vyadata #6-what is Chabad Meditation and why is it necessary - Are u a Shake Feifer?

so we're on page 208 in the mai mavia daita hayoim from not tougher sonic based 1932. let's go right to the paragraph because uh we gave a very long monologue yesterday and we learned little inside so let's do that now you need to feed faith why must you feed faith the emotion i've been [Applause] explains that the meaning of this is that maisha bain was the one who fed the jewish people and he gave them food what type of food and munna it makes your mind work better your heart work better you can became so too big it's regard is regarding the concept of the day of our subject by understanding and comprehending godly ideas kamashev shared later only as much as we're able to know in isaiah this itself it's the food with faith and this is what moshe said to you this is a reference hillary back to the zayar that he cited at the beginning of 205 that chapter behind base he cited a zayar there okay look and let's see how he explains the zelda show mumbai said this is what malaysia said the eden quote until now i have taught you the way you teach an infant a child what was the limbo what was the study that he taught us to know only stockholder and to gaze later with his stockhill in hebrew the mindalone stockholder is aramaic he translates it now into hebrew laida to know ulistokyl into gays what does that mean because the concept of knowledge isn't only to understand the idea clearly with your mind he understands the intellectual concept that's not all that all what we mean when we say la minda ulistakiel kiem lista cola the in [Applause] is a a further explanation what desire means by the with the word la minda to know what type of knowledge do we mean here a gazing type of knowledge in hebrew we have a concept in depth you know i told you the other day there's learning the gemara bibcias like you know quickly and in a shallow way a cursory way and then there's learning the gemara deep slow methodical and the yeshiva world is this way too there's some one system of learning to cover a lot of ground there's another system to learn six to ten pages an entire year but to take it apart from all angles the brisk there is that way other not that way so we have the word eon to be ma'ayan to deeply look into it says that when the zoya says la minda taught the jews like you teach a child remember to know to have knowledge of god what type of knowledge this stockholder listakola is a definite is a an elaboration a cleric clarifies what type what should be the laminda what should be the knowledge it can should consist of such deep learning of lista which means and here it's important just for a moment to digress and say that it's important to have a daily a weekly time to do the learning in the way of usually those type of learning is more cursory more superficial why because you don't have the time or the energy or the interest to delve into it i talk to myself that's when it's easy to get bored and stale and give up so that's why i remember that ember once said one second hill that ever once said i remember he said this regarding peer key elvis you know what cut cust the jew the custom of the jewish of our customers to study pierce between pesach and chavuz so the rapper said that many people read it they don't really study it so what's the solution to take one missionary or one par one line in a mishna and to delve into that be eon so you have excitement to to want to know more yeah yes hillel uh so the phrase the mind so so it basically means like a review an in-depth review kind of that's the implication of the style of learning what why why do you use the word review an in-depth an in-depth learning why review okay fine yeah it we call we call this today the study the eu that that's the word that's used being okay that when we talk about hasag comprehension avi we were talking about studying in a way of eon of analysis of depth i digress for a moment i went to see a hernia specialist yesterday the day before and he did what i call this list dakota i don't mean to stop calling my body the office was empty it was in bensonhurst bensonhurst is a a section that borders borough park closer to the to the water to the atlantic ocean and uh the house is a corner house it's huge i think he just rents an office there it must be a hundred over a hundred year old house and his office looks like from 1950. he had a radio there probably going back to 1950 and it was immaculate the office and no one else was there only he and i and he must have been about a 70 year old man and it was a makaya like no pressure he had all the time in the world for me i took the velvet here as a doctor so i really felt my wife when i came back to how my first time i met him i think he's a frugal so but i've been a doctor you know so so so how do i like him i said i loved him because he took his time we were able to dialogue and and and agree and disagree and think from this side and that side it was really an eel it was ian and he didn't jump to conclusions like i went i've gone to a few other doctors at columbia columbia oh it's the harvard of hospitals colombia right and he was very flippant and he says i'm a colon special colon specialist i'm not a hernia specialist go see a hernia specialist which is true but come on you don't know you can't tell me about the hernia you you do this day and night you cut people and you can't tell me okay the point is that was limit that was just laid out knowledge okay i felt here it's this i felt here it's not this okay we don't know more get an mri get a cat scan and and this guy tells me he doesn't trust the cat scans and them i rise i said it's right in front of you he says sorry i'm feeling you and i don't feel it and he says you know what they make mistakes many times or they're not precise you have a general yes the cat scan gives you a general idea