Group Power: 10 ppl learning & doing Mitzvos together - Igeres HaKodesh 23a- RC Dalfin

so good day we're learning uh sacred letters fourth section of Tanya we're on page 270 we're doing just fine as we keep on trucking here towards the finishing the entire book of the Tanya so this is an interesting chapter chapter 23 Letter 23 in that the AL talks about towards the latter part of the of the chapter the importance of of praying and giving not just praying but giving Specific Instructions and learning Torah I would say so there's a combination remember I told you that these letters highlight three topics primarily the concept of giving Seda charity and within charity to charity to to to Israel to Earth Israel to people who live in AR is and who learn in ER is and all of that so that's number one the most of the letters deal with charity number two is prayer uh not in any order prayer and and number three is um learning so let's see what he says here this is a quote from Daniel from The Book of Daniel in which the it says that through the decree of the awake the ones that are awake this this is a reference is to the angels the ministering Angels they're awake they're alert through the decree of these ministering Angels P their phrase and they saying kadish is Holy and the U the kazal the sages use this in the tal use this phrase as a reference to tal T scholar not t scholar Torah Scholars to that the their words are so holy like angels and things like that okay this refers to the scholars of the mishna of blessed memory the scholars of the Mish learned in the mishna and this is from ethics of the fathers 10 people who sit and learn together the divine presence rests amongst them that's a heavy statement we know God is all over so Moshe why would ethics of the fathers emphasize an additional type of Godly Eminence in the world so we need to look at that but that's what it says and when does that take place when 10 people study together like we're six right now we don't have 10 yet so this wouldn't apply to us seemingly we'll see later how what when but at face value only when 10 Jews sit and learn together do you get this gift of the dwelling amongst us because for this is all man all of man this is the this is the work of a Jew and this is the purpose why he came into this world for the benefit of an Ascent why would God put us into this stinking hole excuse the expression that's what it says in pios we come from a putrid rap right I mean we got a lot of we'll keep it clean today we got a lot of nonsense here and Hashem takes our the This brilliant beautiful diamond and shoves it into the world puts it into the body says go and you have no choice and you have to go and you go and you're confronted with everything that we deal with throughout our life so the the the the answer is there's something here that you can't get up there Souls Angels cel your beings too bad guys we got something over you and what is that dealing with the filth dealing with the problems dealing with the schutz and when we overcome all of that we're higher than angels and we're higher than Souls we're higher than Celestial beings this is the concept called and he brings it here right there's a famous the soul descends into a body the soul screams it cries V wo whoo in other words why' you put me here God and the answer comes this descent is for the purpose of ascent so much so that it's all worth [Music] it okay H the musician yes H is that sung on any special OCC or when is that no I wouldn't say so but you know when you take a good a a good shot of vodka or scotch and a good and you're on fire that's when you sing it but no the answer is no okay yeah okay but but that's what we're saying here that otherwise and and the song says to the extent that all of this that we deal with who could die or he could die it is worthwhile it's an investment you can't get it in the world of angels you can't get it sitting you know in your little Hub and not going out you only can get it when you deal with the nonsense and you're confronted and you're challenged and you fall and you get up and you argue and you back and at the end you come out stronger so this what let's continue look at this language here there's nothing greater than this there's nothing greater than dealing with the problems and confronting the issues because the mightiness of God's presence that's in the exaltedness of the heavens and the heavens and Heavens upon Heavens this a quote from t with over there it can't sustain you when he inaugurated the B mikd he says the heavens and the heavens of the heavens can't sustain your God but this Sanctuary this building this B mikash here it's at here here this building yes this building gives God spiritual food his nourishment but he has the heavens he has the heavens of the heavens he has Angels that's what he refers to so rests like from the word becomes greater within the Jewish people in other words somehow this that rests amongst 10 people that are learning together isn't just an outside force hovering around them it's actually permeates them look at the language within the Jewish people for I am God who rests within the Jewish people what through how this happened through through the study of the involvement in Torah study and the doing of MIT specifically with 10 guys this line is a major and the rebba struggles to find the source for it we know from P it says 10 people sit and learn Torah together the everybody adds a word over here he doesn't play with words what's the word he adds a new 10 Jews that do together a Mitzvah not just