Da'at
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Sep 23, 2026
Dov Ber CohenHOST
It's the only mitzvah where the mitzvah is be.
Dov Ber CohenHOST
Be present, and it's actually a very hard mitzvah because most people don't have yishuv hada'at.
Dov Ber CohenHOST
So yishuv hada'at has two main meanings, but one of them is just to settle your mind, to be in the present moment.
Dov Ber CohenHOST
So when you're in your sukkah, don't just be in the sukkah, which is a mitzvah in itself, but be fully present.
Dov Ber CohenHOST
If you're thinking about your business, and, and what party you're gonna go to tonight, and what guests are coming, and what are you gonna do after Sukkot, means you're not being present.
Dov Ber CohenHOST
The key, as we know to this, is your breath, is to just breathe.
Dov Ber CohenHOST
Focus on your breath coming in, coming out, and that brings you deeply into the present moment.
Dov Ber CohenHOST
Firstly, it calms your mind down, clears your mind, gives, gives you yishuv hada'at.
Gabriel BotnickHOST
Did you conduct your affairs faithfully? Itecha, your times.
Gabriel BotnickHOST
Did you set aside fixed times for Torah study? Chose, store, did you engage in bringing new life into the world? Ishuot, redemption, did you look forward with hope towards redemption? Chokmah, wisdom, did you engage deeply with wisdom? And da'at, knowledge, did you derive an understanding of one thing through another? These are curious questions, and not necessarily the questions you might expect to be asked.
Gabriel BotnickHOST
You would think the rabbis would be more likely to suggest that we'd be asked questions about our religious observance.
Gabriel BotnickHOST
How often did you pray? How many mitzvot did you perform? How much Torah did you study? But rabbis' questions are more concerned with the broader texture of one's life, with the habits that help define a person's character.
Shlomo KatzHOST
We don't have Moshe Rabbeinu saying, What does it mean that he gathered the Adas? Adas Eida means the congregation.
Shlomo KatzHOST
He gathered the Da'at.
Shlomo KatzHOST
Adat b'nei Yisrael, Adat is the same lesson as Da'at.
Shlomo KatzHOST
He gathered everyone's knowledge.
Shlomo KatzHOST
He gathered everyone's cup and he said, whatever you think makes sense to you, it is so much deeper than what you think.
Steve BerksonGUEST
Now here the word for knowing is a slightly different version of the word.
Steve BerksonGUEST
Okay, that you have in the other verse of Da'at.
Steve BerksonGUEST
This is Yoday.
Steve BerksonGUEST
Okay, Yoday.
David LapinHOST
But now going forward, you do have a lev l'adat.
David LapinHOST
You have a national da'at.
David LapinHOST
The nation has understanding.
David LapinHOST
And the Gemara in Avodah Zorah learns from there that it's not only national, it applies to an individual as well.
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David LapinHOST
Nevei la tovah imenu.
David LapinHOST
we would have said, as great as Moshe is, the carcass would be better than him.
David LapinHOST
What does that mean and why? You see, da'at, let's now define da'at based on this medrash.
David LapinHOST
Da'at is knowing the limitations of your entitlement.