The Pursuit of Happiness. A New Kabbalah class By Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

all right so welcome to our class about some club about happiness obviously it's a very very important class especially now that everyone is getting ready for Pesach and paste it as one of the three festivals that we have to be happy and the question is how do we find strength to have real similar real happiness especially in the situation everyone's going in going through your family or friends that aren't well maybe you're yourself enough feeling well loneliness you're at home yourself thinking about Pesach you're gonna be home by yourself so obviously this is a very very important topic and discussion so I want to begin by saying this class tonight is dedicated to all those that need a reform oh we know that studying Torah brings tremendous healing to the world so a dedicating his class to all those at Neera for and specifically a friend of the family his name is high in Yosef he talked Ben see Malaya he should have a referred slay mode the car ID and his family should only know happiness and great things to her for shame again for crying Yosa gets her Ben Sima Leia so we're gonna be talking about the idea of some car and wife simple class so important and obviously how could we attain some huh even in these challenging times so the we know that one of the classical works in mysticism on this topic is from the first Chabad Rebbe the alter rebbe in tanya in chapter 26 and the author of adir says clearly that we are in a war every single day every single moment we are in a war with our animal soul that means we all have a godly soul the godly soul wants to be connected under this world who connected to God but we also have the animal soul that wants to pull us down and wants us to connected to obviously the world of Clee boat not necessarily such great places so the goal of the godly soul is that we should be connected to God the goal of the animal soul is that we should be connected to the animalistic pursues so it's a real war real war that we confront every all day every single hour every single moment and the Opera bruh says that he in order to be successful award the only way to be successful is when you are in a state of Simcoe if Hofstra Shalom god forbid you're lacking simcha you're lacking joy you're lacking happiness you will not succeed in that war so therefore besides the fact that simcha as a commandant Natur oh but practically the Opera says you need it you need to be able to overcome the Eight's of horror from within and from without and how much more so in times like this when simcha will allow us to go through we have to go through and mana factors many articles today that's saying that with everything people are going through all medical research says that someone that has a simcha attitude a happy attitude will have the strength to overcome what they are going through much easier much better and much more successful so here in this chapter the optimist says that since Simcoe is extremely important so the author realizes that there are times that unfortunately we're going to be dealing with a situation where we're not gonna have the sim Club and the reason we're not going to have the symp is unfortunately because we're gonna have real real needs not once but real needs that we have and unfortunately don't sneeze we're not going to have those needs so when you have a need that you want and a need that you need and they are going to give us an example specifically if somebody's lacking never they can have children or for example health issues which that's really the issue today or someone can provide a food for their family the three-button of high Amazonia and he were there it's called so that's real concerns children's health food sustenance can be the rain the mortgage so how are you supposed to have happiness and what happens is it's not just a physical hand on happiness but it literally makes your heart very very heavy so the optimist says that even in those situations I'm going to saying clearly you something did somebody have to be happy and the question is how could you be happy and the optimist says very very clearly because you have to realize that everything that we're going through or anything and everything that we're going through everything comes from a sham and since everything comes from a sham and we know what REM is good so we have to have a mindset a mindset that gong zu Latoya that whatever we're going through knows even in the light even when we're lacking issues with our children whether we don't have children we have children having aggravation with them or health issues our own health issues a good friend the family's health issues or for lacking food and sustenance we have to realize God missoula time and this is also for the good so here comes the big question because the author was saying that that gong zu Latoya this means for the good and obviously on this this there's many many discussions and people trying to comprehend campus what does the optimist saying I'm a little toy though so there's many many different levels of understanding of it I'm gonna take one of the levels of understanding which basically it's what the Rebbe explains on the idea of gamma October and their army says like this your every says that if you look in the Talmud when when you look at situations when people going through struggles so you find this two expressions in the column uh that's used there's one expression in Tamil that's used that says call the of Eid Ramona the table of it whatever Hashem does he does for the booth now it's interesting if you notice - I pronounced it call the oven on the top of it it's not less narco Edition it's astronaut English or Spanish or Chinese any other language but it's actually an Aramaic so that's an expression one that says coal called the UH proponent of it it's an error rate expression and it's important to note that not explain to you some why there's another expression as Homer that says and this is actually some lotion or Kodesh and the expression and Talmud is gong zu little evil this is also for the goods you have two expressions called the orbit return of the tablet which is there