Self-Sacrifice key to the Greatest Blessings. רב טוב לבית ישראל Kabbalah by Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

Welcome to our class on we're going to be learning a beautiful discourse in the Reb the name of the discourse is called the Reb said this discourse on that year it was the 11th day in the month ofat in the year exactly 60 years ago so again the discourse is based on the one of the verses in the prophet of this week where it says and the re brings from the previous rebba who he just celebrated his the day of his passing and he brings what it says in the talet says and points out oia comes from the same name of Yeshua salvation and the talud says this that the verse says in the prophets what does that mean so theal explains God did a tremendous kindness for the Jewish people that he set that he spread them out all over the world in other words and Rashi explains what's the righteousness that was spread all over the world isn't it better when everyone's together and he says the reason is Rashi explains because if you're all over you can't wipe them out in one shot they're all over the place so if someone gets hurt here someone else somewhere else is saved now the explains what is what what what are we you know obviously we have a body we have a soul but what who are we what is our Essence what is the essence of the Jewish people so the essence of the Jewish people is the fact that we learn to and we do the MIT up to the point and not only when we learn T and we do the mitz but even we do our mundane activities whether it's work whether it's erand whatever we're doing we do it in a way like it says in the prophets and everything that I do I knowem so the essence of a Jew is learning to doing MIT and even in mundane acts it's all about knowing AEM in the physical activities that we do so therefore the previous sh explains what does that mean they can't destroy us it's referring to not just destroying us physically it's referring to destroying us of MIT learning ter CU that who we are they can't destroy our learning and doing MIT in other words why is that because the fact that we're going to be set spread out all over different countries that means even if we're in one country and they try to oppress us and suppress us and they don't allow us to go ahead and learn T and do MIT so what happens is besides the fact that the Jewish people in other countries they do learn T and they do mitz but even what happens is when they learn turn new mitv they give power and strength that even somebody that's in a place you can't learn and MIT even though that they're not learning they're not getting their essential spiritual requirements we get it from another place and that's number one and number two is it gives the people that's going through the challenge real power to not to be intimidated of the decrees that's not allowing us to learn and they nevertheless learn to and they do how do they do it and I'll say it in Hebrew nees with the real power of self-sacrifice so because the fact that somewhere else in the world someone's learning to doing mitz that gives the person the place where he's going through the struggle the power to as as great as a struggle is to still learn and MIT to keep the eye on the prize with the power of what of of M neish now what happens then is is then not only can't the decree of the nations of the world that's trying to stop us from learning to the Mitzvah and therefore they can't destroy destroy us but on the contrary what happens is those that learn T and do mitz in a way of mes it's much more powerful it's much much more it's much stronger up to the point says it's in a way of and I'll say it in Hebrew I'll translate it la it's it's it's infinite there's no limits and in a way of the expression like it says in the Torah you spread out all over the place why is it that when you're threatened not to learn and you go ahead and you fight it and you learn ter anyway you do the MIT anyway why is that why is it so powerful because when you do that you're doing it in a way of M you're literally sacrificing your life and when a person sacrifices his life that's much higher than than the normal flow of things cuz logically you'll say listen there they're not letting us learn ter new okay fine so wait for the uh wait for things to pass me we won't do it so that's a logical calculation or emotionally doesn't feel right but when but you go ahead and you learn T mitah anyway you're reaching a place above your therefore you go above yourself and that causes the tremendous power of that your MIT is much stronger and like we know that the way generally the the general flow in Hebrew called so we generally operate so we know first we think first what does that mean we use we think we think it through we use the power of intellect however when it comes to the power of R because we know the highest sphere which is K there's tin so R the will is above no you don't start off with r you start off normally with intellect there are times yet you go to R when when you threaten merious nees and when you're in a place of merious nees when you have to go and self sacri sacrifies where is that coming from it's not logic it's coming from the power of R of will which is above intellect and that's why he finishes over in theic discourse that when a person goes ahead and learns to with mysterious self sacrifice what happens then is and I'll say it in Hebrew what happens is when you go on and you learn T you do MIT and you're coming from a place of which is the essence of who we are then what happens is we receive tremendous huge blessings for the Jewish people and like je says it doesn't say to to with a but it says with a with with a which means it's much stronger it's