืืง says here like this. ืคืกืืง ืืดื again. ืืืฉืื ืืืื ืืณ ืขื ืืจ ืกืื ื ืืืืกืื ืืขื ื. The Kavod Hashem was on Har Sinai, the ืขื ื covered it ืฉืฉืช ืืืื, the six days. Then it says ืืืงืจื ืื ืืฉื ืืืื ืืฉืืืขื ืืชืื ืืขื ื, so Hashem called Moshe on the seventh day through the ืขื ื. Then the pasuk says ืืืจืื ืืืื ืืณ ืืืฉ ืืืืืช, ืืฉื's kavod looked like fire eating on top of the mountain. Then it says Moshe came into the cloud and went up to the ืืจ. So he says like this: tzvishn ืืืงืจื ืื ืืฉื, between the pasuk where it says Hashem called Moshe, un ืืืื ืืฉื, and that Moshe came, Hashem called him so he came, is a pasuk, in the middle there's a new pasuk which doesn't belong there. It should have said Hashem called Moshe, and what's right after that, ืืืื ืืฉื, Moshe came in. In the middle it says a ืคืกืืง, ืืืจืื ืืืื ืืณ ืืืฉ ืืืืืช ืืจืืฉ ืืืจ, that Hashem's kavod was the, looked like was like a fire eating. Iz nisht farshteyndik, you don't understand, der pasuk volt gedarft shteyn far ืืืงืจื ืื ืืฉื. This pasuk, that there was a fire on the mountain, should have been written before the pasuk said Hashem called Moshe, bahamshech tzu ืืืฉืื ืืืื ืืณ. It says the kavod of Hashem was on the mountain, so he's describing what happened to the mountain, he should have continued with the description that there was a fire on the mountain, then he should say Hashem called him and he came. Apfaytshn, he should have explained out the mar'eh fun kavod Hashem iz geven ke'esh ochelet. When he says Hashem was on the mountain, he should have right away said and it looked like a fire. Far vos shtayt ersht nach ืืืงืจื ืื ืืฉื ืืืื ืืฉืืืขื ืืชืื ืืขื ื, why after it says he called, Hashem called Moshe, before it says Moshe came, in the middle he puts in the pasuk that the kavod of Hashem looked like a fire that was eating? So let's skip the brackets again because it's all connected to the previous brackets. That's what he's going to say. So the brackets finish page 278, and the third, der Rebbe lernt Rashi, so Rashi says, ืื ืืขืจ pasuk ืืืจืื, this pasuk where it says the sight of the kavod of Hashem was like a fire, ืืื ื ืืงืืื ืฆื ืืขื ืคืกืืง ืืืื ืืฉื ืืชืื ืืขื ื, that's an introduction to the pasuk that ืืฉื ืจืืื ื came into the cloud. And is ืืจืื ื ืืฉื ืืืืก ืืขืจ ืขื ื ืืื ืื ืืขืจืฉ ืคืื ืืขื ืขื ื ืืืืก ืฉืืืื ืคืจืืขืจ ืืื ืคืกืืง, by saying that, we just said that Rashi says the pasuk tells us that this cloud was a different cloud than before. What's the difference, how is it different? That's why right before it says ืืฉื went into the cloud, the pasuk says there was a fire there! So this is introduction. First he gives an introduction, then we'll understand why the Torah then continues that he went into the cloud, because this is a different cloud. This is a cloud that came from the fire! ืืขืจ ืขื ื ืืื ื ืชืืฆืื ืคืื ืืขื ืืฉ ืืืืืช. This is a different cloud, it's not the same cloud that came on the mountain. ืืืืก ืืื, there was another thing, there was a fire there, and fire makes a cloud, makes the smoke, I mean. And is ืืืื ืขืฉื, this is a cloud like smoke, ืืืืก ืืื ืืขืงืืืขื ืคืื ืืขื ืืฉ ืืืืืช ืืืืก ืฉืืืื ืคืจืืขืจ ืืื ืคืกืืง, which came from the fire that was eating, that was consuming. That's why the, Hashem called him, and then right after that the Torah wants to tell you that he came in, but he went through the cloud, a special cloud, so right before it says he came through the cloud, pasuk says that there was a fire here, and through that cloud he came. This is fire, Rashi says must be smoke. ืืืืื ืืืขืจื ืืืื ืืืื ืืขืจ ืืืืง ืืคืกืืง ืืฉ ืืืืืช, this is why it's important to write it was like a fire that was consuming. ืืืืืจื ื ืืฉื ืคืืจืฉืืื ืืืง, we don't understand, ืฆื ืืชืืจ ืืืื ืื ืืจืื ืคืื ืืืื ืืณ, to describe the kavod, what the kavod of Hashem looked like, ืืื ืืืืื ื ืืจ ืืืื ืฆื ืืืื ืื ืขืก ืืื ืืขืืืขื ืืื ืคืืืขืจ. All important just say it looked like fire. So it should have said ืืืจืื ืืืื ืืณ ืืืฉ, Hashem looked like fire. So ืืืืก ืืืจืฃ ืืขืจืืื ืฆืืืขืืขืื ืืืขืจื ืื ืขืก ืืื ืืขืืืขื ืืื ืื ืืฉ ืืืืืช? Why does it have to say it's like an esh that consumed? What's the difference? We're trying to describe Hashem's look, so to speak. But back back it didn't. But here it did consume. ืขื ืคื ืื ืดื ืืื ืคืืจืฉืืื ืืื ืืคืฉืืืช, now we understand why ืืืืช ืื ืื ืืืืื ืืื ืืื ืคืกืืง ืื, since the reason why the ืคืกืืง ืืืื is written here is to ืืจืื ืืืื ื ืคืืจืืฉ ืคืื ืืขื ืคืกืืง ืฉืืืืจืื ืืืื ืืฉื ืืชืื ืืขื ื, to explain the next pasuk, what does it mean that he went into the clouds? The pasuk tells us before that there was a fire, and therefore from that we understand that the cloud in the next pasuk was smoke. ืืืขืจ ืขื ื ืืื ืืขืืืขื ืื ืขืฉื ืืืืก ืืื ืืื ืืขืฉืืคื ืคืื ืืขื ืืืืก ืืจืื ืืืื ืืณ ืืื ืืขืืืขื ืืืฉ, the ืขื ื, the cloud, was not really cloud, it was smoke. ืืขืจืืืขืจ ืืื ืืขืจ ืคืกืืง ืืืกืืฃ ืืืืืืฉ ืืืฉ ืืืืื, so it has to
