ONE WITH HASHEM. אם בחוקותי תלכו A New Kabbalah class by Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

Welcome to our class on we're going to be learning a beautiful discourse in the rebba the name of the discourse is called IM the said this discourse on that year was the 27th day of the month of was also the Shabbat bless the month ofon in the year 36 years ago so again the discourse is based on the verse where it says in this week's Torah portion if you go in my statutes say it's explained which is the classical teachings from the AL in the beginning of the Torah por which is called the Torah portion now that year there were two part this year it's separate separate so that year set a second Torah portion of but obviously it's referring to and as well besides the fact explains also explained in the different discourses of the afterwards and they explain what does mean means Conant the expression of something that's carved in in other words that toy on the highest level is in the way where it's carved in like it says the the tablets they were engra grave they were carved in so that's the highest level when something is carved in then you have where it comes down where it's written regular regular writing which is called T the written law and then it comes down to a lower level where it's called which is given over orally what's the difference when it comes to O letters that are carved in which are basically carved in and engraved for example in the stone so what happens then is the letters not only the the the the uh the content of the letters but the whole essence of the letters they're one with the stone and you can and they're so graved that you can't actually theate between them it's so part and parcel of it and that is the level of the letters that are carved in of the tah that they're literally one with Hashem so that is the highest level where it's totally engraved carved in it's one with hasem afterwards it gets goes down to a lower level where where you have a parchment you have a letter on top of it that's the written letters and like the author writes in Tanya and he says that the tur went and travel down from the highest places till it came down to Ink on the book and so when you have ink and a parchment it's two different things and you could technically take the ink off the parchment versus when something is carved in it's one and you can say that when it comes to something that's carved in and you cannot so to speak separate it out of the stone there's two components when something's carved in one is that when something is carved in you can't take the letter out of the stone why because once it's carved in it's it's one how you going to take the letter out that's Point number one and number two is you can't take the stone away from the letter because what is that stone once it has the carve the letter is the stone is that it has those letters in there so a you can't take the letter out and B you can't take the stone out so based on the explains so everything so imagine for a moment you have a stone and you take the you take and you carve out letters so again the letter is part of the stone the stone is part of the letter so therefore everything on the stone around the part that shapes the letter is called in Hebrew pus it's extras if you have a big stone and you carve out a letter so you need the empty space which creates the letter and the P pace around it everything around there is totally extra in other words besides the fact the fact that we know the simple idea of the the extra of the tablets that we that is brought down in the tal that says that M became very wealthy from it and as what is that from That's from the part that that that got chipped out but the but but the way the explained before is that the only really part that's important for the for the stone is the part that's connected to the letter so anything that's not attached that creates the letter is all part of the extras in other words even part of the stone that with with where the letter is not which is a very very big area like it says in the talmud that the the the the dimensions of of the L of the tablets are so the length was six six hand breads the width was six and the height was three so 6 by 6 by three so in other words everything which is basically not part of the part that creates the letter is considered the extras of the letters and brings out another point he says to to bring out that another place is explained that that from the from the talmud it comes out that the tablets actually Square without you know they have those designs on top the round designs on top so based on this re says one second is a tremendous one Wonder um it's a side point I was bringing out here that some have a custom that unfortunately we're living in Exile and in the darkness of Exile so they go ahead and a besides the square of the tablets they go ahead and they make like this round circle on top now some goingon to say one second this is what we've done it for ages for Generations so it's almost like a custom and we know this the rule is that that a custom of our ancestors that's considered Torah but the fact is says that does not take away from the authentic image of the tablets and the authentic image of the tablet was square and therefore it remain Square matter of fact ever since spoke about this at length many many times um theab custom is to make sure that anytime there's an image of tablets we make it Square without the round on top okay that's a side note get back to the main point so what we just learn that is referring to when something's carved in and carved in it's one with the stone the letter is one with the stone the stone is one with the letter and everything else technically is is is extras so