Living Example: Are you one? Inspiration comes only if you are inspired - Rabbi Chaim Dalfin

okay good day we're learning P gimel we're going to start chapter three which on Page in Tanya in just let me give a brief recap in Al chapter one said the tagline of is to understand how hasem and the world and the universe are one to understand it in two ways in the one the first way One Way called yud uh upper Unity higher unity and in a second way lower unity and he attributed the first of when we say we are supposed to and the reality is we accomplish through meditation and when we say we do and that will be explained later in Tanya then he began with the you should know today make your heart be attentive God is God and the heavens above and and Earth Below there's nothing besides him there's nothing else actually it doesn't say that's written else where in this P it says only a so the AL asked the question what's the Torah telling us here that there's nothing there's no one else besides God du and and and even if even if that's a novelty so it's enough to say why does the Torah say it's Superfluous obviously it comes to add something so number one just to tell me there's no other God makes no sense a a Believer knows that there's only one God and number two even if for some reason that is a novelty so what's that that was his question right at the beginning of chapter one and he answers it by introducing an an interpretation of the bov the for eternity forever God your word stands in heaven and the bmov explained and elaborated and made PE and publicized the idea that God's word isn't is is in every living not only every Liv in everything not just when he created the world but actually every moment of creation which is going is ongoing now and will always be ongoing and if you strip the energy of from the NRA from the creation from the creature it will Sease to be how does that answer the question how does that answer the question the answer is that you're right the PK does not teach us that there's no other God that you don't need a PK in the Torah the P teaches us that there's nothing other there's nothing other than God to say there's no other God you don't need a PK to say there's nothing else that's a big why because just look around you right look where you sit you're sitting on a at a table or a desk or a chair or you walking whatever the case on on on the on the on the sidewalk there's something else what do you mean there's nothing else oh and the B says that's the meaning in the verse and that's an that explains the in other words to know as a fact there's nothing else okay now explain it to me I'm paraphrasing the interpretation of the into the PK that the B would say comes to explain make your heart be attentive I mean the is saying is saying is taking an interpretation of the bov and putting it into the words of the PK that that seem problematic and that was the theme of chapter one then came chapter two and the chapter two the AL says this idea is a response to the mean to the Heretics to the philosophers that deny in Divine Providence and deny in the Miracles of the Torah and as we explained in in the shm last week that they denied three things and the three things follow each other the first thing they Deni is that God is in the universe and there's nothing else they denied that they argued that God is all forceful and therefore he gave power into the universe when he created it and he took a walk and a hike and the world is running through the energy of Hashem but Hashem himself no and as I uh researched a little more this weekend their argument is also the following that it's be it's belittling to Hashem to say that Hashem is interested in in in the trivial what they see as trivial matters of mankind and the universe it's similar is to the argument of the malim when the says in shabas when hasem said I want to give the Jewish people the Torah the Mal said one minute the Mal said Give Your Glory up to heaven give it to us you're giving it to a to a man born to a you you Isa born to a mother who has a who has Tas God why you wasting your time they're going to mess up with the Torah so such a valuable thing called you're giving to them give it to us now in a similar way the philosophers believed from Hal right we say it to H we say it tomorrow Hal you're exalted R you're exalted you are actually interested in the in in the matters that we deal with daily come on come on it's like someone saying to you get over it you you're better than that you're greater than that don't waste your time this was part of the Philosopher's idea that be in other words what what I'm what I'm what I'm sharing with you and emphasizing is it's not that didn't they didn't they they knew that God is awesome and Almighty so they said if God is awesome and Almighty why why would waste this time with us mortal beings and therefore that was part of their conclusion that God himself is not here but only God's energy that he put in 5,784 years ago is is coasting says the AL I'm going to explain to you logically why that doesn't make sense so pic B chapter two of sh is is the same idea as chapter one but giving a logical rational explanation to reject that argument that God is not here and that all is God now one thing that maybe I didn't highlight last week and I want to do it now is that and he and he's argument is that there's a difference between yes yes and yes something for something something coming from something else that existed before or something coming I am from nothing and he basically says that this world is a is a novelty and it's existence is is purely yes so what do they believe I didn't say this last week I think and I'll just add it now they believe in what's called cause and effect in Hebrew ilolo used words usually used in in English cause and effect in other words there's something that exists already in the state of cause and that cause brings about effect so the classical example is logic intellect and emotions and feelings when you think about something SE it results in mid if your SE is weak your mid are weaker so the relationship between mid and is a relationship