Why is this Exile so long? איכה ישבה בדד A New Kabbalah class by Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

Welcome to our class on we're going to be learning a beautiful powerful discourse in the Reb the name of the discourse is called the Reb said this discourse on which that year it was a Tish it was on Tish the nth day of which was obviously pushed off in the year 53 years ago every went on to certify and edit this discourse and it came out and shabas KES for shabas of that year so again the discourse is based on the verse where it says in Lamentations that we read on on how is it the city is sitting alone the city that once was full of people Etc that's a simp literal translation we're soon now we're going to learn obviously the M whole mystical idea behind it so says that the and his name is called um that what does he say that when it's sitting alone it's a little translation the city sitting the city sitting alone but he says no it's like what it says in the verse in reference to alone the power of which alone will take us or with Charity alone the the Eye of Jacob so in other words he's saying that when it says y doesn't mean the city sitting alone it's talking about a very very high level of Hashem that Hashem is alone and how does that happen it happens through R and like it's going to like is going to explain beautifully as we go along in this beautiful powerful discourse starts and he says we have to understand is a question it's a wonder how is it possible now according to the Insight of we just learned that y means the Jewish people are going to be elevated to the level of and a level of B not NE negative where you you're sitting alone but on the contrary an upgrade we're going to go to the level of above above all the levels of of levels so if that's the case what's the what's the what's the what's the Wonder waila it's amazing let's let's go to the highest level so that is question number one also says you have to understand the connection between this powerful teaching of the and the literal translation because the Lal translation of is referring to the city's empty it's a terrible thing it's it's a it's a downgrade and that's matter of fact why you read the because that's the destruction and how what's the connection between the simple meaning that it's sitting desolate with the highest powerful meaning that we're going to reach the level of on the highest level of above says we're going to understand we're going to understand this um about the the powerful teaching that of of Yos which is referring to like he says the eye of Jacob in other words he doesn't say just he says when he points out he say specifically so we know the famous teaching Kaz that says that not like Abraham that called it a mountain and not referring to B mdash and not like G called it a field but yob called the Bas of mdash a house so Abraham called it a mountain um y called it a field but y called it a house in other words the the powerful idea that say it's referring to what's going to be like in the future of mhia comes and especially the Third Temple in know it's referring to the level of yak that called it the house and as we know the inheritance of yak is infinite has no has no limits or like the bistic terminology it's called Riven the Riven it's the highest level and like it says clearly in ref in the tal whoever um has um pleasure on Shabbat they give you inheritance without any limits which what is that referring to the inheritance of Yakov and this powerful experience which going to be like mashia comes um is it comes by sitting beforehand Yash in Exile so there's two Yash bads there's the sitting in Exile y Father which we'll soon explain what it means and then the ultimate big Revelation which is going to happen when msia comes and that's why kazal compared exile to to the whole idea that we're in Exile to the first primordial Manish that we know that he was go he was thrown out of the garden he he was in the beautiful Garden of Eden and he was thrown out and it was just like um Adam who Hashem created him from his own hands and he was thrown the Garden of Eden to the same thing also the Jewish people we were thrown out but nevertheless even though we were thrown out just like just like Adam on HM created him we are the creation of Hashem and we all have a part of God and like the alter and like um and just like adish even though Hashem created him he was thrown out of the garden but why did hasm throw him out of the garden but he wanted to punish him no because there's going to be a tremendous upgrade afterwards so the same and um this until obviously M Tura came and obviously that's when we so as we came back in the garden um up to the level of where he put him in the garden um to to to to to serve AEM and and to go in a much higher level so so we see that on one hand yes we are creation of hem on the other hand we're in gullas but it's all about the Ultimate Upgrade going to have afterwards in other words so just like when it came to M toyo which is basically after seven generations that caused the the divine presence starting from to leave this world it went M start to leave The World God God was was going on to the higher levels and then afterwards there was seven generations that brought back the God's presence into the world and that culminated when Hashem finally came back into the world after so to speak a total of 14 Generations Seven Generations took the out of the world seven generations brought it back when did it when did Hashem come back fully into the World by m t when he gave the Torah so the same thing also after mat T we had to go to the land of Israel and we had to wasn't over we had to go to the land of Israel we had to build a b mikdash and it's called the place that God chose which is even higher than the Tabernacle um where because in the