Speech it's Power, advantage & insignificance - Rabbi Chaim Dalfin

so now we're on page above in middle of chapter 20. paid a cuff we're like seven eight lines from the top after the period in middle of the line it says well emotional come my beneficial Adam here is explaining to us how how and why all Mitzvahs not only the not only the first two Commandments are near every Jew and therefore the pain in the who doubt it ever believes we potentially can be is able to feel that all Mitzvahs every single Mitzvah are saying they're near you and they're near you very much so they're very near you and the reason is because all Mitzvahs are included within the first two Commandments the first two debris this being we spoke about that yesterday what are the first two mitzvahs well basically it's one Mitzvah with two details of the it's the midst of it and Muna faith in God Almighty the one God and the second commandment the second temperature is don't have any other gods says by understanding after sashem we call this Hashem the unity of God so he insert this is a different than a moon this is actus it's different I should say this it's a different in the approach to the topic you see the approach to Faith to a Muna in in in many swarim if not most for him is is is very um non-descriptive and none I'm going to use a word that you know I want you to be shattering by it non non-intellectual what do I mean believe believe you need to shake shake to believe you need to scream scream you need to fast fast you need to cry cry you need to laugh laugh faith and and and and and frankly the whole not the whole but a lot of the bresler approach especially the way today's breslave has interpreted the books that Rabbi arush wrote which are wonderful tremendous bestsellers you know probably the best seller of any Jewish book is uh or the garden of Peace Garden of Faith by Rabbi Shalom arush right that sold millions of copies but if you take a look it's all it's it it's not an intellectual discussion about God how God created the world why he created the world who is God how can he have created if it's infinite that's not that's not that's not press live that's not see this it's kabbad like you said yesterday is Sir the question is how do we come to that faith so in in many systems of taurus the answer is do this or um you know uh you know it's more it's more talk to God talk to God okay it's very I'll talk to God like I'm talking to you now does talking to you now involved in not now does talking to Hashem say Hashem today I'm going for a test I need help Hashem today I'm going for a business deal I need help is that is that what we call intellect it's not intellect there's nothing it it's it's it's drive and orientation is bottom line and that's why it's easier and that's why most people I'm not talking now about talking about authentic Chabad because haban is a different system it's a system of working with the mind this abundance of and that's a lot of mental work and as the alter them said himself here chapter 15 or 16 said um if you know meaning most of us have our mind is short-handed in in comprehending God and we don't want to work that hard that we're not trained to work that hard so naturally in a system which is to begin with built on faith and Muna and and action oriented and Muna so that system talks more to the masses that system is easier okay when you when you talk about a system of the balotanyas he especially seen in these chapters of 20 and 21 and and Maisha comments you know which I I relate very well to his comment very well I I don't get I know he's talking about it like you know yeah because here you have to really put your mind this is not just about you know do I have more misses our various or what's my inner struggle psychology this is now philosophy this is now you know um ideology not ideal philosophy this is like you know you know the issues that philosophy students deal with whether it be from the the rambam or Plato the half deal or you know send out to them in his way and by the way philosophy is part of China it's called hakira don't think that philosophy Jewish philosophy is heresy God forbid we have an entire swearing kuzari have you ever looked in the kazari OR learned the kuzari the kazaris or one big Phil for last Jewish philosophy safer the guy for the reflex that's philosophy Jewish philosophy and women it's philosophy so there is that segment but frankly most people don't learn that most people hey they don't even know about it they don't know about it it's it's sensitive stuff it you gotta really have a good cup what and uh certain circles yeah I'm not I'm not talking about not Kabula I'm not talking about Kabbalah I'm talking about hakira and yes that too is frowned upon and it's frowned upon because the feeling is you need a a real strong basis in Yiddish kite and in tiran a gemara and halacha and and there's a point to it in other words it's like yesterday a known Chabad family ordered the book I represented and so I gave him the book I was in Christ I gave him the book and you know and and I said to him because I know the family you know and I know how they think and I said like why are you interested in this book it's like you know they come from Russian stock about you know they drink and they and they put a bersucka on they have you know [Music] you know okay okay you know you're writing for someone out there who needs the stuff and yet he bought