but it doesn't mean we should operate that's laminda that's a that's what's taco let's tacola means to analyze it and the same as in learning what's the what's the ver what's the value of a shear like this the interactive shear a little where you have back and forth and you could argue it out and you could discuss it and you can you know what i'm saying dialogue that's listakolo so that's what it says here he says what do we mean to comprehend something it means to do an in-depth analysis of the matter of the issue in addition to knowing unison the facts you know the facts you understand it well this is beautiful you hear that avraham he is filled with this idea i love the way that ever says it bellevue said he becomes filled up like a car gets filled up with gas this idea fills up his intellectual and emotional tank this is the process of eon the process of e and guess what when you're you think about it when you're sleeping and when you're eating and when you're walking it's it's all over you because it fills you up let's continue not only did he surround the intellectual idea but more so thus was their indian what happens is that the idea means next page top of 209 farnum the idea swallowed him and by the way this uh this is this is almost a quote from tanya chapter hey when the alternative speaks about learning toyota there's the makif and the mukaf there is being surrounded up surround i'm sorry surrounding the issue you're studying and there is being taken in and being surrounded let's continue shahoom and molly knowing you know that when you study something in depth in an analytical way you become filled with this idea the issue fills you it is permeated by the idea of and he understands it very well so what do i mean no i take that back not just the curse away you understand well there are things you understand well however they are saying the fact is you have um a sophisticated idea that you understand however the yesterday upon him at other times has scholar because we have such an idea such an intellectual thought martial the idea permeates him completely through and through so even the first idea that you understand well nevertheless you're not filled up it doesn't fill you up there's another part of your being of rome that's um that's uh missing the idea the idea hasn't touched that part so the gas hasn't got gotten to every part of the motor whatever it's gone to this section in that section it's not a good muscle because in a car that's the way it is if you put guard into a gas into the carburetor or another part of the car you got an explosion or a big problem so you don't want that but in the new show and tomorrow we're talking about the idea should be studied to such a point where you are a walking idea you're not just a someone who has information stored but the information permeates you and it's in your arm and your feet in your heart in your mind in your eyes and in your nose everything bespeaks the idea because you're filled from it you know he repeats himself that because they are the specific idea of comprehension which we call in hebrew hassago this is the idea of eon of in-depth analysis this is on the intellectual side what about in the avoider side says the rebel who what does this mean practically in serving hashem indiana is bonanus eun equals his bonanut his bonus meditation reflection so right here you're we're always looking what is the khabar definition of his abundance that ebba says it right here that the idea is is it's not just chanting words breathing exercises and cursory reflection yes your innocent now the word is a very interesting word coming from the word peanut being that which is reflective which means to make yourself understand another way you go over the information and you make yourself understand and then there's a double noon over there to indicate that that it should be done in a long way to really really understand wait wait stop who told you the the double nun implies a strong way is that because of the grammar or that's your own interpretation i heard it from from uh who you see jacobson you are jackie uh-huh okay but he didn't give a source because i've never heard that before yeah okay here go ahead but your point is well taken [Music] the the equivalent of ion the equivalent of the in-depth analysis that you use your mind to comprehend something in a way that's the idea of his bonus and he says who now how do we do this look look what the rabbit says here an underlying because we're always searching for different things and qasidas and sometimes you come across kind of a one line or two line definition it's worth to underline and to emphasize so for the future as well people always go back to it this means that this idea that you know and this idea you comprehend play oh boy shinri lite it makes a good an impact in you it changes you for the good the holy grace of in all of your practice and conduct the talk of in all of your behavior and you're walking whatever your your applications he's boring those his bonnie knows if done right says that ever it will make a change in other words so if there isn't a change in my behavior and my conduct it means there's a lack something missing in my his bondages if i'm doing this boneless it cannot be that you should do is buy the news the right way and not be a changed man how do you like that that's what it says here the zehu says and what should the content of your knowledge and your comprehension be to go in the go into the esoteric secret of faith that's how you will experience the listacola says and this desire interprets is the real meaning of you shall know that hashem william you can't just say i believe in god and go play golf or go learn tomorrow see this no you have to meditate and reflect and understand the intricacies of god understand the assad of our vulnerability and this will lead and this opens up to you the secret