Clothes of the MaShiach

0:04Chapter 49, Verse 10 and 11: One who exercises dominion shall not depart from the house of Yehuda, nor a Torah scholar from among his descendants, forever. Until Mashiach, to whom kingship belongs, shall arrive, meaning no one will be a king other than the tribe of Yehuda until the Mashiach comes from them. To him nations will comply. He will bring Israel to encircle its city, and the people will build his sanctuary, meaning build the Beit HaMikdash. The righteous will be all around him, and those who fulfill the Torah will engage in study with him. His garments will be a fine purple cloth, his clothing of the finest cloth dyed in red and all types of colors, and...

1:05So here we see that the Mashiach will actually wear purple but also have some other colors. Now, what can we possibly learn from this? In the Hebrew language, the verse says that in the color of the blood of grapes is what his garment is going to be, meaning purple. Sito the Nefesh HaChayim, the Nefesh HaChayim comments on it, and says this sito also comes from the root of the word asatah, which is enticement, where colored garments are called. This is because a woman who wears them thereby entices men to look at her. Meaning, a woman who wears colorful clothes entices men to look at her. From there, we learn that the term "Sotah" relates to colorful clothes, which become a form of "Asata," or enticement.

2:32And then what happens to a woman that's married and wears these colorful clothes? The Gemara in Masechet Sotah says she becomes a Sotah. So a Sotah, Asatah, Sotah, all same root. Colorful clothes cause enticement and thereby eventually make the woman into a wayward woman, a Sotah. So here we see, Rabotai Yekarim, if you are the Mashiach or even if you're just simply a Jew, but you're a man, you want to wear purple, no problem. But if you're a woman and you want to start putting on all types of colors, you have to make sure that those colors are not enticing people to look at you. It's not just one color like some people think, oh, it's just red. Because sometimes the red itself may even be more modest than the other things that you're wearing because of either the shapes and the sizes and the different things that are on the dress. The most clear instructions as far as modesty that we have from the sages is to make sure they're not enticing anybody else to look at you like you're a traffic light. You're allowed to be attractive, but not attracting. If you're attracting, you're enticing, don't be surprised if you also become a sota.

3:50The most clear instructions as far as modesty that we have from the Sages is to make sure you're not enticing anybody else to look at you like you're a traffic light. You're allowed to be attractive, but not attracting. Why? If you're attracting, you're enticing, don't be surprised if you also become a sotah. Now, of course, they're gonna say, yeah, but this is your interpretation. not really. This is the nefesh hachaim. This is Torah. But let's, of course, add one more little tidbit from the Gemara. If you're wearing something or you want to buy something that is enticing, that is attracting, then usually, you're very, very interested to know what everyone thinks of it. Your girlfriends, your other friends, everyone. What does the Tosefta say about that? The Gemara, Masechet Pesachim, page 26b, says, "Displaying a garment in front of guests is as if he burns it." How so? Because he either...

5:16He exposes the garment to an ayin hara (evil eye) from the guests or because he draws the attention of thieves who might be among the guests. so many words they're talking about here. Imagine if you have a brand new suit or a brand new item, and you show it off to all your friends, saying, "Hey, look at this suit that I got! Isn't it cool? It cost me five thousand dollars; it cost me three thousand dollars." They say, "Oh, this is a really bad idea." Why? Either you're putting yourself at risk where someone’s going to steal it from you, or... simply going to destroy your life even worse. Why? They're going to put an ayin hara on you. Why? What's an ayin hara? An ayin hara is a mystical phenomenon discussed in Tractate Bava Metzia 84a and also in several other places, where someone looks at something that you have with envy.

6:18Thereby increases the likelihood that tragedy will come, harm will come from that thing. So, by you showing off your new suit, you're actually either jeopardizing losing it or, even worse, jeopardizing losing even more than that. Now, if this applies to a man, where modesty is not as stringent as it is for women, then, of course... Common sense dictates that a woman who shows off her dress or whatever outfit she has is not only bringing the possibility of losing it—where, all of a sudden, she can't find this brand new three-thousand-dollar dress right after her friends left the party and the dress left with it—or the jewelry or whatever else she is showing off. You bring upon yourself ayin hara (an evil eye). You bring upon yourself so much so that the sages say, showing off your possessions, being enticing, is like burning the possessions that you're showing people. We are meant to be a light unto the nations, not to follow their misguided practices. Remember, every Jew must remember that he is a Jew and she is a Jew. We don't celebrate non-Jewish holidays, even if they seem harmless.

7:45It's Eizel Ziesel, a disrespect to the Torah.