Transforming The World ויקהל משה עבודת הבירורים A New Kabbalah class by Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

Welcome to our class on we're going to be learning discourse in the Reb the name of the discour is called by the re said this discourse on that year it was the 24th day of the month ofar of the first Adar and it was the the the Shabbat that blessed the second Adar in the year exactly 70 years ago so again the discourse is based on the verse in this week's Torah portion where it says gathered as the whole community of the Jewish people and he tells them these are the words that God commanded to do them and what command them for six days work should be done on the seventh day will be shabas and then it says double expression of shabas and afterwards it says speaks to all the Jewish people and he says this is the word said that God commanded and he speaks about what about the mishan the Tabernacle and about the Mish the work in the in the Tabernacle it's known the questions that are asked why does it say gathered in another words when means you're Gathering everybody that means it's a general Mitzvah and that's why Mo have to gather everybody because we don't find that he gathered Everybody by all the other MIT and even later on when he says to them about the the work in the Mish it doesn't say that he gathered them again only over here it says specifically that he gathered them so obviously it's like some kind of General thing that everyone has to be there and the question is what is what is this what is this Mitzvah that everyone has to be there that's question number one also we have to understand where it says these are the words in other words is plural D is one darim is plural and he finishes up and saying six days you should do the work it's only one one thing I'm telling you multiple things how come he only tells us one thing that's question number two another question what does it say later God commanded to do that know that seemingly it should have said God command what's the idea of to do that another question what's the double expression where it says shab a double shabas now the brings that the ran explains that this that it says it's referring to the work that was done in the Mish in the Tabernacle which are holy holy work now so one might think because it's holy work you're doing it in the tabernac Tabernacle so you might think okay guess what you can do it on chabas and that's why it says no on the seventh day remember it's shabab it's a holy day in other words according to according to the ramban so when it says this is this is the things that he told them to do is referring to what the work in the Mish and um and and and and and that's the connection that six days you should do the work but in the seventh day you shouldn't do it even though it's holy however the said is even according to this Insight you still don't have the answer to the question why say to do to do them specifically and also um the the specific expression of shabab a double shabas and besides the fact um it's not understood why when it comes to the work in the Mish it says afterwards that tells them and and then it's referring to to the Mish so it's like a double expression say even though it's brought down in the tal that when it says it's referring to what the 39 the 30 nine types of work that was done in the Mish and the idea of a work is what what what do we call what do we call work something that was in the Mish and in what they did in in the Tabernacle which is considered very very precious and very special so what does that means according to ran that the a is going on the work in the mishkan so so if that's the case um it's is seemingly it's it's in the opposite order first it should have said about the the verse that says after about the working should have said first it should said do the mishk work and then it should say it's forbidden on shabas and why does it say first it's forbidden and then then about the work know according to the ramban what is we saying here do this type of work and I said Relax one second you might think it's a holy work and therefore you shouldn't do it on shabas so shabas should have came after and here it's reversed also we have to understand why is it that the work um that's done the mishkan that's considered precious and special and what's the connection why if it's done the Mish is a special okay so these are obviously a bunch of bunch of questions and now we're going to try to resolve all these questions je says we're going to understand it with a uh an introduction a a general introduction to the 39 different types of works that was done in the Mishka now what's the idea of of a Mal what's the idea of work the idea of a work is to finish something that the person needs in other words that for whatever reason you need you you need to do this to to to complete the work that you can use it now what what are the things that we need so generally speaking there's three things that we need they go into three categories one is food and the second is garments and the third is a house those are the three basic needs that we need therefore the 39 types of work is to complete these three categories that we need in other words like we know it says clearly the the the M the T talks about um the way for example bread is baked you have to plow and you have to you have to you have to you have to putting seeds in the ground Etc all the different types of works that it has to do with food so that's you see the different types of things that we need to do to complete the the food that we can have something to eat the same thing also when it talks about weaving and so which is different works that's done to complete the garments that we wear and then you have building and destroying which are done in in reference to our house now so again so these are three different things that we need we need food we need clothing and we need uh housing and all these three things are the different types of works that we do to complete that we should have food we should have garments and we should have a house now when we eat food spiritually what do that what do you do with the food you you you you consume it that means you take it in the cabalistic terms you take it B pemus you take it you internalize within you and when a person eats food that connects The Godly soul with the body in other words even though you can say that the soul needs the food to live the soul is a part of God doesn't need it but the fact is the soul that's in the body needs to needs the body needs the vessel so in other words if the soul wants to pray and study and do mitzvah it can't