Tanya By Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz Sec 4 Chap. 3 "The powerful impact of Charity”

welcome to tonight's Tonya class you're in for a nice treat we are studying the fourth section of Tonya the section called eager Etta kodesh the holy letters of the author of E and essentially because it's called me a letter so you think that a letter but these are powerful stuff because they're holy the holy letters when the alter rebbe and we're holding chapter 3 chapter 3 now each word in Chania obviously is powerful but each chapter has its powerful message and almost like independence from all the other ones because again the tanya is the bible of mysticism so every chapter is foundational stuff so you know and I tell you always like when I study the Tonya really in-depth I say to myself wow I wish I don't know this a long time ago because what happens is it opens up your eyes to things that we do and we do what we do many many times and I would say there's no meaning but with the meaning that the author introduces the powerful meaning it makes the experience like totally different like I always say yourself why didn't I learn this sooner like I'm such a level where it becomes real becomes one so tonight you're gonna really learn something which I was like blown away matter of fact after I learned I said oh my gosh I want to start doing work where can I help people what can I do more charity the Alderwood takes us and teaches us the powerful impact of charity and I think you'll be blown away at what the outer shares with us here all based on Torah and Kabbalah about the powerful impact of charity our charity could be money you write a check you gives cash charity could be time you volunteer time charity can you can you can spend some time and so on you know listen to them cuts it anytime you're doing charity so cuts it can be in many many ways it's gonna be physically spiritually financial it can be emotional anytime you're doing the act of charity and then doing the acting classes but generally speaking we refer to charity as giving something which is important to you and it's a common denominator evil it's important than his money and when you give money it's that's important to you that you use for yourself and you give it to somebody else that is sucker that is charity and here the Optoma shows you Wow how powerful stock is and I think once you see this you're gonna be like pulling your checkbooks and your credit cards okay now I want to give donations no seriously it's like it's like unreal unreal and so let's get into it okay so the author begins and he quotes a verse from the prophet Isaiah the prophet Isaiah says like this that Valliere bus stuck a kisser join the clave are you sure very sure what does that mean that God closed us through the stalker through the charity like a like a like a net like a net that like surrounds us with a net and the the hat of salvation and his head etc so that's the verse and from Isaiah so the artery quotes from the ghazzal that teach us that what's the connection you're giving charity right that's great that's a mitzvah so what's like they have a charity and like a net you know what does that mean what does it mean you're taking charity with a net what does a man have to a charity so the outer quotes from cassava teach us that how is a net made think about has a net made so a net has made pieces more pieces you add more strands and that's how a net becomes bigger and bigger the more pieces you add and the bigger becomes so in other words the way a net is built the more pieces you add the bigger comes it's the eve weaved okay that's the form of adding but I'm using the general idea the more you weave pieces to it more you're right so that's helped become that's a bigger that's how big it becomes okay so the author of a says just like when it comes to whether it's the weaving or soldering and can be many ways that you put it together but the point is the more you add more pieces it becomes bigger the same thing also with charity the more you give wow it adds up to a bigger total bigger total and you're out of explains what does that mean so what's the connection so to speak with with charity because basically there's a net and there's another time we're using that we're due at where else to be using it fishing a different type of net a what a catch with a shield right a protection of a shield protection so how's a shield for protection made so think about it they have its let's see wearing a mask or you waiting an armor so there's holes colors you'll be able to breathe there's holes or if there's holes or thinking all right through it right so there's a net that protects it so you know you have the holes you're able to breathe but you have a net over it so it doesn't allow you to get hurt by it so so in other words so what's the purpose of the net the purpose of the net is to protect you to protect you so just like the purpose a necklace to protect you that you shouldn't get hurt the same thing also a person gets charity you are protected so the answers what does that mean net what's the connection when a net holds think about the holes in a net I mean sounds good makes for a nice sermon but what's the connection right and what's the deeper connection to it okay okay so the author explains like this I'm gonna go into a little camel istic journey hold on actually let go however you like whatever however you like going in roller coasters don't even like holding on and certain people like you know if you're younger you just let go right we're going on a rollercoaster ride let's have fun okay so I'm like oh right okay so what happens like this you read the Torah what the Zohan are or whatever else