Tzaddik's inspiration is more available after life than while alive - Igeres HaKodesh 27b- RC Dalfin

so we're learning on page 292 this ises sacred letters 27 Z we're at the beor be this is the Al's elaborate explanation of what he said earlier what did he say earlier this chapter is one of the chapters in Tanya which explains the whole concept of and better said attachment to Torah scholars in general but more more specifically to sikim and why specifically through sikim is there an influence that comes into the world in various ways he based it on a quote in the Z and this letter was written in 17778 the when passed away so he wrote a letter to to continue giving theed to they moved a year before so the AL didn't want that there should be a a lessening of Seda to the institutions hence he he wrote this letter to them and he writes the the term uses the term to to to double the effort of of of consolation and basically he he quoted that that when they pass away they leave life for all those living and his question is what do you mean they leave life they've left life they passed on that was his question and from there he went on to quote the zo where the zo says that sadik they spotted that when they leave this world they pass on they're actually they're more alive now than before and the and the basic explanation is because they're not bound by any L Any Garment a a body so the has is is infinite as is 24/7 it's open at all times so now he's going to explain this and he's going to add a very important kavat and what he adds over here in the upcoming beard is not only do you get from the sadik if you're maker if you connect to the sadic and he spends time speaking about what that means and what's the requirement of iskash of connection and without iskash you you don't have it but and when you are makush then not only can you benefit from the action of the sadic but also from the a the mid of thead the emotions the feelings which of course is a very very important concept cep to be inspired not only to to kind of do what the sadic wants but to feel that energy that the sadik felt and gave while he was alive should be imbued in you let's learn the text now an explation on what we learned earlier we find the holy passes on is found in all World more so than all than while he was alive so we must understand this this statement of the Z is correct in the upper rules he's found more there when he ascends there after his passing but in this world how is he found more now here AB then before before he was here you saw him you heard him you can take Shar from him you can go to faing with him you can dance in his b medish now he's not here so what does the mean in all worlds that's the's question the explanation possibly is says based on it's similar to what I received referring to his teachers the [Music] ETC regarding the saying of the sages quote the he leaves life to all the living as is known and these are very very important words the life of a is not physical life you hear that when you look at sadic you're not looking at someone who the all end is B rather when you look at a when you identify aad you're identifying with spiritual life that's what AIC is you see his eyes you hold his hand you hear him talk it's all goshas but what's what's the what permeates the G is the that's the ver and he says further how is this R is expressed in three details and they're very specific is in the faith that he has for the the the all that he has the and the love that he has for regarding says with his faith will make others live says the fear of God brings is to life regarding love of says the one who pursues who chases righteousness and benevolence will find life so we see that true true life is a and the three details who and is so that's why the third verse is a verse that supports the concept of these three attributes they exist in every world to the the highest of levels all based on the virtue of that particular World particular World they all exist there in a manner of causing effect effect as is known in other words how is the Amun the the year and Thea palpable in each world based on the scenario of cause and effect behold while the was on Earth alive these three attributes were in a vessel and a garment of theirs and this vessel and garment was a physical place this refers to the level of NE briefly there's three levels I'm going to discuss here and Ne is action orientation Ru is emotion mid orientation and is intellect orientation so the AL says that while thead was alive the M the was through neish through action and limited by the world of action and therefore all of his students did not receive only anination a reflection of his attributes and emotions VI and an an amination which sh shown outside of this vessel through his holy words and holy thoughts so in other words what did we get from the sadic while the sadic was alive we got a mere reflection of his emotions his because what what's dominant in a person's life when he's alive is neish even by aad so yes there was some of the ru of theic that's shown through the limitation of NE but nevertheless it was only a reflection therefore the sages say it says a student doesn't really comprehend his teachers mind he doesn't really get him until 40 years later because after 40 years there is a certain spiritual maturity but normally it's not that way but after the passes because there is now a separation hear this y there's a separation between the level of neish that remains in the grave when you go to visit a sadic and the ru part of the sadic is separated and ascends upward now finds itself these three levels of Love or and love Faith or and love of the so on the contrary now next page anyone that is close to the and wants to be close and exerts effort to be close to the can now only now after he passes on not only to receive the neish of the sadic the action orientation but also the mid orientation why Top Line Top Line because that sadic is no longer in a vessel his his soul has departed so the the the the while it was alive as great as the tadic is the the the the energy of the tadic filters through the body the mind the heart Etc right so how much of the sadic do you get this is what I was telling you yesterday how much do you get that amount that that we relate to Vis the body of the sadic the mouth of the sadic and the Heart of the sadic but after he passes away you don't have the vessel to to block any of the sadik's greatness if you connect to that greatness so in cabalistic terms we call it versus and the AL is clearly here when you go to a Cav the r of thead is not at the Cav the spirit is not there you have to bring it down what do we you know people right it says in quotes it here what you're ding to is the neish of thead you're ding to hasem but of course using the neish of the sadic to to f help your prayers be fulfilled neish is action orientation that means the spirit the