Maamar Byom Ashtei 1971 # 5 - Is the intellect a deterrent to faith? Rabbi Chaim Dalfin

So good today. We're learning the mimes and we're holding chapter six on page 223. The Reb until this point has explained to us that the choice made by the shrewd smart fellow the Pikach or Pak who chooses the king himself rather than the deputies in the mushel that's brought from the medish in this mimemer is because he realizes that where it's at is the king. The fact that he he'll get less effluence is not important because that's a gashmi is a materialistic thing and even spiritual benefits are not important in compared in comparison to the king himself. That's what we learned till now. Let's go to now. It gets even deeper. The son of the asks a question here is seemingly even according to this last explanation which is the choice of the shrewd person in the king himself. It is not because he'll get some personal benefit rather because he focuses on the virtue that this is the king. I will GET BENEFIT. I WON'T GET BENEFIT. That's irrelevant. I'm with the king. That was the explanation that the Reb gave in the previous chapter to the cleverness, the shrewdness of the pika. says that and because of this realization he he's um what's the word expenses he he he gives away he gives away the affluence yod which comes through the different deputies this one will give you this and this one will give you this and you'll become a maher and you'll have prestige. He doesn't care about all that says nevertheless this choice of the shrewd person is one that's intellectual. It's rational. In other words, if you compare the king to anything else, it it it rationally makes sense. If you think about it, I want I WANT THE KING. THAT'S ALL I NEED. In other words, IT DOESN'T TAKE seemingly a soul experience TO CHOOSE THE KING over the deputies. It it TAKES A RATIONAL DECISION. AND THAT'S THE decision that he makes. He wants the king. And therefore, hold on, the mcken should call him miscalin. And this is the meaning in the reason given in the maj since all all deputies and and ministers are here today and gone tomorrow. But the king doesn't change. So this shrewd person says it is suitable to forego next page. the abundance of affluence coming um coming from the deputies and to choose the minute amount of effluence THAT COMES FROM THE KING. IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT THE REB is saying here, this is an irrational choice decision using that the that the F THAT THAT'S MADE by the by the person and if that's the case and if that's the case it's still associated with self because rationale and intellect IS SELF IS PART OF SELF SO YOU'RE THIS IS THE question that the reb is asking on his own explanation of the previous chapter I'm telling you that this I told you in the previous chapter that The decision to choose the king over the deputies is one that's so like and not rationale. No, it's not. That's his question. Let's continue. ideas i.e that the he says I will m I want the king my itself with the verse hashem you're my portion that my soul says that mashma the implication of those words are because the medish brings that that verse my from implies the fact that The Eden choose the king is not a rational decision. IT'S YOU. You're my portion. Look what it says in the parentheses. THE MEDISH IS SAYING CLEARLY THAT'S WHY THE Reb is saying why does the medish have to bring this verse in to teach us that the choice is a SUP A SUPRA RATIONAL CHOICE DIVI IT'S A DIVINE A DIVINE CHOICE BECAUSE I HAVE A DIVINE PART WITHIN ME A of transcending rationale Here ends the question on his own explanation. So the question remains WHY IS THIS GUY CALLED A PEACOCK? It doesn't take a a a smart fellow to to to make a decision a rational decision. I want God over the others even THOUGH I'M GETTING LESS AFFLUENCE BECAUSE THIS IS GOD. And the medish IS SAYING NO THAT'S NOT THE REASON FOR THE CHOICE. the reason FOR THE CHOICE IS A GODLY REASON. So the Reb says if it's a godly reason then the mushel that's given doesn't coincide with it being a godly reason. That's his question. Now he's starts gives an explanation next page. human intellect as it's on its own. You hear this? This is a line that you have to memorize because it's so true and it's relevant to our lives every day. It forces you to go after what's good for you. Self rational as great as it is and as important as it is, it's still in the realm of self. AND