Maamar Mayim Rabim 1977 #5 - Action triggers the deepest reality of G-d - Rabbi Chaim Dalfin

So good good morning, good day, good to learning here this mime and now we're getting to a very very hard part. So I will be reading some of the notes and try to explain them a little better. This mime was originally said by the alterb and it's written in of par everyone every and probably many non-ab refer to that mimer as the mimer that deals with anxiety and preoccupation with making a livelihood which is so real for for for most people and as I said that even for those people that are don't have that issue they have other worries and other anxieties so you could kind of also include them and in the last paragraph the Reb here so the Reb in 1977 after he had this major stroke Hashem saved his life he went through his own may you know his own abundant waters And so he quotes the verse says, "The abundant waters with all the difficulties and challenges cannot extinguish the fire that we have in our heart for Hashem, the love for Hashem." And the question is how? Just by saying it doesn't mean that's the way it is or it is that way, but how? So this is what explains and basically the the mimer of the alterb and subsequent until ourb explain the that that the may not only is it not an impediment for the love that every yeed has but on the contrary the mayim aids and augments the A and that's a because that's a novelty because to say that it can't get in the way because we have this inherent and dormant love for Hashem known this is the hidden latent love okay but to go and say that because of the you reach a higher plateau in the in your love for Hashem that's a novelty and that's what he said in last chapter. So now let's go. We're on page 311, paragraph 5, chapter 5. Since the source of the soul, although the source of the soul's essence is in in that part of Hashem that transcends all revealed levels. I want to read the note together with you on page 311. There is an entire sedal spiritual cosmos that contains numerous spiritual worlds progressively higher levels of spiritual existence. We call that above and the source for all these worlds is Hashem's essence. Now the souls of the levels of the of the Jewish people have several intermediate sources as we say in our morning blessings the soul you have given us you created it mentioning four corresponding worlds is the idea of it's pure ba is the idea you've created it is the idea you formed it and you have breathe breathed it into However, the ultimate sacrifice, the ultimate source of every Jew's soul is Hashem's essence. In other words, is the four levels of are manifestations of God. They're not the essence. And what we're saying is that although that has this experience and that experience, nevertheless, the truth of the matter is that it's even rooted in the highest in the essence in atmos the ultimate source of each Jew is the essence. Often the term essence is used also to refer to the essence of his light. You hear that? Not to his essence but to the essence of Hashem's light to the essence of the aura. The mimer proceeds to explain that this is not the intent here. Okay. When we say that the is rooted in oximus we mean the essence of God not in the essence of the light and he says instead in this case the terms God's essence refers to his very essence itself above any and all revelations or levels of light. This is the source and the root of the nishas of the Jewish people back to the >> So what we >> Yeah. Go ahead. >> The talks about the the the souls of the I'm sorry the souls of sadikim being rooted in the world of so >> so that in that particular place in Tanya like I told you is you have to always look in the context of what that particular discussion is. So in that particular place he's talking about a scenario the difference between sadikim and others. So he places sadikim at the highest of the four levels. And by the way >> it seems that we're all of even a higher level in the essence. >> Exactly. But that's not the discussion in that particular place in time. You can't you you're not you have to compare apples to apples, not apples to oranges. In other words, >> yeah, but if you call an apple an apple, then I'm going to think it's an apple. >> You need different terminology. >> Okay. So the that's why we're learning a mment like this where the Reb is making a a a um a refined nuance difference between the of R and the the that's exactly what is splitting hairs. I mean not that's not I'm saying that's what we're getting into over here. So generally speaking what you said is correct and and it's correct. If you compare to others then that's correct. Here we're not talking about this comparison. We're not talking here about this comparison. We're talking about everyone's every we're not highlighting and we're saying that the that that although there are gradations of experiences we one should know that that the the the real source of everything is an let's see how he develops the point okay back to the text and as also evident And as I was saying to say when decided to create the world, he had he consulted he wanted and to consult and he did with the with the souls of the righteous. Next page. The consultation of Hashem is about the greatest the highest revelations of godliness. It's not that Hashem consulted just about the minor issues. When it says God create consulted it means it it means about everything in the universe. For even though sublime revelations of light come into being because of God's will. He is not heaven forbid compelled to reveal them. Okay. This is a very very deep concept. Everything everything outside of essence of atsmos is willed. The only thing that's not willed is atmos cuz atmos essence. There's no one to will him. He is but everything else is baraso. So for example the shine of the of the sun the shine comes automatically from the sun. It's not as though the shine has a say in the sun. The sun, if the sun is here, the sun ball, the sun, it shines. So that's called not it's called automatically by Hashem. Every single experience that is in the world of Ishtalos is Batson. Let's read the note together, please. On page 212, 312. Even the highest levels of the spiritual cosmos come into being because Hashem willfully desires their existence. This is one of the differences