The True Power of Speech - Rabbi Mendel Kessin

let me ask you we know that the temple was destroyed because of baseless hatred the says on this idea that the tal brings down that baseless hatred really is the concept of lush and horror because when a person has a certain amount of baseless hatred of course they speak Lush and horror the question is why was the temple destroyed because of lushan hara and we know Lush andara of course translates as slander why was the temple destroyed because of slander could you imagine that God takes his holiest place and destroys it because of the concept of the sin of slander how do we understand this not only that we know also that the Jewish people have been in exile for thousands of years and we also know that the Exile has been caused because of slander or lashara this is what the tells us again how do we understand this why should the Jews be so many thousands of years in Exiles because of the sin of lush and horror this is the question not only that there's another question let me ask you again we also know that not only are the Jews in Exile but there is a great man who lived about 200 years ago his name was Rabbi rur from hurg he said a remarkable statement and brings him down in his writings he said that every single problem that the Jews have had from the beginning of creation is because of slander or lashara that's what he says that clearly is a critical concept even for today's Times what we have to ask ourselves is why why is it that lenharo or slander can create so many tragedies from the beginning of time itself this is the question and let me ask you something else fourth idea every every body wants what's called muzzle what is muzzle the concept of muzzle is of course luck or Good Fortune we all want this we want this in terms of livelihood we want this in terms of children we want this in terms of marriage there's so many things we want why is it then that it is written that a person's personal muzzle is destroyed because of lashara that's right that means when a person speaks slander that actually destroys his luck his fortune how do we understand this not only these ideas but let me show you further ideas further commic statements that clearly indicate that if you think that you understand what the concept of L and horor or slander is you are gravely mistaken let's take a look at some of the rabinal statements there is another rabinal statement in the medish it says the following God says I could save you I can save you from any tragedy any Calamity any problem but on one condition do not speak Lush and horror this is what God himself says the question that we have to ask ourselves is why why is it that God says that if you do not speak slander or lashara that he will remove or minimize the problems that you have this is the question that we must ask there's another talmudic statement that says the following what is the greatest of all the Commandments mitus I will tell you the talut says that the greatest of all the Commandments is learning Tera we we pray in the morning by the daving in the morning prayer that learning is the greatest of all Mitzvah so the T says what is the greatest of all sins the truth is you know the talet says that the greatest of all sins is speaking Lush and horror or slander that's incredible could you imagine how is it possible that the greatest of all SS is speaking slander you me to tell me that speaking slander is even worse than desecration of the Sabbath how can that be and I want to tell you something the rabbis don't exaggerate Meely to win a point of course not if this is what they say then this is exactly what it means how do we begin to understand this how that is the question there is a medress that says the following that aov he was Ahab he was a king in Israel for many years and it says that that in the generation of akov or Ahab that the Jews worshiped Idol all the Jews worshiped Idols this is what it says and therefore as a result of that because they worshiped Idols of course it was a tremendously sinful generation yet that statement in the medis says that when they went to battle they never lost a battle not once so this medis says the way how is it possible is because in the entire generation of akov nobody spoke lashara do you believe this it's hard to understand how that could be that they worship idols yet they do not speak Lush and horor but that's what it says that because they did not speak slander they never lost a battle that is absolutely incredible why that is the question we must ask and it says in the same place that in the generation of sha by King David that the Jews lost battle after battle even though the average child in that generation was able to to expound or sermonize on a particular poal verse 49 different ways yet it says that they lost battle after the battle why because they spoke Lush and horor or slander do you believe this and a generation that worships Idols they never lose a battle because they do not speak lushan horor yet in the generation of sha that there is so much unbelievable amount of Terror that even though there is when they go to battle they lose battle after battle why because they speak lanara how do we understand this and I will bring you one more kazal rabinal statement mhao he sees one Jew hitting another Jew and he says to that Jew Russia evil man why you hitting your fellow Jew and that man turns to him and says and this is this in the beginning of Exodus shim he says to him who made you the boss are you going to kill me like you kill the Egyptian so masu says and it's in the tah he says a strange phrase he says surely the matter is known surely the matter that I kill the Egyptian of course is going to be known to Pharaoh but Rashi right on that place says no that is not what mhu said what mosu meant is that he asked himself why is it that the Jews are in such a terrible exile for so many hundreds of years so when he saw that the Jews speak Lan horror or slander he understood why the Jews are in the Egyptian bondage itself because they speak lashen Hara why is that so amazing because the Jews in Egypt they worshiped Idols so the fact that they worshiped Idols did not constitute sufficient of an explanation as to why they would be in the Egyptian bondage or Exile but when mosu saw that they speak lushan horor or slander then he understood how can this be what do we see from all these rabinal questions that I've asked you that if you think that you understand the intermed meaning of lush and hor or slander you are grossly mistaken how do we begin to understand this I will tell you let's take a look first we have to understand a couple of points before we can begin to answer these questions what is the definition of Lan horror or slander the definition is as follows any communication that will harm another person that is the definition of Lan horror yes that's what it is and make no mistake doesn't make a difference how you communicate you can speak lashara you can even do what you can write lashara or whatever if you communicate something that harms another person that is lashara and by the way even if that statement is true in fact especially if that statement is true it is lashara if that statement is fult then it is worse than slander it is called defamation it's called sh and that is actually much worse this is the definition of lush and horror now we have to ask ourselves the following when God creat the world how did he create it in in other words what concept did he employ the answer is that God created the world employing the concept called de or Justice what is the definition of justice the definition of justice really in many ways is the following it