SELF WANTS SELF, subtle self, core self. But at the end OF THE DAY, SELF SEEKS SELF. And this is why the non-Jews they choose the deputies. The says, "What do you think the GIM ARE STUPID?" THEY'RE NOT. They also understand that if it's a choice of being with the KING HIMSELF VERSUS HIS DEPUTIES, YOU SHOULD CHOOSE THE KING. So why did the G why did the non-Jewish nations don't choose the king? And the non-Jews understand the king doesn't change and everything everyone else changes. And the answer IS WHY DO THEY choose the deputies over the king? Because by nature the non-Jewish nations are governed by self. They don't want to forego They DON'T WANT TO FORGET GO THE BENEFIT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET BY BY BY BY SERVING THE THE MINISTERS by going with the ministers. So what we in other words THE NON-JEWS ALSO KNOW THE MELIK IS GREATER BUT THEY DON'T CHOOSE THE MELIK why don't they choose this melik why not BECAUSE YESESH seeks yesesh yesesh cannot leave at the end of THE DAY ITS STATE OF YESESH IT'S a very deep concept it's an you know when I was learning that we learned the first chapter and talking about I heard you everyone asked how can the al it's Gomorrah it's not calls to go the show and and and that and everyone says so I heard once THE QUESTION IS NOT ON THE go that's the natural way of the world which is the non-Jews to ch to HAVE SELF-PLEASURE THE QUESTION IS HOW A YE can go BEYOND THAT HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? SEEMINGLY this Jew is is a body, has a heart that has a mind. How can he do SOMETHING THAT'S AGAINST HIMSELF? And the answer is the right there. THAT'S WHY CHAPTER 2 is right after the beginning. There's only one rational reason. THERE'S NO SORRY, THERE'S ONLY one there's only one reason and it's not even A REASON. IT'S A FACT. GOD gave us a sh supra rationale. That's what he's saying here, too. THE GO'S CHOICE OF THE MINISTERS OVER THE KING MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE FAME. You're going to have more fun, more money. You're going to have more prestige, etc., etc. The peacock chooses. Let's continue. Look inside. And the fact that the Jews, the Eden have the recognition next, they have to forego on the benefit and the existence that they'll have by choosing I'm sorry but but they have to forego the benefit and their self-existence they're going to have by choosing their ministers AND INSTEAD OF THAT THEY CHOOSE God this is because the soul it's a part of God who chooses God he the soul transcends logic this choice. And again, WHY THE NAM IS NOT CHOOSING GOD BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GET SOME HIGH. SEE, IF YOU SAY THE SOUL'S CHOICE IN GOD IS BECAUSE IT IT GETS A HIGH. THAT'S A THAT'S THE SAME THING LIKE SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO SMEAR MY POCKETS WITH MONEY OR FAME AND PRESTIGE INSTEAD OF THE BODY SMEARING at the GETTING THE THE SELF-PLEASURE. THE SOUL THE SOUL HAS HEY I'M WITH angel I could be with angels I can be WITH OTHER SOULS. NO I'M WITH GOD HIMSELF. THAT'S NOT THE CHOICE of the soul. The choice of the soul is I want to be with Hashem. Why? And there's NO WHY I TRANSCENDS. WHY? BECAUSE GOD, HASHEM, PUT PART OF HIMSELF INTO ME. So this is who I am. SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A CHOICE THAT'S coming because yes change and no change yes benefit or no benefit rather this is Hashem and I have part of Hashem in me that's who I am a very important point this sensation and realization of the soul IMPACTS THE MIND OF THE JEW AS WELL the rationale that the Jews intellect recognizes the since the truth is Hashem divinity godliness that's everlasting and eternal which is in the parenthesis the same concept the king doesn't CHANGE because he has to forgo his existence and choose God. See you here like this. The Reb says that the explanation given in the medish the the explanation given in the medish is not the reason why we choose God. WE CHOOSE GOD BECAUSE WE ARE GOD. BECAUSE WE HAVE A PART of God in us. That's why we choose God. THAT'S WHO WE ARE. We're choosing our holy self, OUR NA. BUT THAT ALSO IMPACTS THE MIND THAT THE MIND COMES ABOUT WITH A RATIONAL THOUGHT and that's THAT THE KING IS BETTER THAN THE DEPUTIES. The non-Jews WHO DON'T HAVE THAT CONNECTION they don't have the nama. They have another connection but not that connection. They are it's it's impossible for them to come to such a sensation because