How to Succeed in Galus - Exile ? ויהי מקץ A New Kabbalah class by Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

Welcome to our class on this. We're going to be learning a beautiful discourse in the Reb. The name of the discourse is called the Reb said this discourse in Shabas Mikates. That year was the fourth day of the month of Tavis in the year 53 years ago. So again discourse is based on the verse in this week's Torah portion where it says it was the end of two years of days. Par has a dream. What was his dream? He's standing on an aisle as we know the questions that are brought out in the classicalic discourses on the para andic discourses after as well seemingly what's the connection between par dreaming to the fact there was after two years what's the connection between the two also we have to understand sometimes it says two years and over here it says it in one word it turns there's into one word and the question is why is that also why does it say after which means two years it says days it says two years also we have to understand what the verse goes on to say par is dreaming and what he's standing on the Nile but we know it's brought down the medish and Rashi brings it as well on this verse that it didn't rain in Egypt so how do they have irrigation so the neos the Nile would would would would elevate itself and that's how it irrigated the the land in other words so the Nile would go ahead and in Hebrew terminology cabalistic terminology means it was mashia it gave out energy to the to Egypt and that's the reason why they served the Nile because this Nile was the one that irrigated the whole land so if that's the case why does it say par standing on the Nile in other words even though we Par said the Nile is mine and I made it. He says that he's the one that's giving energy to the Nile. But that's what he told other people. But over here when they showed him in the dream, what did they show him? That he's standing on top of the Nile. But the fact is he would receive from the Nile in reality. So seemingly if we're talking the dream that he had a dream, it should have suddenly he's standing next to it. So he should have said, "I'm standing next to the Nile." Now this that the verse says [clears throat] comes in a continuation. It's the first verse in parates but it comes in the continuation of the previous para. What does it say in the previous para the uh the butler did not remember Yseph for interpreting interpreting his dreams and he forgot about him. In other words, why was that? It was a punishment to Yave because he he relied on the butler to remember him and like we know the verse says clearly fortunate is the person that he puts his trust in hem and he doesn't turn to what does that mean? So they explain and you don't put your trust in the Egyptians that are called. So you're not supposed to put your trust in your Egyptians. And that's why he had to be in prison for two more years. So based on this, it's still not understood. He should have said um in this verse should have been in the previous Torah portion where in the previous Torah portion, it says that he didn't that he he didn't remember and he forgot him. It should have said at the end of those two years and and why? Because since he he went ahead and he trusted the Egyptians who are called Rahab. So besides the fact that that that the punishment was that they forg they they didn't remember and they forgot about him he had an additional punishment that he that he stayed in prison for another two years and that would have been in last week's Torah portion and this Torah portion should open up and it should say wasn't after 2 years it was after 12 years why because if you do the calculation um the the the time that YS spent in prison because when did they sell him they sold him he was 17 years old when did he leave prison He was he was 30. So know obviously 12 years passed 12 complete years. So the Torah portion should have began oh it's after 12 years that he was in prison or if you want you don't want you want you don't want to be specific how many years it should have said but after his time of serving his prison sentence and especially that the main connection to Par's dreams is referring to the first 10 years that Ya was in prison because the fact is Yis wasn't wasn't set to go to prison only for 10 years and then when he told the the the um the the butler remember me remind Pari because I only have a two two year left I only have two years left so the question is why does it say after two years and par's having a dream have having a dream also we have to understand when it says at the end of so we know there's two opposite interpretations in other words in the zo it says like this that there's two ways that the k the end of time comes one is called Kate's which is spelled yud yud and the other one is Kate. It's it sounds the same but the other one is spelled yud yudun. So they're both spelled yud. One has a me at the end and one has a nun at the end. Y is days [snorts] and y is actually right now. So those are the two ways to to talk about the end of time in with the classic discourse in the para he explains that this case at the end of at the end of days with a with a me at the end in other words what does that mean spiritually that it ended the idea of what of is connected to two to two years like it says in reference to it's going to be two days to connect to to to to two and like we know that the Torah was given um it came before the world 2,000 years. So you see an idea of two and after that kind that idea of Torah finished now Pari has a dream. So in other words so based on this it's referring to Kate's days which connect to the Tory and like the Zoro says which is actually called Kates the end of the left. So that's where it says in however inra from the he explains it's the k of the of the of y which is referring to the the the right and what is it referring to the end of galut and the same thing also it's explained in which is where it says