say it was fire that consumed, ืคืืจ ืื ืขืฉื ืืืขืจื ื ืืฉื ืคืื ืื ืืฉ ืืืืื, fire doesn't make smoke, ื ืืจ ืคืื ืื ืืฉ ืืืืก ืืื ืืืืื, ืืืื, ืคืืจืืจืขื ื ืื ืืืื, ืืืืก ืื ืืื ื ืืืื ื. How does the smoke come? Because it's burning something up. If it would be a fire without consuming, there would be no smoke, and the pasuk, the whole purpose of the pasuk, the Rebbe learns, is to tell us there was smoke. Real fire is consuming. No, this kind of fire. We would have thought it wouldn't consume, could be to the ruach of fire that was just there as a fire. Like the... Yeah. There it was fire on the bush, but the bush didn't burn. Or the fire that... And he says, the Rabbi says: ืืฉ ืืืืกืืฃ, we could add, ืืืื ืืื ืืขืจ ืืฉ ืฉืืืขืื ื ืืฉื ืงืืื ืืฉ ืืืืื, ืืืื it says a fire that comes from the ืฉืืื, from heaven, doesn't burn up, doesn't consume, if that's ืฉืงืขื ืืขืจื ืคืจืืขืจ ืืืื ืกื ื, says by the bush, ืืืจื ืืื ื ืืกื ื ืืื ื ื, cuz it didn't burn, ืืขืจืคืืจ ืืืจืฃ ืืขืจ ืคืกืืง ืืืืืข ืืืื, that's another reason, he says, the ืคืกืืง has to add ืื ืื ืืื ืื ืืขืืืขื ืื ืืฉ ืืืืื, here it was, was a fire, ืืื ืืขืจืคืื ืืขืฉืืคื ืื ืขื ื ืฉืืืื ืืืื ืขืฉื. Mizbeach? Fire came from heaven? Yeah, that's special, that's special to consume the korbanot. Yeah, but here is a fire the ืืืืืขืจืฉืืขืจ made as a description, as an expression of Himself, doesn't burn. But here, the ืคืกืืง has to, had to burn. If it wouldn't burn, then there wouldn't be smoke. And the Torah is trying to tell you that there was a smoke there, ืืขืจืคืืจ ืืขืจ ืืขืืืขืจ ืคืกืืง he went into the smoke. Okay, so we understand the first part of Rashi, why Rashi says and where he gets this point, very shmak, it's... And the ืฉืืื? Oh, that's what he's going to say now, the second half. ืขื ืคื ืื ืื ืดื ืืื ื ืื ืืขืจ ืคืืจืขื ืืคืขืจื, ืืืื ื ืคืืจืฉืืื ืืื ืคืืจืืืืก Rashi ืืืจืฃ ืื ืืืืืื, now we have to understand, to explain why Rashi had to add ืืขืฉื ืื ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืืืฉื ืฉืืื ืืชืืื, that the ืืืืืขืจืฉืืขืจ made for him a path, ืื ืืื ืืื ืืืขืจ ืคืกืืง, ืืืืืฉื ืคืื ืืืื ืคืืจืืฉ ืขื ื ืื ืืืื ืขืฉื ืืื. Earlier, when it says Moshe went in the cloud, Rashi doesn't say he made a path, and the reason is because you don't need a path, you could go through the cloud. Here, and in the same Rashi, with the same thing, first he says this was smoke, and then he says a path, why? ืืืขื ืืขืจ ืขื ื ืื ืืืืื ืืขืืืขื ืืขืจ ืืขืืืขืจ ืืื ืื ืคืจืืขืืืืข ืคืกืืงืื, had this cloud been the same cloud as before, ืืืืก ืืืจืฃ ืขืจ ืืื ืืขืฆื ืื ืืืืืื ืืืื ืืื Moshe ืืื ืืจืืื ืืื ืชืื ืืขื ื? You don't need to tell you how he came to the cloud. ืืืืจืื, we learned ืคืจืืขืจ ืื ืืฉื ื ืืืฉ ืืคืืื ืื ืืขืจืคื, ืืืืืคื, we said before, Moshe entered in the depth, the deep cloud, no problem. ืืื ืืขืจืืืืื ืื ืขื ื ืื ืืืื ืขืฉื ืืื, since he said this is a smoke, ืืืืก ืจืืื ืืื ืืื ื teva ืื ืืขืจ ืคืื ืืืืก ืืื ืืื ืืื, ืคืื ืืขื ืืื ืืขื ืืื ืคืืจืจืืืืขืจื, smoke has a teva of making you black, ืฉืืืืจืฅ ืืืื ืืขื ืืืืก ืืขืคืื ื ืืื ืืื ืืื, ืืื ืืืื ืข ืืืืฉืื, you get black, your face gets black, and your clothes, oh, smoking. What, the teacher, no? Not smoke. And it means, so now after Rashi says that he went into this cloud, which was smoke, the kushya comes up, ืืืขืื ืขื ืืืขืช ืื ืืืื ืืื ืืขืืืขื ืืื ืืฉื ืจืืื ื? This is how it was, Moshe? Moshe had to get all black and everything? ืืื ืืืื ืืื ืขืจ ืืืืกืืขืืขื ืืฉืขืช ืขืจ ืืื ืืจืืืฃ ืืืืค'ื ืืืจื ืฆืื ืืืืืขืจืฉืื? This is how he looked like when he went up the mountain to Hashem ืืื ืฆื ืืงืื ืืืื ืื ืืืืืช, to get the luchot? Hefech hakavod. Imagine he was standing over there all black and dirty. ืืขืจืืืขืจ ืืื Rashi ืืืฉืื, Rashi continue, ืืขืฉื ืื ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืฉืืื ืืชืืื, Hashem made a path, ืืืฉื ืืื ืืขืืื ืืขื ืืื ืืขื ืฉืืื, he went to the path, ืืืืคื ืื ืืขืจ ืขืฉื ืืื ื ืืฉื ืืืขืืขืื ืฆื ืืื, didn't affect him, he didn't get black. ืืืืืจื ืืื ืืืก ืคืืจืฉืืื ืืื, ืืืืืจื the Rashi is perfect, both sides. No, not enough. Number one, ืคืืจ ืืืืก ืืืื Rashi ืขื ื ืื ืืืื ืขืฉื ืืื?