between the revelation light above and the revelation of the light of the sun. The sun has no choice whether to reveal its light. It was created in a manner that it emanates light continuously as I said before as if compelled to do so. Hashem's revelations by contrast are willed. Thus, even the most sublime levels of divine light, including the essence of his light, are emanated willfully since the midish teaches that that that Hashem chose to consult with the souls of the Jewish people concerning the creation as a whole. That consultation concerns even the sublime levels of light of light all existence. Y listen to this. All existence other than God's essence is dependent on that cons on those consultations. So whether it's us in the physical world, whether it's angels, whether it's souls, on and on and on the one second is one second. One second are all alone. Okay. Yes. Yes sir. He consulted with himself. He he said he consulted mean >> because there was no there was nothing other than before the the bri. Now it says he consulted with the souls and where of his atmos he consulted with himself. >> He consulted with that part with himself but already with that part of self that's thinking about a world is not the highest level that's already a degra from essence. I'm saying this is before the >> before the physical Bria but before the physical creation BUT IN CONCEPT CREATION already existed on that level >> that's a rat then >> that's right >> not atmos but the souls are from >> wait >> so he can with the souls >> wait okay can we finish the thought and then maybe You're you're on the right track. Or maybe you're on the wrong track, but you're on the track. Just hold on. Hold your horses. >> I'm trying to hold up, but this is this is challenging. >> I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. Just hold on, please. Back to the text. Har. Thus it can be concluded that the souls with go with which God consulted are above all levels of revelation. Isn't that what you're saying? Okay, let me read the note. Let's read the note together. And thus the question arises how can chuva enable a soul to ascend higher than its source when its SOURCE IS IN GOD'S VERY ESSENCE. That's in a sense I think your question. Were we to speak about one of the soul's intermediate levels, it is understood that through chuva the soul could ascend to a higher rung. When however the focus is on the soul as it's rooted in God's essence, how is it possible for there to be an ascent to a higher level? There's nothing higher than God's essence. That's the question. Next page. Here's the Reb's retort to this rhetorical question. Nevertheless, it is possible to say that through resulting from their descent to the physical plane, there is an ascent even higher than the level on which they existed in their source. This this is is a and that's the point of this mimer right of the mimer of this part of the mimer that when you do chuva whoever's on listen to this when you do chuva here below you touch the essence even greater than the way the soul is rooted in the essence that's the But you said now to understand this he says he says we can base this on a teaching of the mag of maz by explaining the sages the statement of the sages quote is the Jewish people the yeden arose in God's divine thought The mid brings a parable. Listen to this parable. A person who has a son of although this son has departed from his father's presence his image is still engraved in his father's mind. The mad offers this an analogy to explain the verse. Let us make man in in in Hashem's im in our image. The analogy is intended to answer an obvious question. Hashem is undefined. There is no image of him. Why then? What then is meant by our image? So the mag explains with the that with the words our image do not refer to the image of God but rather to the image of man that aroused that arose in God's thought. You hear that? It it refers to us as we rose in God's thought. There's a difference, however, between a father's thoughts of his son and God's thoughts of men. Regarding a father on the earthly plain and his son, this only applies to someone who actually has a son. Next page 314 by by God Almighty we can say this even before the actual Jew even before the Jewish people were created their image was engraved in God's thought. as the sages say quote the Jews the Jewish people ascended in God's thought that means even before there was a Jewish people and how is why is that because by God the past and the future are all one. A person can only think of his son after the son came into being and they share their relationship. Since however the part the past and the future are the same for Hashem, he can conceive of man even before he came into being. And this is the meaning of let us make man in our image that is all of and he created man according to the image that he conceived. This is the source of the Jewish people as they exist within God's essence. It's understood from this that the statement that the souls of the are rooted in God's essence and he consulted with them right who this is also referring to this is what I told you is before this is not referring to the souls that the souls are essence But the way the souls were already are already in a form of called creation created beings which the shamas were those those the shamas that are coming later in A PHYSICAL BODY THEY ASCENDED IN GOD'S THOUGHT PRECREATION That means that it was the NRA. It's not NRA as a tangible NRA creature, but in concept it's NRA. That's what I told you. And that and that and that is what please read the note. Let's read the note in the bottom of the page. Often when stated that the souls are rooted in God's essence, the intent is that the spiritual source of the soul exists in God's essence and then as that spiritual potential descends through the chain-like progression of spiritual world, the Jewish people are brought into being on the physical plane. Here the emphasis is just the opposite. Why does the source of the Jewish souls exist in God's essence? because he conceives of the souls as they exist on this physical plane. Are you listening to this? The cause and effect relationship is reversed. It is not that the Jews exist on this physical plane because their sources of God's essence, but rather the Jewish souls are rooted IN