Tabernacle says he's going to walk in the tent and there was there there's many many levels to go um until we till we came to building B mdash but then unfortunately as we know we had destruction of the first temple but after the destruction guess what we had a we had a much more powerful Temple we had the second temple which was not more powerful which is much greater than the first temple and like it says clearly that this house referring to the second temple is going to be much greater than the first temple where do we see it's so first of all the bu the building was much nicer and much bigger and also in in time in time span the building lasted much longer and but then what happened unfortunately we had destruction of the second temple um but what's the what's the reason for Destruction God God's trying to punish us no because after destruction and through the gas we're going to we're going to come to the next major upgrade and the next major upgrade is going to be in the Third Temple that's going to be built very very soon through Messiah which is going to be higher than the first temple and higher than the the second T second temple and like kazal tell us we brought before not like Abraham that called it a mountain or called it a field but y called it a house we're going to get to the ultimate house and that's the continuation of the word the verse that says we were like doesn't say that we were literally why because what happens is when we went down um when we were any any downgrade that we have it the it's not we don't look at the downgrade as a death sentence that's the last stop but the purpose of the downgrade is for the elevation we should have after afterwards so therefore when you look at a downgrade it's not a true downgrade and that's why it says like Al like a widow know why because we're not widows we're not orphans we are like it because again it's for a purpose the purpose of every downgrade the purpose of every challenges is for the upgrade now so now there was going to explain this idea and he says as follows based on what the re rashab the fif explains that the ultimate purpose why Hashem went ahead and created this world was one reason is so that I'll say in Hebrew and I'll translate I'll explain it that wanted he had a desire not wanted he had a desire a deep desire to have a dwelling place we in a place where God Is concealed know he where God's revealed God's revealed Walla but where God's concealed that's where he wanted to Dwelling Place now how does God have a Dwelling Place in this PL in the world where God's concealed so that gets fulfilled by the work of The Souls of the Jewish people like it says before Hasam created the world who did he consult with he consulted with the souls of the righteous people I want to create a world I want to create a world where I'm not going to be revealed but I need you to don't don't let me down make sure that I'll feel comfortable there now so when Hashem originally created the world this world that he wanted to create that he wanted to have a Dwelling Place and when he originally created the world so it says the world was created complete which means um in the words of cabala the main pres the main presence of Hashem was down here when Hashem created the world he was totally totally revealed and when we say in cabalistic terminology what does it mean it's referring to we know this the light that fills the world means it's more of concealed that's why it fills it and then it's too powerful to come into the world that's why it's called can come in it's too powerful but originally created the world this which is referring to the it's too powerful to be in the world was in the world [Music] because with the part we say God reveal is is in the world revealed in the world and he dwells in the world that's referring to the light that fills the world and and comes from the expression of that it dwells in the world but the main is referring to the the light of which hars over and up to the point which is above the worlds and like it's explained at length in different discourses of the pre the previous rebba so when hasem originally created the world he created the world the main was was in this world now e even drawing in the it was it happened through the work of marish and the Jewish people like we mentioned before but nevertheless the world was created complete so what does that mean if when Hashem created the world Earth Ser was in here so what do we what do we how what are we accomplishing more so there explains very simple that that the wasn't there in a in a tangible reality way because the only way in this world we have to do the work but what it means is that the world was created and it was a vessel and was ready to receive how in in actuality we have to do the work and that's why the Torah says clearly that put us in the he put him in the Garden of Eden to work if it's Garden why is he working and the answer is no because it's ready to receive the but you have to do the work and by adish doing his work what happened then it was actually an upgrade and an added light in the garden of e Garden of e why because the the G aen on its own that's Mal the light that fills in the world and again like we said before this time we saying that the world was was uh created complete which means that that was was able to reside in there but in order for it to coming you have to do the work now the fact is the that that's in the world there wasn't there wasn't much powerful presence of the in the Garden of Eden um compared to the whole World why why didn't you sayal it fills the whole world but no there wasn't there was an upgrade there was much more powerful potent energy of even of Aral in the Garden of Eden in two ways one cu the the light that comes into the world in general not Garden of Eden comes from the seven lower SPS