Levels of Bitul Acceptance.אשרי תבחר ותקרב ישכון חצריך Kabbalah class by Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz — 4

Welcome to our class on we're going to be learning a beautiful discourse from the Reb the name of the discourse is called the re said this discourse on the night before which that year was the 26th day of the month of the 68 years ago and every went on to certify and edit this discourse in honor of the 18th day of the month of Nissan in the year 35 years ago so again the discourse is based in the verse in the prophets in the in the Psalms where King David says which says happy is the person chooses him and brings him close dwells in the courtyard of hem and associated with the good of hashem's house and the Holiness of hashem's chamber now this verse says we say before circumcision and like it says in the prayer book in the order of the circumcision what's the of this verse that we say by circumcision so it says in the early righteous people when they would bring their child up they would open up with this verse Etc even though the say but there says the AL wrot so obviously it applies to everybody now to explain the connection of this verse with circumcision and in this verse there's four things that are mentioned means a courtyard is plural for Courtyards so obviously there two levels two levels of Courtyards and then there's the h a house and then there's the h a special place now the way it work the order in the in the verse is it goes from the lower level goes higher um like the zor says first he starts with two levels of Courtyard afterwards the house and afterwards the the chamber which means it goes into more internal and more more higher and you can say that these four these four ideas those the two Courtyards the house and and the Chamber is referring to the four levels of and that's what we say before the circumcision why because what is a circumcision you're trying to bring in above above the four levels of the worlds so in order to bring that high that the the high above you have to first deal with the four levels and that's why they say this verse explains as follows it explains the idea is that the difference between a a courtyard and a house literally so a house is where a human being lives in a courtyard that's where the animals the birds live and like the mishna says that you would put the the uh animals in in the courtyard and You' make a special cage for for the for the for for the uh chickens Etc now in the courtyard there's two levels there's two types you have a courtyard which is basically covered and then you have a courtyard which is not covered what's the difference between a courtyard which is which is covered and not covered even in Jewish law so a courtyard which is not covered means it has four four four walls and obviously a gate um so the the Jewish law is if it's more than a certain size um so according to Torah it's considered a private domain however according to um the Rabin law is that's not completely a private domain it's called a caralis why in certain aspect it's like a public domain however with once it's covered everybody agrees even according to ruling that it's a private domain now the difference literally is that um in when if you want to watch an animal so you can watch an animal even in a courtyard which is not covered as long as it's four walls a gate that's protected it's not going to run anywhere and you need you need you need the fence however if you have birds and you put them in a courtyard that's that has four walls they can fly away so therefore you need to have what a a cover to protect the birds he like to explain this what it says in the talmud that a an animal that was created from Earth in order for it to to be kosher you need to have two signs on the other hand a bird that was created from the mud the way to Kosher for kosher only needs one sign and it's explained elsewhere that an animal that was created from Earth um dry land so therefore it has very very strong energy a very powerful energy so it's so so spiritually what does that mean that referring to the animal Soul um is very very strong and therefore in order to make it Kos you need to have two signs on the other hand a bird that was that was was created from mud which is water and Earth is referring to the animal Soul which is on which is on a more refined level and if it only needs one sign um on the on the and more specifically what does that mean practically so if you're dealing with the animal which is referring to the animal Soul itself which is from the lower levels of NOA which means it's it's course on the other hand the bird is is is referring to the idea of the the intellectual the intellectual Soul Which is higher levels of NOA which is more the refined part and that's why it's a it's a inter intermediary between the animal soul and The Godly Soul so again so you have the animal Soul which is connected more um to the idea of the animal then you have the Godly soul and then you have the the intellectual Soul which which connects the two and that's why the the bird that that that flies in the air knows that time to time doesn't always fly sometimes at rest but what flies so you can explain it in two ways in other words this kind of flies know as the bird flies why is it flying because it's connected spiritually to the idea of the the the intellectual Soul what so what's the connection with the intellectual soul and flying because the nature of intellect even the the the um the the uh the intellect of the of the of the of this the intellectual soul and even though yes it's it's it's a natural intellect um which is called but since it's still intellect so it's the nature of intellect is it it draws to something higher intellect usually thinks of higher things um that's one component another idea that when it gets connected um with the into into The Godly soul is connected to to the intellectual Soul the intellect and The Godly Soul connect so it's able to comprehend godliness which is above intellect but nevertheless and and it agrees and it comprehends The Godly soul but the fact is it still remains an in intellect intellectual level okay so two points one is that the intellectual Soul Cleaves to highest of and B it connects to The Godly soul but