called causeing effect this world the god Hashem creates is not causeing effect there wasn't an aota of the material physical world in hasem before he created it it didn't exist a yes may something from nothing and this is what they didn't understand and agree with so this and the AL proves and I'm not going to go through the proofs now why this world is the greatest yes and even more so even than the splitting of the Red Sea which was miraculous and you saw the force of God but nevertheless water which was gathered and then became like a wall to the right and the left and we walked through it as will say coming up soon right is a miracle but the Al said awesome thing he says the nature of water itself seems to be to flow but that's super imposed on water we we take for granted is Sir and we we say water has to flow who says who says the answer is Hashem imposed in water that tendency so that means that that that water itself outside of God imposing flowing to water it wouldn't flow that's P that this says in chapter so this is why the the mous the Act of Creation is even greater of a of a novelty than the miracle of this of this of the splitting of the Red Sea this is part of chapter two now in chapter three and I'm going to let you ask in a moment M now in chapter three is going to take it one step further but before that wanted to say or ask something go ahead no okay it's okay okay okay pay the gim so let's start pay the gim after these previous words and the and the truth that was that that is part of these words every intellectual every person who uses their because they have intelligence called will comprehend very [Applause] thoroughly how it is that every creature in existence who is in truth is in truth considered nothing V is like double nothing zil Mish is three strikes and you're out of nothing Mish real zil real zero if we compare existence to what animates existence and gives it its existence which is the power of the maker the and the spirit of his mouth that's within what was made so we have two words here Po and PO is like like the word the one who makes it and then there's the word or here it's the Hebrew language the N it was made and we call the power of the maker is within the what was made not only that what that it alens it but it creates it that's the word m t it constantly and it removes it may from utter nothingness to be ex existent stop there so here a few things one is the Reb's father has an interesting interpretation on the words it's the the first few words um the fourth and fifth the third and fourth word of the per what is this referring to these words and I mean could have started that entire line is superflous yeah again remember every word he sat on for weeks he thought carefully every word in Tanya that is exact that's why it's called in the of because of this punctuality and preciseness of the balat so the question is why does it give here kind of an opening uh you know cuty these words that I said before are truthful first of all it's it's it's the AL you know pumping you know tooting his own horn we should we should come to that conclusion but he writes it he says after these words and these truth so the Reb father has an interpretation that hadim is associated with debor right speech words words says refers to the SPH of malus the 10th SP why why because malus reveals the upper nine speros to the next World right Mal ofus becomes the progator of the next World which is in other words malus makes it possible for the emergence of a of of the next reality the next experience how does malus do that which refers to malus the Reb's father was a very big makul so he writes everything in cabalistic ideas so he says that's because the words malus are connected to EMS what's MS Ms is to feris Charisma Beauty colorfulness why is Ms to feris because to feris is not like which is right orientation and not like V which is left orientation say is it's the middle line what does the middle line means it goes not to the right m not to the light it goes from up to down from down to up meaning it goes from the top to the bottom what do you have in the words mems me T the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet the olive Bas the me the middle letter and the T the last letter in other words it goes through and through from Al to me all the way to T that's why EMS represents to feris what does it say here after realizing this is according to Father his interpretation after realizing that the the the words that malus is connected to Tes we we can we can then come to the conclusion that Hashem is within everything and that outside of Hashem there's nothing and everything is created ex Neo yes now we have to go back in chapter one brought the interpretation of the B I forgot to say this interpretation I just told you is brings it in the name of the AR so it's not it's the ARA but is now going what he does is he brings the two together he reconciles the and the now M why does he have to reconcile it tell you why listen listen according to the bov what is referring to after these words is the right from the verse your word god stands in heaven so in other words according to the ARA according to the Bor makes the creature the exist so according to the bov the primary aspect is the creature the NRA the creation I'm sorry according to the B I take the back according to the bov the word of God is the primary thing de is the ier and what does Deeper do it creates and sustains the object if not for God's word there would be no sun and no moon and today we're having an eclipse maybe you guys had it already I don't know but whatever the case no you didn't have it yet obviously but the point is the point is that it's all theem according to the Aral it's just the opposite deor is subordinate to malus and only to to to feris and only when debor is subordinate to to feris can do its job of animating creating and animating the world so says there's no contradiction between the bov interpretation and the and I I want to explain in my own words basically he says in order for God's word to be constantly in the object right right for's debor let