you read or say from its vote like we do here in Shabbat and you read the 613 commandments 248 positive 632 a 240 positive 365 negative which makes a total of 613 commandments and you say you know what this god I love how not he created the world he created me he sustains me he gives me everything I have I'm committed to him I'm gonna do whatever he wants God's not a child by the way a lot of things you can learn from that he's not shy he gave us a list you want to listen to me no problem here it is published books all edited tool you know trace back from when Moses went up Mount Sinai and in there God says isn't it nice to be in a relationship with someone when they tell you what they want it's just much easier you fought a list or they like this oh they don't like that fine right otherwise you have to read minds and get to your guessing game and you don't have to change your mind God doesn't change his mind the list it hasn't changed in thousands of years so God's consistent so you read a list you say guess what I like this guy and I'm grateful and thankful I mean all of them I am going to respect them how am I gonna respect them those things which are called mitts vote commands which actually it is a command because God's saying hey do this for me do they ask me it's a list of things to do but really a mitzvah is a connection so I want to be connected him so I'm going to do mitts vote I'm gonna do vote now what happens is when you do a mitzvah that means you follow any one of the commandments whether it's the positive ones or you avoid a negative so either you're doing the powerless means that there's a positive energy going from you you're giving energy to do what God wants and you're refraining doing what you want or if you don't do it you shouldn't be doing means you don't transgress the negative Commandments so you're also doing God ones because you practicing restraint now God is infinite there's God know and see the midst are you doing yes he knows he sees he feels it it's like automatic today we can have some kind of you know understanding of it the way computers you do something one part of the world that we would try to be registered all over the world but there's so we had the computer jet age is allows us to understand about God but God gets it now what that was once you do that so what do you when you're doing a mitzvah what are you doing think are a prac that's see for example you give charity or you like Chavez candles you keep Shabbat a little better than last week or you pray or you study some Torah what are you doing huh you know what semester huh you're obeying which is true but what are you doing what are you doing you're doing a good deed connecting with getting deeper day we're getting to connecting okay you're loving that's also true what are you doing you making gun happy it's all correct seventy right answers so far we're doing pretty good we got to keep on going till we hit certain elevating okay and here's what the algebra says when you're doing a mitzvah everything you said is correct but I won't tell you the October says when you're doing a mitzvah you are fulfilling and you ready The Rock's own her Alyona Roxanne is the will her le iene who is that Alyona the one above God in other words we all have things fine I care I don't care but when you want something when you want something that's strong like you like it you don't like it that's that's passive when you want something that's strong God wants us to do the mid suppose he wouldn't have given us that shopping list we didn't want it eating God okay fine if you want do this mister if you don't want don't do it God again he gave us freedom of choice he's not he's not a what's called the helicopter mom helicopter dad whatever you were a helicopter parent right but the point is God wants us to do it he wouldn't give him to us we didn't want us to do it now so when you're doing it you're actually lighting up like city make me happy you're lighting up this like glow in God's high level of his will this person right so what happens when you make God happy what does he make God happy he smiles right now what has any smiles why doesn't someone smile it's like what isn't someone smiles you in reverse Ellen smiles it's a light the light went on the light went on the light went on now what happens when the light goes on it's light now if you put the light on in this room okay it's okay Trajan God's light goes on well God light is always on the question we see it but you imagine like we're able to see God's life going on and God's like smiling cos doing a mitzvah that's huge so in the words of Kabbalah that's called or your Ain self the light of the infinite God the light of the infinite God went on the light of the infinite God went on now if that's on that's huge and in the words of Kabbalah it's called that's called the oh you ain't safe which goes into the oil hot saves earlier say means it's a light which is saying it can only circle around we cannot grasp that light why too strong too strong but it's there it's out there it's out there but when you do a mitzvah what happens is that or your ain't safe or your holidays makes its way into the ten Sphero that God used to create the world and the ten sphere owed which normally normally only gets a diluted amount of light for example in Cass said there's a diluted amount of light and Castle otherwise would flip out there wouldn't be cutting anymore Bena have said Bertie Ferris does all the see wrote has a diluted amount of light but when you do a mitzvah think about this when we do a mix for down here are simple people it's like almost like when you walk into a room and you push the button and the light goes on now I would