Money: It can be Idolatry but your innate love for G-d will make it right - Rabbi Chaim Dalfin

so we're middle of pay that your tests we'll finish the payday today where I'm actually on top of page 15. to recap basically what we've learned them pay in in chapter 19 this is the Panic where the altered says that the album was Terrace the innate love the innate love that every kid has is accessed normally when a person is challenged that's when it comes out but that's only the that's the proof of the pudding that it's there the whole time and that's how Dalton explains why every Yeet every potential pain in the is able to serve Hashem with like a cabanity and not say I'm sorry I I don't have the mental capabilities God hasn't blessed me Abram with such powerful intellect to meditate on him and and and and and and get motivated and to feel what we call revealed love heart palpitations of love for Hashem I just don't have that ability and if that's the case then the whole build up to the pain in the heat is broken I can't do it so you're telling me that everyone I can be obeying the knee and I can not only be complete in myself watching my thoughts and speech and action but I can actually develop a love and fear for God I can't I don't have that ability to deal with says and and therefore when the poor success for this thing the terrorists is very near you in your mouth in your heart and to act not very near me it's very distant from me therefore that says in these two chapters and he elaborates on it in this chapter 19 that it is it it is very near you you know why because it's you because there's an Ava inside you that that you that we were given as Jews by Hashem as an inheritance and whether we deserve it or not we got it the issue is the issue is that we have to access it and and let it come out and don't be you you Your Own Worst Enemy and many times that's our flaw we get in the way I just heard the story it's the Jem just sent it out it's been on before but it's it's exactly this point there is a rabbi Rabbi Hirsch wine rib he today he's I think from from in the OU one of the executives he was a rabbi for many years in Silver Spring Maryland and a you know a fine person uh a seeker and and educator I think he has a PhD in Psychology and he led a congregation so he tells the story that um I guess in his mid-30s 1971 I believe he says he was going through an early mid-life crisis and issues that he grappled with as a as a teenager and a young adult of you know and Muna faith in God and everything that that a thinking person a religious person a Jewish person deals with and in a way struggles with as we as we grow and develop he was part of that and he never like really learned hasidis you know and and you just put it aside then you get married you have a family you become a rabbi you know and it all came out in the 30s like it hit him like wow and all of a sudden here he is the leader of a shul and in his cup in his mind he has what we call svakis doubts about God's existence The Eternity of theta on and on that listen to that professionally so maybe he wasn't I'm sorry maybe he wasn't get the rabbi professionally he he didn't know what to do should he pursue I think law psychology the rabbin it and he knew of the river you know so he decided he he wants to speak to the rappers he calls the office and one of the secretaries probably around the Havoc of answers and said what can I do for you and he tells me everything I just told you the rebel wouldn't speak to people on the phone what he would do is feel it's necessary he would tell the person to hold on the line and he without saying what he's doing would call the rabbit was the rabbit and the rebel would tell her to cough and sometimes you can hear the way the rebels talk to tell her the glove what to tell the person on the line and that's what happened here so the rabbit says to to Father tell him because he said he's oh he said uncertainty he used the words he has uncertainty in his life so the rabbit says she tells him tell him the person who's calling that when a person has uncertainty in their life let them talk to himself to find the answer and in this case let them talk to Weinberg to Wine bread to Wine rip when he heard this wine rep he couldn't believe it and he and you have to listen to the clip he says he specifically hid concealed his name from had the cloth he didn't want they should know who's calling it's a very private thing he remembers very clearly that he said to himself I'm calling I want an appointment with the laboratory red but I don't want to tell the secretary who I am that's between me and the rabbit and the rabbit tells how to and and then he says that have heard this he said do you know wine red he says I am why rep and he heard how the cup cast me for here like I don't believe this like the rebel and you are on and that's what he told them he told them that when you have uncertainty consult yourself and he conclusion it says but the wine group says that from there that time on he whenever he had a question about an issue he would take out a secret or a mimer or a letter and he would learn a little bit and then he would reflect and think about the issue himself and he says usually it was resolved he found an answer he found the solution why am I saying this story first of all it's a very powerful story and it is a week before gimmel Thomas so it's a great preparation to think about this every one of us as an individual gave an individual hasid and also because this is what the alternator is addressing