and in the Garden of Eden what what was felt there was not only the seven lower but even the three higher SPS that's Point number one and point number two that in the world we can only know in Hebrew cabalistic term terms is called we can know what it is but in the Garden of Eden we knew we knew the essence but nevertheless it's all on the level of a Mal so again so when hasm created the world the world was a vessel to receive but didn't receive it you have to do the work in the Garden of Eden and the whole world you had the the difference is in the whole world was what was felt was only the the seven the seven lower Spirit not the first three that was in Garden of Eden and the second point is that in the world was felt we knew but not necessarily we knew the essence of it now even when it came to the doing the work in the Garden of Eden you can't compare to doing the work after mat toyra and like it says clearly in reference to the the the mitv that the Patriarchs did so it says it's they were like they were smell they weren't they weren't able they weren't substance it was was more spiritual now even though it was said in reference to the aot but nevertheless and so it applies also in the Garden of Eden why because until M toyra there was a decree that the heaven is heaven Earth is Earth and there's no way to to to fuse the two so obviously aishan in Garden of Eden was the same thing also now even though he was commanded and as we know because it God says the he commanded him to do the work and if when you we all know when you're commanded to do something it's much more powerful when you're not commanded cuz you have another resistance but and and he was commanded obviously only in the six mot but nevertheless the command way came down in this world before the Torah was given you can't compare it to the command the way it's given after the Torah was given because the fact is that Hashem still did not come down to this world hasm didn't reveal himself into the world and also the way it's explained in theic discourse that the work ofish was higher than the Patriarchs because as We Know adish created him and he was in the Garden of Eden but nevertheless you can compare the the the the Revelation that took place in the Garden of Eden to to to the revelation after the Torah was given because after the Torah was given they the example they use is that before M to was all R it was just it was just the uh the scent the smell it wasn't physical but afterwards it's called sheman like the oil something which is tangible something which gets involved in the world means you're able to draw down the essence of hem after now the fact is so even though mat is amazing right we draw down godliness to the world but even the work after Mator you can't compare to the Revelation that took place in the temple in the BET mikdash and especially when they served in the temple and and as we know the Torah says clearly the temple is the place hm chose and specifically in the temple that's where hashem's original Dream of De a dwelling for hasem happened a a permanent dwelling place now so that's in the b in the the mdash in the temple in the temple itself the real power of De that's a Dwelling Place forem wasn't in the first temple it was in the second temple now what are you going to say with the fact is one second in the second temple there were five things that were missing but nevertheless it's still greater from the first temple a like we said before in the building in the space and B in the time which that's something that that that that we Define which is powerful from the from the world but the fact is that obviously the upgrade of the second temple compared to the first compared to Mountain T Etc but the main dwelling place of hasem is going to be when in the future when mhia comes now how how is that going to happen by learning to and doing Mitzvah that we're going to fill them because then we're going to fulfill the Mitzvah on the on the most complete and pure level like it says like it says in in the prophets commits us with then we're going to do the Mitzvah like the will of hem and then specifically like he said and like explained at length by the re marash the uh River now so what did we just learn so there's even though hasm originally created the world the world was ready to receive but the fact is it didn't happen and theal is is um the gadan was hard in the world but the ultimate revelation of Hashem that's going to be in the world and the and the greatest Revelation got upgraded to the m to the first temple and the second temple even more and how much more so what Messiah comes now now we have to understand this powerful idea of the Revelation was be mashia says this powerful idea the Revelation what's going to happen mhia we're going to understand that based on the power of the work that we do in the times of Exile beforehand because we know this this the learning tah doing M and praying now in gut is a preparation for the ultimate Revelation mhia comes explains as follows we know the teaching of that says in the name of so it says what it says how I wish I can see you in a holy place in other words I wish I can see you in the times of the temple I wish but ultimately it's not going to happen to mhia comes and like we know the the the expression of the uh of of the where it says in the Torah is the Manu he was uned he was most humblest person from every single person that existed on the face of the earth now so it says M what was he so humbled about so he was humbled about everyone's dedication to but he was most humble he was blown away when he saw our generation the generations that are living on the heels of Messiah why was he Blown Away with with our generation because the fact is in Our Generations you have all the concealment but nevertheless even with all the concealment and