The Pursuit of Happiness: A New Kabbalah class By Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz Live Stream 4/2/2020

[Music] all right welcome to our class online about simcha about happiness alright so welcome to our class about some car about happiness obviously it's a very very important class especially now that everyone is getting ready for Pesach and paste it as one of the three festivals that we have to be happy and the question is how do we find strength to have real simcha on real happiness especially in the situation everyone's going it going through your family and friends that are well maybe you yourself enough feeling well loneliness your home yourself thinking about pay something gonna be home or yourself so obviously this is a very very important topic and discussion so I want to begin by saying this class tonight is dedicated to although need a reverse lame-o we know that studying Torah brings tremendous healing to the world so with that again this class to all those that need reports Lama and specifically a friend of the family his name is I am Yosef Yitzchak Ben C Malaya he should have a referral a more Bukhari and his family should only know happiness and great things were for shame again for high end Yosef Yitzchak Ben Seema Leila so we're gonna be talking about the idea simcha and why some quests so important and obviously how could we attain some huh even in these challenging times so the we know that the one of the classical works in mysticism on this topic is from the first Caban Rebbe the alter rebbe in tania in chapter 26 and the outer over there says clearly that we are in a war every single day every in a moment we are in a war with our animal soul that means we all have a godly soul the godly soul wants to be connected under this mode will connect to God but we also have the animal soul that wants to pull us down and wants us to connected to obviously the world of clippo not necessarily such great places so the goal of the godly soul is that we checked it to God the goal of the animal soul is that we should be connected to the animalistic pursuits so it's a real war real war that we confront every single day every single hour every single moment and the alter percent is that he in order to be successful the war the only way to be successful is when you are in a state of simcha if cops for Shalom god forbid you're lacking simcha you're lacking joy you're lacking happiness you will not succeed in that water so therefore besides the fact that similar is a commandment in the Torah but practically the author it says you need it you need to be able to overcome the eighth's of her from within and from without and how much more so in times like this when so far will allow us to go through what we have to go through and mana fact there's many articles today that say that with everything people are going through it all medical research says that someone that has a similar attitude a happy attitude will have the strength to overcome what they are going through much easier much better and much more successful so here in this chapter the algebra says that sins simcha is extremely important so the author realizes that there are times that unfortunately we're going to be dealing with a situation where we're not gonna have the sim car and the reason we're not going to have the simce is unfortunately because we're gonna have real real needs not once but real needs that we have and unfortunately those knees we're not gonna have those needs so when you have a need that you want and a need that you need and the operative is an example specifically if somebody's lacking never to have children or for example health issues which that's really the issue today or someone can provide a food for their family the three bun of high Amazonia and he were there it's called so that's real concerns children health food sustenance you can pay the rain the mortgage so how are you supposed to have happiness and what happens is it's not just a physical hat unhappiness but it literally makes your heart very very heavy the algebra says that even in those situations I'm saying clearly you stuff do you simply have to be happy and the question is how could you be happy and the optimist says very very clearly because you have to realize it everything that we're going through or anything and everything that we're going through everything comes from a shell and since everything comes from a shell and we know a Shem is good we have to have a mindset a mindset that gum zoo Latoya that whatever we're going through knows even in the lack even when we're lacking issues with our children whether we don't have children we have children having aggravation with them or health issues our own health issues a good friend the family's health issues or for lacking food and sustenance we have to realize God Zoo Latoya this is also for the good so here comes the big question because the author is saying that gam zu Latoya this means for the good and obviously on this this there's many many discussions and and people trying to comprehend campus what is the optimal Sangams will tell you though so there's many many different levels of understanding of it I'm gonna take one of the levels of understanding which basically it's what the Rebbe explains on the idea of Gong salute over and there be cells like this Rebbe says that if you look in the Talmud when when you look at situations when people are going through struggles so you find these two expressions in the column uh that's use there's one expression in Talmud let's use that says call the ugly Ramona the table of it whatever Hashem does he does for the boot now it's interesting if you notice - I pronounced it call the oven on the top of it it's not less than a co dish - sir not English or Spanish or Chinese any other language but it's actually an aramaic so that's an expression of the Talmud that says cul called the of your own topic it's an Aramaic expression and it's important to note that not going to you someone there's another expression as however that says and this is actually is in Russian or kodesh and the expression of Talmud is gam zu little Eva this is also for the goods you have two expressions called the other dress model the tablet which