Shaar HaBitachon Lesson 32 with Rabbi Shais Taub

all righty we are still in pedak Dali in chapter 4 of shot of a talking from a vasila Louis and we left off discussing the bit talking that one must have when it comes to spiritual matters or to be more precise matters of this world for the sake of the next world so you remember we spoke about a few categories already we spoke about matters of this world for this world meaning your personal health we spoke about our Nosa then we spoke about interpersonal relationships now we're on the fourth category out of seven categories that basically cover the gamut of life experience things that people go through in life and we're talking about the harvest challah lovest the a volume the emotional and behavioral obligations that one has poured Hashem basically religious obligations that don't affect anyone else remember we said like fasting or keeping Shabbos or prayer these are things that are your personal religious obligations and we spoke about what kind of be talkin you should have in this category and if you remember it was pretty different than what we've been saying before because and here's you know if I could just sum up last lesson very succinctly how Kobe the shamaya puts me at a sham I'm everything is in the hands of heaven except for one's awe of heaven so the way God is running the world none of my business not my control the way I'm reacting to it and making decisions and choices as a human being with freewill who can choose wrong from right completely under my control that is my business so I can't really have be talkin that oh oh you know if Hashem wants me to be a man shall be a mensch no no you have to you have to make that choice you have to be a mansion you have to discharge your obligations okay so we're still talking about this and let's go inside the text where we left off where Raveena bhai is going to now contrast religious matters with secular matters okay there haha fresh obey Nevada so beta or sharm I saw alum Binion of a Taco Bell aqui miss Potter the difference between service of a sham on one hand and other things secular things mundane things in regards to the trust in God that one must have here it is what is the distinction sure sure in yonder ho alum line igloo Londo off- aha the sebum in a sea bass me ballad a are--some in secular matters it has not been revealed to us which means are better or worse than other means the lay of Nia have sidwa had a box awesome built it's awesome and we don't know which ones are harmful or not harmful keloid Ahmad no al a zoo melaka minimal aisha tavola no the yeas are oil of Akasha cetera fob Rios for hot aive because we do not know which profession this is for example which profession is best for us and more worthwhile for securing livelihood and health and general well-being vallabha is si de lluvias Odetta obeys a mysimon mi seem Hoyle um him nuts Liege miss Val gobo hem and we also don't know which business venture or which journey or which worldly pursuit will succeed when we when we try it we don't know how we supposed to know any of these things woman add in Elaine ocean if Novell Hakeem be corrosive Ashla masa los rain while ma she yesh babe ever say no and therefore it makes sense that we have to rely on a Shem when making a choice and implementing it we have to trust in a Shem that this will be for our good ah Krishna's goggle alayhim Venus Canon a love Lahaul ear lava vanilla by Keira satavahana Elana mayhem we must apply ourselves diligently to our work and beseech him to stir our hearts to choose what is good and proper for us okay so that is talking about secular matters because we don't know what's the right business and what's the right trip to take and what's the right you know appointment to show up for and we don't know how are we supposed to know these things so we really have to rely heavily on on Hashem Providence you know should should they go Jago call on this customer or call on that customer we don't know we really don't know you know about the lead back in Ruslan back in Soviet Russia he was walking home one night and the KGB came over and they stopped him and they asked him comrade where are you going well he didn't want them to follow him home so he says I don't know and there's a cover that's not an answer you're out in the street you're walking somewhere where are you going says I don't know they say one more chance where are you going he says I don't know that's it you're arrested they bring them down to the station and there was a commander there the commander says comrade this is not okay my officer asked you three times where are you going and you tell him some smart answer I don't know he says commander I only told him the truth he asked me where am I going I thought I was going home I ended up here at the KGB station obviously I didn't know okay anyway where are we going where should we go we don't know we don't know so when it comes to secular things like we rely so much on a chef okay now let's contrast that Avila Veda Sebelius butter hey Nandu cane but the service of the Creator is not like that it's different meat Nishikawa ad on Olaf