Angelic Love, what is it? Overcoming obstacles, how to do.it - Rabbi Chaim Dalfin

day uh middle chapter 49 we're on page Sak which is across page 136 so here the Alba in this chapter concludes what he began in 46 46 47 48 and 49 he deals with the Ava the love that he that He suggests we we use and serving God called just like water reflects the face of man so too does the heart refle reflect the the face of God and in chapter 46 he said a wonderful Parable for that and that is that Hashem the he Compares him to a m r a great king who leaves his chamber he goes out and he lowers himself to go pick up to to someone who was in dung and in dirt and filth and brings him back cleans them up makes a mench out of him and the person is rehabilitated so too Hashem left kind of his Abode and he took us out of Egypt and the AL then chapter 47 explains to us the spiritual significance of Egypt the decrepit atmosphere spiritually of Egypt and Hashem took us out as we celebrate every PES and the aled the word not only the each generation want us to see himself as though he's gone through the ex but in each day and then he continued his thought in chapter 48 speaking about the what when we say God took us out who's God what God how how could that be if the world is limited and how can the world you have a relationship with God so he explained that yes indeed even the emanation of God which eminates the world called the anination is also ins infinite and that's why God put contractions on himself in order to to be able to for the world to emerge so he explain to us a little bit about theum and things like that now in chapter 49 chapter 49 is the n the moral right the the 46 he brought the parable upon him but then it says so is the heart of man to to to man and in this case the heart of man to God so this is what he tackles in chapter 49 that we too if we were to meditate on how grateful how what God Hashem did for us we would be jumping for joy in acknowledging that and doing what God wants and we would um allow and work on the feelings of the heart for Hashem to to emerge that's this chapter 49 and in particular said that we need to understand that for Hashem for God Almighty to to make isn't easy it's it's not something that that you know you say it but something that's really if Hashem has angels and Hashem has souls and he has all of the celestial beings he's surrounded by big MERS okay why does it need why does it need to have this little dinky world with problems and issues and hasem says specifically you guys on Earth not the Angels not the malim not theas not the souls not the big mockers but it's you people in this world I I want that I want to be here and I want you to make this into a Godly place this is the where we're at now so let's go P um we are at F six lines from the the bottom after the first word in the line is there's a period I'm sorry I'm sorry we're actually two lines from the bottom after the the second from the last line there's a period with the above explanation will understand very well with the establishment of those Sages who established the blessings of two of them before H I need you if you have a sitter you can open your sitter if not I get to stop and think after bar right in the in in in the in the um sidor we have two sections the first section is called verses of praise in Hebrew and that when we finish that section we say kades and right and that finishes versus of Praise what begins after What's called the blessings that preced shma and in Hebrew that's known as bishma what's the third state what follows that shma the three portions and what follows that is a blessing one blessing go is and what follows that the amid that's the structure of morning prayer and then after the amid we have supplications known as okay but um so the AL the ask a question the sages ask a question why do we say two blessings before shma which seem to have no connection ction to shma and why is that is about the unity of God listen God is the Our God God is the only one that's what we callus Unity right everything is united with God there are no parts there are no pieces it's all one now you would think that the two the two blessings that preed should have relevance to the shma otherwise why are the blessings there in other words when when you understand prayer there's a Continuum the buildup IS to the amida when we rise and we we say the prayers in silence that's why we call it amida standing so so too which shma if there are two blessings before shma there needs to be some relevance to the shma now now let's take a look at those two blessings the first one we're talking about angelsim they they they they they they they they they burn up for you with their love for God or they they they they're silent in prayer they kneel we talk about angels what does it have to do with uh Unity number two why is that relevant to me I'm not an angel you're not an angel so why are we reading a Angels before shma that's one question the next BR so that's the first blessing after B right the next blessing or as some say a by the way is if we get to it if not today tomorrow your question that you asked a week or two ago will be should be answered not we actually a month ago when we or maybe more remember about a you asked about that there'll be I think an answer to part of your question today or maybe all of your question but we'll see anyway the next blessing is about love God loves us all those things about God God's love what does that have to do with unity and why is it relevant so the Al says based on what I'm teaching you hint I see a connection and listen listen to the explanation his explanation is that although Hashem had angels with him and he had great Souls with him he said bye-bye Charlie you don't satisfy me and my real love is the Jewish people the people on earth but in order to and and and and who expresses the and who expresses the unity of God the people the Jews us so there's a flow between blessings one blessings two and the shma but the first thing you need to know who did God leave in other words when you say God made a sacrifice Hashem made a sacrifice and he left who did he leave and it's like um ABI was just saying he was wearing a a Yankees cap so we're talking so he says when the do Brooklyn Dodgers left eid's field of Brooklyn he said enough I was disappointed once I don't want right you have to appreciate what the Dodgers were in the 1950s and early 60s to have the feeling they disappointed me but if you come let's say from Detroit or from Chicago my or from Los Angeles ofam you don't care about well today the Dodgers moved