is there an aramaic and then you have the other expression at gam zu latoya bow which is basically Russian Arco - in the special holy tongue and the question is why two expressions and what is the difference between two expressions so there every explains it based on two famous stories in the Talmud you might know the stories we're gonna talk about we're gonna go with the stories in depth so you can be refreshed with the story I'm gonna talk about the difference of the stories and who is the rabbi that the story happened with and why he uses that expression so the first story we're gonna we're gonna deal with is the story with Rabbi Akiva rebbi akiva was travelling and in those days when you traveled you traveled with a candle because unlike today you come in you put the put the lights on there was no lights so if you needed like you needed a candle so he travel to the candle so you should have to read Torah at night he also traveled with a donkey so that a donkey can schlep all those things he doesn't to be the Schlemmer and get knocked out from every trip but he have a dumb kid have carried all the stuff and the third thing he had was a rooster so that we know when you go to sleep at night the beer on Valon alarm clock how you getting up so the rooster would wake him up in the morning so you'd be able to pray in the morning or pray middle of night so that was his alarm clock he traveled he comes to his town and he comes he's looking for lodging no nobody wants to accept him nobody wants to accept was getting late at night he has nobody mode so if nobody wants to host in what do you do you leave the town and it's not like in the next town there's two minutes away he ended up in the forest and not much he had to go to sleep in the forest he's ready to go to sleep but who a rabbit doesn't go to sleep for sure a akela so he sits down he starts learning takes his candle he likes his family starts learning a wind comes blows out his candle all right he goes at his candle so he goes to sleep he goes to sleep a lion comes and devours is dumping and then what does he have left not because rooster and a cat comes and eats the rooster so think about this every Kiva's traveling they don't nobody wants to host that's pretty not such a great idea he goes into the forest to sleep in the forest and he has his Katla he's going to learn Torah the Campbell gets blown out he has his donkey to schlep all his stuff lying comes in the mountain no more dunking and then his rooster the cat comes and eats it he's left with nothing so what is it what's a rake heba's attitude every keep his attitude he says and this is the quote rake Eva says called the avi draftsman all the top of it the truth is yes it's upsetting no one want to give me a place to sleep and I lost my candle I lost my donkey and I lost my rooster and had nothing which is not great but he said called the of Rahman Allah top of it whatever a Shem does is for the good that is one story and that's the source of the expression called Ottoman rule at a moment then there's a second story in the Talmud the second story is wall to the rear Kiva because with with that was first Missouri there's second stories with with nakamise gums ooh what was the story with nakamise katsu so his name was nothing now why was he called is gamsu because he was a man that was no other than anytime anything happened he had one line a one-liner three words gong zu Latoya this is also for the goods it means something great happened for example he wins a lottery gonzo you never he lost something gamsu lo Toma right left middle up-down whatever happened he had one line and his line was gong zu Latoya anything that happened so there's a story they once needed to send a gift to the king at that time steak ain't enough from these comms I said listen used to holy man and we wanna find favor in the Kings eyes we're giving you a treasure chest full of money and you'll travel you'll bring it to the king so he says sure pleasure Gambas little trailer he travels in his travels he went to sleep at night he gets up in the morning and he picks up the treasure chest and he opens something solid even though weighed more or less the same and he gives love oh my gosh the treasure chest that was full with coins and precious coins earth sand what do I do do I not go on my journey I not go when the other hand I was sent with a mission so he responded me said Gham zu Latoya huh with a smile today maybe it puts a Gallaudet in the mental institution but he said no Gong Zuo toyou and he goes with the same enthusiasm as if he was carrying a treasure chest with gold coins and inside he knew it was sand and he goes to the King comes to the King says on behalf of our community we're so grateful for all the wonderful things you do for us and he makes his fiery speech as if he's giving the King the most greatest present and he hands him the treasure chest the King opens a treasure chest and gives a look in solid sand I mean hello are you literally here to embarrass me so they were going to do what you do to somebody else against the king they were going to kill him on the spot nothing nice gram zoo doesn't face he says gums a little tougher this is also for the good so you know a sham takes care of everybody and everything I've shown runs the world so Shem sent Elijah the prophet to dress up as one of the officers and Elijah the Prophet says to the King King this a holy man you think he's bringing you sand garbage you remember stories in the Bible Abraham when he's to fight against the Kings how did he fight them he didn't have any munition he didn't have tanks he didn't have guns he was a holy man he had a son book of psalms what'd he have but he would pick off literally sand from the floor and he was thrown at the enemy and returned to these weapons that were like so powerful and wipe out the whole enemy this is probably that holy sand that's what the Elisha the prophet who dressed up like Gaede and one of his officers he says okay great sure enough the Rebbe says you know this is never a lack of wars short while later there was a little war and they sent out a treasure chest with the certainty with the earth inside and they used it as ammunition look how much faith they had they use it as