nevertheless it still it still has its own identity you can say that this that the animal which again said referring to the animal Soul um is is could be watched even in a in a courtyard which is not covered versus the um watching a bird that flies specifically something is covered one second but the fact we just learned that the animal is an animal and the and the and the bird is the intellect is is the connect to the intellectual Soul which can connect to The Godly Soul so why is it the animal is just enough four walls with the bird needs a covering also and he ever explain something very beautiful because when you're dealing with the refinement and the the uh adal kite of of NOA so it's it's not so noticeable so when when you notice something is an animal so you put up four wolves and you know it's an animal and you protect it but when you're dealing with something with so refined that that that that it's not holy so therefore you need to have an extra watching you need to even cover you need to cover the the top as well and it was he like to add just like a on a m materialistic physical level know the reason why that a bird is not is not um uh protected in a courtyard it has walls if it doesn't have a roof on top because it going to run away so the same thing Also spiritually this that the um the intellectual Soul needs extra watching because it has the in its trait it could run away into the ear what does that mean because since the intellectual Soul what does it draw it draws to higher things and not only that it it also comprehends and realizes that The Godly Soul has is connected to it and it it connects Godly things so in other words in order to find the the the evil and the negativity into intellect you have to come to the realization about the godliness which is much greater than intellect and other even the ideas of godliness that a person does comprehend but the intellect doesn't understand it fully why cuz since it's godliness it's infinite and the way the intellect understands it it's limited so you can't fully comprehend it and when when the intellectual Soul feels the godliness which is above intellect and it realizes that it's that it's capped out and it realizes that The Godly soul is much higher so what happens then is it actually gets refined and that's the way it gets protected so as the purpose of the of the roof spiritually for the intellectual soul is to realize guess what as as brilliant as you are and as as smart as you are and as much as you understand godliness but you're only going to go so far and by realizing there's something higher that's how the intellect gets refined so basic on every explains he like to explain that this that we say that the the the the the the Jewish law is that a courtyard which is not covered um is is considered like you know biblically it's considered like a private domain but Rabin says that no it's it has in C it's a Cara me certain compon like it's like a public domain why is that because when it comes to what does it mean you're watching the animal Soul practically how do you watch the animal Soul or animal Soul you watch it by basically um watching the thoughts making sure you only have positive thoughts Godly thoughts Etc you watch the speech that the animal Soul even though gets excited but you only say positive things and good things and you are positive and good why is that because the the the um the the desire and the the lust of the animal soul you can the animal Soul can think about things are forbidden but in order to watch the animal Soul says by putting up walls where the animal is in other words yes you can't control the animal soul is going to want to do things inappropriate but you can put put up a wall not to allow it to express itself in thought speech and action so that's the way you watch the that's the way you watch that's the way you watch the animal Soul however when it comes to watching the the the uh the bird which we we said that's the that's the uh refinement of NOA which is referring to the the internal parts which is our intellect and our emotions you know the problem there is because of the arrogance and the and the coarseness in other words hey I'm a intellect I understand things uh you know we we comprehend certain things Etc so it's not enough to put up walls of thought speech and action because even if you're careful with your thoughts and speech and action and even if you're on the level of let's say you're a like alter rights in t you never ever sin thought speech and action but because of the arrogance and the coarseness which of the intellect And the emotions which are which are course my intellect I understand I feel Etc so you it's not enough thought speech and action the courtyard around but you need a roof and the point is you need to meditate on godliness those for the animal Soul you're not changing the animal soul but it's enough just control thought speech and action it's not going to do more it's not going to damage but when you're dealing with an intellect a smart person and you de with an emotionally developed person sure you can protect thought speech and AC that's not enough protection because it's intellect it's the internal parts you have to bring you have to um train it and you have to and you have to cultivate it a relationship with godliness you need the roof you need to have the connection with godliness and since the main thing is action so therefore from you know a courtyard that's so to be that's open so yeah biblically if you have a courtyard which is not covered it's a private place because the fact is yes it's the private place for hasem because your thoughts spe in action you're going to be fine but since the rabbis want for more from us they're here to elevate us that we know we should Elevate our intellect and emotions so in order to make the to make the animal Soul prop place you obviously need to have um it's it's going to be considered a public place and if you want to be a private place it has to be when you refine and you transform your intellect and your emotions as well now since the intellect of the intellectual soul on its own it's it's course it's it's it's it's it's it's egotistical and not only that it's coming from kipat noga it's coming from from from from an an um