The Ten Sefirot וספרתם לכם ממחרת השבת A New Kabbalah class by Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

Welcome to our class we learning a beautiful discourse in the the name of the discourse is called the re said this discourse that year was the 26th day of the month of Nissan it was also the are blessed the month of in the year 55 years ago so again the discourse is based in the verse where it says you should count to yourselves and they have when the day that you bring the should count seven weeks and then it continues on to say you should count 50 days it's known the Insight in the teaching of the AL that comes from the expression of it should be um beautiful and very very clear and the same thing also the 10o is the expression of B hero something very very clear Etc so we have to understand the fact that says that the accounting is coming from the day after shab specifically what does that mean it's referring to the day after p and the seem seemingly the the counting and the clarity has to be a whole year and like it's like tell us that we're here to serve to serve the we here to serve and the our purpose in this world is to make a dwelling place for hem down here and how do you do that by making the physical world the materialistic world the place where God Is concealed a befitting for a king to live in and how do you do that by taking away the coarseness of the world and transforming the materialistic part of the world and that is the idea of spos beus clarity so if that's the case what is the connection to you should count to make it clear specifically Shas this this is an avoid this work you have to always do that's question one also we have to understand that we know that the seven weeks is a preparation for Mountain toyra which came on the 50th day and like when we left Egypt soem hasem told the Jewish people we were still in Egypt when I'm going to take you out of Egypt you're going to serve God in this mountain so what do we see from here that as soon as they left Egypt they prepared themselves to go receive the Torah m t and that and the truth is it's not only a preparation but that actually started the process of receiving the Torah like Rashi says when it says in reference to bringing the carbon P that how can how can it be that they went and they did but because we know that they when they received the command they received the commandes and the fact this didn't happen until the 14th but since they accepted upon themselves it's considered as if they did it so so how much more so when it comes to counting the which basically basally is all about repenting and a yearning and like it says in in the the a which is brought down in in the in the ran at the end of traim that the the counting that the Jewish people counted when they left Egypt why were they counting because they had a tremendous yearning to receive the tah so how much more so when it came to counting the which basically is the beginning of receiving the Torah and the 50th day comes after they started the whole process and it's just like when you're counting from the day after Shabbat and know shabas is not part of the sphere the day after which is a preparation for the counting so the same thing also at the end that the 50th is not part of the counting unless you count seven weeks and when you count the seven weeks you receive you come to the 50 then you come to the idea of mat so if that's the case we have to understand the fact is they're counting from mat is every single day and like it says clearly every day has to be like it's brand new and like we make The Blessing by the Torah has to be begining receiving the Torah right now so what does that mean that the preparation of of of of SP is counting and through that by only counting 40 days you REI you achieve the 50th day which is mat mat is something which we have every single day okay say it's brought down in reference to the explanation of so he first he brought the teaching from the AL com idea has to be clear and and that's that's connected to the T now so what we say that is connect to expression of the and Clarity and and it's connected what to the idea of the 10 SP say when it comes to this to to SPH to to to SPH there's four different uh translations and four different uh ideas and it's four different sources and four different levels and like it's explained in Al explains in in the beginning of and explains in the in the in his classical works of the B and it's also bring brings down over there the teaching of the Paris and he brings four different insights the first Insight is thatum comes from um the spher comes from mispar which means to count what does it mean counting it's something which is which is which is measured and it's finite and other we know that the 10 Comm that the 10 steroids there there specifically 10 and each one has its with its unique component and like it says clearly there's 10 and there's not nine and there's not 11 that means 10 is a is a finite number which has its quantifiable limitations the second idea of comes from the heavens say tell the story of of the honor ofm which basically it's basically Spartan comes from s telling a story like a and the third is where like it says talking there three books are open and the fourth is from from a Evan s a beautiful shining Stone so there's four four ideas when it comes to the SPs one is that a finite number and then is about telling a story and the other one is about the the a book and the third is what a shining Stone okay so now we're going to explain all these levels on a deeper level so explains this the first Insight is that far is what from Mis counting and it's a finite number so it's two component two components and like it's explained there like explained it um in a in a previous um in a discourse um that's dedicated to this and he explains there as follows from one hand it's it's it's it's finite and one hand it's it's measured and it's limited on the other hand when you count something it actually it shows that something very very special like we know there's an expression cabala in that something that's counted doesn't get nullified you have something that's a piece it doesn't get nullified um so one hand it's a a a number is a finite number but the other hand no a fin a number is actually powerful it doesn't get it doesn't get nullified and the same thing also when it reference to vessels because we know that a vessel is basically something which is finite and it's and like for example he brings the example it says um uh when you go ahead and you uh you have you have a measurement of of salt so you see that that that it has a certain requirement what what does that mean because light is simple light is pure um but it's not only that the vessel is is is measured and it's finite Etc but it's also not only the vessel is limit but has the power to to hold within it and and and to and and and to create a finite place for light um and that that's actually the quality of a vessel The Vessel not only the vessel is finite and it's limited but the thing that holds is finite and this idea of of misper to that's in the Practical term in the world of the spher this this level of Mis connect idea of malus well what's the idea of malus which is a basically a vessel which is a finite vessel okay so the first Insight of misper is basically on one hand it's finite on the other hand it's special which is basically in both in the light and the vessel and it's connected water to the sphere of malus the second Insight isere we said that that that which is connect the idea of the vessels in other words not only that has the power to create a finite but it's it's also the way the light that comes into the vessel and the vessel reveals the light that's in there but the vessel doesn't become part of the light they have a vessel and you have the light inside it reveals the light but the vessel Remains The Vessel like the expression we learned before that the heavens tell the story of the honor of hem doesn't mean that the heaven is is the honor of hem no the heaven tells the story and reveals the honor of hem so the same thing also a vessel it doesn't become light vessel is a vessel but