Sod HaSevivon Chizuk for Iron Sword from the Dreidel's Significance by Rabbi Sam Shor

so our session this morning our learning this morning is dedicated by Esther bov and loving memory of her father so we are in klave and klave of course is a time for miracles kanah is on our minds and I thought we might actually spend a little bit of time today looking at one of the often overlooked um symbols of khaka we spent a lot of time in the Shir shiring that we use to prepare for khaka talking about the candles and theas of how we light the candles and believe it or not there's a tremendous amount in the in the writings of the masses of Jewish thought regarding the civiv vone regarding the dral and I thought this morning we may actually find a lot of again these are shim for these dark and challenging times and we may find a lot of in the thoughts of theic Masters specifically related to this practice of playing with a top of playing with a drle on KHAK so we're g to start we're gonna Jump Right In we're going to look at some texts together we're going to start with the domestic elzar the rebbi of visits and the rebbi of visit writes [Music] of course we all know this it's familiar to us that on the we uh there's a Min a longstanding custom of the Jewish people to spin to play with these little tops these tiny tops that on khaka and inscribed on each of the sides of these tiny tops are different letters which stand for the words unlike the Israeli we're going to talk specifically today about the significance of of the shin versus the P but we'll get there in a few moments and that statement A great miracle happened there represents an aspect of kanah known as Puma of publicizing the miracle and coming upon us not only through our candles but even through spinning that little top is the Fulfillment of the precept of Puma of publicizing the Miracles now the rebi of Vis is now going to ask a question and he says he says wouldn't it make more sense if the whole idea is to publicize the Miracles there was a great miracle that happened there meaning in the the mikdash there he in but there in would it make more sense that if the idea is to be we should write it on big Billboards and plaster it everywhere should be written everywhere so what's the idea of writing it on a tiny little Dr he says but what do we learn the fact that that's not what we do means that really it's better for us to write the letters on a tiny little drle which spins around we can't even see the letters clearly and somehow that's better says the rebi than putting it up on big Billboards everywhere he wants to know why and he [Music] explains because when we don't sit on our hands when we don't sit in place when we are active when we're spinning and moving forward that's when Hashem what enables Hashem to bring Miracles into our lives when for miracles to descend we have to be actively doing something we have to be active participants in the drama that's unfolding than those potential Miracles coming to fruition and my friends if we take a look at what's happening in the Jewish world today with all the volunteer efforts with the mobilization to come together as one if this message is true for the this beautiful message from the from the vision rebi that when we spin our dros Asaka please God we'll be able to witness Miracles as well because not only we actively spinning the dro we as the Jewish people have been active in coming together in working together in bringing about a brighter tomorrow please God okay that's the first message Inc com that's the first me message encoded in this practice of spinning the dra okay that we have to be active participants and so doing so when we do our that's what opens up the portal the potential for miracles to descend that's the first message now we're gonna hear from RAB AB RAB AB is going to introduce another interesting idea and that is we know that is of course connected to the bikash okay the miracle takes place in the B mikdash and believe it or not this little drle that we spin around represents so let's learn the together this is here text back look where my pointer is and this is the whole idea why we play with the Dr on because represents the it's all about the whole idea is what is like a wheel that spins around and then lays at rest and the re's going to explain explain this what happened the B of mikdash says Rabin you had a blending together of the Heavenly realm coming down to earth and the Earthly realm being elevated to the heavens a blending together if you will of Heaven and Earth a spinning together if you will of Heaven and Earth that's what happened in the okay and logically this seems like something that's impossible very very farfetched It seems impossible hasem who's Beyond any physical form who's greater than anything we even experience spiritually okay that Hashem could could could could could contract contract his presence okay make his presence small so that would fill the vessels of the mishan of the bikash and we know that that's absolutely true that hashem's presence did rest in the and that seems far-fetched and beyond comprehension it seems what against all logic that a lonely human being could actually make a difference and influence what's decided in the heavens that seems be impossible either also who are we we're we're lowly individuals we're individual people we're just human beings how can we make a difference in the Heavenly realm okay oh or a lonely animal that's offered up as a carbon okay okay and and the idea of the car seems like a far-fetched concept that that Som by us offering a carbon offering up a small animal a lowly animal in the Physical Realm would somehow be pleasing to Hashem in the Heavenly Realms all this seems farfetched says RAB nakan that Hashem would make his presence contract his pres to be present physically in the B mikdash that we as human beings could have an impact in the heavens and that our offerings our sacrifices of these lowly animals would be pleasing to Hashem all this seems beyond logic doesn't seem logical at all but the truth is HEM reveals that what's pleasing to him is the opposite of our perception okay the reality is the opposite of what we often as human beings May perceive mdash because the truth is Hashem did place his presence here physically in the Mish and the mikdash and the the the