the book so he tells me he says you know he says I was always fascinated he's already a married man with the children and older older children he says I have a 16 year old 16 who asked me to buy the book for him that means he's a Booker and olatera Yeshiva that's like the creme de La Creme of the barbecue Yeshiva writing Crown Heights and he heard about the book and he's a big reader and he wants to read it so I said that that's wonderful to you know to to hear that I personally you know I'm so thankful that you shared that with me because it shows that you know the type of readers that I'm getting which I'm very happy with you know I have told them the same thing I think but I told them I think would be good if you read together with him to book or at least you guys dialogue because this book you know needs a certain perspective and and you know yes he won't be able to put down the book once he picks it up not because I wrote it because I know the content was in there you know it's a page Turner who you know what I'm saying but but at the same time you know and the father said you know you're right you know I don't understand this man he's talking about his almond you know here he is this is coming from the previous rep and a hussard and and then he you know he goes renewal and he goes to this and that like what's going on where's this man you know so I said exactly and that's why you have to kind of dialogue with him about these issues to to understand and to really read in between the lines of my message now why am I saying all this because answering what you only said before that hakira Jewish philosophy you need a background if you're coming to Jewish philosophy the the age-old saying that I heard Yeshiva as a Booker and is you'll learn the text at night and and and the questions are very good prove God's existence prove to sing you know the Oneness of God and things like that and you won't have an answer and you'll go to sleep and you'll still be you'll wake up with the question and you'll be coming up because you didn't have an answer to your question the night before you went to sleep on it you understand so it's it's it's a topic you need that that the the Messiah and Claudia throw felt you need to be equipped yes Maisha [Music] well I I I I it's a good question I I would say two things first of all I think you have to have a hakira type of mind and and if you don't have a hakira type of mind I'm not sure it's ever the right time to learn that you know some people are oriented that that's number one number two after you have a solid base you're a from ye you have a family and you're you know what I'm saying and and you're grounded and and even if you have questions that are going to come up from your learning you're not gonna have an answer it's not gonna shake your imunda that's the right time and I can't tell you what that is one person could be 20 20 years old there are people who are mature and other people can be 60 years old you know I could tell you another thing I'm glad you asked that my that the rapper if you look at this he refers to everything so but so you know the the rebel was one to you know it's tied up and it can be learned and should be learned but understandably the rapper is talking to someone who is coming with a terror perspective but again I'm not talking about hasidis for sure believes this for everyone anyone any age Etc we're talking about anyway all I'm saying let's get back to the text is that the altered Delta Debbie here in this chapter in Tanya is addressing the idea of a Muna I'm really referring to Israel's comment but it's not the emuna as you know as as developed by hagas it's the amunda is developed by Chabad and both are both are important they're both are very valid systems but the the the the the emuna of Tanya is a different ammonia it's a very different and and you're learning it and you're learning it I want you to find me you know another place where the the the Mahaba whoever the the author is takes an Indian and goes into these intricate details about a simple thing of the Ten Commandments right Maisha said there is a difference right the so the serenity was the first to worry about and the altered here says in order to understand this is the this is the the objective moisture said listen carefully the objective is that every Jew can be a pain in thee and if everyone who can be obeying they means all of tighter all mitzvahs and all of Toyota is close very close to the person and the question is oh so in chapter 19 the outdated episode and the proof is that every Jew will give away his life for God if not today tomorrow right by Do or Die Dr Robert said he'll jump into the fire for not not to bow down to the cross so now in chapter 20 it says okay but that's only about the midst of belief in God and not worshiping the idols what about putting on film the numbers and visiting the sick and fasting I am keeper what about all the rest of the mistress I I'm not I don't feel that those the Mitzvahs are close to me are very close to me Faith is close to me you know Faith was close to me if you push the button of my faith I'm gonna say I choose God over anything else but what but what if as we live today with Buddha Hashem today you know Heaven were not faced with these Faith questions by and large right it's a free world right so no who's getting up early because it says you know all of that and I mean I got to sleep I gotta sleep