Pesach and Existence: Rashab and Rebbe - Rabbi Chaim Dalfin

so the day we're learning now the end of chapter three in on page 156 in Tanya the balatan the author has posited as a not just a query but an actual fact from his perspective and the torah's perspective that the existence of the world the emergence of the world comes from Hashem comes from God and the way God made it was through the simum through the contraction contracting his infinite light giving place for existence and once existence became part of the reality of the physical of the of the universe universe became reality now so he he G he gave us an example for that the example is the sun and the ray of the Sun the ray of the sun with comes from the Sun Bowl comes from the source the M it's called in Hebrew it coming from the source is nullified within the source it's not that it doesn't exist in the source it does exist as a ray of the sun within the Sun and once it exists within the sun when when the sun deci when hasem decides for the r of the sun to come out of the sun it comes out of the Sun and we feel it so the difference between the the the ray of the sun within the sun ball within its source and the ray of the sun within the world is for us for Hashem in a in a sense it's no difference because for Hashem the ray of the sun was it it was in the sun was within the Sun Bowl or let's say even for the Sun for the source The Source has something within itself that becomes later part of the universe but from our perspective we don't see it while it's within its source the Sun Bowl we only see the ray of the sun once it emerges the same says is true for the universe it says Friday night in shabas and the prayers that we do Friday night so when we say and we sing it and we chant it and we dance with it whatever that shabas the seventh day of the week shabas it's the end product it's the seventh day of the week it's not the first second or third it's the seventh nevertheless the end of action The Last Action the last day the seventh day it ascended in God's thought in the beginning God would have not created the world if not for shabas you think about that that's how why shabas is so important if not for shabas we wouldn't have a world we wouldn't be here that's what we're saying every Friday night people are running around dancing clapping singing and everything what are they saying in other words the six days of a week a small change what's the big thing shabas it's a powerful thought so why do I say this Hashem created the world creates the world in six days but it's the shabas that gives him a reason to create the world so six days of the week are a Prelude to the shabas now the the world the world as it as it emerges from Hashem Vis theum the contraction of the infinite light was the end product that Hashem wanted in other words now I want you to think about this we talk about an infinite light of God where there's only God the space the is the language in and and in the theep the void filled with God's Spa with the space filled with God's energy that wasn't what God wanted but God you're you're in your home it's all God it's all it's all great it's all spirituality it's all there's no mess ups there sorry I don't want that I want mess ups I want challenges I want difficulties oh you do for that you need to create a world yeah of course and guess what he says God says that's that's my primary reason for God Hashem strip if you strip God from the world that he makes he's no God and it's not me saying it it's Hashem saying it so many sources in Torah and tanak support that idea here and T doesn't say everything I'm saying to you now but that's behind the brief words that he does say in this chapter in chapter three let's go back to the musle of the Sun the source and the ray of the sun if the sun wouldn't be valuable and wouldn't be sun if not for the aray of the Sun but nevertheless the ray of the sun doesn't exist without it emerging from the Sun Ball but in cavana in purpose and a focus it's the ray of the sun that's that's primary now if we accept this Axiom as a truth then a question is to be asked which which is the last question in the end of chapter 3 which is very unusual that the AL ends with a question and I'll have a little ver about that in a moment so the question is if we say that although God made a contraction he's here that means we are living on Earth in the universe in in the presence of God so how do we exist the Sun is is hidden from the ray of the sun that's how we're able to have the ray of the sun imagine look we just had an eclipse the other day right something happens that the moon covers the sun boom it becomes dark in other words when you talk about two physical things the sun and the ray of the sun both are physical it's not spiritual okay science can measure the Rays of the Sun the intensity of the heat the weather that will be it's all coming from there if that's the case so so imagine right now there's the ray of the Sun out and all of a sudden God says here Sun ball The Source I want you to come out what would happen to the ray of son it would dissipate it would disappear because there's an overwhelming Sun the ball The Source Maya do me a favor M Myers mute yourself please so Hashem in His Infinite Wisdom doesn't allow the source of the sun to be present when the ray of the sun is is is working and that's why the ray of the sun does what it does otherwise it would cease to be and we would have the sun ball and burn up cuz it's too powerful for us so Hashem says no I want you to exist I'm going to hide the sun ball the source and all you're going to get is the ray of the sun that's the that's the mush the parable in the Nim in the moral seemingly it's not that way Hashem is here hasem if Hashem is here how do we exist let's look inside now how D phrases this question look at um it's it's uh 1 2 3 4 four five lines from the end of chapter 4 the it's the beginning of the chapter begins with the words Rock I'm sorry beginning of the line RA in this matter of the of the and the of the parable and