A Lasting Elevation. זאת תורת העולה A New Kabbalah class by Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

Welcome to our class on we're going to be learning discourse in theb the name of the discourse is called the Reb said this discourse on shab that year it was also shab and it was the the 12th day in the month of Nissan in the year 44 years ago so again theic discourse is based on the verse this week T portion where it says this is the Torah of the now literally means going up ascending but it's referring to the sacrifice which is totally consumed on high and the verse continues on to say he this is the carbon that gets burnt Etc that's the verse and it's known the questions that are brought down in theic discourse in the previous also specifically the discourse with this title of in the year so over a 100 years ago 106 years ago so they ask over there question why does the verse say the Torah of the of the in other words the laws of the of the was already spelled out before in byra and over here we just learning about the burning of the fats and the iners that that you're able to burn it a whole night so why is it called as if it's giving us the whole teachings about also we have to understand afterwards it says it says it should have said it should have gone on to it gets burnt so again two questions one is why does it say when we already learned about before and B why does it repeat itself again in saying he this is the now we know that when it comes to theb the sacrifice the one that's called means it's totally consumed on high that's the beginning of all the sacrifices and we see literally that the sacrifice that was brought carbon Tomy the one that's brought every single day which was a carbon OA that's the one that you brought first before you bring any other sacrifices so you see in literally on on a in a chronologic chronological order of the day carbon is brought first now the general idea of all the sacrifices it comes from the word of Carbone which is craft to come close to God that's one idea so when you bring a sacrifice the idea of the sacrifice is to bring you close to God and the second idea is to make a dwelling place for hasem down in this world how does that happen that happens to our spiritual work what's our spiritual work like we know it says we were created to serve hasem and that's what he continues on to explain the discourse and he brings different uh opinions about our spiritual work and there a big debate whether our spiritual work that we do with learning to and doing the mitv and I'll say in Hebrew and I'll translate it's are we doing it for or are we doing it for us in other words this debate what in certain places it says based on the verse in Psalms where it says that the words of Hashem are a sense of clarity and it's a protection for those that cleave to it and know what does that mean and and the Metra says as follows does God care whether we Slaughter the animal or we go ahead and we eat it or another opinion whether we Slaughter it from the from the neck like you're supposed to or from the back does God really care but but nevertheless God gave us his Commandments why did he give it to us that he gave us the commandments so to refine ourselves so according to this opinion the purpose of all the Commandments are to transform us that we should be obedient we should listen we should be respectful it's to to to make us a little more refined and different places is brought down in different Med that when we do the will of hem we actually add power in so in other words our efforts in doing the mitv um cre create a a create a a a upgrade so to speak reality in God and that's why it's called called avoid our work is so to speak needs our efforts so in other words so what have we learned so far that the whole purpose of the sacrifice is to bring us close to Hashem to make a dwelling place for hem like we're here to serve hem um and then the question is is it there more to refine us or is it there to cre create energy for for Hashem and he continues on the discourse to explain as follows it's brought down in the that up until the world was created what existed who God and his name so the question ask one second what does name have to do with before he created the world and know what's the what's the idea of a name the name you need a name for somebody else and someone has to call you and know if there was no one around do you need your name what do you need your name for you need a name so if you're many people there and someone wants to call you he has a way to call you now so before the world was created hasm existed and but his name most what he need a name for if no one was there before the world was created now even though it's brought down in many many places that the the name of the person is not just to call you but your name actually gives you energy because the name draws down the soul into the body so even in reference to this the purpose is again it's for something else why is that because because um you have the soul and the body so you have two different entities so one needs the other and when you bring the soul so to speak something else into the body so then it gives it its Vitality so even though it it the name gives it energy is because because you have two different things you have a soul and a body but the body in its own doesn't need the name and the Soul doesn't need the name so if that's the case the question is what's the purpose of the name when there is no other when there's no there there's not there's no other thing so what does it mean when it says that before the world was created Hashem and his name was only thing that that existed so he brings two different two different ideas the first idea is that before the world was created what does it mean before the world was created so referring to higher I'll say in HEB I'll translate higher than the world of Bria the clut so there's there's a specific world of briya and then there's the general world of briya so it's even higher than the world of Bria and more than that before the world was even n before it even came into any type of existence which means it's higher than not so we say before the world was created referring to either either higher than the world of theut or