that made an end darkness is going to end at some point so you have two extremes you have the right you have the you have and you have the left you have the end of times and you So the question is how do you have two opposite insights in one verse also he explains that there's two insights and after he explains the idea of and you know from the expression of of that he there's the end of darkness he brings another insight that from from after he after he went in if he was in prison he went out to be a king so the question is what is the connection with these two these two things on one hand you're saying it's an end of darkness and the other hand you're saying what he's going out to rule and be be the king now these insight it's all brought in which again the classical insights in the para and he continues on to explain as follows something revolutionary and a whole shift in perspective and he says like this this that yadic went down to Egypt wasn't for the reason that the Jewish people should end up in Egypt as slaves Not. So, but why did he go down to Egypt? Ysef went down to Egypt to give power to the Jewish people to leave Egypt. Two different worlds. In other words, you're going to say the fact is um what caused the Jewish people come down to Egypt? Because Yisa was there. That's true technically, but that wasn't the reason why they came down. Because the fact is it says clearly that Yakov could have went down to Egypt with with with iron chains if that's what Hashem wanted. But why went first is that the Jewish people will have the power for the gula, the redemption of going out of Egypt. And how did that happen? That's because we know collected all the silver which was in Egypt and also in Kanan. And especially like it says in Kazal in the Talmud that collected all the gold and the silver of the whole world. And when the Jewish people left, they obviously went and they they took a lot a lot of with them. And we all know the fa the three treasures that hid when he was Egyp Egypt that was from the silver that that he that he collected. And what what is that referring to? It's referring to elevating the sparks of the whole world. In other words, Ysef going down to Egypt. What gave the power of the gula? Whole different perspective. You think of Ysef going down to Egypt, you think, okay, that's going to cause a Jewish go going down to suffer. No, no, no. Ysef is paving the way for the gula. His eye is on the redemption. Now since the exile of Egypt as we know is a source of all the exiles and that's why the exile of Egypt is not considered in the ed in in the medish of the four exiles that we had you know BL Mada Yavan and Ed why because going down in Egypt is the source of everything so therefore if it's the source of all the exiles it's also the source of all the redemptions in other words at the Paul's reason why went into Egypt. So we should have the power to go out of Egypt but also the power of any redemption that we have in the future comes from and that's why it says Allah that the went up with them. What is a rabb? So ra so so the the multitude of which that's the the literal translation but ra is spelled rage bay 202 which is referring to the 202 sparks that were transformed and elevated in when in when the Jewish people's exile in Egypt because we know it was the hardest exile the Jewish people ever had. And that's why most of the sparks of the 288 most of the sparks 202 out of 288 sparks were transformed. And what was left is 86 sparks that were not transformed. But that gave us the power that through the fact that Ysef gathered all the silver and all the gold of all of the world. We have the power to elevate that as well. And especially like to explain to that what is kv is literally silver. But what is kessf spiritually? spiritually is love. In other words, this that collected all the silver in the world was so that that we should have the power of our love of every single Jew in gullis because in gullis you can say, "Oh my gosh, I'm depressed. I'm unhappy." No, we still have love. We have love for Hashem. We have love for life. Where do we get it from? We get it from the kess from the from the with the silver which is love that yande collected. In other words, so Yis going down to Egypt was the power for all the redemptions up until the future redemption when it's going to be in a level of calm and peaceful and how much and and how much more so from from King Solomon that because King Solomon was called Schlom because it was peace in his days and the Jewish people had come and like to explain that length in the discourse of Bashim of the Reb. Now since all of this happened what through yadic so therefore you have to say that y had it as well if he created it he obviously he had it in other what was ysef's way of operating what was his way of serving hashem calm and peaceful and that's what he explains the difference between yadic and all the other tribes and even the the the patriarchs as well because the tribes they had to disconnect from the world. Why? Because if they got involved in the world, the world would bother them and they wouldn't be able to serve God peacefully. And that's why the the tribes went ahead and they got themselves a job to deal with sheep. They don't want to deal with the world. But Yf was on a whole different level and a higher level. And he was totally cleaving to God on the highest level. And therefore, because he was cleaving to God, he can rule over Egypt. He can supply food for the whole Egypt. And nobody was able to, nobody was hired in him. He was the one in charge. And then when it says he came to the house to do his work, made literally to do his work. Why? He was literally able to do the work of the Egyptians, which is we know Egypt is the lowest place in the world. But he was not affected. The world Egypt did wasn't on his radar and he wasn't affected by it and it didn't disturb him from serving Hashem. And like it's explained at length in the discourse by tough and over there there's