there be light to be constantly in the light in the physical world it's only because the deer itself is always connected and plugged in to its source and let's let's use a mush in order for a person to inspire someone else and something else you yourself has to be inspired if a person thems is not turned on and inspired then they'll fail to communicate that to someone else and they won't be able to inspire them so so in other words what the Aral says the Aral is saying that you know why deor has the ability to create and animate the world to the point where the word of God stands in everything constantly it's because it itself is connected and this is a very important lesson for us that we walk away with from just a few lines in Tanya in this thought and that is if a person is not connected to their Source don't expect the results to be better and I think we can all say we've seen this and see it in our lives only when you're connected yourself or let's use other words words you've heard those words a living example only when a person is a living example of of everything else do people smell it see it hear it feel it and want it if you're not a d if you yourself are not connected to the source oh ultimately there's going to be a breakdown and you know when you see your children and grandchild and you know and you look around if if you if you think about this point you you will see this is a truism it's not my it's not my KES it's what's coming out of the over here that's why this is what I'm telling you now is what the what the Reba's father does in reconciling the interpretation of the BTO and the interpretation of the ARA he says they're not mutually exclusive on the contrary they go hand in hand so it's kind of an a side point it's not really what I said now is not really literal you know shot here in Tanya but I thought it's such a powerful lesson and important that I would share it with you so now we understand why the AL adds it of right the question was why does the AL say after these words and these and and and its truth everyone can understand very well how every NRA every creation needs the Creator and without the Creator being there constantly it would Resort back or revert back to nothingness what's the reason why D has to add that line the answer is because without that line the question is how is it that the word of God can can do this what is it about the word of Hashem we say he are you see you learn it's not about just repeating words you have to ask yourself a question you learn hundreds and thousands of times the T utterances hasem created the world with 10 utterances right that's a that's not that's not that's a but then you have to ask wait a second but is is it Abracadabra what is going on here is it's Abracadabra or is there any logic to this excuse the expression to this madness what is it about the word of God that can actually create and animate physicality so we know that that's yes and it's a it's a novelty and it's a miracle and there's nothing else like it in the world and it's God's gift to mankind to Creation not just to man at the creation but as as part of hisab style seeks to internalize this so that the person with his brain can understand it and can and and can dialogue with it intellectually and that's what he's doing here in Tanya so that's why it's a necessary introduction kind of to chapter three it is to write yes MAA brother dolphin can can I ask you to go back for a second sure about this point of the Dua and just maybe to help just to reconnect it again I I I lost the connection I I um I just use that as an example to what Reb the Reb's father how he reconciles the interpretation of the on the verse from chapter one and the interpretation of the Aral on the words of I don't want to repeat the whole thing but they seem to be contradictory because one one looks at the as the at the energy the force the debor as the primary aspect the bov does and according to the Aral seems like the Charisma the teer the recipient is primary so which one is it so the Reb's father he asks that and he gives an interpretation and what does he say he says really it's one thing but there's a process the process is you have to first be connected to your roots in order to animate so I add one second I added to that as an example just that if a person isn't connected to their roots or in my words you aren't a living example of your roots and you're and you're not constantly connected to that then there'll be a breakdown down the road because there's hypocrisy and and and if if we ourselves are weak what do we expect from our children and grandchildren friends and Community that's why it's very important to be a a I'm using that as an example for being connected right a a living example Dua means look this person is living with a with a real connection to Hashem then you can Inspire others which is what deeper does in other words for when Hashem says ye he or the words themselves of God are are are fueled by Hashem but that's because the words allow themselves and not only allow themselves seek to be fueled so the words are an embodiment of God's of Hashem so when the words say let there be light it's Hashem saying let there be light Vis the words just one more as I'm speaking I'm thinking right children the youth you know they they hate hearing oh do this and do that you know you know don't tell me to do this and as you get older and this is everywhere in anyway don't tell me what to do right right so another question is what do they hear when you say to them do this or don't do that they don't hear the connection they don't hear where it's coming from they don't see the energy the positive energy what they see is a separation and then they say who are you to tell me I'm your father I'm your mother thank you very much you don't live this way you're a hypocrite and that's a very real problem and there the same it's the same thing in in rabbis and communities with shoes and kasas right I just give you an example now I don't want to God forit to say names you know a certain rabbi of a community a child of his was having a Sim and as the rabbi you would