now we're going to learn what does this mean practically and it's like in the world world of cabala it's called what does it mean by avoid serving hasem what does that mean practically it means practically is that when we learn toyra the Toyah has to be engraved within us just like the engraved in the stone is part of the stone the same thing also ter has to be part of us now and and and just like we explained before there two different levels of where it's connected the stone is connected to the letter letter us connect the stone so the same thing also there's two components here as well one one part is that the whole idea of to the whole essence of T is the Jewish people up to the point that you could when you learn to and when you study Torah and you think about Torah you can't differentiate that the Jewish that the person or something something else and like the the Reb brings the example where it says in it says in the verse in his T me it's your T it's not your t's Torah but guess what it's called your Torah because when you learn tah becomes your Torah and matter of fact up to the point that let's say someone's a a t muic scholar and he wants to go ahead and um you know accept the fact that he he won't be honored for his learning Torah so so the question how can you do that it's not your T but the fact is not cuz once you learn Torah it's your Torah you consider a scholar if you want to basically not de mind the fact that people don't respect you that's okay and you can say says that's what we also know that what brought down and says that the Jewish people and the toy and hasem the three Jewish people at T andem we're all one how how we won because the Jewish people connect to Hashem through the tah how how do we connect to hasm through the Torah because the fact is we become one with the Torah and not only that we actually create a union with the to andem so we literally become one with the T so the T and the Jewish people are all one and like like it's explained elsewhere the to to explain the idea it says that there are three knots that connect one with the other the Jewish people with the Torah and the Torah with hasem so the question how's it three you really only have two knots you have the first not from the Jewish people to Torah and the Torah to hasm all connected so what does it mean there are three but the fact is what what does that mean because there's a third one because again it goes from the Jewish people to the Torah torem but then there's one that connects hasem to the Torah and and and and the fact that the Jewish he connectm to the Torah and like like it's explained blus that King David he would connect to on high with Hashem so we create a full circle in other words and this is and so you going to say one second this said about King David and we know King David was was was the king of the Jewish people who's alive and well or as he's called the the the king Messiah who's going to be the ultimate uh Redeemer and but the fact is every single person has a a component of King David within us and just like for example when it comes to the spark of and the spark of Mo who is the first Redeemer so obviously every part of these people whether it's and King David connects to every single Jewish person and that's why we are called the Jewish people are called and the the Torah is called the kala the Jewish people are called the the the groom and the Katan is the bride because we're connected so the first point that was bringing out is that toyra and the Jewish people are inseparable every part of T is connected to the Jewish people that's from one perspective and from the second perspective is that every single part of the Jewish person is Tyra a Jew is Tyra and like he get like the the re brings the the powerful analogy that's given and from AA what DOA say that the Jewish people and toyra is just like fish in the water in other words fish you take it out of water it dies the same thing also the Jewish people without to were dead we need to have the TOA so before he explained that that every to is what the Jewish people are part of Torah now he's saying the Jewish people without tah is not the Jewish people cuz we would die without it so we're totally connected to not only that based on what's brought down in the med it's brought down in discourse of the the opinion of it says that when you have someone let's say he's going to immerse in in in the in in in the uh in the in in the sea and what happens is you have to be totally you know connected to the water but what happens if you're you're touching a fish guess what a fish is not considered a separation between your body in the water why because the whole existence of a fishes is water and therefore if you're in the water and a fish is touching you you're it's not considered a separation you're still connected to the water and the that same analogy applies to the Jewish people in ter we're totally one with with the T what does that mean practically that means very simple that when you learn T you have to learn in a way of where it's totally one with you in other words the person learning to is is one with the T and there you can even explain this to a child because the this whole that the whole existence is Terra that what because what happens is when a person person learns T and the whole his whole being is T so even when he's dreaming what are you dreaming about you're dreaming about Tah why because that's who we are and says I like he like to connect this with the idea where it says that the living should give the heart what does that mean you should give it to your heart know if it's a true giving and we know whoever gives gives with a good eye so therefore you give your whole art that your whole existence your whole