The 13 Principles of Jewish Faith - Principle #6-7: The Voice of the Soul - Rabbi Akiva Fox

[Music] as interesting Conard abellio which is from Elio another Elijah the Prophet a statement that he said that I Shem that God has called an usher called a rich called wealthy so obviously when we call God wealthy we're not referring to you know how much he has in his bank account or how many stocks he has or what he's net worth is I don't think that he's ever been written up in Forbes I don't think there's ever been God so even though on the dollar bill it does say in god we trust' that's not what it's referring to but what does it mean that God is wealthy I once heard I saw them I farsan bring down a fascinating son there's a Mishnah and other and ethics of our fathers that says Hazen last year has some Arabic okay who is rich was wealthy truly wealthy he was happy with his portion so we're not going to focus on the simple meaning which is to be happy with what you have but a person or someone who is happy with his portion is hailing awesome ass The Hulk I he is called an usher here is called wealthy so the Muharram explained that Hashem is also happy with his portion who is God's portion qualia strong the Jewish people are called God's portion because we have a Haluk Aloka email Kayla Kayla commie mal means that each person has a divine property inside him a portion of God on high meaning there's something divine there's a part of us that is in essence a part of God it is portioned off it is like given off to us to use the most mundane analogy it's like if you have a piece of play-doh you have one big one and then you take from there and you put it in one and you put it in another and you put it in another that's in essence where we're coming from but the play-doh analogy is not a good one because when you take a piece of play away from the big clump play-doh they're no longer connected but when you take away the peace of God and put it somewhere else it's still connected in essence it's still there they're still connected just there's some barrier of physicality of finite existence in the way but the the peace of God is still there what is that peace of God call that's called the Haluk avocadoes called a portion of a sham but in essence that's called the neshamah that's called the soul the soul is a piece of God the soul comes from a sham itself a small piece of a shim exists in every single one of us what and where is that soul so usually when we think about it we say the soul is here well there's truth to that but the slurm tell us that mostly the soul is up here the soul is in the rice which is the head but it's also in the word we shown which is always the first and the top that is why the head is on top of the body facing upwards as opposed to animals whose heads are usually facing down towards Earth because their source is completely physical and tonight our stores which is the head meaning the neshamah is facing upwards because it is closer to a Shem the soul that portion of a Shem that exists in each and every one of us is in essence to intellect knowledge the mind the mind the rambam and the havas above us explained that the mind is the conduit in which God speaks to mankind God speaks to us through our mind which is really through our soul through our neshama the more clarity then a person has in his thinking the more unlimited his mind is or the more unpainted or unadulterated him the more he can understand and connect to new godly form which is as neshama but the more things that are in the way the more things that limit him and his perception and envision the more personal desires and wills and wants that he has they get in the way of his neshama so the message that the neshamah will send to the rest of the body in essence the message may be silent or maybe staticky you won't be able to hear it the channels are not on the right the knob is not on the right channel so when a person wants to connect to Russian through his neshama through his soul which always wants to return to its original source which is God Himself that is the portion of God in order to do that a person has to have a pure altruistic mindset in order to allow God to speak to him through his mind this is the livewell prophecy and more than that this is the total the Torah allows both things to happen allow the person to connect there's a divine will but it also allows a person to purify his mind to remove the limitations that will give him the ability to access the divine the neshamah that speaks to him from God this is the essence of the soul and this is what the neshamah does when it learns this is what the Zohar says yes royal the I Raisa the Kurdish of lethal console Claudius row our soul I rice on the Tyra the Kurdish alberico MSM they're all one all of those together are really one essence the divine in order for us to connect to it more in order for us to unite ourselves with it more we need to remove the barriers we meet you remove the limitations of physicality of our finite existence of shallowness of temptations and desires and the only way that we will really connect as the puzzle says ner ello Kim nishma of them the flame where the candle of a sham is the soul of a person like a candle like a flame is always going upwards so to our soul always wants to go upwards always wants to return passion but we have this physical thing here called body we have this physical part of us that focuses on our own wants and desires instead of solely focusing on the will of a Shem that is the impediment to the neshamah and to the voice of a sham speaking through the neshamah but were it possible for a person to have absolutely clear pure pristine mind the Word of God would come to him and through him very clearly this is something that it's spoken about and many of this firm the Torah give the person the ability number one to connect to this oneness of a Shem and the soul of people but also give the person clarity and pureness in his mind that he can now have the mind as the conduit that I shall speak to him through when a person learns Torah not just one not just because okay I gotta go not just out of intellectual thirst but when a person learns cholera in order to connect in order to remove all barriers and connect with oneness complete oneness to a Shem and his neshama and it soul that is something that will give him in essence the ability to hear loud and clear the voice of a Shem that will speak to him and threw him through his soul this is something that we find throughout the generations called doc Tyra das Tyra is literally means the intellect of a knowledge of Tyra that there were people in this world and are living in this world the great leaders of the generation that through their continuing unlimited give Akos entire through that continuous learning that never stops both day and night always focusing on allowing their soul to taste the godliness and to taste the divine by being a sick and tired by learning and by by pursuing God's will to his Tyra not only does it give them clarity of mind but it also allows the voice of a Shen to speak to them and through them this is something that the Torah discuss is often this is called doc Tyra when we there is a saying when you pray you talk to God when you learn God talks to you what that means is that the Torah is in essence allowing a person's neshama his soul which is the divine piece of ash em inside him to be a conduit pression to speak to him thus far and even tell us this is something that's brought down from the grow that if and obviously this has to be you know there's not one of those things you want to try at home but if a person is stuck in the desert he doesn't know where to go right or left life and death he has no one to ask he doesn't know what to do if he should learn he should learn tire up for a few hours until it gets a part of him and then think about the issue and whatever it is whatever decision comes to his mind he should follow it if you come to a fork in the road pick it up and eat with it but what that's telling us is is that the tour gives the person the ability for God to speak to him and through his soul this is the essence of the Torah Tyra by rights on the CUDA shibori hoo-hah do Chloe's trolls and ishyama that we are the portion of a sham that exists in each and every one of us and the Torah and Hashem are all one we're going to end with one final thought the Gomorrah says that if a person feels a wise man he makes a bracha obviously I don't want you to do this on video you have to see me personally but if you see a wise man you make a blessing that's when you see a Samwise menu when you see a scholar of Torah you make a different bra when you see a regular wise person you make sure nuts on mayhawk must say then a sham gave wisdom to human man but when you see a person a scholar of Torah you say Sherlock make us mercy he portioned out his wisdom to bust of Adam figuration line to a fear of those who fear heaven the difference between nuts on between giving and portioning out is that the intellect that there is in a wise person a regular smart man is given to him it's a gift but the wisdom that exists in a Torah scholar is not a gift that was given in it's a part of god that was portioned out to him it's a part of God still while it exists in that person he never loses it so what that means is that his neshama is so great his soul is so powerful and connected to a Shem that God in essence is speaking to him and giving him his wisdom teaching wisdom through his neshama when we blessed everyday and we say thank you I sham I'm allow meet or allow my child teaches pirate the Collies role that is true because in every second God teaches us he speaks to us through our intellect and our intellect is alan Hashanah so when we are aware of the power of the Divine soul that we have and the precious cherished position that it has as both being a portion of God and a conduit for God to speak to us not only what we respect it not only where we cherish it more but hopefully we will listen to its call instead of the call of our bodies and our temptations and hear the voice of God that speaks to men you you [Music]