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Rabbi Yom Tov Practical Spirituality: Star of David and the Kabbalistic Unity of Couples
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a shooter in the old city of jerusalem
overlooking the Temple Mount today we're
going to be talking a little bit about
the Star of David
hopefully this pin has some as some
action uh do we have someone who's a bit
artistic here someone willing to draw a
Star of David cuz my star David is gonna
come out a little strange
I'd like it as symmetrical as possible
please mayor it's here for my lovely
assistant mayor later I'll be cutting
him in half you did really good and if
you don't mind please also is there
another coat in the room excellent if
you don't mind bringing in all those
triangles inward so they all they should
all meet perfectly in the middle I think
we can just draw the lines
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okay
the this object is a seven sided object
and seven sides are seven sides
obviously including the center is is
what's going on in the physical world
the physical world is always working on
seventh and sevens have six and then
seven so star David is six points but
they all when they all fold in it's the
seventh it's the internal and sevens are
really where everything takes place for
example you're in the middle right now
of the space of a seven one two three
four five six
meaning the walls and the ceiling sevens
the middle you're in the seven so you're
almost always in the seven you know
there's bottles also the waters inside
the seventh dimension here right this
it's got sides seven sides in the middle
the that's basically going on going on
all the time also your own body has
these seven planes going on in your
inner self is the seventh seven is the
internal and it is it is the truth
meaning meaning this the center of this
which is the seven the center of it if
you look at the Star of David it's
really just everything unfolded so each
of those six is really unfelt unfolded
but when they're all in an en folded
when they're in folded into the middle
so then you're you're in the seven this
is uh this is also Shabbos Shabbos is
is the center of it all you could call
that the first day second day third day
fourth day 56 day in the seventh we call
every day of the week we call it Shabbos
so you have hi ladies there's two seats
here one there and one there if you
don't mind sitting in those seats before
someone else walks in and you have to
move so sevens are we actually call each
day of the week then we like today's Yom
SHANY shall Shabbos the second day of
Shabbos so that would be this day of
Shabbos so it's right now we're in the
unfolding of the second day of shadows
and there's the third day of shadows and
so each day's working according to to
Shabbos
now sevens are sevens are what happens
in all of nature everything in nature is
working based on the seven system the
moon the moon works in sevens the
weekdays are in sevens not arbitrarily -
there's been societies that tried
something other than a seven-day week
and it did not work the weekdays and
sevens the solar calendar works in
sevens the reproductive cycle inside a
woman works in sevens the rainbow is
seven colors the octave of music is
sevens as well one two three four five
six seven one
it's sevens also everything really in
the natural world is sevens and the six
which is the number of the days of the
week before Shabbos ins also the the
corners of the or the points of the
Jewish star the six is an instance an
unstable reality it is a it is in Hebrew
the word for six
of inches-6 is a it's a pure vector it's
just a vector it's just a line and the
Zion she calls this is the letter of
completion when you put it together if
you had another valve connecting above
to Zion and you put another above there
connecting it to each other so then you
get the letter eight which is beyond
nature supernatural and it's also the
shape of a hoof so if you see yeah yeah
so these that was my best rendition
that's why I smeared me that's why I
asked mayor to draw the star any but
that's the couple under the hoop of
which is the man male is six
he's the vector and the female is that
is designed which is the natural the
grounded the completed and women
represent that level of completion well
as men are the are the vector and
they're they're incomplete the the males
wrapped seven times that's filling
around their arms representing the the
feminine and the completion men have all
these different things that are to
complete them and one of them is
circumcision on the above the that part
of a man's body is called the love of
the man and that's the actual connection
that's called above how he bore the love
of connection and that connector is it
requires completion through circumcision
which is the covenant with God and the
the the love is called the love of
connection also because the letter
actually means connection it's it means
and the letter of love means and when
you say zev is that means this and that
it's the connector in the Hebrew and
when you put them together and you put
them together it equals thirteen which
is the numerical value of the word which
is love one plus five plus two plus five
equals thirteen and which is by no
coincidence the same letter the same
numerical value of the word odd or too
high this one plus eight plus four which
equals thirteen which is a bob marley's
on one line let's sing that so Marley is
one is singing this song one love which
has the same numerical value one and
love so you can think about that when
you say Shama and and you know anytime
you're talking about like for example
shmoney Esther you say la mancha moba of
the Munch mo bhava means for the sake of
his name in love bit uh hava
in love so meaning we're asking God to
bring Redemption for the sake of his
name in love but it also could be in