to LA but at the time who cares about the the the New York Yankees and and Babe Ruth and Mickey mantel okay but it's not my territory so so using that just as a gsh mic example a physical example when we talk about the sacrifice that God made we have to know what does who did who did he sacrifice and if we don't know about who we sacrificed we can't honestly say he made a sacrifice cuz to us it means nothing so that's why the first blessing is all about the greatness of the angels and there's so much verbage about the and and the you when you read that you think about it it's not like elsewhere these are our Angels so wow I have such parents like like these angels Celestial beings and they're here to help me and God says so so when we say that blessing we understand what we're talking about as far as these great angels and then we go to the second blessing and God says I left them why because a he loves us and he brings us closer with great Mercy I won't embarrass you and I won't shame you for eternity etc etc which is the blessing of the Second Blessing that's how much love God has for us so again the focus of the first blessing is how great the angels are and I explain to you why it's important to know that the Second Blessing is these great Angels God left them and said bye-bye Charlie you don't meet my needs you're very great and you do a lot for the Jewish people and for me but ultimately haven't satisfied me why not because I need a person on Earth I don't need an angel you want an angel least go to a a go elsewhere here is the real world here are challenges and I love those challenges and I want to see a Jew struggle and overcome and sometimes you don't overcome the struggle itself is worthwhile as we learned in chapter 27 in and once you understand that then when you say sh is you talk about Unity that's true Unity Unity cannot be real Unity if you don't appreciate what you have in other words what is Unity the everything that there is in the world and in the universe including the angels and the souls I find God within them and ultimately it's about God so the more you understand about the angels and the more you understand about God's love for us and he left the Angels the unity is is is augmented is stronger that's what we're going to learn now inside the text let's look this will explain very well the establishment of the who said that we should do blessings before two blessings tap of page Etc seemingly these two blessings have no association at all inish with this isn't drb's question this is from the rashba and other authorities who asked the same question why they called the blessings of and why were these two blessings established specifically before comes the now comes the answer this is because okay what is the primary objective of is the primary objective V of kishma just to be sit sitting in sh or in your house and understanding on a deepest level but nothing there's no result absolutely not love God your God with all your heart the two hearts with all your soul with all your money as the kazal explain we want a bottom line a a a love for something that doesn't have a bottom line is not is not a real love it's it's an imaginary love it you know it's totally imaginary it has to have a result have skin in the game skin in the game right says this means the purpose is to be able to stand stand up against all obstacles may now this is a big when you learn the it says love your God with all your heart so why does it say the Hebrew word for heart is the language in in the Torah is not with one B it's be Li two BS and the gamor says you know why it says a second BS CU one represent the good heart the good inclination what we call the Yer to and one represents the bad heart the the impulsive heart the desirous heart the indulgent heart the sinful heart which is called In classical Judaism the Yer har the evil inclination andem says love hem your God with both of them and what what do the rabbis explain that a person needs to not only love God from his good side but even from his animal side so you stop eating that uh that non- kosher uh burger at McDonald's or wherever else and then you put that same passion that you enjoyed a good cheeseburger into a good kosher piece of meat when you eat it for the sake of God that's taking the negative energy that was used for non- kosher and transforming it for kosher and the same is true what today today in today's age that distinction of of turning something straight from Burger King and making it into let's say you know kosher Deluxe or from China GL whatever it doesn't what what what better ISM what what are we losing okay okay okay y let me get back to it later I I know what you're asking but it's it's it's not right now relevant I know exactly what you're asking and and it's a good question and and we'll discuss it sometime but the point being so take another example take uh energy that was used for uh nervousness anger uh you know and all of a sudden taking that and using it for being uh kind of anxious for God you know to do right away what God wants not to procrastinate so whatever whatever the the the negative trait is to transform it to a positive area Okay so let's not talk about the kosher items tra let's talk about character issues you know nervous uh negative someone look very negative what oh yeah right right exactly what whatever the issu is change that right and that's classical gamor the way the gamor interprets why it says two bases you know what the Al Al here doesn't use that commentary he gives a new a new insight into to be able to withstand the challenges of the look at the language here look means you should be able to withstand an obstacle a challenge a test a that this is not class right the classical interpretation is to get the Yar to trans be transformed that's not what it says here the purpose of of of my RO is to have your how if you re if if if if the unity of God resonates with you and you really believe that God is everything a then nothing can get in your way that's the the emphasis is nothing can get away nothing can stop you nothing can stop you that's the words now the question is what are those things that get up and stop us let's get ready for the fun guys your wife and your kids they many times want to stop you I told you yesterday I need you to do carpool I need you to wash the dishes I need you to do this I need you to do that but I have a she yes my it's a good good thing that uh good thing that listening to this um in my studio by myself I I was just going to say even though the kazal used that it also applies to men and and and and kids