What God's Love is All About

Okay. >> It's close. >> Good morning. Good. I need one. Come on. >> I know. I brother. [laughter] You know why I need it? Cuz I'm I'm I'm I'm on like average of three and a half hours of sleep for the last like five nights. Give me one >> from Good morning. >> Good morning. Morning. Morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Boer everyone is sponsored by the anonymously sponsored and today uh okay so first of all like this the week is sponsored by uh my in-laws Ben and Barbaski in honor of my nieces Bach Mitzvah and Muna I also want to dedicate for the my father-in-law is not feeling so well bin I don't know right now but I have to remember his mother's name today is sponsored by ker wre even though it's this day for the rest of our lives until mashia comes and as long as we live in a world that still has that that the English calendar has relevance in our lives uh this day will forever be a day that's waiting for So it's obviously very uh strange today, not strange but apppropo that what we're going to be doing today is going to be mashlin what we began on on Monday and when we what we got to on Monday what we started talking about on Monday you can pass these around please is [clears throat] the love that Hashem has for every single person. And of course on a day like today, it becomes very very hard to fathom this concept that the love that God has for each and every one of us is so beyond our wildest grasp that we can't grasp it at all. We have no havana. We have no understanding of it. It's completely beyond us. However, like we saw on Monday, had if we knew, then we would say we would be roaring like lions towards God in a in like a longing cleaving lane. We would be roaring towards the if we actually felt love, we get stuck as much as maybe once a year around time we get out of the whole a mitzvah business and we're into like the it's really just about iskash. We're we're we get right back into it very fast in terms of God loves me based on what I did or what I didn't do. And the andidus is constantly trying to not, God forbid, make you ignore the focus on doing good and the focus on staying away from bad, but that that does not define Hashem's love for us, which is not the way most of us that grew up from were taught. just isn't today. Things are much better, but most of us that were brought up in in uh in orthodox upbringings, God's love for us a wasn't spoken about. If it was, it was more about being a good boy, a sha sha, but not we're we're we're extracting what we're what we've been now tapping into. And this falls into the chapter of that [snorts] that my my belief has to be that that exactly what we started last week saying that the love that Hashem has for us is and that the whole world was created for us to bask in the light and the beauty that Hashem created for his chosen people. And like you see like we ended off saying it's not just that Hashem loves everyone in AmI is um as a it's not that he loves us as a whole as a unit of a people. He loves each individual no matter what it's like with with this passionate love without any any without any borders on a measurement you see on the top of Gimmel and a measurement that's above our capability and understanding to grasp and now he brings the famous from this is remember the safer I was in touch with the author yesterday I told him I I wanted to give him and I have int right now on getting the copies to here. Until then I'll be I'll keep on I'll keep on photocoping. So we start off in the over here in the top line. What a line. What a line. What a line. It's known that God loves man more than man loves himself. So maybe half of you are thinking, "What do you mean? I have all these like insecurity problems. It doesn't say much. I don't love myself. I hate myself." Say, >> "No, >> not not exactly." [laughter] You may like to sound, you know, deep, but no. What a line from God loves man more than man loves himself because of this is why I'm in love with this safer we're going from No It's [snorts] God's compassion and mercy on us is greater than any concept of compassion that you can think of. And he adds here any compassion and mercy that you feel from another person right that someone someone displays to you it's all from Hashem's rahim and he put it in someone's heart to have compassion on you. We have to think about these things out loud. Think about like it's like we we love certain people that display compassion and mercy on us and it feels very nice. If someone has that for us, it's only because Hashem put that in that person's heart. And it's always, you got to always go back to the source. This is an of >> a person has hatred for you. >> It's part of that comes out in a different way. Now, this is what we said before. This is what's hardest to believe because the way we're programmed, this line is the hardest line for us to believe due to our programming. All of what we mentioned before about the infinite love and the rahim and thela, the compassion, the mercy, the love is there whether a person is worthy or not. Can you say about someone they're not worthy of Hashem's love? Can you say that a person is not worthy of Hashem's compassion? You may say they're not worthy of that person's compassion, right? There's someone right