oneness in oneness bhava there's also
the miracle of the word Baba's also in
oneness we're asking me for the sake of
the oneness why why his name and oneness
because the whole world's made of his
names but it's multiple names so yeah
and you're they're all locked into
physicality so you can't see you know
since the name that's why we say when
we're talking about redemption we say by
Omaha who here has shemitah that Hashem
will be one which is true he's one but
what also when redemption comes not only
will his name be what knowing would he
be one which he's always been but also
ooh
Shmuel and his name Shmuel will be one
as well Network Shamu Shamu his name
which is 300 plus 40 plus 6 equals 346
that that'll also be one just like his
will to create the world God's wrath
song
means we'll miss in his name
you'll notice that redstone is 200 plus
90 plus 6 plus 50 close how much 346
which is God's will but God's will in
creation well it gets broken up meaning
his name gets broken up in the creation
you can't you don't see Hashem in
creation everything's everything is
scattered out into the you know the
different points of creation everything
gets its separated out in the physical
world which is exactly what takes place
with us when we're in the the vectors of
creation the six the vectors of creation
so with meaning when we're spending our
weekdays doing commerce and pressing
buttons and doing emails and whatsapp so
whatever so it's quite scattering it's
quite a scattering they know ideally
you'd be always acting externally based
on your inner being that's its you know
connection but people tend to get
scattered out during the six days and
what happens is we wind up you know
scattered out just like God's name is
scattered out you'll also notice that
just like God's name gets scattered out
will get scattered out God's will is not
so scattered out but our will is very
scattered out like if you just think
about your own priorities and things you
want in the world they're they're
they're pretty confusing and and
scattered in also have you ever figured
out like your top four priorities and
then looked at the hours of your day to
see if they're matching up that you've
got everything that was your day spent
spent developing the priorities and have
you ever even taken the time to figure
out if your priorities are your
priorities or someone else's like how do
you know how do you know your priorities
are your priorities maybe they're your
parents priorities
maybe there you know your your
educational systems priorities or maybe
they're a priority of society or
community or government by the way
there's nothing wrong with those they
may be great but you do have to take the
time to see how much you yourself
identify and resonate with these things
because if you're not resonating with if
your priorities are scattered so then
your desires are scattered and we and
when are when that's scattered out if we
don't have that focus and our schedule
doesn't reflect meaning our time spent
developing it doesn't reflect our main
priority so then we must make a shift we
have to shift things to make sure we're
doing what's gonna be best moving us
towards the goal of our lives
no any questions no questions
no there's a lot I'd like to say about
the shape of this this but I maybe you
guys know more than I do there there's
something about that shape that is the
ultimate balance of shapes
it's the ultimate I wish I knew more to
say about this I just you'd have to know
physics and stuff like that to know why
this shape is there but it shows up in
the mystical state meaning if you were
able to go into a deep meditative
mystical state to the point of visions
things would start showing up in the
shape of the mug in daavid which is
really bizarre but you'll notice that
that this shape is a common shape to
indigenous tribal traditions they didn't
use it like we use I mean we use it as a
icon like its iconic to us of the nation
of Israel they'll use it more as a
mystical symbol in their traditions it's
not necessarily their their emblem but -
oh yeah for sure for sure well they're
also playing around with parallel worlds
any any indigenous culture that has has
mystical that they're going into a
mystical state which includes the dark
stuff you'll find this shape is going to
be there
meaning if you suddenly were in putting
a trance into a visionary state you
would immediately everything would move
in that shape so you may be seeing
something you could be walking in the
forest you see the forest but the super
imposed upon your vision of the forest
would be this this shape there's so
everything would be coming out in that
maybe even thousands of them meaning
you'd be looking at the forest with
thousands of of muggin Devine stars
upon it if you were in that mystical
state so it's yeah that's what I'm
saying I wish I could say more about it
I don't know what else to say except
that that shows up when you move into a
mystical state you know it's just I just
think that's really interesting because
I grew up with that being that being
nothing more than an icon
you know nothing more than just okay he
must be Jewish if he's wearing that on
his hairy chest you know like I guess
he's Jewish you know I'm proud of it so
the you know when you wear a big gold
Jewish star you get you automatically
earn the right to like if you're a hairy
man it is we get to it's like unbuttoned
a few more buttons on your shirt you
know and with that big Jewish star of
yours so but I always thought of it as
more than nothing more than a symbol and
it turns out that that mystical
traditions have it going on underneath
everything when they're in their
visionary States which is I just find
that interesting another interesting
thing is is that kaleidoscopes are built
off of it as well if you look into a
kaleidoscope it's always gonna come out