talking about a a a good which is much greater than regular good what type of good is that it's a good which is above levels of of of logic and the regular normal flow and that's why it says R to an abundance of tremendous amount of good and since what happens is when a person goes from merious NE self sacrifice that's above what's what's required you can't demand someone to goish logic is listen it's a danger I can't learn to it's it's a legitimate excuse but when you don't use the excuse and you do it means you're going out of your comfort zone and then you reach a place in Hashem which is also above the comfort zone and when a person therefore goes in a serious NE to learn to you draw down ra tremendous abundance of good for the Jewish people and it doesn't stay in high it comes down like literally down in this physical world but a good that's seen and a good that's revealed spiritual goodness and physical goodness so what do we see before we go for forward what saying that when a person goes ahead and has is struggling for whatever reason they're not allowing him to learn to mitz and if logically you can have an excuse not to but you go ahead and you go that mean you're going out of your comfort zone then you bring down tremendous blessings beyond the regular beyond the regular normal blessing that's that that we normally in store for us and it comes down into the physical world so Bas on explains that's why it says in other words the seemingly what what what what what we learned from the tal but it says that Hashem did a tremendous kindness that he spread us all over the world and and based on we just we learned that what happens is when a person goes ones you you you receive a much greater blessings you know so if that's the case it should have said notas um um it should have saidas P the fact that we're spread out all over the world that's what it should have said in the verse why because the kindness that hasem does for us is why because we spread out all over the world and in one place that you not all learn learn ter in the other place you learned Torah and that brings up so the the blessing is the fact that was spread out so the vers said that was spread at not in other words so the re explained because the the the spiritual work of m nees when a person goes and self-sacrifice which is above logic and then when you do your avoid of above logic what happens is you bring in from a level of R to tremendous amount of goodness which is above which is above the normal normal blessings and like like it says in it says in the verse Pro which means Jerusalem is going to be spread out infinitely and Rashi says it's not going to have any limits so in other words re's explaining like this the verse says what does a explain that did a blessing that he spread us out so if that's the case the ver and explains no yes it's true the blessing comes from the fact spread us out and that's the source of it but what happens when he spread us out and we go m nees because we go m nees we reach a place of P um of the infinite blessings so even though it's I know the the the fact that spread us out that creates the spark But ultimately what's the blessing is p and like was going to explain now more in depth he says like this says we know that what is Yim Jerusalem on a spiritual level so Yim is made up of two words the ultimate inem complete Orem in other words know there's different levels in being Orem and this is the highest level the complete level of Orem what does that mean practically and it's referring to the essence of being anash which is not based on logic so you can be an of you can have a logical calculation for whatever reason you think listen God created the world he maintains the world that's coming a place of logic or you can you can be an or of AEM not for any reason you just an or of AEM you can't explain it you can't describe it Etc which is called The Treasure of where you just in all of hem just because if someone ask you a reason you give a reason it's not just because it means just because you knowem now this level of Orem it comes from the essence so it's not limited to a letter a word a note or any any type of any any something because then then then it would be based on something now we know what does that mean because in being an Orem there's many levels so for example the first level is you can beem because you're afraid of the pun punishment in the Torah lists out different rewards and punishment for doing for doing Mitzvah and not or not doing the Mitzvah transgressing so a lot of people what causes them to operate is they're afraid of hem that's one level so it's be called the lowest level but it's still you're still more of hem but it's coming based on fear of punishment then there's fear of the sin itself you don't want to do the sin you don't want to be disconnected from Hashem okay it's next level high you don't it's not about the punishment it's about you don't want to you don't want to do the sin you don't want to create that disconnect then there's your know Elohim that means you you comprehend godliness and you know the whole idea of God the the name of God Elohim which is all about judgment and therefore you're in all of hem there's a higher level even hasem you're in a of the the infinite part of so so so far we learned being all of the punishment all the sin and then the the four levels then he goes even a step fur further in itself this this this's different levels what's the different levels each one corresponding to one of the letters of and that's already eight levels so to speak then you have Theo which comes from the dot on top of the yud this already another higher level but the fact is even though we climb the ladder from to to to and then in all four