WHY NO SACRIFICES TODAY? A Kabbalah class by Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz Memory of Zelda Bas Hirsh Leib

welcome to our class amethyst this week we are going to be learning a civic discourse from the RIBA that he said on Shabbos parsha spinjas on the fourteenth day of thomas tough shin mem da lead which is 36 years ago I want to begin to say that this week I'm dedicating the class to the memory of my grandmother who today the 15th of Tamas is a 30th yard site and there's a lot of things I can share about her I can just say the fact that 30 years later we're learning today a classical citizen her memory and my cousin today yerushalayim went with a minyan together to her grave to say Kaddish that says tremendous about who she was so the Rebbe begins this discourse based on a verse in this week's Torah portion where it speaks about the communal offering and the Torah says Sarvis Panero you should command the Jewish people via Martha Leonie should tell them as Carboni Lakshmi the Isha in reference to bringing up the communal sacrifice and then the Torah goes on the next verses Savr Martha lament used the same term again you should tell them Zahra Isha and Shattuck reivew this is the sacrifice that you should bring off to our sin so there are B asks a very very simple question we know the Torah doesn't have any extra letters doesn't have any extra words and here you see seemingly the Torah is using the same phrase two words via meratol a.m. and via martha lehem it says it twice and a simple question is why were the Torah repeat itself twice so in order to understand the story introduces an important idea that's brought down in the Talmud that says it's phyllo he's been mocking to medium-thick known which basically means that in the times of the temple we had sacrifices and as the Torah portion of this week lists out the daily offerings the weekly offerings the holiday offerings different sacrifice don't brought the temple unfortunately do not have the temple so we do not have the epic to connect to our Sam through the sacrifices that he commanded us to bring in the Torah so it says in the Talmud that Feli Samanta made them tick naam that instead of bringing up a sacrifice the the rabbi's have instituted that we should pray and instead of the the sacrifices we accomplished the same things by praying but what does the Talmud say that the prayer is instead of the sacrifice so really what should be there should be a sacrifice so therefore there be asked a simple question why aren't their physical sacrifices today you can take an animal you can slaughter it as a gift or assume whether parts of our Tosh am totally does them depending on the sacrifice now the fact is we know that the spiritual component of the sacrifice exists today as stated clearly in the Talmud it's feeling somewhat claim it's making tikkun olam that the prayers are in the place that so the spirits like give a sacrifice is here so question is a very very simple question why aren't there sacrifices today so so far we have two questions question number one is on the parsha why it says we are marked all ahem twice and the second question is why don't we have sacrifices saying especially that we see that sacrifices do exist on some spiritual level so there he brings down from Kabbalah from different resources that say that the reason why in addressing the first issue why it says via Marta twice once in the first person once in the second verse is because it comes to sacrifices to components to sacrifice what are the two components to sacrifices so there's this spiritual component to a sacrifice and then there's a physical component of a set of a sacrifice what's the spiritual component of a sacrifice so when you brought a sacrifice you had to think you had to meditate you have to contemplate why are you bringing the sacrifice if it was a gift if it was an atonement whatever the sacrifice was there's a component of thought that went into it and then their speech the Septon prayers that you said when you brought a sacrifice different versus different blessings so there's the component of thought and speech Thornton speech goes into the category of a spiritual component to the sacrifice then there's a second component to the sacrifice which is action you had to literally sacrifice the animal that's the physical component so in other words what is this what is that what is it what is Kabbalah saying that the reason why it has we are marked la mmm via Marta twice it's a reference of two different parts of the sacrifice one of them is a reference to the spiritual part the thoughts and the speech that you have to do when you bring a sacrifice and the second one is a reference to the physical component of bringing the sacrifice so based on this Robbie says great nice answer so if that's the case you see clearly there's two components to every sacrifice there's the spiritual part to Thornton speech and that technical we can do today when we pray but the physical part we can do so why don't we do that today when you see that's an important part when you see one of the other marked as referring to the physical part of the sacrifices now the truth is that every single mitzvah of the 613 commandments and there's a 248 positive and a 365 negative every single one of their be explains has a component of thought speech and action so in other words like this take a mitzvah which is a mitzvah which is the