nayana Hina bar because we've already been informed of the right course to take vit C Vaughn will live harem bar and we were commanded to choose it with no solano yet hail ursula ha and we were given the ability to do so this is a very important point by the way that Ebba says this a lot that a civilly a commandment of Toyota is anissina sky yok as a granting of strength that because Hashem only requests what is our ability there's also there's our like a reverse engineering as well where the effect becomes the cause he only require only asks of us what we're capable of doing therefore if he asks us to do it that makes us capable of doing it so when it comes to secular things mundane things I don't know I mean not like I know which business I should do or which meeting I should show up for I don't know if I was given an Essene aspire to succeed at this this deal or at that deal so I'm in the dark I don't know but when it comes to the right path in life what's moral I mean this out it's pretty clear and like I said in the last lesson if you don't have enough clarity about what you need to do as a Jew there's a book called kids Ashoka Nara trust me you spend 15 minutes learning open any page get social canonic and spend 15 minutes and you'll have plenty of things to do okay the point is that when it comes to religious matters we know we're supposed to do and we were told to choose what we're supposed to do and we were given a Youkilis we were given the power to carry it out so therefore therefore let's continue the e miss honey nail of the Bahia dasa vineeth tackle of var a say no F not a la know if we pray to Him about the choice we should make and trust in him to show us what's good for us we say Oh wash em please reveal to me the right way to live I said last week I'll say the same joke because I said it valve lock I said it's very quickly what are you the king from the kuzari remember the king from the kuzari it was like oh I want to know what's the right way to live and he spoke to the Christian into the Muslim and then eventually spoke to the to the Jew to the rabbi right before you spoke to the philosopher also remember I spoke to the philosopher what are you the king from the Kazari you know the right way to live and again like I told you if you're not sure go open up this book called kids ashokan order and you'll have plenty of things to keep you busy okay so it's ridiculous Oh a sham show me the right way to live when it comes to secular things yeah because who knows what a person's supposed to be doing but when it comes to morality we know exactly what we're supposed to be doing so if he'll ask Hashem Oh grant me that knowledge by the way I I want to just mention something you people probably notice I like drop in like recovery references a lot here I think it's I don't know if I do it because the recover references are helpful for people to understand the Jewish concepts or if I do it for the recovery crowd who watches this stuff and likes the inside references but there's there's a step the eleventh step which is improved our thought to improve our conscious contact with God through prayer meditation praying only for the knowledge of his will for us in the power to carry it out so without getting into a whole discussion of you know why is the prayer there only for knowledge of as well for us and if I were to carry it out but when I've discussed this step with Jews I always point out that knowledge of his will for us is talking about the stuff that like Gravina bhai is talking about here I don't know which business I should go into I don't know which meeting I should show up for you know I don't know which train to take I don't know you know which pair of shoes to buy that kind of stuff okay I need guidance but you know whether I should get up and put on chi'lan okay look my first hour or two of the day are pretty much spoken for cuz I'm gonna get up gonna say made on the I'm gonna watch Negev I said I'm gonna say Broca's gonna learn something gonna dive in okay like I don't really need to go pray for knowledge of God's will for me or even the power to carry it out because like I said before I Mitzvah is anissina sky yeah it is empowerment that's that's pretty much taken care of okay so if someone's gonna treat spiritual things like material things in do i sham please guide me I'm so in the dark I don't know how to live my life the minute bhai says if he does that Nia tie him vada no solemn the between a no we will be making a mistake and will be actually fools in our but often that's that's strong expression we will be foolish and our betoken because it's misplaced we're talking meat Nashik VAR karna hai da say a son who dark ahave - yay I know the alum has a movable because we were already informed of the path of service paths of service that will help us in this world and in the next can Mesa Amer like it says the TV you are shameless Asus Cola hokum hallelujah recessional a keener Litella no Cola Yami Hashem commanded us to observe all these statutes to revere a sham our God for our own good always so we know exactly what's good for us when it comes to our moral obligations