Rashi says like an ืขืฉื, like a cloud, like a smoke. Rashi should have said ืขื ื ืื ืขืฉื ืืื. ืืืื ืื ืื ืดื ืืื ืืืก ืืขืืืขื ืื ืขืฉื ืคืื ืืฉ, ืขืฉื ืืืฉ. ืืืืืจื, as we said before, it came from the fire and it burned, so it was a real smoke. The second thing, ืคืืจ ืืืืก ืืืื ืืขืจ ืคืกืืง ืืืื ืืฉื ืืชืื ืืขื ื, ื ืืฉื ืืชืื ืืขืฉื? So why, if it was smoke, the pasuk should have said smoke, why does the pasuk say cloud, and we have to figure out that it meant smoke? The pasuk should have said he came into the smoke. ืืืืืืืจ, the answer is like this: ืืขืจ ืืจ ืกืื ื ืืื ืืืืจ ืกืื ื, ืืขืจ ืฉืคืืื ืืขืจ ืจืืฉ ืืืจ, this Har Sinai, which was in a ืืืืจ, it was in a desert, and the top of the mountain, ืืืื ืขืก ืืื ืืขืืืขื ืืขืจ ืืจืื ืืืื ืืณ ืืืฉ ืืืืื, at the top of the mountain where the fire was, ืืื ืืื ื ืืฉื ืงืืื ืืจื ืืืืก ืืืืงืกื ืืืื ืืช, ืฉืืจืืืขื, ืขืฉืืื, things don't grow there, trees don't grow there, grass doesn't grow there, ื ืืจ ื ืืงืื ืคืื ืขืคืจ, ืืื ืื ืืขืคืจ, stones, rocks, sand. ืืกืืืช ืืขืฉื ืืื ืืืงื ืื ืื fire ืืื ืืืื ืืืืื ืืืืจ ืื ืฉืจืฃ. Smoke comes if it burns up something that's getting consumed. ืืืื ืืช, like trees, huh? Why did Hashem put the ืกื ื there? Because nothing grows? Yeah, that time was a... yeah. ืืืืก ืืืก ืืื ื ืืฉื ืฉืืื ืืืืื, you can't consume ืืืื, which is stones, ืืื ืื, ืขืคืจ, or sand. ืืืขืจ ืื ืืืื ืืขืจ ืคืกืืง, ืืืื ืืขืจ ืคืกืืง, ืืืื
Rashi ืื, ืื ืกืณืืื ื ืืฉื ืืขืืืขื ืขืฉื ืืืฉ, ืขืก ืืืงืข wasn't real, ืืืืื ืืืื ืขืฉื, it's like smoke, which means ืืขืจ ืขื ื ืคืื ืื ืืืืืช ืฉืจืืคืช ืืืืื ืคืื ืืขืื ืืจ ืกืื ื ืืื ืืขืืืขื ืืืื ืืื ืื ืขืฉื. It's burning the stones, which normally doesn't get smoke, but since it did burn something there, it came out smoke in a not natural way. ืืื ืืืื ืืื ืื ืขืฉื ืกืชื ืืืืก ืก'ืคืืจืืจืขื ื ื ืฆืืื ืืืืก ืก'ืืจืขื ืื ืื ืขืฉื, this looked like a smoke that came from something that got consumed, even though really, really didn't consume it, it consumed it, but not in a natural way. ืืืื ืืขืื? ืืืืื ืืืก ืืื ื ืืฉื ืืขืืืขื ืื ืขืฉื ืืืขื, since it was not a natural smoke, ืจืืคื ืขืก ืื ืืขืจ ืคืกืืง ืืฉื ืขื ื. You did in the previous shiur, so you don't need, huh? No, but that was ืขืฉื. It was an ืขืฉื. It's like, no, it wasn't like, it was a real ืขืฉื. It was a real smoke, and it made you black. But he called it an ืขื ื because it wasn't natural. So it was from the rock, but it didn't really consume it. It didn't really consume it, it was like it's consumed. This is the ืคืฉืื ืคืฉื ืืื Rashi. ืืื ื ืฉื ืชืืจื ืืื ืืขื ืคืืจืืฉ ืจืฉืดื, how does ืืกืืืืช learn the Rashi, ืืขืจ ืขื ืื ืคืื ืขืฉื ืืืจ ืกืื ื ืืืชื ืชืืจื ืฉืืืื ืืคืืจืฉ ืืื ืืขืจ ืชืืจื ืืื ืคืจืฉืช ืืชืจื. The