base of the midst of this thought so you have to think for example about the way you love a shame you're in over Sam all the missiles that associated with thought so even the midst is that associated with thought its primary objective is the thought you can speak about it and you behave based on that but they're speaking and the behavior is based on the primary force which is a thought then you also have mitzvahs which are primary effort of the missus is speaking learning Tyrel whatever the whatever missile requires us to speak but you also the thought that goes into it and you also have the action of it and the same thing also were any physical missile that we have to do there's the qivana which is the thought and then there's a speech so the truth is every single Mitzvah has all three parts so if it's a mixture of thought and has also speech in action if it's a mature speech it has thought in action and if it's a mixture of action that has thoughts the speech so complete Mitzvah has all three components yes some the dominant forces thought some speech or some action but a complete Mitzvah has all three components so anytime you do a physical Mitzvah make sure to articulate what you're doing think about it meditate first so you'll make sure you have the complete Mitzvah otherwise you can admitting to possibly missing two thirds of our Mitzvah and you want to make sure that misses are complete so based on this words Derby say so let's even say when it comes to sacrifices we don't have take the physical sacrifice but we have the thought and speech but we don't have the action how we doing the complete felis malcolm twitten tick numb if all we have thought the speech where's the action part so the Rebbe goes on to explain I'm based on a verse in this week's Torah portion when it speaks about sacrifices so it says in reference to sacrifice it says in this week's power saw Hashem says when you bring a sacrifice it is Reyat Nico yak lashem which translates a pleasing fragrance Russia so what is a sacrifice the Torah says array after nucleic loss Shem what does that mean practically so actually this is a free explains and it says like this I'll say it in Hebrew and I'll translate and I'll explain it now house Ruach lafawn i this russian says ray acne hiya question what does it mean to this of recess not house Ruach lafawn I shall myghte even Nasir attorney which means that when you bring us a sacrifice it creates a noxious Rewa a pleasing fragrance lafawn i literally in front of me why and so free says share almighty because I said that you should bring a sacrifice vanassa and nurse means action in the world of action you went ahead and did it what did you do with Sony my desire I know this what this free sayings like this Hashem had a desire what was the same desire for whatever reason we should bring sacrifices now you could go ahead and choose to listen to some but not lute you so listen we're free people when you activate your choice your freedom of choice and you say you know what even though the sacrifice I can keep for myself for the animal I can eat whatever I want to do with it and I'm choosing to listen to our sand so our sam says rich Saini you know my troublesome I will you and I said this is what I want vanassa you did it not as Ruach lafon i it created of pleasing fragrance to me so the Rebbe explains what does that mean naka sOooo what about how do you translate on practical terms so every explains like this think about idea of nacos what does that mean someone has not us you're proud you're getting an enjoyment is it a physical thing or a spiritual thing it's a spiritual thing not just mean how do you define now cos so it's it's it's non tangible you're getting in what does that mean so in the world of Kabbalah we know that every single person is made up of 10 zeros the highest is Kesser and then you have Kok Mabini das the intellectual meat or dairy road then you have the emotions castle towards Ferris Nats call you side until you have the bottom one which is called Malthus nervous what is noxious mean not just reaches the highest Sphero it's not malice it's not emotions it's not intellect it's not only cancer but in cancer itself this tiny which is deep pleasure and rustling will sonar house reaches the place which is called tanam which is the higher level of Kesser now so what does the Shem say when you bring a sacrifice nitrous Rua you create tyno you touch the pleasure sent the pleasure center within me the level of Kesser level of higher level of Casselton yoga and really reach it lafawn i lefante means premiers in front of me because you can have an external pleasure Oh feels good but then you can have with something which is internalized so to put it together in two words what Kabbalah uses you created panini ascertain oak this keeps Aeneas at this tiny nook and this rock serene and this Kozma me except me does etc but then this tiny the highest level and then in title you created not it should be exist on a superficial level but it actually it should be what in a way of panini Asst so non-historic means that every time you bring a sacrifice you reach what level me me a satanic now think about that you're doing a shams will but what are you creating you're creating previous attack me first that's very very powerful so how does that happen how do we have the power to create premiers at I know that we should give some such such pleasure natural sooo are rare