do without the body it needs the body as a partner so the purpose of the food is that it gives strength to the body that it should be able to be appropriate vessel for the soul and then what happens is when the when the body is healthy so the soul connects to the body and and and then and therefore it's able to accomplish its mission in this world so when the when the when the body has what it needs then the Soul can do what it has to do so that is all with food it goes internalized in the person it becomes part of the person so again that's the first part the food we internalize and by internalizing it allows you have a healthy body and the Soul connected with the body and the Soul can do its work in this world now that's with food then we have the garments in other words garments we don't eat don't internalize it it's it's it's outside the person like in cabalistic terms it's Mak it hovers over the person now even though it hovers over the person but it protects the person it knows whether it's whe whether it's hot whether it's rainy and and and it and and and and it does its impact and like we know it's in t it says clearly different rabbis said they would call their their garments their honor because it gave them honor they were they they had the proper protection Etc so again so food is internalized connects the soul with the body garments is external but it creates a protection and honor for the person then you have the third thing which is a house in other words that's not that's totally outside the person and actually it hovers over much further away but it also protects the human being because the facts the fact is if it's raining or if it's windy or if it's not not a good weather you have a place to be protected and it also adds Beauty to the person like it says clearly T that's beautiful person to have a house okay so that's most food is internalized a garments are external closer and how and a house is even more external now even though food we internalize and garments and a house is external Mak but nevertheless there is a quality in a garment and the house over food why is that cuz what happens with food you internalize it and it creates a bond with the soul and the body like we learned before but what gets revealed through eating only the revealed part of of our powers and what is that referring to it the the the Soul reveals the nees and the and for this for the ne that creates a vessel through the food but when it comes to the m of the soul that the food can cannot reveal why because it's not a vessel for it however when it comes to the Garment which is Mak that affects the the the Mak part of the soul of of the soul and that's why the Garment is actually beautiful for the person because what's the idea of real beauty beauty is something which is mock in other words that the Revelation and the connection of the Soul with the body through the food that's P that's internalized but the beauty cons now what what is the Garment that creates the beauty in other words so that there's two different levels you have the Mak which is connected to the p and that is connected to which part of the soul the soul this level of and um and the the Beauty and the real Beauty from from the house which is like we said quoted said before beautiful person a house that that's not a Mak which is close to being internalized but it's it's it's a f the Mak which is connected to the idea of what of in other words so what is saying saying like this by eating food that's sustains our our our the Soul's connection to the body and that's connect to which part of the soul the garments it's Mak that's connected to the which is mar over us of the soul and the house is connected what to the idea of Y so re said the same thing applies on a physical level that the the Garment even though it's mock means hars over but it's and the Garment is close to the person it's actually made tailor made to the person but in the other hand the house is is much much grandiose much bigger than the person because um it not only includes the person there's many other things that go into the house now so this quality that a garment has over food um um over food and a house um we see we see it on a physical level in other words even though a person needs food to eat more technically than he needs a garment or needs a house because the fact is without food you can't survive without garments you could survive without a house you can survive so from one perspective food is much more powerful because without it you can't survive and the same but on the other hand the same thing also when it comes to the Garment and a house so what is what if you're comparing those two so the next priority after food you need a garment and then you need a house but so but on the other hand so from one hand we're showing is that what you need the food to survive Next Level you need the garments and then you need a house but here there was taking it the other way the fact is food doesn't last long every item of food has an expiration date today we have modern day Refrigeration freezers salt Etc but food by itself take a fruit take a vegetable take whatever you like eating whether it's a protein it it expires everything has an expiration dat and also food is is relatively cheaper than garments and housing however when you're coming with garments it's obviously more expensive clothing is more expensive especially have those designer names or a house is even more expensive but garments last longer and the same thing also housing is more expensive than clothing but that lasts even longer now why is that because since food is internalized so so it's a lower level and when it comes to a garment of a of a physical garment or a house that's something which is of cons which is obviously much higher and that's why it's more expensive and that's why it lasts longer in other words and to be more specific the Garment of a regular gar which is called a and when it comes to a a house which is a within there in the garments that's where the person the essence gets revealed so in other words like this what we learned till now before we go for forward that basically we have like this there's three different things that we need we need food we need garments and we need a house house food gets internalized a garment is Mark and the house is mar food is connected to the Garment is connected to and the house is connected to on one hand you need food to live as that's the first thing that we need then garments then a house but on the other hand food spoils the quickest and it's the cheapest garment already lasts longer it's more expensive and a house is even more