now that's not worthy of my compassion. That's because it's me, right? It's no one in this room. It's something whatever. Not for now. But [cough and clears throat] if a person's no that was maza on the cover of my family. So right now I don't have I just want to clarify it's nothing the one that lives in a whatever this what we're speaking about has nothing to do whether you can you cannot say that there's a person that's not worthy of that there's a yid that's not worthy of hashem's love. Now if if your natural reaction is to try to find din or or the py you no no no no there has to be someone that is not worthy of god's god's compassion if that's what's troubling you so much you got to check in with yourself and ask why is that where I naturally gravitate towards that's another para yes Dr. If I don't have raim on some fellow yid, hashem still has raim on me. >> I think even sorry but like >> it's infinite. >> It's not something that's based on action. That that's what we're trying to say. It's a it's a clava embedded in creation. Right now Geffin was started saying I'm sorry I cut you off. I was feeling very strong what he saying on the end. Davka even more so because you need more rahim at that moment to get you to open your heart to another person. You see rahim is not this bank. It's not like I go to a bank and I say how much money do I have? I go to the teller. How much how much what's my account? Do you know anyone that like checks their bank account every morning to see like where they're holding in life? >> Yes. >> Right. So imagine like if we checked our bank account every morning to check if we're worthy of rahim and love. It doesn't work like that. That's not that's not what it is because we'll generally probably go to a place of finding places of that that will justify not being worthy of God's compassion and God's love. Now unfortunately this even this language was hijacked by another religion. And that's why even speaking about these things, God's compassion, God's mercy, for many people, they're very, it activates something very negative within them. Yes, ge >> what I was going to say was rather that uh going back one line to the that when you are to have on someone else that's from outside anyway. So when you don't, it's the same amount of from the outside. So in a certain way uh the the having compassion on someone is just being a channel forina and it wasn't uh something you can take so much credit for in the in the first place. >> Say that Dr. Ger for now. >> For now. >> Okay. Me too. For now again. What does this sound like? What Torah does this sound like? >> Where we have to find the good points. But here he's saying even if a person is a look what he brings from Why? Now, obviously, why are we laughing? >> Because it's incomprehensible. >> You started >> that God loves the greatest Russia in AmIrl more than we love the greatest Saddic. >> It's wild. >> You see, because God doesn't work for us. You understand? God's not human. He's not Jewish. It's God is we box him to make sense of our life all the time. But theam is Uncle Mishi had made the greatest attempt. He really did. He did. He made the greatest attempt. Right. I think the deepest the deepest like line in that song is the word truly. >> [laughter] >> You ever noticed that right? Hashem is here, Hashem is there, Hashem is truly everywhere. Right? Like that word truly is a very uh very big is saying God loves the greatest Russia more than we love the greatest sadic. Sit with that for a second. Ponder upon that. That inhale that. That's a that's a wild and let me ask you a question. What's the NAFTA for me? If I actually internalize that statement, what's the NAFTA? >> I should love the Russian >> or or at least I should let me start with stop hating, right? Let me stop start with stop hating. Um if we're supposed to emulate God's ways, whatever that means, let me start with like putting certain things in perspective. We want to love what Hashem loves, right? There's certain things Hashem hates. Like putting up mats, it says in the but what we want to do is walk in ways. I want to I want to believe is saying that I'm so threatened by something. What am I threatened by if I do this? If I start loving Rashine, what am I what what threatens me when the f in the first thought when I think about this? >> What does that say about me? >> What's all the effort that I'm putting in? >> What am I what are people going to think about me? >> Very good. Very good. Meaning meaning why should I if God's going to love me anyway, >> then why and he loves that guy anyway, then why should why am I killing myself, right? Why am I killing myself? Very good. Very good. >> It's not about because this is a pos. It's not about said that's an with trying to figure out how that works together in my life. Let's finish this paragraph. is a very important the I love this safer I'm this is like basically it's it's that and the other map that's not this line it's the other you know they don't know if they have the other map but If I translate this right now, our channel will get >> Yeah, >> I know. He's like Brazil saying, "Do not translate this line into English." I'm going to say it again. Yseph's like, "Please, please. [laughter] It's not just love. It's not just compassion. Do you know what