the moral the bat says the AL says the parable the mus has is not is not is not compar able to the moral at all lamri not that there's some comparison you hear that why not seemingly this is his question why look what he says in the parable The Source the The Source being the sunball is not in existence at all in the space of the universe of world and it's not on the Earth where God's where the sun's rays are there as an existence [Music] conversely All Creatures created by we are constantly within our source you're you're telling me you're telling me we don't see it to the human eyes the flesh we don't see it says his question is so why aren't creatures why isn't creation everything created why isn't nul why is it not nullified in it of its existence to the source that's here it's a very simple question in other words iser what did we answer what did say iser wake up what what did Al say said I know I know you're taking a little doze but this is you have to you have to C awake and I'm writing notes sorry okay please forgive me before I don't want to wait forer I want now you have forgiveness apologize but I got your attention that's good but I got your attention that was the bottom line anyway so a simple question is God here is hasem here yes Hashem is here so you're telling me Hashem is here but we Hashem made the world in such a way through theum that we don't see him big deal that we don't see him but if he's here you we can't exist the the the fact that from our perspective in other words like this is the question it is this all a mirage are we living in a fantasy world or like someone once told me you're great at the virtual world you live in the virtual world are we living in the v only in the virtual world no mas the other day went to see a physician he has been missing probably working saving lives everyone does right you everyone's doing things right that's it so so are we here or are we not here I mean make up your mind that's his question and and to use ALB says the mush I gave you of the ray of the sun coming from the Sun in this detail is not at all a good musle because the sun bore is not here it's not when we look up we're not getting the Sun Bowl we're getting the ray of the sun that's why the Sun the ray of the sun exists if the sun ball would be present on Earth in the universe the ray of the sun wouldn't function that is D's question say over a ver like this in general were careful not to learn the the guide for the perplexed by my why not like ramban people even before the Reb started 40 years ago by the way the campaign to learn R's 40 years it started in 1984 I remember I think it was either before PES or on PES spoke about it 40 years ago and thousand thousand and hundreds of thousands of people have been learning R maybe Millions by now every day some learn the some learn a chapter a day some learn three a day and I would encourage you guys if you use you have some of that in there if you don't even have that can do it on your own anyway so the ram you know it's like the FR rule says oh laich stole the rambam it's not your rambam leiters the brisker were learning Ram before you were learning rambam you know and guess what even before the brisker Jews were learning gram especially so it's not the briskers it's not the labers it belongs to everybody and if anyone could claim Fame to the rambam it's theim really right the ra who do youing like we don't e rice kitas legumes dkin otherwise right so so um so the wrote Mish his magnet Opus right Mish then he wrote also Peter sh his commentary on the mishna the M and then he also wrote mitz and then he also wrote a guy forx the first three M sa mitz and petas is more what we call nigla the tud revealed study of Torah gu from AET is Jewish philosophy well probably some of you have at least looked at it um I looked at it or maybe some of you have studied seriously there's very very heavy questions about existence and God so in general were very weary of learning why and the the the the the word the saying that they would say to express their ambivalence to studying it was you might go to sleep with a great question and wake up a heretic because you went to sleep without an answer cuz there's very difficult to understand the answer the question is easy we can all ask questions so that was the a saying by therefore stay away from learning it's interesting the Reb the Reb in his which is for everyone sites from time to time it doesn't mean it doesn't mean to say the Reb told us to learn he didn't but on the other hand to have this reluctance to look into when you need to I would say that was not what he what he what he what he taught but regardless let's not talk about the rebel let's talk about in general whether it be Buster B andik and Bre and SL as a general rule I'm making the generality didn't learn the mo because of this reason so here's the question the ends chapter 3 with a very very powerful question and truth be told this is our last share before pesak we won't be back learning till a week or so week week and a half after PES whatever we are leaving with a question why isn't the bat afraid that we might not come back to this year because we don't have an answer to the question I heard said answered that was the question that asked on themselves and on the AL how do how do you end the chapter with a question we might not wake up the next morning interested in learning Tanya because we don't have a an answer to the question and if so it's all H Hocus Pocus and the answer is what is the question here the question here is not like the question in in the guide forx the question is does God exist here the question is since God exists how do we exist that question you should always have it's a powerful thought right so that's why by the guide we're concerned we God Hashem and if you start questioning Hashem and you don't have an answer it it's it shakes up your foundation you know but here says since Hashem is in the world how do we exist even right so the question is am my yes am my am my ego right now that my ego there's no