Tanya Igeres HaKodesh 1a- Talmud study & it's conclusion is crucial - RC Dalfin

so good morning we're here to start the fourth section of Tanya 2024 what better way to begin as the bat begins on page k p we begin with a blessing but I do want to do a little introductory things today to give you the background very important so you all know the T has five sections is one two is three is four and is five but we don't really focus on although God's help I I would like to teach it when we get to it the four sections of Tanya that explained ones correspond to the four sections of and I'm not going to go into the connections between the two between each section of Tanya and each section of the the did do that it's it's written about and it's I believe it's in English as well and it's a very very important study but the fourth section the in the approbation for the Tanya written by the sons of the AL the m and the other two sons they write there that they they chose to include in the Tanya letters originally Tanya did not have these letters these 32 letters that were going that we starting to learn today it didn't have them but they saw it fit for the benefit of yeden of Jews throughout the world especially for the yeden of Russia and Ukraine that they were that was their region to benefit themselves and more importantly Jews in AR is RO so I want to highlight that KES more than the first three sections in is really oriented towards ER is because most of the letters are about giving TOA and Seda particularly to AR everyone knows about the K mayor Balan and there it started way back and many groups from Russia and Ukraine had branches of their in and they wanted and needed to fund them they the mayor Balan was made for that purpose I want to make it clear it wasn't just for the lit Fox the also had Bal that is it's still going on today for example in where you have and and and if you go walk around the neighborhood which is fascinating if you haven't done so please do so at least once in your lifetime you could still see on on the old schim signs K mayor Bess both there and mayor sh there's only a few left going back like 50 100 years where the L and founded a mayor Bal in and particularly so the Al he did the same thing and he needed to arouse and awaken constantly the Jews of Russia to give to and for example in 14 which talks about rashash which I think we've learned in the past so that that Holy getus is is a letter to rekindle the fire by the by the by the yeden in Russia to give yearly SED to why because after a year you get stale you forget you don't you don't give as much you know you're not so eager so this section ofes is very much connected so being that you're all in I think you should know that number two these aren't all the letters that the Ala wrote the Ala wrote many more letters in fact today we have a whole saer called IG which isn't also all the letters cuz we don't have all the letters but there's many more letters there these 32 letters were handpicked by the three sons of the alterb and particularly his successor the second Reb the MIT Reb whose daughter is buried inem I had a granddaughter on Sunday uh called Manuka a Monday called so so very appropriate thank you so very appropriate to what we're talking about so he and his brothers chose these letters that's another thing you need to know and they appendix them together with the rest of Tanya because they felt that the first part of T Yi is about character who we are right and how to develop love and fear for God the second part's about God Unity of God the third part's about chuva that's that's all great but there's something missing you know what's missing is take the wallet out and give money to another Jew you could philosophies you can bang you can refine your a but if you don't take the checkbook it out or the shek and give it to someone else it's all you know ethereal it's it's you know it's just a pie in the sky so the sons of the AL understood very well as the after the AL is passing that we better do something to help and encourage people to give s now I want to say that not all the letters are about to some are about in fact the first one at the end his primary focus is about daving and daving slow and pouring your heart out and davening there are letters about Tyra the famous letter letter 20 is about God EXO yes which is like uh unique within the entire Tanya he never he never spoke about those issues in that way and where do we find it in in letter 20 you would think it would be in the first section or at least in the second section no it's in that letter and and and and andab who studied thoroughly is called masim uh intellectuals ofab is focused heavily on letter 20 in but by and large it's about s and Tyra and one more one more part for the introduction which I want to read read from the lessons in Tanya so that we'll follow the first letter so he writes here like this this is on page two if you have lessons in Tanya to return to the central them theme of this opening letter the AL explains excuse me here that the study of the laws set out in the oral to elevates no sorry page one page one of the of the lessons in Tanya of ofes which is in my volume volume four the first the first letter opens with a reference to theic custom a custom that thrives to this day the apportioning of tractates of the talwood for stud among the members of each congregation or community so that the entire work is completed in the course of a year it's called SAS the conclusion of the Year study and the reallocation of track of tractates are traditionally celebrated onut kli the anniversary of the Al's Liberation from prison and capital sentence in lenrad in 1798 the Reb has noted on a number of occasions that the collective comp completion of the talud by a number of