levels in the dot but nevertheless it has some kind of connection with something even though gets more refined but it's something what is the ultimate being in your orash it's something which you're in Orem Beyond any logic and Beyond any level Beyond any letter Beyond any any dot anything so that is the ultimate so the ultimate year hasem comes not limited to anything and that that's really the prize the prize is when you Orem just because for no reason you just have that special bond that you're an or of hasem it's a very high level how do we achieve this level so re says the way you achieve this level unfortunately or fortunately comes only when there's opposition in the in cabalistic terms when there's a manade when there's someone that puts you against the wall and says to you do you believe in God or not and if you do believe God I'm going to kill you so when there's a manag when there's an opposition and when you have to go on that's when the the pure year comes out and brings where it says it says in the attribute of of of that is the building of in other words when there is the it means when there's opposition of learning T and doing mitv then when you're when you're when When someone tells you can't learn T you can't do mitv and then what happens is you can say okay I'm not going to do it but when you awaken within yourself the real power of M NE which is not logic because you can say I have an excuse they're not letting me then what comes out that pureem it's called The Treasure of and that's why the verse says p and it doesn't say the fact that we're spread out all over why because the the the kindness that hem did to do Jewish people like it says that he spread us all over that is creates the the paruno that creates the infinite blessing like it says so is explaining why the verse says because ultimately yes what creates P the P the fact that he's spr us out all over and we're having opposition that doesn't allow us that will give us the greatest blessings of the pure in other words when there's opposition and there's re resistance and when does it happen in the time of Exile know spread us out all over the world through specifically through gas specifically through the challenges that awakens and reveals the level of Yus which which means the highest level of year the highest level of Orem The Treasure of Y that everybody has it's not have to acquired we have it from the essence of our soul which is beyond any level of of of of of logic and finite and when the person brings out through the opposition the year the ultimate pure year hasem what happens then is then gets revealed the powerful treasure the good treasure which is above finite above any limit and like it says God is going to open up for you it's his tremendous good treasure and from there is going to come a tremendous amount of abundance of goodness for the Jewish people what does that mean says like this like he rings from the from the from the from the discourse of of the previous rebba like we see for example like a king of flesh and blood that he has tremendous Treasures precious Treasures that he doesn't use only in special scenarios up to the point they so special and they're so hidden that nobody even sees them no one even knows where they are but what happens when there's a war then the king takes out all the treasures why because since you have an opposition you have an enemy that wants to destroy you so everything all the treasures come out at time of War of time opposition all the treasures come out what what what does this mean practically in other words the on a spiritual level the treasure on high which is referring to the powerful Treasures which are not normally revealed in cabalistic terms it's called the treasure which is totally concealed higher than any level of revelation and the same that's on high the same thing also in our our souls that the Tre meure of the pure the Pure or forem which is in our soul the point of of being an allem which is hidden buried within our heart which comes from the essence of our soul which is high from every relation any Revelation and know so this level of to be in all of hem it's not only above intellect which is we know intellect is the first of the of the internal Powers but it's even higher than all the revelations of of the soul and it's even higher besides the fact it's higher than it's even higher than the two levels of the Soul which is called is why is that because which is the highest level of the soul the fact is even though it's the highest level and it's a very deep level but still you can still quantify it it has a name it's called y so it has some kind of level of revelation and like it says clearly about the soul there's five names it's called a name nees see even though and is the lowest level but they all go they all have one term that all name you can name that part of the Soul so means even the level of which is a and it's very very high and it's the one is it's still a name which means it's a certain level of revelation and it's not the essence of the Soul however when it comes to the point of being over where does that come from that comes from the essence of the soul and that's why this level of being an Orem reaches when we bring out our of reaches the essence of a and like we learned before that this level of a comes from the essence of hasem which is not limited to a word a letter a DOT on top of the Le letter why since this level of being Orem where is it coming from the essence of the Soul Which is higher than which is very high levels it's even higher on a spiritual level so therefore to actually reaches a place Which is higher than the four letters of of and it's even higher than the dot of the yud and top of it and where does