Releasing Hostages: Tanya gives the answer in chapter 47 - Rabbi Chaim Dalfin

good morning it's a bright Monday morning here is all about AA love loving another ye so it's appropriate that we're learning Tanya in the chapters that deal with AEM and overall the concept of the Jewish perspective on love and here we begin chapter me and in this chapter delra still continues to explain something that continues from chapter 46 in chapter 46 he spoke about what's known as the the reflection of the of of of a person's face on water reflects his face it mirrors his face so too every ye has a deep within himself a natural love for and the and used the the thought that triggers okay the thought that triggers this AA him that who a great and mighty king he goes himself and he lowers to the to to the lowest person the person who's in filth and then and spiritually messed up and everything else and he sleps him out from there and he gives a lot a lot of details which we discussed at length in our last shm on chapter 46 and just for an aside by the way this chapter 46 I heard from you know Mas and people who were you know who areem that they to use this uh kind of as a meditation a reflection if you're looking for kind of a a beautiful meditation to really memorize even you know orally the the M mus and not just the mush there was a king and a king picked someone up from the garbage but the details in the musle which are numerous like there's four or five details within the mush then to reflect back what that means in the nimal in the moral and and that that's a very powerful meditation for being thankful to Hashem and being connected and and keeping on growing so in line with that in chapter 47 the AL now says so you're telling me this is what ALB say you're telling me that we Jews were taken out of Egypt Egypt is the filth of the land dirt you know the spiritual corruption and everything else thank you very much thank you very much that happened thousands of years ago what has what does it have to do with us today in Bish and bar what does it have to do with us yeah so PES night will reflect and we'll have the four cups of wine and the mat and very nice so here the AL says that it's relevant to us today and Al here um quotes a kazal but he inserts two words that is not a few words which aren't in the although there's a source for it elsewhere let's look inside chapter 47 page 132 in every generation and now adds the words right really it's that's what we say on P night the inserts the words so the and others have already found sources that there is a med there's an opinion and but but the way the ALB expresses it here is is unique and what's the reason why he adds not only in each generation but every single day one is obligated to see himself as though who he leaves today why because if it was something behold every generation what does it have to do with me today and T is relevant today today and today doesn't mean only today today means tomorrow and today means when Messiah will come today means for eternity what's the V what's the that the Hashem taking us out of Egypt didn't happen one time historically and and and which we celebrate pesak night right it happens daily and since it happens daily we it Con therefore the love of of the reflection of the face on the water the the love to Hashem is a daily thing imagine imagine we are right now in a jail we are right now in an Egypt and some Hashem come someone comes and opens the door and says out you go and in our case in is you know the hostages May Hashem help them they're mamish in that case and when the doors opened for for not going into the reasons now now it's a good deal it's not a good deal not just saying when the PO they come out it's and May and and and and possibly even greater than living with these barbaric animals and all that so says that a has to realize and it's going to tell us now how that every day we can we can we go out and we can't go out of MIT therefore it's relevant to us today that's the that's the message of chapter 47 and Tanya which is rather a short chapter let's let's read inside he how do you go out it's the exiting of The Godly from the bondage of the body as he mentioned several time the quote from Z it's the skin of the serpent of the snake which means it's negative it's it's clipp and it leaves this this domain and this atmosphere and this environment to incorporate itself the unity of infinite God through the study of generally speaking more specifically by accepting upon yourself the Yoke of God when we say the it's when you accept and you draw upon yourself God's explicitly when you say God is our Gods God is one whose God is it God is our God is who God my God one me me and everyone else and not mean the ego but Hashem is I the unity of Hashem that Hashem exists in my life in every detail of my life hence he's taking me out of Egypt he's giving me a chance he's giving me the key to unlock the the the bondage and the slavery as we explained earlier our God is similar to what we say the god of Abraham of a now the question is what's the similarity between our God hasm being our God and the god of Abraham which we say in the was nullified completely subservient to hasem and Incorporated in the Infinity of God there's a difference and listen to this this is brilliant how did Merit to having this Union with God through his actions and through his behavior as he continued in Holiness from level to level traveled implication being he walked he continued and and he traveled he went higher and higher y right Lord Make Me High make me high make me high higher and higher AB is Sir don't get don't get don't get you got to you got to be a little humorous is Sir anyway so I don't think that's what Amen Let I said don't let let's leave it okay let's go on so higher and higher is traveling where is he traveling he's traveling and elevating himself what he did this shabas is not enough shabas was galic shabas said shabas were family it's now Monday it's a new day says yes I got to keep on going now don't look back I got to keep on going in Holiness so a earned his Union and connection with hem through his a