ammunition and guess what they were successful in the war it was so successful and they actually were so appreciative and they gave him tremendous gives to me a lot of blessings for the community that sent against why because not from each gods who said gamma Zullo to you so the Rebbe says here you see something very interesting in the two different stories in the first story Ruri Akiva he suffered a loss what does that mean they didn't let him they didn't let him in there in the town he lost his donkey he lost his rooster he lost his candle he lost it all and it was a real loss on paper it was a loss or reality was loss what'd he say Shem doesn't own everything or some dozens for the good nakamise Gaza there was no loss what was the loss on the country there were says because if you bring a king some some treasures King has much more he doesn't need it when you bring in a unique ammunition so you bring in the cure for the for the virus whoa y'all kind of reward you so that's the type of gift he brought to the king and that's what he got such tremendous gift so the Rebbe said something very interesting the nakamise gamsu was actually the teacher ever be Akiva in other words the Rebbe says nothing these gals who lived closer to the times in a temple in a times of temperament the the light of the scheana was burning and therefore everyone saw what a sham wanted so therefore he was able to say with clarity gondola Trejo and he didn't experience anything negative why cause he was closer to the temple what to the times of temple what happened in the next generation rubee Akiva so he was really a generation away from the great light of the temple so the first Chicago loose godless became darker see here Eddie couldn't say in Russian or kodesh which shuts clarity that gamsu Litella so therefore what did he say okay you know what troubles challenges okay coal my daughters and cut-in in aramaic he said that whatever our son does it's also been a good I don't see it I don't feel it okay so that's we call yareta to the road means closer to the temple where the light was shining then Wow he said he saw was good not from his garden zu Latoya however later on they didn't have their clarity but the rebus says now that we're getting closer to mushiya coming and we know Messiah hums you're gonna have the tremendous light that's gonna be shining well Shen is gonna take this son out of a shield you know the Sun today it was it's protected in a shield because it was so powerful and we would not be able to handle handle the power of the Sun how Shem is gonna take the the the Sun out of its shield and by the way we all know that today a big part of the healing process if you want to stay protected from the virus is to stay in the Sun a little bit every day because it hasn't sure this blessings of a Shem and it says in the Prophet that says but are you evolved those that Hashem love could say such remnants before us say they're gonna appreciate the song without the shield so there are verses now getting closer to Messiah so therefore we can go back and be on the same level of the generation of nothingness gamsu which is closer to the temple we're closer to Messiah and if we could and we should say gamsu whatever we're going through Latoya which means like this so they're out to recess bran would go back to Thomas out to recess how can you say down - Latoya and this is for the goods what it means for the goods we don't see it we see people are saying and people aren't doing well and challenges what does it mean we say ganja Latoya and here's a very very powerful insight from the answer everybody says like this that everything we know comes from a shell they are something which is called in the world of Kabbalah Alma discuss the concealed world and then there's something which is called almond is golly of the revealed words or to be get more cabbalistic on this we know everything comes from Ash in her son's name is made up of four letters you're the the little letter the hey devolve and the hey the unit and the hay which even though the unit is smaller small letters refer to the concealed pajama and evolve even if so big alert it's the revealed part of the show so anytime the algebra says that we experience something enjoyable and we appreciate oh we understand what a sham wants you know where that's coming from that's coming from the second half of a schrems name that's kind from the love day that's coming from the revealed part of God anytime we're like we just don't get it it tastes bitter it's terrible anytime we have that feeling and expression so the algebra says guess what that's coming from UK that's coming from the concealed part of God now which part of God is greater they reveal the concealed to show that concealed those greater because revealed we're finding out we can only accept so much so anytime we experience a physical or material or spiritual or mental enjoyment and we said oh we appreciate it that's kind from the concealed part Michelle it can reveal partition in the rough game anytime we don't understand going through a struggle that's coming from the concealed partnership so the algebra says because someone's going through a difficult time and he said before blondeness hi Amazon Arabica whether to children or its health issues or livelihood guess what you could then you should say namazu Latoya cuz right now when you're going through are you going through and you're experiencing that hardship is because right now you're getting gum this Zoo Latoya it's good but not the reveal code it's actually a greater good but it's very very important to know that this whole idea that we say gums lipoma even for a struggle it only applies during the struggle or after the struggle but before you go through something we have an obligation that's our one sauce to have revealed good and the Turner wants us to pray for revealed good and we should only experience reveal birds so it's important not to settle for anything other reveals good because that's what we want and that's what we should give us we're his children he should give us everything we need in a revealed way and that's that's the goal we're talking about after doing the person is going through a challenge you the doctor says we need to like