you This is very deep right now. Do you know what you give? Do you know what you're giving Hashem? Do you know what you give Hashem? If we really were were holding on a on a deeper with deeper consciousness and we stopped and we asked ourselves one second what did I bring Hashem this morning by let's just say three things that I know are facts one I woke up in Israel two I ded and I put on I spoke to Hashem three I'm sitting and learning Torah I don't know what else we've done those three things I assume most of us have done Let's say two out of the three I saw. Right. There's there's you know when a when a father says to a kid, it's like this is like this is like a kid's dream. A kid's dream is to hear from their father or their mother. You give meas. You give meas that is the that is what we long for. And then of course we we we we hope we give our kids. Oh, but that word, right? There's nothing deeper than than feeling that my being in this world is giving Hashem. So, guess what? Guess what we're going to see right now? That is happening. Look inside. This is very a very important thing before the whole world and all of the creations were created for Israel. Even from a great Russia, Hashem, Hashem receives, okay, as we learned always in the Gar that even the ones that are the most empty that at least that's what it looks like, they're empty of mitzvah, they're empty of ducha, they're empty of longing, They're emptying of of sanctity. They're filled inside with mitzvah like ash. Another one. This is amazing. You understand what we have in front of us? Do you know how many we already looked into >> one page >> in one page? Do you did you notice this? And and the way that he does it is mish is not just, oh, let me show you how I've learned everything. He went through everything and he sees a theme. He sees a thread. God's pleasure is through our actions. And God created the world. He saw he gazed into the future and he saw there'd be one people that through their actions they'd be able to unify all worlds. And this is good. We're learning this right now. And I love when this happens because it happens quite often on the para. Why is the why is the first word? So tells us and Rashid brings it down. The Torah is called the beginning. And even the lowest levels in Israel are are included amongst this thing that's called Israel. You're the beginning. This all falls under the chapter of what's the name of this chapter? Amun. Amuna. This is belief system. This is core beliefs. Core beliefs. How precious is each person's toiling? No matter where they're holding a little bit, a lot in the middle, even though we're usually in denial of that, we're quite under the assumption that God's world is just this world, right? There's a whole another [laughter] there's a whole another, you know what I mean? There's a whole another [laughter] that that are operating completely differently than us with no which is the main kicker but there's a whole galaxy I'm not going into >> I thought you referring to Miss Snag [laughter] there's a whole another galaxy what he called over here we don't even understand how much it is. And you know what they're all doing that whole galaxy? What are they busy doing all the time? >> Gratitude. >> Praising God, right? He took you and me and put us in physical form and he put us that we praise him that we walk around with, you know, I can't I have to tell you so many people have reached out since Leo to share their own personal lom experience madim so many rare that it happens to this extent um and and really you know you triggered it with that with with with really how you went about this dove with the with the shirts and everything. to walk around living in this state. So to to to understand that we have the privilege to do something that gives God more pleasure than give God and this is why God created us in this world. So again when you said this morning one time what we if we can't understand this it's it's true and we're going end off the pericon going back to Rah and Kov like we started on Monday. But in the misl and what the balm in and his Torah is always trying to extract is awareness of the em and the emtt is is that when a Jew is in a state of praising giving to Hashem getting out of their own balagan getting out of the way stopping to think about how messed up they are and how messed up their life is and for a second putting it aside and just saying or something like that we reach way higher than the places that we think are precious by others. We reach way way way way higher. It's the most precious thing in the world. This is what he's bringing down over here. And now he ends off this paragraph with someone very important to us. They're all important to us. Who is that? Who's the immis? It's the father of the ishes. It's histo moment we start ding the moment we start learning that exact moment we open a safer. That exact moment we start or that moment what do they say up in the in the heavens? Who do they say to >> all the that whole galaxy? They say thank you it quiet. Why? Because now So they're always quiet >> in your and let's just go let's go in our own world. >> So in our own life they're not always quiet >> unless maybe by you they are I don't know. >> I know I know I know it's like there's always a Y that's