of faith the power of faith so of course like i said yesterday the foundation of the house is most important to see if the house is worth anything right if the foundation is ruined so faith is ultimately it but how do you get to appreciate faith how how do i get to explore real faith by going through the saga the comprehension the eu analysis in other words in simple english heaven you gotta ask the hard questions those questions that we asked when we were teenagers and young adults whether we from the 60s 70s or 80s when people were still somewhat seeking before we got into the 90s looking for a porsche and plenty of money in your bank account and a nice girl but when things were normal and people were seeking people were seeking something they asked the questions they challenged like i told you those predictions those week um weekend encounters in crown heights that unison probably went to some were amazing i loved them and i was a real you know hasidic uh you know narrow-minded boy from brooklyn from you know i didn't know of colleges i knew of the crown heights and borough park that's all i knew about and i came to this weekend and here these these college students throwing these challenging questions is there a god screaming at the rabbis you're you know arguing an emmanuel shakhadova show and would say i am god and the guy looks at her for a guy i was a a jew for yoshkin he was caught and he says he's quoting isaiah 53 and he's quoting this and then the son you know the trinity and all the house and all that stuff and chocolate gets up and he says hey you know you're looking at god he says what son of god he says yeah my name is emmanuel imanu kale god's with me the place cracked up right and then when i was in morristown and enjoyed the yeshiva the pharisees of bahrain yeshiva i mean you had such bright guys but there were some guys you had a guy who was a nazir and you had geniuses and you had strange people and but brilliant people and and and it was such a new experience to hear for us you know yoshida boys out of crown heights out of 770 was an eye-opener so what is saying here that after saying here that all of this the tough questions are not to be thrown under the carpet you see in khabad in particular we're not afraid of the questions ask the question on the contrary ask we want you to ask do we always have the answers no we don't always have the answers but the asking process the eon process and although every single jew has what we call the simple faith in in god which is set which is kavoor believable in his heart believing in god the eu molecule that god fills all worlds number two the eu slave of calamine and god encompasses all worlds number three belays assad and there is no place that's empty of god and the rabbit says everyone believes in these three things so what do i need faith for yahini it says that i will make it nevertheless see if it says it says you shall know your god da [Applause] knowledge and comprehension a dad what's a dad a dog why is he a dad because he's attack and if he's missing the die he's not a dad you have to know god right it says that refers to faith right my father oh my grandfather my great-grandfather my grandmother they came from the stetho he was a rabbi she was a rabbit since they did this and they were so pious and what are you that the famous story right with um with um psyche pfeiffer a fella goes to him a seba he goes to a gathering and he's holding his wine he's holding his champagne he's walking around like a millionaire and he's fancy and all these rabbis and scholars and philosophers and big shots and bigwigs are all walking around and he comes there and they've never seen him and what does he do he says and what's your name my name is joining sprecher oh yeah i know you're great oh your grandpa oh unbelievable what's your name my name is velvel oh i remember back there in russia i remember you say the how what a religious jew he was unbelievable and he goes around the room asking and they've never seen this guy so finally they stop this guy and they say and what's your name who are you and he says you know who i am pfeiffer shaike is the name yeshaya by the nickname we call him shaike shaike the whistleblower all i can do is just blow a whistle because i have nothing really to say to sell and share that's one interpret interpretation of the story i heard the sort of mental foot of us in other words i'm a nobody another way of explaining the story is he doesn't say it with a broken a broken heart i am a psychiatrist he says it i am sheikh effeifer you know why because i myself am a nothing but i blow my rebbe's horn i toot what my rebbe and my teacher taught me and with their kayak i will blow and fight and whistle and go walk around the room like a big big shot because it's not about me it's about what i'm communicating it's a very important story for life this this this anecdote whether it happened or it didn't happen it's such an important insight into life and behavior so how's it why why did i remind myself now of this story because we're talking about so refers to that refers to your dear eloquent the god of your father so that's faith faith meaning my father my grandfather my ancestors they were holy empires and righteous people that's not enough there has to be da you have to explore i don't care about your grandparents i don't care about your yichus are like a bunch of zeros if you have a one in front of it it means something if you have if you don't have one referring to yourself the one the person then they're all a bunch of zeros zero times zero equals zero if you put a one up in front of it the zeros have a lot of value who is the one you want you want your kids to appreciate who you are you want them to look up to their dad you become a doc be speak knowledge be speak intelligence be speak eo in-depth analysis then they say oh my father is a thinker my father