here in Tanya in chapter 19. that we have the other we have the innate love for Hashem in US and we are our Our Own Worst Enemy many times when we put a blockage and we don't let it come out so what do you have to do don't be self say to yourself don't be excuse me a jerk and stop ruining the situation and let the love for God flow through you and be a mitch that's basically what the alternate is saying in this chapter and this the outlet episode explains why every Yeet has complete faith in God and is ready to have Messina's nephesh for God Almighty to give their life for God and it comes from Netflix is different than Bina where Bina is more the ego orientation and huckle is the selfless or orientation a Bittle of humility and nullification to Hashem and that gives the Jew the ability I may eat so now let's turn to page 50 top of page 5-0 and see how the uncle now puts that into practical words [Music] the Infinity of God the infinite light of Hashem throughout this chapter which is invested within the faculty of within a Jew's nephesh godo for us it is Great and Mighty Is its power so much so that it has the ability with garage to chase away villains and to push aside the negative energy by Clippers and the Clippers that they can that they won't be able to impact to touchev even just the garments of the individual needless to say the at the secular amidos which are the real person the way a person thinks and the way a person feels but even just the garments of thought speech inaction believing in God the one God defines this more lamid a Jew will be able to withstand the trial the test Lim said enough straight and that you will be able to give dedicate their soul to have them seen us in that fish that's what librae means I feel even if just Chile lasses live levard even if it's just an act is that levada what do you guys have there alone even even if just to do an act a problem in other words I don't believe in what I'm doing so why not why not bow down to the cross I mean you're hard to be hard to say this is stupid and ridiculous and wrong and false but I'm doing it so they shouldn't burn me we'll have to see the snuffish not even to do that even though my heart are hard even if if I were to bow down I wouldn't I don't mean it but it's all baloney but I'm gonna have Messina's nervous not to bow down not to do the ACT that's what it means which is contrary to the belief in the one God keep going and that's the example he gives look even though he doesn't believe at all in his heart in this idolatry in the silence excuse me this is regarding his Messiah Snapfish in action so regarding his mysterious and efficient speech has to show him he asked me to see the Snappers not to speak going astray God for a bit Allah Hashem regarding the unity of God I've shown people it's heart of his heart he doesn't mean it in other words have you ever experience where someone will will will speak heresy but you know they don't really believe it I've messaged people they just enjoy talking this way he's gonna happen see the Snappers not to do that why someone on the outside might hear you walking by your conversational say oh wow this person came an apostate he became a heretic what happened when in truth he laughs at it but he's just doing it to tease you or he likes he likes the game that type of attitude says Messina if a person if a person has been seen a Snapfish he won't even allow that to happen in speech Rock leap is showing him rather his heart is complete in the faith of God so this is where this point ends meaning that is so powerful that it it impacts the individual with individual not only in his heart of hearts is he 100 percent with Hashem and believes in God but even in the outer experience of action or speech he also will not mislead anyone to feel that that he believes God forbidden in multiplicity of God and an idolatry answers the fourth issue that he had asked about at the beginning of chapter 19. remember he said where does what's the root of this innate love what's the subject objective of this love how is it an inheritance to every Jew and number four how is it that was in this love which is love for Hashem there's also fear and awe for God seemingly it's two separate things now just before I end before the alter that answers the question normally the feeling of fear and awe is different than love love is kiro's attraction fear is distance you're fearful of someone you stand with respect and you're as we're saying it is you're shaking you're in the presence of greatness right the feeling of Love is you want to hug the person and kiss the person you wanna You Wanna Be mccordive you love them so much here we're talking about a trilu a type of a fear and all that's Incorporated within love now that's very interesting yes sir in other words if it were to be regular or a regular love for Hashem the two cannot go together and then the question is how can one person have both in other words either your orientation is love and attraction to God kirov or you're attract or your orientation is yeah and look around look around yourselves your family your community your friend your shoe some people like Moshe always would say you know they're crying the way on Yom Kippur or they pretend to try cry or they force themselves to cry right they're Russian Kipper by them is not complete unless they like like get over it guy you know what did you eat last night for supper you know then there are people or jolly and jolly and jolly are making jokes and come in and they're the life of the party um