always put that always has filling on. I know. No, but what it means over here I think is that that could also be right. I'm a whole world. Now I'm not always learning. I'm not always ding. But when I am engaging in that, what would happen to me if they gave me a little like screenshot of >> of you know if that that's what they're telling the the the and why is this important? Do you want our children doesn't anyone here want their child to feel that their word mama shakes heaven and earth? Yeah, we do. We do. And our our children's generation's gonna get it. They're gonna get it. Of course, we're it's only been two lines since we quoted a Rebi, so we have to quote another one. Meaning by the balatania in paricum alf. What the point of of of over there in that chapter is to first get us into the the the the recognition. Anyone say that recently? >> What was what was your kavana? to ask for yeshiva. >> Me too. [laughter] >> That I said honestly I I pitched that one to you. You know that what would what what what would be our covenant and we say it three times a day. So what does that mean? You're king in all worlds. Like there's nothing vacant of of your malus. I don't see it. I don't feel it. But I proclaim it through. I proclaim it. And yet what that God could choose to say that place is the most precious. This gives me the most tiny. And in the whole world from everything that's created, if we believed this chapter, if we believed what was brought down in these words over here, our our lives would be completely different. Our moments would be incredibly enhanced with meaning, with connection, and the patience we'd have for ourselves when things are a little bit would be something else. So now we're going back and we're circling back to how we started this chapter. Now let's go back. In what manner? Remember who who brought this down? The two bikinas of Karov and do you remember the >> so in what manner? Yesterday it was so it's important to mention the name as much as possible. It's always important to mention his name. In what manner are we raok from Hashem? >> Haga. >> Haga. What does that mean? any sense of understanding, >> any sense of grasping of intellectually grasping for sure, even emotionally grasping, right? In that sense, it's but now he's going to say he's the closest through his love, his mercy, his compassion and over us. He is the closest of God is closest of all closest >> like it's not like we have no idea and he he has all the like >> well by us >> it's not mutually exclusive. Yes correct. See by us our understanding of relating to things you're either close or you're far from someone. You're not both together. By the ama means that they're both happening simultaneously. And I need to remember that God is in order to keep me humble from thinking that I could I remember remember I told you once I once stood next to a professor at Hebrew a professor for for Hebrew studies at Hebrew one time alum came out and he had a book on the life of the Rambam or something because he already knew he understood what the point of of of Sed say was of because he knows he grasps it heaps it heaps. What are you coping? On the other hand, I have to always remember that the concept of means that at this moment my words, my mouth can bring tremendous before by doing what? I believe in that guy. >> A call a >> call. Gin, you're killing me. You just got to you got to give me one more minute. Okay. I I see. Trust me, that beard is right there in front of me. I see. >> You're learning. >> Yeah, it's so you can't prian is in full. Give me Give me 10 through this amuna. But we're going to end this now in the chapter through this faith that the whole world is filled with God's honor and there's no place void of him. If that's true, you can connect to God in any place and at any time through anything that you're busy doing. Because I believe is because there is no place that it's oh here it's not it's not godly you know I'll I'll give you I think so I've showed some of you I saved something very interesting we moved back to America we I don't feel like I'm from anywhere because we moved around so much I say I'm from here I'm from there but we moved around so I I I moved around more than most people that I know a In March of 97, we moved back from Isra from Israel to LA. I was in 11th grade. There was a girl in my CL. I wasn't I was in yeshiva then, but there was a girl from my we were in Baka and she was in my class when I was younger in elementary school that gave me a gift that I still have in my office cuz it's the first one of the first lines. It was like a it's calligraphy of a statement from Rabbi Aman. I was 16. She gave this to me and it's these words. It's a quote from Rabbi Aman. It says there is this is like it was basically giving me a mus but not mus like hold on to this and you'll be okay out in you know that's where we were moving back to. She said it's written under that when a person walks with walks around with being connected to his Jewish heart, [clears throat] there is no place that prevents you from serving God. Why? Because when I walk around with each place that you go to with the with with the heart intact that place everywhere you go, you conquer the world saying this is a place now that I can serve God. Why? Because there's