GOD'S ESSENCE BECAUSE he desires the existence of a Jew on the physical plane. So this is a very very interesting observation that is what the way they will be on earth doing chuva in a physical body AND BECAUSE OF THAT IT'S ROOTED IN GOD'S ESSENCE. So in other words, it's the chuva. It's the chuv in this world of that MAKES ALL OF POSSIBLE. That's that's that's what he says here. It's just that this image that we just said is also engraved in his thought which is possible. Because byem the past and the present are the same. And as is known within the explanation of who he consulted, it's obvious that this does not involve consult consultation as we employ that term. You understand the word the English word consultation has a different meaning. Here we're talking about a different kind of consultation. Hence it's confusing because in the English language consultation means I'm asking you for something. I'm in control and I I the one asking for the consultation is in control and asking here we're saying in a sense that the God's essence is is is is created BY THE mat as the and of course God put the soul below but it's that ran of God's of of the m that triggers the the let's continue. This is also the idea that it ascended by by Hashem the delight and Hashem said I I see now I'm going to have such pleasure from Jewish people serving me and creating tinuk that I want that the intent of the statement that God's consulted Last note on page 315 with the Jewish people regarding this creation, the creation of the world as is that God conceived as it were of the delight he would receive from the service the Jewish people of the physical plane and this motivated him to bring this world and the entire spiritual cosmos into being. Next page 316 based on this will understand the great ascent aliyah that the that happens to namis when they descend below on earth. Iser said although even before they descend souls are rooted in the essence at the beginning of the section the question was raised since the source of the souls of the Jewish people is in God's essence how is it possible that their descent to this plane will be a descent for the purpose of an ascent how is it possible to ascend higher than God's essence in a way I think that was your question. So did answer the question now. The reason they are rooted in his essence and he consulted with them is because of God's knowledge that he ultimately knows. God knows already that later on the souls will descend and that triggers his desire in them. And God knows that the yidna will complete the purpose of creation. Now ask another rhetorical question. Even though initially it is known that with absolute certainty that they will fulfill his intent. S the note since God's conceived of this delight he would receive from the Jew Jew's divine service and all existence came later into being. As a result there is no possibility that his intent in creation will not come into fruition. So the Reb's question is like, hey, what's the novelty of coming into the WORLD IF HASHEM KNOWS it already? In other words, like this, listen to this. When we talk about God's knowledge, ya, God's knowledge is real. Our our knowledge is not created until we actually do the thing because past, present, we live in the world of past, present, and future. We are conditioned by that. Hashem is not conditioned by it. So you tell him now that he that that he he he wants the Eden because he and he wants because he knows OF THEIR THE PLEASURE THEY'LL CAUSE HIM. No say if so WHY ISN'T THAT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH? WHY DOES HE HAVE TO send the idea itself? This is the point. The idea the knowledge because he's saying God knows the past, present and future. It's all one. So why do you need why do you need the actuality? So the Reb says this is merely a potential. This this became this these next few lines became the talk of 770 for for many weeks. I remember and it became a a mimer that etched in the minds of those that study seriously. says the only the ultimate thing, the ultimate peak is when it's cons when it's realized. Look at the note. True, the potential for the Jew for the Jews divine service existed within God's essence, but that potential was yet to be actualized. When the Jewish souls actually descend to this world and carry out their divine service in their daily lives, Hashem's intent comes into con consumate expir expression. The mimer is emphasizing that this the actual fulfillment of God's intent possesses a higher quality than the potential. By descending to this world and being the agents who fulfill this intent, the souls of the Jewish people share in that higher quality. This is the ascent achieved by the souls through their descent the physical plane that they become the agents who bring about the actual fulfillment of God's intention intent in creation. So in initer the words here that we use is we use and po the and hem says what's more important what I'm re what I'm really about what I really want is back to the text this is also the the the lang the precise language wording with who did God consult with the souls of the righteous When God consulted with the souls that time the higher quality they could reach for the divine service was only merely a potential a potential that ultimately fulfilled. Next page page 316 38 sorry this is a potential that is no that that is that was known that it'll be fulfilled but that's only the after the souls descend into the world and then they actually actualize This intent is the become the level of which is greater than so everything is everything you asked before about the sadikim it's sadikim sadikim they don't have the mile of balichu when do they attain the level of balichua when they come into the world I'll conclude this with this note it was explained above that the purpose of the descent this physical plane claim was to enable the souls to reach the rung of balchuva. The intent is not chuva for sin but chuva sparked by the awareness of one's distance from hashem. The awareness of that distance awakens the power within the soul to bring its essential potential into actual expression. We'll stop here and tomorrow we'll read maybe the summary and recap a little bit what we learned and we'll go from there. Have a great day everyone. Zikism. Bye. >> Thank you. Thank