Israel: Angels walk w Soldiers and Protect them - Souls are greater than Angels- Rabbi Chaim Dalfin

chapter 39 on page 102 in Tanya just to uh bring you everyone up to date the AL until here in chapters 3738 explained to us the importance of what we call kzv the intent of doing a Mitzvah it's not enough to do it you need to do kavana and he brought sources tunic sources calistic sources in the in the in the chapters in the last chapter he added a Nuance which is very interesting and he said just like there's a difference between animals which we call the living domain the living Kingdom and the human domain called The Mad in Hebrew the human domain is and the living is high each has a certain way of servicing God what's its strength and we know know animals are instinctual they do have some form of intellect but there intellect is subordinate to their to their mid to their emotions their their intellect is just there to justify what they want to do and that's why when we act we say oh you're acting like an animal what what are we saying when we say those words in other words you're acting with your emotions but I'm a human you you're a human but in this case someone turn off your your thing please AR turn off your thing please in this case the the the mid the mid are are running the situation and the SE is subordinate by a human is just the opposite the the intellect controls decides and and the MOs go along with it right so said when doing a Mitzvah there's the Goof and the there's the Goof the body that's doing the Mitzvah the commandment and then there's the soul the energy that animates it and the Al said if you do a mitvah without the animation it's it's like a dead body the body is there right I remember the first time I I went to to uh to to purify a body after they passed on it's called tahara right it was the first time that I that I did it and you know for a young man in his 20s who's never seen that and done that it's like a shock like you know you confronted with a dead body and I remember coming back and telling my my conance that I understand now for the first time what I've been learning for years a body when you D and you don't have or you learning you don't have intent and focus and kavana especially in daving you have a body you're saying the words of of the of the prayer book of the Sid but there's no it's dead it's lifeless that's what I saw a lifeless body there's a body there there's eyes there's a nose there's feet there's a head everything's there but it's silent right because it's missing kavana kavana is the animating fact that makes the body alive says the AL chapter 38 this is also the case with what we call Angels I'm sorry this is that chapter 38 he he says therefore if you do a Mitzvah and the Mitzvah doesn't have kav doesn't have focus and intent it's a lifeless Mitzvah now the question is what type of cavana do you have so we know you we know how important it is to have the kavana the question is Masha what type of kavana so in chapter 39 this is what he going to get into he's going to go into a a a kind of something that seems very far from what we're learning here in Tanya it it seems like more cabalistic and this is not cabala it has cabalistic ideas and words but it's not cabala but by understanding this well you'll understand that this is relevant and what does he say I'll just say it outside and then we'll learn it inside he basically says that angels malim malim their domain is in the world of called there's four worlds World of God the world of creation the world of formation the world of action you see is the world of formation he says the mother mother the place of angels is in is an expression of emotions Y is the emotional world as we said this morning in ding they they they pray and they're so passionate for God they burn they they're consumed in a fire through their through their spiritual passion for God highest different forms of Angels the bottom line all angels are emotionally driven so where do we Place Angels according to in okay that is you should have learned in in many different because it's it's not it's but Al here opens us up to understand what that mean that means that the the of angels is emotions the world of Y is the world of emotions okay okay says there are two forms of serving God with kavana one is a natural hidden love that that every person has for Hashem for God and therefore serves god with a natural love that's what we called ATIV AA means love T natural natural love the other one is an intellectual love and he spoke about this already chapter 16 and he said that every person I.E the potential B which is the theme of these 53 chapters that we're learning average man that man can perfect himself and become a proper person right can attain an A Love That is generated by the mind not just a natural love you know natural love is M it's like it there's something deep within me and I let it out what have you done to to to create that love the answer is nada nothing it's natural to the Jew a Jew by Nature Nature has this love but it's healed I'm sorry it's it's hidden it's concealed it's concealed what you have to do is open up and we all know at the times in our lives when we opened up and when we open up things just flow you don't have to create anything it's there people say well why how is it what is it that that I have this this I feel at home I feel at home with serving hasem in this way that way even though I didn't I didn't work on it you know the answer is some somehow you opened up the right faucet and the water flows out so on one hand it's natural to you but on the other other on the other hand you didn't create it then we have is a love for that's generated by SE so the AL this chapter now 39 it says there's two types of kavana there's one kavana that you have when you do a Mitzvah that's natural to your to yourself but that's not the highest kavana the highest kav is intellectual love nevertheless he says don't think that when you serve Hashem with AA the natural love it's not considered serving God it is and what we walk away with is therefore you we B even if we're striking out on the higher level of kavana as long as we have the second level of kavana that's more natural to us when we open up the right button the right channel the right faucet that's also adequate that's basically um the trajectory of this chapter even though it's two and a half three pages very long so now let's read the words inside chapter 39 towards the bottom of 102 because of this because of what we discussed before that there is the Goof and the therefore angels are also called how do we know and we say this in in the face of the Lion is to the right right from the's ezekiel's prophecy the the the the face of the AR is to the right the face of the the ox is to the left that that that that prophecy what sees there's the throne and