other revolutionary ideas in this subject. So in other words so was in the level of peace even though he's in Egypt [clears throat] he was the one in charge nothing affected him and that's why it says mik at the end of the end of two of of two years. What does that mean practically? So we already learned before that is referring to the days which is referring to which is which is referring to the idea of which is the level of which isra like we said before the 2,000 years before the world is created we will receive the and so what does it say in reference to mik towards the end in other words that in here what it was not revealed what was not revealed the in internal deep pleasure satisfaction ction why in toyra is great but the real t is not revealed there and therefore and on their own which is basically that's the real gift we have that's the but the end is still finite and therefore the the pleasure and the satisfaction that you get from learning ter which is great but it's still limited it's limited to how much how much intellect and you you you you you connect to it. But since intellect is limited so therefore at the at some point it's going to end and therefore the pleasure is going to end and that's not the real pleasure we're looking for and that's why he says was the end of time says you can learn to use vina and you're not inspired you're lacking the so how do you how do you remain connected you have to is not doing it for me so then you have to work serve escapia you just accept so you stay in the zone But after this finishes, that gives you the power to go to the next level. What's the next level? His total transformation. What is that referring to with with the nun at the end. And that's what it says that you light the candles for example until there's no one left in the street. In other words, the idea is to elevate even the left uh leg um which is the which is is smiley the left which is comes in on on the left side and then you're going to have kyamim the end of times which means you'll be able to experience the the highest level because in atic there is no left you you go when you go from escapia toka you can have real tug and over there everything is amazing and that's also the connection between these two insights in the medish in other words specifically when you go through Kate's and you you're able to end the darkness through escapion then you can reach the level of to be the king that from prison you go out to be the king in other words the beginning was in prison and over there he was going ahead and transforming the sparks it was a war it was a war that he was dealing with and like it's explained in the discourse of that the previous said when he left prison that basically when the when he was in prison it's like this the soul going into the body and struggling with the limitations of the bo body but then when you overcome those struggles you create the darkness it doesn't it doesn't affect you and like explained in in in the in meda that they made an end to the sahara which basically leaves the world gets uprooted from the world and from the prison from the darkness When you finish your of your work, you go out to be the king up to the point where it's going to be like what it says it's going to be like when the future Msiah comes and it's going to be on the level of what? Of peace man come and through Yseph who who did this when he was in Egypt. He gives the power for every single Jew because every single Jew is called on the name of Ysef like it says in in in the prophets. It means everyone, every single Jewish person has the power to serve Hashem in a way of it's calm and it's peaceful. And that's why it says what is it? What is the idea of days? It's referring to the lower level of days when you have to deal with the darkness and and and escap the higher level days. In other words, the lower level days referring to which is connected to time and is referring to Zo which is higher than time. And um and the same thing also reference to to the shim the years because when you when you unify the two you have the unification of the small face which the six meters and that's why he says over here specifically in one word and like Rashi says um finish this week in other words which basically it's it's one week which is called a a block of time and then afterwards but the first the first moment of the of the two years you already have the whole experience of the two years and the same thing also what he adds over here it's referring to the unification of the lower level of days where you have to struggle and you have to transform and you have to deal with the darkness and when you can deal with all the holiness and way of up to the point where he reached the level that comes after where it says is dreaming and he's standing on the Nile and from the Nile What's happening? The seven cows are coming out. What is that referring to spiritually? So that's referring to what we know it says in Kabala that when Msiah comes the the female energy is going to is going to overpower the male energy which is in the future Msiah comes and this what it says referring paro it's not just referring to the par of that time it's referring to the par of holiness because par comes from all the lights get opened up and get get exposed and that's going to happen the finish off so beautifully and powerfully it's going to happen with the coming of Messiah the curve mamesh literally very very soon right here right now. So here we have another beautiful discourse of the rebba a lot of powerful points I think one of the most powerful points is you have to remember ysef went down to Egypt to bring the gula and because he went down to bring the goula he focused on the goula Egypt didn't affect him and that's something every one of us receives from ysef we have the power to experience gula in everything so let's hope and pray that finishes off we're going to have the gula the coming of Msiah and next class will be Have a great and blessed week.