fact that there was smoke on Har Sinai, it says clearly. Here, the pasuk doesn't say clearly, Rashi just explains. There's a pasuk that says ืืืืจ ืกืื ื ืขืฉื ืืื, ืืจ ืกืื ื was full of smoke, ืืคื ื ืืฉืจ ืืจื ืขืืื ืืฉื ืืืฉ, because Hashem came down with fire. ืฉืืื ืื ืืื ืคืจืฉืชื ื, ืฉืืืื ืืขืจ ืืฉืื ืขื ื. Here, it says also smoke, but it doesn't use the word smoke. Doesn't say ืขืฉื, it says ืขื ื, why? ืื ืงืขื ืืขื ืืกืืืจ ืืืื, the explanation is like this: ืื ืขืฉื ืคืฉืื ื ืืฉื ืคืื ื ืืืจ ืื ืฉืจืฃ. We said before, smoke comes, in pshat it's from something that's consumed, that's burnt. Why does it come? ืืฉืขืช ืืขื ืืืืก ืืขืจ ืืืจ ืื ืฉืจืฃ ืืื ื ืืืืจ ืืฉืื, since what you're burning is a tangible object, ืืื ืืขืจ ืืฉ ืืื ืืืื ืืขื ืืฉื, in dem ืืฉื, and the fire consumes the the matter, ืืื ืืขืจ ืืืืื, that burning ืืืจื, causes, ืืืื ืข ืชืืฆืืืช ืืืื ืขื ืขืฉื. What does it cause? Smoke. So the smoke comes because of the object being burnt, being consumed. ืืขืจืคืืจ ืืื ืขืฉื ืคืืจืื ืืืืืงืื, ืืืขืืืขืจ ืขื ืื ืชืืื ืืื ืืขืจ ืืืืช ืคืื ืืืืจ ืื ืฉืจืฃ, that's why
there are all kinds of smokes. There's thicker smoke, and not so thick, it depends on what is burning. And ืืขืจ ืืืจ ืื ืฉืจืฃ ืืื ื ืืืืจ ืืง, if what you're burning is a more refined matter, ืืืก ืคืืจืืจืขื ื ืฉื ืขืืขืจ, so it burns faster, ืืื ืืื ืืื ืืขืจ ืขืฉื ืืืืืขืืขืจ ืืื ืฉืืืขืจืขืจ, then the smoke is also more refined and much less thick. ืฉืืืขืจ. Mah she'ein ken when the ืืืจ ืื ืฉืจืฃ ืืื ื ืืืืจ ืขื ืืืก, ืฉืืืขืจ? ืฉืืืขืจ means thin. Yeah, but it's not what thin is, is ืืื. ืฉืืืขืจ is is, no, the opposite of being very condensed, very, is scattered, is. Opposite of dense is what? What that word is? Several. Scattered? Yeah. But when the ืืืจ ืื ืฉืจืฃ a ืืืืจ ืขื ืืืก, if it's a ืืจืืืขืจ, it's a very thick, thick matter, ืืื ืืื ืืขืจ ืขืฉื ืืขืืืืืขืจ ืืื ืืจืขืืขืจ, it's thicker and fatter, ืืื ืืจืขืืขืจ. Coarser. Coarser. ืคืื ืืขื ืืื ืคืืจืฉืืขื ืืืง, so we understand that in the ืขืฉื ืคืื ืืขืืขืจ ืืื ืืื ื ืืืจ, ืืืื ืืื ืืจืืืก ืืืืคืื ืืขืจ ืืืืจ ืคืื ืืขืจ ืืื ืืื ืืก. When you see smoke, smoke describes how, what level the thing that you burnt is, how thick it is, or is it a thick thing, is it a refined thing. ืืืก ืงืืื ืืืื ืืืืื, the gilui of that ืืืจ, when the thing is burnt, that's when you could tell what kind of thing it was. ืืืื ืืื ืืืก ืืื ืืืฉืืืืช, just like physically like that, ืืืื ืืื ืืืก ืืืื ืืจืืื ืืืช. Ruchniyus is the same way. ืืื ืืขื ืืืืื ืืืืืื ืคืื ืืืจืื ืืืชืชื ืืืืงืืช, when something down here gets consumed to Hashem, that's batel to Hashem, there's a difference. Through the ืืืืื ืืฉ ืฉืืืขืื ืืืขืจื ื ืืื ืื ืืื ืืขืจ ืืฉืืช ืคืื ืืขืจ ืืืขืื.