now he's gong zu gong zu Latoya why because when a person says gums will apply though and you say it and you feel it and you experience it that really it's coming from a sham ashram really loves us and he's giving us from the from the best that Hashem could give us we will have the strength from that concealed good from the youth k to overcome every challenge that we have so another's were you going through a challenge you need greater powers how are you gonna get the greater powers the greater powers are up to us when we're able to hold on tight and say I know it's a challenge but I mean remember I know one thing I know she loves me and she wants to give me a great life and a chef will give me a great life I know this is coming from a deep place Michelle I don't understand it because I do understand it then it's not from a deep place I don't understand if I do no one believe gamsu Latoya anything I'm going through a Shem is going with me Hashem is going with us it's all for the good and we long as we hold on tight we will emerge some all merit to see and experience that everything that we went through and everything that we're going through is really for the good can I explain to you now how much for the good no we're not ashamed and guess what if I can explain it to you wouldn't be the real wouldn't be the real good because once you could explain it that it's a reveal good when you can't explain it that's the gamble Taylor that's the real good but again to remember we pray we praying for real good reveal good that's what we want that's what we can handle but Chum chooses to give us this greater good okay we're accepting whatever our son has to offer us so I just want to say is I know a lot of people have called me and emailed me and text me and what's at me and it's hard and it's not easy and the Chabad we're not together it's all true 100% it's all true and no one's discounting it but on the other hand we are mandated from there from the Reber from the outlet river from older obeying that when we're going through it sorrow we have to remember Ashley I gather an acute case that a fortune is the person that when you're going through it sorrow you can say ASHRAE we're blessed and we're lucky because I Stremme is giving us from UK even though it's hard but when you realize that everything is crying for Emma it's coming from a deeper partnership that will give you the onus and it will give you the Superfund because Sigma is key to overcome any challenge if God's with your on to some car then you for sure lost then you for sure I out of the game so if you want to stay in the game of life as tough as it is and as hard as it is and just thinking must be pays off just I'm going to be sitting myself with just my family where's the community who is my family is my friends but we have to remember one thing I'm one thing only if this is what I Shem wants for us and this is what it suddenly chose it some chose it if this is what a sham is choosing for us we have to accept it be Ahava with love and we have to accept it with some fun again is it easy no no one is saying it's easy but we do know there are some loves us and some is giving us opportunity to have a great life Ashley I gave a shot she ran a Utica which is referring to the first part of a Sims name so let's all remember that we can constantly say throughout the day as much as we can maybe sometimes it's lip service but sometimes you'll feel it unless you won't but as long as we can say gam zu Latoya huh and as Durbin says work very very close to me she are coming so we can see it and feel it and experience it we will actually have not only gam zu a toy over from the concealed part of a sham but the finish will be that the concealed part the gums will tell you which is concealed coming from your cave of K will be revealed we'll all get to merit to see the youth k of a sham that concealed part of a sham in a real reveal of way so I want to wish each and every one in there watching her lives I want to wish each of you they're gonna watch it whenever you watch it watch the video or those that aren't watching it subconsciously we should all have a really really really happy Pesach because Pesach as young kids young that we have to be happy we should experience real simcha simply in a revealed way but if I Sherman wants us to have the concealed blessings whichever way it comes we will have true simcha and we all know it says and there be quotes many many times that sinful playwrights gather when a person's happier you can break any boundary anything that's in the way real happiness and real happiness we know comes from one thing and one thing only by having a deep meaningful relationship with Hashem and as we say every single Saturday night when we finish the bath in the vehicle of how we say keep your sim card say say on that through simcha we'll bill to go throughout all our challenge that we're going through so symphonies key we have to remember irrelevant we're going through or irrelevant we hear we have to make sure as hard as it is and again I said it's not easy we have to make sure our simplest a strong and a song is a strength simple straight song stay strong we all say gam zu Latoya this is for the good that Mitchum will all merit to see they reveal good between honey Rover ha and is again we all know that what with a sinister brain can do even mouths Nicole can't do we're sitting here together I see a line there Walton people in different houses I just want to give everyone a Bravo whoever needs your fluids should be healed within a real miraculous way whoever needs the health issues financial success the children whatever you need you should all be blessed with tremendous blessings and again just to reiterate for I said in the beginning this class today is refer Shaima for everyone that needs a referral and I mentioned specifically Cayenne yo Sevilla 20 Malaysia ever wash Lima and his family's to be reused to be reunited him together by to say then they should be able to experience real simplified the whole family being together for Pesach suddenly it's a happy happy Pesach to everybody and we surely continue to experience only great and beautiful simcha with the greatest son car with mushiya being revealed all main right now