Kavanah L'Mitzvos: What is even Greater than Serving Hashem B'Simcha? by Rabbi Asher Baruch Wegbreit

[Music] welcome to uh the yibbene bass midrish and klm kavanaugh mitzvos foundation tonight what we're going to do is two mitzvahs that if you do them just listen for a few seconds there are fruits incredible fruits from these myths fruitful mitzvas what are these mitzvahs learning torah and what we call ion tophila studying the prayer okay now those mitzvahs uh so first of all since uh our whole objective is that you get maximum connection to hashem with the mitzvahs and also just period reward everything so have in mind right now the mitzvah of learning torah and the midst of iun te fila okay studying it now i called them fruitful mitzvahs why because it's really amazing what happens is there could be you know things you every everyone wishes for right getting married having children getting wealthy all those things are um reward usually they're not rewards for misses when does the reward come from mitzvah later on in the world to come however there are certain mitzvahs that you're going to see amazing beautiful fruits right now it's we we re read it in the morning the following etc so on the list is of course learning tara so that's number one but also studying the tafila like ashrae you if you study the tephila if you reflect a little bit on the tafila what happens is you have fruits coming even in this world you don't have to wait till much later on okay so as i said let's have that in mind the midst of learning torah and ent to fila it's really two in one so what are we going to study tonight miss more the soy da we're we're going to bring another revelation about this to him that you say every day in tsuki decimra okay three words we're just going to study three words but where do you hear what's going on with these words what are the words so first of all the verse it's in it's the them or psalm 100 and it's the second verse right the second verse says so let's translate hashem with joy and come before him with joyous song okay that's the pussic that's the three words so now get ready let's look into it let's even let's let's take a a study of it okay so it says when it says this um first of all when we recipe such a december that's a mitzvah in itself and when you say miss marisota and if you're just focused while you say and you underappreciate the words and the meaning that's wonderful you did a great recital okay halawa that would be wonderful if when you recite these words you say hashem a servant with simcha come before him with joyous song just knowing the meaning and being connected in the moment that's called kavanagh's alive see we're we're focused on cavanaugh for mitzvahs which means the intention you have but kavanagh saleh means is what everyone thinks of when they think of kavanagh is being focused in prayer knowing what you're saying appreciating its meaning great but guess what there's a surprise in this pussic there are actually hidden mitzvahs see this is something when you recite it in the dhavani you may not realize that there are mitzvahs embedded into in the tahillim okay where sergeant go go and says that whenever there's a language in the prayer that sounds like a commandment like this one if do as hashem simple service shema joy that's a mitzvah right so and with the mitzvah there that applies to er all the misses you do and we discussed it here it means that um for example serving hashem with joy why because hashem showering us with so much blessing and good things and we have a chance to thank him right so wow i am thrilled i feel joy in my heart that i get to serve you that's the first mitzvah and that applies to every myth you can do let's let's have that in mind right now okay we're doing we're serving hashem right now by learning torah by doing ian tafila so do it with joy so we see there that there's a mitzvah in the words so recite the words they're profound they're divine but take note that's a mitzvah so you get to miss it now i call the second half of this the unsung of mitzvah because i think most people understand there's this idea of idu es hachembe simple but what does it mean the fun of bernana come before hashem with joyous song that too is a language of a commandment and by way we must explain also that the the commandments come from the torah from the five books of moshe the homicide however the in the uh other parts of the torah we call the tanakh the the navi and the kasuvin so there are commandments there they're mitzvahs they're usually expanding on some torah mitzvah okay so now bo all let's understand the mitzvah okay so what is that what does the word say come before him come before hashem let's just so the question we have to ask is that sounds like we're supposed to go somewhere where right like i'll give you example it says in the in partial bow it says beau lift naparo hashem tells moshe go before paro that means moshe was not before paro and he's supposed to come before him okay but we have to understand what does it mean we're not before hashem right now you know what does it mean to come before him implying you're going someplace else right so we see here there's something very deep going on here it's saying come before him so let's understand what that means what does it mean we are in the presence of hashem everywhere right he is there he's everywhere right but there's some places and some times where you can access greater awareness of hashem so you go to certain locations and when you come there you're more able to re realize you're before him now the classic place and that's what's this tillman's in icker talking about the classic place is the basa mgdosh when you when we went to the base of mgdosh you it was clear as day i mean when when you see open miracles and here's something to understand you know what's the difference between a miracle and a magic trick or a sorcery and things like this a miracle that especially like in the visa mig dash in in mid-time you knew that this was a shen this was the creator doing