all the distractions and all the and all the issues but nevertheless we still learn T and we still do and we constantly adding in learning Torah and we're constantly adding in doing MIT and this affected tremendous humility um that he was totally humble so you see the power of of of of of our doing our work which is preparation for mashia comes now the fact is who said this Mo and we know mo is EMS he's truth and like the kazal tell us that he saw the attribute of Truth so what do we see that that's that is the truth that there is a powerful upgrade and value in the work that we do in a galut compared to even the work that was done in the times of M so since we see the tremendous power what we're doing right now so now we'll see the real now we can understand the real Revelations mashia comes because the revelations are going to come after we do our tremendous work that we're doing now based something very very powerful now we'll understand why this Exile is so long why because since this Exile is a preparation for the tremendous Revelation which is even higher than Hashem put Adam andan in the Garden of Eden to to to to work the garden and it's even higher than than receiving the Torah it's higher than the first temple it's hi in the second temple so therefore this Gus is so long why so through that we do our work through Gus we're going to reach very very soon to the Third Temple which we're going to have the greatest Revelation we're going to have the inheritance what without any limits now so that's what we're ultimately going for but in order that this powerful level should come down into this world and in the way of uh yosa y we want to take B want to bring it that should come into this world in a in a in a personalized way so we have to bring it down in the levels of which which is called the flow of say from one world to the next and that's why the verse says which means that how do we draw down um this powerful bod down to this world and the way that that that that that comes down to this world so the key trick is the re translates as follows B is the powerful level Yash will bringing it down how do you bring it down so the key is what's what does mean so every's going to take apart the word of spiritually explains it beautifully is made up of Al and a so Al is referring to many many levels of of Al like for example Al stands for one that's one thing then you have Al Which is higher than you see it's before the um which are basically the the seven heavens and the Earth and and also the four the four the four different parts sides of the world so that's one idea of Al a very high level it's higher than everything then Al also stands for the creator of the world but you have the of what is theive the theive Which is higher than the the letter you that comes afterwards which means it's higher than the t and possibly it's even higher than the 10 SPH the hidden SPID and the olive comes into the Y of which is referring to the 10 and then it comes into the which is the last two letters of which is referring to Mal and especially the way malus has a connection the way it comes down into the world of Bri so in other words how do we bring down this powerful level by Al again which the AL Which is higher than the t we bring it into the T and we bring it into what into the idea of Mal and Mal the way Mal not only that and breath and like it's known the difference between the the the word this and in other words Z means you're you're pointing your finger you're saying what it is or like for example zo would be basically it's like Z but it's the the female part of Z which um which is basically the level Z is referring to Mal the world but K is referring to malus and especially the way it comes into the world of Bri the way it's in the image of hm and that's why he says is referring to um not it's referring to Which is higher than one and because the the of is referring to one and obviously there's no other one but which is which is level of optic which is in the it's high level which is tic which doesn't have doesn't have any Division and we as we know in kabalah that the the Union of is obviously it's totally one so what's going to happen is M comes which going to draw down the level of B and it's going to come down in a revealed way into this world now the says we know the teaching of the mar is Rich that b so not another another teaching B is spelled baz and two2 dos two2 dos what's the2 the mar says that the first dollar is of the the mhia the giver and the second dollar is of the receiver that's why you have2 dollars but one second says hold on the fact is we know doid is represent repres represents the idea of dllas being poor so how you going to so what here we're saying dllas is the giver and the receiver I get it the poor is the receiver but what does the poor have to do with the giver and he explains um that um it's like the kazal teaches a very powerful teaching that more than the that that the the the the the receiver wants to receive so the the animal that's giving the milk wants to give it in other words The Giver wants to give it has a desire to give and that's why because it has a desire it has a need to give so that's what's the connection with dollas even though yes dollar is the giver but the giver wants to give when you want to give you want to do something you need to do it so that makes you so to speak on the Poor Side now possibly connected what with we know that there something which is called another what doesm want hm wants to put in our effort and effort is basically the idea of of of of of of work which that's the idea of doll now just like the will of the first dollar of The Giver is that what's the goal of the giver not just to give but he wants the receiver should should whatever is missing the the receiver should have the same thing also the the W the