doesn't mean that if you do a bad act that you are punished no that is the narrow understanding of Justice the understanding of justice is much broader than that if you do act a then act B follows this this is what Justice is act B A leads to act B which means the concept of cause and effect that's right why did God create the concept of Justice or cause and effect when he created the world and the answer is because he wants a person to earn his future world that's right he will not give it free person has to earn it he's got to observe the Commandments right and he's got not only to do that he's got to do acts of kindness and mercy all kinds of good deeds then he gets the future world if he doesn't then he jeopardizes his fut future world therefore God created the concept called cause and effect or Justice as a result now if that's the case if we know that the ones who do what that as a result of the fact when you do one act another act must follow the question is who judges the acts of man who judges the Jewish people does God judge the Jewish people the answer is no it says a verse that God does not look at the sins of Jacob what does that mean that God does not involve himself in the judicial process because he knows what a person will do 6,000 years before he does it and not only that if he judges that person will be found guilty God does not want to intervene because God loves the loves the Jewish people and therefore he does not want to involve himself in the judicial process itself well the question then is if God doesn't judge the Jewish people then who does and the answer is what is called in Hebrew a bus sha a Heavenly tribunal a Heavenly Court they judge the Jewish people what does that mean we find many times in the talmud that the way God runs the upper world is exactly the way we run here Justice is given how by the judicial procedures by a court of law that's the exact same way that it operates in heaven that there's a Heavenly tribunal and they judge the acts of man they judge the Jewish people the concept of Heavenly tribunal now make no mistake every single thing that happens to a person is a result of the decree of that bezden of that Heavenly tribunal that's right now we must ask the following well if that's the case when does the Heavenly tribunal when do they judge the Jewish people this is the question If a person does 2,000 sins in a week does the Heavenly tribunal that beIN do they sit in judgment on this person and the answer is not of at all not at all they don't even look at the person so the question is if sin doesn't invoke the judicial process then what does and the answer is a very interesting concept what God did is that he created an angel his name is the suan the Heavenly da the Heavenly district attorney he prosecutes in Hebrew that is called a kitr he's a prosecuting attorney and he prosecutes in fact he's the only one that can invoke the judicial procedure his prosecution gets the Heavenly tribunal to begin or initiate their actual D judicial process he's the only one so therefore we see that what that all problems come because of the KR or the prosecution of the suan this Angel every single thing happens as a result of the suon because he's the only one that can initiate the judicial process if that's the case we have to ask ourselves a tremendous question is it possible to stop this incredible angel or Su is it possible do you have any idea how valuable that piece of information is of course if you understand that every problem or tragedy that a person has is because of the prosecution of that angel then the information how to stop it is the greatest information you could ever have Barone how do we stop I will tell you God as I had mentioned previously created the world employing a certain concept called d or Justice what does din or justice mean as I had said it means that act a leads to act B but the truth is that's not exactly the way God did it he really created it employing a certain peculiarity of mid of measure for measure what does that mean that is the peculiarity what God said it is not act a that leads to act B but it is act a that leads to the mirror image of act a which is the concept of measure for measure when you do something it's exact opposite opposite is what happens to you this is called me me or measure for measure why does God do this because first of all that is absolute Justice and the second reason is because if you look at the punishment you can actually figure out the sin or the crime because it is the mirror image of what just took place therefore he created that way did you know that employing the concept of measure for measure it is possible to actually intervene in the judicial process how I will show you imagine somebody comes over to you and says you know I owe you money and it is due today do me a favor I don't have it extend the terms of the loan or let me pay you an installments you think about it you say okay fine what are you doing you are acting with Mercy or compassion that in Hebrew is called ronus that's what you are doing you are being merciful why because he really owes it to you now except you're saying pay me later therefore as a result of that listen to an incredible absolute law that let's assume that a suan that angel that prosecuting attorney prosecutes this person and he's found guilty in the Heavenly tribunal can this court of law this heavenly tribunal walk over to the Su the angel and say okay we want you now to begin to execute the judgment and the answer is no the Heavenly tribunal walks over to a f cabinet that this person has and every person has it he walks over and he pulls it open and they take a look if that person did acts of kindness and acts of Mercy then measure for measure this court must also act in that way so what they do is they suspend the Judgment itself what is the advantage that this person has since they don't remove it they suspend it the advantage is is that this person can repent he can do chuva which is repentance and as a result of that the entire case is thrown right out of court therefore we see that utilizing the concept of measure for measure it is actually possible to stop the judicial process imagine you walk over to somebody you say to that person you know you did me a tremendous avw which means an injustice but you know what I'll do I will forgive you I want to forgive you I will Overlook what you did to me what is that person doing he is doing what's called in Hebrew M which in English means he's overlooking he's forgiving a person that the trespass that this person did to him therefore the rule is that if your name is brought up a prosecution before they even begin what happens is the court opens you f and if they see that you did acts where you forgave somebody then immediately they take the prosecution itself the case and they throw it right out of court exactly measure for measure look how powerful that idea is but what did I say I said that the greatest way of course to avoid judgment right is to avoid the whole concept of prosecution to stop the certain but how do we stop the certain this is the question I will tell you imagine this is a courtroom right and on in here you're sitting your soul is sitting and in front of you there's this awesome Angel who is this Angel the Sutton that that angel that of course is a prosecuting attorney he is sitting there and he's Prosecuting you right what is the suan doing well he's doing exactly what he's doing he's Prosecuting you correct but wait a minute what is the nature of every prosecution I will tell you you remember it's Lush and horror it's slander do you remember what the definition of slander was the definition that of slander