my night I can't function the next day well maybe you should go to sleep earlier I'm just saying so so mitzvous and tied up is not very close to you when you don't need for for a day you're like a tiger you run to the food right and you know believe me plenty people run to the food even when they they ate an hour before but anyway but that's natural for you that's natural that that's natural but to get up in the morning to put on film because it's important feeling to get up and run the shoe and to be there at 5 30 at five because today 5 30 already is the is the nates you know most people don't do that okay so what I'm saying is so how does he address it he doesn't address it by saying like the messila susharam says you should be ziz to to being clean you know and and it gives you a an ASA Torah 14-step ways to happiness no drama doesn't give you 14 ways to happiness that's not how bad you're not getting 14 ways to happiness we're gonna now we're going to analyze you and see who you are and what are you made of and and and what's going on globally collectively with God's plan for creation and we put it all together stop a annual meditate on it then you come to understand what kind of opportunity you have to be do what God wants it should make you the happiest person that's a very it's a long process right what are we doing in the title page of Tanya it's there it's a long short way in other words it's long meaning you're gonna have to work and know and meditate and contemplate but at the end when you do that Sarah you will get to your destination so the altered now is the middle of explaining that and he gives us a muscle now to understand how the world that Hashem created is submerged in God that's what we're at let's look now page of after the period well the muscle for example take for example a person's soul when a person speaks one utterance this speech levada itself it's as not even a comparison to his overall power of speech within the soul right every every the shama every nephesh has Powers has faculties one of the faculties is speech right that's why we speak now if you compare Delta number says one utterance to the power of speech within the soul it's it's like nothing it's like nothing in in my mom is the speech is considered the Middle garment why because the power of speech can speak endless amount of speech so what is Hillel what is worth one utterance compared to the Deep Worship in that fish it's like a joke that's one part of the argument needless to say if you compare this one utterance legabe penis in comparison to his inner garment this refers to once thought it from where speech comes from right uh if you speak of wrong without thinking before without makshava you basically say idiotic things you say foolish things so that means that a normal good speech where does that come from it comes from the makshava shebenefis the mashraverness is the fourth within the soul thinking about it that leads you to speak properly so now take this one utterance that I'm uttering compare it not to the power of speech but to the source of the power of speech the source of speech which is thought how much more so is it not is it nothing right because the power of speech is made up of speech right like one million or one billion one compared to one billion it's outnumbered but it's still what we call the Eric it's in the group why how is one billion made of ones and we get one billion no so if you take one and you compare it to one billion you say this is nothing it's like nothing it's not nothing that's why Dr never says the word it's like nothing here little but if you can't say it's nothing because the proof is one billion is made up of ones so you need everyone that means you need to want to but if you compare the the speech the one utterance to the deeper garment right as it calls it here which is thought it's more worthless because the power of makshava of thought is not speech it's thought so in your thought the future utterance that comes out is more nothing that's what he says and it is the power of speech that becomes the Life Energy the highest the Vitality for the speech that's number two Point number three in other words he's making these points to show how the one utterance is nothing compared to one two and three what's his comparison now it ain't sort of Columbia fish if you compare the power the speech to the essence of the soul and here he refers to Essence Shaheen Essa Peter says the ten faculties in him which means intellect and emotions from the intellect And the emotions come about the letters within thought I'll explain them Allah that's invested in this particular audience foreign let me ask you a question when you have a feeling a Feeling can you say that that feeling isn't that feeling that hairdress that redness is mashaba is deeper no eating clothes himself in mashava let's not talk about has intellect you know what a swara is has swara and hasbara an idea right an idea is not much over an idea is an idea is the idea how you apply the idea that's when you use your makshova your thought to think about an idea that that's that resonates with you you develop it with thought and needless to say you take that same idea you develop in a speech but are you gonna say that a swara an argument a position you see people make a mistake here they think that that's makshaba that's not makshava means the thinking process used to explain the idea but the idea is