sacrifices that we offer were pleasing and they will be pleasing to hem okay in the heavens and this is what's represented by the Dr and this is the idea of the lower round the higher Realms being blended with the lower Realms and the lower Realms being Blended together with the higher Realms the idea of a wheel that spins around and then lays at rest finally the Dr the aspect of the drle the drle represents that blending of Heaven and Earth okay that occurred every single moment that the B mikdash existed and will please God occur in every single moment when the B mikdash returns so the Dr reminds us the khaka and the Miracles of khaka were all about the B mikdash and what happened the B mikdash the B mikdash was that incredible place where we had a blending together of Heaven and Earth okay that's the second message now we're going to hear rashim and J Rosenberg one of the great teachers of the World founding rash who also the founding rash in one of the founding he was also a at one point one Russel soar in a beautiful essay he continues along this theme about this the significance of the dro specifically inic thought and he's going to begin by by by quoting the Admar the balat the first re let's return now says to the language of the Al and his Heaven and Earth spirituality and physicality everything is equal in the eyes and from the perspective of Hashem Hashem is the great equalizer the one who makes those things that are small equal those things that are great and and huge and now he continues the B that's the quote from the bat nowar is gonna explain what the bat means there the B mikdash represented a place of opposites things that seem counter everything everything that's logical okay the place where it became clear became evident the LA that there really is no differentiation between physical and spiritual between a human being and an angel between the lonly realm and the Heavenly realm the differentiations if they exist that's from our human perspective our human understanding our limited understanding is what creates this idea that there's he that there's distance and differentiation in the in existence they exist as a result those resist as a result of our reality as human beings but from the absolute perspective meaning From perspective there is no there is no differentiation everything thing is one and this is what we learn when we play with the Dr on the Dr spins around and around and around and sometimes it falls on one side sometimes it falls on another side because reality everything is one okay sometimes from one perspective we see one side from another perspective we see another side the reality is we're one entity spinning blending together okay so so far just to review we heard from the rebbi who said that the idea of the dro is p and to remind us that in order for us to actualize the N thing that hasem wants to bring to the world we have to do our we have to start the ball rolling the the dro spinning so to speak and then hasem will bring the miracle then we heard from rabman that said that the that the dro represents the BET mikash where we have the blending together of Realms the Heavenly and the Earthly blending together we saw rashar quoting the balat that takes that a step further and says that not only did the beta mikash represent the blending together but the reality is that everything is one everything in hashem's perspective is Blended together does come together as one awesome awesome awesome um uh template of of Oneness okay but from our human perspective we can only sometimes see one side at a time and that's what the dral represents now I want to move on I'm G to stop this share I'm G to share another screen okay so just give me a second and we're going to look at some additional teachings as well beautiful okay so now we're going to hear from the IM of one of the earliest Masters says the following this is text here when we're talking about the literature it's usually talking about the B okay particularly in early literature it means that the these are the students of the B talking about their the founder of so regarding this custom not only to spin the drle but specifically to write those letters on the they don't those letters don't stand for said the B we think it means A great miracle happened there no say the b it stands for something else stands for the MIT associated with that is the lighting of candles and the recitation of what's the eight candles of khah and and he reminds us that what throughout all KH we're meant to recite the full okay and us just as we say that the of the Jewish people are sacred likened to the Tor itself and so therefore if there are 70 reasons or perspectives on Torah there must be 70 perspectives understanding each and every single I see an idea related to this and in accordance to the words of the who Tau us that all the the Miracles come to the world they come from the realm of mhia msia represents the ultimate Yeshua but every miracle that comes into existence they're from the same metaphysical space if you will as that space that we're longing for of Mia Masia and so toak the light of mashia will descend can he SC and that's the remes that these four lettersin they equal gatria to 358 which is the gatria of mash and what's interesting if you take a look at what's written here in in hey it is report the B rebbi who lived till 1957 moved to Israel there were no dros available with the letter lettersin because in Israel it's traditional to use a instead of a shin right in Israel say instead of but based on this teaching from the B that those letters don't only represent the acronym of but they also correspond to the Gat of mashia the Bell re when he came in alah he wanted to use a drle that had a shin and not a pay and therefore he sent his shamash looking for a Dro with a shin instead of a pay okay presumably this is due to the gatria connection to mhia so the Dr and the letters on the sides of the Dr not only represent but specifically the represents according to an illusion a teaching uh to to remind us of the two Mir the two mitah of khah And he as well as the fact that the Gat of those four letters equals 358 which equals the gatri of mashia to remind us that just as we Merit to light the lights of our Kania and celebrate the Yeshua that is khaka so too may we soon Merit to experience the