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Infinity: How, what, when and one's ability to live this way - Rabbi Chaim and
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so we're learning this Today Chapter 48
starting it's on
page which is across page 132 so it's
page
133 but in the Hebrew uh it's s so the
alterb in the previous chapter two
chapters spoke about a love that a
person develops for
Hashem analogous to what King Solomon
says in Proverbs the face of man mirrors
itself when he looks at Water the
reflection back is the face of man so
too every Jew has an innate hidden love
for God
Almighty that it's kind of an automatic
if you allow your face to to reflect
itself on God this is the concept of of
chapter 46 known
as and that's why when mosha drer
feels uh you know love towards uh Rabbi
dolphin's family Rabbi dolphin and
brookin feels it and when RAB doin feels
love towards mha mha feels it so in
other words it's something but but but
you have to feel that you have to work
towards that it's not like you could you
wake up in the morning and it's
automatic it's not automatic there needs
to be a
trigger what's the trigger the trigger
is a par a powerful Parable that the
that the alter rebbi gave in chapter
46 just as a king who is very Mighty and
very exalted and very
special comes to a person who is very
very uh despicable in their
behavior and very unclean and and and un
kempt and everything else and picks him
up on the filth and dresses them up and
puts them together and says come come
with me and takes him out and makes a
men out of him so that's the parable and
I just made it brief but there are many
details so two God lowers himself an
morally speaking because God doesn't you
know higher or lower is all a a
definition and God is beyond definitions
but in the world of definitions we we
use the word god lowers himself to this
world to pick us up from our Schmutz
what was our Schmutz in Egypt when we
began as a nation we were
spiritually unfit we were immersed in
idolatry we were following the Egyptian
culture the Nile River was our God
because it gave water to to to Egypt and
it gave which gave um agriculture which
gave gave food and life so we worship
the the Nile River like the Egyptians
did Etc and all of that so God says
regardless regardless of your your your
transgression and your iniquity and and
and how far you've gone from realizing
that it's who you are I pick you up and
I bring you back that was what we
learned yesterday in chapter 47 now in
chapter 48 which we're about to get
begin here Del starts dealing with
philosophical idea ideas how God who's
infinite and beyond
Infinity does this that in other words
we you just told me that just as God
lowers himself and picks up that the
person picks us up so to each and every
one of us when we reflect upon the other
person how special the Jew is how
special the person is and we don't look
at their outer trimmings their their
face and their hair and their body but
we look at the soul and from the soul
perspective we're all one and that
evokes a feeling of love for from us to
them and so they reciprocate
automatically the question now is which
he starts tackling in 48 is how does God
do that if God is infinite how can he
beyond Infinity how can
he restrict
himself and and limit himself to deal
with a situation that is very limiting
that's the question that he addresses in
chapter 48 okay let's
go means the person who has means
intelligence and who doesn't have
intelligence everyone has
Intelligence I don't care who you are
every single person was given
intelligence by God Almighty if if he or
she is born on Earth you have
intelligence
but B the you the person with
intelligence needs to reflect needs to
meditate needs to take time for thought
if you don't do that you can have
intelligence and be the most decrepit
person most ignorant person why you
haven't used your intelligence
so when the person with intelligence
will use their intelligence
and what would they think about not
about the upcoming Super Bowl but about
something
else they're going to reflect on how
great and awesome God
is for the name of God which
is means Adam which means no limit in
infinite bar means blessed be God the
name itself self
denotes now for a moment let me explain
what he's saying
here there's two ways of is I want you
to use your cup there are two ways of
understanding when we say God is a God
is infinite does it mean that the the
the emanation from God is limited but it
comes from an
that's one way of understanding it or is
it does it mean that the emanation
itself the ray the the the is the Hebrew
word the illumination itself is a is
infinite so drb says here in chapter
48 when we use the
name we mean that the emanation the
illumination itself is is
infinite not only does it come from
Infinity but what comes out of it what
comes out of the godhead is
infinite and this is very
fascinating andus explains this in the
terms of the two following words and
terms and ideas or
and both mean influence or means energy
light illumination which illuminates and
influences the world she means giving
some
giving giving something to
impact the difference is
shefa one of the difference shefa is
like a a
student AR AET a teacher and a
student the teacher who knows so much
more than the student has to constrict
his knowledge for the benefit of the
student so what amount of knowledge
comes from the teacher to the student a
limited amount we call that
shefa the virtue of shefa is it's
catered towards the student but it's not
Limitless it's not infinite on the
contrary it's very
finite or so basically basically it's
basically the opposite of simp no it's
no very much no it's it's no it is it is
Sim Tsum it is Sim Tsum the teacher is
mam the teacher restricts and limits his
