Spiritual Chaos is fixed through Mitzva observance - Igeres haTeshuva 12b - Rabbi Chaim Dalfin

so we're learning today we're going to finish we're we're on Page in middle of chapter 12 and Al here discusses a very important issue daily cycle almost finishing as well what like we're converging with it with the daily cycle right yeah we're very close not exactly but very close yeah everything is the Divine Providence so here he talks about the issue which is on one hand a bitter pill but sometimes you have to take a bitter pill to become healthy and the bitter pill is acceptance of of suffering and not only acceptance of it but accepting it with shim which we've discussed and thought about many times and here the AL gives us uh a way a method to deal with it if you remember in the 26th chapter of the first section of Tanya he talks about a similar issue but there he the method and the recipe that he uses there is very uh not not not capitalistic but very spiritual and that is that suffering comes from the yut the first two letters of God's name which are much higher which is Alasia the concealed worlds that's why we don't see the good in it and it's similar to though to Hashem taking out the the Sun from its sheath or msia will come which sikim Merit because of their acceptance of God under all circumstances that whole discussion is in chapter 26 of of section one in Tanya here in the 12th chapter OFA he talks about a similar thing but he doesn't use that explanation not at all and I was thinking about it why is that possible possibly because here we follow the trajectory of Chua remember get a Chua is about the Chua get a Tru is not about ban B is a higher Notch a very different category of individual and experience and everything else here we're talking about a CH chuva for every Jew so here we're talking about someone who sinned and transgressed in the world not just in thought speech not just in action or in thought and speech having urges and cravings and all those issues here we're talking about some very simply against God so so here you have to be very practical in your advice you have to be down to earth here using the method that the AL uses in chapter in in chapter 26 of the first section it wouldn't it wouldn't it wouldn't be user friendly for the Bala and that's an important lesson for us in life depending on which circumstances you're in that's the method and the recipe of tikun that you you you should use and you should recommend so if someone comes to you or you come to yourself or your spouse comes to you or your children and and they're not you know on on a higher level that you know they're dealing with the average issues of of of life in your advice that you share with them and and and the um you know the comfort that you use make sure it's very practical make sure they can relate to it okay now overdoing it we like I made a clip the other day about the Olympics because everyone is obsessed now with the Olympics or everyone many people and I reminded myself of something that RAB gust told me he was at the time one of the kabad schim in Long Beach California and for one of his sons bar mitzvas he wrote a speech and he said that the Olympics the way they begin is they take from Mount Olympia they take a torch and they march with the torch and that's the beginning of the Olympics right the Olympic torch so he he he made this a sermon for his son to share at the bar mitzvah so too is a bar mitzvah boy begins his life holding the torch of he sent it into the Reb and the Reb crossed it out circled the the word Olympics and said like outrageous in Hebrew I think M mavil question mark and then I he added like like aara a very very very harsh words which is the truth Mount Olympia is associated with the the Olympic the Greek Greek god Olympus and all of that and so here you're teaching about Mitzvah boy using a mus from the rebba was very very careful about these things for example the rebba didn't want theim in in Monica California which is known as Santa Monica to use the word Santa for sure and even es Monica he he he didn't like and I always had an issue because I lived in Marin near San Francisco the same idea right so Monica they came up with a creative way they called it Sim mon in San Francisco what am I going to call the Sim Frisco what M what you what can't hear you for some reason you can't hear me now we can hear you okay it must have been a okay anyway it's your yeah anyway so so the was very particular in the words and usage for example deadline you're on a deadline he didn't like the word deadline I mean deadline dead means dead so I had in my writing over my years I had to reorient myself cuz I I'm his I want to be his I want to follow this instead of deadline time line you know whatever you know to find other words to to to denote and and to express the same ideas anyway I'm going to get back to the text here so the AL here is dealing with this issue oh so I was going to say that on one hand it get us at Chas about the Bala which we all should be Bas Bas right so on one hand you'll say so talk as we say to you know bottom line on the other hand if you oversimplify it and you water it down where there's no sense of spirituality then why join this club there's many other clubs you can join without going into the names of those clubs uh within the Jewish experience where they've watered down Judaism they've watered down TI and unfortunately uh well they're they they basically are coming to an end like I shared with you my experiences in Cincinnati where that was the home of uh Reform Judaism and uh the shop is closing 600,000 books in one building hundreds of millions of dollars a lots being put on and now they're fighting in court what they should do with the manuscripts okay so it's just a matter of time so it took from 1875 when they founded it there till now okay it's 200 years almost 75 years but remember falseness fallacy doesn't have existence says the that he gave out for yarded he says that the letter right check it has some truth that keeps it there so it's like you don't see the entire lie but at the end it's a sheer it's a lie so there's a great facade and a big building and they helped bring over people including Orthodox people and they were very liberal and Rabbi dolin they can still go as aidic Jew