Feet on the Ground, Heart in the Sky. פדה בשלום A New Kabbalah class by Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

Welcome to our class in we're going to be learning another beautiful discourse in the Reb the name of the discourse is called the Reb said this discourse on Tuesday which is the numerical value of 17 the 17th day of the month of K in the year which is 44 years ago and the re said this before the prayer of later on the re was certified and edit this discourse and it came out in honor of the completion of introduction of a new sa in the days of Kaneka in that same year in which was done in honor of the Reb and the rebbit in honor the Reb's 50th wedding anniversary and also in honor of 30 years there leadership that took place in the synagogue in in okay so the discourse is based on the verse that says that you redeemed my soul in peace from those that were close to me because multiple people were with me re says we know it's known the different points that the altar brings out and the altar is one that celebrated his day of Liberation on the 19th day of klave and also the different insights of his son the M who also celebrated his day of celebration of coming out of prison for again for spreading mysticism and on the on the 10th day of the month of klave and based on the fact that this verse it it says not only the fact that there was a redemption in general but the way the Redemption took place the Redemption was done B in peace that's question number one also why it say me Le from those that were close to me and not from a way of of a war Etc and another point they bring out why tells me c Le from those that are close to me which means that the Redemption is what specifically to me also why it says that multiple people with me and know that's the reason why he was redeemed and what's the idea of what of the multiplicity that was with me that caused the Redemption says the point of the explanation is that Redemption applies only when there opposition if there's no opposition opposition what's theed what what are you being redeemed from in other words if there's no one opposing you why do you have to be redeemed and since we know in the world of Holiness the the only right way and the only real existence is is AEM however when you have an opposing side in other words when you have darkness and you have things which are which are not appropriate so you have to have the Redemption from darkness and from silliness Etc okay so in other words so if there's no there's no other side there's no re Redemption but when you have an opponent when you have Darkness then you need Redemption now what happens is when you go through the process of redemption that creates that the Holiness is on a whole different level like the famous mystical expression there's light and there's Darkness but what happens is when there's light okay there's light very nice but when you have darkness and then you have light the light is felt much stronger or like for example the other expression is that the that this wisdom and the silliness and but on the other hand when you have wisdom that comes from from a from a silly place it's much stronger so know when you have the Redemption from the darkness from the silliness then you have the greater light the greater wisdom but not only quantitatively but also what you have is a qualitative tremendous upgrade again so before we go forward what's the main point saying is that when it comes to Redemption that means there's opposition there's darkness and after the after the darkness the light is what much greater now when you have this Redemption where basically you're taken from a dark place from a negative space and you bring it into to to a positive space there's two ways that that can go about happening one is when the Redemption takes place through opposition through a war and then you can have the Redemption in a way of peace and he points out and he and he and he revolutionizes this for in in this verse because even though you would think what do you mean you have opposition so it has to be war no you can have Redemption in a way of peace and and and in this itself in this idea itself when you have the Redemption in a way where it could be know through war and through peace so it's possible it happens in two ways in other words one way is when you're standing in close combat what you're trying to what you're struggling with before before it's transformed or if you're standing in a distance and over here what he what he revolutionizing says in this verse that the that the Redemption takes place when it's close combat and like it's explained at length in the discourse of of the and this it says to me means it's done in a very very powerful way in a way that's not going to that's it's not going to end it's going to be it's like he use the Expression anytime it says Lee it doesn't it doesn't stop it's strong it's it's Everlasting so in other words you have the Redemption a point number one is done in the way of Peace B it's done a way of closeness and B it's something which is Everlasting now the reason why you have the Redemption and it's done in the way of peace and it's done in the way of closeness and something which is going to last forever because what does so what does that mean so there's two insights Insight number one is referring to the prayers of the multiple people the many many people that prayed that's very very powerful and the second idea is that it's referring on on the Redemption that the Redemption was done in a way of of of of Multiplicity and like we know like he said the the like the Al said that not only me not only I was redeemed but hasem redeemed everybody that loves to mitz Etc okay now this this idea says all these ideas it applies in the way we serve hem and like like it's explained at L the discourses so if it's if it applies to we serve hem so obviously it's in t itself as well like it says like it says