that reach it reaches the essence of hem so there was explaining here when we go and we have the opposition and it causes us to go into the essence of our soul which again is higher and deeper than all the four levels of all the levels of all the five levels of it's even higher than the level of of we reach the essence of hm which is hide in and hide in the dot on top of it as well now this component of revealing this level why ises reveal this level this powerful level the essence that it is so we can win the war because it's opposition and we have to win the opposition and we go ahead and we do our spiritual work which is called mes and the only way to win a war is by self-sacrifice you're not going to win a war logically you have to think out of the box it's not even thinking you have to operate out of the box you have to from a place from a serious and just like physically when it comes to winning a war on a materialistic level there are obviously there's tremendous wise people that think about all the logistics of the war and all the strategies Etc but on the other hand you have the simple foot soldiers they don't know the depth of the strategies and the all the all the intricacies of of the of the planning of the war but what do they do a foot soldier knows he goes to war with faith and self-sacrifice knows his life could be over and the main con being successful and and conquering in the war who does it happen doesn't happen someone sitting in an office it happens from the foot soldiers that go on a neish they're willing to sacrifice their life and those are the ones that are successful in the war so that's on a physical level and the same thing applies on a spiritual level that who is the one that wins a spiritual war those are the soldiers that year is Hashem being an all of hem that touches their heart and like he explains like the previous Ser explains in theic discourse at length now this that he says that the success in the war and the victory in the war come specifically by the Foot Soldiers the what he's trying to say is he's not saying that that the people that strategize and people that that plan the war um um they're not part of the the success but what what he's saying is that this the energy of the success comes from the energy of mysteriousness which you find primarily by the foot soldiers but even those obviously that strategize and sit in the offices and plan the war so even though from one perspective using their intellect but they have to be imbued with the level of mes they shouldn't use only intellect and even Revelations above intellect they literally have to have a mindset of M me self-sacrifice just like the simple foot soldiers why is that because when they also have the component of the willing to go and self sacrifice so then they're connected into a level which is above anything of Revelation and then they go on then even though it's not their main thing they're making things strategizing new their intellect but since what what they have a going through them a serious sish so they get included also into the quality a foot soldier has that his main thing is to win the war and and and and H and has the go the God-fearing part part of him now this what he says that it's that it's that that the godliness is connected to the heart why is that what's the connection with with the essence with the heart because the essence of the Soul which is above any Revelation where is that found and this is very powerful in the heart heart not in the mind so even though generally speaking we know the Mind comes first after the heart but the pus the internal the depth of the heart is connected to the the essence of the Soul because the essence of the soul is above logic and the essence of the Heart is also above logic and just like the way it works in this materialistic World in order to be successful in the war so what happens is the king gives out all the treasures he gives it all out out and he gives it to the soldiers the same thing hold s on a spiritual level in other words in order to us to be successful in our spiritual war to learn and to do and to be connected to hasem opens up all the treasures the infinite Treasures Treasures of that that's much higher than any Revelation and they give it to the Jewish people and through that what gets revealed is The Treasure of being in all ofes and the same thing applies as well on on from from the lower level on high that that gives us when we go ahead and we stand in a way of mysterious NE we giving over our life to Hashem and we awaken within us The Treasure of we're in know for hem so one wind so to speak brings the other wind and Hashem opens up the treasure on high like it says is open up to you as good treasure and and when Hashem opens up the treasure that helps us in our work to be to be successful and conquering the war and as and and this and this comes down in a materialistic level that what happens is when we go and hem gives us all those powerful resources what happens then is we [Music] receive tremendous of goodness to the Jewish people and it comes down literally down in the physical world materialistic blessings a good blessing that's seen and revealed so here you have another powerful discourse of the rebba connected obviously toat but more importantly how when a person goes ahead and you're struggling to learn and do MIT and you awaken your essence of your soul you awaking years as Hashem Hashem opens up and he gives you what you need to be successful and which translates into tremendous tremendous blessings let's hope and pray that we do our part and we connect to God gives us all the blessings and the ultimate blessing of the coming mashia and next class will bees have a great and blessed week shab to