inspiration of Faith a and love isn't necessarily going to happen just by standing by A's Cav you all know we go to sadik both or you go to or you go to the it's very good but and and there's many many miracles and many things that happen but don't don't think that if you don't exert effort to connect to the higher level of sadic you're not going to have that inspiration in other words you have to separate between action orientation and inspiration orientation you know people always ask or people sometimes say I went to a faan and I'm the same old guy like before so first of all I've told you what one of my MH told me imagine how you would be without going to the faan You' be a lot uglier you'd be a lot more coarse that's number one number two number two if you go and you just go as a bystander and you just kind of you know do your prayers and listen and all that you're not going to be inspired you know okay fine and and and even if you you get a high it's from the action part oh the next day I made an investment and it was galic that my child that was Ill became fine I'll give you an example years ago I went to see with a few people a cabalist in Demona he was a great nephew of the babaali his name was m l i don't know it's maybe before your time probably about 25 years ago look you you told us this I told you this I'm I'm repeating it again because not everyone heard it at the time and it's good to re iterate Thea and the point is so I remember he told one guy you have a pain in your arm he told another guy you have a kidney problem but it's nothing dangerous and it's going to pass he told me this he told that right now that's you know that is like M orientation either it's right or not right but it there's no inspiration what's the inspiration did he teach me did he teach us a how to serve hem did he teach me how to D better did he teach us how to refine our character better no so what I'm saying is take that and apply it to our situation each and every one of us who are and we have a and all of that everyone depending on what they are you can have a Reb and it's just just all about you know what can I do for you what can you do for me and and once a year you get a the whole idea sees it is a lot deeper that's why he's explaining over here that you have an opportunity after the sadic passes on to get something you didn't have before because before the limitation of the body obscures the inspiration now that the body doesn't obscure any because he's he's passed on it's 24/7 open bar you know anyone can anyone can and not just the action but the inspiration let's continue as is known from a a teaching of the quote regarding jakov when he walked into a room guess what you felt smelled and sensed G in the room so it says also the book that the AA the the the the environment the air of G called extends itself around every person not only and in this or in this environment there is a a remnant of this ghen and over there you can feel all his thoughts withd and his speech says brackets and you in parenthesis and it's in parentheses because it's not pleasant to say it but he has to say it for clarity and the same is true in the opposite God forbid a person is in geh while he's alive because of his sins it's in your in your in your a and someone who has that sensitivity spirit ually will smell it and will know that you are in geh meaning you're you did this sin and for this you're in G and you need to do chuva so but Al but that's a a parentheses he wants to bring out the positive point and how it's relevant here now theb is saying that just like it says that Yu when he came into wherever he went there was a a pleasant odor of ganaden that you smell from him what does that mean spiritually that means that he was the embodiment of ganen and ganen is the world of Bria the world of creation which is the world of inspiration of Faith awe and love so that's what it means when when yob came into a room you felt his his faith to Hashem you felt his all for hasem and his love and says not only is this applicable to yov it's applicable to everyone and available to everyone if a person lives that way let's continue h therefore it's very easy you see the words here not just yes sir not just it's easy me old it's very easy wow really to the to the students of a particular to receive their por from the spirit from the inspiration of their teacher his essential part and he quotes the three things his faith in God serve god with them and not only do will you have access to a reflection a mere reflection but to the essential Faith awe and love which which shines outside of the vessel why is this it's because his the sadic essential Spirit it it it climbs and it elevates itself elevation after elevation I want to correct myself I said that that the the and all that is in in in Bri Bri is not and here he adds another Point remember I told you that NE of we say nees is action orientation R is orientation and is intellect orientation says here how is it that the r of thead is now available to everyone who who identifies and attaches himself to the sadic post his lifetime it's because his Ru after passing went up a notch up and went higher and higher into the level which is the highest level called Nish and Nish is intellect so in other words Nish is not bound by how I feel Nish is the intellectual truth so the intellectual truth makes it possible that the ru shouldn't should be more attached to it than it's attached to NE so again you have one second you have on the right you have neish on the left and you have r in the middle throughout his lifetime thead R is bound more to neish when he passes on his R is bound more to the sh yes Misha so does that mean that when we're in a and we're ding we're ding to the intellect of the sadic what what what I I'm trying to understand how do we no he he he he's he's saying it's not when you're at the Kev he's saying that if you create aash to thead at all times doesn't have not only at the C any time throughout the year you you develop your hisk to the sadic to the point where where you you identify with his inspiration so then so so so in other words he brings the concept of Kev as a limitation he and that's why I told you I elaborated that Ding just the K is a limit a limited bond with a sadic it it doesn't mean M that you can't experience a higher Bond but that's only if you youve you've created that higher connection but just at the Kev we we know according to Caba it's the nees that rests of the of a person at the K not his R and not his what is that his neish his neish is action action what does that mean that means that I need a br for for children you pray to theem sadic and hopefully you're of bring but you could still be a g you could still not have any smarts and not have any understanding and not have feelings but you just do and the BR comes and most people going that's their experience is that yeah yeah yeah but I just want