through his service of God conversely we look he uses two words it's an inheritance and it's a gift and there's a difference between an inheritance a gift but both mean you didn't earn it you when you're a nice boy sometimes you get a gift okay but you don't create it you don't create it an inheritance you don't create you can be the you know your parents your parents all their life didn't agree you guys didn't get along and all a sudden they pass away you open up the whe he leaves a half a million dollars for you like wow that's what your father decided that's your mother decided even though you are arguing cats and dogs all your life you know it's a yusa a yha is not up to us the yish the inheritor it's up to the one giving the inheritance and same is true for mat so in other words we being part of the Jewish people the children of the Patriarchs and the matriarchs we Merit something that we didn't earn jump up and down from stay tomorrow with the famous anecdote that you're a chicken and you're not a cat sprinkle me once sprinkle me twice and say holy father and all that you're still a Jew you you need you need a RAB conversion for if you know if you went and and and worshiped idolatry and and and things like that Etc true but A's a ye and we've seen this over and over and the stories keep on pouring out of how this priest reveals I I came my mother told me she was a Survivor and she came from Jews and an and on a Jew is a Jew yusha it's a yusha so a aam earns his un his his relationship with God because he's constantly Noya he's traveling he's moving he's working we on the other hand just get it kind of automatically so let's look out it say now on top of gave us he invested his will and his wisdom in united with God Almighty the ultimate and absolute Union this is answer more speaking as though God gave himself to us so we Jews have God we have God so why does make this difference here because it's important to point out that abam had to earn it but once he earned it he inherited it to us automatically so the the point being as far as the the continuation over here in Tanya that every ye must know that he has this Ava to deep within himself every Jew it could be asleep it could be Laten but it's there and and therefore when you think about what God did for you you wake up from your Slumber and you'll say wow I owe I owe you God my life and the and the love will come out from within very deep brings the Z actually not this par next hasem says take to me a Trum what do you mean take to me bring an offering make a donation doesn't say it says bring the donation to me says the the Lee the words Lee implies o guess what the t is saying when you give a donation to The mishkan you have me your donation assures you that you have God so if so it should have said take God vuma and give a donation why does it say according to the in other words the question is why does it say without a the simple meaning is give a donation but according to this question this de that the AL says what's this langu that the Z says actually Z's question what's the language Lee take to me duh of course if God says give a donation who's it going to God you don't have to say leave so the z h is saying the Z is teaching us that when you give the donation there's something additional happening or seemingly that is you're taking God not only you're taking a donation so therefore this the question is if that's the case it should say with take God and or through the donation so says he says if you look very well into the Z he doesn't tell us how you will understand that that's what the Z is saying by take giving the donation you have God so if it would say with a V it would imply two separate things there is the donation and there is God and the two separate things and the the is that it's one thing by the way what is the word Trum right Torah right Torah was given 40 famous word so the the that hasem gave us being on for 40 days right 40 days and 40 nights and all that is representative of God so when we learn T so when we give the donation the truma to the Bas mdash we're giving it through T that's his message over here in the next part how do you we're talking about leaving Egypt The Exodus so the question is how do you leave Egypt what do we play cards what do we do so we say well you get the key and get out of jail well how do you get the key so the answer is through T and this is of course the uh a foundation for for us who believe that through T study we actually help the Jews the hostages it doesn't mean she say we shouldn't give money charity and we shouldn't put pressure everything's true but the of a learning is so powerful that it it has the power to unlock the the the key the hostage that's what he says here we are hostages in bondage in we're hostages and not just once a night once a year PES night every day we're a hostage and we all know very well how we're caught we like to sleep and like to eat and like to gossip and like and all all the Tas that everyone has so we're slaves to the Y in classical muser terms says the Al I understand so just like you understand Al says that the king comes down himself to the person who's in Schmutz and messed up and says come with me my friend but I'm not dressed you don't got to be dressed I Need You Now put on a rag and come with me and he takes him out washes him up cleans him up puts on the nicest clothing says here stand under the come to the to the rebi come to the shabas meal wow M took care of him says the same things happens to us when we Unleash the Power of T that Hashem has given us as a gift and as a we say in ouring God gave usem gave us with love with you gave this to us with the illuminance of the face of the continents you gave us there is nothing that can prevent a Jew from experiencing what we call attachment of the Soul vles except one thing stops US what is that har the will do you really want to be connected do you really want to have a because a person doesn't want at all to do this to cleave to you ain't going to cleave to God R determination and I believe this wholeheartedly this I've seen it in my life and I'm sure you've seen this