is any communication that will harm another person that is the definition of slander but isn't that exactly what the SAT is trying to do isn't that that he's trying to harm this person except it is permitted for him to speak slander because that's his job but that's what he's doing therefore come in here this unbelievable secret that is revealed to us first of all it comes from the Zoya and the says it dozens of times all over his writings and so on this is also brought down by many many Great Men of Israel theal and so on they say an incredible secret what that just like measure for measure can what can stop the judicial process I had previously mentioned it can also initiate the judicial process measure for measure what does that mean it means the following imagine you walk over to a person and you start speaking nanara or slander what are you really doing you are condemning that person therefore measure for measure because you condemn another person another Jew therefore the Satan has the right to condemn you once that's right for every prohibition of slander he can condemn you or prosecute you once because every condemn ation is really a prosecution in his terms this is what we see this incredible Secret in other words slander Alara has the unbelievable power to make available all your sins to the Heavenly district attorney that's right to the angel called a prosecuting attorney that's what it does it exposes everything to him it makes available to the prosecuting attorney himself this is the secret of lush and horror imagine you get on the telephone because you have an hour's break right you get on the telephone you call up your friend and in that conversation of an hour you have spoken 500 prohibitions of slander that means that you have been condemned you have been prosecuted by this Angel 500 times can you imagine what that is be prosecuted 500 times Imagine A Guy Walks over and he picks up the phone and he calls the police and he says to them you know I just committed a crime why don't you come and get me what would you think about this person well you'd say he's crazy but you know that's exactly what you do when you speak lanar slander it's like walking over to the door or the house of the suton that angel who's the prosecuting attorney you press his doorbell and he opens up the door and he answers you and he says yes and you say him well you know I got an hour's lunch break why not go to court he's only too happy to oblige except you're the defendant this is exactly what happens now you may say to me wait a minute this is incredible you me to tell me if I speak lanara if I speak slander then I will be punished and I will be condemned and I will of course say yes now the question we have to ask ourselves is now who is judged it's right I will tell you three people are judged the one who speaks is judged why measure for measure because this person speaks Lush and horor or slander so the court turns to the Su this angel and says hey come on over come on over and prosecute cuz you're the prosecuting attorney come on over and prosecute or condemn cuz this person condemns you condemn too who else is Judge I will tell you the one who listens to lanara that person is also judged why because the court says to the Su the prosecuting attorney hey come on over we want you to prosecute he listens we want to listen to what you have to say about him therefore he is also judged and you know who's also judge besides these two yes the subject of the conversation he is also judged but you going to say why why should he be judged you'll say hey it's bad enough that what that they talk lanara about me or slander I got to get slept to the court also and the answer is yes why because of another concept that concept is called a in horror evil eye that's what it's called what does that mean what exactly is the concept of an evil eye it is a misunderstood concept I will tell you what it means it means as follows because of the lofty nature of the Nish of the soul of a Jew if you look at another Jew and you question that person's position why does that person have this thing automatically because of your power the court the Heavenly tribunal listens and they say wait a minute let's check it out let's begin a Judicial inquiry or investigation does he deserve to have what he has that's what an iron har does that's what an evil eye does it initiates a Judicial inquiry about that person now I want to tell you something do you know that most of the things that a person has the Jewish people have is because God loves the Jewish people he gives it to them anyway even though they don't deserve it therefore the last thing you want is a Judicial inquiry or investigation that they will check out they will scrutinize to see do you deserve to have what you have and of course you don't want that that's the concept of an in horor when a person gives another person an IR Hara when one Jew gives another Jew an iron Hara automatically he initiates a Judicial inquiry and that's very bad for the Jew that he's doing it to in fact the talmud says what thing is successful if you want to begin a new venture or whatever don't tell people because other people can give you an N hor and as a result of that it will be taken away from you that's what the talit says what do we see from this an incredible concept is a result of the iron horror that people give and a result of the fact that a person who speaks or listens lanara that they're all judged could you imagine that 90% of the Jewish people are judged every day why because either you've spoken slander you've listened to slander or you are the recipient you are the subject of somebody else's conversation they're talking about you you imagine what 90% of the Jewish people that they are judged every day that is absolutely incredible I want to tell you something it is not the sins of the Jews that destroy the Jews it is the lusan horror or the slander because it reveals everything to the Heavenly district attorney of what a person did that's what destroys the Jews and not only that do you remember I said that lanar destroys masle or Good Fortune yes it does do you know why I will tell you because think about it the Jewish people do a tremendous amount of mites of Commandments tremendous amount tremendous amount of Acts of mercy and kindness why is it that we on a personal level don't have masle good fortune as a result of this whether it be in terms of marriages or parosa livelihood or as a result of any other thing having children or good fortune in general you know why because people speak so much lashara and they're always being judged and they're found guilty and therefore they're always being punished therefore since they're in court 90% into the time as a result of that their masle is defunct which means that their mule can never come to fruition because they're always being judged because of the Lush and horror that they spoke do you realize that 90% of the reason why you're in court is because of your fault your lashara is what put you in court what happens if a Jew does not speak lashara then not speak which is called guarding your tongue or in Hebrew it's called shash that's an umbrella policy what does that mean that means it guards you Every Which Way therefore if you don't speak lashara or slander then the the Sutton the prosecuting attorney the Sutton himself cannot speak against you you don't speak he cannot speak if you don't listen to then the Su the same idea happens because you don't listen so the court says to the Su which the prosecuting attorney we do not want to listen to what you have to say because he doesn't listen we will not listen to what you have have to say measure for