and make a presentation in their in their facilities and they love it and they're helping me to find different things it's all true but at the end when I wanted to put up a muza and I said I want to pay for it cuz the the place didn't have a muza a building that's worth multi-million dollars you go in there you feel like you're in the in in heaven Royal Rich beautiful right there isn't the muu on the front door so I say to the to the director I would like to give you a gift a mauza so she says I have to check she's the associate director very fine person really a fine person with the director and director is also a fine person he was out of town a day later she comes back to me she says he doesn't want to do it he doesn't want to accept your gift I say why not he doesn't believe in superstitious amulets 2024 a Jew Who's involved in Judaism you know in his Judaism and is a out of his and and and as a ni person believe that amuza is a superstitious amulet NOP now you know why mashia is not here it's part of it so we have our work to do if anyone thinks that you could sit in yush and and learn T and you know it's galic but there's millions of yeden that ne still don't know or don't care so what I'm saying is that water down the the approach of chuva to just a very gash thing is also not the the path that we should be following in a sense we need a combination of the first section of Tanya chapter 26 which is very spiritual very mystical and get us a tra chapter 12 which is more practical that's that that's the point I was getting at let's now learn uh we're now page were like seven lines in the bottom after the period since created this world with kindness and by having light you hear that M light suffering in this world I I have to tell you the story but but briefly and I heard this from RAB mangel he said that someone came I think was to the Al and said I can't take it anymore I can't take it anymore I need to divorce my wife she's driving me nuts we've tried 75 times G to rabbis and therapists and I can't so the AL told him cuz he saw that he had no choice he was saw the said my dear friend your soul is from the of the Bas I think he said b b first temple second temple and he said at that time the what was the AO idolatry like we worship money they worshiped Idols all the the Olympics and all that stuff you know Idols every time you worship an idol it's AA every single time so imagine you're doing three times a day bowing to an idol meditating on the Mantra of of of of a of an idol even as as as people were caught up in the 70 607s the bis and Transcendental Meditation and all of that it's idolatry no the to we know what the to says about idolatry right so said to him every time your wife makes you crazy it takes away one a idolatry it's not a made of story I I mean I I wasn't there I'm repeating to what I heard from from a serious person but even if you know the concept for sure is true you know you listen to a story and you say did this really happen you know and and certain times you need to know that it really happen when you checking facts you know but other times even if it didn't happen the message is so important the message is true you know you know you can't sit still you know your wife is nagging you your husband's nagging you whatever the spouse is nagging you and driving you nuts you got to get out you got to leave says the she's doing your favor your Nish is is is a gilo of of of of someone who committed thousands and thousands and thousands of aus of idolatry each time she gives you n it makes you nuts it takes every another one and another one and another one why do I say this because Al says here by he says when one has if one experiences suing you're suiting KH look at light easy kind of suffering but it's suffering at the end of the day there's see hard suffering and there's easier suffering each time you have that look at the words here you're saved from harsh judgment in the world to come that's what it says here and it brings a mus when the the the movement and the of of of of the shadow of of the Shadow on Earth that it moves a a small amount when the the sun orbits in heaven thousands of miles don't ask me the signs of it we'll leave it to whoever's a scientist here but there is this concept that one Shadow here is based on an orbit of millions of miles of the sun something like that so what's the point point one experience of a of a pain of on here on Earth makes an infinite positive is it takes away it removes and you avoid so much more Adam finit in punishment the the the torture suffering in the world to come that's that's the emal that the AL gives says even more so when you talk about the progression of the spiritual worlds we talk about from the the elevated levels in heaven in this in in godliness in the godhead from there the come into in other words when we do a Mitzvah we're doing a Mitzvah here we go to we put on F we go to a nursing home we visit a ye we do a Mitzvah we help someone here this Mitzvah on Earth here makes an infinite impact on the spiritual worlds so it's like um an explosion of energy that's created by one Mitzvah in is the explosion is so much greater in that's caused by your Mitzvah and that by the way is an answer to those that say what's the purpose Masha of putting on filling with a Jew one time the guy's going to eat the bacon afterwards he's going to go and mess around what have I done this is another answer the infinite result that you have from one mid it's infinite so here it's one Mitzvah in the physical world it's based on time and space and everything so it's limited to one time it's putting on right let's continue know it's written in the Holy continue everyone Turn the Page to page 202 please the alyah the Ascension of the superal world world s through our arousal From Below thees bring a a pigeon a bird pigeon different right on the or take some of the flower make take a little bit with your pinky the way you do kitu right what do you you're bringing one excuse the expression one stinking bird one little bird a you take a little flower of r a little flour how much the little flow cost nothing buus and then you take that and you say this is carbon and it's used in the carbonis let's continue he quotes the that every mitah that's action oriented compared to what's going