Israel: Kavana, focus and intent is underlying weapon to winning war - Rabbi Chaim Dalfin

today we're learning chapter 38 L the bottom of page 98 just to bring you up to date over here what we what are we up to began in chapter 35 and his theme goes through chapter 3 through chapter 40 the the most important thing from hashem's perspective is M's action he bases it on AES where he brings the Yuka talks about a flame and oil and a wick and all of that only possible when you actually have oil and the N the moral of oil is good deeds and he makes the comparison between Nama felt experiences of love and awe for God compared to action Orient orentation in a way that is bereft even if it's bereft of love and fear of God but the bottom line is that you do it the ANUK is teaching us that that's that's the ultimate that's the theme of thir of these chapters and it connects to what he says in chapter 36 based on the med medes that the the reason why Hashem created a world and what the purpose of creation what our purpose is those famous words to make a home for hem Below on Earth that means in every aspect of our life the the the the most low lowest aspect of of of the universe of the world and our own world should be permeated with godliness and should call out for God and that's done through action that's the connection between 35 and 36 and then in chapter 37 the balat speaks about how this this idea of of action orientation as making isn't just in action but it's in every aspect of life including in t study and he and he and he spoke a lot about that that there's different aspects of T study and the conclusion is that when we talk about t study we mean actually verbalizing the words with our mouth that's the the say that it's a miniature action but it's also considered action the verbalization the articulation with the mouth of the T alert now in chapter 38 the first about 7 10 lines is kind of still a conclusion of his point and 37 and then on page n from the two uh from the colon about seven lines or six seven lines from the top begins another idea which we'll get to in a moment so let's first conclude this thought behold based on everything we learned from 35 through 37 you hative it will be understood well well understood the actual law as it's ruled in in the code of Jewish law and in the that's elaborately explained the talm in the G and the authorities and the commentators and what is that I'm sorry chapter 38 third line page 98 if someone is he's thinking hearer he's thinking but he's not saying the words out you think you don't say the words you think about it so the say and and this is the it's not like you actually are articulating it with your mouth with words and therefore if you read krishma in your thought believe and in your heart alone with the entire power and strength and of your if your intent say and this is the you didn't do the mitvah of kishma you haven't fulfilled your obligation you didn't fulfill your obligation you have to go back and you have to read a second time you have you have to actually say it read it a first time because you didn't read it before all you did was you thought about it the same applies to benching to Grace after meals the first which is biblical that the rest but applies and regarding the as well that's stop rather he's making a comparison H you did articulate it with your lips you said is you said you're benched you don't know where you are you're thinking about your kids you're thinking about the war you're thinking about this you don't know where you are if someone to give you a a touch a punch you like you're you're elsewhere but like even you says guess what you've done your obligation of what a what a comfort right this is a principle I rely on frequently I uh he and I wish that uh you rely on rely on it a little less but anyway I wouldn't use the word rely I would say I would say if it happens but don't rely on it anyway let's go on next page top of page n you see you're not to do this someone will say I'm going to you know D and do all the stuff but not have any hey friend it's not right but the which happens like he said okay is you don't have to repeat the and everything else except you know that that if you don't have while you say you have to repeat the first follow applies to the first as says there says until here till the end of the first of the first it it requires the rest of the rest the consists of reading the words okay says the now this we I just quoted to you says based on we learned before chapter in the 35 through 37 it makes a lot of sense remember what we learned earlier in those chapters the itself does not need TI correction through mitz don't worry about your your is on the right course so why did sh down here to this place of challenges and everything else wants that threw the and to draw down Godly energy and godly light to correct our vivifying animalistic Drive in our body how through the words that are spoken that the soul talks itself out through the five gutturals of the mouth and that is considered like we learned earlier of the movement of the lips that's is saying is giving AIC insight into the why is it that it's adequate just to say the words without even if it's without you fulfill your obligation and and vice versa not it's because the main thing is the articulation of The Words which is a m action everything is surrounded around action says the this is also true with any other all other action oriented Mitzvah that the soul does through the limbs so in other words what the what the Mandi of a mitvah is to express M action so whether it be through speaking the words or other methods the neish the soul needs to do that from on high is charged to undo that to do that through the body because this this the itself need the body itself doesn't need doesn't need doesn't need tick so if it doesn't need TI Why Hashem why you sending to this what are you doing torturing the soul to go through this stuff and the answer is because the Goof needs it Hashem wants the Goof to be part of it chapter 36 this is the continuation 35 36 37 not 38 now after the colon here Begins the next two and a half chap two two three chapters like this is where the AL talks about the importance of but as we learn you'll see he doesn't mean kav bereft of action he's going to show us how kavana 2 is part of the action orientation but but there's going to be a lot