Tanya By Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz Chapter 36 G-D's greatest enjoyment is restraint & transformation

hey welcome tonight's tiny class we are studying chapter 36 and here it's called pay reclama gloves as we always start off and it's important to note since this is the Bible of mysticism so every chapter hasn't it a foundation which is crucial for a very very important component of Kabbalah and mysticism and today chapter 36 the author ultrabay addresses a very very important concept and that is we always ask a question you know why God create this world why did God create this world right and the al-turabi quotes a statement from ghazala that the reason why not only the reason why I'll say the Hebrew should tackle it that the ultimate reason ultimate reason why God created this specific world is as follows SHINee Sava a cottage bahu leo a slow year d roberta cranium God had a desire to have a dwelling place in this world so in other words with the alt / saying in short is and i'll look at it that's what we discuss tonight at length that God chose to create this world as he calls taxed on which means lower and again low will explain what low means but low means obviously God is not felt not God is not his present is not that welcome to speak all over the place but God chose this place specifically where he's not welcome specifically he's not revealed to make this his residence make his home now what does that mean it's a very powerful statement what does it mean here what does that mean right this is right question was why did God create the world so what's the answer God had a desire so we're not so when I tell you God a desire I say what's the logic it's not logical answer it's not a logical answer it was a desire for example why do you like eating what you eat to doing what you do so you can give me a logical reason his answer is coming around welcome welcome just kind of coming around that way this watch she doesn't trip watching us on the trip on the wire okay so in other words i give you a logical reason but here I'm going to give you a reason which is not logic God had a desire a desire not logic to have a dwelling-place God wanted as well now when we saved well what does that mean dwell in other words let's get to use practical example um if you're traveling right when you're traveling so how do you behave when you're traveling you personal you have limited the amount of items of yours you're dressed up you dressed up pending on what type of traveling you're doing whether it's business or pleasure etc um you're not at home everybody knows when you are at home that's you you relax it's your house it's your house you can do it you on you can say what you want you can behave what you want you can dress when you want you can be undressed if you want to be in your house it's you this is true naked simple pure you you're you so God wanted a place where he can be God in the true sense of the world word we're in the jungle in the jungle I mean a jungle in the place we recall tacit onium and again the lowest spiritual planes that's where God wanted to be so the algebra says first of all this this statement is very very very problematic comprehend to comprehend and that is as follows issue number one what are we saying that God wanted a place where intact onium what does Pakistani mean low low again what does low mean low means regards not revealed so the question river at valtra a simple question hold on we're dealing with God God before he created the world was all over God after he created the world he's all over anyway God always existed exists only will exist time wise God is everywhere God is everything so what does that mean you're telling me there's a higher revelation of God lower revelations about where is God not revealed where's God not revealed what does that mean God has not revealed and the author explains therefore the truth is God revealed everywhere God always was always this always will be God is everywhere you want to call it up down right left center right there's a famous song God is here God is everywhere God is everywhere so therefore when the when the has I'll tell us God wanted a place in tackling which means low with God is not revealed it can be referring to God is the view from above the view from below the view from God God's all over so we say that God wanted a dwelling place of in a place cocteau it's i'm referring to God that we're God sees this I'm more of godless of God irrelevant where it is God is all over the same way so what do we mean by Elyon talk i'm referring to us creation us create people that got created creations that to us we experience places for example i mean when you for example I'm sure we've been any of you been to Israel right you've been to Jerusalem right so we're getting holier you've been to the old city right you're getting warmer right then you comes out to the wall right do you feel the same way walking down fort myers in a dark alley in the summer ever right you're laughing versus walking in jerusalem in the old city and the Kotel what does that mean this is physical that's physical the answers very simple know there is more of a relation of God's so we're not so in other words even though God is in the same same way in the alley and Fort Myers like he's at the wall same God from God's perspective but for us physical human beings finite human beings there's absolutely a difference here we don't feel God as much besides in a hobbit house right acaba else you feel god we love and right God's all up in a house is to write or in our lives right so God is there's a different level the way God is revealed in different places in the world