that they're learning together but they're actually doing a certain mitah together says that you get it's a big but that's what he says okay which which is because you think about we're going to learn together we're going to have a Shear the whole idea of Moshe the whole idea of having a sheer like we're learning now in in a group together right is a based on this concept in ethics of the fathers 10 people together that's the that's the source for the Jewish idea of coming to a group setting uh class what about Mitzvah imagine we're all going to put on sitas now together you don't really find you don't find you don't find that you do find it let's say um with the Mitzvah of right which is a Mitzvah the Mitzvah we according to you should say Hal together with with a quorum of people with a minion but but but again you know that you could say is prayer you know but what about we're all going to put on FIP together it seems like from what the ALB is saying here there is something to it but again you see that it's not instituted you don't come to a you don't go to a and they say y guys actually here and maybe you have it probably have it also in in where you are in here they put up the the first minion we call tera's minion I've told you about tera's minion ter was ab's father they being here so early it's before it's Before Dawn it's before the the N before the sunrise so the sunrise would be like Abraham AB the first Jew ter the father is before he's the father of Abraham so they call this minion ter because they start the minion Before Sunrise like a half an hour before so how does it work the Gabi or the one who like runs that minion and the place the whole sho's packed there's 40 50 people in SHO okay he everyone stands there the tallest they're all ready and he and he says 613 and 27 seconds is when we're allowed to put on tals and film and you have to D and then say then put on the talus it's a whole a whole procedure but they all it's so it's it's very nice to see everyone puts on their tus together I've seen it many times so that reminds me of what it says here doing the Mitzvah together right it's a Mitzvah to put on Talus yes and here there's many more than 10 people putting on the towels together but in general we don't find this concept that there's an encouragement to do kind of a MIT together on a regular basis but the AL says that when that takes place you should know you have also the added feature of the so all of you when you you know when you speak to your rabis ask him if if they're aware of this and if they what do they think it would be curious to hear if other streams of um of Torah um you know if they if they you know if they see it this way or they don't whatever just interesting okay let's continue top of the next page the sages say to okay it says by thein the spies it says that it uses the word Torah used the word to within and it says over here to so the gar deres it's called the since the the same word to is used in two places it teaches us that that um just like by the spies how many spies were there you only 10 so so too when it comes to Holiness the concept of 10 denotes a special Holiness that the rests the re points out already it's so interesting that the gamar deres a positive lesson from a negative occurrence that happened to us cuz the spies was very negative they slandered the land of the land of Israel and the says but the wording in the Torah there is and the word the wording over here right so we learn from the to that's used by the marag for the to that's used by the Tabernacle the Mish that it refers to 10 people but it's just the ra points out it's interesting that we're taking we're learning a positive lesson from a negative thing but that's that's what K say let's continue this is also where it says in the from within you kados I be you make me holy you sanctify me the sanctification is from within you and this is the way we know the law why do they call you many times to come to the minion of Fort lale and you sometimes have to leave this year to go because no uh because all matters of Holiness I.E certain parts of the prayer require 10 people 10 men this is what we're just reading on the second line I want you to know this remember this because it you you experienced this many times you're a 10th Man to the minion what why do you need 10 what's wrong with nine what's wrong with seven and the reason is because we derived the law of of of of 10 from the spies which Moses sent to look at AR Ro which was 10 people so that's how we know you need um 10 people for any Holy Experience so what what it translates is when it comes to saying certain prayers in the prayer in daving you need 10 people people and if you only have nine you can't save them kades kades doesn't have God's name Kadesh doesn't have God's name you know that right but nevertheless the law is that for Kadesh to be said and it to be effective you need 10 people I'm not going to say if someone wants to say Kadesh themselves that it's a sin I'm not sure it's a sin you know cuz you're not saying God's name but the the the power power of Kadesh is when there's at least 10 men in the room why why do you need 10 men This Is The Answer Kad all those prayers need 10 okay so this is what he says and all matters of Holiness cannot be uh done without 10 uh people and therefore the sages needed to derive from a verse in the stop to derive that from a now now the continues oh I'm sorry the power of 10 and I'm sorry the ne the necessity of 10 people is so strong that the mishna questions how do we know that there