When there's a gilui, a revelation of fire from above, what it does is it consumes the coarseness of this world. ืืื ืขืก ืืืขืจื ืืื ืืืจ ืืคืืขืืื ืืขืจ ืืืืื ืืืืืื ืืืืงืืช, it gets consumed and becomes ืืื ืืืืงืืช, just like fire burns it up, makes it shouldn't be a yesh, shouldn't be a metziut, so beruchniyus you have it. ืืื ืืืก ืืื ืืจืืื ืืืช ืืขืจ ืขื ืื ืคืื ืขืฉื, so beruchniyus, that concept of smoke, ืืืืก ืืืืืื ืื ืก'ืืื ืืืืื ืคืื ืื ืืฉืืช, ื ืืืืื ืคืื ืืขืจ ืืืขืื. When there's something that you cause in the velt, the world, to become batel, so the level of how much bitul is done, or what kind of thing is becomes batel, that's the level of the ืจืืื ืืืช'ืืืงืข smoke. But you can see the smoke if it's denser, if it depends on how coarse. Yes, that's the thing. But how do you see it beruchniyus? Beruchniyus is, you see the ืจืืื ืืืช'ืืืงืข smoke, you got to be a mevin. ืืื ืืืก ืืื ืืขืจ ืืืืืง ืฆืืืืฉื ืื ืฆืืืื ืคืกืืงืื, and that's, we understand the difference between the two pesukim. They've been through both fires, right? Right. We said that before, the pasuk in Parashat Yitro says clearly there was smoke. The pasuk here says there was a cloud, which means smoke. So that's the difference. ืืขืจ ืคืกืืง ืืืืจ ืกืื ื ืขืฉื ืืื, that's spoken of Matan Torah, that pasuk earlier is talking at the time of Matan Torah. ืืื ืืื ืืื ืืขืจ ืืืืื ืืืงืืช ืคืื ืืชื ืชืืจื ืืขืืืขื ืืืจื ืืืืขืื ืืืื, the Elokus that came at Matan Torah came from above. ืื ืืขืจ ืคืกืืง ืืื ืืืฉืื, because the pasuk says why the smoke, ืืคื ื ืืฉืจ ืืจื ืขืืื ืืฉื ืืืฉ, ืืฉื came down. ืืขืจ ืืืืื ืืื ืืขืงืืืขื ืืฆื ืืืขืื, it happened because of Hashem. ืืื ืืขืจ ืขืืื ืืื ื ืื ืืื ืืขืืืขื ื ืืฉืืืืช ืืืืืจืืืช'ืืืงืข ืืื. The world itself was not purified yet. Hashem came down through the smoke to purify it, the smoke was the purification of the world. So, what did He purify? A very coarse thing, a world which is very grob. ืืขืจ ืขืืงืจ, ืืืขืจ ืืืืื ืืืืงืืช ืืึธื ืืขืืึธื ื ืืืืื ืืื ืืืืื ืคืื ืืขืจ ืืืขืื, ืืื ืืขืจืคึฟืึทืจ ืืื ืืขืืืขื ืขืฉื ืืืื. That's why when the Torah describes what Hashem came down on Har Sinai, and it was ืืืจืจ it, and it was ืืืื, there was a real ืขืฉื there, because what was it ืืืื? The ืืจืืืงืืื ืคืื ืืขืจ ืืืขืื, the world was very grob. ืืืืื ืืขืจ ืจืืืื, ืืขืจ ืืจืืืกืข ืขืฉื ืืืืืื, the fact is a lot of smoke shows, ืื ืื ืืืืจืืืช ืคืื ืืขืจ ืขืืื ืืื ื ืืฉื ืืขืืืขื ืืง ืืืืืื, because it wasn't refined. ืืฉืชื, ืืื ืคืจืฉืชื ื, in our ืคืจืฉื, ืืืื ืก'ืจืขืื ืืื ืืืขืื ืืขืจ ืืื ืคืื ื ืื ืืชื ืชืืจื, our pasuk is talking after the Torah was given. Then the, there was a a fire on it, smoke. ื ืื ืืขื ืืืืื ืื ืืืืชืื ืืืืก ืืชื ืชืืจื ืืื ืืขืคืืขื'ื ืืื ืืขืจ ืืืขืื, after Matan Torah had caused this refinement in the world, ืืื ืฉืืื ืืื ืื ืืฆืืืืช ืคืื ืืขืจ ืืืขืื ื ืืฉื ืืืื ืืจืื, the world is not so ืืจืื, not so coarse. ืืขืจ ืขืืงืจ, ืืืขืจ ืืขืจ ืืจืื ืืืื ืืฉื ืืืฉ, ืืืื ืืขื ื ืืฉื ืืื ืขื ืื ืคืื ืขืฉื ืืืฉ, and now, already it, since it wasn't causing a refinement in like a real ืืจืื, so now it's not ืขืฉื ืืืฉ, ื ืืจ ืืจืื, a ืืืกืก, ืืืืงืจื ืืชืืจื ืื ื ืงืจื ืขืฉื, ืืืื ืขื ื, because it was more refined, it was called ืขื ื. ืืืก ืขื ื ืืืืืื ื ืืฉื ืืืืฃ ืืขื ืืืืื ืืขืืื ืืืืื ืืืขืื. ืืืืก ืืืึธืก ืขืจ ืืืืืื ื ืืฉื ืืืืฃ ืืขืจ ืืืืื ืืืืื ืืืขืื, the ืขื ื doesn't show how much it went up. The ืขื ื is something that's refined, so it was already refined before we started. So, this is peshat in the reason why the two pesukim are different. ืื ืื, ืืื ืจืฉืดื ืืขืื ืื ื ืืชืืจื ืืืื, so Rashi now comes and adds something else, ืื ืขื ื ืื ืืืื ืขืฉื ืืื. Even though it says ืขื ื, so Rashi says, this ืขื ื is like smoke. ืืืืช ืื ืืขื ืื ืืื ื ืืฉื ืืขืจ ืืืืื ืืืืงืืช ืืืืขืื, ืืื ืืขืจ ืขื ื ืืืืก ืืืขืจื ืืขืืืื ืืื ืื ืคืกืืงืื ืคืจืืขืจ, since this cloud, this smoke, is not like before where it came from above, ื ืืจ ืืืก ืงืืื ืคืื ืืขืจ ืืจืื ืืืื ืืฉื