Spiritual War כי תצא למלחמה על אויביך A New Kabbalah class by Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

Welcome to our class on clueless we're gonna be learning a beautiful Pacific discourse in the rebel the name of the acrylic discourse is called when you go out to war the rebel said this has a discourse from Shabbos parishes which is the 14th day of the month of evil in the year 58 years ago so again let's say that this course is based on the verse in this week's Torah portion where it begins and it says when you go out to war on your enemy and the outer Reba in his classical works on the Torah portion in the Torah in his two Hasidic discourses and it's also explained in oyiratory in the commentaries that what does war mean on a practical level on a spiritual level some war is referring to the time when we engage to go ahead and transform holy Sparks that's War when you engage in this world to elevate holy Sparks that's a spiritual war that we're doing asks a question that what does Rashi say Rashi says what type of War are we talking about we're talking about an optional war and Hebrews called Muhammad it's an optional award but based on the way the altober explains in the terror you can say it's an optional War because what we say what what is the spiritual war it's to engage in transforming holy Sparks which was done through during prayer and we know prayer is an obligation and even possibly more than the other other misses as well and that matter of fact the whole reason why the soul comes down to this world the soul comes into the body from this very very high spiritual place a soul is one with God and it comes down into the body is to come to transform and Elevate the world we're here on a mission and and let's explain many many places into this it's all about transforming and elevating the holy Sparks therefore prayer and transforming the Sparks is not it's not an optional it's a mandatory it's an obligation of anybody else in other words what are we doing here so how could Rashi say that it's only talking about a war which is optional it was Rashi saying it's an optional War but if the altar was saying that it's a deal you're dealing with elevating the Sparks pray you're in elevating the Sparks and that's our mission here so how can we say it's only optional so Trevor says we can explain the explanation as follows with an introduction and the introduction is the author comes up a revolutionary idea and he says that when the verse says in this verse when you go out to war so the altar becomes a revolutionary inside he says the verse says Al on top of your enemy in other words that when you go out to worry what do you need to know that you have to know that you're on top of your enemy it's not a fear battle we have the over uh empowering support and because we are on top of the enemy we're starting off with success now why is that it's a war so it's two equals and whoever explains because that's the way it's a source in other words so in its source we're on top of the enemy and this applies not only by an optional War that we're going out any spiritual war that we're going out to wear on top but even by I'm obligatory Wars spiritual Wars rules on top of any unless we have to be on top of our enemy and because when we have we know that we are on top of that and we're sure going to be successful so true I shouldn't going to give it a struggle one gives us struggles and gives us challenges but know that we have the upper hand and we're going to succeed and as explained and on the verse where it says so what does it say you're going to see of the horses and chariots and big Nations and they're greater than you so what does the Torah say Lois Don't Be Afraid why because it's only like one horse even though it looks like multiple horses chariots multiple people it's nothing it's all like one thing and therefore don't be afraid and we're actually explains it that way there's no reason to be afraid and the same thing also explains when it says on your enemy like we just learned from the altario but you are above the animary so a it's like the all the the forces is like is nothing and we're on top of it and if there's no reason to be afraid so therefore when the alternative Revolution Is Not A revolution is not revolutionizes the idea in Translation in translating the verse so according to Rashi that he the Rashi says that what are we talking about should you take a captive obviously he's talking about it's a war which is optional and it can't be talking about an obligatory War because an advocate well you can't think of captive but the algebra is referring to no no Ali he's focusing the fact that we're above our enemy which says before you're going to take a captive and over there because you're on top of them you have to be afraid so that applies even by an obligatory War so in other words so they're ever saying is like this if you read the verse it's not like this focusing on which point you're on top of your enemy in any War prayer transforming uh holy Sparks you're on top of your enemy now that is an obligation the Russia that says it's optional is going on he's got he's explaining what it says further about taking a captive not about the war whether it's optional or not you're talking about taken captive only applies in an optional war and not an obligatory War so therefore it's not a question about prayer because according to the altaraba you can say yes the reverse is referring to about an obligatory War because he's referring to the beginning of the verse yes you're above your enemy even an obligatory war and therefore there's no way should I pray yes prayer is obligation and with Russia is talking about further about taking a captive now but if that's the case that's it says key when you go out it's like an option when you go out so the different based on the author of saying that's an obligation to go out and transform the Sparks so key doesn't mean when but it means kosher when you go out not if or whether you will or won't no when you go out when are you going to go you're always going to go out to elevate the holy Sparks and then there's a second rule about taking a captive and like he never brings at the rash bomb writes in the name of Rashi that he had time he would add all the new revolutionary ideas in in the in this in in the in the insights of of of the verses now now back to the point so recap so what they're ever saying is like this that the verse says when you go out to war you're above your enemy and we have to always go out