individuals is considered as if each one of the group had completed the entire tal but himself he explains that this is similar to the law with regard to performing a pro prohibited labor on shabat shabas if doing the labor requires the efforts of two individuals each of them is considered to have performed the entire labor so to since the various individuals partake in the collective study of the talmud for they cannot complete it single-handed in the course of a year it is considered as if each one of them had studied the entire tal okay continuing to return to the central theme of the opening letter the explains here that the study of the laws set out in the oral T in the talmud for example elevates a Jew's soul and assists him in his spiritual service of meditating upon God's greatness and arousing within himself a love and all of him um on the on the circumstances of its composition the previous bless a memory has conveyed to us the following during the s b gathering in the year 1887 my revered father Reb rashab related that the letter opening with with the words which is this one number one we begin with a benediction was written by the AL in three stages in three different years the first stage when the AL decided to make the journey to study at the feet of the mag M he presented his disciples with a with a note of arousal you hear that it opened with quote we begin with a benediction end quote and concluded quote and these faculties are the arms and The Souls of the soul and I'll put I'll point that out to you when we get to that section soon in the text the second stage was when the Ala returned from his Rich having had revealed to him by the magit at the behest of his mentor the B and with the blessings of his mentor his spiritual identity the purpose of his bodies of his holy souls descent into the world and the great responsibility and danger that his mission entailed you hear that and the great responsibility and danger danger that his mission entailed I the bellat and we saw that when he was imprisoned and nearly lost his life so it was very dangerous at that time the Ala wrote the second part of this first letter beginning with the words quote but what gives the power end quote and concluding to the extent of pressing out the soul end quote speaking to his sons the and to his grandson once described his inner feelings during the first few years after his mentor the M of M had revealed to him the message of the bov regarding his Soul's Mission this is what the Al said quote these were the Al's words the simple faith that we the disciples of the mag had in him and our self sacrificing Devotion to him provided us with the potent strength to obey all his directives with extreme Precision with inner and essential self sacrifice in the course of several years when my young married students settled in various towns and villages I added three paragraphs to this letter from quote and now end quote until quote there is no goodness but T end quote this I did in view of the burden placed upon me by my master the magit and in order to be able to realize with aem's help God's help the inner intent of my soul's descent into the world so I wanted to just read that to you as we begin now inside so let's now go page B and let's get right down to it we begin with a was just told that they finished CH everyone together studied ATT Tred of and the entire sh was completed says to bless and to thank God for he is good when you hear such a beautiful thing that an entire community community is finished the entire sh you need to give thanks to hasem that we were able to do it that's the first line so this is a response the opening of this letter is a response to the news that the AL was told that his and others inic world that he was involved with finish that's why he says a good a good a good hearing a good a good piece of of news I heard and my soul lived it gave me K it gave me energy from hearing this good news what is good bar what's good ice cream New York Yankees um taking a stroll in the field what's good say what is real goodness what is good a complete when you complete you've done you've done all of cuz everything is a and he says clearly this is the completion of the entire in many cities and many minions of Anu the kabad fraternity the Brotherhood of kabad meaning okay so he got the word that the Finish By once a year they all took a track day and he got the word from Bar Park and he got the word to New Mexico and he got the word from here and there and everywhere and he says this brings such Nas and I'm so happy with to thank God because is so good a good thing was done says absolutely we all take a tractate and usually there's a sign in the Sho and it says who took which tractate thein was given a pen by Rabbi yalis of Philadelphia the chief Rabbi in Philadelphia and the with with with y's pen would would write down and they had cards m is the the one of the organizations is gave the cards out ATA bring in and everyone wrote down their name and their their address and they signed it and and and what track did it taking and they they say that there were times that e would ask people in the middle of the Year where are you holding and you're tracted that you took and he and he knew which track dat cuz he looked at the cards I again did he look at every hard I don't know but the point is it was serious business you took you it's it's a it's a you know a b yes so this is done this is done till today this is a minut of of over 200 years absolutely and it's a it's an important minic okay so he says giving thanks for the past and a request for the future in other words you B you finished track Tinus this year know what's going to be next year so you at the same time that you give thanks you have to request that you continue the same good