Tanya Kuntres Acharon 2- Action, speech in prayer - Tachnun, self-sacrifice - Rabbi Chaim Dalfin

Good morning. We're learning in essay one. We're going to finish it and go into essay two. We're using lessons in Tanya on page 269. And we'll dedicate the learning today to Yi's father whose art is today. The name y is abraimosha's first yard site. Shalyah from the children and grandchildren and continue soaring on high and knock on Mashiach's door over there to bring him down. So we're learning a we're learning now uh on page 269 uh the alterban asks a question of self that the we just finished saying and learning that that uh without a without awe and love and awe it doesn't soar and high so he seems to say bring a statement that contradicts that and what is written in the zya that the sound of study pierces firmaments implying that even if you study without any feeling of love and fear for God but just a mere study pierces the heavens and the the reason why this would be is from a um a calimemer Needless to say from idol talk says that if you talk or idol talk on shabas it it it's it's wrong it makes it a blemish. So if that's true about idol talk sure it's true for things that are good. So when you talk we talk words of shabas it would seem to imply that itself pierces the heaven without any feeling of love and fear. because the attribute the measure of good is so much more is so much more abundant. So now answers this contradiction. This is true that it pierces but it pierces only the firmament. These are the chambers and abodess which means the external aspects of manuf. But this doesn't touch the actual body of the suppernal man. Surely it doesn't impact soul, spirit and soul even the lower level of man with there's the 10 spheros. it doesn't impact that and that's why he concludes now the first essay and this is what's written in in the section of Zorim without fear make him you cannot he doesn't ascend upwards next essay starting right away essay two he says that there can no not be the turning of face to face unless you have actual mitzvah. We're speaking here essay 2 is a continuation of essay one and we're speaking here about the importance of one hand action mitzvah and at the same time fear. So he says that it says in the in in in in in the of that um I'll read the note here the text cited had previously discussed the sta the stage of creation at which the bracket of the sex Adam had not yet been created and hence the avod of fulfilling mitzvah did not yet exist at this stage if if Zo and Malos would have united face to face there would have been a fusion of divine energy from the innermost aspect of most of this however would enable the clipo to receive more than the you share of life-giving influence from the source of holiness the union was therefore merely back to back so there's something called a backto back union some call a front to front just like in a relationship in a physical with a man or woman there's the front to front relationship and the back to back so the front front is like the pmia is the face back to back is is the external. So it says in the holy z that if there would have been the plemius then the clipper would also be able to get the negative force will be able to get from kadusha. So that's why the union is only back to back. So in other words that the kipa only gets the the the the the hither part the outside m we're learning now they're in the second essay and um we're now on the like fourth third line the reason for this that's [Music] given because through doing good deeds you cause a good zuk a good union like the word what's the union you cause that's what we spoke about yesterday right so also refers to the six and is kingship so we cause that through action and question now is why only through mitzvah involving action do we cause this union. So he says my it will be understood by looking at a section in called the you the portals of my female male waters and female waters. That's the name of the section. The first thing that has to be done for a good for a proper ze a relation a union is there needs to be the elevation of the feminine waters and the feminine waters. This represents action as it says over there in chapter one. Good deeds are described as trimming and hacking off the thistles, the thorns that attach themselves to the to the hinder part. So Bisha the clippers are constantly looking to hang on because by hanging on they get they get vitality. It's you know like you have people who some people who will try to hang around special people because they themselves are kind of you know pretty empty and by hanging around someone who's important and has you know has something they they they come along for the ride. The clippers do the same thing. The clipper knows that it itself is a clipper is just a a shell and a husk. It's a cover up. It's not the essence. So what does the clipper do? It says, "I'm going to hang out with Kadusha." Like that famous story with the Sadik where he didn't come out one for a long time and his were wondering where is the Reb and he finally came out. He said, "I I didn't come out because because because the kipa the kipa was hanging on and wanted to come out with me or maybe was by chauffeur. In other words, he wants to get the the the benefit of the chauffeur. So it comes along with me and I don't want to let it come