even higher the world about the second Insight is what does it mean before the world is created is referring to the world ofus Which is higher than the world of Bri the specific worlds Bri so that's the two different insights we're referring to when we say before the world was created either H in the world aboutus and Bri the clus or the high in the world ofos Inus what does that mean he explains like this according to the first Insight so what does it mean that it was before the world of the so what does it mean the name of hem existed before the world was created so why doesm need a name there and the answer since we're referring to before the world of Cl it means it's referring to the essence of hem and since the essence of hem has everything because if you're going to say that the essence of Hashem is only infinite and it has no influence on on finite took the in the essence So you you're limiting Hashem you're saying that he that he doesn't have finite so obviously in the essence of hasem there is a component of infinite and finite now even though this applies more to the revealed part of Hashem so to speak but since we're saying before the world was created so obviously it has some kind of connection to the world it means if you're saying before the world was created that means there is some kind of connection to the world it wasn't created yet and over there before the world was created that means there's a there's a possibility for a world it wasn't created yet that's why you have the idea the name and this name is the source of the creating of the world and from there the world was created know the general world of Bri up until you have the lower level so the first inside what does it mean that that the name existed before so we're talking about in the essence of of hm we obviously hasm has everything infinite and finite but we're dealing with before it was created means obviously this room for creation wasn't created yet and that's what name that's what the name is according to the second Insight that we said that what does it mean before the world's cing higher than the world ofos so what does it mean that Hashem was there with his name because atus is the holy is the holy name of Hashem and from there you have the creation of the world of Bri through the different contractions and um like it's it's brought down many places in depth the different different ways it goes down from one world to the next World okay just to recap so what is he saying when we say before the world was created either it's referring to the essence of hem on the highest level but nevertheless before the world is created it's some kind of connection to the world or it's referring to the the before Aus was created and it's referring to and from there you have the creation of all the worlds now so this is when we say that the the the the the the spiritual service of so to speak doing for Hashem is referring to what does that mean we're doing for Hashem we're doing for not Hashem himself we're referring to Theo the name of himself what does that mean according to the first Insight what does that mean that we go ahead and we learn T and we do a Mitzvah so we draw down the owner of the name Which is higher than the name into the name we bring by us learning to MIT we bring the the the the the owner of the name into the name itself and according to the second Insight so the world ofus this this is connected to the lower level of of yut in other words even though Y is referring to the essence of hem but nevertheless in the low there is some component where what's important to is that we do do the mitz and that's why the MIT what the Mitzvah called mitz the MIT because they come down from the and like the Z says that the MIT are connected with the with the name of just like you for example you have like a a tree and you have let's say a fruit that's hanging from from from the branch that's the way the mitzah are connect connect to hem and like he explains it length in many different places in the zor so therefore the to is also called a t of hem why is that because when a person learns T and when a person does we draw down from the higher in the lower level of and like it's explained in the in the classical works ofes that we bring in we add light from the on high into the shim and into the shame Adonai and like it says in the verse we're picking up we're elevating the name of and like it says another verse we give power toim now so in other words what do we see that when we say that the that we that we we're doing for hasem one is that we're bringing in on the highest level we're bringing in from the owner of the name into the name and the second opinion is we're bringing in from the into the lower level into into and into and this what we say that UL what does has make the difference if you if you're slaughtering you're not slaughtering or you slaughtering for from the back back or from the front what is that referring to that's referring to the owner of of the name Which is higher than the name itself because on that level you're right it doesn't make a difference so on the lower level of Shame where it's connected to um connected to the world yes there is a difference however on the higher level there really is no difference and ultimately from that level we're doing it so to speak for oursel now based on this introduction what do we see that when we do our spiritual work down here we learn we do mitv where does that reach it reaches the name of hem So based on this we have to understand one second it's brought down the med something very powerful it's brought down discourse it says in the Torah and he dreamed and it was a ladder so what what does it say in the medis that hasem showed y the the the officer um of B and he showed him that he went up up 70 levels and of modai he showed him it went up 52 levels and from Y which is Greek 180 levels and it's explained that ATL discourse is the different uh the the different levels Etc but then more specifically then he showed him the the the the kingdom of edim and it says it's going up and it's going up and he doesn't know how much it's going up so yakob and his dream is seeing all these nations the way they're having all these elevations so yob got afraid oh my