measure and if you don't listen to Lara then even if you are the subject of somebody else's conversation that's right and a certain wants to prosecute you they can't he can't do it why because since you don't listen so the court says them the Heavenly Court we will not listen to what you have to say even if the reason why you want to prosecute is because of an evil eye and I in horror the greatest way to protect yourself against an hor is not through a red ribbon it is through that's right it is not speaking slander or Lush in horror that is the greatest way we see therefore the incredible ideas as a result now don't get me wrong I'm not telling you to sin but not speak slander to protect yourself of course not but listen we all sin so therefore we have an incredible way not to be harmed or damaged why don't we use it in fact I will tell you four magic words four words that if you think about they will help you stop to speak or listen to lashan Hara yes what are the four magic words is it worth it that's all is it worth it is it worth to speak slander Lush and horror if you know that you're going to be prosecuted by the Su is it worth it of course it's not worth it if you know that you're going to be in the defense seat it is clearly not worth it that's all you have to ask yourself is it worth it to speak is it worth it to listen of course not therefore if you write it down in your telephone spread the word tell your family is it worth it explain to them you will automatically have a very good slogan in order to stop speaking and listening to lashen Hara this is what we see now you may say wait a minute you need to tell me if I don't speak lanara then I will hardly ever be judged and the truth is not really let me explain if a person does a sin there's only two ways to deal with that sin you either repent which means to do chuva to repent or if you don't repent then the only other way to remove that sin is what is by suffering it's called suffering that's right and that suffering serves as an experation for that sin now for all those sins that you did not repent which means which means that it has to have suffering what does that mean that means that there has to be a Judicial inquiry there has to be a judgment and also a judgment means there has to be prosecution in order to determine the amount of suffering that you have for the sins that you did not repent so you're going to say to me what about all those sins that I did not repent I have to have suffering there's there's a judgment and anyway there's a prosecution even if I don't speak lashara so then what's the difference if I speak slander or not since in any case I have to be judged to determine how much suffering I receive that is a very good question but I will tell you the answer and it's a remarkable answer every sing single Jew must make a decision he can go one of two ways if he speaks Sanara then automatically the Heavenly tribunal is convened and the prosecuting attorney the Sut begins and it's automatic there's no way to stop it the only way to get out of that judicial system is if you have merits of mercy and kindness that's the only way but if you do not have merits then it's too bad and I want to tell you something God will not intervene in that Court to save you because he created that court and the prosecuting attorney the San to uphold Justice he will not intervene if that's the reason if you are into that Court he will not intervene at all however what happens if a person does not speak slander then he's not judged in that Court he's not even prosecuted by the Su but wait a minute then who determines the suffering and I will answer you it is God himself yes it is between you and God what's the difference because because God is U he is our father and he is our king that's the difference what does all this mean I will tell you all of a sudden a person doesn't speak lashara or slander so it's between him and God and God says to him listen you just did a sin come on repent and God says I will do nothing to you for a year even though you have no merits you have no acts of kindness and mercy you have no acts of kindness and mercy God says I will do nothing for abs absolutely one year's time because in God's courtroom of course he can do this cuz he doesn't have to defend his actions in front of a courtroom this is what he does a year passes and you still don't repent and during that year God sent you to all types of lectures that deal with the sin that you did right all of a sudden a year goes by and God says listen you sin and I've given you a year's time as a result of this you didn't do repentance I have to begin the process of experation what does it mean that means God says I have to give a wakeup call I have to begin the process of experation or suffering but even then God says I will not do it I will not give it to you all at one time What God Says the following is that I will spread the suffering over many years many years and as a result of that it's much easier to bear this is what happens whereas in that courtroom have you been there because of the spoke of course they would give you everything immediately but in God's courtroom he waits a year and not only does he wait a year but even when he decides to do it he spreads it over many years and he doesn't do it to your physical body he does it to your possessions instead look at the incredible difference but imagine if we didn't speak what a different life we would have that every time God judged us it would be only between him and us and not to the court what a difference in the quality of our life that's exactly what is critical to understand once we understand this what do we see we can now answer all the questions that I have asked previously now why does God say that if you do not speak lanara slander I will minimize or reduce your problems What God Says is the following that if you don't speak linaro or slander it's between you and I and if it is between you and I then fine I will reduce your problems I will remove them even if you don't have any acts of mercy and kindness whereas had you been in that other court because you spoke slander what could they do for you if you have no acts of mercy and kindness of course they would immediately judge you and they would punish you that's what God says if you don't speak lanara then I will reduce and minimize or remove your problems and tragedies even though you don't have any acts of kindness and mercy why is Lush and horor or slander the greatest of all sins and the answer is or one of the possible answers is that it's not the worst of all sins what does that mean of course other sins like desecrating the Sabbath is worse than speaking slander but let me ask you something which is worse imagine is it worse to do a crime or is it worse to call the police and tell them that you did a crime because that would not only tell them that would not only alert them that a crime was done but they would know who did it that's the difference if you do a sin like desecration of the Sabbath what does that mean that means you've done desec desecration of Sabbath but what happens that Satan doesn't know about it because you have not spoken slander but what happens if you speak lashara so not only is that a sin but besides that you have also made him aware that you have of of all the other sins that you've done and as a result of that everything is exposed that is why lashan Hara is the worst sins in its consequences even though the other sins are the worst in terms of its severity a or King Ahab why is it that even though his generation worshiped Idols they never lost a battle and what's the answer to that because since they never spoke Lara the