on in the superal worlds it's nothing it's a it's a little change if that much nevertheless that Mitzvah that Little Flower and that little bird shakes up the spiritual worlds makes a an explosion that is beyond our understanding and ability to comprehend and it opens up channels of energy that are holy and positive and good for you let's go V brings to support his idea and you shall be holy it's like a double it's in the believe you shall be Holy says a the man remember yesterday I told you look here here doesn't mean a go it means a ye yesterday in the year we discussed the difference between and with a he so here the this is a Jew who's called Adam Adam sanctifies himself a little bit here Below on Earth he becomes Sanctified so much more har so much greater above one little movement of ours here makes an explosion in heaven that's positive so that's brings this kazal to support his point and as we learned earlier in the first section of T chapter 46 that's what the refers to you know we say we've Sanctified we've be we've become holy we have become Sanctified here's here's the thing you can become Sanctified and holy by doing a Mitzvah but it's all limited what the Mitzvah saying this we we have to go back to 46 to see his elaborate explanation but his ideas is a very powerful one that when we do a Mitzvah one mitz any the K that we get the Holiness is his mitv in other words it's his explosion that we we get we do a one little mitvah and to us it either is easy or even if it's not easy it's not you know whatever it's like we can handle it right I'm sorry so what we're saying is that the got through the mitzvas he brings a certain K which in the language of the AL in chapter 46 what we called the encompassing light the infinite light of God that is given to us through his M because it's his Mitzvah we're doing them but what are we doing we're doing his Mitzvah and this is another answer to that argument I want to be a good Jew I what do I have to why do I have to do a mitzah for let me just be a good human being humanism the answer is you're right humanism is a great thing but it doesn't create the unless Hashem says this act is Holy you we as limited beings cannot create the explosion we can create doing good human social justice what they call in the world today but is the is The Godly experience just Tik or is The Godly experience God elus right elus Divinity doing a good deed is not Divine it's good and important and should be encouraged but we need to when hasem gave us a Mitzvah by the way the for their mitzz the concept of mitv creates the from God's perspective so the AL uses says this over here in a parenthesis to support his idea that when we accept if even if it's just I mean any type of suffering here it's just a little we should know that we open up tremendous gates in Heaven Visa that experience must it be that experience no we we hope and pray it all be good and but even is is is creates a uh an infinite Bond and I think this is important especially people you know who who suffer and people NE you know people when they pass on they go through many times a lot of suffering know that and it's very very uh sad and it's very you know difficult to deal with and you know you say to yourself God you want to take my my parent my friend my this my spouse whatever you know okay time's up but why make them suffer you know this this is this this weighs on us it's it's right it's a it's a very real question this isn't so when when we learn chapter 26 in the first section chapter 12 here we can find some Solace you know it still needs a lot of a but there there is Solace and and support and when you you know this is why this requires meditation contemplation this isn't this this is not coming you're not going to have um any Solace just by reading the words here you know anyone can read the words here and even understand the words you have to let it sink in you have to D with it you have to cry with it you have to laugh with it you have to walk it you have to talk it then hopefully some of it will resonate you know what I'm saying so it's a heavy pill no question about it let's continue and finish so too says the AL when it comes to reward and Punishment as the sage is say what is the reward for a it's the mitvah itself I believe that's chapter 37 the first section what does the AL say say over there what is he reading here what's the reward for the how he applies it here H what's the reward for that suffering that you have the Gil the infinite Gil because the suffering is yes it it feels and looks f physical and it is physical but that itself is the vessel for the infinite you don't have to in other words if you accept your suffering and especially you accept it Bim that acceptance creates the infinity that itself not you have to go put on and give and help eaten the shopping you know give them a ride with the car those there all good mitzvah other Mitzvah but the suffering itself which is like what's the Mitzvah about suffering is there Mitzvah no but say to accept it let's continue the last line here bring puts together words from uh chapter 14 and 16 in mishle and most people understand this to be kind of a nice clothes you know how you're supposed to when you give a speech whether it's in writing or in talking you want to end with something look at this and knowledge to the the maven the understander N it's easy umil and he comprehends he comprehends for this thing finding good again this is a combination of two parts of it's not the entire verse it's a section of of a verse in chapter 14 in Mish Proverbs and a section of chapter 16 and what it what it means is basically the way we learn about is saying if you can accept your suffering and be you're experiencing God in the highest level and the highest form and it's good and all that but the re once explained that it's not just a closure for chapter 12 Ina it's a closure for the entire and the says what happens when you commit a sin you know what happens you shake up and you shake out and you destroy the esos and him are all they're all messed up from this sin and that sin and and it Causes Chaos mystical spiritual chaos says the listen to this cuz this is phenomenal the is Das the third of the spos is it's the second of Theos is is the first so right there we have which is the