minute the upcoming year a a request for the future so shall Hashem give and so shall Hashem add makes Le to strengthen the heart with strength each and every year with the strength of now he's emphasing emphasizing here a few times what's the implication of this what's the implication briefly is considered the written law and it's called and the oral is is is um is Bina why because it develops the the tanak the t is is undeveloped comes along the mishna and particularly the gar and develops it so it's like Bina which is the analytical process the analysis taking the germ the idea the which is and developing it so too right there's nothing to argue about it just read the read the verses when it comes to the analysis there you and I can have a disagreement and we get into this kind of not power struggle but gor right in other words the interpretation of is the aspect of the of of what what and where is that in in G so here we're talking so he calls it if we were talking about it would be cuz it's straightforward but what what is he give what is this letter about at least this part it's about the oral the the the of the oral is hence he calls it is that clear okay continuing and to notify to notify people this is what I said the strength of and that is power is mighty I told you many times when you see him saying the word p there's something that he's coming to explain something that's not clear P the wisest of old men says regarding he says and we say this right in right she is girdled be with strength must the loins using the excuse me the human analogy of a person they're the loins of the person which helps the upper part of the body the head and and the body and the lower part the feet be in syn so you walk upright and you walk and your head and body is able to get where it needs to the loins are very important in order for the loins to be strong you need to girdle the loins you need to put on a sash you know soldiers backpacking those of you that are Backpackers you need to put and I see construction workers they have these big belts around the loins because the loins are key in and in Hebrew it's the word referring to it says it's loins the loins are so important for the success but the loin them themselves how do they get strength they're girdled with something called o the AL is going to now take this apart this three words of and he's going to connect it to his thought of how important it is and I want to say just for the record look at this how the AL who is puts so much emphasis on learning gamar kabad put so much emphasis on learning gamarra and what gamar is all about so I just think for the record it's important sometimes someone gives you this oh the They Don't Care About Learning all they learn is you know you know for sure well he just asked tell them to open up the beginning and get us one and they'll see otherwise let's go on the Lo they are a support for the entire body together with the head that stands on the body and the loins they bring they they they they make go for the word they make go and they bring they bring the head and the body to their desired destination wherever that is and just as this is in the in the physical body as we explained earlier now he goes to the moral the N so too in the spiritual sense of of The Godly soul look what he says the true faith in the one God the god pervades the worlds and Compass the worlds and there's no place with where God is not above below without any limitation to the four sides east west south north God himself his Infinity is all over so the AL says this that hasem is and unless and up and down on all sides Hashem is here Hashem is there Hashem is truly everywhere up up down down right left and All Around Here There and Everywhere he can be found that's what he's saying right here that song expresses perfectly what it says here of course without it depth but he and what is he saying over here this is the this is the moral of the the loins the Deep faith in God not faith is secondary for many people is if I can't understand it I rely on faith no faith to to begin with isn't a weakness it's the ultimate strength why because faith is Hashem as God is beyond time and reason and place and everything else faith is not a second best tier you know I try to understand God I try to feel God and if I don't feeling I don't say I still I nevertheless do because I believe if that's your faith hold it keep it that's not a Jew's faith that ever says a ye's faith is that Hashem is in other words the Transcendence of God that's faith and that's not second tier that's first tier which we want that the mind and the Heart should also relate to as we're going to learn soon soon through through the oral law but the first thing he says is the m the m the G the loins that make it possible for the head and the body to get to where it needs to go and to get there properly is when you have good loins healthy loins proper loins in the n in the moral means your faith in in in hasem in the Transcendent God is what leads you that's the that's the most that's what he says you know there's a word the mountain m was full of smoke Asen is a Russ an acronym is the is is the world sh sh is the is the here so is the place sh is what time time past present and future and neish is the spiritual animation of everything in the world the soul says that not only does this spiritual idea of M the Transcendent God impact and and permeate the world but also Al time not only place but time and also the spirit the the the neish the soul of the individual so that when a person serves Hashem in all three aspects from time from space time and soul the person is connected on the highest level of faith we will continue tomorrow mut have a great day byee bye bye you're welcome thank you thank you bye have a good day