think he would have it in the synagogue well he chose to have it elsewhere I I I can't reveal more cuz people will know what I'm talking about and I want to hide it but it's like to me and I heard this I didn't even know I heard this from someone who's a supporter of this Rabbi and and he said to me that you know you didn't say the word hypocrisy but basically saying this is leadership you're your this is your Sho now we we now could quite well be he wanted it there and his kid didn't want the Sim there okay I I understand but nevertheless why didn't you why have why haven't you succeeded in educating your kid to have the same feelings as you do as this Sho is your Sho so you'll say everyone has free will of course everyone has free will but that itself part of free will is that if you lived a certain way and behaved a certain way that again barring an exception the the the child the young man or woman would want this as well when I was growing up as a child I wanted you know I looked up to my grandfather and to my parent I and my rebies my teachers I wanted to be like them I interviewed a 84-year-old man this past summer I think I told you about it he was a a Reby of mine and I I did extensive interview like a 14 or 15 interviews fascinating about his life and I remember told me something that he said and he's living with this but whether it transferred to his kids and grandkids I don't know but but he said when he was growing up he grew up here in borrow Park and the square rebers square Reb Reb yakob ysf tski the sadik who founded square town in in Rockland County in New York and he was for a year in borrow Park and he in a sense sheltered his son who's today the Reba for has been the Reba for many many years he had no friends this person who I interviewed lived either on the same block or the next block here in Barrow Park and he was his only friend and he you know he right so and and he started to to grow pis pis and I think and then he put him behind because he became laage but yet so I asked him who who taught you about growing pis he said he became so by coming to the house he became so inspired from from this this Reba ultimately became aaber but we're talk and and he said to me I looked forward to be like him I wanted to be like him now you understand here's an8 n 10 year old boy 11 year old boy and he really believes that he could be like the square Reb if he just works at it hard and and and he's living and I interviewed him when he's 84 years old and he's still living with that idea and he made a point to me that he wants to share with his family now and the future you know emulate emulate sikim emulate Reb emulate and want to be like them now that's what I mean by being connected you know be and and and when we don't have that in our right then what comes out as we've learned in the concept ofus um what's the word forus um you know like not feces but you know garbage stuff stick waste waste waste thank you thank you thank you wait what yes Misha n like a nonuseful byproduct yeah and but that nonuseful byproduct translates itself into many ways I'll give you another example okay I remember someone who came from he already passed away he passed away young NE I knew laer and and he came from a very very kabad home real kabad you know for whatever reasons he had a certain modernity you can't but he you know he married someone that you know I don't I don't know where she was from and all those but it wasn't his level I can tell you that and then he had a few kids and I remember either seeing or hearing them you know they they grew their frontal hair which we call the chup they were dressed you know like you know the modernity came out and I said to myself that's because of him not because of her of course because of her because she was a modern girl but that he went along with this instead of marrying he could have gotten almost any girl in konit the most cic homes but he himself wasn't that way in his head you understand so you know what I'm saying no he didn't trim his beard you know and he was learning it's so when we talk about waste we talk about you know the subtle of connection it it's it's a very very refined idea and the more you're connected there you become a the less you connected and by the way this has nothing to do with lit Fox andam it's everyone uh iser you you wanted to say something so please it's like I'll trying to make it short but what you were saying here today fits very nicely yes with uh Concepts in cabala that I I've heard from other sources aat for example that you know we know that the Spheres correspond to different parts of the body that malus corresponds to the mouth Yes and and also tier tier is used as an abbreviation for the six lower lower attributes and that the S is the culmination Kat says like that you see always that your soul provides the seed but the seed without the incubation in the feminine aspect doesn't do anything you need both the seed and you need the incubation in malus and from malus then comes out a living being right and comes down to the next level and that's what enables the production the reality very good very good it all flows very nicely with kind of more classic cabala cabala thank you thank you good that you said that okay we'll continue mem tomorrow it took a little bit time but I'm glad that mha you brought up this point because it's an important point and it's an ongoing point it's it doesn't end here M now we have to live it but that's the claw and and and I I see it you know the fact that when my children were young and I you know got them you know to stay at the table you know and then sometimes they wanted to go away and lay down on the couch and and this and that I put my foot down a little more and you know and later they they say you know we we know this and that because our F you know you sang you make me sit at the table again everything has to be done with normality and not you know but but but you got to give those principles over and they have to know that's what you're about they're ultimate respected have a great day we'll see everyone tomorrow Z take care byebye take care goodbye