impure not not a place which is called Kip not totally impure but but borderline so what happens then is even after the intellect realizes guess what you train it realize yes you're very smart and everything is great but God is much greater and you realize how far you are are from hasem in other words the you able to come comprehend godliness and you're able to comend Godliness but in a limited way and a physical way and you don't understand the way it is because the fact is God is infinite and by doing that the person becomes on a level of vital you come an acceptance yes I'm very smart and everything's great but do know hasm is infinite I I become humble but the fact is you can compare the humil the humbleness of the intellectual Soul versus the humbleness of the of The Godly Soul why because the humbleness of The Godly soul is in its Essence The Godly soul is not like a soul that becomes humble in its Essence it's humble however the intellectual Soul yeah you can work on humility but it's going to be an add-on and but in essence it's really really AR arrogant and that's why even a a courtyard which is covered with a roof there's animals there and it's not a place for humans to live there why because what is a human being in Hebrew a human being is called an Adam Adam's numerical value is 45 ma which is basically B which is acceptance of The Godly soul and why is that because we compare it to asem however the um the acceptance of the animal soul and of the intellectual soul it's you could have acceptance but the the the the Arrogant self is accepting and basically it's on a level of animal which is what lower than a human being now even though we just learned that the acceptance of The Godly soul is not the highest level but there is there two levels there as well what's the two levels because it's known that in order for The Godly Soul should have an impact on the animal soul and on the intellectual Soul how's that happen it's by by the intellect And the emotions of The Godly Soul they come in a in a finite limited way so that it connect that it could relate to the to the to the uh to the intellectual soul and also to the animal soul and up to the point it literally gets involved it gets enclothed with the with the intellect and the emotion of the of the intellectual soul and the animal Soul so what happens then is that the intellect And the emotions of The Godly Soul there's two levels you have you have it on its own which totally Godly and then you have it where it gets enclothed and it gets involved with the intellectual soul and the animal soul and like it's explained elsewhere that the power that the Godly Soul has to go ahead and have an effect and transform the animal Soul why is that because The Godly soul is really Godly in its Essence so you can say that even in the intellect And the emotions of The Godly Soul the way it comes into the animal Soul there's two there's two components to it in a revealed way the way it's seen by the intellectual soul and by the animal Soul they're finite and that their acceptance is like the level of accept and therefore it has the power it does that to have the power to have an impact on the go on the on the on the the intellectual soul and the animal soul but internally it's really godliness and in that level it's it's the level of real bitas where it's totally accept the highest level and everything you can say that these four components there's are two levels of Courtyard which is basically the the transformation of the animal soul and of the animal Soul that's the one level of cour the one that's opened and the second the the transformation of the intellectual Soul that's one that's closed and the two ideas in the power of The Godly Soul the way it's in a revealed way where it's b or the way it's an internal way where it's totally acceptance is compared to the four four worlds of Bri what is that how does that work because the world the lowest world of a and the one above it it's a world of existence Bria is the world that there possibility for existence and in the world ofas there's nothing really exists over there now the difference between AIA the lowest world and which is something and Bria which gives the room for for a something is that the acceptance the b in the world of and is it's a something that's that that that is accepting now since the lowest Two Worlds and is a something so therefore when they are when they're in the level of B which is acceptance is beautiful but something external to who they are however the ble the acceptance of Bria which is the possibility of existence So it's b but you totally get nullified and know what the whole exist is basically nullified and that's why which is the which is the world of the of the angels and over there they serve god with with love and no natural love and no and Bria which is the the world of The Souls of righteous people and they serve god with love and a of an intellectual level and even in angels that serve hem on the love and level of of of of intellect is also in the world of why is that because when it comes to love and natural that is the that is who they are and the love and all of on the intellectual level what does that mean that their love and or of hem is not from their nature but it's because the that that godliness that they comprehend gives them the realization and the awareness they have to love hem and be in all of hem but nevertheless since in the world of Bria it's comprehension you got it you meditate and you got it and the level of acceptance B in the world of Bria is because the intellect is so to speak proving and forcing to you that from a from a Godly from godliness there's no reason to have any ego egotistical so then even though it's you're totally nullified but the Nullification is an existence what's the ultimate level of of of B you totally don't exist that's in the world of aus why because the a level of B the level of total Acceptance in the world ofas it's not coming from an intellectual place it's coming from a Godly place cuz in that world I'll say it in Hebrew the only thing that exists is a different the world of you can't even have Angels not even high level of angels and the world ofus is literally the dwelling place for very very high righteous uh righteous