ืืืฉ, ื ืืืง ืคืื ืืืืงืืช ืคืืขื'ื ื ืืืืื ืืืฆืืืืช ืืขืืื, since after all it's causing the bitul in the world, is ืืืื ืขืฉื ืืื, so it is like smoke, why? ืืืื ืืื ืืขื, even when that was now, after Matan Torah, there was some kind of concept of smoke, ื ืคึฟืจืืืืงืข, ืฉืืืืจืฆืืงืข, ืืืืก ืงืืื ืคืื ืืขื ืืืืื ืืืืืจ, but smoke, smoke is soot, black, that comes from the destruction of the, the bitul of the ืืืขืื. ืืื ืืืืืืื ืืขืจ ืขืืงืจ ืืืื ื ืคืื ืื ืชืืจื ืืื ืืื ืฆื ืืืื ืคืื ืืขืจ ืืืขืื ื ืืืจื ืื ืืชืืจื ืืชืืชืื ืื, since the whole purpose of the Torah is to make a dwelling place for Hashem in this low world, ืืขืจืคึฟืืจ ืขื ื ืื, that's why this cloud, ืืขืจ ืขื ื ืืื ืืืขืืื ืืฉื ืืื ืืขืืื ืืขื ืืจืืื ืืื ืฆื ืืงืื ืืืื ืื ืืืืืช ืืชืืจื ืืื ืืจืืคืืจืขื ืืขื, ืฆื ืืขื ืขืืื ืืื, where Moshe went through the ืขื ื to bring down the Torah down here, and the whole purpose of bringing the Torah down here is ืืื ืืืจืจ ืฆื ืืืื, to purify the gashmiyus, is ืืืื ืขืฉื ืืื, so this is also like an ืขืฉื, ืขืก ืืื ื ืืืืื ืืืืขืื ืืืืก ืคืืขื'ื ืืืืื ืืื ืืืืื ืืืืืจ ืคืื ื ืืจืืื, it's taking comfort from ืืขืื, but it causes that there should be an ืขืฉื, should be a smoke, because it does cause the bitul of the world. ืก'ืืื ื ืืจ ืืืืขื ืืืง ื ืืืืขื ืืืืื ืคืื ืืชื ืชืืจื, but since it was after ืืชื ืชืืจื, ืืืืก ืก'ืืื ืืขืืื ื ืืื ืืืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืขืืื, that the world generally already became refined, ืืขืจืคึฟืืจ ืืื ื ืืฉื ืืขืืืขื ืขืฉื ืืืื ืืื ืืฉืขืช ืืชืืืช ืืืืื ืืชื ืชืืจื, it wasn't a complete smoke like I said before which was, the world was completely ืืจืื. ืคืืจืืืืื ืืืื ืขืฉื, it was like ืขืฉื, ืืืขืจ ืื ืขืฉื ืืื ืืืื, it has to be the concept of an ืขืฉื of smoke because the whole idea is to be mevarer the world, and when you be mevarer a world, it's big smoke, ืจืืื ืืืช'ืืืงืข smoke. When Moshe went up the first time there was thickest, that was a real smoke. No no, that's when he went, he didn't go into the smoke, he went into the ืขื ื. The whole place was covered with with smoke. No, but the vice-versa there was a place which was smoke, he went into the ืขื ื, doesn't say he went into the ืืฉ. He went into the ืขื ื and the ืขื ื was... the ืืฉ was separate. He didn't go into the ืืฉ. Originally it was it was covered altogether with with smoke, no? Yeah, but it's obviously Moshe did not go through that, so let's say ืืืืื ืืฉื ืืชืื ืืขื ื. It says, so obviously he didn't go there, he didn't. That smoke represents... The ืืืขืืจ of the world, the ืืืขืืจ of a ืืจืืืข world. All right. And now we have to be mevarer a world which already is a certain degree refined because of Matan Torah. I see before that how come it... ืืฉืืื ื came on the Har Sinai and they split the point, so they went up, nothing remained from it. No more. Yeah. It was a ืืฉืืืืช'ืืืงืข ืืงืื. Yeah. Because ืืืืืืช it is from ืืืขืื ืืืื. You see that this ืืืืขืื was really completely burned up completely. Yeah, but just as regards the world, not talking the mountain itself, that is a representation of the whole world. Being here represents the whole world, became more purified, yeah, but still not enough, still not enough, still there was so many ืืจืืืช, then you make the Mishkan, then you make the Beis Hamikdash, and next is this whole thing, and we're still not finished. The ืืืจื from the above in our avodah, the ืืืจื from all this in our avodah, is I'm afraid ืคืืจืื ืืืขืืืข ืืืืก ืคืืื ืข ืืขืืืืช, ืืืืก ืคืืืขืจื ืืขื ืืชืืชืื ืื? Some people claim, \"What do we have to do with low things? ืืืื ืฉืืื ืื, ืืืขืจ ืืืืื ืืืืคืื I'm going to lower myself, ืืื ืืขื ืื ืื ืืจืืื ืืื ืืืขืืืข ืขื ืื ืื ืฆื ืืืื ืืื ื ืืืื ื ืคืื ืื, ืืืขืจ ืืคืืื ื ื ืืืขืจืืงืขืจ ืคืื ืฆืืื.