gosh look at these elevations they're having they're going to be elevat so high what are they going to have their downfall tells don't be afraid because even if he goes up literally to me to the highest level I will bring him down and like the verse says if you'll Elevate Like an Eagle you'll soar on high is going to take you down from there and that's also what it says in the med this is the what does that mean when the verse says the referring to what the kingdom of Ed which means it elevates it to the highest level of a and so what happens then is Al is referring to the burning of of of of purgatory like it says in the verse know it's going to it's going to burn consume it it's going to burn it up so based on that we have to understand one second how is it possible that when you learn we say it reaches the shame the name and the CPO go even higher and goes to Hashem and yob is afraid how high it's going so what does that mean explains this he says as follows that even when we serve hem there is the component of like we says with your heart with your whole soul with your whole what is mean no limits no limits and it goes even higher than the level of the and even the MIT through we have the power to be tray High how is that never explains like this and he gives an introduction that we find when it comes to the the spiritual ladder what is a spiritual ladder how do you clim the spiritual ladder through prayer through prayer we have the power to clim spiritual ladder and like it's brought down in and it says like this I'll quote it that the latter that's prayer and we know when it comes to the latter of prayer there are four rungs on the ladder why there four rungs in the platter because it corresponds to the four World about Bri and like explains in detail in the Sid of the AR in other words when you pray what's the first thing in prayer the first thing is this's Acceptance Now acceptance that corresponds to the lowest world the world of a and and like we see what does the prayer say it's a general I'm accepting so the first thing I'm accepting like we said in the beginning of the prayers acceptance and know right when you get up you don't know what level you're at so you're basically accepting and accepting what does that mean you're accepting you're accepting then you come later on to more of a comprehension and then you say again but in whether it's right when you get up or if it's later on after a little thought and you come to it's still any type of any type of acceptance what world does it correspond to it corresponds to the world the world of a afterwards when you say the the the different Psalms so that's already more emotional you're you're excited about the greatness of and the way all the Creations praise so that's the level of what you're going out of the world of AIA and you're going into the world of Y then we go further on in the prayer service and we do the blessing of the shma and then we do do the prayer of the shma what is that that's more me intellectual comprehension and that's ready he connected to the world of Bri and afterwards when you come to the that's total acceptance and that's the level so again in the prayer we start at acceptance as the world of a um pray praising hem is the world of comprehending and meditating on HM is the world of Bria and then you come you connected to the world of now even though when you say you say I love and you say my whole might so what we just say is the world of and it's no limits but the fact is since comes in continuation it's not stand alone it starts with your heart and on your intellect and then you go to so it doesn't take you off the charts however when you come to and it's just you mean it's a total acceptance without comprehension and like it's explained many many places the different four different levels in the spiritual lad of prayer and say he gives a reference and it's explained at length in theic discourse of the in the year T now when a person goes from one level to the next in these four rungs and ladder in prayer he what happens when you reach so high then you start bringing down the energy down into this world because the the L it says o Li you go up and Y you go down so you start of AIA Bria the world of atas you get the peak and then you bring down all this Godly energy back into this world now so that's in general that's the four levels of prayer however in with your whole might there's a component which is even higher than of prayer why is that because the fact is when you're praying and even when you get and even as it's one of the wrongs of the latter where it says you go up and you go you go down but there's a level of that it's you going up and you keep on going up and there is no limit what is that we want to do that that is learning because learning toyra is actually higher than prayer why is that because prayer goes goes from one level to next like we says acceptance praising meditation ET but when you learn the minute you start learning toyra you're connecting with hm himself you're connecting with The Giver of the toyra and as we know toyra and hasem and the Jewish people were all one that's how we unite so we learn to we literally connect to and like brings to the explains um similar to this by the spiritual work of someone that's about tra someone that returns to in other words because the B chba was in the lowest level so the minute he goes up he he doesn't go from one level to the next he goes right away into the level of this tremendous love for and on the contrary this tremendous love he has that come from when he meditates how low he's fall how how how how low he went went and know he thinks about how terrible it is how bitter he is that he that he forsook hasem and since unfortunately he's in a desert a big big desert an awesome desert with snakes and scorpions and there he's tremendous thirst there's no water there so what happens then is the B Chua goes straight to the highest level so the re the same idea works when you learn Tyra because when you learn T there's no limits you connect with a right away and it's even higher than the level of the to of and when a person goes elevated to that level then when you bring down Godly energy into this world you're bringing down what kind of also