thinks about things my father has knowledge my father is not just someone who who does things because that's the way he was raised it's very important let's continue with wisdom understanding of knowledge league of legends buster to exert himself with exertion of flesh and exertion of soul la haskell will have him to comprehend to understand and comprehend related to no cold comets as much as humanly possible for this individual for every individual to understand of god of godliness through this comprehension the more you understand and comprehend of godly ideas it makes you greater your faith becomes greater this is also important contrary to the some argument out there is creeping into knowing about god doesn't strengthen your faith says that ever wrong you'll become a more a jew with more and more than god if you have more your deen god so therefore don't underestimate the importance of india yes [Applause] yes yes it's exactly what you said that you put more water in the oil rises very good should he be ideal cools the more you have knowledge and comprehension of godliness in that level of god that is comprehensible maybe the us aimic it leads to a in-depth knowledge half law of the wonder bahrain was an that is incomprehensible in other words like the unison said a moment ago the more knowledge you have the more your relationship with god who is beyond comprehension will become more part of you well commissioned kosovo as it says zeke leave unveil this is my god and i will beautify but the god of my father but in a manner when i'll exalt him so the explanation the same that's page 210 this is the god that we hoped for so so so therefore say that he brings a proof that zam means this clear van veyo it says that kaylee this is my god van veyo and i will beautify him the shallow interprets unveil is comprised of two words ani when there is the experience of this is my god it becomes so palpable that it be that i s that it's aniva the gosh when a person exerts their mind or clay sickly la haskell or huffington [Applause] it's to the point where it permeates to the point that he ani i the who and god but are actually captured in the person's mind and heart i knew this is what is what we referred to earlier in the mimer in the name of the zayar the idea of gazing the result of that type of comprehension will lead to the god of my father that god is the god of my father and i exalt him to have the wondrous exalted on this relationship of the god at god's essence which is only relegated to the realm of amunda and that you will have because you went through the process of that means the purity of faith canal as we said earlier and is something that transcends any any level of comprehending god and it strengthens the person and everything that's emunah so that's um basically uh and tomorrow's sham i hope to finish the my master next week we can begin maybe a hanukkah mimer or you just kiss level c um any thoughts and questions on this okay yes yes the mimer does not look like it ends anytime soon hold on i don't know what i'm buying new york you're right okay ah i got him out you're right oh boy oh boy boy forget it [Laughter] god gives life and health and we learn more yes what do you want to say you understand yeah i want you to say that that when you do humanity when they come clear intellectually what you see and then it's like putting on glasses like you're looking through the the idea into the world right becoming your world view now right where you understand well you're innocent i know that you are uh into his blindness so maybe one day sooner than later you'll be able to lead a uh a shear or a workshop um hopefully uh you know in real life person on his bodiness to i mean the rep there what it would be a great closure yes because it's uh it's an un unknown undone um aspect in in in the world of judaism and khasidism and the world of you know we yeah we yap about it and we talk about it but who practices is blinding this who is who attempts to practice this is blindness and it's something that we most people who took meditation when they were younger now they know from the mr level what jewish authentic carcinogens meditation is all about okay but but but you you yeah but it's not like global in buddhism or uh you know with the breathing exercises and even what the dr landis and their uh that it's it the khabad meditation is is very different than than that it's not those are all you know those things the different they have its merit and its place i'm not you know poo pooing all of it if if it's not available which it's not but it's not about responding this so you know it would be i mean this is something that i i wanna i think that we um who have been teaching hasidis for years struggle with it's it's it's it's it's an ongoing thing and the best of teachers you know have a hard time uh communicating this um a man like uh you know uh from from australia label right so label uh you know you know label wolf so you know he i've i've seen i had him twice i brought to california and it's a good attempt but i didn't i didn't feel that you know especially long term you have to create a system and this is what the rebber really wanted when the rep in 1979 of the summer spoke about creating a kosher method of jewish meditation for those that need it there ever wanted to have long-term effect in a healthy way not just a short quick fix and uh so i mean i from you know time to time i remember hill once contacted me some from australia you know and i could see it we're all like grappling you know it's like we're grappling we we don't have we don't have a down path you know so um you know you never know who will be the one that will give the recipe that makes it um that makes it easy for the average yi to to to to to use and practice okay have a great day everyone see everyone tomorrow take care of himself i mean i'm in thank you bye bye