beyond the thinking process what's the idea you actually this is who you are so why isn't Hillel that there are two siblings and one thinks this way and one thing's that way that's the reason because each one is a different soul a different message can it be that that two people think differently at the end come come to who who understand something differently can come to the same conclusion yes because that's where mashaba kicks in and if in their thought and and in their speech they they understand the other person's opinion they can agree with him and say I agree with you and I I see it that way now too even though by Nature their First Reactions that's what I'm talking about here is the first reaction the first intellectual reaction to understanding whatever you're dealing with well the first emotional reaction you know we talk about relationships you see you see sometimes you know you meet someone you never met him before you say something and you see a certain reaction why the person never met you before someone who you know well who knows you from Haider who knows you're from college who knows you're from the community you could say you know why they react that way because they know my idioxyncrasies they know my strengths you know but what about a stranger he never met you before or you tell him the same thing and he reacts a certain way where's that coming from the answer is it's coming from who he is the way he understands life the way he he relates to life that's what we call the essence of the Soul or Arts was on that fish and in this case here in Tanya the altareba says that that um which he calls the 10 faculties the 10 Spirits right they are who they so who the person is so now he's saying like this this one speech that's uttered is is is not right compared to the power of speech we can speak indefinitely more needless to say to the power of thought where the speech comes from and needless to say it's it's more insignificant if you compare it to the power to the to the essence of the Soul which is beyond thoughts and speech so this is the muscle what's the name show that the one word of Hashem is one utterance so this one other reason is considered nothing compared to these three steps so therefore how how bottle how nullify is the existence of the world that's how nullified it is it's nullifying these three steps it it it's in a way in other words not in a way therefore it all depends on God that's what the ultimate is trying to show here he's trying to show here that when Hashem says don't think that he gave the world Independence he did not he gave it Independence as long as you know that he gives the Independence at the time of Independence says real Independence it's not real Independence real Independence means I control the situation from A to Z no one tells me what to do well Charlie if God is not involved in in saying constantly because [Music] God renews creation every moment of the day and if there and if you strip that idea from reality there's nothing here because reality as as we know it is only real because God wants us to be real and it's only because of Hashem similar to the word the one word that becomes significant because the soul wants it the thought wants it and the speech wanted but the the insignificance of the one one utterance is totally insignificant that's the point he's making it let's continue my muscle actually will stop here and tomorrow we'll we'll conclude the chapter I want to ask you if you have any questions on this is it is it clear I you know I I I I want you guys to understand you know yeah I think take it clear okay okay yes this is really a potential like ideas yes yes this is called beetlejolamos the Nullification of the world in other words on one hand how significant the world is but as only in Tanya's style it's all significant why because he wants to be significant so the The Duality is very important because if you don't understand how nothing it is then you think can do what I want God made me and once he made me I'm on my own and I control my own destiny on and on and on and that defeats the purpose of the pain in the knee so so the alternative has to explain in detail how that is incorrect and why it's incorrect philosophically and it brings it back home and therefore understand Bane and me that all the mitzvahs all the mixes being a derivative of either the midst of says what follows that is that the the mistress become significant because because of the actus Hashem you know so when you when we put until in the morning why is that significant because somehow feeling Crea reveals actus it's all about Actos that's the Chabad system it's all about actors Unity now you have to you understand it's not just putting on boxes you make God happy putting on boxes well we we know that but how is that how is this God this infinite God this transcendental God get Happy from a pair of boxes and and and I'm douba's answer is that it's only because of God otherwise forget about feeling just forget about everything you know you're choosing feeling you're choosing religion and what about normal society oh normal society is normal well you see what happened in Germany they decided it's not normal to have you know God forbid Jews and and others right so once you start playing with Seiko you can come to a very very erroneous conclusion however I have a great day we'll see everyone have a great Heights today we'll talk more shalom