along with me. The cha is only for eaten, not for the kipper. But that's the tendency by the way. That is why also if we just for a moment at times when we have the peak of kadusha you got to be very careful because clipper is is trying to get in and it's at those times when you see mess ups I just give you a simple example why is it it's a you know you know the famous I don't know if it's a kumar I think it's gumar but that it says that at a time of a wedding when someone marries off their child there's arguments and fights. Did you invite this one? Did it It's like you know it's either more or less by every one of us. You know by some of us it's more of us is less. But why? Here you're marrying off your child such a holy time cuz that's what kipa does. It tries to get in at the best time at the best time because that's when it can get so much energy. That's the same idea we're learning here. So the says that that when it come it comes to action um when you do the action you trim away you you you back hack off the thorns. The thorns is a reference to the and he says how do you do that? By affecting an elevation of the good that's concealed in action you so you bring it back to its source. You bring it back to because it's now been refined because it was done. It was you acted upon it. So that so he so this is where he he finishes his point why action makes the difference that if it's not action clipper can get in but if it's done through action the mitzio that helps that the clipper doesn't get in. So now he asks a question again a rhetorical question himself on page 275 in the lessons in Tanya the right end column second paragraph over there it's [Music] written that Adam the first man was also had a tickle and a correction through prayer and what are we saying over here it's through action through mindset through putting on film domining is more love and fear. So he altered is asking on himself but over there it also says that you can create the same the same good union through prayer. So he answers it's not just prayer and thought it's by saying the words of dining say the movement of the mouth is a miniature miser there is action with your hands with your feet then there's action through the mouth literally means the crookedness right when you move your mouth You say the words up and down as you articulate the words. So it's the mouth is going crooked from the right to the left and up and down backwards and forwards etc etc is considered also an action. So says it's not a contradiction. In other words, his point here is that action is what causes clipper not to have the nourishment and for there to be a proper union. So he says and and this that it says over there that you accomplish the same thing through prayer. He says not prayer and thought it means prayer with your mouth because that's also an action orientation. That's the way he reconciles it. He when you say the words out with your mouth and your lips and your teeth that's coming from the sustaining soul theis and your blood it's your mouth it's not thought in other words your physical teeth and lips and mouth are working their sources from as the alterb explained late earlier in chapter chapter 37 that one's godly soul is incapable of uttering the words of Tyra or prayer which have to be sounded with the physical mouth tongue and teeth except through the agency of the vifying soul that is invested in the body. We see from the above that uttering the words of prayer can also elevate man the feminine waters from the nukah of just as done by the practical mitzvah. Okay. The refinement of the world of action they ascend to a higher world, the world of formation alan through the name of God that equals 52. And furthermore, and it goes from the world of formation to the world of creation and higher to the world of Axilus. Now turn to page 276 of the divine name. This will with this we'll understand why thinking here doesn't accomplish nothing anything as we said earlier in essay one it's very capitalistic but it means basically without the ascension of the feminine waters Basically, you don't have a flow. I'll put it in uh in, you know, physical uh biological words. If if a woman doesn't um doesn't uh doesn't, you know, have her straight menright, right? Menr. No, not menr. Doesn't doesn't ovulate. You can't have a you won't have a baby. Yeah. In other words, the flow is is is a wasted flow. I mean, I'm not saying you could it's not an aa because it's done in in holy union, but so spiritually it's a it's an inion. But if you want a physical result in na, you need the ovulation. Okay, he doesn't use those words, but I think that's what we're referring to. That's what we call the feminine waters. Okay, the feminine waters. That's what he says here. So he's saying that without the the the female waters being activated, you can't call you won't accomplish that. There should be the dripping down of the drops. Not it doesn't mean cuz the the the male will will will will give out seed. But we're talking about spiritually. Okay, you're giving out seed and it's not wasted seed because but but but still not you don't have a result. You must have that ovulation and that's why even in terms we know that if woman's trying to become pregnant with ovulating or shabas there you know but you must have you need to know that ovulation period you know