knowledge in giving information to the
student yeah that's what I meant I'm
saying the opposite of that is that has
no oh oh yes wait so and then we have
the concept of or energy it's that right
now I see the sun outside the the sun
didn't ask me should I shine on the
garbage pales
outside no The Sun Shines and it shines
everywhere where it shines whether
you're prepared or not it makes no
difference it's shining it illuminates
so or on the on on one
hand or on one hand does not take into
consideration the
recipient I don't ask you how how should
I shine upon you I shine The Sun
Shines okay how you receive it if it
makes you too hot or too cold or too
comfortable or uncomfortable that's your
choice and that's your your how you deal
with it so the Sun the the the the
analogy used Inus very much all over
or
implies a uh a release of God's energy
in a way that does not take into
consideration who it's being released to
but God says I'm
shining right anyone that is in the way
of that shine feels the
shine what's the kind of negative of
that the negative is it can be very too
overpowering so if it's it's it's 95° in
Tel Aviv in the summer and it's humid
everyone's running to the beach
okay it's boiling hot okay so in other
words the the the the r doesn't take
into consideration but at the same time
the or
shines shef takes into consideration the
recipient so shefa is more guarded so
that's the difference listen to the
words I'm using now whether we have a
limitless or
Infinite Energy
illumination or we have a limited
illumination so that's the difference
between or and shef Al says here when we
talk about or and we talk about or and S
A light an illumination coming from the
infinite God
a this light is that look at his
words as its name so it is what does
that mean that it itself is
a it itself self is
infused and is infinite not only does it
come from Infinity what would be this
this is an
example that the that the recipient of
the light is been so has been so
impacted that the recipient becomes
infinite not only does the recipient
reflect Infinity but the recipient is
infinity and and this is explained
further it's because the following words
in
concept the light the illumination the
reflection is similar to the illuminary
where it comes
from what does that mean what does that
mean that means that the illuminary The
Source the mocker is infinite right it's
more it's
illuminary so since one second should
listen because don't think about the
question now listen to the concepts
because they you break it up the the the
the luminary the mar the source of light
is all light is all energy is all
illumination you cannot strip it from
illumination but you would think that
what comes out of it the
result has its finite position and it's
somehow adapts
to Infinity so therefore it would
be orof would mean the light which is
finite comes from a but the light itself
the reflection is is is finite says the
AL here the second line chapter 48
no means that it's
a the illumination itself that's the
amazing thing is infinite and why he
doesn't say here why but I'm I'm talking
it out I'm explaining it why because in
the scenario of or and more light
illumination and and illuminary the
light is
May it's similar to the mo it has a it
has an ingredient of infinity in
itself yes M now what you want to
say I was just going to say that uh in
previous myar that we've learned from
the reats
I remember that this concept of
the I remember that I I believe we we we
we touched on
this yeah could be yeah could be yeah
but but this is the source Tanya
is the source
of the the the the Bible of of of is
T so the fascinating thing is that in
these very few words Mish Mish there are
hundreds and maybe thousands of pages
of on these few lines and what we're
going to learn further this chapter 48
is the um the chapter that addresses
very deep
philosophical uh ideas discussed in and
even discussed later which you guys have
learned I
believe I don't me know
just think some of you had a I'm going
to learn God willing after we finish the
first section but this is this is opened
up elaborately
in but in the I just want to to point it
out to you that in these very few po
words you know cuz we're learning these
words now this is what he means let's
continue so the illumination itself is
infinite and it it expresses its
Infinity in the energy that extends
itself from
it with God's simple
will and it's United with God's
Ence
stop and here too alludes to many other
ideas but just one or two ideas he
says why does he say a means simple
God's simple will this energy is in
accordance with God's will what do you
mean his simple will so the question is
what does the word p mean over here
number two the line before he
says that this this or and S which is
infinite on its own the illumination is
infinite so that from it extends itself
it what is he what is he trying to say
over here if we're talking about our
illumination the illumin
is coming from the more from the source
so automatically we understand that the
illumination is an extension from The
Source the AL doesn't suffice and he
says he
emphasizes so what why is he trying what
is he trying to say with that so briefly
very
briefly so when we talk about the r
being
infinite right there's something called
his
now spash in in
Hebrew uh means to extend ex expand
expansiveness
his right now what he's trying to say
over here is that this
energy has a a p element of EX
expansion that even in the
expansion one can feel the infinity you
see
normally the more you expand something
the less of the core is
there right in other words what happens
is as things are expanded the
essence um is
diluted
diminished what he's saying here this is
the is
no because this or is a it itself is
infinite a or in there for even in