an aramaic and then you have the other expression that gamsu LaToya which is basically in Russian Arco - in the special holy tongue and the question is why two expressions and what is the difference between two expressions so the Rebbe explains it based on two famous stories in the Talmud you might know the stories but we're gonna talk about we're gonna go over two stories indefinitely we can be refreshed to the story I'm gonna talk about the difference of the stories and who is the graboid that the story happened with and why he uses that expression so the first story we're gonna we're gonna deal with is the story with Rabbi Akiva rubee Akiva was traveling and in those days when you traveled you traveled with a candle because it's not like today you come in you put the put the lights on it was the lights so if you needed like you needed a candle so he travelled with the candles so you should have to read Torah at night he also travelled with a donkey so that a donkey can schlep all those things he hears from three - leopard and get knocked out from every trip but he had the donkey that carried all the stuff and the third thing he had was a rooster so we know when you go to sleep at night beat on alarm clock how you getting up so the rooster would wake him up in the morning so you'd be able to pray in the morning or pray in the middle of night so that was his alarm clock he traveled he comes to this town and he comes he's looking for lodging no nobody wants to accept him nobody wants to accept was getting late at night he has nobody go so if nobody wants to host him what do you do you leave the town and it's not like the next town there's two minutes away he ended up in the forest and never he had to go to sleep in the forest he's ready to go to sleep but we are doesn't go to sleep for a kiva see he sits down he starts learning takes his candle he like just family such learning a wind comes blows out his candle all right he blows out his candle so he goes to sleep he goes to sleep a lion comes and eat something devours is dunking and then what does he have left number his rooster a cat comes and eats the rooster so think about this I mean he was traveling they don't nobody wants to host them that's pretty not such a great idea he goes into the forest to sleep in the forest and he has candling he's gonna learn Torah the camel gets blown out he has his donkey to schlep all her stuff a lion comes in the mountain no more donkey and then his rooster the cat comes and eats it he's left with nothing so welcome watch her a Kiva's attitude every keep his attitude he says and this is the quote her Akiva says called the ugly drops modern all the top of it the truth is yes upsetting no one to give me a place to sleep and I lost my candle I lost my donkey and I lost my rooster and I have nothing which is not great but he said call dr. Hoffman all the time of it whatever our son does is for the good that is one story and that's the source of the expression call dr. Horner top of it then there's a second story in the Talmud the second story is walk through the react evil because with that was first Missouri the second stories with with nakamise gums what was the story with nakamise gamsu so his name was nothing now why was he called is gamsu because he was a man that was known that any time anything happened he had one line a one-liner three words gong zu the Twingo this is also for the goods that means something great happen for example he wins the lottery comes a little table never he lost something a total right left middle up-down whatever happened he had one line and his line was gong zu Latoya anything that happened so there's a story they once needed to send the gift to the king at that time steak ain't enough from each conversation listen it's too holy man and we wanna find favor in the Kings eyes we're giving you a treasure chest full of money and you'll travel you bring it to the king so he says sure pleasure gonzo Latoya he travels in his travels he went to sleep at night he gets up in the morning and he picks up the treasure chest and he opened something so I even know weighed more or less the same and he gives a look oh my gosh the treasure chest that was full with coins precious coins earth sand what do I do do I not go of my journey I not go but in the other hand I was sent on a mission so he responded me said gong zu Latoya with a smile today maybe you'd put some got in a mental institution but he said no gam zu Louisville and he goes with the same enthusiasm as if he was carrying a treasure chest with gold coins and inside he knew it was sand and he goes to the King comes to the king says I'm behind from our community we're so grateful for all the wonderful things you do for us and he makes this fiery speech as if he's giving the King the most greatest present and he hands him the treasure chest the King opens a treasure chest and gives a look inside sand I mean hello are you literally here to embarrass me so then we're going to do what you do to somebody it rebelled against the king they were going to kill him on the spot nakamise gamsu doesn't face he says gums and I'll tell you but this is also for the good so we know I share takes care of everybody runs the world so Shem sent Elijah the Prophet to dress up as one of the officers and Elijah the Prophet says to the King King this is a holy man you think he's bringing you sand garbage you remember stories in the Bible Abraham when he used to fight against the kings how did he fight them he didn't have any munition he didn't have tanks he didn't have guns he was a holy man he got a sub Book of Psalms what he had but he would pick up literally sand from the floor and he was thrown at the enemy and it would turn into these weapons that were like so powerful and white back all enemy this is probably that holy sand that's what the Elijah the prophet who's dressed up like gave one of his officers he says okay great sure enough and the Rebbe says you know this is never a lack of wars short while later there was a little war and they sent out the treasure chest with the city with the earth inside and they used it as ammunition look how much faith they had they use it as ammunition and guess what they were