say wow you're like this is insane like what you're an electrician you ran the live wires and everything no but in fact this week we have the power I pushing about the light goes on same thing also when we push a button and now in this world what's the button that we push do a mitzvah the light goes on by god that's huge it goes into the infinite light or you're a saviour I do comment and I goes into the every single internal spot and one in the ten she wrote and that comes down in it through that comes down through this we wrote into this world now and what happens is what happens is this powerful light becomes a garment for our soul now we know in the soul we have we all have a neshama which is the general name but the neshamah in general is broken down to five levels five levels from the least amount of godly energy to the highest another ground the energy the least amount is called something which is called nephesh now first the lowest Ruach already is more energy neshama is in the level of soul and higher life and in the highest levels wok is called Akina nephesh you open the shovel high if he the high level so what happens is when we do a mitzvah that light becomes like a low bush like a garment I gave you see it like a baby and you're rapping like a nice blanket and he's like cuddling so God literally cuddles us in this fan this powerful blanket around a neshama and you feel tremendous warmth because who's cuddling you the infinite power of God which you normally don't get so think how powerful is any time you do a mitzvah look what you're doing for yourself you've causing God to smile this infinite amount of energy that can never be you come through to this world comes through into the into the spirit and that literally takes your neshama and wraps it around think about for a moment the warmth of that what does that feel like huh and not only that not only that it goes through we know that the there's the inside there's four worlds at salud briea it's Iran and a Sierra but that travels through every one of these worlds and every one these worlds and every one of those levels the infinite light of God goes through it now but what's interesting is this infinite power of God cannot be in the materialistic world because the material is going to be materialistic anymore the definition of this materialistic world means it's materialistic there what do you see ET materialism you don't see God in godliness but the sphere old in this world are powerful and this infinite light goes into the sea wrote through the mitzvot that we're doing now what happens like this you know on one hand it says that in this world right this world this physical world were living in again we're talking at the world we're not talking either humans we're not talking about the spirit the world so tests our mitzvot the reward of a mitzvah in this world that doesn't exist what does that mean true you do mitzvahs and you create a reward but the reward cannot come into the physical world because if the infinite light came into the physical world you know what happened I'll be like sticking in a one tiny at an appliance at 220 electricity it would just blow up so the this powerful light cannot come into the world however it could come into the commented to the Syrians but the question is why don't we know that it says we actually we say it every morning in the prayer services that when a person does charity so totally this autumn a person or you called Paris am you doom it's like charity you eat the fruit of it in this world but not Karen K I'm at Lola Hamas the the real principle stays for the world to come so I think we give charity the principle when world to come you'll have it the fruit of it right in dividends you got to eat in this world so what does it mean it goes you get into this world so the author explains very simple basically we said before that when you give charity what are you doing you're doing a mitzvah right so what happens is that infinite light pierces through the hole because normally if the infinite light the infinite light stays or does not come internalized into the spirit but here it actually penetrates through and it's almost like it creates a hole and it comes through the hole the sphero's so that's the whole idea of mnek of in spiritually Kabbalistic li is that the end of the energy comes through these holes now what does that mean practically very simple when God created the world he used the zero to create the world now we'll name a few you have acid right oriented sphere of concept now what does ib of concent the idea of custody is kindness kindness now if you're infusing if you're infusing the infinitely arranged by doing a mitzvah charity sadaqah you're infusing the infinite light to go through the restorative to go through in the sphere owed and let's say it goes through like the whole through the sphere of Crescent now what's a sphere of Hesed kindness so when a person does charity and the light goes through have said you know what happens the optimal service this is amazing if you ever looking for omens is right here you end up living a long life because long life comes from Crescent glorious boom time is up classic --is enjoy life live a long life now that's on the right side cuss it what happens when the light comes in from the left side guru and this is very interesting because this is Molly for bringing stuff but we'll leave it for for bringing on the left side on the left side which is Guara look what you get wealth and honor so if you want to be wealthy make sure you give charity and make sure that it flows to the left side a little bit and to the left side and you'll be very wealthy and you'll get honor and respect but what's really