suan didn't know exactly the prosecuting attorney didn't know they were worshiping Idols therefore they were never judged and therefore they never lost a battle but wait a minute God knew what they were doing but remember what I said that God does not intervene in the judicial process and therefore he's not going to tell the Sutton or the court exactly what the Jews are doing therefore they were never judged and as a result of that they they won battle after battle no matter even though they worshiped Idols but in the time of king of of King scha by D even though they of course did not worship botles and even though there was an unbelievable amount of Terror that they knew in those days when they went to battle they lost because because the generation of sha King Saul spoke Lush and horror and therefore they lost battle after battle M he says of course I know that the Jews worship idols in Egypt but why would they be in such a terrible Exile because if they don't speak lanara then there's no judgment but when he saw that the Jews do what that the Jews speak lanara because this Jew was about to inform inform on him of what he did then he understood they speak therefore matter is known surely the matter that they worship idols is known to the Heavenly district attorney to the suan himself therefore the Exile of Egypt is such a terrible Exile this is what we see imagine the consequences of speaking lashara and imagine the consequences of guarding your speech and not speaking lashan Hara now I want to tell you something this really is the first dimension of the concept of speaking slander but in truth there's a much greater Dimension that answers the question why the temple was destroyed why we are in Exile and why all the problems of the Jews fundamentally come because of the slander of the Jews and not only that this concept the answer to these questions is the basis of all Jewish history as you will see and because we don't know about this idea the SAT dances on our heads exactly therefore it is critical that you must know the this information and not only that but this information will tell you how you can stop the terrible rise of anti-Semitism and the Bloodshed that is happening in Israel this will actually tell you what you can do to actually stop it what is that information God creates the universe how does he do it what he does is that he sends forth a flow of Holiness it's called a shefan in Hebrew it's called a tremendous Divine energy or a Divine Force this is what he stands for fourth every single thing that exists must be connected to God and must receive this incredible Divine Force this Divine Holiness in fact everybody's connected to a cable to God it's an invisible cable and through that cable flows this Divine Holiness or this Divine Force if somebody were to walk over to this cable and cut it you would instantly cease to exist why because you must receive this force in order to exist and in order to maintain your existence this is what must happen everything is connected now in the beginning horish the first man Adam he was commanded not to eat from the Tree of of the knowledge of Good and Evil that's right that was his command and as a result of this had he done this then who knows what the world would have been however instead of not eating from the tree he ate from the tree why because of of the snake or the noos the snake was the mouthpiece of the suan and the suan was trying to tempt him of course to do that sin this is what aishan did so therefore what Adam did is he bought into he gave credibility to the suan himself he gave credibility or he believed that which the suan was saying therefore as a result of that God comes over to OD the marish he comes over to the first man and his says you know until now your job was to ignore the advice of the suan that's right you have to ignore what he says but now since you believed him and you gave him credibility it is no longer the job just to ignore his advice You Must Destroy the SAT You Must Destroy the prosecuting attorney you must destroy evil itself you must annihilate it obliterate it but the question is wait a minute how how can Odum destroy the Su in fact now you could take AUM and you could replace with the Jewish people the Jewish people have the same concept of the task ofam they must destroy the Satan himself the Heavenly prosecuting attorney but how how can we destroy or annihilate the Heavenly prosecuting attorney itself how do we do that and the answers as follows what God does he cuts his cable before the Su is about to die because even the suon has to be connected to God so before he's about to expire he takes his cable and he connects it to the cable of adum of man himself and therefore it comes down like a why it comes down from heaven and it splits one side goes into odishan and the other side goes into the suon replace aishan with the Jewish people that means that every Jew is really connected to the suton now there's only enough energy or Divine force that comes down that enables only one side to survive not two which automatically means means that the relationship between the Jew and the saan is one of survival or combat that's right this relationship is called an inverse relationship it's called a ciso relationship that means if one side has the flow of Holiness then the other side begins to wither and die if the other side have it has it then that's exactly what happened to the other side itself what does that mean the relationship between the Jew and the suon is called an relationship it is called a seesaw relationship that's what it is now the question is this who determines which way it flows that's the question the answer is the Jew not the sutan not the prosecuting attorney it is the Jew if the Jew does mitus Commandments then what happens as a result of that is that he brings down the Divine energy the Divine Force itself and all of a sudden he becomes spiritual he wants to observe the Torah he wants to learn the he's interested in doing Commandments exactly and he's not interested in materialism these things don't concern him anymore what happens to the Sut when the Jew does the mitus of course all the forces going to the Jew the Su begins to grow weak what happens if all the Jews do all the Mitzvah what happens as a result of that to the suton then the Sutton dies exactly that is the way it is possible for the Jewish people to destroy the Su but wait a minute what happens if the Jew sins then what happens is the flow of Holiness begins to go to the Su to that side and as a result of that the Jew grows weak what does that mean that means he becomes more material more physical he's not interested in spirituality he is interested in what in money in power he becomes greedy and also he begins to see different things of a tragic nature beginning to happen to him what happens to the suon the Sut grows might in power tremendous in strength as is Sal in fact the Satan is the only angel that can grow with the sins of the Jews or he diminishes with the MIT or the Commandments of the Jewish people no other Angel has that power except the suan all other angels are rooted in the way they were when they were created only the Sutton can grow or diminish as a result of the sins of the Jews therefore we see that the one who determines the direction of the flow is the Jewish people themselves now now what does this all this mean do we see this in the Torah the truth is we do because in the Torah it says that when R was having yov and ASV there was tremendous amount of turmoil then she went of course one she went over to the prophet and he said to her four predictions and one of them the last one was means that one will one nation