successful in the war it was so successful and they actually was so appreciative and they gave him tremendous gifts and they a lot of blessings for the community that sent against why because not flamish Conger said gamsu Latoya so the Rebbe says hey you see something very interesting in the two different stories in the first story Rumi Akiva he suffered a loss what does that mean they didn't let him they didn't let him in there in the town he lost his donkey he lost his rooster he lost his candle he lost it all and it was a real loss on paper it was a loss or reality was lost what'd he say Hashem does it all everything if some does it's really good knock Sameach Gaza there was no loss what was the loss and the country there misses because if you bring the king some some treasures King has much more doesn't need it when you bring in a unique ammunition so you bring in the cure for the the virus whoa you know what kind of reward you're gonna get so that's the type of gift he brought to the king and that's why he got such tremendous gift so the Rebbe said something very interesting the nakamise guru was actually the teacher for me akela in other words the Rebbe says nothing is gamsu lived closer to the times of the temple in the times of temperament the the light of the Sheena was burning and therefore everyone saw what Hashem wanted so therefore he was able to say with clarity comes to the table and he didn't experience anything negative why cause he was closer to the temple what two times of temple what happened in the next generation would be Akiva so he was really a generation away from the great light of the temple so the phrase Chicago Lowe's godless became darker see he read he couldn't say in Russian or Kodesh with shuts clarity that gamsu Latoya was so therefore what did he say he said okay you know what troubles challenges okay Cole my daughter didn't cut in the in Aramaic he said whatever my son does it's also gonna good I don't see it I don't feel it okay so that's we call you read that to the road it means closer to the temple when the light was shining then wow he said he saw was good nothing he's got a new Latifah however later on they didn't have their clarity but the river says now that we're getting closer to mushiya coming and we know mushiya comes you're gonna have the tremendous light that's gonna be shining well Sheva is gonna take the Sun out of its shield you know the Sun today if was protected in a shield because we're so proud Philander to handle what handle the power of the Sun how Shrem is gonna take the mace unanimity land by the way you all know that today a big part of the healing process if you wanted to stay protected from the virus is to stay in the Sun a little bit every day because it has tremendous blessings of a sermon and it says in the Prophet that says but are you involved knows that Hashem love can say so Graci they're gonna appreciate the Sun without the shield so there are verses now that we're getting closer to Messiah so therefore we can go back and be on the same level of the generation of nakamise gamsu which is close to the temple we're closer to Messiah and if we could and we should say gamsu whatever we're going through the toy room which means like this so there optimus s one man would go back to Tiny's now to recess how can you say that it's a little tiny but this is for the good what it means for the goods we don't see it we see people are saying and people aren't doing well and challenges what does it mean when we say gongsu Latoya and here's a very very powerful insight from the author everybody says like this that everything we know comes from a shell there's something which is called in the world of Kabbalah Alma discuss the concealed world and then there's something which is cool almond is golly of the revealed world or to be get more cabbalistic on this we know everything comes from ash in Hassan's name is made up of four letters you'd the little letter the hey devolve and the hey the you'd and the hay which even though the unit is smaller small letter is referring to the concealed part of a Shama and evolve you know some big alert it's to reveal partnership so anytime the optimist says that we experience something enjoyable and we appreciate oh we understand what a sham wants you know what that's coming from that's coming from the second half of a son's name that's coming from the vug thing that's coming from the revealed part of God anytime we're like we just don't get it it tastes bitter it's terrible anytime we have that feeling and expression so the on service says guess what then it's coming from mute K that's coming from the concealed part of God now which part of God is greater the reveal the concealed for sure that concealed is greater because revealed we're find out we can only accept so much so anytime we experience a physical or material or spiritual or mental enjoyment and we said oh we appreciate it that's kind from the Parsa we could reveal partisan above gain anything we understand I'm going through a struggle that's coming from the concealed partnership so the optimist says because someone's going through a difficult time and he said before bond of high Amazon or Bihar whether it's with children or its health issues or livelihood guess what you could that you should say namazu Latoya cuz right now when you're going to see what you're going through and you're experiencing that hardship it's because right now you're getting gum this Zoo Latoya it's good but not the reveal could it's actually a greater good but it's very very important to know that this whole idea that we say gamla toy haulers even for a struggle it only applies during the struggle or after the struggle but before you go through something we have an obligation that's her wand saws to have revealed good and the term wants to pray for revealed good and we should only experience reveal goods so it's important not to settle for anything other than reveal good because that's what we want and that's what we shouldn't give us we're his children he should give us everything we need in a revealed way and that's that's the goal we're talking about after doing the person is going through a challenge you altima says we need to say