now we're not talking about i give you an example of the world but i'm talking when God started to create the world so God was infinite God my God was all over God was felt all over the same way and then got God created at simpson he conceal themselves and then he started to slowly reveal himself so we know the world about solute is more revelation of God will laprea now ready there's more of a creation so there's less revelation of God so it's the opposite when we say close to God to me there's more revealed of God God's more revealed and obviously for us it's more of a concealment going down to bria it's here up to this physical world so the rubber set out ever explained and he says there's one major difference between all the worlds that in this world in this world it's called tone why is it called packed own why Zirkelbach tone because God is concealed God is concealed up to the point up to the point where God is so concealed that it's possible for outside in Hebron translated for clip out and citra Acura clip amines on the shell which means the darkness to have existence sit raka means the other side knows not the Holy side to have power in existence up to the point that ego and arrogance have the nerve to rebel against God think about if God is everywhere and God is everything how can you stand up and say I how can the ego say I how can the arrogant person say hey this is me and I'm you and you're you what do you mean if it's all God what I mean I you God right everything is one but what what's the ends very simple because God is concealed so guess what happens arrogance grows ego grows it's all about me God sometimes you forget about god that's what we mean when we say tacked on not again reference to God God's all over but in reference to us and the reference to cle boat and sidra hora that's the definition of tacked on that in this low spiritual state where God is 112 heavily concealed of God is concealed the most in this place where God's concealed with its tremendous arrogance that's dominant God said you know what you know that place you know the place where I'm not noticed when you walk down the street you would never think God lives here God's you've been invited here and they might even have a sign right no Jews allowed right God not allowed you ever seen those signs right God not allowed they don't have to sign it's obviously they don't godly right I mean you hoots who would sin if God was there so you want got out God says don't know right there right there where they want God and godliness out that's where I want to dwell now the question is would God want to do that let me ask you a question if you had a choice to go to a friend that likes you and spend 23 hours or to go to someone that hates you I mean no one really hates anybody but in theory right if you had a choice to go to a show on that again this is theory because nobody hates each other everyone loves each other it's a command the Torah we all follow the commandments but in theory if there was such a concept you can fathom a concert someone hated somebody we use let's start in front yourself put on someone else or I could talk to believe we hate anybody but could you see yourself in that person shoes going and spending three hours of the person that you don't get along with the person actually disrespects you no one will do it right I didn't have one taker here I didn't have one thinker so God says no no I want to go hang out with that person that so to speak says they don't want me and they don't like me and they don't want to see me again now if you ask in modern-day Sekot modern day were living in you would say God needs a series their therapist you know I mean think about it God needs a therapist he God wants to go in a place where he's unwanted and that's where he wants to hang out and that's what he wants to live comfortably and totally be exposed himself and to be vulnerable with who with people and with what place places that don't want him and actually specifically say that they're against God God's I want to go there what is wrong with that man or that woman right what's wrong with God and what is the altar we say that this is God's want and this is God's wish it's not logic he's needed it to true but it's not what it says here by agree with you um but what God says no no this is my pleasure and this is what I want but why why I mean we got it we're not going to argue with you it's you this is your prerogative but give us an insight why do you get pleasure from it because we don't have a logical reason because every logical reason and every logical dictate would say don't go there if you are a parent right and you kid you were apparent and your child goes to school and your child has a friend that they get along with and they really play very nicely the homework nicely to hang out nicely and they have other friends that they don't get along with when you send your kids I mean Izzy we send their kids to know one thing the ones they get along with the only fight with all lame huh the one they get along with and God saying no no I want it I want to be friendly right with a kid that's by that starts up with me and bullies me I mean you'd probably want to send your kid to the school guidance counselor or the local a therapist what does that mean but God says known i like that fine so kids I like doing it fine let's even say you know what we're not going to judge we don't do any judgments we're not going to judge the child great i got it you like doing it but give me an insight I want on I'm not judging you I want to understand what you're thinking I'm your parent right so I want to understand why would you want to play with the child