place for my ego and there's no place for me it's all right it's all right for three and a half weeks to to be in that mode and frankly is So Divine Providence that the whole idea of PES right we're breaking for PES the whole idea of P is the mat what's the difference between matah M and bread bread Rises Kal mat is flat right and the difference between Matas with a hay right the hay the B the whole idea you could use this ver that you're the whole idea of matah is expressed through the hay the hay has two that are connected with each other and then a little line making a hey a Hebrew letter hey there's space empty space to go in through the hay there's room you know why this room cuz matah is bit mat mat's humility when you're humble there's space to get in and guess what people enjoy being around you because they sense you're humble when a person's full of themselves and I know and I'm opinionated and I'm stubborn and all of that people don't want to be around you why cuz you're yesh you're full of yourself you're a big Ka you're big you're all over the place but when you're a matah when you're flat when you're flat I.E you have humility that's something that is desirable so this idea that finishes the chapter here with a question and the question is how do we exist is is is is exactly the same idea as matah how do we exist why do we exist but again how do we exist meaning the humility is emphasized versus the yes now of course he's going to answer it in in the next in the next chapters he's going to explain and reconcile God being in the world every moment and at the same time there's existence and that's why he just says I want to just say the last few words of the chapter to to understand and answer this question we need to preface and he ends the chapter and you know the Ala was the one who said here's the end of chapter 2 and pic that's from the alter that didn't come from his sons or grandsons or someone else he himself made the notes of where chap the chapters begin and chapters end now we have a few minutes left I just want to make a mini fa with you and that is because this um yesterday was the birthday of the fifth I'm sorry the passing of the fifth laab the do n was born in 1860 passed away in 1920 he's known as by his acronym rashab R Shin Bet B Reb shom be rashab and he was coined by a yet of theed the third rebi as the ram of what does that mean the rambam is very itical and splitting hairs and that's why the brisker who that's their whole approach to T love the Ramba you know like I've told you they roll up their sleeves and they say now I'm going to take AP part of Ramba or like Rabbi salic would would jokingly say that he would learn and he would wouldn't understand that rambam and his father's mother said don't worry don't worry you'll be older you'll be able to understand the rambam so the rambam is is the analytical approach to Torah and this said about the re rashab when he was a young man and as he saw hisus the that he said and that he wrote that he said this this cousin a lot of cousins this one is the like the ramb and this is coming from a very big two generations before what do we understand from this the re rashab in a sense established the not just continuation of laich of kabad at a very difficult time going from the Zar right the Zar the Zars ended and then came communism and all that so not only did he was was he during that period but he brought what we what was called old to new what do you mean old and new Al the second Reb the M Reb do and theed ofage the first one their style was a certain style that lent itself to more of a traditional style skipping the fourth re for for a bit it the fifth rebba he began this analytical approach it used to be that when old when would learn let's say Torah or many of them just read the words and just it translated they didn't really you know analyze it they didn't really uh spend time in depth there was always individuals that did but as a rule you know this was considered holy just like theard read Z read and learned but in a in a in a simple way you know the rashab was the first one at the at that time to offer a different approach to be very analytical and he wrote certain continuums of discourses known as H H the word continuation that went on for several years so from the year 1911 to 1956 he he he he he wrote hundreds of my on one theme continuing it week after week month after month year after year that's a phenomenal accomplishment so the rash that was one of his accomplishments the other accomplishment was the Yesa the Yesa theab Yesa today there are hundreds of such yeshivas but it all began in Russia in the little little tiny village or townlet called luich luichi depending on where it's written and what period and from there he he he raised through his teachers and his guidance he raised the soldiers that he created who had students and who gave their life to fight fight communism and stalinism and ultimately brought to Isel to America to England to Canada to Australia so if not for the Yeshiva the kabad movement would have been like all other iic movements which were decimated between Stalin and the Holocaust and rebuilt after the Holocaust but inab we find a very interesting thing that those few that were left just like just like breast was wiped out habad was wiped out but the but but the difference is that because of the model that the rashab put into Yeshiva his son son the successor of Y the previous rebba sixth Reb of kabad he created an underground movement of Yas andad which by the way many bre learn in and chober whoever was in that region and wanted their kids to be in a Yeshiva and they weren't afraid that they'll be taken away and killed and all that sent them to these and I can tell you families after families kab today that are only today kabad with their children and grandchild grandchildren because of these haters underground and where did that come from from the previous rebba where did he come from his father so the the the the rashab is credited with instilling in his students in 19 in 1897 