Jewish stars you know it's gonna be it's
gonna be a you know perhaps a
breathtaking experience if it's a high
level kaleidoscope um have you guys ever
seen a high level kaleidoscopes like
ones that cost lots of money you ever
seen one of those so we we actually have
a relationship with a guy who's a
creator of high high end kaleidoscopes
and he sells them every Tuesday not flat
vineya minion in Tel Aviv which is a
football with a crafts fair every
Tuesday except tomorrow where it's
supposed to be pouring all day but
tomorrow yeah which is such amazing news
if you don't ride a mountain bike
because the because it's going to be
good water for our country we need water
that's why this the month of Kesh phone
is considered that wasn't the joyous
months the word Mar comes from the word
Mary Mary means joy like to be Mary yeah
and so the word meh so what if it's a
guy named Mary so anyway the so the word
Mary means joy and some people say that
this month is called marques bun because
it's bitter cuz it doesn't have holidays
in it and but there's actually plenty of
sources in Tara that say it's actually
called joyous hush from the exact
opposite
it's called joyous - why because it
hasn't rained if you live in Israel
which is where the Jewish calendar was
created for what it was created for if
you live in Israel this is the joy we
all lived as farmers everyone was
farmers and we've just had six months
plus I'm not a drop of rain and so the
joy hits right after suckas when we hit
Cashman and all of a sudden like you
know every drop arrange money in the in
the bank for supporting your family and
carrying on the purpose of wire why
you're here which is to have a
meaningful life and nothing's more
meaningful than then creating a home and
that is the ultimate expression of
meaning of having your own home at least
internally external meaning obviously
making an impact on the world but you're
having a home this your most meaningful
thing you can do this is why men who are
young teens or early 20s who are afraid
of responsibility are so stupid like
that's where the joy is there such
idiots like you're don't jump off a
bridge about dealing with life it's
dealing with life that makes life
meaningful that's what's gonna bring you
the most meaning and the most happiness
so like love responsibility just love it
takes time to love it if you're born
narcissistic or maybe to a wealthy
family it makes it harder to love the
hassles of responsibility and in
developing financial independence
but but in fact that will be the that
will be for most people the thing that
makes life the most meaningful and this
is a big message for men because women
have enough meaning built in you know
they're really built in meaning whereas
men have a certain meaninglessness to
them and and then the meaning comes from
from going out there and this is why
women shouldn't be upset about their man
going out there to make a living and how
you know women do suspect that there's
something meaningful in his life besides
me and that can create certain levels of
jealousy and tugging him homeward which
may be a good thing actually get that
guy home in less trips to Vegas and the
so it's not a bad thing that she tugs on
him but but she also has to temper it
with that that the fact that that he
does want to leave the house is is where
his deeper meanings going to take place
beyond the relationship and because men
have this deep meaninglessness that's
only really it's only really healed by
the fact that he can move his bag of
bones around and somehow get paid for it
you know like all of these pressing
buttons on a keyboard programming
computers or he's you know driving a
trash truck quarries or he's working on
stocks or other financial things or who
knows what he's doing out there but he's
moving his bag of bones around and
someone's willing to actually pay
something for that is it's very
meaningful to men and it could be that
the the advent of birth control made it
so women wanted to have that same
feeling too because the the built-in
meaning and women is is the fact that
you and you are a creator you're a
partner in creation
you can create and so your life's very
meaningful by the very fact that you can
create life men can't do that you can do
that and that makes your life meaningful
but once there's the delay and
childbearing the once you got that delay
so meaninglessness starts kicking him
for women as well and therefore I want
to move my the woman says she wants to
move her bag of bones around and see if
someone will give her money for that as
well
just like the men when really they had
all the meaning built into their lives
as as is just natural naturally
meaningful living and so that's that's
something you don't want to mess with
too much like you don't to play around
with God's settings God God created the
world this way and don't play around too
much well only listen your wife only
listen to her wife marry you only listen
your wife if what she's saying is is
good you see Adam listened and gotten a
lot of trouble but then she said
something Sarah said something good and
God says listen it may be Algrim didn't
want to listen to Sarah at first because
he was like Adam tried that it didn't go
so well and gods like no listen to your
wife Eve was telling you to do something
against me Sarah's telling something
that's you know she's got the instincts
in the intuition to know that this is
for me meaning she's doing this for the
relationship with God to send you Schmo
packing
yeah that's nice you guys know it
everyone knows that famous one about the
spellings of man and woman in Hebrew you
know that one yeah you know that famous
you guys all know that one I should show
you that one you know that one I'll show
it quickly just cuz I mean we've gotten
this far we might as well finish yeah so
we've got each maybe I'll use this kind
of writing