of verbage and conversation about the importance of kavana so from 35 36 37 and until here the emphasis M now from this part in 38 till four through 40 it the the emphasis is kav let's see what he says nevertheless nevertheless that we just brought this and this and we explained [Music] it you do a prayer a or any other blessing without it's like a lifeless body without a soul which we know so too well right now this means just as all creatures in the physical world which have a body and a soul this refers to the soul of all living animals the spirit of All Flesh the the spirit that verifies the human flesh and and the soul of all all breathing living things in the world from all animals sustain enens all of them not only does he enli in them but the difference between M what's the difference m means it's there already and it en livens it mava means it wouldn't be too in existence if it wouldn't create it as it says in the second part of creating it from X constantly with a light with an energy is he gives them this influence to the point that even the Corporal body and even stones and and dust which is actual inanimate that too has energy of God and what and what is the energy of God in in Adam it consist of it should not return to be not as it was pre-creation soem y creates a rock and the rock is Motionless and the rock is is is lifeless in a way but the rock is not soulless why is it not soulless because the rock wouldn't be here if it wouldn't have a soul if it wouldn't have an animation from God nevertheless you cannot compare at all there's no comparison between the energy and the animation that enlivens the Goof the body to the to the energy that enlivens that that that animates the soul which is the soul of all living okay says like this let me just say it out what he's saying here is we see how interesting again the objective of everything that he started that he said here and more soon is to explain that kav is relevant intent Focus concentration is not a t is not ancillary but it's iar but so to understand that he gives first a musle between the and the Goof so the first thing you have he tells us is he says listen you should know everything has a and this is based on Caba and the AR and all that there's no such a thing that something doesn't have a soul drive if it doesn't have Man soul drive it doesn't ex cannot exist this is the the primary belief of Caba and and it has to have a soul right call it Soul call it a power call whatever you want but nevertheless are you going to tell me that the the the highest in the soul is compared to the highest in the Goof the energy that God energizes the soul is comparable to the the energ the energy within the within the body absolutely not the soul is I like calling it ostentatious Judaism ostentatious is God if we were to M if we were be able to see on the sh we would flip out we would say Yes master what can I do for you the soul be speaks Holiness the Goof the Goof doesn't if you scratch your head and you wake up and you meditate you think and then and everything else and unfortunately unfortunately fortunately unfortunately you know the war broke brought out that people started putting Onin andas and sitas but we need a war for that ask you we need a war yeah the answer is the Goof hides God so so the person who didn't you know get excited about Hashem before the war now he's excited now she's excited they like but so that's not is saying here you can't com you can't you can't compare the the observable the observable animation of God in a body to the observable animation of hem in the soul now let's continue although the light of Hashem that's with them both seem to be equal in in in what aspect between p regarding the the concealment of God's countenance and garments three languages three words to express concealment in other words you're telling me that there's a difference between the soul and the body thank you very much but that's when I when I think about it so what I said before when when someone sees a Soul you have to see a soul but many of us don't see a soul or we didn't see a soul where where was I before I became a boua where was I before I have a soul my soul was asleep my body put it to sleep whatever but it's asleep so regarding the Hester regarding the concealment of hashem's energy and animation it seems that there is an an equality between soul and body look what he says further that the energy of God is lowered by through the chain of events and many contractions Mighty contractions until this theight energy invests itself in the translucent to give a little of its energy to to vivify the physical the overall physical world and Corporal world that it expressed itself in all permissible things in this physical world guess what some of that energy that goes to the kosher things and permissible things leaks out we have a Wikileaks what's this Wikileaks the Wikileaks is that little the energy gets into the tumor it's been compromised when you're compromised expect Wikileaks remember that b when there's a compromise it's just a matter of time of what comes further from it and that would be a rationale for the kimim you know the Zealot say no compromises at all theba said no compromises too and theb was a zealot in his own way but not with using your hands and not with putting up flags and and and and going to the PLO to y you know what I'm saying just someone yesterday I just finished writing a a book and I sent it to a professor who was a friend who helped me throughout the book and he's endorsed others and he said that this book He's not going to endorse and he wrote why one of the reasons is because in a book I have a whole section on the Israeli flag the kabad view of the Israeli flag where about a few years ago someone said there should be Israeli Flags in kabad shoes again someone who's not considered you know mainstream kabad but nevertheless it needed to be addressed so kabad put out a position paper unofficial you won't find it you'll find it in my book inem but you know with citations and references how this is not within the you know within the Mida of orthodox rightwing also not but you know with everything theab does should be with give me the citations let's debate it let's dialogue it right and because this person is more on the modern Orthodox side he didn't feel that today in the situation of the war and all that that this should