the armor McMullen Allah muhabba and it says about the reward in the world to come it's Docherty Allah no Kennish may Allah says it will be to our credit if we are careful to observe to observe Hashem's commandments all right and now Raveena bhai is gonna continue to contrast the kind of be talkin we need to have in spiritual matters with the kind of a talking that we need to have in material matters another difference the aid and furthermore another difference gan Yavne ho a long yeshivah Seba I'm a shoe bajas me guna vahana gonna mash Ibaka's that in secular matters commendable means may become reprehensible and reprehensible means may become commendable there may be a way of making a living or let me add even seeking healing yeah conventional wisdom about healing changes all the time all the time you know we just had to see him a trauma that AMA mentions a whole bunch of stuff that doesn't apply today but he wrote based on the science of his time and if you would have gone to their album at that time that would have been the way to make a vessel for for healing is to listen to that album not because he was a rabbi but because he was a doctor but in our day and age there's different medical advice and this stuff changes and in one generation or forget about one generation one year they say this another year they say that and so through with any anything secular anything worldly things change they're constantly in flux so there's no real reliability to say well this thing is always a good thing you know this is always a good way to be you know like I don't know the UH vase our patriarchs were all shepherds I don't know does that mean that we should all be shepherds okay I mean that went out of style right so just trying to think of an example anyway and not just on a historical scale even on a like I know the one person's lifetime you know could be that there was a period of my life where a certain way of making a living made sense for me or a certain way of taking care of my health made sense for me and then at another time in my life it doesn't make sense anymore in fact it would be very foolish to do it that way right so these things are constantly in flux they're constantly changing ah pave the the ha fade are however service of a sham and the opposite of service transgressing transgression annum King are not so Kia now guna I'm a shoe bah mayhem whatever is commendable or reprehensible in that category meaning in spiritual matters la ethic men gone a villa Escala Flo Ella it never changes why because Teta is eternal today is eternal so you you don't say that you know it was all well and good for you know people a generation ago to do mitzvahs and learn tailor put on tefillin keep Shabbos Cassius but today there's different ways of connecting to our chef cosmos all these things never change never change right is right it's eternal but when it comes to secular things they change all the time you have to be ready to just to roll with the times because there's no rule that something that was commendable can't become reprehensible and something that was reprehensible can't become commendable okay Avel masha Riley fááá the law of however where is it proper to be talking in a sham regarding spiritual religious matters who gamar my sohe Veda it's about finishing the act getting it done a kabuki rasa believe shall aim venom on after you've already made the choice with a full heart vas Gama and you have committed to it we stab loose with our lave of and you are really exerting effort with all sincerity the havana leash may a goggle and with a pure intention for the sake of his great name okay so all that stuff you shouldn't rely upon a chef to make the choice and you do it sincerely and wholeheartedly and to put in your effort all that's of don't rely on a sham rely on yourself okay but after you've done all that and relied on yourself well the results actually finishing the job and getting the thing accomplished that you're gonna have to rely on a sham for so this is what he says over Zen national high oven loose cannon a love Lazar a son obey Allah Hades his son or olive and in regarding this not only you should rely on him but it's our duty to implore him to help us and to guide us to measure cause of like it says had the detainee vomiting have a long day mm Alec says in tehilim guide me in your truth and teach me also in tehilim Dhamma it says had the detainee been seve Mitzvah Sara guide me in the path of your mitzvahs that's from Kofi attest from that I was capital this year the armor and it says Derek a moon of authority at the same time he points out I have chosen the way of faith also from Kofi Otis the armor and it says devaki by a vase Akash m al TV SHANY I cling to your testimonies Hashem do not humiliate me the armor it says about toxin we PDMS aDNA aid kill miss Mitaka you halt he also curfew test do not utterly remove the word of truth from my mouth because I have put my hope in your laws in other words what do we see here is that dove it is saying that I've chosen this right he says that I've chosen the way of faith and I'm clinging to your way now help me out help me to