this and it was obvious wow there's a god i you know he's running the world he can undo anything that's taking place you know the laws of nature are his right i like saying that mother you've heard of mother nature mother nature has a father it's hashem okay so when you went when you came before hashem in the basement and you made a sacrifice of your belongings and brought a corbin so you were in for an incredible awareness that hashem's there okay so that's the classic location but i have really good news there are places we can come before him now even though we don't have a base in migdash you know anything that's written in the torah has to apply for all time these the these messages are full time for all time so i want to share with you uh from victor miller in this book praise my soul he points out where else you are coming before hashem and i added a couple as well and i checked with the rabbi bradois okay so let's take a look other places we can come before hashem now obviously we've come before hashem in the base of mikdash in the temple but the good news is you're coming before hashem meaning you're transitioning into places and times where you become more aware of hashem the first place is where we are right now in a bass midrash and a bass knesset why guess what it's called the beit knesset is called a miniature basa midosh in fact we have a mitzvah to have reverence the the reason you act very respectfully in a base canesis or a base midrash is because it's considered a little miniature base on mgdosh so that means you can access greater awareness hashem you can come before him in a baton asset in a vacant uh and a base midrash okay that's place number one place number two is during the shimona s-ray we say for example there's different laws there there are tremendous laws of a kind of respect and and reverence and intense um awareness when you step into shimona s-ray it on purim for example i'm pouring if uh and i'm not getting into the halaq details but if a person was drunk and it was a hard time reciting let's say virgo samazon or even krishma they could they could do that but if they can't speak properly when they step into shmona s ray it doesn't work because they're lifting a hamelic they're before the king so every time you dove in you are coming before him the fun of you're coming before hashem so that means you have the potential to access greater awareness and connection and by the way we haven't even discussed what do you do when you're coming before hashem this is just the first two words but let's see where else you come before hashem again we're getting a lot here in a torah lecture when you hear a torah class you are coming before hashem i i always love this uh um experience that i i i it happens all the time some will come up to me and say did you hear rabbi let's say rabbi tats did you hear rabbi tats he's amazing and they'll say did you hear rabbi breitowitz he's amazing he's amazing what's happening these rabbis are enabling you to connect to hashem and his torah you're coming before him they're they are amazing vehicles but you when you are hearing torah uh you are actually and and that's why we say one of the ways to cleave to hashem to cling to hashem is through the teachers of torah so their vehicles took to a closest so you're coming before when you're hearing a torah lecture too so this means that there's consciousness development and change that's available okay finally is during the entry of shabbos okay this picture is of kabbalah shabbat and but it happens when you're lighting the candles etc the entry of shabbos you're coming before him let me let me kind of elaborate on that you know rabbi shimshin pinkos in shabbos malcolm he says is very kind of strange we speak about shabbos as if it's a person shabbos is coming hurry up shabbos is coming you know malava malka you know shabbos is almost out you know where where is it going this shabbos right so shabbos that rabbi pinkos explains what does that mean shabbos what does it mean to receive the shabbos greetings time period no greetings divine presence in other words hashem makes it easier to access awareness on shabbos so when the shabbos entrant enters that's significant because you're coming your ba ula fun of in these locations so again every time you step into a bass midrash or a baconness you're coming before and byula fun of when you step into shmona esrae when you listen to a torah class and when chavez enters so now we've discussed where you're going okay what happens is you're transitioning into a state that um there's greater awareness that's number one but now what do you do when you get there or what do you do on the way beer nana rina is a beautiful word such a beautiful word reena means joyous song okay bear nana so when you come before him bear nana with joyous song so let's appreciate this see what's happening in miss moore the soy dub is there's like levels of development you're you're growing if you follow the instructions and do this mitzvah you're evolving first eve du es hashem de simco when you do the missus you feel a nice joy in your heart you're happy you feel lucky you feel privileged right you feel joy in your heart but there's a step beyond that especially when you're entering a zone where you can access awareness of hashem more greatly when you're coming before him it is not enough to just feel a warm beautiful feeling in your heart and let me explain this uh one of the people members of klm was a professional actor he was an actor for soap operas he was actor in in england with shakespeare who did shakespeare etc and he he's explained the idea of a musical right there's musical theater and what what what goes on there you know it's kind of funny you know they're talking and then boom a song right so he said beautifully and they're in you know i'm not you know hey you know the movie singing in the rain it's a good example okay what happens is sometimes in a certain drama and experience you are so overwhelmed with emotions that words just don't cut it and the only