that means everything that applies to to the human being is in the tah and as we know the kazal teach us that hasem looked into the tah and through the tah created the world so obviously every idea is in tah and from tah it comes out into the world so what does that mean practic explains like this to explain the idea of the way it's in to so we know that t is not in heaven tah was given to us physical people down in this materialistic world and since T is in this physical world in a place of darkness in a place of silliness so what happens is we have to to redeem the toyra out of this world cuz toy is stuck in this materialistic world and when you redeem the toyra out of the world what happens is you have a greater light that comes specifically um from the darkness and based on what it's known that when you're dealing with the spiritual worlds then what do we mean by spiritual higher worlds so over there it's different reality over there what's what's what's Basics what's the default setting in the spiritual and godly Worlds the default setting everything is is godliness what's a revolutionary idea in the spiritual World materialism but down here it's just the opposite what's standard what's the default setting in this world physicality materialism what's a revolutionary idea that God exists so the idea is to reveal godliness in this world that's a revolutionary idea and that is called to creating a Redemption we're redeeming God by taking God off the guesta so to speak and making God a real reality in this world so that is in a way it works in the world but the same applies also with the idea of T and and in this itself just there's a few different few different different way ways where it plays out and generally we're going to talk about two idea two ideas in other words just like when it comes to serving Hashem so we have the Redemption in a way where could be combat or it could be in a way of Peace So what does that means practically in a spiritual level so that the difference way we serve God when we pray and we learn T why because T is T is more peaceful he's bringing Godly light into this world and pray is struggling with the animal Soul so the same applies with toyra itself that there's also two ideas in other words there's a way to learn like it says to educate the child based on his level like the r explains at length in his uh commentary on the M on the Mish that you have to when you're educating a child you have to find different ideas and different advice and different settings Etc so that the child should grasp it you're not just coming in and teaching him the way you understand it no you want to make the child should be able to relate to it based on the situation the per the child is in based on the Age based on what what he's going through right now and there's a way of learning T so no that's one way where you break bring it down to the child's level you bring it down to on a materialistic level but then there's another way of learning Tah the way T was given in heaven in other words even though yes you're learning T down in this world but how do you learn T in this world where it's not it doesn't get affected by this world and it and and and it's totally is bringing in a very very powerful light into this world now just like you have these two levels when it comes to learning t mean one is where the T you have to bring make it relevant to the world or the way you just bring in the powerful light of T so the same thing also is in the toy itself what does that mean brings from from the Zoya the and he says and it's explained who was celebrating his day of redemption and he explains as follows when it comes to the revealed part of the to which is known as the tree of knowledge to mean is good and bad into it so in in in the revealed part of we know there's a question and there's an argument and you have to have the war of toyra this Rabbi says like this and that Rabbi says like this and you have an answer cuz you're trying to figure out what what do we do what is the end what's the so it's very complicated to come to resolution that's one way that's one aspect of to the revealed part of T but then you have the inner part of the T which is called the tree of light and in that place there's no questions and we have the Wellsprings of the that was revealed in our generation the Torah and that is all done in a way a peace because you're not there's no conflict there's no war you're just bringing in the light ofus now so we see that's the way it applies in ter as well now the fact is when it comes to the re when the Redemption so could be done in a way of distant or could be in close combat what does that mean and what and what do we explain that the the Revolutionary idea of the verse is that the Redemption is done in a way of close combat in a way that it's cor it's close what does that mean and explains as follows we understand that based on the explanation of the ALB in the teaching kazal says that when somebody prays you have to put your eyes down that means you have to be connected to reality of this world but your heart has to be connected to Hashem I'll say it in Hebrew you have to put your your eyes down in the physical world but your heart should be connected on the spiritual level in other words you have to see from with your eyes the physical world know even though your heart is connected to the highest levels you have to see the physical world the world and everything in the world the same thing also applies when it comes to learning T that person has to learn not just wow it's amazing stuff no no but you have to bring it down to reality like it says clearly God go tal why is tal so great because it brings you to do the action you can learn and meditate and everything but you still got to do the Mitzvah you got to you got to make it real up to the point that when you learn you have to say what what what does this mean practically what is the