be kind of espoused I didn't want to tell them the book's coming out months from now God willing the war will be finished and I wrote a footnote how that de loved everyone but my point being that's fine you know not always do your friends need to say you're the best you can disagree too it's okay it's okay and you can still be real good friends why am I saying this because the argument for when a very interesting line that hasem creates from this energy all all permissible matter and he says and look at the last the third line the the third word on the end of the line and through this through the which is a which is in other words it's already some kind of compromise to God's energy you know observable energy you know ostentatious energy it's been compromised it's not so clear it's like a rainy day a foggy day from it comes out the that God that it leaks and from that leak they contaminated defiled forbidden items get some energy and they make us problems says the the last line on page n although it's true that as far as the Hester is concerned as far as the concealment of God's pristine Essence and God's pristin's energy there's been uh there's a concealment both in the body and even in the soul a nevertheless anination array that comes as the drawing down of the energy May next top of page 100 God illuminates and he enlivens through this garment you cannot not it's not equal it is not equal and what is it not equal these two words next two words are is the answer but you're right there's overall concealment but regarding the amount of concealment a theum the contraction of the energy and how much of it is is how much does extend itself and express itself in that there's no there is there is a difference and that is in the physical body and in the actual inanimate like stones offer and dirt the amination of God the there's a tremendous contraction on it do nothing compared to it and the energy in the Goof and in the in the inanimate is very mu is very little so much so it doesn't even have the power of vegetation to do it to grow nothing grows from Stones okay what about in vegetation itself if you compare the amount of observable energy in the inanimate compared to the vegetation there's no comparison vegetation shows some life right it grows a stone doesn't and overall we could we we have a general distinction between the four levels the inanimate the vegetative the living I the animals M the the speaking the human being and they correspond they correspond to the four letters of Teton the four letters correspond to the inanimate the vegetative the living and the speaking from it from the four letters of hashem's name there is a in the four the four domains what time is it now I don't have a watch what the 312 312 a few more minutes so is saying that the ud k v k so figure it out the is the K is mid the V I'm sorry the K is is is is is Bina K is V isid and the last K is Mal the the lowest the right which be speaks nothing it's a rock it's it's lifeless not life it's it it it's yeah lifeless in sense of growth and all that not soulless it has is like the K Mal Mal is the 10th in which it says in you hear that expression it doesn't have anything of its own Les not to it m of Independence CL anything at all it has no Independence what is malus we have to understand what that means but now is not the time to explain what malus is I once was at B I gave a she in Los Angeles we used to have a s every week one bck said a a p a dissertation and one a p in in tal in G that's the way we worked it cuz in 77 days used to do that so we continue that so one time I G I set a pill pull on the idea of malus I remember like now it's 40 years ago more than 40 years ago anyway and I said there is no malus when Rabbi sh had heard that he jumped up from his chair he went over to me he grabbed me by my here I'm I'm serious and he started to scam me how dare you say that and I said okay first move back he literally wanted to finish me I mean you can't imagine that's a type of relationship we had with him which we looked as very positive there was so much energy going on I mean years later I came to him I said you remember what you the way when you picked me up by the collar I think you literally picked me up he tall strong guy and I'm no uh no skinny no skinny guy you know and he picked me up and he says I wish I would have such students today that I have who to fight with you know anyway there is no Mal what mean there's no Mal what I meant was that the Z says has no Independence so in a sense in a sense there is no malus you know but when you say it without articulation and explanation and you hear the words and I guess probably I did it because I knew I I'd get under his skin which I wanted him to you know you you need some action in the base M actually this I think was in the dining room and wearing in Formosa with the yeshivas in Los Angeles he only knows where it is but Thea is just to get back to it also has no life force but it exists if it wouldn't have a soul it would be so it's comparable to the hay the last hay you got it okay the the V is the mid that's mles grow right emotions character grow can be refined like vegetation the second hay of the yut I'm going through the UT V the the first hay sorry yut the first ha is beina beina is animals although they're naturally natural habitats of emotions nevertheless they have some sense of of understanding which is which is to justify their emotions then comes the Y which is like the which is the which is like M the mad is the human being with say so that's what means here that the four letters of the correspond to the and each of them has more or less so as far as the point being and remember those words the traction of the light and the extension of the light the expansion of the light of God's energy there you see a difference between for that you don't need to be a rocket scientist for that you don't need to be someone who understands the soul for that every single person who looks at the four domains can understand that as far as Tsum and his are concerned there is a difference it's a little heavy but it's good to wake ourselves up right I'm picking you all up by the col this morning today is the rebes and the reiton 85th they they got married in 1928 so I think today would be the 85th anniv wedding anniversary so it's a special day a good day make the best of it take care sh