can acquire Class M as source as a safari says it happens because when a Sarah tiny since I had a rock scene and you fulfilled that rough saying you did it in the world of action you reach to our prima satanic so now pay attention carefully good this is here's the punchline so we reach we're prima satin oak how do we reach prima satin ugh vanassa and let's underline it in bold what has been asked me by doing with sony now it doesn't say by meditating my shovel of my Ostrom had a will everyone in the mid spike is the will of a sham and we said before this three three levels to observing every Mitzvah thought speech and action maserati bear my cell now it doesn't say nine construe a 400 i calif on a share marty the tap the tax rate that you thought about now we'll know doesn't say that or with the buyer to you spoke about will the only way you can create nachus rule which means you create premiers a tiny for our sermon sure Marty because I'm obviously have some said vanassa the only a physical that we can do that create preemies italics when a song we do in the world of acts in the road sign Hashem so action is key so based on this afree what is that sound telling us when he says Ratna Claire classroom that when we do the NASA when we do the rocks when Hashem we create premia satanic for the a mr. Persia so now their best a question Wow what does that mean anytime we do vanassa we reach tremendous highs we create this tine of previous attorney pressure so there we ask the question why myths are so powerful what's the power of MIT's voice think about it we have we have we have intellect we can meditate and we committing for hours on shell we can have cover note which are very very powerful we couldn't say beautiful things which are extremely beautiful no no to what reaches a shame vanassa masses of action you can do an action and not even be excited about doing it or do an action that you don't want to do but guess what when you do a mitzvah whether you want to do it you don't want to do it you have the meditation you don't have the meditation you say the prayer before or not when you do the mitzvot Nasir it's our new year knock us wrong and that's what we all know the rebel is very very strong today that even if you're not in the mood awaiting filling you are in the mood is wearing telling you want to do the commits Ville you don't want to do it why cuz doing it will create the greatest price of Hashem and who wouldn't want to give a sham such tremendous pleasure but what's the logic behind it it's very coaching the so it is always like this and I'll say it in Hebrew and I'll translate it call hug Avaya Guevara by you sir which means and anything that is high now again good for you but you're the higher it is your ear edge when it comes down Lamont Oh Lamont abuser so again the logic is anything the higher it is when a D sensor comes down even lower via for therefore so van in shock so if you want to take something which was a really really high and you want to draw it down how do you draw down button in shock are you they Hamato Mota boy sir so in other words like this the way to get access the highest levels is by the lowest levels so based on this the rebbe explains why is it that physical mitzvos caused such a tremendous pleasure by a shame because we all know the concept of dear abit atonium weirded hashem want to have a dwelling place not the L join him not good boy of a be a sir because it's not really good boy yeah how is something really really high is when it comes down so low so when you make a dwelling place for ashram we are bit titanium in this physical world you do a mitzvah in the physical world not in the spiritual world in other words you do a mitzvah when everyone's doing mitzvahs that's great but when no one's doing them it's when people are struggling to do it or when you're struggling to do it and you do it it's much higher why because the more taxing the more God is concealed the more God is not revealed and you do the mitzvot guess what you're drawing out a much much more powerful light when you do a mitzvah when the light is on it's great it's beautiful but you're not drawing down the highest powers when you do a mix when the light is off the spiritual like the emotional light is off that's when you pull in the nose power of the power the most powerful powers so again colour value for going to a certain limit allowed to be oyster and venom shock I need a mattress which means that when something falls a falls very very low so therefore we do a mitzvah a seer of physical mitzvah in this physical world obviously we draw the greatest powers in their form when you meditate meditating is great but the light is on in meditation you get it you understand it you're thinking about it when you speak sure you how about to talk about but when you do a mitzvah you're doing it why could it's rots in a cell and the more you're doing it because it's rotten our sermons to all of a sham the more you're creating a previous Italian fashion now this idea about doing a mitzvah that causes previous at I know that's true at all the mid-face the concept of D Reducto nyan and the concept of anything which is high comes down lower applies to all the mitzvahs so the question is what is unique and what is different and what is special specifically about doing a sacrifice when Hashem says in this week's torsion for Torah portion ray asked me higher class tion again because the