the right that whole Vision so what do we see over there the face of a lion to the right so what do we see continuing somehow we're identifying right and left and we're referring to angels as lion and ax says it makes sense because they are not PE they are not creatures of of choice the and the or they have for a fire or for whatever else they get scared V and the love that they have for something he it's natural to them it's natural the virtue of human beings in this case sikim is greater than Angels so why run to Angels guys go to why because the place the chamber where doik in heaven where is their chamber it's in the higher world called the world of creation and the Chamber of the Angels is [Applause] B so you know people go around on their Lael with the pins my angel angel right fool angels are good but you got a soul souls are higher they're from the world of Bria what do you need what do you need an angel for and we say angel protect us and there is a concept of angels is bringing out that n's souls are in the world of creation the world of Bri and the world of Bria creation is higher than the world of Ino by the difference between the two what illuminates what shines in the world of of formation God's attributes we're going on to the next page n b that's it you don't get more than God's attributes God's love his tremble his fear great but that's all you get there emotions the the six the six aminations where do they rest in the world of Y all six is six where is their domain it says why because their emotions press perseverance and endurance and and Charisma and love and and pleasure not pleasure and and and fear and awe on and on where where is their domain where is their you know home home court advantage look inside this is the service of angels constantly at by day and night they don't rest they're constantly standing in fear and and Dread of God's presence the whole Camp of the Angels called Gabriel G which is the left side of God is is associated with or is associated that camp of angels with the left side of God it's God less but it's the left side and the service of the Angels Michael M whoa is love for God so but nevertheless nevertheless whether it's mik or whether it's Gabel it's all emotions the emotions of Love or the emotions of awe conversely continuing but in the world of creation what shines there what illuminates the world of creation is there God's wisdom and God's God's that's in the world of Bria what is The Shining Force the animating force not emotions emotions is the world of angels so pick your choice you want to be an angel or you want to be a soul I want to be a soul you know we all have souls question is what do we want to live with with the soul animation or with the angel animation so the AL is explaining to us here that Souls have that angels have great and there's the the camp of M and the camp of gavriel and we need them at times but but just know it's the world of cre formation it's it's a lower World in other words what we have from all this as well is that just just being emotional in your service of God is an angel-like response using your intelligence to dictate the emotions is a is a soul likee response from the world of Brio Which is higher than the world of Y that's what that's what the summary M always talks about the practicality of what we're learning that's the practicality it's not a put down to to to to to Angels believe me but just know that if you I can identify with energy you have a higher energy why do you have higher energy not just because this is Brien this is y and one goes higher than the other that's a technicality that's what I call the pipelines of Caba you know do put in the pipe the pipe to a or pipe to B you know what side of the battery is it plus or minus okay the technicalities you know from learning cabala and understanding it and you can know the technicalities I'm talking about in Concept in idea what is what is Bri what are angels and what are souls let's continue and he says so in Bria there shines the WIS which is the source of soul of the emotions and the mother and the for them as it says in that the superal mother where does it rest in the three of on the in the chair right the vision of is a man was sitting on the chair we have a man we have a man sitting we have a man sitting on a chair and then we have these nice animals on the side this is what says I saw in my vision what's the kuraya the chair Bria is Sir why is kuraya Bria do you know because kuraya chair sits right stand sitting represents calmness Masha sitting represents settlement you're settled the world of Bria is the first place of God settling himself in creation before Bri there Aus Aus is the world of emanation what's the the animation of is is godliness you're not settled you're in the world of God it's like take for example you come into a class with a professor or a rabbi or a teacher that's what I was telling is the before the it's very nice to hear the shear but in order to really get it you have to review it yourself when it's quiet you have to be settled this polish from Montreal Pops in I have never seen him and he sits down next to me and he starts saying and we're singing this and that and all of a sudden he gets very animated he says tell me tell me how I can DAV so I told him something he says but but no but really I need to know how how how he was and the more he saying the more he was driving me nuts and and it was good so I said we say a the preparation for daving is daving is and that begins the night before right soers you want to get up early you got to go to sleep like a lion you go to sleep like a horse you're getting up late in the morning you want to get up like a lion roaring and early you have to go to sleep like a lion don't expect to get up like a lion if you went to sleep like a horse a slumbering horse slumbering sluggish and all that so the animation for is itself going back to what we're learning here is saying that where do the three SPH of where is their domain where is their chamber where is their place where they're comfortable it's called from the vision of ycal the chair the chair is settled continuing inside the text please this refers to the world of creation therefore that's is that is the the the domain the Chamber Of The Souls of who serve god with love with and love which is generated through understanding and through concentrating on God's awesomeness and greatness as we said earlier in t this type of Love is called the r it's Aramaic is the Aramaic word for R will theba is the word love this love that's generated by is given the special name in in Caba and is called it's not not just an ordinary love it's like this passionate desire for God that goes beyond the normal love as we learned said earlier in T and from this passionate love it creates a garment it creates a bedding the world of which