the wanting of the receiver wants to fulfill the need of The Giver to give and like we know the teaching of of the of the uh the M that says that we don't when before we start to pray we have to you we have to be we have to take a moment to to uh to be serious and meditate in other words we have and the expression is so we pray we have to think about how how hard is for Hashem on high in other words hasem is saying hey you know my my uh be be there for me and the same thing also comes out from the from the uh the Insight of the bov that he says this I'm get to my heart referring to so again to recap what the re is explaining is that there's two dollars one's The Giver one's the receiver and they're both poor because basically The Giver needs to give the receiver needs to receive and The Giver wants the receiver should receive and the receiver wants the giver should be able to accomplish its Mission So based on this he explains beautifully where it says so in other words what is is the big question what's the big question because what does it say now he's going to explain cabalistic the Jewish people on the level of what is comes from the expression of you have a cold which is going out it's it's it's dying and that's one one negative we're on the level of we're dying rasi means multiple is referring to there there's multiple there's divisions there's conflict there's there there's mult multiple opinions there's the higher level of thinking the lower level of thinking and and like we know it says that there two different levels of understanding of hem plural understanding and we know the teaching the AL that you have to unify the on high and on low in other words that the high and low should be should be should be one that ideas to include both of them so the but the fact is Rob there's so many different opinions on so many levels so a basically we we're dying we're the coal is burning out B there's so many different opinions and it's like it's it's like a widow word what does that mean that their husband left left and what does that mean her husband left so the husband in Hebrew is bylaw which means it's concealed the husband left the husband's concealed and which means unfortunately we get involved into the nations of the world we get involved in worldly ideas and so that the the power of of unfortunately of elevation and power is is by the nations of the world and so what happens is so we all this negative what now he spins on the positive but the fact is like we learned before everything negative is for a positive but it's all for the positive now sasi what does it mean it's in the same letters of Tish the month of Tish which means because basically by by sasi we're building Mal to have sasi on the nations of the world and that's one ofo sasi is referring building Mal what does mass mean it's it's it's a load what does that mean spiritually in a positive side it's the acceptance cabil and that happens when do you accept that happens when there's concealment when yes when there when when there's Robi there's different opinions and Etc and the Nations the world are very strong that that's when we have the real acceptance we realize we need AEM and and and and we realize that we have no power and it's all all coming from of AEM like we know the powerful service in in galut in this in this world and especially before mhia comes is not about the now before mashia comes it's not about big intellect big philosophy and not about even our emotions but what's our strong suit today how are we going to get through Gus we're going to get through Gus withal accept and like it says before M was so blown away with our generation that even though we don't see it we don't comprehend it we don't feel it what we do we have to and by doing what we have to we create Yos which means we reveal the powerful like we learned before from the which is above to come down into the world the powerful Y which is higher than T it comes down not only comes down in in in in in like in a chaos way you know but it comes down in a personalized way and like the explanation of the like he says in other words which is even higher than the 10 SP of the very very high level So based on this explains beautifully now we're going to see how we can put the two the two different opposing insights together in what's the literal translation that's empty what is saying no we referring to the highest level of and explains now F because the Revelation and of of like the explains which how does that happen it happens specifically through of in the time of G so beautiful in other words by us doing we're empty we have nothing we do we draw in the most powerful level and that's why he says and that's the that's the big question how is it possible that from then the and conflict and we don't have any we're totally washed out how can how can we reach the highest level how how can we reach the highest level and the re say goes on to say that you could say that the Revelation and the fact that it comes in the highest level comes into this world it's not coming through the regular channels it's coming off the charts boom straight into this world so therefore in order to do the avoid to bring this what do you have to do you have to do something which is called Chua this returning to Hashem because truva what does it mean it's not about calculations it's not about it's not about a process you're just returning and going straight to Hashem and that causes the greatest Revelations to come down to the world now so just to recap der explains powerfully that ultimately the two insights will work beautifully by doing our avoid In This World Acceptance we bring in the highest levels into the world now you mentioned before that b is connected to y b the one that's connected to Y what's the connection to like it says and he explains that like we