to just make really um what you just said I know that there's different schools of thought some people [Music] say of this that's that's true for every that's true that's a truism for everybody there's no difference in in school God forbid to D into a person you're not allowed to you're asking the sad to intercede on your behalf to Hashem but that's not the discussion here M that's not the discussion here the discussion here is what are you identifying with in the sadic his action his behavior the bottom line or the inspiration and and higher and that's and that depends on a person's development of his relationship with the sadik that's what we're learning about y you want to say something no okay Von yeah yeah yeah yeah just I I wanted to point it out I mean it could be that maybe I'm wrong but I I I kind of see now we're all the different deists now inab meaning with the because you see because what we're talking about the the you know what is it is it the r meaning there's a lot of things here that it can be interpreted in different ways I I disagree with you and I'm not going to go into it now mm has nothing to do with this discussion here nothing at all it's as far as the Moon from from what I'm saying is what I'm saying is the the the the issue you bring to to the table is an issue but independent of what we're learning has nothing to do with it this has to do with in other words if you don't believe that sadic is in that Cav then you know you're either out of your mind or if you if you're on a high level and you know you're it has nothing to do with this discussion here we're talking about the basic Jewish tradition of a sadic who's alive and then the sadic passes on how is it the Z says that we have more of thead now after his passing than before and and this is the discussion someone who doesn't believe that sadic is there then then then this is not part of this discussion right now okay I just want to make that clear that's all you know now you know even if you want to say well those that believe that the sadic is physically here or spiritually here and that's not the discussion we can't mix apples and apples we have to stay to the text and to what the AL says because otherwise we are not only Mis Mis we are misleading ourselves misleading others and we don't know what we're talking about and it it's laughable you talk to a Ben who knows any of this not even a he he he'll he'll say you're notus you're out of your mind it's ridiculous and he's right and he's right okay so we have to train ourselves and I'm I hope please take my words in as constructive criticism not not KAS giving you mus in in in in a negative sense but but you know the the the the whims of today whether it's and Bre this or that this is not as we say in Hebrew it doesn't come to the table of the Kings okay now I know that you'll find some very Ardent uh um and people and people like that and all that they'll disagree so be it but we have to back it we have the AL we have his words you know you take this safer and you say do do your words fit into what it says here it doesn't then I I I don't I I know what it says here I'm a student of I'm a student of feelings feelings no problem that's why we we said all along and really getting off on a tangent I really want to finish the chapter the idea of of you know feelings and uh that people have it's not it's not it's not Torah it's it's feelings have feelings a medis says this a maral says this a gamar says this gamor says rebi came Yi to make KES for his wife after he passed away so gamorra saidar I think is shabas no when's the last time you your father who passed away came to make kdes for you could you tell me when do you think it's never going to happen in your life that you could have him make Kish for you I don't think so my mother has passed on 18 years I haven't seen her at my table I haven't felt her at my table Yeah if I meditate and reflect on who she was and you know so you know there's an emotional feeling what what I'm saying is we have to train ourselves to discern between a world of spirituality I'm not going to say God forid fantasy okay I'm talking about legitimate spirituality like a gamor which says rebi came to make KES for his mother that's a gamorra and If you deny that gamarra you don't believe in the oral tradition I believe that 100% I don't understand it I ever experienced it but if the G says it thear says it is talking about something else is talking here about how do we relate to what sadic after his passing to before I see the time has come so as much as I wanted to finish today we will finish item on Monday it's my apologies no no no no no no yi yi no this is interactive this is good the she should be like this really um we are going to be going down to the windy city tomorrow on a Delta flight let's hope the snow in the in the forecast the plane will RVE early enough to inspire a 90-year-old man his birthday is a chabas uh and mosha knows him I think and um we'll be back Sunday so uh it's a shabas of teaching bringing the topic is the seven kabad rebes including the bmov and the maged uh historical account to show the uh lineage and development of hasidism from the balov through the seven rebers because most of the people the people who chose this topic you know they hear about the Reb Reb Reb rebba they don't know about the rebba marash the fourth rebish rule what's he all about what's the magot all about you know so um we're going to take a look at that and talk about it and hopefully uh 90-year-old uh person will uh will have enough patience to listen you know it's hard with your 90 you know you've gone through life and you've been successful um you got a lot of opinions and this uh younger Rabbi from New York uh is not going to tell me what it's all about so uh we'll have to somehow give him a little so he Fades out quickly and we can do our job great remember what do we say right you because it's with a or with a SE is it or so there's a whether it's with a or with a a SLE a is in Yiddish meaning at least a as long as a b as long as up meing you wipe them out so whether it's the or the SLE we'll leave that for the Balor your shoes but he got to blot out amolik and what's amolik doubts doubts and doubts always suff apathy no excitement boring you got to get rid of that and you if you do that you'll stay younger healthier and more inspirational and that come ties in with the T there we need the inspiration from the sadic not only the action orientation you know put on filling with a Jew learn your um go to um for fine those are all action orientation but we we want inspiration inspiration what was the Tad's AA all about what was the Tad's Year all about and how can I bring some of his faith in God and his love and all for hasem into my life and my family's life in my community's life have a great chabas everyone love you all see much chab Shalom byebye regards from The Windy City bye