is the upper as we'll learn later in t who what type of Soul says Souls themselves the Shas themselves their their their home their chamber is the world of they live with God's what we call superal intellect what about right there five levels of Soul what about the level of the spirit of all other Jews not regular Jews that don't serve god with this higher level of Animation coming from intellect but serve god with our natural hidden recess of of that's in our heart our do not Ascend to Bri hear this Insight when do our Nas get a taste of briab and that's why both days within the Jewish calendar are very special for us because then there's a potential for us to be animated with an energy that's so like in its pure state in other words on shabas M both mishas all mishas on shabas a person can Ascend and and and and attain a feeling for Hashem and a love for God that's you can't get throughout the week and it's not because you're lacking your service that during the week I'm goofing off and shabas I'm learning more and daving more no it's because the day and the time is the wrong time and or the right time Hashem gave shabas and he gave rashes this extra gift of Holiness and San sanctity let's continue now here he says something interesting remember so if if you if you're asked where is the place of regular Souls it's not in Bri it's in the world of well we said before that souls are Bria we're talking about these theik the regular souls are in yut because our service to God is more on the emotional level from the natural love it's not the created love the nevertheless to climb and to get in to Bri you need an look what he says a pill what's this business of a pillar Hill says in Caba today you want to learn a little Caba this is some heavy Caba we're learning today the cabala says teaching that there's an the is like you know a beam you climb up you climb down the beam is what's needed spiritually speaking to to go from the lower world of the world of formation to the world of creation on one hand there there is an association between the two worlds for Souls right the fact that our souls can Ascend on shabas to the higher World means that even while we are in the lower world the world of formation D it we still have a connection if there was no connection you couldn't climb up you can't get in too bad but we're saying no we say you could ask climb up the amut and get into the world of Bria that means even when you're in the world the lower World throughout the week there's a connection at the same time you have to climb you have to climb the be the you don't climb should the you're not getting in this is the world of creation this is Holy Rollers you just can't come in there as a goof off and expect to be accepted you need membership and in in that world you need membership it's a a design a golf course out in Florida that in the 1920s was um you know restricted to Jews and you know no dogs and Jews yeah there's a there's a club you want to be a Jew pay your dues show me prove it to me you're a good man you're good guys you're all great but every there's a system so so too for for us when we talk about the the the going from from the world of Y to the world of Bria there's an there's a pillar let's continue inside and this pillar is from the lower to the higher which is in the world of creation alen which is called the upper ganen and what do they do there do they play chess or G neither they have pleasure for God they they they they they lose their their everything is about God Godly pleasure just like we have pleasure when we eat and sleep etc etc they have God that's the world OFA when's the last time you found a person that is salting and just like learning a piece of pie or doing a Mitzvah and you say wow this person loves God so much more than he eats and more than he sleeps but he sleeps and he eats but here he's totally and he has pleasure from the of I want you to look at these words underly them underline there is no pleasure and there's no satisfaction and there's no pleasure to the human mind only what he comprehends with his mind the based on the ability of what he's able to comprehend of God the greatest pleasure is this is what we're learning now in this piece of the greatest the greatest pleasure is comprehending godliness in other words if you if we had it our way we would be sitting and basking in in understanding more about Hashem that's it that would be the greatest pleasure your body would be just floating you wouldn't need to eat I told you the story RAB hbr of Montreal the chief Rabbi it's it's Tish he didn't eat all day his wife says P his name was pin come home it's an hour after tiab everyone left the sh and he's learning his gar he says to his wife a day that you you didn't learn your sh because you're not allow to learn in before before midday the sh you're not allowed to eat until you finish your shurin no you find such a person you're not allowed to eat cuz to him learning the she and gamar was greater than eating he learned he had taste the told someone else who came to him out of yum Kipper to get a piece of honey cake for yum Kipper and he had big stomach problems he was not well and he asked the how am I going to fast I never broke my fast you Kipper this is in the 70s the the the hunger itself will make you satiated no no you're hungry and the hunger itself it's a p so this is what we're saying over here okay we'll stop here and tomorrow we'll continue to and uh we'll learn more okay uh I hope you guys enjoy I hope you guys enjoyed the cabala today no it's it's understandable lofty it's lofty H but what you say it's lofty but you could break it down M what we said that we said we Justus then we said Bri Bria and and a yeah go ahead CU I thought that's what I was asking clarify because I thought you said something some point down here going from right up LEL right in other words right chabas you go no no no no no our operate mainly with the hidden love the hidden love is the EM the emotions the seed of emotions of so when it comes shabas there's the opportunity and and is it's not automatic it doesn't that when you learn Sid you have to get this into your head just because it says it doesn't mean that you're you you're in that ballpark shabas and come there is the opportunity from God's perspective that he planted in the world that if you do what you need to on sh KES your souls will have the Ascension but if you waste your shabas and youres I don't care what there is shabas R KES you have a big zero a f a fig you have n FES and that's and by the way that's the whole thing we say oh and you know we we fres ourselves up with shes what shes not in the exactly exactly if you know if your mind and your heart you're you're you're connecting with says we have for the yeah yeah gotta go have a great day see everyone tomorrow bye love you all take care shalom