too the idea and in other words it's not just it's a it's it's this Kaz doesn't mean to again it sounds very bad I and that's one of the problem that sometimes the these kazal s sound very you know derogatory and chauvinistic and all that but the idea is whether it's a man a husband or or the husband gets in a way the wife wants to be more from the wife wants to be more sincere and the husband poooo that is the same thing but Al's point is love AEM with all your heart means to overcome the issues that are closest to you your wife your husband your kids and they and they at the end of the day they're going to prevent you from your passion for a Mitzvah now everyone I don't have you know everyone here is an adult and understands you know we're not talking about you know not being a mention not helping in the house and and not you know but we're talking about there are times when you know an obstacle comes up and you need to just overcome the obstacle let's continue a fascinating thing the heart of man is naturally tied to his wife and kids right you don't have to meditate to have feelings for your wife and for your kids and if you do you're in big trouble it's natural this is your wife this is your husband this is you so that's what he says the heart of men is bound naturally the God who God says and so it Isa that's the wife He commands the and it stands a and the children right Mark has two wonderful daughters right they're that's they are him one is lives here one lives there makes no difference this is who you are it's the nature excuse the expression of the beast in this case the human being to be naturally bound to his spouse and his his children then he says you should love your God with all your soul this is literally referring to with all of your life your health right why don't we take pills I don't know about you guys I'm already taking pills why am I taking pills for just to live another day I'm I'm taking pills because life gives us another opportunity to serve God better and then we have food and to make everything ownerless money yeah the Reb the alter Reb the Reb right hasem should bless you with lots of money lots of but what's the purpose just to make a big bank account the the point is to help your family and Judaism you just guy giving s and Etc and now helping the the soldiers so the point is that you have to overcome cuz it's very easy to say to feel oh it's my and I'm waiting for the rainy day on and on and on right right let's look inside how will men the physical man the Caporal man to this attribute to this feeling that's why the rabbis established the order of prayer that first you say the first BR which means God created light the over there amongst the words it says repeated by at Great length the the idea and the Order of the angels that stand in the loftiness of the world apprising announcing the greatness of God how everything is not to God's light those are those are words from the first BR and and and the angels let everyone hear with a and they sanctify again those are words from and they say and everyone knows in the everyone says out loud right together KES KES KES in other words there's an announcement being made here clar now here when he says clar he also has a novelty thought when you when we speak about the Angels announcing all these things are we showing that the Angels know God the angels are also creation of God so what the angels are saying is we know how far we are from God we know how insignificant we are to for God so the word kades doesn't mean in this sense just holy it means as we learned earlier in chapter 46 separated from God but they recognize that they understand and that's why velv there's some of them get consumed in fire each one in their various way ways of B of of of of of subduing thems to Hashem it's because they realize I'm separate from God and God is so much more holy that's the line they realize how God is separated from and God does not invest himself in them in a revealed way what did they say God's presence fills the entire Earth in other words it's Mak he's here but he's not in me the Angels cuz he's so much more awesome if God were to invest himself inside me the angel says the angel say we would become not so therefore they respond this refers to the Jewish congregation above in the spiritual Realms of and the Jewish people below as we learned earlier now he goes to the next group two groups of angels called with an abundance with great noise what did they say has blessed be God's glory from his place why does it say blessed be God blessed be God what's this they don't know exactly what God is these great angels that are so awesome guess what they're also limited anything outside of the godhead of the essence of God already has a blockage so the blockage of the Angels one of the blockages as it says in this in these verses is right if I say Blessed Be you right now in your art gallery I see you're in your art gallery I bless you you should be right doesn't say that from his place where is God all over oh all over okay that's fine but it's very general why cuz they don't know so as much as they perceive the awesomeness of God they cannot identify exactly who God is cuz God is beyond identification even to angels and he says now this is what we say also in the prayers Hashem is himself EX what does that mean what does that mean God is exalted and therefore where God is it's by himself right you know the place of the being on top is a lonely place you're very great but you're by yourself cuz you're on top if you really are on top no one else is there with you you are on top everyone else is below you on bottom God is alone Mone and the angels say this we but the Angels realize that this is where God is so they don't we don't we don't have this realization we're in the dark they are not in the dark as far as understanding and realizing that God is so special and and right what time is it 36 okay so okay we'll stop here so we're still in middle and I really urge you if you have a few moments to take out the S between today and tomorrow and identify these words that the AL says here because if you if you you know this chapter is the best chapter in time for sure and maybe in many many maybe in all where he actually goes through these two bras of before shma giving us thought so if you care to follow up and meditate and contemplate and realize what you're saying you have verbage in these two chapters and tomorrow mem we will continue and is sir I I hope that tomorrow will answer your question of have a good day everyone enjoy nice learning together we had a minion a minion