heart your whole being every part of you becomes a part of T So as what explaining to recap that what's the idea of will you become one with the Jewish people and ter are totally one never since he like to connect this with an explanation of the Reb's father and he has um uh commentaries on the zar on the para and he says that which is a statue is spelled with two letters a and a and being from his father that explains that these two letters the and the that so if you look at a what's a it's a it's a a vertical line horizontal line and a vertical line um no empty spaces a k um is is also vertical line horizontal line there's a little Gap but then there's a long the long vertical line on the other side which is similar to the to the the letter of a he because a a he has a vertical horizontal has a gap and then you have another vertical line so what's the difference the difference is only with the left foot so to speak they both have a right they both have the one on top the difference is the hay has the Gap is connected and the C is very very long so what's the difference and so he explain the's father explains there at Great length the the difference between these letters by the way in the in the zor of the week we discussed it as well this idea okay so that's from the Reb father is based on what's explained in that what is the letter he the letter he which is the three lines right top and on the left side is referring to thought speech and action what does that mean in other words what's the foundation what's the idea of the letter he because we know that hasem created the world with the letter hey in other words so the letter hey besides the fact we that we learned that that it's thought speech and action it's also the letter that used to create the world and the way created the world and what does that mean practically so like this you have the three letters in the he you have the the the one on the right the top and and on the left and we and we said that the ha is hm used to create the world so we know that hm created the world there's four worlds so the three letters that hasem the three the three lines of the he is referring to this Au explains the three worlds of Bria and and that corresponds like we already learned before to thought speech and action so actions obviously connect to the world of AIA speech is connected to the world of and thought is connected to the world of of of of of Bria now so therefore so again so so and that's the reason why the the the line on top which is referring to thought is always connected to the light line on the right which is connect to speech why is that because speech always comes after this thought you don't just start talking you think and then you speak so thought and speech are always connected and even a person is speaking not necessarily in an organized fashion um that's because it's not he's speaking a short while after he thought about it but thought is always connected to the speech so if the speech is not correct because the thought wasn't correct but thought and speech are always connected however when it comes to action there's always a disconnect from from from from uh from thought because when a person does something it's not necessarily noticeable that it comes from your thought and like for example the three worlds of Bri that so so that is the one that's closest to then you Bri creation you see your information but is already a disconnected world like it says when in the verse aive know a basically breaks a to which is connected and then a there's a break and then you have a now so that is so far the the the the spiritual component of the which is Connected Mind action which is which is disconnected and the same thing also Bri serus is connected and a which is what is is disconnected but when we do our work in the in in the creation of the world we have the power to change in two areas either know so far we have the creation of the world as the hey where there's a gap between and so either we can go ahead and we can upgrade now just give INR before we get into this obviously everything that generally speaking a lot of times we we explain and the in a negative right like Etc but here there was going to explain in a positive way so either we can have upgrade the he to a where basically what what does that mean you're upgrading the that means that the action is connected to your thought and speech which is a tremendous thing because normally not always the actions connected to your thought and speech the upgrade of the upgrade part not the negative way of looking at it is where the action is connected to thought and speech or you can upgrade to KU where basically the thought and speech and your action gets gets grounded in reality and what does that mean explains as follows the Revolutionary idea of the where we said the action is connected with thought so that represents completion and action it's not just an action there was a thought there was a speech and the con action is is connected to it and and it's connected to a way that like like the connection we know Mitzvah is called why is it Mitzvah called Mitzvah because it comes it's connected so in the positive is the upgrade where the action is connected to thought and speech and points out in Brackets even though we know there's on the other side the negative so to speak in other words we're basically it's connected to the thought and speech and because of that unfortunately you know you can have the action too quick and it can go into its called cabalistic terms uni can go and become negative but over here we're talking about again the in a positive way so have obviously the and the negative which not talking about that here we're talking about the upgrade of where again the action