idea of tax tying a physical miss applies to all them it's late but there's something unique about a sacrifice so the Rebbe explains the difference is very simple in all the mitzvahs when you do a mitzvah yes you create preemies attaining for our show but we don't see it we don't see it however how we're creating that effect however when it comes to a sacrifice we get to see in a physical revealed way that we do a mitzvah down here Hashem is glowing with panini satanic that's the major difference where do we see the difference so the rarely brings in the Talmud a very fascinating piece of Talmud says like this we know that it came in the temple Jewish he brought sacrifices so how do you bring a sacrifice they had an altar and they put the sacrifice an altar weird the fire come from so we all know it says that the fire came from heaven you put a sacrifice on the altar the fire came from heaven and consumed the sacrifice however we know the Torah tells us you should light the fire so the question is why are you lighting a fire for some is bringing the fire and the answer the Talmud says is and I'll say it in Hebrew I'll translate it FLP Shiraishi I read this minutes from I am even though the fire comes from heaven mitzvah allahu liman ahead yet it's still a mitzvah a commandment and an a opportunity to go ahead connect to our my bringing fire from down here so what does that mean that means like this you would you had the Walter was there you put the sacrifice on the altar and then you killed Allah fire No so normally you're done you let the fire but the magical part was after you lit the fire you saw a miracle the way a fire came down from heaven consumed your fire and the sacrifice so we saw so we saw in a revealed way that every single time somebody brought a sacrifice put the sacrifice on the altar put the fire on the altar you saw in a revealed way have some accepted it when you do a mitzvah how do you see some accepts it but when it comes to our exact rifice you literally saw with your own physical eyes the way after you brought the sacrifice Hashem accepted your beautiful sacrifices so we see two powerful things that's unique about sacrifice one is the way smbus revealed when you brought the sacrifice you came you brought your sacrifice search and revealed himself he a sham brought down the fire from the heaven that's the born the second thing he saw was the unity of the Jewish people assume in a revealed way why because what is the Torah say Salva Spanish roll command the Bernese roll now what is the sound we know it sound as an expression or it's command but it's also comes from the word of the South Sun to create a connection or in other words of keyboard so here you saw the keyboard in a revealed way in every mix for you do a mitzvah you don't see its drawer every mitts as a commandment every mix is a connection but you don't see the connection here by sacrifices a Hassan was revealed in a revealed way and be that the connection that we have in a shed was in a revealed way and as Herbie explains a little more detail he says like this the fact is that every single myth so we do this 630 commandments 248 positive 365 negative every Mitzvah has a special and unique connection with Hashem so for example let me give two examples take for example wearing a Tallis or wearing titties so in Kabbalah wearing a talisman it's it's this is what I mean there's a physical component the physical tip says and the blessing before you put on and so on and so forth but in Kabbalah they refer to the talus and since as they call it priesthood the Malcolm which means that you're creating a unity with our sin now take for example you put on a Tallis whether it's a small catalyst cotton under your shirt that you're wearing a Tallis when you're praying so when you're doing that you're creating a unity with a Shem and if you're able to be the connect when you're meditating you put on your feel it but the fact is do you see the unity when you put on the Tallis you don't see it you see you're putting on at Alice listen maybe certain sudden Lincoln could see it but an average person doesn't see it that's one example there he gives the other example there are big is is when you put on tefillin so we all know when you put on tefillin so you put on Phyllis or I swear the head you put on tell ya buddy on the Omni hand the one on the hand you put on first is facing your heart the one on your head is next to the brain and the ideas to connect your mind your mind and your heart to a Shem in Hebrew it's called the sha bade Hamas valets to connect your intellect in your emotions with Russian now the fact is that's what happens when you put on tefillin but do you see the connection is that connection felt in the revealed way not necessarily now the same thing applies to every single Mitzvah every single Mitzvah has a spiritual component spiritual spiritual waves are taking place spiritual energies taking place but the question is do you see in a revealed way and the answer is you don't however when it comes to a sacrifice guess what when you put when you bring the sacrifice you saw in a revealed way whether a fire from below brought down the fire from above so there's something powerful and unique about a sacrifice that the NASA at Sony when you do that specific sacrifice how son reveals himself and the next we have our Sam is done in a powerful and revealed way now based on this the Rebbe says that's