way to express your love and your joy and your passion is with reno with song okay so that that's what that that's what so that that idea by the way way before david and malik saying that you know some to look at the tahilam look at the telomere samsung simran shir hadash zimra uh kinor neville you know music music music why because that those things are just a model for the real joy that can't be expressed in words has to be done in song okay so that it's really a beautiful instruction and a mitzvah we fulfill if we when we come when we're in these environments we come a song first of all it always starts out with right you're about to have a tara song right and i'm gonna mention that guess what you can do this or you're basically doing this in certain places okay let me for example by the way i now when i head to shul i like saying follow thunder no no i have a little niggin and i get excited when i go right in here right but now uh suki is in right now where do you sing i'm sorry shimona esre so you come before him right what is it how do you translate pasuke de zimra pasuke de zimra is um verses of song you're singing it's meant to be sung many parts of it ideally are meant to be sung now you have to realize what a match this is when they were coming to the base of migdash with a corbin they would enter with rina and then and the levine would sing with me with with great joy now think about this um this is also from repinkus it's in the arizona says this you have to realize that in the uh sukita zimra spiritually speaking you are entering the azara of the basa mgdosh the courtyard of the base of megdash that's what they say the pazuki to zimmer see then when you after boracay and you enter krishna and those brachas sadarizal says you've entered the ulam you've gone further into the base of migdash but where do you end up in the shmones ray you're literally if you will you're spiritually before him in the kodish kadoshim in the holiest place so you can this is this is really the model you hear sukita zimmer if you sing it and as we say don't just do this have in mind you're fulfilling a com commandment that here ba ulafah hashem wherever i can and if i have time in sukhita zuma i'm going to sing sing miss more lasoyda i'm going to sing this with a beautiful melody to express my feelings of anticipation and excitement that i'm coming before you you hear that so we're really really set up that's what sookie does imra in my humble opinion it's boola fun of bernana okay so you can come perform with joy there and now normally the torah to our classes you'd have to do it before but this is what we if you this is what everyone what is kabbalah shabbat the service about you recite these beautiful to hillam and then you have lachado d and the the gemara says the gemara says they went out into the fields as shabbos was coming in at sunset to greet him to greet the divine presence kabulich about as we said is green the arizona says is too it you're you're receiving the divine presence you're coming before him so isn't it beautiful or minhog to sing now when you sing it and normally when shabbos enters what do you think what do we normally think we think okay no turning on lights right no be very careful don't touch muksa we know that when shabbos comes in there is a halachic change the the laws change you're in a different zone in that but you also have come before him it's a very beautiful spiritual moment and that's why we sing so if you realize that the anticip if you feel some anticipation and and and you're doing it anyhow you're reciting you're singing right see i'm doing this because i'm cut i want to come before you with reno with beautiful song all right now we're just going to discuss why working on this can just really develop us in several areas i'd like to add a beautiful point that rabbi poston just made which is in truth you can look at the entire experience of judaism as one big musical you go to a bris you go to a wedding everyone's breaking out in song everybody's connecting in joy it's a it's just judaism period is like a musical now i i i just want to conclude by explaining that if you work on realizing i'm now coming before him when i enter abate knesset when i step into shmona esre when i hear a torah class when shabbas enters if you work on this what happens is that your um you'll realize you're in a relationship because you're coming before him see you can recite pasuke to zimra and not realize you're reciting it to someone you hear you read those words and it's okay okay i read the words i thought about them i had a nice interesting experience but these are tahilam as we've said before is a love letter written mostly by david melech to hashem and you're you're reciting it to hashem so by realizing i'm coming before him and recognizing this is relational so that's number one boolea fun of is a great way to make it less of a ritual and more of a relationship secondly fun of is a mitzvah that we weren't aware of right you're fulfilling a mitzvah when you come before hashem with joy a song so have in mind that you're fulfilling a mitzvah and appreciate that you're great attaining sanctity that you wouldn't have had before even if you just recited this to ilam even with kavanaugh saleh in focus but you didn't realize hashem's commanding me to do this midst of coming before him with joyous song lest kedusha but now we have more kadusha and then finally this is the most amazing of all is rabbi miller says it constantly we're here we're here on earth to attain as much awareness of hashem's presence as possible to make it as real as possible and when you achieve that when you say well i'm going into a shoal you know the shems more here etc or shabbos when you achieve that it says in the gemara brachas it's as if the basin mig dash was built in your days anyone who acquires daya which is a deep awareness of hashem's presence it's like it's like he achieved the greatest thing of all the base of mig-dish we're there it was very obvious we're in the presence of hashem [Music] is