they're two different things it's very hard for a person who is the Jolly type to be the serious type and for the serious type but here it says that and I think so this is I believe that it's the question is is that possible and the other ones yes you said one second and Dr Rebel says it is possible yeah before I say go ahead what but it's very it's very beautiful times because it came running when he was a little boy yeah and uh they grew he grew with the student but at one point when you ask one of the older considered parents are you afraid of me for me like he's the rabbit serious you know if you have fear for me and eventually parents had read it I'm afraid that I'll do something that will ruin the love we have for each other and that to me incorporates this idea of the package within Europe okay I'm gonna ruin our relationship doing something inappropriate and and thank you for the story and and the word it's wonderful and I and it really is what the outer web is going to say now with without those words that that's a good example that story is a good example I'm fearful of ruling the relationship so it's the Ava the relationship that is is controlling that is dominant and the fear is a result of that now let's look inside and this is called the of the fear that's Incorporated in the love is which level we're talking about the natural love within the Godly Soul within every Jew Whose desire and journey and will is betiva naturally to cleave and attach itself to its source the infinite God this is similar to what the alternate said before that the mishama has a natural desire to leave its state its body just like the flame that flickers upward how he began chapter 19. now at the end of chapter 19 in his great wisdom employs the same idea of the of the Nair without saying the words and he says that the the nashama has a natural yearning a natural yearning of love for God just like the flame has a natural yearning to leave it's it's it's it's it's Wick and Dr Debra says and it's because of this natural love that the nashama has that the Netflix is The Godly Soul has for God Vernon and this will he you know because of it this is exactly what I believe what the what the Israel said before he yeah because of that he fears um again look how he puts in the word Again Naturally the soul fears and his and trembles naturally meaning from touching even the edge of spiritual contamination now it's very interesting down to Debra's language here he doesn't say he says this what's really peculiar language but say from touching the edge to mass contamination of of a DeSoto why does he say that the soul because the soul loves God naturally it fears anything that has to do with aval with idolatry what is this verb it's the edge of the contamination so and if you have explained the name of the Rebel that what the altered was saying here is that as far as the summer is concerned it has no inkling for avodes is anathema to the mishama it's antithetical to them there's no way that the Shama in in its pure state will gravitate to idolatry but to the edge of idolatry or to the spiritual contamination that sometimes it loses sight and it convinces itself guess what this is not real lovely desera you mean the dollar bill is a very deserved no worshiping an Idols avoid the Zorro but worshiping a dollar bill nah says and connection to God because of its natural love to Hashem that it senses even something that isn't blatant that by design of but yet it's the edge of afraid the soda The Edge and the contamination of other spiritual impurity where you feel you're being manipulated and driven by the dollar bill just using that as an example and I'm not going there I just read my this morning A friend of mine sent me a note from the river they they had prepared a a publication I think for the 28th of seven which was profession right a few days ago or upcoming yeah I'm coming well today I forget number in three days and they wrote there that that this is the day when the rabbit came to America and took over the leadership of the organizations and the Americas and they never crossed it out and that ever said not took over the institutions that belonged to my father-in-law the previous rapper if there is piercing were given to him to direct and and I I read it I'm Amish look how humble this person was like your father who passed away in 1950. this was I think in 1988 I think 48 years later and what's ha what's his reality it doesn't belong to me I'm just uh I'm just a worker an employee I was given a job you know and and and as I'm reading that I'm saying to myself who today believes that who today feels that right you have a schlier you have a rabbi right I'm the boss says I'm not the boss I'm just a worker I'm just doing my job and you know why do I bring it up now because the Thomas say Thomas Ave Zara has many forms this hardcore hardcore hardcore idolatry who's worshiping an idol today I mean yes we have in India and then those Transcendental Meditation with the mantras but you know by and large most Jews in America are not doing that so I'm from what what type of idolatry is there today and you vote you all know that it's really there are many but the dollar bill money has become such a and why because people feel it's my money and I control the money yes you worked hard for the money but it's mine and when the truth is it's not yours at all basic gazelle you're just a gizber God shows you took to facilitate his money and guess what if you don't do a good job at it he's taking it away from you not maybe