9899 1900 to 1915 Etc 1920 this fire this fire other others didn't have yeshivas you know that the L tells and truth be told they also created students who in their approach continue Ts for example was very powerful Mir is very powerful so me S you know were rescued it came to Shanghai had a very big Yesa much bigger than the kabad Yesa and Shanghai and many of the Russa and the both in AR Ro and in America are M were Mir they're all gone today you know most of them are gone but they were mirid right you remember ra moltz who who who graced us the first time M I don't know if you were there Hill I think was there um the I used to when that year I was in Bish when we opened the Kyo so I would try every Thursday to bring a guest speaker or every two Thursdays whatever I can get a a rabbi a scholar we had some very interesting talks so the first one who spoke was RAB M with the r of the Sho and right and and um he had invited me to the previous summer when I came to scout the area asked me to do that so I sh stroll so I did that and he said to his congregation when he introduced me he had three teachers RAB ABA bman was his teacher in gamorra rababa was a student in Shanghai and a great going and then he said he had but I'm just saying that in gamar who was the one who taught this big go Rabbi MTZ who was the chief Ed editor of the Arts SC sh both in Hebrew and and in English reab M who's reab who taught him he he said Rabbi ABA Burman where did ABA Burman come from from the Mir so it it it must be said the truth be told that there was a a a strong element of the the lit world who did continue and they brought Torah talmud and that approach to AR Isel and to America but I'm talking about the the we we see that there was decimation there was so little left but laich although there was little left they were very organized and that's because between 1920 and 1940 they had an entire group now naric which is a very Lish muser oriented approach had little yeshivas too but again the focus was heavy muser and they had many little yeshivas so naric truth be told also had this kind of underground campaign those 20 years from 1920 to 1940 but we're talking aboutus so the rashab I'm just pointing that because of the what the Rasha put into his Yeshiva at the time that created the basis and fire that his students and student students continued on during the times which were more difficult because of Communism and everything else and one more point and I'll finish with this is that next Friday is the Reb's birthday and of course we celebrate a birthday even after someone has passed down because a sadic every Jew lives internally through the Nish especially at sadic especially at sadic that if you go any day of the week to the O night or day you'll see all kinds of Jews e just like by rash and just like by the rib you know by the rabbits more people but but the point being that we we still celebrate this our and the focus of the re everyone knows I don't have to tell you was a is together with the deepest ideas in Torah you know I'm learning now and I think I mentioned I'm learning now with a few people the rebes haod it's fascinating I never really learned it you know well and even now you know but I'm I'm going slowly really slowly with one Kusa we spend maybe an hour on one paragraph why cuz the Reber wrote it in 1946 and he wrote it very cryptically and very briefly see here see here see here like you know so he'll give you a line or two and then you need to look at the references if you really want to understand that more elaborately and in learning this it's it's like you see that this person like he he knew the whole Torah from the cab to the med to the gor to he's like throwing references so the the reer his his is was predicated on toyra and never did he deviate from toyra like I told you yesterday that the rebit was very unhappy if people when they came to the Border you know with the taxes you know by in AR in America bringing in things he wrote to Emanuel sh Rabbi sh you know RAB sh was a big and a God-fearing Jew but he when he certain point he went there theb wrote make sure to to declare your your your items don't don't don't don't don't play the games that many many play the reab was very from Simply simply if you just to say it in in in simp in our language very from very religious bottom line no no monkey business so this laab whose birthday is next Friday he he he included he Incorporated within himself a a vest knowledge of all parts of Torah together with their religiosity which was awesome and with is this morning in someone's going out a visioner an old older than me you know he says to me if someone if someone collects money and you know he's a m shabas he desecrates shabas he eats trfe he doesn't eat kosher are you allowed to give him money I said sure not only are you allowed to you need to so he said but he's going to use the money to buy a cheeseburger bur he didn't say those words TR I said how do you know you're God you know he's going to buy a cheeseburger isn't it possible that by by you with a beard with your hat and your jacket and your pis gave him money he's going to say oo I always had a negative opinion about these ktim about these Ultra Orthodox Jews okay and he gave me money that means he considers me to be a fine person maybe I'll have one less cheeseburger is that possible I asked him he says you're a laaber you understand it's not that I'm alab that's the toyra you I didn't want to say this then because he's older and I have resp you know respect you're accusing another Jew of doing a transgression against God when all he's asking you from for some charity you you're not telling me that he's using it for drugs you're not telling me he's using it to cheat and steal you're telling me that you know seemingly he doesn't keep shabas seemingly he doesn't keep kulture and by you giving him the the CH the money you are partnering with with him in his violation and transgression against God that's a that's an assumption so the re is the one that brought to the yish world post