what we believe in and what we want we get cuz Hashem is good and Hashem wants to help us so when Hashem sees that we want this he helps us and the more we want it the more he helps us so if a Jew says I want to be in God's Essence and I really just want to be go one with godem says I will help you but you have to want and wanting doesn't mean that when something comes in the way you give up it's too hard no you're determined perseverance look at word as soon as you wake up from you're not wanting and you say I do want I need help soon as he wants and you accept down all of upon yourself and you say what when we are saying we are saying ultimately what we're saying is you're my God not just L new Our God you're my God and therefore I can be in this relationship with you automatically the person's soul is Incorporated in God's Unity the spirit brings along the spirit like the wind one wind brings another wind spiritually speaking and it draws down another wind another spirit and this is this is the exiting from Egypt that we talk about having being in a relationship with a you know that's the the third portion of has nothing to do with see has nothing to do with is why did K pin together to that's what he's saying over here says the sages established that the should be said specifically during kishma why even though it's a Mitzvah by itself to to to relate the story of The Exodus kishma and it's not part of the Mitzvah of kishma which is the unity of God it's two separate authorities say so the question is why did the put them together it's one thing how is it one thing is through that's what you in other words going out of bondage going out of of of slavery get becoming free is only through if that doesn't resonate by you ultimately you're stuck and that's why and I saw and we saw they spend a long time in meditation when they said is in the morning Shak prayer could be sometimes an hour med meditating reflecting because the key isn't the key the key is not is the result the the the issue is how do I get to that result and that's through through through resonating by us that there's only one godu and he's our God he's my God as and when that resonates by a Jew there's nothing that stops him the is there and if that's it that's the key to that's the key to leaving and so to we find says at the end of the third we find that it ends with I am God your God this also alludes to what we said earlier what does he mean over here now the question is what's the purpose of repeating at the end of the of we said already seemingly in right so we know you know we said that we thought about it why when we finish ma after we talk about the third we end that's his question it says that the alluded to in the conclusion of the of the third portion ofma a the fact that they they placed it together with shma as the third para and B that they concluded the third par itself which is a which is a flash back to what we said in the beginning of I am God your God because that's the ultimate of so the beginning is you is is is giving you the D to get out of Egypt and at the end we're saying as well that will will unlock the bondage so this chapter in T is a short one as we finished it one day and the is that and and this is It's a good chapter to kind of also memorize you know not for btim but at least orally the concept that because we do say shma every day twice a day it's a Mitzvah right and it's worthwhile understanding why we we we add the T because the happens in its ultimate state if there is and if you're lacking in there's a breakdown in in the in Theus so when people ask why don't why don't I have Aus to Hashem why don't I feel this deep attachment why I would like to I want to but the answer is you don't really want to yet if you want to you have to spend time in meditation and reflection on and when that will resonate you will have a and you'll have more and there's no end to how much and again here we're talking aboutus doesn't mean necessarily dancing and clapping and screaming and crying and laughing everyone's vus is a different vus one person can't tell oh if you clap with this that's vus maybe other systems of believe that butab we don't believe that we don't we don't see the the is coming through the yes saying words with out loud helps when you Ding and a little Shuckle helps and a little tear helps and a little Joy helps no question about it but at the end that vas is individual and we've seen and we see people who who the more that they're able to to to live with and the more they live with that reality the more they're not they're not they're not in slavery they're not in slavery even though maybe they have difficulties in in in in serious issues when when the magit when the magit sent the person toha right the person came and said Rabbi I I I have all these issues and it complained and he cried and everything else he says go see ABA and he comes in he sees ABA with a little chair and he had no furniture and it was splintered and it was so po poverty and everything else and he was the happiest person he understood why the mag sent him there because the gmas didn't determine his connection gosh didn't con turned the connection now it doesn't mean to say that you have to live that way I know people who you know I'm sure you do are very wealthy and they live a simple lifestyle too in other words the gashi as material doesn't absorb them it doesn't become their lifestyle and our was very much into blessing people they should have an abundance of gash I mean every every Reb every but you know it's it's not like you know the AL time in the mler time 200 years ago there there was more really uh you could say a an is you know versus so comes along and says that means I should have gas lots of gmas lots of gmas and take that gmas and make of it we continue tomorrow with a new chapter one second one second for my say am amen what did you say what did you say now now I understand now I understand why in the they have a vending machine with all different kinds of pami sandwiches and Sushi never now thank you re and that's a good berin talking take care guys see you tomorrow byebye me bye-bye