infinite Godly energy now we all know there's something which is called made this equal on The Godly side on the on the on the kipa side and you can possibly add possibly add why Hashem do this so there should be Freedom of Choice you can choose this path or that path I mean you have two two choices and know so th like you have with all your might and Holiness like we said before through learning you can go straight connect to on the highest level or through TR you can connect on the highest level the same applies unfortunately in in in the cipo world and that's why the M said before that the the Yakov saw in the dream Ed was going up and he doesn't know how far it's going however says that elevation of Ed is only in the in the on the external level and like it says like it says clearly if you're going to elevate like like like an eagle I'm G to take you down from there why is that because the elevation and this is very powerful the purpose of the elevation is so to have the tremendous downfall and the whole purpose that allows Ed to rise externally so that it should have a tremendous downfall and just like we see the story in PM that with with hmon that she picked up that that Esther picked up hon tremendous so he should have the tremendous downfall afterwards and that that's why it says and know it's referring to that elevation that it goes up but know elevates itself and it goes very very high but that's the cause of the M of going down and that's that that it gives the fire to consume it so you see the re explains beautifully and know through learning to we have the greatest elevation he that elevation ofip it's a false elevation and the purposes M to be consumed and that's why King David said we know King David is called the the the one that sang all the praise of hem what did he say in his prayers to to send out your wrath on the nations of the world that they don't know you and the and the Nations that did not call the name of hem why is that because they wanted to consume Yakov and like it says before that in that prayer that they they took Jerusalem the holy stood of Jerusalem and they ruined it and know what does that mean regard referring to the high level of hasem the ultimate the completion of being an all of hem the what did they do they they they they created the opposite of building know they made made I they destroyed it and that's the whole idea of Exile that we're in and especially now in in the end of Exile when we're on the heels of Messiah coming so what do we say that the reason why there's an elevation in the opposite of Holiness is for their downfall that so that that the verse can be fulfilled could lash out his wrath up to like it says in the end of the verse we're your nation we're your flock will always be grateful to you and acknowledge you for forever and ever will speak about your praise because our praise is going to be forever and in an everlasting way and the same thing should apply to us when we say that the wrath of hm should be Spilled Out it continue on we say at the end of a what does it say the end of the next year we're going to be in Jerusalem and there brings a powerful teaching of the fre that says that when know we're saying that what next year we should be in Jerusalem so says that when you're now in Jerusalem so automatically next year in Jerusalem and like or like Rashi said it says hasem is the son is coming what does that mean is already came it's here and especially how is it here because we know all the revelations comes is dependent on our actions and gas so we're doing now we are creating our because when we're doing our learning Torah doing praying we're creating our future and what does that mean explains based on what is brought down in the in the med that those hasem really care if we Slaughter the animal or if we just kill the animal or we eat it from the front or the back what does that mean because ultimately Hashem only cares about one thing except for Hashem is he gave us the Mitzvah is to to refine us so what do we see from there even on the level where so to speak Hashem doesn't care but he but what does he care about He does care about us being transformed and how we get transformed does care we get transformed like it's like like it's brought down in reference when so a business that what why is somebody in business the reason why you're in business is to make to make a profit what you do for business obviously legal ethical Etc but what you do that's not the important part the goal is the profit you're trying to make and what does that mean practically practically because since the Jewish people and Hashem through learning T we become one in other words through toyra we actually we we we we we unite and we transform and we refine um and and and we unify with Hashem up to the level of the people that are just called just Jewish know just simple people were war with hem and up to the point that the Jewish people andem and T are all one and when we do our spiritual work of of learning to connecting to will fulfill the promise of what it says that just like in the days of going out of Egypt we saw wonders and miracles so the same thing what happens Messiah comes that the Wonders are going to be comparison to the Wonders when we went out out of Egypt and because this and because this going out of Exile is going to be Everlasting it's going to be a Redemption but after this Redemption there's not we're not going to be an exile anymore we're going to be above any limits of time and also any limits of space and if you know that the the everything is going to break loose everything all the borders are are going to totally be infinite and when is that going to happen when the mhia our righteous mhia going to to arrive and govern finish up so beautifully and powerfully it should happen very very very soon and very very quick quickly so you have a beautiful discourse that explains the whole idea of to that through learning to we can reach the highest places and he you see some of these people that get elevated just know it's only it's external and eventually it's going to fall apart so let's hope and pray we learned her like there says and will Merit for the coming of mashiah the next class will be have a great and blessed week sh