yeah the word each and then that's for
the man and then you got the word you
shop just for the woman shot and that
what they share is they ala finish in
and what they don't share as he as the
you and she has the Hey but the you
wouldn't hate together it comes out the
name of God you didn't hate is the name
of God and so like like the word hallelu
yeah which is the name of God so so they
have the name of God between them like
like Mayor was saying to grow together
towards God towards God in life but but
couples that don't have God in the mix
they all that's left is isle of
olive Shin means a fire H like a shot
Ora the fire of Torah fire the Bible
yeah so Aleph and Shin is the word fire
and so you have fire and fire and the
word fire in Hebrew means to shoot like
it doesn't know in the Army you know
they yell fire when they yell fire in
the army they're not saying that
something caught fire they're you saying
shoot the gun so there's a fire and fire
going on in in marriage when God's not
involved now just to tell you on a very
practical level we have a commandment in
the Torah one of the 613 commandments is
to cleave to God that's to be at one
with God it's from the word it's the
word de vivre a coat or duvet cose the
word do Vegas is the word for
sticking also like modern Hebrew the
word devic is glue tape is also called
Devon and and so it means to stick
yourself to God is is debeikis to fuse
some two things together is to make as
you with God is called the vagus but the
Rumba explains that a physical person a
physical body cleaving to God becoming
Davich to God is sometimes a tall order
especially if that person is not
involved in meditation so what's the
next best thing is to cleave this what
the Rambam says cleave to those who are
cleaving to God cleave yourself in this
thing is one of the foundations of
having a Rebbe is cleave to someone
who's made their way to the to be they
have achieved cleaving to God cleave to
someone who Cleaves to you again that's
a very acidic perspective the Rambam
sharing a couple hundred years before
huh see do it but you cleave to the
person who's cleaning and what's amazing
about this that in marriage you're gonna
have disagreements that's just part of
married life you're gonna disagree when
you disagree you can literally feel the
shekinah disappear it's a weird thing
but you feel the presence of God go away
from the home it's really weird cuz
you're not discussing God and you're not
discussing anything spiritual you're
just arguing about some point maybe
something to do with the children or so
it could be very important but you don't
agree and whenever you disagree with a
spouse it there's a weight over
proportionate sense of loss going on in
there which is weird because you can
argue with a friend and is not that
level of sense of loss when you argue
with a spouse there's this emptiness
that fills a space it also makes kids
really nervous when they see parents are
gay the kids get get nervous and it just
is uncomfortable now here's the cool
thing you call your Rebbe you get your
Rebbe on the phone
and you bring up the subject and let the
Rebbe give his two cents on how to do it
and really wise Rebbe ease will
generally split this situation into
further distinctions to show how you're
both right like a wise Rebbe will say oh
you guys think you're arguing you're not
because in this situation you'd both
agree and in this such meaning you'd
both agree with her
and in this situation you'd both agree
with him so we just need to split this
into a deeper or more distinguished
subject or more distinguished subjects
and then you'll see that you actually
agree and there was actually a famous
rabbi oh it's late I'll just finish with
this there was a famous service sorry
I'm marinating a question there was a
famous rabbi that his name was papa yeah
I just have to share this because I've
already written so many things on the
board it was a famous rabbi by the name
of Papa nicknames most of the rabbis in
the Talmud that's not their name a lot
of people don't realize that his name
was a really Popeye it was his nickname
for the Talmud Rama's name no one named
their kid raba
and no one named their kid roebuck
either okay these are not names of kids
a Kiva's a name okay a Kiva's a name but
uh but most of the names there are
actually nicknames now the name Papa is
he was a famous rabbi at a lot of kids
and he was he was big
I mean wide not tall he was he was kind
of a chubby guy and rub Papa was not
only chubby he was a he was a jolly guy
and not only was a robust and jolly guy
he was a beer salesman he actually made
date beer and sold date beer that's how
he made a living was selling beer and
very interesting when you're learning a
piece of Talmud and there's an arc
particular page what you'll notice on
that page of Tellman with her arguing
oftentimes rub Papa shows up and it says
wrap up Amara Papa or a Papa amar and
what does he do he brings what's called
a you came to you came to swear you
state that what he's saying and what
he's saying is not an argument you just
need you didn't distinguish the cases
whereas if you look at it in this case
they're both gonna agree on that one and
if you look at it in this case they're
both gonna agree on that one
and that's how he earned his nickname
because the word fair means mouth and
the other word means mouth pay pay
etholon is one that when he's what his
mouth his pet is saying and when his pen
saying would his mouth is saying are
really one and therefore it's really
important when you have a marriage when
you get married is to have a Rebbe that
you can call when you feel that divine
presence leave the home and everyone's
feeling really uncomfortable it's just
make that phone call and let the Rebbe
distinguish and show how everyone truly
agrees hello everybody
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