\" Lower yourself, not so low! Like just like in world we have ืืืื, ืฆืืื, ืื, ืืืืจ. You go to ืื, animal life, plant life, ืืืขืจ ื ืืฉื ืืืื ืฆื ืืื ืขืื ืืื ืื ืืืื ืืื ืืขืจ ืืืขืื ืืืืก ืืขื ืขื ื ืกืื ืคืื ืืืื. But ืืืื, ื ืืฆืืืืช ืืืืจื ืืืืชืจ, a very low, coarse ืืฆืืืืช, ืืื ืืืขืืืข ืก'ืืขื ืืื ื ืืฉื ืงืืื ืฉืื chayus, you see no life. ืืืืืขืจ, ืืคืืื ืืืขื ืก'ืืื ืืืืจ ืืฉ ืืื'ื, even when the fire of Hashem is there, ืืื ืืขืจืืืืื ืืคื ืืืข ื ืืฉื ืงืืื ืืื dazu. ืืืื is no ืืื, ืืื ืก'ืืื ืืื ื ืืฉื ื ืืื ืืขืจ ืืฉ, the fire of Hashem can't grab onto him. ืขืก ืืืจืฃ ืืืื ืคืจืืขืจ ืืขืจ ืขื ืื ืคืื ืืืืฉื ื ืืฉื... You have to break it down. When you have something very edgy, if you break it up, it'll grow, it'll it'll fire. But normally, these things can't even, a ืืืื can't have fire. So a guy says, \"Why should I lower myself?\" Which means in ืจืืื ืืืช, why should I go to the lowest level? ืืืื ืืขื ืืื, we tell them, ืื ืืขื ืืื ืคืืขืื ืขืฉื ืืืขืืื ืืืื ืืื ืื ื ืืืขืจืืงืข ืกืื ืคืื ืืืื ืืื ืืขืจ ืืืขืื. We have to bring smoke, which means we have to elevate even the lowest part of the world, ืืืืจืื ืืื ืืขื ืืื ืคืืจืืื ืื ืืขืจ ืชืืืืช ืคืื ืืชื ืชืืจื. That's the whole goal of ืืชื ืชืืจื, ืื ืืขืจ ืขื ืื ืืขืฉื, ืืขืจ ืืืืื ืืขืืื ืคืื ืืืืจ ืืขืืื, ืืื ืืืืคืืขืืื ืืืขืจื ื ืืฉื ื ืืจ ืืื ืืขื ืฆืืื, ื ืืืขืจื ืืื ืืืจื, ืืื ืืืื.
Whole purpose is to elevate the lowest parts of the world, that's why to elevate the mountain, which is made of stones. ืงืขื ืขืจ, ืื, ืขืจ ืงืืื ืืื ื ืื ื ืืขื ื, so then you come with another ืืขื ื. ืืื, ืืืขืจ ืืืืื ืืื ืื ืืฃ ืื, ืืื ืืืื ืืืืื, it says in Tanya, if a person fights with a dirty person, you might win the fight, but you get dirty. So ืืขืจ ืขืืืื ืฆื ืคืืขืื ืืื ืขื ืื ืืื ืืืจืื ืชืืชืื ืื, if you tell him you know, I should get involved in the low things to cause an ืขืืื, ืืืขื ืืื ืืืจ ืืขืจ ืืื ืืื ืืื ืืืื ืจืืืื, ืืืื ืจืืืื means to get dirty, ืืื ืืื ืืืืืืขืจ ืืขื ืืื ืืื ื ืืฉื ืคืืจื ืขืืขื ืืื ืืื. So better don't get, don't start up with them. Then there is an answer to that, the answer is, number one, ืขืฉื ืื ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืืืื ืฉืืื ืืชืืื. Hashem made a path for Moshe. ืื ืืืื ื ืคืื ืืฉื ืืืืก ืืื ืื ืืื ืืขืจ ื ืฉืื ืคืื ืืขืืขืจ ืืื, every Yid has a little bit of Moshe in him, so that level, ืื ืืืขื ืืื, ืืืขื ืืื ื ืืฉื ืืืื ืจืืืื. That won't get dirty. ืื ืืืขื ืืืืืื ืจืืื, it'll always stay clean. ืืืืก ืขืจ ืืืื ืืืจื ื ืฉืืื, ืื ืืื ืืืข ืืืื ืื ืื, there is a certain path. The path means there's like a protection. The neshama has a protection, and the neshama is always connected to Hashem, the neshama don't worry. That's number one. ื ืื ืืขืจ, further, ืืคื ืืืืืช ืืขื ืื ืื, if you go deeper, ืืืขืจื ืืืื ืื ืืืืืช ืืืืืืื ื ืืฉื ืคืืจืฉืืืฆื ืคืื ืืขื ืขืฉื. Even not only the ืขืฆื ืื ืฉืื, the essence of the neshama, even the out the other outward levels of the neshama also don't get dirty from the smoke, ืืืืื ืืืืช ืืื ืืืจ ื ืืฉื ืงืืื ืขืฉื, cuz in truth, it's not really smoke. ืก'ืืื ืืืืื ืืืื ืขืฉื, it's like smoke. ืก'ืืื ืื ืขื ื ืืืืก ืืขื ืืื, ืืขื ืืขื ืืืืก ืืื ืขืฉื, that's a cloud that looks like a smoke. ืืืก ืืืืกื, what does that mean? ืืืก ืืืืก ืื ืืืขืื ืืื ืืขืืื ืืืกืชืืจ ืขื ืืืืงืืช, this that the world covers up on Godliness, ืืื ืืืก ื ืืจ ืืืื ืคืื ื ืืฆืืืืช ืฆื ืืขืจ ืฆื ืืขืจื ืขื ืื ืขื ืื ืคืื ืืืืจื. It's only not a real thing. Hashem made it that it should look like there's a problem in order for us to have free choice. ืืืื ืืขื ืืืืื ืืขืืขื ืืขืจ ืืืช, if had we seen the truth, ืืืืื ืืื ื ืืฉื ืืขืืืขื ืงืืื ืืจื ืคืืจ ืืืืจื, there wouldn't be choice. So Hashem made we shouldn't see the truth, and we should think that there's some opposition to ืืืืงืืช. ื ืื ืืขืจ, or even further, ืืืื ืืขืจ ืชืืืืช ืคืื ืงืืืฉื... Since... Since the whole ืชืืืืช, the whole concealment is because of a purpose of kedushah, in order for us to overcome it, ืืื ืืืก ืืืืช ืืืจ ืื ืขื ื, ืื ืขื ื. This darkness, this smoke is really a cloud, which is kedushah. Why? If it's for the purpose of kedushah, anything so so down the line, it's that's what