interesting is and again this is more for this is like more for bringing tangent or leave it forever for bringing that the right is a long life and the left is more wealth and honor very interesting right now obviously flows down the middle then you have what you have to ferret what's the ferret the fair is beauty you know there's a long life which is great quantitatively there's wealth and honor which is you know Technol things we need to to lead a good life but then there's real beauty and beauty is more from within we're not talking externally talking real beauty and that's what happens when it goes that when when a goat when it goes down through this energy so when a person again doesn't Mitzvah and specifically to charity you're literally piercing holes through this fear oat and allowing very powerful energy to come through and it more powerful energy comes through guess what you live longer if you're wealthy they'll have honor you'll be beautiful and so on with the other spirit they do we'll leave that for another time now what's interesting is that we all know it says for example a lot of things make sense now it says for example stokka when a person gives charity that saves you from dying what's the connection stock up saving with dying what we just learned very simple and you give charity and this infinite light goes through Cass said it allows calling this and allows you to live a long life so the best thing to do is don't wait till you're dying and then try to throw in as many coins as possible he'll the machine is gonna be jammed you got a you know you know it's slow and steady wins the race so you got to do every day a little bit charity and funny I was thinking I wasn't learning I said wow he's not interesting if the Rebbe always encouraged that every single day before you preach but a few pennies in the charity box even a few pennies why because it's like you know if you want to live a healthy life you can't just go once a year to the exit to the gym and you're gonna come you're gonna be healthy for the year work 24 hours 24 hours a day it doesn't work that way you have to go consistently every single day a little bit saying also like with whatever would die whatever whatever you want to do a discipline you have to do over a long a little bit over a long period of time not a lot in a short period and not only come not only also run too into the treadmill when you went to the heart doctor he tells you oh my gosh here this is your heart you should be going beforehand that you don't like that you won't have the issue but the point is the point is that when a person does stuck on it affects these holes that the energy comes huge and it helps you in all these levels on all these levels now and here is very interesting and I found this very unique because this is like very unique I think to the titania where the optimist says as follows he says that what happens there's a huge energy out there right huge now that's great correct but what happens now when is a huge energy you know reminds me of a joke you know this guy robbed the bank so when the cops came since like why'd you rob the bank what do you say because that's where the money is right so what happens is when this huge energy and powerful energy gets who's there guess who's there to take it everybody those that deserve it for sure right but people that don't deserve it and in in the words of Tonya it's called the heat Sounion what's a ketone he turns like the biggest insult you can get it so on on a spiritual level a premie someone that's internalized if it's his wonderful you know if it's rightfully so he'll do it he's not gonna do things just just because that's a so it's a premium okey time okay time he just wants to show he was basically you know someone that charged shows off and has nothing behind him which is basically also the world of the clip boat so what happens is all of a sudden the big energies this guy did a mission of charity and also wow you know because God's not doesn't restrict he's given he's giving so they keep sane iam right people that really don't deserve it come to grab the energy right now that's one issue and it's wrong for them to come and grab it and not only you don't want to give him that energy because they're going to become stronger the clip over gonna come even stronger and you don't want to become stronger the second issue is now when you do the midst of charity and the energy is extremely strong so what happens you you can get hurt physically or spiritually strong energy Wow so hey you did a mix of charity right think about this if listen to me until the end cuz this is key you don't mix our charity and all of a sudden you've opened up this great light which is beautiful but all of a sudden you have all the anything in English is called parasites or yate Sahara the devil everyone's there trying to grab some and they might even hurt you just to get it like for example think about it let's see you're successful on whatever level physical spiritual mental emotional so it's great you musta did something great you wants to give in some charity and God gave you this gift so what happens people are jealous now we know jealousy is a bad thing and then people start gossiping now you can say what I do I don't do with it but unfortunately we know know when people gossip it hurts the person that's talking person they're talking to and the person they're talking about now what do you offer the guy is talking about what he do wrong he didn't do anything wrong he honestly was a nice guy did his thing and he gave his charity and he did all the things he's supposed to and it because he's got people are jealous and talking about me like what like why am i