is importance to even if one person studies Torah on his own the is not the same it's not the same level of as when 10 people learn together but the the miss asks how do I know that even if just one person is learning t there's it's it's special so what what the ALB is saying what do we understand from the garas question that it proves that know the gar the Miss is struggling to find an explanation for for the importance of even one person learning Torah on his own that shows you that what's a given is that 10 people are learning together that's the that's the pro that's the the continu and flow in the chapter here and says and for and even and even this we don't find really support in the in a verse the mishna doesn't regarding giving a person reward you get reward for learning on your own so so so y you sit down you learn on your own you're not learning with 10 people you'll get reward but the concept of is something very else the divine presence resting that's something else that's Al says in other words depending on how many people are learning but in regard to the dwelling of God's holiness his presence there's no comparison between one person learning and 10 people studying in together says and summarizes the difference between saying between the concept of God's presence resting versus receiving reward is known H I hope you're following it this is very important Point reward you you get for learning on your own together witha no question you get reward but the does not rest this concept does this idea of the resting is not when you learn sorry chap only when you learn in a group this is a very important point for for learning together with 10 people and that's why I've told you over and over when you come into a Sho even if it's not sit down at a if there's a group of yeen learning sit down and listen if you're able to sit down because there's a special when 10 ye learn together so don't make light of it even if it's not what you're learning or not your sheer you know and all that and and and I know the question is coming well should I should I be M she betweena for for the rabbis teaching something you'll ask your rabbis and your teachers I would say um you should be able to do both it's it's hard sometimes hard but there's something when are you going to get the look here we have four eight to nine guys we still don't have the 10th guy we don't have the right now we're learning we're learning we're getting reward for Learning and it's good learning but the we don't have right now because we don't have 10 so it's something very and when we have 10 it's it's a it's a big deal it's a big deal and the previous re should know pushed this in Russia in the from the 20s and 30s he made a very big effort in in getting this message out that there should be public sh in the shoes with 10 people at least a minion learning so the concept of having a minion to learn together is a very important thing so don't dismiss it when you come into AES another and someone's giving a Shear if you're able to just sit down you get the advantage of of let's continue what's the difference between reward and and the divine presence resting receiving reward you get for the because of for the soul the person who searches God through the light of which bashem he clothed himself in the Garment of Torah put myself into the the light like a garment but but the soul that's in the Torah that's learning he it's limited it's limited with all of its faculties the reciprocation that comes from you learning T is also it shines it illuminates but it's limited it's limited and contracted invest in it and that's why the the heart becomes through prayer emotional involved passionate because in prayer the heart becomes happy singing and joyful and the Soul has pleasure in the pleasantness of God because what's being re revealed you're revealing hasem who had enclothed himself in a garment and you're you're you're revealing him his coming out of his disguise it's a quote and and andem comes out like a lightning like a a lightning rod kind of his like a lightning like an [Applause] arrow this is what we mean by receiving a reward of which is always set for the person who's involved in the style a all however comp comp compar conversely when you talk about the divine presence resting he this is a very intense emanation reflection this is re receiving from the Infinity of God not from the finite aspect of God and this cannot invest itself normally in a limited Soul rather it hovers over it it encompasses from above from to toe the SES say what do they say upon all 10 people dwells means to say when you say you mean from above because it's not yet uh it's not yet Aus but but it's there and we say this every month of shabas May the the sweetness of hem be upon us and the acts of our hands you prepared for us this means the sweetness of God that appears in our through our action what kind of action again drb adds the word not just learning Torah but also doing Mitzvah together in 10 in a group of 10 are all one this prepares and this makes the Divine pres rest up on us from above since this is such an intense Revelation which is infinite for please turn the page to page 272 and doesn't invest itself in our soul and therefore we don't really comprehend with our minds the sweetness also the sweetness the delightfulness from the pleasantness of God and the ray of the divine presence that's infinite prepared specifically when we're doing it we're doing it in public we'll continue tomorrow have a great day good learning good learning thank you byebye bye-bye