say try to take the the the measure and the times there's all kinds of ways that the to suggest you know to because without that it ain't happening why not why not the man is giving out fine seed seed. He has strong seed. No, it should be an automatic. It don't work that way cuz you must have the man. What's the spiritual lesson over here? The says without the mitzvah, without the actual mitzvah of action or at least with the words, your thoughts are nice thoughts, but it doesn't cause it doesn't bring a result. And surely it allows the kipa to have part of it. So this is why what we should walk away with is this the importance of action of course and even in to articulate the words and which in the car is not a problem because that's what they do on the at least Friday nights but you know the whole idea it's not it's like say the words say the words of naturally if you can say the words with emotions and feelings and and you think about what you're saying and you know that's that's another that's another uh v venette you know a nice a nice uh strawberry on the cake you know but but the first thing is let's continue the the it's allap desires to nurture from its mother and not to to lower to give to the lower realms says this refers to the intentions the cavote in worship and inalions those who know and understand how to gaze. Those who know how to gaze are individual have an impact on this world through their unarticulated tensions alone. So now he's talking about someone who has self-sacrifice over the buying and by the way he says this is what we do during what are we doing during you know and I don't know it's probably about you guys too but you know the minion is one particular person is a very nice person very fine person but he don't like and he's always giving us a hassle so last week was of sh of kastite. You know, I don't know how it's about you guys, but here it's like wo over the top. Every shoe has entire and people run to his caver in in Hungary. I think Misha you told me you went to Shila just on your last trip. Uh this pesa. So very nice. Very very nice. What are we learning over here? learning over here which means the falling of the uh of the face. you you lower your head when you say the says that um yeah if you feel here's a question why is after I and I I'll explain the question this is you know the the the steps of davening are like a ladder bar shamar is verses of praise Then you have then you have then you have so it says inabola you should remember this you're starting off from which is bor how god made the world a then which is all the verses of praise how he created the trees and the heavens and everything right that's then you go to the blessings the bas krishma you talk about angels so you're going into the world of bria up. It says and then when you get to Israel, it's the world of the and you go into and you go into that means you're you're so close to God that you can't utter you know you're like silent silent amida Moshe right no ask you a question after climbing such a ladder where is there room to go bang bang Bang bang. I a no gazal. I sinned. I stole. I I'm I'm a right. You just came out of aus. Did you ever ask yourself that question? What's the answer? The answer is that only because you reach that do you realize how far you are from God and every little thing is an issue. That's explains the Gmorrah. The Gmorrah says that it has revive how big though a little uh insect a little fly on his clothing. The Gar says of Misa What a what's the answer for us here? If we have big but for any little finger means a little insect, a little thing is considered a very prominent blemish. The higher you are, the more is expected of you. We've discussed this many times in our classes. The ordinary congregant is the ordinary congregant, the rabbi, the we have two here. Yeah. People expect more and and there is there is what you're not the rabbi but you're a so as a there's a certain expectation. If you're a and you have revival big that's a big blemish. This is this for you. It's it's it's really inappropriate. For a regular person, it's a little gnat on you. Just shove it off. Why am I saying this? When you when we daven and we're going up the ladder from and we get to where we're in sync with God. We're standing with Hashem. Silence. There's no room here for anything. Right? When you come out of you, you start re you realize then wait a minute. what wasn't considered before wrong. Now that I've reached this plateau, this is now inappropriate. And for that I say which is also an important way of looking at things that you know one might think the more I learn the more I dab and the more I give sodaka and the more I do mitzvah and all that hey I'm I'm already in I'm I'm I'm accomplished. What do we learn from every day? No, on the contrary. The more you do, the more is expected of you. And you and you better check yourself out again right after. And then you'll realize that. So in other words wouldn't be an issue during or during but once you've done and you've raised yourself to a higher plateau there's more expected of you you know this past week you you know that um Rabbi Lipker of B Harbor passed away was very very uh I knew him and I spoke to him and And he was a very interesting man. I could spend an hour talking about him. I made a little clip of it, you know, but