that's not who they are. And this is very very important. This is not better or worse. It's just the facts. If you believe in the explains it that is is part of every Jew, THAT'S WHO YOU ARE. AND SINCE THAT'S WHO you are, that's why you seek the king. Once you realize that's who you are, that as well impacts the the mind that you make a decision. Hey, HAPPENS TO BE IT HAPPENS TO BE THAT THE king is is forever eternal and the deputies are here today, gone tomorrow. BUT THAT'S NOT the real reason. The real issue at hand by the non-Jews is just the opposite. The real reason is because I could get more for my coffers. I can be recognized and get a a a medal. I am willing the kamicazis to do it for my nation. Doing it for my nation is a irrational reason. CHOOSING GOD BECAUSE YOU'RE A JEW HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT HAS TO DO WITH who you are which so it's not and and that and that's the explanation in in Tanya and that's the basic idea of that the aid has is supper rationale. Do you understand this before we continue? I have to know if you got it. This is a very very deep point. What time is it now? Eight. >> Yes. Got it. >> Yeah. Let's continue. Theb says we might add this choice of the soul that transcends logic. He's now continuing to elaborate on the last point in the previous chapter which is it impacts the mind as well. This adds an advantage a greater as then it's a greater point than just if it would have been a choice without a reason. You understand? There's a choice with a reason and there's a choice without a reason. And the Reb is saying the in OTHER WORDS THE QUESTION IS WHY DOES THE MEDISH HAVE TO BRING THE THE THE reason the king ch everyone changes the king doesn't change SEEMS SUPER WHY DO I CHOOSE THE KING BECAUSE HE'S THE king that's THAT'S AND MY SOUL RELATES to that. BECAUSE IT'S A GODLY SUPER RATIONAL DECISION. So the now is going to explain deeper. He's going to say that by adding the reason it makes the choice even greater. You understand? In other words, and this is another plug for THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING SOMETHING WITH as well. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO MARCH AROUND AMUNA amuna becomes greater when seul substantiates amuna which is the whole key of THAT THE IS NOT AN EXCHANGE FOR amun the IS A SUBSTANTIATION OF THE AMUNA. It is taking the am and and and showing how even in IN it make there's it's AN you hear that word it's a faithdriven let's see how you But what time is I can't Is it 8? What time is it? 8:07. Yeah. Have a few minutes. >> Yeah. >> Good. Okay. >> Seven after >> you will understand this. Now he's going to bring you a fascinating piece from the Rebidus. There is on the alterb. And who wrote that? The mitereb. So we call it the So he says it says there on the opening line that we say we will serve in parro in Egypt. the affluence given to those that desecrate your will. It's ancillary like someone who throws a bone to a dog behind his back. He brings this comparable to a king who makes a meal for his big ministers, his great ministers and an important servants. And he spends a lot of money on this meal. And from the leftovers of the meal, the the low lives also get some of the leftovers. Servants, maid servants, women, servants who are after the windmill. In other words, they clean up. They're nothing important. says, "The med not only do they get the the the the low lives, but also the club, the dogs get from the leftovers." What do they eat? They eat the bones. You finish the meal, you throw it on the floor, I guess. I don't know. You throw in the garbage. That's what he means. Surely the king did not intend on spending money on his meal for the dogs and the fact that they get some leftovers that the and theb says in the parenthe says in the parenthesis this is not from the med I believe the addit that the leftovers from such a wealthy meal is also a lot of money. It's by the way by THE WAY THEY HAPPEN TO GET some this is the moral. So too in the analog in the moral the affluence that those that desecrate Hashem's will is by the way it happens to be they're going to get a little comparable to throwing the the bones behind your back or giving the the salary to someone you don't like but you have to pay them so you don't even look at them when you pay them. has explained there in the medish at length. Here comes the rabb with his explanation. The fact that this med