the reason why that sacrifice sacrifices were only brought alien in the time this man in the time of the temple and be in the place of the Potomac - so in other words sacrifices in the times of the temple time wise and in the space of the temple but that's the only time we're able to bring that why is that because even though I'm one hand you're gonna say what do you mean I'm bringing a sacrifice what's the main reason of a sac what's the main purpose of a sacrifice because someone tackling someone down here of God is not revealed and unfortunately today we're living at a time we're wearing godless were in exile we don't have that we don't have the Israel the way we should have but we don't debate amigas and we're living in a place of Exile and unfortunately many people living outside the Land of Israel we're living also it's called in it Chris the mushy huh what is it Chris and mr. Eko mean the heels of mashiac we know in the body the place you have the least amount of life forces in the heel so we're living in a place which on one hand is tremendous darkness so if we're living on the place is super tremendous darkness darkness why shouldn't we bring a sacrifice today we'll reach the greatest Heights so the Rebbe explains because what happens is when you bring a sacrifice what happens you bring a sacrifice the oneness of SM is revealed so in order for the oneness of a son to revealed this means our son should bring down the fire and we should see the connection so you need a time which is the times and the beats make - you need a place the bet HaMikdash which would which is totally ripe and complete so that we can create that Union however unfortunately in exile Hashem is concealed so our M is concealed and you brought a sacrifice today you're not gonna see the fire come down you're not gonna see the Union so therefore there's no there's no purpose in bringing a physical sacrifice because the reason why we brought the sacrifices was to create that revealed union of the fire coming down from heaven where we see that a sum is accepting the sacrifice and we see the connection but today we have we don't have the temple so therefore we're not gonna have that revelation we're living in gullies it's dark the screen of the screen itself is in Gullah so therefore based on this derby explains why we don't bring sacrifices today so another that's to recap before we continue on but there'll be saying is like this there's something unique about sacrifices and that is when it comes to sacrifices we get to see in a revealed way the relationship with a sermon the way we do our part vanassa we do our sacrifice but then we see the way are some exceptions unfortunately in Gullah s-- we don't get to see that and since we don't get to see the second half therefore we don't bring the sacrifice today in Gullah s-- the only way we can bring it is in the tines of the bait to make - and when the moonbase makers are standing so we'll get to to see the revelation of the fire coming down from heaven so based on this or he explains why back to the original question was two questions one is why don't we bring sacrifice which we answered but the second questions why did say the verse twice via my tongue why twice and the rebbe explains very very simple because as we mentioned before from kabbalah it said that there's two components to the sacrifice this one component to the sacrifice which is walked which is thought which is speed speech which is the spiritual part of sacrifice that always applied and then still applies today so the first vm ayat is referring to which part of sacrifice the meditation the thought the speech the prayers that always applied always will apply in all places and therefore it's separate and that's something which is that's the first via Martha then comes the second via marathon which speaks about the unique aspect of a sacrifice the aspect of the sacrifice which reveals how shams unity with the Jewish people and that's unfortunately only the times in the time and the place at the base of English so again what the Rebbe saying is the reason why it says twice the amount r1 is referring to the thought and speech was as always always was always doesn't always will and the second Mia Martha is for the special relationship takes place when you bring a sacrifice at the right time in the right place and that is a secondly Martha and unfortunately don't have that today but we all know in the world of Kabbalah and the world others there's always different ways to look at things so on a physical level yeah we don't bring a sacrifice today and is really explained before I cleanse we don't bring the sacrifice because we're not gonna see that revelation and therefore there's no point in bringing it obviously the thought and the speech of it so sure we have and that's what we have the first view marked and that's what we say the prayers to fill us in welcome it's been integral but nevertheless Remy comes down he says but the truth is even though we hope we're not we can't marry today to see the revelation of the sacrifices by the fire coming out from heaven but nevertheless we are living today the recess on time of exile what does it mean time of Exile God's not revealed both in the time of exile look both in a place which is extremely low much lower than the times in a temple so therefore because we're living today in Gulas and we're living today with such concealment so what do we