doesn't like you I mean something wrong with you no because we're not judging the child so the thing they all stood God why does God want to do this and the altar gives a brilliant answer and he says as follows because God gets tremendous pleasure when he is in a situation where people and places don't want him and the people on places that don't want him because why don't they wanting because their ego it's all about them and it's not about God because you can't have two things in one place see the god or its them so they don't want God because the minute God's there then they have to obviously move out I don't mean physically but the ego has to you know start you know dwindling down the arrogance has stopped dueling down talk about God and God says I get tremendous joy hanging out in a place where people are arrogant and people are egotistical not because i like the arrogant egotistical because i can't wait and I look and I want to see that the person with the arrogance and the ego says you know what I'm going to resist for a moment being a logistical even though I love being eager to school or arrogant but I'm going to resist that i am going to resist right now you think it's easy for an egomaniac or a arrogant person not to be arrogant and not to be egotistical no that's who he is he loves it there's a certain thrill to it and God knows that God knows the human being God created us p believe me he knows us he created us but he do it does know that we have the power to resist that urge to express the ego and to express the arrogance and when we say you not not going to at this moment being autistic Oh arrogance i'm going to hold myself back God sees that's real power that's real power to be egotistical to be arrogant that's not power that's just a natural selfish expression well that's a weakness actually right exact to weakness but when a person starts flexing a muscle and resists and does not express it God says oh my gosh I this is this is a match I want like fighting I what like watching cause i don't watch boxing games right but the boxer is right they put this it's about to ever stronger winds so God says this is like to me watching a boxing match or any type of sport you like watching this is an expression of real power when people resist saying what's on their mind which is going to offend somebody or doing something out of anger they hold back on says oh my gosh I love it i'm watching people hope that i'm watching people be strong not the week I'm a them I know it's easier to be weak but when i watch people strengthen themselves so for example i watch somebody that really doesn't want to get up in the morning to go to shul doesn't want to certainly come to a torah class doesn't want to put on tefillin or cities or kashrut or put a mezuzah it's easier not to do it think about it we're created as people that naturally would love to sit in the couch and if we have no choice we have to push some buttons on the remote that's already a lot of effort that's what we are we created as lazy people but when I say that I'm not going to sit in the couch right now I'm going to do more than just pushing some buttons with the remote I'm gonna get off i'm gonna go pray i'm gonna study i'm going to do a mitzvah guess what that's fighting our ego and god says oh my gosh i love that and i'm going to sit in this low world low meaning where God is not revealed and it's easy to sit in the couch and not focus and make God part of your life and when a person resists oh I get a big smile now you think God is happy with that that's that sort of thing that's the first course but God likes you know main course also on dessert God says that's one thrill I have what's a bigger thrill I even have a bigger thrill when not only do you resist but you actually do something positive with that negative energy ahold of a level and that's when I watch and I see that not only here is this great I'm happy believe me if you just really just did God says I'm here I'm enjoying it right I love it that was my pleasure but not only are you resisting but you're actually not only resisting of not doing anything or doing something negative but instead you're going to be kind and nice oh my gosh now you got a wall to wall smart out of God and now God says oh you all know why came down to this world because this is real power this is real power like for example we had this week's Torah portion just for an example with Joseph Joseph's brothers wanted to hurt him so Joseph could have just resisted resisted not hurting them back and now would have been alone a big star on Joseph's far head and that God wasn't happy and so with the jacob and he won't be happy but not only the joseph not resist of hurting them he actually was kind to them super kind to them they've called transformation that's called not allowing your ego and your arrogant self take over your life God says you know you know this is hold God you know what coins the phrase you think these one-liners were created by us humans God created the phrase God says you throwing her over me Tony Hawk Alicia what does that mean it means very simple if you are living tank on in today's day and age when you get up all the lights go on in your house right even though it's still dark in the morning when you get up and all the lights go on you can see you can see we have to go right you don't bump into walls you have to touch walls to figure out what going give light in the house you go out the in the car you have the light so the light goes on you can see what to put the key in you go to work it's bright its life etc so what happens and you you go through life like this every single day how's life life is okay