Holocaust really this thing and today it's really prevalent and it's even within other groups another Lish groups there are L groups now that are offering people Theus and giving out matzas you know my father had an encounter in Mayar or Gula in Jerusalem in 1955 or 56 56 I think with amam blo did I I think I told you this once the reab that time just started with the idea of giving shura mat to other Jewish people who don't have have the round hand baked matah called shura matah my father was working in the matah bakery to make a few shekels okay and he goes over to the organizer in the matah bakery and he didn't know really who he is and they told him he's rabam R's son okay and he says can you give me a few so I can give to other Jews so am bl's son says to my father my father was 16 17 18 He says to him who are these Matas for my father says it's for people don't have mat he says you mean Gentiles he says no they're not Gentiles they're Jews they're eeden no they're not eating they don't keep shabas they're and I'm not giving you matah to give to Goan at that time the father of his father the rabam who was one of the founders you know of the nura karta walks into the bakery my father goes over to him and says your son doesn't want to give me two three matzas so I could help distribute to other people what did he ask for few Matas so say my father why doesn't he want to give you he says cuz I'm giving him to go he says who are you giving it to Jews he says are they Orthodox are they from they keep shabas he says no he says my so he says my son is right so my father turns to ramam and says you're a Russia this this young schnook says to rabam and the place they wanted to kill my father cuz they were all the tarton you know they want to eat him up alive and my father says to rabam and I'll tell you why you're a Russia he says I'm not calling you a Russia the balatan calls you a Russia in Tanya on the first page of Tanya chapter one it says at the at the end of the first page chapter one of Tanya it says that if you don't learn to quoting to gamarra that if you don't learn every moment you're a Russia and ALB then quotes the PK on the first line of the second page on page 10 he cares tus you should be cut off die you'll be punished you'll die cuz you don't learn every moment my father turns to Raam and he says Ram do you learn Tyra every minute rabam didn't answer uhuh so they are but you're not a Russia you're also a Russia cuz you don't learn every moment the next day the story was written up on the front page I think of whatever the newspaper was of for the Le B calls AR Russia great story great story and guess what they did not give him the matah and the reab abolished this at least by most Jews you don't look at another Jew that the other Jew is wicked and a Russia and a and desecrating you look at a Jew with a right eye and you always find the good and you give him the benefit of the doubt that's Al that's why we're still celebrating the Reb's birthday although he passed away 30 years ago how do you like that because this reality continues and it continues in many circles that's what we're celebrating so someone says to you how can you celebrate the's birthday if he's already passed away 30 years the answer is his message it didn't pass away his message is very alive stronger and stronger and it's become part of the large Jewish Community with K of or organizations etc etc and call so everyone should have a true Liberation hasem should liberate us personally from our Gus from our slave mentality we should leave our slave mentality we are yeen we don't owe anything to anybody only to AEM and we should break out that's what PES is about Freedom you got to break out and take one thing everyone has a week a week and a half left to PES take one thing that you think that you want to work on and you want to free yourself from this coming PES and Beyond right so everyone should think about where am I stuck where am I a slave in which area am I a slave and in other words where can can I not break out you know and and that is what you should focus on and take your time at the Seder and truly invite people even in bemes in your own buildings I am sure there are people who are sitting by themselves religious not religious if you know go over knock at the door invite them show them you care they'll come a little bit and they'll leave that makes no difference they'll come in they'll hear a v they'll get a matah piece of matah they'll get a a cup of wine they'll be so think about your neighbors and your friends and others and make sure that everyone has a Sader the Reb's main nuda was in that there's a fifth son and where is he he's not at the table why is it not at the table because he doesn't NE know it's PES he doesn't care about P so our idea is to bring in the fifth s the four are here even the Tom the simpleton and shial the one who doesn't know to ask but they're sitting there they're sitting like this like this or they're sitting like this right but they're sitting there but there are those that are not sitting there you got to bring that fifth son in so everyone we have a job we have a job a week and a half left to reach out today so easy through email through WhatsApp through through through texting you know there's so many ways to reach people all over the world it's simple takes two seconds so have that in mind and and everyone should only see from your families children grandchildren Better Health excellent Health everyone need anyone should really have take everyone should bring their children to the we only have good things and again we'll see everyone mem uh the Monday after rashes year not rashes year which is I think Wednesday or Thursday but the Monday after so we'll start from that Monday we'll continue chapter 4 any any final questions or thoughts or anything Z my friends love you all thank you love you all see you all if you have any questions if you have any questions just send me on Whatsapp you know regarding PES or this or that I'm always available to you okay take care bye bye