greatest light of welcoming mashia and that is represented by the as well I want to close with one last teaching from RAB gam rabitz of G raitz is a great great Mak who lives in Greater G today in the Z mosha area of G and in his he talks about the of the Dr and look what says and this is the idea the the behind the idea behind this sacred Min of the Jewish people that such a special M that we could even call it as almost mirroring as being part of the Torah and look what he says here this is the important part that I wanted to point out that's [Music] underlined that all times of war and difficult periods that sikim have sought and encouraged to fulfill this Min of spinning the dro with particular spiritual enthusiasm okay we think of the dro as being something the kids do but the sadim of every generation they spin the dro also and they spin the dro with a specific understanding most and and and most particularly during an eight SAR during difficult times and the the times of war and in difficult periods in particular that sikim sought to do this practice of spinning the dral with particular spiritual fervor says to play and spin during the days of that's because doing so it reminds us when we spin the drle reminds us that ultim everything comes from above just as the drle can't stand up okay and and stand upright okay on its own it has to be what it has to be held by its stem and spun around held from above by it stem and spun around just as that Dro cannot be stood up without it being held up by its stem [Music] okay says that so too this is meant to remind us the dral as we pick it up and hold it and spin it and it moves around and moves forward it's meant to remind us what that so to we can only rise up and stand up and move and spin and move into action because ultimately enables us to do so Hashem is giving us the kak from above and Hashem is allowing us to find this the the the good in this world to move forward to spin forward and experience the good as well this [Music] world just as that can only stand up and spin and move forward because we we hold it upright and spin it so too Our Lives exist okay and what we accomplish in this lifetime happens through aem's and the fact that picks us up and allows us to move forward even in as says even in the darkest times in times of war and in times of difficulty the sadik and throughout the generations have turned to this custom of spinning the drle to give us to remind us that even when we feel like we're depressed and we're downtrodden Hashem can can and does and will will pick us up and allow us to move spin forward and move forward and persevere and now concludes with another beautiful teaching from another contemporary teacher and that's also explained this idea of the Dr just as every single one of us understands okay says it doesn't matter whether we spin the drle gently or whether we spin the drle with all our strength they ultimately we know what that the drle is going to land on the side that's determined in the heavens okay has ultimately is in charge of everything doesn't matter how whether we spin it gently or with all our power okay because always when that when that spinning is finished ultimately it falls on the side of the Dr that was determined in the heavens and that's how it that's how how it continues to be that's ultimately how our lives are managed as well whether it be in the realm of whether it be in the realm of livelihood whether it be the realm of Health with every single Realm Of Our Lives there's the the the need for us to do our part a little bit and make ourselves a vehicle a vessel okay does but it doesn't matter ultimately how much we put in we have to do our part yes but okay we don't have to put keep keep spinning around in circles we have to do our part a little bit we're reminded that everything comes the conclusion the result is what we have to do our part we have to make ourselves a CLE but ultimately whatever shefer we get in our lives it's a result of something that descends from above and the Dr is meant to remind us that we can spin it gently we can spin it with a lot of says but ultimately reminds us that Hashem is going to determine where the cards lie how things play out what side of the drle it's going to end and and end up okay ends after these two beautiful teachings and says the following may it be's will that we Merit to experience H's Redemption with revealed [Music] Miracles just asem did for our ancestors in their times may they be revealed in our times as well amen so the dral repr represents the C represents the all these beautiful ideas these ideas okay starting with the vishi to remind us that every that that that this is about publicizing the miracle and that ultimately Miracles come from Hashem through reab it says it's about reminding us about the mikdash the realm where Heaven and Earth were Blended together to the B reminds us that it's not just in the B of MDES where Heaven Earth were Blended together that ultimately the way we see the world is a very limited per perspective a human perspective but from the Divine perspective everything is indeed Blended in one to to the who teaches us that in the name of the B that the dro represents a reminder of the of the two Mitzvah associated with khah as well as the the letters on on the Dr represent remind us of the two Mitzvah associated with the eight candles and halim the complete Hal as well as the fact that those add up in gatria to mhia and where the Bell rebbi sought out a drle specifically with those letters and not with a pay in order to be to to to spin the drle to hopefully Propel us closer to weling M andov told us so beautifully that throughout the darkest moments in Jewish history that sadikin it's not only the young children that played Dr the sadik have also tried to spin all always spin their Dres with extra fervor particularly during the darkest moments to remind us that Hashem can indeed bring that Yeshua in the blink of an eye my friends may he may indeed we be blessed during this dark period to find in the secrets represented by the dral the sodas you own may we be have the kak to be inspired to continue to spin forward to put our faith in the and they we be blessed to see that Yeshua in the days ahead um and may our soldiers come come home soon and may all those in darkness come home soon amen