and what happens if one day all the sudden electricity goes off we're not going to go into why weather broke you didn't pay the bill irrelevant but contributing goes off and it's all for a week oh my gosh how you enjoying when you get up in the morning if the you make a tea or a coffee you you want to pray and there's no lighting you have one little candle right it's pretty frustrating and it lasts for another week and it gets even more frustrating right and another week and almost gosh you can handle the darkness already anymore right because all your life you used to sing life and now you don't see you know you monday evening bang your head in the wall and now you have a little further bump on your forehead so now this not only do that but you remember it for a while you have some paint throughout the day and it's prolongs and all of a sudden guess what you wake up one day wow the lights on oh my gosh I can see I can enjoy my morning coffee I can pray right and have to bump my head in the wall I can see my stuff I think you realize oh my gosh how many things that's on the floor that that you're tripping up because you couldn't see with the light where things were right you wore the same pair of slacks 20 times because you couldn't find the new pier I mean life is miserable with the light off so the art of asks a question for 20 years you had light I never saw you so happy I never saw you so happy three weeks went by without light also this guy is like you know my God you never saw light in his life before he's like jumping for light what happened all of a sudden 20 years you had light and yeah actually stronger light what happened all of a sudden and the answer is doctor says this concept is called destroying her me totally shocked when a person goes through a period of darkness you can have the same light as before but guess what happens now now you appreciate the light now you appreciate the light so God says very simple up in heaven the light is on it's right it's real life is okay it's great it's okay but guess what it's fine so God went ahead and created the world before you created this for the lowest world there is God's light comes down but what it's like it's covered because if God revealed all the light and will be just like before before that send some because initially God was all over right we call the light the energy of God all over then he created concealment it's dark and then he stalked slowly reveal the light but it's not the complete like it was complete don't be just like before so how's he revealed he reveals it not reveals it so there's like a covering over the light now so the reality is all the world's up until this world if God went to hang out the light is then it sounds a real light in this light it's really dark absolutely but when we go ahead practice restraint not only practice restraint we practice transformation what happens that is HUGE light and God says well this light this is huge why there is any time the rule is it's a rule anytime you have light after darkness guess what happens that's a light you appreciate it you can go up your whole life with all the beautiful things if you never have any challenges you know what happens it's okay but when you have challenges whatever the challenge may be physical spiritual emotional and any level of challenges financial French friends challenges you know being able to get a loan Pete whatever the challenges are when a person has challenges the light that comes afterwards you cannot compare to the light of normal life so challenges give us the opportunity to have great light now so what happens once a person this is a ska Fianna sopko guess what happens the real light is revealed and therefore God says you know what I love I love hanging out we're in challenges in place has walked where it's dark and people are willing to flex some shrill muscles pull out inner strength oh my gosh I love that and that's where God has revealed revealed what House he revealed in this world of God if God is living your house you revealed here House he revealed fully God is fully revealed here so here the altar a simple question what do we say before the world's upper world by definition means concealment it means all the world's equals concealment up until this concealed world God is can it's concealed by definition now so since God is concealed um therefore if you have the more of a concealed with a garden that's why it's called the world now the reality is that why is God concealed in the upper world because the world world by definition means it's a finite existence if God revealed himself fully what would happen to define our existence the top if you have a 10 ounce cup of order and you force through through it 100 gallons you're going to bust the cup so in all the world's again which means concealment if God fully revealed himself would bust so you did for you have to have God's concealment now in this materialistic world which is a world it's a finite world so God is concealed why he conceal because of God revealed himself it would totally blow out but what is the optimum saying now but God chooses to live here live here 107 fully how does he live why does he live it because over here God could ultimately enjoys the tremendous joy of Scott pianist hopke which is basically restraint and transformation but if that's the case the other a simple question how's god can reveal himself fully because the minute God reveals himself fully you know will happen to us were old it'll disappear so how's God revealing himself and the altar was says and explaining this file is very simple it's like if you god forbid got sick and you went to a doctor and the doctor prescribes