learn before in the minor kaga Varyag of our ubi sir you're in Lemont about to be a sir in other words when something is so low when the darkness is so low because the light over there so powerful and that's why it's so low it fell low so in other words Derby says we have the opportunity today specifically today not the times our temple to create the greatest opportunity for what for Dee River titanium to make a dwelling place for EM we have today the greatest opportunity to make a deer with a time saver ahem so therefore so based on this what a free said before not crassula fall night how do you create which means you create a previous accounting for our Sam how do you do that shall marked even nicer it's I need but NASA again that you did did when do you do not when it's the inspiration is there not when you're empowered not when you're excited but NASA when you make a deorbit a cranium the darker it is then you're doing Manasa then you create NACA sua so the says because a dear birthday atonium since attacks on the darkness is so strong so the NASA it Sonia we can accomplish that even more powerful today and therefore based on that Robi says that's why it's feel lies for not going to meet them TIG none that's why we that even though we don't have the temple cesira fine no sacrifices were done no no the rabbi said pray why because we have we need it still we can still accomplish there but the cranium how through prayer prayer takes the place of the sacrifices and we can accomplish today the aspect of the sacrifice even in exile not through the physical sacrifice but by the thought and speech of the sacrifice so in other words when we pray and as we know prayers are in the place of the sacrifices because we are but a catonian because God is so concealed we have the power to make the greatest dearer for our sin how do we do that and again thought and speech so what a speech include so first of all every single time you do a mitzvah and you make a blessing you're using your speech to make the blessing that is the spiritual component of a sacrifice or for example sitting down and learning the laws of the mitzvah you're learning you're using your speech you're learning the laws of the mid-tones and specifically if you learn to loss about sacrifices because as we know that when you learn about a sacrifice it's as if you brought the sacrifice so through speech through learning the laws of the sacrifice is that if you brought the sacrifice or for example if you talk about and you are tick you late the midst of the afternoon and especially missiles that have no blessings for example the negative precepts for positive precepts many of my blessings but for the negatives no blessings so wizz wizz where's the speech there but basically when you talk about them it's when you study about the mitzvot you accomplish it through the world of speech what's the thought the thought is very simple when you meditate you understand it when you learn it when using your mind so you can accomplish that work through the idea of thoughts of meditation and understanding in the mid salt now how do we know there be says that were in such a cackling place we're so low that we can accomplish so much very simple because the fact that we can't bring the sacrifice state is it's screaming that were in a place at octane and therefore there's a huge value today by bringing the sacrifices on a spiritual level through thought and speech now and therefore there he says the spiritual work for us today is to bring the sacrifices with speech and we thought and we do our spiritual service of the sacrifice will hopefully ultimately merit to usher in the true and complete redemption and there'll be finishes off with a prayer and a wish and sweet a will of Hashem that by us doing our avoider our spiritual work and in a time and especially through our prayers of Gullah s-- we should merit the redemption where we were able to bring the sacrifices in the third put temple and as and as the safari says commits master so now how they will do the midst of your rockslide will physically be up to the mid so like Hashem wants us to do it and says I will have the Sun heavenly back will have moisture of a new era in all the leaders of the Jewish people or than SEM and obviously we will follow together with an SEM the same character all - - you shall I into the base of mcdhh us and we know there are extraordinary ways quotes that Hashem is watching over us there and not only that but we know Messiah comes Israel will spread all over the world and we'll we'll be able to celebrate with joy and gladness of heart so here you see a very very powerful teaching of the Rebbe on this week's power saw one why we don't have sacrificed sight because I'm fortune we don't have the relation but nevertheless we have to remember that by meditating and speaking and accomplishing the idea of sacrifices we can accomplish tremendous ideas which not only will bring will bring tremendous light in our life will also usher in the ultimate redemption as I mentioned before since I dedicated the class to my grandmother of blessed memory Zelda bus here slayed by 33 arts a today we'll all be married back together the whole family together with all their Bayon and we'll all meet up together you slimy reclaim this speedily in our days thank you so much for joining us for our weekly considers class and image from 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