be successful so it's a partnership it really is a partnership I've got to choose the right thing I've got to commit to it I've got to put foot forth full effort to it but at the same time I don't control the world I don't control outcomes so I need to ask gosh am i shall please help me this is where I need Hashem help to help me carry out to completion any of these religious duties so the main of a higher point that holds at all of these verses we just quoted from tehilim raya are proofs should be hero say - am i so have a that that nobbut had already chosen that's the key point here he had already chosen to serve a sham his powell LOL Akeem I'll she need vote him but he'd Arvind for two things okay he didn't say Oh a sham show me what to choose no he already chose because like I said open up a kid to show Hinata and you know exactly what to choose okay he already chose and natto not only did he choose he put forth effort but now he's asking for divine help with two things two things after mayhem one of them a yahoo Laval Bella has acquitted also Boveda say about Hakka steered they saw a lamellae by a vein of he's dabbling that I shall unify his heart and strengthen his choice in his service by removing worldly distractions from his heart and psyched can make sure like it says yahud Laveau V Lea - maja designate my heart to you know singularly focus my heart on fear of your name also Gawain I love a beaten flloyd my terasaka awesome coffee itas open up my eyes so I may see the wonders of your Toyota you need help for that you can be looking at Toyota and not see the wonders you need a shim to open your eyes whether you look in the right place that's up to you but once you're looking in the right place to be able to see you need a shamans help to be able to see looking is one thing seeing is another so you can choose where to look you have to choose where to look but to be able to see for that you need a special school sweet weed Alvin for that schools have attained I made I shove or conversely avert my eyes from seeing vanities that's also from cofee attests hotly BL advice AHA incline my heart to your teachings that's also from Kofi attest but de Mille ahem and similar verses to that so the first thing is you say Hashem listen I've chosen the right thing already I've already chosen the right thing and I'm committed to doing it but now how about this how about you help me to stay focused on the right things to see the right path and not to be distracted by the wrong stuff now someone who hasn't made the choice to do the right thing and he's asking a Shem basically take away my free choice and make the choices for me no hums not gonna do that but if you say I've made the choices the right choice and I'm committed and now I'm asking for help that to keep me focused on the right track not only is that ok that's a very good thing to dive in for ok we spoke we said there's two things you can dive in for it hidden in spiritual matters what's the second thing the Husseini and the second thing the Kazakh a votive al-haj Lamas am i Simba vadose to strengthen his limbs on completing the act of service the first one was more emotional and mental right singularly focused my hut keep me focused keep my eyes focused on good keep vert my eyes from seeing bad that's all mental and emotional here is more physical practical woohoo Masha Armour had the detainee been seve mates mitzvos a claw this is also cookie attest it says guide me in the path of your commandments meaning once I've chosen the right thing make it easy for me to actually carry that out so Daini vive Shia sustain me that I may be saved the harbor cameo and there are many passages like this Ronny acid levar often MFC daya hey like Isaiah and later on I'll explain what's detrimental to this group of Nahash lomasa and also what is good for getting it done but I did if Nagaina Bey and what is the right path to take in it but as as a sham God willing what are we saying here when it comes to matters that are purely material secular or mundane like we're talking about the first three categories you really need to rely on a sham because we don't have control on it over any of that stuff but when we come to the fourth category matters of this world for the sake of the next world meaning it's physical stuff doing a mitzvah is a physical action you know the 613 mitzvot SAR actions but it's a spiritual thing so we need Hashem help for the physical part of it but not for the spiritual part of it for the physical part of it meaning getting it done and staying on track and staying focused and being strong enough to carry it out that we ask for help but the spiritual part of it the choice and the commitment and the willingness that's got to come from us now obviously Hashem could have made the world in such a way where that didn't come from us but that's sort of without getting into the whole story of the head it's a toss the sin of the tree of knowledge well let's just say that that's that's not how it worked out and in the end goodness has to be goodness that comes from us throughout through our choosing all right so we'll continue mr. Shem tomorrow