will always be greater than the other Nation what does that mean that means when one nation is high The Other Nation is low and vice versa they will never be equal Rashi says this on that actual verse and actually told us the section told us in braus or Genesis that means that the relationship that ASF has with Jacob is what is that it's an inverse relationship when Jacob is high ASF is low when Jacob is low asov is high why does why do the Jewish people because they come from Jacob Yakov why do they have the inverse relationship with asov because the angel of asov is the Su as we see from the because that's the angel that Jacob fought when he fought with the angel and therefore since we know that we have that relationship with the S and inverse relationship a ciso relationship then that is the exact relationship we also have with asov himself now what happens if a Jew sins can a suan now go over and take his energy his Divine Holiness because the Jew sin and the answer is not at all he can't do that what does he have to do he first has to get his Jew prosecuted in court if the Jew is prosecuted and he's found guilty then the Satan has the permission not only to punish him but also to take his incredible Divine energy his Divine Holiness or Force but do you remember what I said that even if a Jew sins does that mean that the the the Jew himself is punished no he's got to be why he's got to be judged but you remember that 90% of the way that a Jew is judged is how is because of lush and horror that's the way the Satan has access to this person's sins therefore the Satan in order to take his Divine energy has to do two things he's got to get the Jew to sin and he's got to again to speak Lush and horror slander and then he can walk over to the Jew and take that energy and survive this is what he has to do therefore we begin to understand that the survival and the existence of the suan the Heavenly district attorney is dependent on not only the sin of the the Jew but also the lashara the slander of the Jew himself this is what we see the question is okay so the sudden grows in might and power but what happens why is it such a terrible thing if the Heavenly prosecuting attorney the da the the San himself if he grows a might I will tell you and this is critical information for you to know what happens as a result we know that the basa MDES was destroyed 2,500 years ago when the basa MDES was destroyed 2500 years ago the temple is destroyed the building is destroyed but we also know that we lost the divine presence the question is when we lost the divine presence where does it go where does God go when he left the temple as a result of the destruction the answer to that is that did God go home of course not where God went is the following and this concept is called the concept called which means that the divine presence is in Exile what does this mean it means that the suan walks over he walks over to God to the divine presence itself and he says to the divine presence to God he says listen they don't want you I want you what does that mean it means they've sinned and therefore they're not interested in the presence of God being amongst them therefore I want you which means that I want to take from the nourishment and the Hebrew word for that is unic I want to be uni I want to nourish from the divine presence itself God says yes you can take me what does that mean not that God of course is forced but what God does is he allows the Su to nourish off the divine presence itself because the Jews have rejected God and therefore they have lost the divine presence and therefore the suan is now able to by Justice itself to take the divine presence but what does this certain do with the presence of God what does he want from from it and the answer is a very important concept this is what he wants the certain takes an understanding of the nature of God which is what the Jews had when they had the divine presence in their midst in the temple they had a tremendous understanding of who God was especially through prophecy but they lost it so what the Su wants what the prosecuting attorney wants in heaven is he wants to Tak this understanding of the nature of God he wants to distort it and he wants to give it to the the nations of the world that's what he wants to do in other words he wants to distort the Torah truths and he wants to give it to the nations of the world why so that they the nations of the world by their sheer numbers will influence the Jew to abandon Judaism and to go ahead and to go through with the religion of the nations of the world and as a result of that they of course will sin and the Sutton of course will be able to derive more energy this is what the Sutton ultimately wants as a result of this this is what he does now let's take a look in history can we identify this in history and the answer is yes as I had said 2,500 years ago the first temple was destroyed this we know but you know that within that same time approximately within a 100-year time period that this happened that the major religions and ideologies of the East and the West were founded let's take a look Western Civilization is based on Roman civilization Roman civilization is based on Greek civilizations when did the Greeks really live when did Pythagoras and socres and Aristotle the founders of Greek science and philosophy when did they live they lived approximately within a 100 year period of the time that we lost our Temple this is the concept of the Torah truths the Torah itself that is distorted and given over to the nations of the world as major religions so therefore the the the world Itself by sheer number can try the influence due to abandon their religion energizing the Su even further but this is not only what happened 2,000 years ago the second temple was destroyed and we know that the reason why it was destroyed as the tal says is because of the sin of speaking slander therefore we know the formula the temple is destroyed God leaves which means that the suan now comes over to God and requires that type of energy and he gets it because of Justice as a result of this what will emerge what we know another religion another Distortion of the teret truths this is what happens is this true and the answer is yes what religion emerged right about the time of the destruction of the second temple the answer is Christianity what does this mean did you ever wonder why why is it that Christianity looks the way it does in fact without the Torah there's no such thing as Christian Christianity this is what they say they say that we say that we are basis for the house of Israel the Jewish people what they say is that they are basis world that they are the house of Israel it's a distortion actually of what the tah says we say that we have the Terah they say that they have the ter of the New Testament we say that we have the mesiah they believe that they have the Messiah what we see is that Christianity is really a mirror image of Judaism but why why does it look the way it does because that the concept that the S himself is able to take from the divine presence and as a result of that distort the ter itself give it to the world in the form of ideologies and religions so that they themselves should as a result should distort or try to remove the Jew from his religion this is the concept what has been the result of Christian domination for the last 2,000 years I will tell you because what the suan has done what the Heavenly prosecuting attorney has done is that he has taken the Christian people whoever wants to do Evil Within the Christian people and he has given them the success to persecute the Jews and that's exactly what they've done he has