the which normally there would be a
lessening of the infinity there is the
infinity and that's a big Kish and you
know why that is that's a novelty why CU
God Hashem is the
illuminary you see by a normal by by
average people what we're doing in
communication is not infinite we're
we're finite to begin with so as we uh
extend ourselves and expand ourselves
normally things dwindle I'll just give
you an example two people marry they
fall in love they don't fall in love
they develop love that that you know
that right as the years go on every one
of us will say that if you don't work on
your marriage the marriage you usually
dwindles less and less and less and he
try to do this and he try to do that you
know you know right why
because it that's the way it works the
the fire the passion that there was
there at the beginning of the marriage
for whatever reason dwindles so what do
we need to do we need to rekindle it and
that's what that's what a marriage is
about not to take it for granted they
say that the rebba when he went home at
F 4 4:45 5:00 in the afternoon for 45
minutes and then he came back to 770 he
can't he went home to have a cup of tea
with his
wife every day almost every day that's
not a lot of time a half an hour 45
minutes but that was for them the focus
and the clarity was there but even alab
chb and his wife they rekindled their
relationship you know and the same is
true for each and every one of us there
needs to be private time between a spout
between spouses you know and and and and
why because the tendency is for the
passion and energy and illumination it
dwindles and this is the this is all by
us human beings by God
Almighty there's no difference God
doesn't need to be rekindled God is
always infinite and his and his
illumination is always infinite if you
if you allow it and and benefit from it
and get you know what I'm saying but
there's no lessening of God's
illumination as far as its infinite uh
ingredient in the extension and the
expansion of the of the illumination
that's one point why he says heit now to
the next
Point re re just a question can I ask
you a question thing
yes okay I understand I understand the
concept and it's a New Concept
definitely A New Concept which I'm I'm
trying to
internalize but I I I have an obvious
question every single thing
about and it totally makes sense where
yes when you when something can when
something expands you the core is
lessened and that that that isn't that's
just the law of physics and I get that I
understand how AEM is different but when
it comes to light we know right a tiny
bit of light illuminates a room the
physical aspect of light right we know
that fire never loses its its base you
can't lessen the fire so I'm saying is
that a comparison as well as is this is
this the rebba is trying to in our
limited amount of understanding trying
to make us understand that that's
basically the only thing that we could
compare it to is just physical life um
it's it's a very good very good point
you brought up and I see it def you
definitely are a candidate to go back to
Yesa Yesa spent Five Years Learning deep
because what you touched upon is
hundreds of pages of
deep um so a a
excellent
B the word only is is you know when we
talk about these philosophical ideas is
is a is a is a very uh only the only way
I I I cannot say that now because I'm
not I don't have it that clear in my
mind my teacher AB Khan would have been
able to tell you if it's only or not but
but I can't but what I could say is that
it definitely sounds that way and that's
why because of what you said I believe
that's
why uses the analogy of or to explain
God's influence God's
has that's that's so that I could say
based on what you said if I understood
you correctly that is correct that is
why we use this this um mush of or of
light and and when you say that fire
doesn't lose any so again that's what
this
musle points to this example of of light
of fire is used to express that what you
said
okay
now why does he say
here the the light the energy extends
itself all over not losing any of its
core and this is God's
will
okay so here we have another
concept and the language is the
following is the is the or the
illumination that comes from the
illuminary is it
bit is it
willingly or is it kind of
forced
called
so the first thing the in other
words does the luminary the source of
the light is it
forced in
its
allowing illumination to come from it
and it has no
choice now Yi where he disappeared but
basically in this detail there's no
comparison
between the mus and God and and and the
parable of light why because light is
forced to illuminate when in other words
light shines The Sun Shines it has no
say in the
matter can the
son M can the son decide M drer can the
sun decide hey I want to only shine in
Fort Lord where mha
lives and and says no yeah over there
yeah but in Brooklyn no sorry chap when
God puts the Sun out the sun shines
wherever it
shines so in other words the sun is not
in control of its
shine that means that the sun is forced
to
shine God is Not
forced God is in total control
and not only is God in total control but
God's illumination is also in control
and that's a novelty the novelty is that
the control that God has in deciding
where or what and when not only is it in
God in himself in the source in the Mar
in the illuminary but also the a of
God is
B is
completely based on the decision and
willingness of God's illumination to
illuminate yes yes
sir
so I'm not sure if we're talking about
what you know or
versus when we talk
about it would seem that that would
refer to shef instead of or
in that it's directed it's
directed
specifically that correct that is
correct in that scenario when you
compare or and shefer what you said is
correct okay but but but please