no place void of God. He wants to drill this inside of us is that there's no situation that a person says it's not an appropriate time right now to be like godly and now for many people that's very intimidating and frightening because we're kishing for a vacation. Some people after the mako was closed on sukus were like I could just not feel so bad about Netflix now right or whatever or whatever it is now I don't have to feel so bad right I'm going to say something startling for some people not here there's nothing I could tell you that would shock any of you anymore unless I started sounding normal that would shock that that would probably shock most of you think it's impossible to be godly and serving God through certain things on Netflix. You You hear my question. I don't believe in that world that says it's impossible. I I have to be careful, of course. But there haven't there aren't things Listen, the easiest thing, which none of us would probably choose to, you could blow if you really did it, you could blow your mind on like the National Geographic documentaries. You'd also you'd literally blow your mind at a certain point. [laughter] You could drive you crazy. But meaning of course you have to be smart but we live in the world of Yeshua Shapira from Ramadan would always quote all paths in life are filled with with sakas everywhere but there's no place that's void of of the ability to lead. There is no place like that. Now in your minds were probably you're probably thinking what do you mean there's places that are completely tomadic and fil of course then that's a place to right there try to claim the toma that's a service of god and if for me I'm not strong enough I got to get out of there that's serving god in that place and the moment I do even an ounce of a maamat to serve hashem one a little bit that brings more tug and nas Hashem more than I could ever ever imagine. And when I do that, what does Hashem tell all of all the legions of above? Be quiet. This is amuna. This is amuna. This is real. This is pimistic of faith. This is this the big leagues already. But this is where we're aiming. This is what we're striving towards. This is the light of the So again, the last paragraph. is built up through this you could actually say in no I wish Kcha was here. He has to listen to this because I have a great quote has a one of his songs. Jump into the sea of Toron [singing] in all your ways know him. This You you elevate everything you do [snorts] when you cut yourself some slack and actually begin to believe in this and you're also with through this type of faith you're me one of the most important things that Mosha Gers has a whole book on and that's the concept of equinimity that that God God is always it's it's constant has like a song. I don't think he ever put it out, but he literally goes next time. I think this is the last saddic we're learning from today. This is one. This is the you should know. I've had for the last five years. It's on my sh saying this year we're going to learn it. It's one of the mid of Mis. It's a very deep safer mash fish. I forgot the full name. Very safer. But at least we have his name over here. Maybe it'll be as good that it'll happen. What does that mean? This This is the point. What is naril? Not. What's become to become accustomed to. What does that mean to be the same to believe that every place and every and everything in the world at that moment I can give Hashemas you know Napali and I have a very close friend whose father died probably like 15 years ago I I would think by now and he told us a very deep like I don't know how close he actually was to his father but it hit him really really strong. It hit him really really strong. So he told us that he no no he said to us what was his exact blush about the >> he said I would give anything in the world to spend like two seconds with my father. >> Yeah. He said mashuk and it I remember couldn't stop talking about this. I mean till today right me too. He like he would give anything in the world. What if what if what what if he would say I would do anything in the world to give my father one more ounce of it's the same thing right? It's the same thing. So what if a person like if we want to go really crazy now go back to or where the PS is telling us doing a visualization of our own funeral when we're in our casket we're in our and and and we hear the screaming of everyone crying and we can't do anything about it and and then like what would you do to stop that crying? We have so many moments where we could do something that millions of other nishambas can't do anymore. billions of others. Who knows how many? We could give Hashemas right now. Guess what? You actually already are. And you could do more of it in the later in the day and you could do more of it later in the day. That's the amala. So because through everything we said over here the of Hashem will fall upon each person it'll come down to you this awareness when there's a for each person in [clears throat] its time exactly like this through this you actually reach real humility which we'll discuss later on but in a nutshell it's the last line to be in a state of of total all the time why because if the recognition of is constantly in front of me okay We will learn again on Friday morning.