I just want to say that that I I you know he in a way I saw this in him you know like this man was very accomplished first of all very talented. He was he was gifted. He was gifted. In addition to that he used his gifts to to work to like a a workhorse. I mean, non-stop, you know, and trust me, he could have sat back and had the best life because, you know, he was in the right area at the right time and with the right people. Believe me, he he he he but no you would get up every day and come to shu and come early and work all day and everything else that you and and the accomplishments are obvious if you know you see online and you've been there. It's it's uh tremendous, right? But here here's the point. The more you accomplish, the more you're you get close to to truth, to the to Hashem, on and on, the more you feel insignificant. And the more you say, "Wow, I'm I'm very far away. I'm very far away because what I did a day ago and a year ago and 10 years ago is now considered not enough." And so if I don't accomplish today, even though I have this pedigree of accomplishments, I'm a sinner. You hear that? I'm a sinner. In other words, I'm I'm I'm a I'm a good for nothing. And this is part of what the alterb's message is here in Tanya. And again, I point out that although it's very very mystical, esoteric, and a lot of kabaha, we could walk away from these essays with with with a practical message. So the alterb says here that if someone has this neph which is experienced through so a shouldn't be seen as a black hole and this is this is practical cuz so many people see as a black hole and that's why whenever you can get out of you know you know I don't know how it's in your shoes but here you know that many don't say no never ever the the first min shabas never says out like it like like it doesn't exist in the s not one year during not one day during the 365 days of the year do they say tn why because they d before dawn you know four nights and they they they run to work supposedly okay so uh that's their excuse now I'm not their rabbi and I'm puskining but In other words, what ta has become for many people is a boring waste of time and we don't need it. When you learn this piece of even though it's very brief says the ultimate is when you fall and you realize how far you are from Hashem and how much how much you have to do more for Hashem. So becomes the ultimate springboard for growth in a sense more because amida is it's like it's your personal connection on a very high level. Very good. Very good. You're you're you're with God now Amida, right? What about bringing how about bringing that into the world? Oh, here it's a question of relationships and friendships and and you know and all kinds of things that we you want to say something for a minute about your father anything yeah question what you're saying is is interesting because here in most not all but most there is no by everyone does that That's what I find and and I I I remember my time park there was also that where a lot of the didn't do by or even a lot of times in chakras yard something but I've never seen it by they do it all like and also labav and by the way also says every chernobyl says taken every day of the year except the the yards of the or you know I think they also don't say am I right? I don't remember. Yeah. Yeah. You know, late in the day. No late in the day. Right. But they do say what's the reason? But what's the reason? I've I've seen that all over by the technical. Why is that? The technical reason is because if it's it's after the that's the you after the it's like night time at night time you don't you don't want to bring dinim you don't want to bring judgment because it's a bad time so here when they have around the clock the main he makes you say he doesn't allow any meaning to not say until one said comes and and there's continued but but he say he really he really keeps it to the dot what what you say what you see though I see many times [Music] when he'll still say I and I even have I do the same thing now. Now what because that's there's no uh there isn't necessarily a basis with that that I y asked me what's their argument. That's their argument. It's not nightfall yet. And what are you talking about with the rebba? What would the reb sometimes come back from the oil? It was an hour after it was pitch dark and they said so obviously you know look maybe it's a a cab and so maybe follow but in in terms again I I'm not I didn't look up now so don't quote me in terms I don't think there's a basis for it inic terms um I you know but listen that's the way it is no one's going to change what's going gone today. But if you're asking that's the reason but again you know even even if even if that is the case for after after what's the justification for before okay so it's been slept in and just made a yeah 100% and in many like you said they don't say for yeah but again not only you should No, you're only for yourself. It's not just kabad. It's uh I think visionets also says tak I I I I don't I was used to ding in in the winters in in Muny when I was giving a shir out there and I dab in m I think they said but that square they definitely do. So it's not universal but you know sat and bells all of those don't say. Yeah. We'll see everyone tomorrow. Good learning, good talking. Have a great day. Zagazont. Bye-bye.