to wage war we talk about spiritual war prayer transforming holding Sparks and that's something which is which is an obligation and an obligation and we'll always be successful Russia is talking about an optional war in reference specifically about taking a captive remember ask one second something's not understood why the acquainted out the rubber that it's an obligation to go ahead and and pray and and transform to transform the holy Sparks so he doesn't explain Key like if you go out but he says no no you have to go out so he's actually you have to go out so he so it's so different than the simple understanding of the verse remember explaining to this that even according to the alpha rubber you can also say that key when you go out means when you go out and if you go out it could mean both why is that and he explains like this when it comes to spiritual work of transforming the physical world the physical body so there's two ways to create the transformation process one is war you're going out to war you you want to pray you want to study you want to do its vote then your animal cell doesn't want so there's a war it's a conflict that's one way another way is peace you bring in such beautiful light of of godliness and Holiness the animal cell automatically comes on void so there's two ways to engage the animal Soul one is war confrontation and the other way is it's over showering with powerful Godly light and godly energy and like versus like to explain that length in the Civic discourse of father now these two types of ways of dealing with the animal Soul either through war or or through positivity now and this is what actually says in in in the Torah when Hashem will leave you alone in other words which is referring to the general spiritual work of prayer and also Torah study in other words because we know that um when it comes to learning Terror terrorism Hashem it's bred from Heaven I know just like for example when the man came down and came down peacefully and like essentially the in the prophets that the sword is not going to go into your land even a sword of Peace in other words which is which is referring to war even a hint of war is not going to be though is that going to come through why because when it comes to Torah terror is all about peace so there's a component of prayer which which obviously is is more combat and tired of the way it works is all about peace and ever since this is also one of the differences between the 13 attributes of compassion you government that we say in the month of el and the 13 answers of compassion that we say on Yom Kippur itself why because the Mandeville is like the Mana where bread comes down from heaven in other words we have the powerful through the the 13 Action compassion this cabal is called exclusive powerful life that comes down that awakens over awakens us up towards me and it awakens me to turn to Hashem so is coming first and that inspires me to do Anila deity now uh even though that a new Kipper we also have the 13 actions of compassion we also say yasham Hashem through prayer but the fact is there's a there's an advantage in in the uh the uh the 13 Action compassion which the weights and the way we do it from from the reading from the Torah in the Montebello more than the whole year now since you have two different ways of serving Hashem one is through what combat which is more prayer and the other one is more peace which is through Torah so therefore you can also explain Key you know when you go out as if you have to go out or optional in other words because it doesn't have to be in a way of War because you can also do it in a way of Peace in what what's the way of Peace the way of learning service saying a revolutionary ideas again there's no question about it yes add through prayer and transforming the world it's it's engaging and yes when you engage when you when you engage you have to know that you're gonna be you're sure going to be win you're still going to be successful and something which is an obligation to do but the obligation sounds like we're into war of the obligation however when you when you do it in a way of Peace So then it doesn't it doesn't have to be always in combat you can transform the world and you can strong transform the soul of yourselves through learning Terror and that's why key could be uh like as if where it's optional doesn't have to be the way of War pretty sure like this when we do our spiritual work of learning Torah so what happens is because turd brings in the light from on high so then when we pray prayer is totally different and that's why for example we study Kabbalah before we pray because once you bring in a powerful life through prayer the prayer is totally different it knows just like you can't compare when you study Torah after you pray versus you sit and study tell before you pray the prayer has an effect on your Torah but the same thing also the terror has a refracting a prayer and as the prayer has an effect on your studying Torah and it works the opposite way the opposite as well it knows if you learn Terror your prayer is totally different because the terror has the power of bringing in a very peaceful and powerful light and therefore the Torah is ready not so combative the prayer is not so combative and that's the idea of what of learning and like we take for example because we know it comes from a place it's called Rosen de Rosen which means in a place where there's no question there's Clarity when you learn how to say that it's it's not like you're learning talmud is a question and answer and I say like this and it's all struggle Etc it's it's clarity and when you learn Torah and you when you and you you teach the story you you disseminate her like we're doing right now learning Turtle over the internet in the way of peace and um we're affecting peace well all Merit to the coming of mashiach because we know mashiach comes Obi or mullah the whole world we fill Daya as Hashem knowing Hashem just like water covers all over so again here we have a short but a beautiful discourse in the river and about the whole idea of prayer and Torah study and obviously we have our work to do out in this work we have to know we will be successful and obviously by learning has said this and especially before prayer our prayers will be peaceful and ultimately we'll have the coming of mashiach and the whole world of realism is is is the real um energy in this world and we'll have ultimate peace and God's willing our next class will be in your great and blessed week