expensive and it lasts even longer and that's and and and that's where the person gets the essence of the person gets revealed now the reason why a person has food garments and a house CU every just like we everything that exists in this world it's obviously exists on a spiritual level on high so the same thing also this that we have food garments in a house that's because that's the way it exists on where do we see that that's the tense we wrote Because we know you have in the T SP you have the component of of of of food and you have the component of a garment and a house because in the 10 spheros you have the the light that that fits the vessel so when that light fits the vessel and it goes in like we call it the pus that's food but then you have the garments like it says clearly in the Z and we say it Friday night that you created garments and the same thing also on the spiritual level um you you have the the house which is basically the different places where you dwell and different anti Chambers ETA on on on a spiritual level and we know that ever since the temple was destroyed where is where do Hashem reside in the four cubits of Jewish law and the four cubits of Jewish that's the house of hasem and that's where the essence of hm gets revealed so D is saying is that in a spiritual level you have these three components what are the three components the light fits vessel that's the food the way we have the garments that is that is the the the the the um the the garments that exist and then you have the house where the essence of has gets revealed now the light that fits the vessel which we said is connected idea of food why is that because what's the reason why the light comes into the vessel because in the vessel there there's something in there that allows it that allows room that the light should come into the vessel what is that called that's called musling that's called food in other words just like we learned before that the when you eat food it connects the soul with the body and it actually adds more Vitality to the soul because now the soul can do what it's supposed to the same thing also that in a vessel that allows the light to come in there that's called food because he's connecting a light with the vessel and and and it allows the vessel the light to accomplish its goal um and this is called what on a spiritual level it's called P so again so anytime a light goes in a vessel so the vessel is making room it's create empty space for the light to go in and that's called musling it's feeding it an appropriate balance between the light and the vessel now that's the first the first concept on a spiritual level then you have the garments and the garments are um called andash and what's aash for example of of of Aina that that that it goes into to the which is the six mid and even lower so what happens is theim they reach in a way of mock they hover over now but but even though it hoverers over but it has a connection to the P so it's so it's a it HS over for example Bina is the mid but through the garments that allow to connect but it connects in a way where this the the the emotions stay emotions then the intellect stays intellect but it HS over it so that's called a but it's close to it but then you have even a higher level which we call the the chambers and The Dwelling Places and that's the house which is called it over what is um which means it's it's it hovers over and there has no connection to the vessels now generally speaking the Mak is which sphere is it the sphere of ker and we know in ker there's two levels there's optic which is the highest higher level and there's AR which is the lower level now even though it's a lower level it has a connection already to the sphere of but optic it's actually called because it's nothing it's disconnected from The Vessel and it even HS over of so basically you have these three components in the Sphero you have the way the spher is every light fits the vessel that's the MZ then you have the the way it hovers over it's connected to it like for example the sphere for example of AR and then you have the sphere of optic which totally hovers over now just like you have a division of food and garments and vessels you know it's like we just now learned from the from the light perspective the way the light comes in the vessel but the same thing also from The Vessel perspective the same thing also applies in the light itself there's three levels what are the three levels I'm going to say in Hebrew I'll translate the way it fits in to the world so to speak so the way it HS over and then you have a a higher level which is even higher than higher than so male and something even higher now what does malei mean just like the word itself is that basically it's it fills in it's revealed in an internal way and it literally gets enclothed within it so means the light comes into the vessel and the the the light is for the vessel The Vessel receives the light it's a perfect fit that's what does mean mean it's a powerful light and it cannot get enclosed within it but it has a connection to it and that's why it's called sve it hovers over it so it has a connection but but but it's not a complete fit which means it's it hovers over it covers over that world in other words even though it cannot get internalized but it has a connection and that's why it's called s it covers over it in other words so what does that mean and here's a beautiful Insight explains in it the truth is the CID would be internalized but because the vessel is is so small so therefore it HS over it so really it has a connection and they from the light of itself it's ready to get involved in the vessel the problem is the vessel is not big enough but from the light it's ready to get internalized and that's whatever explains that's what the expression is that a p which means it's an internal light on a higher level it gets it becomes HS over the lower one in other words from from from a from when it's on a higher level it is internalized but when it gets connected to a lower level and has to unify with the lower level but and the other problem is the lower level is too small so it can't receive it so therefore it h over it SM over it but the truth is the line itself is a py so D saying like this P mic CL means the light The Vessel the perfect fit C CL means the light is ready to be internalized but the vessel is not big enough and that's why so over it now that's all but there's something which is even higher than and that's referring to the essence of the light itself and we know the essence is not you it can't get internalized you can't you can't put it on can't connect it