the vessel through the vessel you can you can present the light where is that in the world of the SP that's connected to the sphere of from the small face of six and generally that's referring to what it's referring to the light the light and Revelation okay so so far the first one was malos the vessel finite and the second level is the six Mido which is light and Revelation what's the third idea the third idea we said is a book and what is that what what is that connected that's connected to the sphere of what of beina and over there over there The Vessel already gets unified with the light and just like for example when it comes to a book there's three levels like it says the three books that opened up the same thing with Bina know wa beina has within it within the the three heads which is basically cyer with a v um which means the Scribe the safer which is a book with of and CER which basically is a story with with the yud so again the what's the third level the third level already is what is Bina and the way beina already is connected with the light that's in it what's the fourth level the fourth level comes from the expression of Evan sapper right a shining Stone what does that mean that the that it's not like when you have a stone that's that gives off light so you don't see that this there's there's a there's a vessel and there's a light The Vessel and the light is is connected the The Vessel itself gives off the light what what does that referring to that's referring to this level is referring to the level of and it doesn't mean that the doesn't have a vessel because then it would wouldn't be called would be called called light but that the light and the vessel get unified that you don't see it as an independent vessel what do you see you see the light and that's what you have like in a vessel you have the internal part the external part and in the external part you have two levels you have the external part of the vessel which has its own identity and the the external part that through the external the light gets revealed but what's the internal part of the vessel where it becomes one with the light and and so and in this you have the way it's in in Bina which B beina basically it's unified but it's but it doesn't become one however in in basically it's it's it's one with the light that's the idea of EV s the stone gives off light you don't see the stone and the light it's really connected and like like like what what's explaining reference to letters that are carved out um that it's not seen as in independent entity what see as you see you see the stone okay so you see so far they have the four levels starting with malus which basically a finite thing then you have the the the the uh six Mido which is basically light then you have beina where is a light and a vessel connected but it's it's in independent and then you have basically the light and the vessel is all one so that's why it says you should count which basically which we said is know it has to be in a way of has to be you and in all four levels like we learned before cuz each one has something the other one doesn't have in other words the quality of the the uh the highest level or the fourth level of the Evan sare what does that mean that the whole essence of the of it is it's all about light however On The Other Extreme the first level where basically it's a finite light which right there have Mal um so so those are two extremes but on the other hand there is there is um a component of the the the level where basically it's it's a finite thing that that that that that what the Revolutionary idea and thees of that component is that from the finite um the physical thing you can do you can do a commandment like you can create a a connection and up to the point you can actually make it beautiful and that which is up and you bring it back full swing to the level of an evoa so you have two extremes on one hand you have the powerful light um which is very powerful it's one with the vessel on the other hand you you can't really do a Mitzvah with that the Mitzvah happens when when it's physical and finite and then you elevated to the highest level and that's why in other words you have to have the in all four levels and like he explained before in in reference to the in different discourse about the you should Co you should take the four species it has to be yours and the same thing also when it comes to the sphere has to be yours now the the counting has to be what what does that mean that the power that we have um that to do what we need to do comes from shabas which which is referring to P what happened there over there what happened was hasem revealed himself Hashem himself revealed himself and that's why it's called trabas because on the level of shabas which is basically a day of rest um for the world and this gives the power for the spirit to do it do its job and then by doing our Ava it's ours and all four levels and we do it uh and then we do we come to the 50th level which basically we receive the T know even though we receive the Torah every single day and like we say is giving this always but that's to every individual but in order to receive the Torah at large all the Jewish people for clel for the Jewish people as one so in that you need to do the Avid but you have to do your which basically that breaks breaks the decree where beginning God says the heaven is heaven and the Earth this Earth and that by doing it all together that breaks the decree and hasem says I'm I'm going to come first and Hashem comes down in man siai and the same thing also in these days are remembered with the idea IDE remers even though that the decree was nullified but nevertheless there's still some kind of division that that breaks that breaks two between the two but on the other hand breaks which is referring to when comes in the future like it's explained in the and just like when her we did it was with we were in a tration same thing also it's going to be as as well now that even though the alar explains that it has to be in everything every single time you learn T has to have that connection but you can't compare to the time when hasm gave us tah which comes after which basically is when we receive the Torah for everyone and we receive the Torah in a happy way and and an internal way and that's basically the whole idea of the month of ear the month of year is it's considered like The Chariot because we know ear is made up of four letters Al Al stands stands for stand the second stands for and the r stands for it's the three Patriarchs and and and one the matriarchs and what is basically the idea of a chariot that when you take something which is disconnected not connected and becomes totally connected to to to to the writer the one that's the one that's writing it and that's the idea of of basically them on all four levels until a person becomes uh humble and becomes one greater than with with with the Chariot it literally not not you you are nullified but literally comes one with it just like for example the quality of learning T over doing a Mitzvah because what happens when you're doing a Mitzvah is me and I'm doing a Mitzvah but learning to you become one with hem like the Alor explains in Tanya in chapter 23 and then also in the different umic discourse that explain the chapter in Tanya and explain the difference between t and MIT but through T you become one with hem up till we reach the level of was going to be revealed and everyone's going to see that is speaking like alar explains in in shamuna in the gates of faith that literally the physical flesh the physical body that normally can touch things will see um the creator that created it and um but not only in in mankind but even in the inanimate objects and things that grow and things that are alive what's going to be revealed is Hashem and Messiah is going to learn to her with everybody from the oldest to the youngest like like like the verse says that the whole world is going to be filled with knowledge ofm just like the water covers over the Earth so let's hope and pray by learning more will all Merit for with the coming of mhia next class will bees have a great and blessed week sh