to you medicine you're not feeling well your whole body is whatever shaking could be a hard to give me your head it could be a brain it clean many things he gives you the he writes a script you go to the pharmacy you take this little pill you eat it boom you feel better how did that work how does it work a little pills gonna make me feel better I'm much bigger than the pill I'm this huge person this teeny white pill that's making me feel bad what's the logic and the answer is I'm not a doctor I didn't do the research but there's certain a certain magic ingredient I call it magic I don't know how it works there's a magic ingredient in this white powder whatever the white powder is that could regulate someone's hard to collaborate the brain it could regulate emotions that can regulate the feelings I mean that's what the power has how works I don't know but I do know that it works so God has the same pill God has a pill that allows God to reveal himself and the world not to explode ah believe me it's a better pill than any what they just legalized now medical marijuana it's much better it can't even compare it's not even compare it right exactly that's a vote for it exactly we don't need a solution so what is this magic pill the magic pill they they're all trying to copy our real magic pill we have the magic pill and it's free the sad part because the three people don't appreciate it what's the manager feel that we have come on y'all the answer very good they know the magic pill we have is called what Torah when we study Torah when we study Torah we have the power through Torah to do what to you are spirit to allow God to reveal himself fully and the it won't collapse the world won't collapse and as the author it quotes five verses what's going to happen ultimately when the Messiah comes because as throughout up until the Messiah comes our job in this world are avodah is to practice two things it's very simple if I ask you what's your avodah again there's a 613 commandments but the about what's the ultimate goal like the goal division the goal division is for me to consistently and constantly practice two things what's those two things restraint and transformation every Mitzvah whether it's positive or negative goes in one of those two categories either restraint or transformation take for example let's assume it's one of the commandments are not to speak lashon hara right not to gossip which categories that in restraint exactly take for example generally all the two there's 613 commandments there is 240 248 positive Commandments and 365 negative Commandments so the 365 negative cram is going to what category don't do this don't do that what is that restraint restraint 248 positive Commandments are in which category transformation so in other words the essence of all the commandments is restraint and trent transformation so our abode in this world is to constantly and consistently practice restraint and transformation whereas we every single time we push the button on restraint we show real power and we knew transformation even greater power guess what God is smiling and you're fulfilling God's pleasure youth alike and lots of light what were you really doing is you're preparing the world for when the Messiah comes God will be fully revealed fully field and because we have the torah and we study Torah guess what's gonna happen to the world is it going to explode no which is phenomenal because the author explains he says like this in other words any Queens many verses to say that's what's gonna have the Messiah comes God all the covers are going to go off and God's really totally real we're in this materialistic world and the author who says that there's an expression that we say that matan torah when God came down at Mount signing to give the Torah button to are happening once it's never gonna happen again never happening again but why would never happen again because everything that had to happen happened then so in other words alturas is like this a when God created the world he created in such a way that it could handle God's ultimate revelation because if not then it's in the world but he created the world in a way that I could ultimately ultimately when the Messiah comes handle the ultimate revelation at Mount Sinai if you recall because we were all there right now we were remember you were standing the mix which part of the mountain east right okay we're all there right come on guys think remember you were there ok so at Mount Sinai you're laughing because you know you were there right okay at Mount Sinai at Mount Sinai when God revealed himself so how do you avail himself fifty percent or total revelation total revelation now what happened God revealed himself you couldn't handle it our souls of the body now that was a complete revelation so what happened God brought us back alive what I mean if our souls up the body had to God's bring his back and God brought us back why don't we told you this appear again good question yes and the other was a very simple at Mount Sinai God totally revealed himself you don't want to build stuff we're and so God says all is not working they can't handle it so God's having to bring them back but he have to bring rank differently bring them back in a way they can handle it so how do you bring how dog bring us back that we can handle it huh sooo moshe how did it help us God brought us back through I told you no magic pill you forgot bingo god works back through Torah God brought us back to talk is totally very powerful and when he brought us back he said you know what here's the Torah right put in your pocket in your head I don't know it's got it in real quick because God came and