allowed the people in that religion who want to do evil to the Jewish people he has given them success and as a result of that they have become the Agents of persecuting the Jews think of it persecutions Exiles not only that expulsions Holocaust all these ideas the concept of Crusades all of this inquisitions has happened as a result of the lust and horror of the Jews the slander that has given such awesome power to the Heavenly district attorney himself in order to distort the terror give it to the world and to try to drag more Jews into sinning so he can have more and more energy besides his initial task of judging and Prosecuting the Jews and giving them punishment this what's been happening for the last thousands of years however what has been happening for the actually in the last thousand year itself I will tell you it says in the the following it says in the in its time I will hasten it and the Zoya says the book The Zoya says that the wood in its time I will hasten it which means that God will hasten the coming of the Messiah that the the Zoya says that the word beo be is really to words B hey in the time of five so what the zya says is as follows that in the time of five which means in the time of the end of the 5,000th year which is the beginning of the sixth Millennium which is equivalent to the English year 1240 the Zoya says that the Messianic light begins to descend this is what the Zoya says what is this mean first of all what is the Messianic light what the Messianic light really is it is a revelation of total reality that's right what the Messiah does is he reveals in a way which is incomprehensible the fact that all the physical Universe really emanates from the spiritual universe and the entire spiritual Universe emanates from God himself that's right he reveals the internal structure of the entire creation itself why does this light or this understanding begin to come down in the time of what 5,000 which is the English year 1240 because of the following reason the talet says that this world will last for 6,000 years this is what it says and at the end of 6,000 years begins the process of the future world and of course the year 6,000 of course is the English year 2240 that means this world only has another 238 years left this is what the T says as a result of this we can now see something fascinating if the world last 6,000 years then as a result of that we know because it says in Psalms in we know it says that says that 1,000 years in our eyes is like one day in yours therefore 6,000 years 6 days since the world was created in 6 days it will last 6,000 years the seventh day is shabas therefore the world will last in shabas itself will begin the be the uh the entrance of the future world itself this is called The Creation calendar now if we think about it the year 1240 which is the end of the 5,000th year which is the beginning of the sixth Millennium that really corresponds to Thursday night Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday is five days and as a result of that Friday begins right after the fifth day and of course the beginning of Friday is the English year at 12:40 or Thursday evening at 6:00 p.m. what is Friday Friday itself is air of shabas it's the beginning of the Sabbath it's when a Jew really begins to prepare for the shabas therefore since in the sixth day the Jew begins to prepare for shabas and the sixth day begins at 6:00 p.m. Thursday night which is the equivalent of the 5,000th year or the beginning of the sixth Millennium of course nowal calendar and this is the English year 1240 therefore the Messianic light descends as an unbelievable preparation for the coming of the Messiah himself this is what it says but wait a minute is this true did the Messi light really begin to come down and the answer is yes where do we see this because at that time in the English year 1240 which is the year 5,000 around then the zya the fundamental text of the secret doctrines of Judaism the cab itself the mystical ideas of Judaism the secrets of T itself that began to become revealed right around at that time and it began to expand into who into the famous stages the ran and the AR and so on it began to grow by Leaps and Bounds this is exactly what happened and the concept of these ideas the secrets of the T the cab this is the beginning of the understanding of the internal structure of creation that's right this is the beginning of the understanding of the Messianic light so we see that it actually happened around that time but wait a minute do you remember what I said that if the Jews sin and they speak lanara they are judged and punished but more than that that the S the Heavenly district attorney is able to take this energy and is's able to take it for himself you remember I said that yes therefore if we are getting the Messianic light it means that if we sin and speak Lara it means that the San is able to take the Messianic light itself for himself but what does that mean what does it mean what does the Messianic light look in the hands of the suan and I will tell you and the truth is that all of you really know but you're not used to hearing it this way the Messianic light in the hands of the suon because of the sins and the L and horror the sland of the Jews is really science that's right what is science science is nothing more than the ability to understand the internal structure of the physical Universe if you are a biologist and you are studying DNA you are studying pathogens bacteria and viruses and so on if you are a physicist then you are studying subatomic particles you are into the internal structure of matter whatever it is science is nothing more than the ability to perceive the internal structure of the physical world what enables science to do that is fundamentally the Messianic light but what happens science is like a knife in the hands of a surgeon it cures in the hands of a killer it kills what does that mean what the sutan does is he takes this incredible ability to perceive the internal structure of the physical universe and gives it to the nations of the world why because he wants them to use it to drag the Jews away from religion how do you know that the world was never atheistic until the Advent of science the world always believed in a Supreme Being whether it be one being or many beings they always believed in the belief of a god however with the Advent of science people became became atheists because they replaced religion with God they replaced it with science therefore what the Su ultimately wants to do is to allow the Jewish people to become so enamored of the beauty of science is that they will be dragged away from Judaism itself this is the Sutton's ultimate objective do you know how many incredible amount of Jewish Minds we have lost because they've left the Yeshiva or they have left Judaism to go into world of science to go into the world of universities an incredible amount of talent we have lost and that's exactly what the plan of the suan is 1990 what is 1990 1990 is 57750 what is that equivalent to on the creation calendar that is what that is 12:00 noon Friday of the creation calendar what happens Friday at 12:00 noon well the sun begins to set never to rise and what what does that mean that means a Jew begins to prepare for the shabas in with tremendous intensity that's right as a result of this Friday at 12:00 noon the Messianic light begins to descend with tremendous amount of force exactly do you have any idea what's been happening since 1990 which is 5,750 which of course is 12:00 noon Friday I will tell you science has been growing by Leaps and Bounds incredible do you know that there are 7,500 Journal articles that are