in an internal way and it's not because of the the because the vessel's not ready but the light itself is not ready and that's why it remains Mak so we have three levels M the light The Vessel they fit C CL means that the light is ready to fit but the the vessel is not strong enough and Opus means the light itself is not ready and the vessels aren't ready and and it's that's why it's totally mock of over now then you even have even on a lower level on the light in other words so you have the light the way it gives off light for itself in other words in light you have two level in in the light you have two levels you have a revelation which is basically for someone else and then you have the Revelation for itself so it the light that shines for itself that's that's not for anyone else that's its own light not because you can't receive it because it's it wasn't created for that not in the level of P not level Etc it's a lighted know a light for itself so you have even a higher level the light is not meant to be it's totally a light on its own now all these three levels though we have it in the way it's called flows down from one level to the next but the fact is through the and I'll say the word in Hebrew when we do our spiritual work to transform then what happens is we add light on every one of these levels and that's the power of the 39 the 39 work that's on in in the Mish which basically that's doing the the work of transforming on the level of on the level of which is the level of which is Mak and the level of bias which basically is the one that is um and like like it says that the Tana uses the order of of of bread for example he says the plowing and the sewing Etc because basically it's all about transforming the transforming the food in other words basically what is the idea of you're plowing you're making it soft you're making it weak you're breaking it down you're breaking down the the physical part and as you you you take you're breaking down the materialistic part and like for example when you plant when you plant a grain what happens to the to the to to the seed it rots in other words all the external stuff rots and what's left the power that awakens the man the that which which awakens the the Earth to get that that that should grow and that's basically the transformation the level of food and like for example when someone that that works with with with with with thread and and with the raw material to make a garment so what is the whole idea of a garment is basically separation because the fact is what is what is a garment a garment basically separates one person from the other person and even for the person himself before he puts on His Garment in other words when a person puts on AAR that reveals the person who they are and that creates a a transformation and separation of who the person is like if you're a doctor you're wearing a white coat if you're dressed whatever type of work you're doing it it identifies who the person is so it create it creates an identity and the same thing also applies to house what is what is the idea of a house the the the house divides you from what's outside of you and as we know that the four cubas that you live in that's your person so every one of these food clothing clothing and house it's about transforming it to create to creating a a higher level and when you when they did the 39 types of work in the in the in in the mishan which basically means transforming on the spiritual level of food um clothing and house by doing the transformation you actually add light in every one of these levels and by adding a light what you accomplish is that you fulfilled the kem's intention that he wanted and I'll say it in Hebrew wants to have a Dwelling Place in this world and that Dwelling Place gets drawn down into the whole world and especially into the Tabernacle and especially into mdash like it says says clearly M you should make to me a MD make to me a holy place and says I will dwell in there when we do our spiritual work or transforming it now the power that we have to do this transformational process process on all the three levels of food of garments and house which is p and Mak and and the essence how does that happen it happens through the 39 that we have in the in the mishan in other words that through the fact that we have these things on a spiritual level that gives us the power to transform the physical world and the same thing also in the mishkan itself and the Tabernacle itself the power of these of these 39 Mish comes through the fact that we have these through 39 on a spiritual level in other words as we know there is a um uh a benefit and a quality That's Unique in the Mishka the the Tabernacle down here that does not exist on the Tabernacle on high like it says in the prophets says the heaven cannot can cannot be a vessel for for for AEM why because even though it's the heaven and it's all the way on high but it cannot can it cannot cannot it cannot hold it cannot withstand the powerful energy of hem and this level of that cannot comes down into this world and that's when hasem when hasem showed Mo the Tabernacle on the mountain he said he should make a mishkan down in this world because it's not enough to make a mishkan on the mountain Hashem said you have to make ultimately where's the Mish to be not on Heaven not on the mountain specifically down here in this physical world now and that's our that's our job but nevertheless so where do we make the dwelling place for hasem where do we do the transformation down here but the power that we have down here to do it that comes from the Mish on high and that's why has showed him in on the mountain he showed him the Mish and then by seeing it on our spiritual level you're able to do it down here and that's why it says in the Torah tells the Jewish people this is the thing that Hashem commanded Mo and as he showed him he showed him the mishan he showed him the dwelling place on high but specifically by seeing it on high we have the power to make the mishon down here in this world and just like when it comes to the mishkan that the power that we have to make the mishkan a dwelling place for hasem down here comes from the from the dwelling place on high the same thing also that the power that we have to transform the whole world where does that come from that comes from the Mish and that's why hasem says clearly the you should make me a dwelling place I'm going to dwell in there and we know it doesn't only mean in the physical M it means in every single Jewish person and know when we go ahead and we make a dwelling place for hasem and by making a dwelling hm will dwell within