its metziut is. Smoke screen. ืขืจ ืงืืงื ืืืงืข ืขืจ ืงืืงื ืืืงืข ืืืืก ืืื ืขืฉื, he looks like smoke. ืืขืจ ืืืืืงืขืจ ืืืืจื, looks like a coarse thing. ืก'ืืื ืืคืืื ื ืืจ ืืืื ื ืืจ ืืืื ืืืืื ืืขืืื ืืืืืื ืืืืขืจ ื ืคืืจืื. Smoke means that even after you burn something, there is still left some some blackness, some things like that. ืืืขืจ ืืืก ืืื ืืืืื ืืืืก ื ืืืขืจืืื ื, looks like that. ืืคื ืืืืืช ืืื ืื ืขื ื ืฉื ืงืืืฉื. Really, this is a cloud of kedushah. ืืื ืืขืจ ืืื ืฆืขืจ ืืขืจ ืชืืืืช ืืื ืืขื ื ืืฉื ืืืืกืืืืื ืืงืืืฉื. Why is it the darkness? Why is there smoke? Why is there coarseness of world? To come to a higher level of kedushah. ืืื ืืืก ืืื ืื ืืืจืื. In English, it's a smoke screen. What does a smoke screen mean? Looks like it's something, but it's smoke, right? Yeah, cover. Cover. Yeah, cover. Okay. ืืื ืืืก ืืื ืื ืืืจืื, this is the lesson, ืื ืืขื ืืื ืืจืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืจืืืืื ืืขื ืขืฉื. We
have to get into and pass this cloud, this smoke. ืืืจื ืืขื ืืื ืืขื ืืงืื ืื ืชืืจื, that's how you get the Torah. ืืฉื ืจืืื ื, ืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืช ืืฉื ืืฆืื ืื ืคืฉื, ืืฉื ืจืืื ื himself, and everyone has a Moshe in him, ืืื ืืงืื ืืขืืืขื ืื ืชืืจื ื ืื ืืขืจ ื ืื ืืขืจ ืืงืืื ืคืื ืืืืื ืืฉื ืืชืื ืืขื ื. And when did he really get the Torah? After he went through the smoke. ืืืืก ืขื ื ืืื ืืืื ืขืฉื, which is cloud, which is smoke, ืืืขื ืขืจ ืืื ืื ืงืืืขื ืฆื ื ืฉืืื ืืชืืื, and he got through the smoke, and he had a path, and Moshe did that, and we all have to do that. ืืืืฉ ืืืก ืืื ืืฉืขื ืืืืฆืื ืืืช ืืขื ืื ืคืื... even though time, temporarily... superficially, it's a concealment, ืืืขืจ ืืืจื ืืขื ืงืืื ืืขื ืฆื ืฆื ืืืื ืืืจ ืืจืืขืื ืืื ืืืจืืขืื ืืืื, this makes to reach the next level which is the end of the pasuk, that Moshe was in the mountain 40 days and 40 nights, ืืื ืืขื ืืื ืชืืจื ืืฉืืืืืช, and you keep the, you get the whole Torah completely, ืืื ืืขืจื ืื ืืืก ืืขืืขืจ ืืืฉืื ืืื ืืืคื ืืืืงื ืืขืืื, and everyone brings it in his himself, his own body, in his share, part of this world, ืืื ืืืก ืืื ืืขืจ ืืืฉื ืคืื ื ืื ืคืจืฉืช ืืฉืคืืื, ืคืจืฉืช ืชืจืืื. What do we get for after this pasuk? It comes to Parashat Terumah.
What is in Parashat Terumah? The Mishkan. ืืขืฉื ืื ืืงืืฉ ืืฉืื ืชื ืืชืืื, make a Mikdash and I'll dwell there. ืคืื ืื ืืืจืื ืืฉืืืื, ืืื ืืื ืืืกืฃ ืืืืณ, from all the physical things, gold, silver, etc., ืืืื ืืขื ื ืืงืืฉ ืืืณ ืืชืืจื, make a Beit Hamikdash for ืืฉื, ืืื ืืืจื ืืขื ืคืืจื ืืื ืืืืก ืื ืืืื ื ืคืื ื ืชืืื ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืืืืืช ืื ืืชืืจื ืืืจื ืืชืืชืื ืื, and the kavanah of Hashem to make a dwelling place in this lower world is fulfilled. Wait, what's what's the whole to make our do we all have to enter before we because you said we have to enter has to enter the cloud, the smoke, that means gashmiyut, get involved in the in the in the in the in the gashmi the blackness of the gashmiyut. To an extent though. But we have to know that we have a protection, we have the ืฉืืื, and we're going to come, and we have to do it, otherwise there won't be Matan Torah. And the fire is in a stone, the lowest thing. It's a ืืืื, right? Yeah, it's a ืืืื. It's the it's the the rocks seemingly burning. Yeah, yeah. Is there is another remez, you know we talk about 40, I know we never usually come out to this touch about 40 days and 40 nights. What's the what's the maalah of I don't remember. Yeah, yeah. Why the 40 comes to you you're purer if you're by these 40 What would you need to know? So if if the pasuk was it's like fire, it wasn't really fire, it's like fire. No, I I didn't know enough. By us, it really has to be fire. Thanks William. How could he not wait for you? You're the whole mesader, you're the whole That's what a chasid does. whole chayut. Did you hear how much thunder, did you hear how much thunder is coming down on us?