published daily that's right you have any idea what that means that means that science that the some told of human knowledge doubles every 5 and a half years nine of every nine out of every 10 scientists that ever lived he lives today in fact scientists themselves cannot believe the incredible growth in science that is happening today there wasn't much difference between a man who lived in 1840 and someone who lived in 1840 BC there wasn't much of a difference but between 1840 and 2002 the difference is so vast that we cannot even begin to comprehend the advancement of civilization how do we understand this because the amount of Messianic light that is coming down after 5,750 which is 12:00 noon on Friday is absolutely enormous enormous intensity but where's it going it's going to the nations of the world to try to get the Jewish people to leave their Torah and on the contrary to abandon it and go into the world of science and to go into all the other secular areas secular knowledge itself what's happening to the Jewish people let's take a look wherever we are we see that the Jewish people in many ways have abandoned Judaism how many really how many Jews are left at a Torah observant itself we have been all over the world there's a tremendous rise of anti-Semitism not only that there's a tremendous am arise of Bloodshed in Israel in AR Ro in the land of Israel and so on what does all this mean this fundamentally is because the SAT takes an enormous amount of energy that we ourselves should be getting imagine if you do not speak lashara then you are hardly ever judged if you are hardly ever judged then you will hardly ever be of course you will not be found guilty you will not be punished you will certainly not be prosecuted and not only that you will retain all the muzzle all the good fortune that you deserve this is what will happen however and not only that the Su will not be able to take any of you from your Divine flow he will not be able to destroy the Jewish people because of the strength that he deres and not only that but he will not be able to take of the Messianic light if you do speak lanara what happens then you are judged you are prosecuted you are found guilty you are punished your muzzle on a personal level is what is tremendously destroyed because you're always being punished for the lanara the slander that you speak not only that but the S is able to take from your energy and he is able to do what give the energy to the nations of the world and distortions of teror and as a result of that he is able to give success to those people among the Nations that want to destroy the Jews he gives them the gives them the success and how many Jews suffer as a result and besides that he's able to take this Messianic light and give it to the nations of the world you imagine the results of speaking lanara let me tell you something that lanaro or slander is the greatest devastating Force known to the Jews Baran this is what we see I want to tell you something what got the Jews out of Egypt do you know that it says in the medish it says three times that the reason why the Jews got out of Egypt is because they did not speak slander orash Hara that's what it says how do we understand this as follows because God wanted to take them out after 210 years because they had descended to the 49th level of defilement which it says in the medish therefore he wanted to take after 210 years really they were supposed to be there 400 years but he wanted to accelerate the process but there was a problem what was the problem is that the Su stands in front of them and says no you can't take them out according to Justice because they sin and they worship idols so there was a tremendous problem so what God did is he looked down to the Jewish people and he said to the Jewish people he said my children you must help me you must stop by yourselves the heavenly prosec uting attorney and all of a sudden for some reason the Jews realized that and they stopped speaking lar therefore there was no K there was no prosecution therefore God was able to take the Jews out of Egypt itself that is absolutely incredible we know that it says again another P or verse it says that the second Redemption which means that which comes now is going to be exactly like the first just like was the first the Jews got out of Egypt because they did not speak l that's exactly what's going to happen in the second Redemption is that the Jews are going to get out because they do not speak lenaro or slander did you ever wonder why there's a tremendous Rise Of Consciousness among the Jewish people for the last 15 to 17 years about not speaking Len har or not speaking slander do you think it was an accident no because we are entering the Messianic ERA this is the beginning we see it clearly all over what God needs in order to accelerate the process is the same thing he needed in Egypt he need needs us to stop the prosecution the Heavenly da he needs a su to stop so he can accelerate the process and as a result of that take the Jews out of the Exile so in effect what God is saying to the Jewish people is's saying listen my people you must help me to accelerate the process do not speak slander you stop the suan the prosecuting attorney and I can accelerate the process this is what is doing he's begging us to stop speaking horror there was a lake and on that Lake there was a king and on that Lake his royal family went boating and the king is on the other side of the lake and in that boat was his queen and the prince and princesses and so on all of a sudden a wind goes by and overturns the boat and the King sees in front of his eyes that the boat overturns and in front of his eyes his own kids his royal family is dying and the kid of the king of course what can he do all of a sudden he sees an officer the other end of the lake and he screams out save my family and that officer hears he jumps in and as a result of that he saves the family what will that King reward this officer do you think he will merely give him some kind of reward because he obeyed the order of the king of course not this person did the greatest thing of all he saved the family of the king imagine when you don't speak lanara it is not only your personal muzzle your personal fortune that you restore but you save the family of God what is God going to give you I will tell you the says that the reward of those people who do not speak Len hor or slander is incomprehensible even to those people who are at the top of the future world this is what he says could you imagine what this means this is therefore what we see we have the ability to do what to change what's called gas to G we can change exile to Redemption the secret is the Great secret ever known to man that has been revealed to us by our rabbis do not speak Lush and horor or slander this is the actual secret but I want to tell you something you must know the laws of lanara to know when lenara when slander is permitted and when is forbidden without that you can't possibly really observe this commandment therefore it is critical to learn the laws of lashar itself therefore think about it you don't speak the Redemption comes your personal muzzle your personal Fortune is restored do you then see why the true power of speech that speech itself determines life and death and determines so many other things also therefore let us all grab this incredible commandment let us bring the mhia and we can do it because God is waiting for us not to speak lanara and in this year even on this Tish let us hope that the Messiah will come and finally God will present himself and we will come home to our Father in heaven and finally to be with him for all eternity thank you