each and every one of us and that gives us the power to go ahead and transform um the whole world So based on this we'll understand the reason that why we said what what's in the mishkan that's work that gives it that gives it a qualification of work why because what is what what is work work is transforming the world and where's where do we have the power to transform it comes specifically for the mishan so therefore whatever was in the mishan a work that's considered work because that's going to give you the power to transform the world but if it if it was not done in the mishan you're not going to have the power to transform the world in other words that's not our that's not our that's not our work that's not that's not we're supposed to be doing because if it was they would have given us the power to it so saying like this before we get deeper into it the power come the work gets done down here the power comes from from on high where showed him in the mountain and then we then it has to be done in the mishkan so it wasn't done in the mishkan that's not our work in this world anything that was done in the mishkan that's our work and that's where we get the power from to transform the world so basist will understand why all the work was connected with the place of the mikdash and the place of the of the of of the Altar and that's how we know that you for example you cannot go ahead and bring a sacrifice outside the B mdash even though um even though you you you you you'll bring your knife and you'll you go to you know you do all the purification process but if it's not done in the Mish it's not done in the mdash it's not done the B mdash it's is disqualified why is that because where do we get the power to transform the power to transform comes specifically from the mishon and as we know that the the temple on high is literally connected on the same place where the temples down here so it has to only happen where in the mikdash and therefore everything is connected to the place of the Mish and the place of the mdash and that's why the verse says by gathered all the Jewish people and when did he gather them it was the day after y Kipper cuz what happened then he gave the atonement for the sin of the golden calf as we know the world was created complete when created the world was complete but what happened when the snake came in primordial sin and he came TOA and he and he and he released his negative energy which caused unfortunately the sin the primordial sin and what happened was when hasem gave the toyra wow that negative energy went away but then unfortunately when the Jewish people sinned with the golden calf it came back and then the they after Kipper when we received the atonement of hasem and then it went back to its original state the way way when hashm created the world which was totally complete and then we were able to do the spiritual service on the level of the world is complete exactly like in the beginning so then Mo realized guess what we are like in the moment now it's totally as if push delete restart we're ready to restart again so M gathers everybody and he tells them the way what we need to do now now in this world our spiritual service and therefore he said these are the the words that God commanded us to do now is referring to the 39 Commandments how does connect to the 39 Commandments because a is a word which is made up by three letters Al L Al is one L is 30 he is five that's 36 and then says which is two and which is makes it three the 36 and three are the is referring to the 39 and the intent of these 39 were was to transform and to fix and that's why the verse says in other words means to fix we have to fix the world and where do we get the power we get the power from on high and that's why he says God commanded us and the power comes through M that he saw the Mish on the mountain and that's why m have to gather everybody and he told them six days you should do work in other words that we're referring to not only the six days of the week but the the trans the transformation in the world of the 6,000 years and that's what connected the idea of six days and what is the what is our spiritual work it's all preparation for the seventh day and what's the seventh day shab it's all double shabas and like it says clearly don't someone that worked before shabas you're going to have what to eat in shabas know way when we do our spiritual service and we do trans transforming the world in the 6,000 years then we'll Merit to the day where it's going to be completely shabas comes it's going to be a complete day of rest and that is going to last forever and more specifically there's two levels the shabis and shabbaton two levels shabis is the the the the day the the part that's connected to the transformation that took place before and shab is a whole different level of rest which has nothing to do with transformation it's 100% full peace and like it's explained that when u in the beginning the the the the world was on a level where it says that hm is going to make a A Feast for the for for the righteous people and then there going to be even a higher level where it says that when the world to come there's not going to be any eating any drinking so you have one level is going to be a feast that's connected to work but then you have the next level what not even working work it's going to be totally no eating and no drinks no no drinking and that's just like the two levels of shab and shab and these two levels what's important is the 6,000 years of work that when we go ahead and we transform the world we're going to marit the two levels of shabas which is connected to work and shabas an ultimate peace and that's why it says clearly six days work should be done and the seventh day will be that when we we do our spiritual work of transforming world the world in the 6,000 years we're going to Merit to the level of shabas and shabas to the day that's going to be shabas it's going to be completely shabas it's going to be peace and relaxation for the everlasting life and we're going to have the ultimate blessings of Peace so here we have a beautiful discourse about the the the the uh the power of Mo Gathering the Jewish people instructing us what what we need to do to transform the world but telling us we have the the source of the blessing what we need to transform the world and we transform the world will all Merit like says to have a shabas shab the shabas that comes through transformation the ultimate level of shabas let's hope and pray that we we Merit to this high level and God will reveal himself and will next class will bees have a great and blessed week shab to