brings two examples that the affluence is only by the by the way the lowife servants and the dogs don't sit at the table and the servants and the maid servants and the dogs don't sit there. Next page And bring and brings two examples of those THAT DO SIT BY THE TABLE which are the great ministers, the important ministers and important servants. So in other words, he brings the medish BRINGS TWO EXAMPLES OF THOSE SITTING AT THE TABLE AND TWO EXAMPLES OF THOSE THAT AREN'T AT A TABLE but they get the leftovers who the QUESTION IS WHY DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO OF EACH? One should be adequate. Theim that says because there are four ex four examples in the moral of these four DIFFERENT TYPES AND BECAUSE WE WANT TO EXPLAIN THE FOUR different ideas in the moral. THEREFORE THE MED BRINGS TWO of each. That's the and he explains the lowest the lowest level are dogs. They don't serve the king. All they want is physical material more and more. Just give me more. It says dogs have this. THEY THEY'RE NOT SATISFIED FROM WHAT THEY HAVE. They they want more more bones, more food. Yes. We connect this why the word dog in Hebrew kev is comprised OF TWO WORDS ALL heart the way a person was created by by by nature that the mind dominates over the heart and this person who is displaying a dog like attribute which is only heart who IS JUST THE OPPOSITE OF THE WAY GOD CREATED YOU BY NATURE FOR THE MIND TO CONTROL the heart not only does the heart the symbolism of the dog is that the heart the emotions conquer the mindso. HE BECOMES ALL HEART in the dog. The symbolism is there's no mind left. It's all heart in in the the lesson is it's the individual WHO HAS ONE THING GOING FOR HIMSELF. HOW CAN I INDULGE? INDULGE. INDULGE. INDULGE. The heart wants to indulge. And above this are this are the so SO THAT WAS THAT'S THE LOWEST CATEGORY. The next category are lowife ministers, LOW-IFE SERVANTS. SERVANTS, SIMPLE SERVANTS WHO clean up. That's the expression in the serve the king. They serve because they have to. They're getting paid. THIS IS THEIR JOB, RIGHT? They're scared THEY'RE GOING TO GET HIT BY THE by the rod, by the staff if they don't do their job. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU GOT A JOB, YOU BETTER DO IT. hate is contrary to their real will and their REAL PLEASURE. THEY HATE DOING THEIR JOB, BUT they need a paycheck or they're scared. Next page, because a a a servant likes to be free by nature. Don't tell me what to do. their desire and pleasure is to indulge in the in the lusts of this world. And the only reason that they don't desecrate God's will is because they're scared of the punishment. They don't get to sit at the table. WHO SITS AT THE TABLE? Only those that really LOVE THE KING. AND THEY'RE NOT DOING IT BECAUSE THEY'RE SCARED or they have to. These this group of servants do it only because they're scared or they have to. So they don't even get to sit at the king's table. Conversely, this is the third group, the important servants. They serve THE KING WITH DESIRE and and will. although their primary mode of behavior is what we call obedience is known the difference between a son who's and and a servant this that a son does the father's will who because of the he loves him and and had as a servant do THE WILL OF OBEDIENCE. THERE'S NO PASSION in love. It's obedient. BUT IT'S NOT THAT HE'S scared is from a punishment. He knows that his THAT HE HAS TO FOLLOW. HE WANTS TO FOLLOW. YEAH. This itself that he follows is with will his willingness and desire. They desire to to accept the yoke of the master upon himself. Therefore, where do they get to sit? They do sit at the king's table. And finally, we come to the fourth category. The fourth category are the ministers. They know what's going on in the king in the kingdom. They know the the the ins and outs. Therefore, many things in the palace are decided by the deputy of finance, deputy of transportation. In other words, they know what the king wants and they're involved in all these different things. AND THEREFORE THE THE THE country is ruled THE CONGRESS THE SENATORS the the congressman because they know what the king the the the president wants or they think they know adds a point. These deputies know the specialness the virtue of the king. Therefore, they have a love to the king. They don't only serve the king at out of a perspective of obedience. They serve they serve the king because they love the king. Next