just like nakamise gong zu gong zu Latoya why because when a person says gums will twinkle and you say it and you feel it and you experience it that really it's coming from a stratagem really loves us and he's giving us from the for the best that Hashem could give us we will have the strength from that conceal good from the UK to overcome every challenge that we have so another's were you going through a challenge you need greater powers how are you gonna get the powers the great powers are up to us we were able to hold on tight and say I know it's a challenge but I remember I know one thing I know a Sheldon loves me a shaman wants to give me a great life and I said we'll give me a great life I know this is coming from a deep place Michelle I don't understand it because I or do understand it then it's not from a deep place I don't understand if I do no one believe gamsu Latoya anything I'm going through a sham is going with me Hashem is going with us it's all for the good and we also must be hold on tight we will emerge some all merit to see and experience that everything that we went through and everything that we're going through is really for the good can I explain to you now how it's for the good no we're not I said and guess what if I can explain it to you wouldn't be the real wouldn't be the real good because once you can explain it that it's a reveal good when you can't explain it that's the gums rule Taylor that's the real good but again to remember we pray we're praying for real good reveal good that's what we want that's what we can handle for cheong chooses to give us this greater good okay we're accepting whatever our son has to has to offer us so I just want to say this I know a lot of people have called me and emailed me and text me and whatsapp me that's hard it's not easy and Chabad we're not together it's all true 100% it's all sure no one's discounting it but on the other hand we're mandated from there from the Reber from the altar above from older obeying that well we're going through it sorrow we have to remember a Sridhar gather statistics yes sir a good cane that a fortune is the person that when you're going through it sorrow you can say ASHRAE we're blessed and we're lucky because Hashem is giving us some you decayed even though it's hard but when you realize that everything is clean for Shemin it's kind of a deep partnership that will give you the oomph and I'll give you the sim color because silver is key to overcome any challenge if God forbid you don't the sim card they for sure boss they even sure out of the game so if you want to stay in the game of life as tough as it is and as hard as it is and just thinking what can he pesach just going to be sitting myself with just my family where's the community with my family as my friends but we have to remember one thing I one thing only if this is when I Shem wants Ross and this is what it's not we chose it Hashem shows it if this is what a son is choosing for us we have to accept it be a ver with love and we have to accept it with someone again is it easy no no one is saying it's easy but we do know there are some losses now some is giving us an opportunity to have a great life actually I get past rotisserie UK which is referring to the first part of a Sims name so let's all remember that we can constantly say throughout the day as much as we can maybe sometimes it's lip service but sometimes you'll feel that sometimes you won't but as long as we can say gam zu Latoya and as there ever says but very very close to mushiya coming so we can see it and feel it and experience it we will actually have not only gam zu Latoya from the concealed partnership but the finish will be that the concealed part the gums will over which is concealed coming from you clip of Kane who will be revealed we'll all get to merit to see the UK of a sham the concealed part of a sham in a real revealed way so I want to wish each and every one of you that are watching here live I want to wish an HRV they're gonna watch it whenever you watch it watch the video or those that aren't watching it subconsciously we should all have a really really really happy Pesach because Pesach is young did y'all think we have to be happy we should experience real some car simcha in a revealed way but if a chef wants to have the concealed blessings whichever way it comes we will have true simcha and we all know it says and there'll be quotes as many many times that Singaporeans gather when a person is happy you can break any boundary that's in the way real happiness and real happiness we know comes from one thing at one thing only by having a deep meaningful relationship with a senator and as we say every single Saturday night when we finish the bond in the veto of how we say keep a simcard say say that through simcha we'll be able to go throughout and all our challenge that we're going through so simply is key we have to remember irrelevant we're going through or irrelevant we hear we have to make sure as hard as it is I'm again I said it's not easy we have to make sure our simcha stay strong and a song is a strength simcha stray song stay strong we got to say gam zu Latoya this is for the good that mixture will all merit to see they reveal good betoid hand mirror on Ziggler and it's again we all know that what but a silver brain can do even mouth Miho can't do we're sitting here together I see online and what the people in different houses I just want to give everyone a Bravo the Weber needs or fors should be healed within a real miraculous way whoever needs them health issues financial success the children whatever you need we should all be blessed for tremendous blessings and again just to reiterate for I said in the beginning this class today is a reversal aiming for everyone that needs to refuel and I mentioned specifically high in Yosef hits Quincy Malaysia Chevrolet ma and this family should be we should be uniting together right to say they're an issue that they will experience real simplified the whole family being together for Pesach Sandhya is a happy happy place of to everybody and we surely continue to experience only great and beautiful simcha with the greatest son car with mushiya being revealed our main right now