getting affected why and the answer is the sentence is right here and this is like the this is like this is that's what I'm saying it's intriguing because this is the answer why the whole idea of I mean Hara the evil eye Lashon Hara and jealousy and why people get hurt and why people get affected and innocent people literally see you have literally innocent people that go through a tough time we'll go through some suffering and you true they did nothing wrong but the answers are doctor when we wouldn't all you must is actually in the country without looks like you did a great thing you caused this big light to come down and all these like you know parasites and the gate Sahara and I inherited all these terrible things come to to like try to get some of this powerful energy and guess what you can get hurt now does God love us sure he does do you think God wants us to get hurt No so what happens is this is powerful this is you'll see the power of charity doctor who says when a person does charity so first God sends through this huge energy and it pokes holes and it makes way for all this powerful stuff but now what we say now all of a sudden oh my gosh it's huge it's huge everyone's gonna start grabbing so then when you give charity and that's where you just give two pennies or you just get like double you know you always want to give double when you give charity so what happens is God sends down you ready a net she got it you got it God sends down the net that guess what you can see it but you can't touch it you can see it you can't take it you can see you can't hurt them it's funny you think about I mean I'm from New York you think about all those chain-link fences what are they for word to protect right that's enough physical we're talking on a spiritual level you need a lot fence to protect protect what do we say the priestly blessings you've arrested on God to bless you that's sending down the light through the beautiful holes what to say Ruxin second word right after that the East Morocco he should watch you watch that what was he watching for you look you blessed so that the people shouldn't come and destroy it the people that are jealous the people that are gossiper should not get a hold of you you knows you need the blessing but you need the protection you need God to give us the beautiful blessings but I was doing the midst of charity but we want to make sure to get the warranty to get the protection to get the net that that cover that covers you over that you should not get hurt now what's interesting is and that's why it says when it comes to charity what does it say called Pluto Pluto every penny that you give every dollar pound ruble whatever you give makes the reference that adds up has been got dole to a great to a great amount so what does custom good dole mean what is it what is a great great great amount mean so can be physically but customer dole means that what it pulls in that huge like God all not physically spiritually interns world and we know it says God governor shotgun is great was so what is God's great to this powerful or your in safe is God my chef what does Hashem shamans dude cave of K and we know the years in the hating of of hey refers to what it's God's name what else is referred to the ten sphero's why because they nerd the years the dot that's for karma the hay is for bina second this fee wrote the valve is for the six meadow the emotions and the last taste what mouth hood chochmah binah the emotions and mouth foot so God alive saying this powerful light that you just push the button by giving charity and came down into every one of your spirit the long life is starting to kick and the protection don't steal that from you right and the wealth and the honor is starting to grow and no one's right protects you TFRs nets are you sorry it comes to everyone in this world and that's the way you become really really powerful and strong now so what's interesting is the author explained and he says but the verse doesn't finished and it says that when you do give charity so it says to call you by your shoe up by Roy what does that mean a hat of salvation on your head because we're happens when you think about when God brings down the light where to start it starts in the words are coming to the power infinite light this where's it going to it goes into the ten spiraled now when it comes in that hence he wrote the spirit have an order right we said you hey Bob hey Hach Mabini the emotions and mouths words so where's its words it can't register coming from both in the middle no can't break in right it goes on the top a cosmic achma so McIver you sure a brochure it starts by Royce in the head right which is customer right which is caught us out to the head but what's interesting there after brings out very very powerful from the ZOA it says that yushua if you if you go to the Church of the word you sure sure so with shin iron watch in iron Shin I in is you ready for this 370 there's a very very powerful Kabbalistic energy of 370 and with clay via sugar OSHA means what goes into your head is the 370 powerful lights powerful lights it's explained answer which I'll talk about a minute that come in from like way above out from out of way or high by the Orient serve and that 370 power comes into this field what's the 370 so this is very powerful because we know that the other 10 spheroid right so which is the first three the first three the intellect hakama been enough combat is the first 3 now the comes down have we said how much 370 so the first 3 sphere out each one to the power of a hundred not Kozma times 1 times 10 times a hundred the power of kauffman times are hundreds the power of being a times 100 the power of - times 103 