page, I think we'll stop here. So, so we have we're middle of this paragraph because still is quite a bit and tomorrow Mr. M will continue not tomorrow Monday which will continue learning this what >> um what about on paraso >> he was a something of paras >> yeah very simple don't be a parro >> I WOULD I WOULD SAY IT ANOTHER WAY BUT UH I DON'T mean you but it's not it's not clean enough for the for the audience basically. You know, WHEN YOU ASK A LABER one of these things, you're going to get a but someone just sent me Tucker Carlson's idiotic statement. HE'S NOW SAYING KABAD IS responsible for wanting the destruction of the temp of of the Ala mosque. Uh because the soldiers ARE WEARING A PATCH. I GUESS HE'S REFERRING TO a Mashiach patch that that some soldiers wear, >> right? >> You know. >> Yes. >> So I wrote to a friend who's a mashist. I SAID, "YOU FINALLY GOT WHAT YOU WANTED. TUCKER CARLSON IS ANNOUNCING to the world THAT THE JEWS WANT THE REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE, THE Ba Mikdash." And uh that's what you wanted. It comes along with some stupidity. But but in all seriousness, the paradum the paradum is the only mitzvah y that the smartest of men couldn't fathom and understand because the one bringing it to purify the other those that ARE IMPURE HE HIMSELF becomes tame. Right? If if if I have a a a a um A POTION, IF I HAVE A A A medicine that's there to help you and you GET HELP FROM THE MEDICINE, HOW IS IT THAT I BECOME THAT? SO, we have the doctor here. I believe they say, I don't know if it's chemo or certain things when you you give an injection that it could know with the chemo that it it it's supposed to heal, but at the same time, it it kills things in the body. But right but going so what's the puradum the >> the one published paper I had >> yes >> was a reaction that a nurse had when she was giving chemo to the patient that she got sick from the chemo. >> Really? >> Wow. >> Y >> and that's a fact >> reaction. >> Yeah. >> Okay. But going back to the concept of that shows that the mitzvah of is the ultimate supra rational idea and that's why WAS PUZZLED ONLY BY IT. HE WASN'T PUZZLED BY OTHER HOOKIM. You see if you look why other hookim we don't understand the sharpness and other right but BUT THE OTHER HOOKIM DON'T CONTRADICT DON'T CONTRADICT the this is a this is an intellect this IS WHAT WE CALL AN OXYMORON YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH ways >> right and that's why the med says this mitzvah perplexed and what does it know that God Almighty is super rational. In other words, SUPER RATIONAL IS NOT JUST when I don't understand something but I could tolerate it. Super the ultimate super rational is when it's intellectually a contradiction. Are you God or are you not God? MAKE UP YOUR MIND. IF YOU'RE HASHEM AND YOU LOVE US, HOW CAN you kill us? That's the idea here. So you could take that you know and this is where a a ye's faith is really challenged and what we learn from the is that this specifically is the that we will never understand him even when he himself says I I I WANT TO BE UNDERSTOOD and I want to LOVE YOU AND THEN SOMETHING IS DONE COMING FROM THE SAME GOD THAT SEEMS TO BE NOT LOVE BUT HATE. The answer is our entire approach is using mind. And when we come to a place where we can when we understand and are settled that Hashem we will is is it transcends understanding TRANSCENDS QUESTIONS and answers. Then we can have a good relationship. Then we feel comfortable comfortable. then we but otherwise you'll be broken. You know, listen, it seems like from what they say on the American news that the war is going now in in a very positive direction where it's they're bombing the hell out of those those maman, you know, that's what that's what we hear here. But nevertheless, a siren and running around my daughter in in Tel Aviv, Shabas Zar told me I think there was 17 sirens and they have to run across the street to the Miklat. You know that you know that means so her mother-in-law is almost 80 or so you know she sent to the Bish. She has a daughter living in there not far from you guys. So she said stay there. I want TO GO BACK TO MY APARTMENT. It's chaotic here. You know you're you're older person to run around. So there are things we don't understand. things that are difficult. So is the mitzvah this shabas true tahara comes when you come to this level. Okay everyone have a great day. Good shabas. We'll see everyone.