explained before that is what level it's the level of in the highest level it's the highest level attic Which is higher than the two of right and left because in in in in K there's no right and left it's the highest level like it says clearly less small there's no left in and um and so therefore in order to bring down the highest level where there's no right and left it it comes down through the spiritual work of someone that's in the in the the third Zone there's right left but there's the middle so the middle brings down optic and like it says that theion is redeemed through MB and the explains that how do you what's MB it's specifically through three Ander you need the balance of all all three in other words that in order to make a dwelling place for hasem down in this world and to be a complete dwelling ways it happen specifically by doing by by you need to have three different prongs and like the previous re explained on the mission that says that on three things the world stands and he explains that through the avoid of three different areas of learning Torah praying and charity know doing all the MIT the world STS because that's how we fulfill the intent why hasm created the world only through three you need all three and that's why the Third Temple which is basically the third strand we the first the second the third which is connected to to Yak which is the one that has no limits and because in there you have the the the infusion of the first and the second into the third and that's this is all going to happen higher in the Third Temple than you had in in the Garden of Eden and other words even the way he was in the Garden of Eden before the sin and like we we we all know say a very powerful teaching it says like this the difference between um Adam Adam right the first person that worked in the in the Garden of Eden and the Messiah cuz Adam is made up of three letters Al if doid and Me So Adam you had within him Adam you had King David and you had the Messiah all Adam now the way the way it's lined up in Adam so there's an order Adam was first then King David and then the Messiah however when it comes to the Messiah says that he's going to go ahead and and and and and gree very very levels is also three the same three letters as Adam but the difference is first it says man for messiah then Adam and then King David where's the flow it's not in the right order and the answer is yes because when you reach that level there is no order there's no limits which is obviously totally different the way Adam works so Adam Works yes he works in a proper proper flow when it comes to mashiah there is no flow you're above the charts says we know like we said before this powerful relation what's going to happen mhia how do we how do we make it happen we do it by doing our work today so therefore what do we we see that there's a tremendous power um with the work that we do today even compared to the revelations could be like in the future and like the like the reash explains in the mishna where it says that it's better to go ahead and today do cha and do mitzvot in this world more than the whole world to come why because sins by returning to Hashem now and doing Mitzvah now that causes the Revelation in the world to come and all the revelations going to be in the future so obviously if it causes it to happen there must be something powerful in our work in this world because the thing that causes it to happen is obviously much more much more powerful than thing that actually happens and the same thing also with the with the with the the Ty the Deep pleasure of the the inheritance of Yakov which is which is has no limits the time of rivan the Riven which basically is the most powerful times of T so there is a quality in the work that we do now like he explains over there that the the pleasure of M in the future mhia comes and this is a very powerful idea the pleasure in the future that is our joy we're going to have we're going to sit and bask in the but the pleasure that's created Now by us returning to hem and doing good deeds whose pleasure is it Hashem is getting the pleasure that hasem says I am very very pleased and happy that I went ahead what I said and I did so know two things first of all that what we do now causes the great pleasure and B that what we do now causes AEM pleasure which is much more powerful the pleasure we're going to receive and that's why by doing our work and putting our effort now we literally draw down that very very soon it's going to get built and it's going to get revealed the Third Temple in a way of the highest level and that it's going to have in the Third Temple the inclusion of the first temple and the second temple and then we're going to have every one of us and even though he found us in the desert and we're wandering and we're doing our our work in galut and we're going to go from the desert to the Oneness of hem like I said before we're going to go on on on on the wings of eagles and we're going to go with compassion and very very soon the Redemption is going to come with and with kindness and compassion and then we're going to have the completion of's intent of the dream that wanted to have a dwelling place down into this world so here we have another beautiful powerful discourse in the Reb the powerful Insight that literally and the encouragement our work yes it's hard it's not easy it's gullas and we don't understand things and we don't feel things but we do our work we're literally creating a the Revelation for the future but B this we are creating hash cuz we we're we're we're we're accomplishing hashem's dream and wish to have a dwelling place down here so let's hope and pray that we continue doing our work in galut and like finishes off very soon we will have the coming of Mia and next class will bees have a great and blessed week shua to