Jewish law saying about that you know you need to have a final resolution how we behave and when you when you learn in a way to behave then you come to the true intent of the T and like the like the explains at length in the discourse of the Year famous year of T so that's the whole idea of mly that you have to make it real into this world and then he goes on he says what does that mean so one explanation is it comes through the prayer the prayer of of multiple people in other words that means even if somebody is on a very very high level connected to hasem through prayer to T but nevertheless you can't come fear his prayer when you're praying with multiple people when you're praying part of a minion when you're praying part of a commun community and like it's understood from when when it comes to the prayers of the 10 days of tra 10 days of repentance between so it says that over there that 10 days of tra is referring to an individual and here is referring to what praying as a community in other words the prayer of individual in the 10 10 days are true true because days of prayer is like the prayers of a community a whole year so know what do you see that even though in so praise the the the energy is so high throughout the year a a quir of 10 people accomplish the same thing but you can't compare um the pray of individual in 10 days of choua to the pray of a community so there's something very very powerful of a minion of a community praying together so during the year it's very powerful 10 intended to true it's even more powerful so that's the power of praying with a community and when the community prays for something that's one Insight the the the the second Insight of of of the multiple people praying is it's referring to the idea of you including a lot of people you know they unifying a lot of people what does that mean like based on the author explains in a s and he brings from the Aral it says that before you stop praying you have to say I accept myself the Mitzvah of the to love my fellow like myself and when do we say that we say that even before we start and and that energy of accepting upon yourself the mitah to love everybody goes through all the all the levels of prayer starting from which is the beginning which actually starts the formal prayers and then later on the the the the until the end which actually that yesu Joshua is the one that said when he when he when he when he conquered the land of Israel the first time and in a way that we should have it obviously an everlasting uh inheritance but all these levels of prayer is complete when we based on the original part of the prayer we said which means what through love for another so in other words Rim is referring to either the fact that you're playing you're praying with a with the community or you're unifying yourself through the Mitzvah of you ever finish off and he says as follows should be the will that every one of us should do what we're supposed to to fulfill the the request that the bagula the alad to spread mysticism all over the world and as we know that the main spreading mysticism all over the world when did it start it started after the the the petburg which basically is the the the celebration of utas klave in other words after not only after the the the the um the redemp Rion of pburg know after he was released but even what caused the Redemption know the actual imprisonment why is that because basically when you have an olive when you squeeze it that's what brings out the oil so yeah you have the the the Redemption after petburg but even while he was being squeezed that was bringing out the oil and there you can say possibly that's why the AL if you give a look in Tanya Tanya is made up of 53 chapters 53 we know in Hebrew 50 is nun and three is gimmel which if you take the two letters backwards it's the same letters as g a garden so he was was in prison for 53 days so that later on he can go ahead so later on he can go ahead and spread mysticism in the garden of AEM in this physical world and here you see the tremendous opportunity and the tremendous Merit of those that are B busy and spreading mysticism all over the world to spread mysticism all over the world for men for women and like uh like the the previous tror said that even women are obligated to learn mysticism why because the fact is by learning mysticism this will bring you to love hem and be all of hem and women are also obligated it's a it's a it's a it's a commandment which applies always like like it's explained in the introduction of the and also obviously for children so that like it says in the T they should hear and they should learn and they do what they they should do the Mitzvah of hem every finishes off beautifully and he says it should be the will that everyone should be busy with spreading mysticism all over the world and the way you're supposed to and even more than that and especially in the last days that's left in an exile where MH is coming any day but this will bring very very soon and the way of joy gladness of heart that we're going to go with our children with the elders with our with our sons and our daughters and we're going to go to greet mashiach and we're going to go together to with mashiach and with all the toras of of that's from outside Israel and together with all the synagogues and all the houses of study of outside Israel going to go all to Israel the Holy Landes I wonder are we going to go like finish off and he says beautifully it's going to happen very very soon and in a real way and most importantly they ever finish off so beautifully and so powerfully with joy with gladness of heart we're all going to go and we're going to redeem from this Gus and Elevate this Gus so here we have another beautiful powerful discourse how we have the power of to do it in the way of peace and let's hope and pray like finish this off we're going to go M and next class will bees have a blessed week sha to