he told us are noisy similar caffeine start to tell cetera so when he brought us back through the Torah guess what happened God was revealed and we didn't totally flip out you know why because we had the magic pill we had told her we haven't told her so originally when God revealed himself God reveals how we couldn't handle it but he said ok I'm going to prep you guys right I'm going to warm you up I'm gonna give you a shield that's going to be able you're gonna have to handle it he gave us a tour once he gave us a Torah now we can have God in a revealed way and we're not going to flip out now so that's the case what happened so how can God is not totally revealed if we have the Torah and the answer is very simple because since we humans and unfortunately as humans make some mistakes I not a lot but we make some mistakes I think I think this is called me sin right now as we sin what does that mean we sin let's let's define it always when you say define it so what does that mean we sin we sin means very simple God gave us 613 commandments 248 positive 365 negative when we do them that's great right God is smiling what does when you don't do them so when we don't do them what do we what are we technically doing let's say if we really miss an opportunity to a positive commandment or if we don't if we transgress a negative commandment who starts becoming more powerful negative energy by default it's like a seesaw if negative energy comes out who goes into hiding God goes in dieting so since we've sinned since God gave us a Torah so what happened is the materialistic world got stronger and as the materialistic world got stronger what happened God got more concealed so if God got more concealed he's not revealed so unfortunately what what brings got into the world is when we practice restraint and transformation and we study Torah but unfortunately since we're human and we do make mistakes and we do sin so the materialistic world the ego and the arrogance starts kicking in and taking over and unfortunately our God unfortunate disappears not alee but in terms of concealment but eventually when the Messiah comes and through all of us are about than this world of practicing restraint transformation in studying Torah eventually the Messiah comes when it will happen hopefully very soon not right and spleen our days then God will be truly revealed for the whole world to see but what happens is not only will be revealed for us and dalvik points out once it's revealed for us in the whole world all people all mankind Jews and Gentiles alike will be able to benefit from God's infinite light God's infinite power that will be totally revealed in this materialistic dark low world as we called it before and everyone will see God so to speak in the walls and the streets all over so in other words when you see from this chapter of Tanya it's in a very very important chapter tanya because what you see from this chapter is that a basics of a question why did God create a world that he's concealed and the answer is very simple because God wanted to make a world that yes God is now revealed buck through our avodah we each have through our avodah through our work we have the power through our practicing restraint which is not easy and God knows it but that's real power and even more power which is not easy and God knows it by transformation and by studying Torah we can allow God to literally actualize his dream of his of his desire which is I he knows very very deep in a person it's the highest level than the person the person has on the conscious level someone has a desire and God's will to be able to be revealed in places we're normally God would be concealed so what this teaches us a very very my opinion a very very powerful and beautiful less than a life you know where your you know what you know how do you know what your vote is it's a simple answer you know what your vote is things that are hard for you to do with your friend that it's easy to get along with that's great but your friend that it's hard to get along with and you're nicer person anyway and you're kind to that person anyway and you do with a smile that is your VODO resisting the eager resisting the eagle we just think the arrogance I'm more important I think with this what the message of this chapter is that God is telling us that he's giving us us simple people what who are we these billions of people in the world but the realities were not because every one of us every one of us have the power every single moment to put a smile in God's face could you imagine think about it each and every one of us have the power at any moment to put the smile on God's face takes work you gotta do some you know heavy lifting sometimes sometimes you gotta practice restraint and it's not easy sometimes you want to say something and you hold yourself back sometimes you want to scream right and you hold yourself back and sometimes it's like coming out like you're ready and you say no I'm not doing it nollie I'm not doing it but I'm actually going to put a smile on and remember every time you practice restraint and the harder it is to practice that restraint and every time that you smile and every time that you're kind and every time you go to a torah class and every time you pray and every time you um you do what you do a mitzvah you help somebody anytime you do that the snow the harder it is to do it the bigger smile you're putting on and what greater and pleasure we can have to know that we have the power God gave it to us God chose to give us a power that we can put each and every one has can put a beautiful smile on God and allow God to fulfill his pleasure and his dream and God God's wants