That's Not Achdus!
A fundamental precondition to accepting the Torah is achdus/unity. However, Rashi on parshas Yisro clues us into one necessary condition to merit total unity.
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0:01 All together now. Ready Nishma. We will do and we will hear. That was what the Jewish people screamed out at Harini all together in unison. Now it always kind of bothered me, you know when you're playing rock, paper, scissors, or maybe I'm giving away my move, you kind of delay a second to see what the other person's gonna do. Rock paper says, or shoot, and you're like, ah. And you wait a millisecond, you see their move and then you make your move. Was there not maybe a child there or someone that was kind of on edge? Should I say this? Should I commit to all this? And then, you know, kind of[inaudible][inaudible] You know[inaudible] your test. It was all people together with total unification and amalgamation, all as one unit.
0:47 Rahi tells us ish with one body, one ish, and one heart. Now I heard an[inaudible] given by the[inaudible] down in Norfolk, Virginia. [inaudible] Of Daner, a man whose shoulders hold up the entire southeastern part of North America. He said over from Rev, David Cohen, the great Shiva in Hevron, who said over from Rezko, Isaac Chave, the great elucidate of the Vilna GOs Torah, that there is a de[inaudible]. It is not only [inaudible] we cannot have unity by just becoming one unit, one body.
1:29 But in order to have total[inaudible], which is a fundamental pre-condition to cab Torah total s unity, we must also have the same goal of mind. [inaudible] When a person gets married and they have[inaudible], they're now one unit, they must also have the same goal for it to be considered totally one unit. When a business partnership happens, if they have different goals in mind, it's [inaudible][inaudible] Eventually things are gonna melt. Unless you really become one unit. We know that a house divided against, against itself cannot stand. In order for us to become a unit, we must also merge our goals.
2:14 And as they said at Hasina[inaudible] all together, unification, we will do and we will hear, we are servants of[inaudible] Let us join together as one body with one goal. So we have total.
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