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How to Succeed in Galus - Exile ? ויהי מקץ A New Kabbalah class by Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz
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How to Succeed in Galus / Exile? ויהי מקץ A New Kabbalah class by Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz ויהי מקץ – ש״פ מקץ, ד׳ טבת ה׳תשל״ג A Project of. Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida 5620 Winkler Road Fort Myers, FL 33919 239-433-7708 www.Chabadswf.org
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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.