is connected to the thought what's the Revolutionary idea the upgrade so to speak of the K so that's literally where it comes down what you're trying to do in reality and it literally can come into into negative place and transform it just like that it's explained when reference to the letter lamid so we know the lamid has a thing on top which means it goes above the line which basically it's like building a building like a castle in the a which is above the level of so that look like you have the the lamid on the upgrade side you have the K so to speak on the down on the down side but also in a positive way now now obviously you're going to say what do you mean k we know that K is a negative but say no you can't say there's no such thing as a K in Kusha because here they explain isn't Holiness and the contrary says the main letter CU isn't Holiness because says even we know that for example so the par said that I made an A and and it's mine but but that's only par but most people say no no God is God but there's a higher God in other words but the point is that K does exist in Holiness so what does that mean what is the holy part it's referring to bringing down into below reality which means bringing down a great light into a place where it normally doesn't come into a dark place so that's the and the K in the in the positive side and it gives an example like we find in reference to the letter N you have the regular and then you have the the final n where it actually goes down like in the word in in in in the Torah it says with you should connect to hem because sometimes it says without the final N means without going down low but over here in this verse where it speaks about a connecting to hasem because after it mentions um six different powerful ways to connect to Hashem so so it's so then it comes to tell us that what that we have the fifth level to bring it down and five five to to the power which is 5 * 10 is 50 to bring it down into the into materialistic World um it is below where we can normally go to like the like the expression to the lowest places up to the point that you can literally take something which is negative and transform it into the positive okay so what explained so far um that you have the idea of where it becomes one and he explained the two letters of and at the upgrade part where the action is connected to thought and speech and the C is where basically you bring the energy into the lowest places now says we know that the the the the there's there's a there's a there's a standard way of operating which is called there's a there's a proper flow the way things flow just like what's called when you go things in order for example Al the alif is first and the bay is second that's called that's called going in in in a proper order you know so therefore if you take the three letters we're talking about the hey which is used to create the world and then the and then the K so if you go in the proper order hey comes first like we explained first hey was thoughts be an action then you have the where it connects the the action to the thought and then you have C way it comes down to to into this world so so so that was the proper flow the way the world is created with the hay and then you have the avoid of the the vo of the through doing our work of connecting the the the the the action to the thought and then you have the which basically brings it down into this world which is referring to the level of Chua that's the regular that's the regular approach hey the world has connecting the the the action to the thought and K bringing into the world idea of what of of returning to Hashem but there's also a way called the not not not going based on the the the regular path what is that path called that's the path of Mala he jumps Hoops he does things differently so you have the the spiritual work in the opposite way is also cuz normally we said we start with the ha to the the K but the Mala can start from the back he can start with the K how do you start with the K he supposed to go in order because we also know that there there's there's there's there's a way to to to to read the olive Bas backwards like it's called Tash T Shin you start from the last letter and you go up to the highest letter and like we find the the the in in the praise on Shabbat of Shabbat so it says so you see it list the alphabets backwards so so he starts with the K which is the chuva and then he goes to and then he obviously has to do the the the the the the work of the hay which is basically doing things properly you don't just go always you know jumping hoop you start from the back but then eventually you start doing things right then the Reb says there's also another way of of serving Hashem they actually stop start with the the middle letter um and that's like the word where it's K and then and with these three letters and obviously different you know ways to start it whether it's starting with the and then the way it's normally or you starting with the and the all these different ways that is our spiritual work in this world it within here lies our spiritual work but fin he says when we um do our work in a complete way what will happen is when we do our work which again basically means our thoughts be turn action we connect our action we bring it down we do chuva we will come to the the Redemption of the future which is going to happen like that always beautifully finishes off very very soon so here we have another beautiful discourse about connecting to being one with hem and like finish off when he says and we become one with hasem will ultimately Merit to the ultimate Revelation so let's hope and pray that we do Merit to Ultimate Revelation our next class will bees have a great and blessed week sh to