understand that here we're in a
discussion of within our
itself not we're not
com we're not making we're not dealing
right now openly at least with or and
shefa we're talking about within or
itself that we need to understand and
that's why Dr Reb adds the
words that it's God's
simple the the will of God is completely
stripped of any control God is in full
control and God said gives into the sh
into the into the illumination I.E the
or coming from the
more that element to
too so it's it's like it's like saying a
it's like saying like this if if the
illumination would want to not
illuminate it could not
illuminate that's aish that's a novelty
the illumination comes from a source
called the
illuminary and once the illuminary sends
out the ray the reflection the
illumination you would think it's forced
to illuminate so the novelty is it's
not because the illumination is similar
to the illuminary and just like the
illuminary means which is God Almighty
in his pure most pure State decides if
or when it should illuminate so too the
illumination has that element and that's
a that's a
great and that I believe is alluded to
in the
words
that it's within the most and that's why
he adds the
word if not for the word you would think
that God the illuminary the more is is
p right but the illumination is not the
illumination has a mission it has an
agenda it's been told to shine to impact
so it's forced and needs to do that
that's the K that it that it that it
carries along with it the the the
willingness the
the that it's where it's coming from is
inserted in it and it it too has
that I I believe that's the concept
let's go
on now if the worlds that were created
that are created by God would be from
the infinite light of God
Bel here
says without
contractions but rather they would go
from level to
level what we call cause and
effect you couldn't create such a
world as the world as we know it
now in a limited
way where there is uh from the from the
Earth to this to the heaven to the to
the sky
it takes it says 500
years and all these
limitations even the superal world the
world to come
and the Chamber of the
souls the point
being if not for
um if not for
the if the if the worlds would come from
or in a way of cause and effect then
there would be gradations and
limitations and guess what you would
never be able to have a physical world
cuz the physical world the physical
world does
have um is the anti
antithesis of godliness we all just see
we just see
nature so what his point being is that
creation of the world as we know it
today has in itself an element of
infinity and because of that that
element of infinity infinity creates ex
nilo
yes if it would have been a matter of
cause and effect this world would never
be able to be because it's too dark and
dim and it does not reflect any of God
outwardly at least so how can it
exist and this is a very interesting
idea here because usually we we explain
it otherwise we explain that God limited
is infinity in order to create the world
that's also true but that's not the
point he's making here the point he's
making here I believe is that there
needs to be in this world an element of
of in in Infinity for it to
exist and that's how he how he connects
it to what he says before that you
should know that even the
illumination the the emanation of God
which you would think as it expands
becomes less and less it has an element
of infinity in it in itself is infinite
so therefore this is the this is the
outcome nature itself is
Supernatural what we see as Nature has
an element of God in it of the infinite
God and therefore we have a relationship
from a natural perspective to God
Almighty and this is very important for
the average person to understand and
think about because otherwise you know
what you conclude look God is somewhere
and God has Celestial beings and angels
and souls and that's his domain that's
his comfort level but us here we're the
you know the drebs you know we're the
sentiment to the barrel bottom of the
barrel of of of good wine you know we're
the little and fil who are we
what so that's why says no you have it
all wrong that in this world in the
world of nature there's Infinity so you
have a caser you have a connection we
have a connection to the
ins and that's a very very uh you know
power it's a powerful important thought
that the nature isn't just nature the
Nature has imbued within it the
infinite we'll continue tomorrow maybe
we're going to read a little bit from
the English lessons in Tanya to just
make it a little more clearer tomorrow
we'll see okay have a great day everyone
zun
yesin when you talk about the our
relationship with infinite yes we're
talking about regarding what what part
of it is that
relationship that's where it's coming
from but it's it's what we're saying is
that it's expressing itself in nature so
when you're walking on the street and
when you drive your car or when you're
eating or when you in all of those
Natural Things there's an element of
infinity there that if you tap into it
you you're in touch with that infinite
so what helps you tap in is your NE kiss
your Godly soul but it it needs to
filter itself through the GM if it
doesn't filter itself through through
the physical then you're separating the
nature and the supernatural because you
could in other words M you the the ne is
analogous to the supernatural the neis
is is analogous to the natural right to
te the whole idea is to make te Godly
that's why the gatri of is 86 which
equals the same numerical equivalent as
the shim which is
86 what we're saying is that this name
of God Elohim is really the backbone of
nature but in the a
disguise we'll talk tomorrow we'll learn
tomorrow more zaz to everyone have a
great day you're welcome you're welcome
my pleasure byebye
byebye