people that they were totally a chariot for hem above intellect and they totally B they don't exist now even though you can say one second wow if nothing exists other than hem this 10 which is intellect and emotions but the fact is that spirits that exist in the world of doesn't have its own own existence as we know it know the light and the vessel are both all one with hem and that's why these four ideas in our serving hem is connected to the four levels in the world of why because the acceptance of the animal Soul which is the lowest level which is connected toia and the acceptance of the the intellectual Soul which is the world of Ys and the acceptance is all what both of those it's it's in addition to who they are just like the the level of acceptance of the world of a and to add says this that we say that a a courtyard needs protection why is that because the world of AIA the lowest world the world of is something and therefore things that come out from need to be protected and that's why when it says plural because the spiritual work of the world of AIA the lowest world is mainly action and then you all you need is the the walls and you don't need to have a roof but the world the work in the world of Y which is basically emotions then you need to have a then you need to have the roof and and Etc and when it comes to the intellect and the emotions of The Godly soul that come into the animal soul and the that level of acceptance is not something attachment on who they are but it's but it's a level of B which is like the world of Bria and the highest level which is the the acceptance of The Godly Soul itself and even and which includes the the acceptance of the level of Soul which has comes into the animal soul in Eternal way that's BOS that's like the level of BOS and that's why the zor says when you bring it in first into two levels of the courtyard then afterwards to the house afterwards to the high Chambers because the beginning is start off with plural there a a courtyard which is not covered a courtyard which is covered which says the animal soul and and and and and the intellectual soul that is basically the transformation and refinement of the animal soul and the intellectual soul that even after it's transformed they still they're still an animal they still remain an animal afterwards you go to the level of a house which basically is revealing The Godly Soul the way it comes into the intellectual soul and into the animal soul and of there the acceptance is like the like the acceptance of the world of Bria and it's called a house because just like a house is a place that human being lives like it says that the beauty of a person is to live in a house the same thing also the world of Bri which is the world of the of the seat is the place where human being can sit and and and and a person sits there how do you sit there when you're in the level of bital acceptance to God and then and and and the acceptance is that's who you are then you go to the higher level which is basically the revelation of the Soul which is above above coming in in in EN clothed way into the animal soul and also including the internal part of the Soul which comes into the animal soul and that level acceptance is total Acceptance in its Essence just like the acceptance of the world of and it's called The Chamber because what's the idea of a chamber like it says and in the verse says know when when you have hem in the highest level then everything gets quiet and it's not even possible to have anything that exists and that's why before the circumcision we say this verse because the four worlds about is that's the way the world flows and we know the circumcision is above and like tell us based in the verse where it says Al on the eth and what what's the idea ofus circumcision was given on the eth day and the author explains in the in the discour starting it says that this that the song of of King David was that on idea that circumcision was given on the eth day because eight is connected to the level of Which is higher than Aus and goes on to say possibly you can say that circumcision is not only higher than the four worlds but it's also higher than the four letters of the name which is the the letters that create the world and from here get gets created all the four worlds like the AL explains in based on the verse where it says me who's going to go up to me in heaven so the first letter of each one of these four four words spells out circumcision but the last letter of each one of the four these four words is which is hashem's name and so this that that um that uh that you have the the first letter is circumcision and the end is is y k is because yut obviously is much is is because because the circumcision is higher than that's why it's the first versus that's the last letters but in order to bring in the revelation of above through circumcision so first you have to have you have to have the have have the four worlds in other words like like for example the powerful teaching it says that in order to do circumcision the baby has to be in this world one shabas one one chabas why because shabas is the completion of creation and after you have the completion then you can go to the next level above creation you can say this is why it says go in front of me and you'll be complete in other words that in beginning you have to have which means you need to have the the the the the uh the letters of name has the four letters of name after that you can come to you can have the Revelation which comes through circumcision and therefore we before the circumcision we say this verse of and also the night before the bris because that's the beginning of the circumcision time so we learn Z in this verse because the spiritual work in these four ideas these four ideas is the four the four Worlds the four letters of hashem's name and that's a preparation and and a vessel for the Revelation that comes above hisas so we have a powerful beautiful cic discourse of the Reb and and on the the different levels of obviously uh of the animal Soul the the intellectual Soul The Godly soul but ultimately it's all about um having real B real acceptance and that will bring us the greatest gifts have a great and blessed week and let's hope our next class will bees