surely because you're going because that's because I'll say and that's why you could be on top and the next day you remember what the person that's obsessed with money is obsessed with the money so it's become like a sickness like he's worth worshiping the dollar it's like it's managed like against it right right not just that he doesn't believe in Hashem it's that he's actually that's that's become his right so in other words No One's Gonna say that someone was worshiping the dollar is bowing to an idol well actually that's what Donald says so even if you're not physically bowing to an idol you're you're you are touching the edge of afraidazura and it's tumor and here and this is the nakoda that the other that's mesuteris the innate love that every Jew has loves Hashem so much that he fears as Israel said breaking the relationship and that's a fear he's fearful of not wanting to lose the relationship and therefore he will not even engage in anything that smells of including the dollar bill or whatever else let's conclude because this idea of even just worshiping The Edge and contamination of our desert is contrary to the belief in the one God that everything is Hashem even just in your outer garments of speech and action believe in the Beloved girl even if you don't believe it you still will not act that way and speak that way and it reminds me finally to concludes with this with the story I told you but it's again worth mentioning of the Jew in 1957 this I heard from the Jew himself sitting in the Square Yeshua about 20 years ago right over here we're waiting for minha and I never saw this person before he came in he was a neighborhood and he sees me says you're a liberature right I say I should hope so I want to be she says I have a story for you I says please it tells me the story it's 1957 he just came to America his parents was still a narrative thrill and he didn't know if he should bring his parents to America so he decided he heard that there's this I think he was from the Hungarian background that was you know elsewhere but he heard of that ever and they said I want to discuss it with the Devils he gets an appointment and he remembers he was waiting by the door and the door was open and the person that was inside was coming out the person was Hungarian Jew and he was speaking to the Redmond Yiddish and that ever gave the Hungarian geese the Abraham may God Hashem help you so and so and the and the way the Hungarian exceed them are what they're there but they they they they second what the Reba says that's their style and look how bad it's not that way we just say Amen to ourselves and we walk out but they say like yesterday may it happen something like that so he says to the rabbi after the rabbit gives the brother may God help that may God help that that your brother be fulfilled and he's about to walk out so that's why the door is open he really opened the door he's about to walk out and either stops I mean the river says to him Good Health Net house in English God doesn't just help the reper the news that we're just that's what it means God doesn't just help you he does everything you do nothing so don't God should help you should help yourself by not getting in the way and let God do everything and this is what this person heard as he was about to enter the room and this is what the outlet is saying over here that when when the album was a Terrace is really working and you allow it to to be its natural self then it's all about and Hashem doesn't need us to support him you know Hashem he just just let Hashem happen I want you to have a great service before him us and it's a week before Thomas so it's definitely a special time to prepare ourselves for the the great day hopefully mashiach will come and that ebb and everyone else will be resurrected he is amazing if not because there's a yard site and we prepare ourselves to a fabrengan whatever shoe you're at make a stick of fabrangian say a word from the rebel and Melinda with all over show them I will never forget 2018 when I was I believe in in Ramadan he asked me to speak twice early in the late and I said to him because I had to like candles in the apartment with the the halachas so I said I'll come to one of them to the second minion he says no you must come to the first I said remember lindenwood's how am I going to do he says I take the highest you know he gave the and he made he forced me to come to both Beyond him to speak at both the devil that covered his yard sir and he was not accustomed he was a good friend of Sweden but he wasn't a concert okay and yet the feeling that he had for that ever was so great that he he wanted uh me to to share that with his congregation so it is a week before election regardless of what shoe you're at you know say a word from the red blood story uh inside something and and remind people that it's a time this week to write to the oh hell for for your family and brothers and it's it's a great opportunity if you know someone in New York who's going to the oil and I'll be more than glad to if you send me a name or your mother's name or other other names and we'll we'll Hashem bring it over if you want it to be read read it if not we'll just put it in into the um into the oil it means assembly mother sometimes I don't get there um gimmel Thomas itself because it's it's a mad house and then and you know you only get a minute to go in as I go two three days before two three days after but the Hampshire to that uh I shouldn't be there at some point have a great Shabbos everyone bye foreign