intellectual times 100 you get 300 Shin and the emotions you don't want a - strong right you know they aren't strong we aren't that strong you always want the influx to be a little stronger than the emotions I mean you want to live in the emotions but you want to make sure that you're you're lined up in the right spot it's like if you have a boat or a plane and you want to get ready to go like 400 miles per hour and it's not lined up the right spot you're in trouble so you want to make sure the huffman beena das is more in line and then you let the emotions take off so the emotions are set as seven emotions so that we give not a hundred whoa not even fifty not 25 we give 10 10 for each emotion so the seven so it's 70 so that's how you have 370 so the intellect is strong and very strong the emotions are pretty strong and that wow that's way out there and you draw in the Kaveri schewe you bring in that 370 power again 300 of the of the of the intellect and 70 in emotions and you bring that in to your head obviously into the idea of the spirit and what's really fascinating is what draws that in literally putting a penny a dollar angelee whatever you want to put into the charity box anytime you do try think think about this when you're doing charity what you're doing is you're like opening up the floodgates the floodgates of infinite power three right shin is 370 and that's coming into the spirit on a very powerful level and God sends down a protection a protection so that if he joining him shouldn't get ahold of it and you shouldn't get hurt god forbid in a negative way now what's interesting is that this powerful light goes into where this fee wrote the sphere owns it does not come into the world why because this world is world world by definition means God's concealed if it came into this world the world wouldn't be world anymore it would be D maybe call that Syria it's here I wouldn't be ASEA so does not come into the world it comes into the sphere own of us humans we could be a nice light bulb not the world yet however what do we say before that when a person does charity pay raise say in the fruitiness were all the dividends that means we get this powerful light within us but that Karen the principle is from the Messiah comes and when the Messiah comes this powerful light will actually get revealed in the world and the whole world the world that's concealing right now God will be able to reflect the revelation of the 370 powerful lights the iron safe will be able to be revealed obviously in in this world in a real way and the operative finishes off with a very very powerful line and I think it's really really it's really really great and he said I'll say people are saying English could nefesh to the shanna which means it's all the way they always do it the way we beseech Hashanah in other words it's totally up to us think about this this in order for this line to come into the world it's there but in order for us to bring it down into it into our life those until the Messiah comes in our spirit that will allow us to live a long life and a happy life and the beautiful life and it's a successful life and a wealthy life etc it's all Paris who no one can force you to write the check right or to or to help out but so it's up to you know we're all adults could anyone force anyone to do anything now so it's up to you you can say guess what I am taking a stand in my life I want to draw down this powerful light within me no problem put money in the meter and it's coming very simple and the more you feed the meter the more it comes it knows what they were saying it's it's in your hands I'm showing you what happens I just presented you a 3d experience for thee whatever you want to call it I present to you a full PowerPoint presentation what happens when you do good deeds but guess what it's like I can bring you to the water but it's up to you to drink and that's very powerful the optimist shot and after you learn this I think he actually more than inspired I think he actually making us drink because it's like whoa who want who wouldn't want to have this great light in their life and we all know it is a fact any time you do something good for someone else I'm not talking for you so he's for yourself that's what's different different discussion but anytime you do something good for someone else any time you do a mitzvah ask yourself how you felt afterwards I never heard someone say I didn't feel great everyone says oh my gosh I feel great felt great why why does it feel great here's the answer because when you do it Mitzvah you're bringing in this infinite light which for a finite human being we can handle finite experiences try to have an infinite experience life is over so we have like stuff that touch the infinite touch it look at it etc right it's like we started the class like going on the roller coaster and letting go right kids love that because it's like almost like an infinite experience for them in their mind they can do something while they don't the hold on but that's the same idea we couldn't create these beautiful experience in our life and very simple and as dr. BIR says if it's up to us if we beseech a sham we turn to God God hey I want to make the world a better place I want to help out you're gonna feel great now whoa who wouldn't want to do this so I don't you guys but I'm gonna very very inspired from this chapter about what it means really to reaching out helping people doing good things because ultimately the only one that gets the smile on your own face it's up to you to feed the smile and you'll get the smile but I'm not talking to stay simple I'm talking the real one anyway hope you enjoyed the class and looking forward to next week