back word for malus is known as do speech okay because it communicates to the other Mal the 10th SPH which communicates to the next World means good is a reference according to Caba to the the the the ninth SPH is the foundation what is the it's the encapsulation of the six mid fer and are all encapsulated in to so the AL is saying here that when you do chuva you gone you gone through 12 chapters of and especially in the last chapter and this is like the hardest thing to do is what he what we what he speaks about in chapter 12 and you do that you correct the chaos of the 10 spheros which which was caused by your sin isn't that beautiful so again you see D's Genius of using two partially two sections of T which normally you ask any guy in any B medish in any Lish Yesa in any in any sermon any Rabbi they'll tell you the bat you know he's he's finishing his his Trea on Chua so he finishes off with some nice you know like the standard when you give a speech or when you write something to conclude what's what's it called the afterwards I mean I write right I always have a page the afterwards what's my summary of my book and the re says that's all so true but it's much greater here is giving us the recipe what happens when you do chuva I you are you cor you correct and fix you bring tick to the T spos that you caused them to be in a chaotic way out of system out of balance because of your sin so you do Chua and this is the end of a chuva you bring it all together we have one seconda we have now a three week break we will resume the second day which is Al it's a Wednesday three weeks and uh yeah three three and three and a half weeks Yesa what are you asking yeah I just I missed one thing you said you said that the acceptance of suffering we were discussing that a few minutes ago the acceptance of suffering brings the I remember exactly how you said it well I I use different words brings the explosion brings the infinite brings the the ultimate goodness that that one will experience because they're able and they demonstrate that they're accepting their suffering and especially soem promises and says the reward for that is a tremendous reward not only in the spiritual World here and and and you know we have to open our eyes and be cognizant and and and and and we could see it and we could see it we can see it I'm telling you you know I've seen it I have seen this you know in various ways and but but you have to you have to pay attention you have to not get you know flustered from the negativity that that's the problem the problem is we get so flustered my parents is so sick my you know go whatever I don't want to you know it's not it's like what's going on here look at the chaos look look what happen in mean see we we get rightfully so right is saying is not saying not to recognize the trouble the problem but he's saying that the the suffering has a purpose and and when we could when we can accept it not a and b accept it we will be therapeutically healed spiritually healed and will will will grow enjoy your vacation right I'm sure you guys I'm sure I told my wife I'm sure I'm sure you're going to go on to UL and you Li him right you're not going to stay home I don't know there are there are there's a lot of going on over here okay listen listen hey all all of us you know already uh you know pretty much with the white beards we're already older and then so we're not running around but you know we have grandkids and our kids whatever well listen um it's easy to talk sitting here very easy to talk I I really you know uh I really want mesiah to come before Tish and uh we should have a radication of the you know of of the evil it's just um look look look I mean I mean they knocked off three four of these MIM and you know they're going to this guy is just a matter of time the sinir uh but the enemy is still there and um you know right now they're saying that Iran won't attack cuz they're pressured by Earth Isel in America Hali and um the the prophet say we said it in the I think a week or two ago you know we're reading this is the third and the three of punishment of suffering of torture in one of those I think the first one it says someone take from the north is the opening for evil that's what our prophets say that's what it says not the South and not the East and not the West MIT so we know we know who the enemy is we know who the clip is and uh we we we will win we've always won we we're here barem and Y is flourishing so it's you know but there are these temporary things and same time we have to pray that what I think says it your greatest destroyers are yourselves yourselves in fighting you know that that that that's something and that's worse that's worse what the enemy can't do unfortunately we can do by hurting each other and fighting with each other and destroying each other and ratting on each other and and everything else and and Hashem should help that we we should do chuva and you know and people are entitled to different opinions but don't stab him in the back you know so D will help and and listen we follow the Reb's approach the Reb's approach the rebba was a smart man and he saw a lot he lived pretty much from 1902 to 1994 a whole Century he saw everything all the wars and all the killings and the Holocaust and then Stalin and and and and Russian prgrams and and the Japanese you know the Japanese Russian war and then the Korean war in Vietnam on and on and on this man went you know live through it all how is he p and hasem didn't bless him and his wife with children how's he so some say well he had all these thousands of yeah there yeah but but you know a person's a person the answer is cuz he lived with faith when you live with pure faith in the ab that's pure unadulterated and Josh Gordon Yeshua Gordon of who teaches so many people right he would always say what the rebba said to him um working hard working merits working with zest and working hard and in your work of reaching out and and and trust in God you will succeed you'll succeed that's it hard work hard work no such a thing as you know resting on my loins whatever you do hard work and so that's the recipe a good day to everybody only if you need anything you know where to get me I'm always available what take care Shalom enjoy your time take care bye-bye man you R thank you