Thought for Rosh Hashana The Coronation of Hashem King of Kings -Rabbi Yaakov Winner, 5784

I hope everyone is healthy strong and happy physically and spiritually regards I'm now in Crown Heights and I'm going to be here Mr shemubishi for the whole month of touche as the custom for many many decades centuries to come to the river for the high holidays so forgive me if today's lesson will be missing some components because I'm not at home I don't have all the sweater that I usually have available to look into things Etc will stop as usual with a posseck and a prayer which will be connected to what we're speaking about today and today is [Music] foreign countenance your countenance Hashem I seek so bakshu from like countenance could be translated as face but those are not see this know that the ponega face is connected to panemius and over here the rubber there's one year that the rabbit Rosh Hashanah and the whole theme of the letter was the idea of back to funai which means go for premius look always for the inner dimension on every single level for example if you have a rabbi or a leader don't see people the way they seem externally understand that beneath the surface The Havana Sharma look for the nashama seek for the Sharma Etc and the same thing in general in life we shouldn't be shallow superficial people when you hear a story think about the message think about what if the lesson is trying to teach you in every single situation in life look at what's behind the surface and try to understand the inner workings of things go for premius that's what it means back to finally so too we speak about Hashem seek for the inner dimension of Hashem the relationship Etc the same thing is in serving God it's not mechanical it's not wrote it's not only about the actions it's about the meaning it's about the purpose it's about the it's about the feeling etc etc etc in every single situation look deeper the same things in life a person could be doing things all day long but there's no purpose behind it but then you have a person who lives with purpose is an inner Dimension to everything that's going on in his life that's back so far like and we connect that straight away we'll connect it to Russia soon and we connect this straight away with this expansion this activity in the words literally means the heavens should listen the sky always listen for Spirit family things listen for the inner message listen for what Hashem is telling you look at the world and see the messages and hear the sound of spirituality okay today we're going to talk about Rosh Hashanah and really we should speak about [Music] the holiday of Russia is that the first day we did not blow Shaffer but the truth is everyone is speaking about it this year so that much far far greater people than me that are giving talks about it so just go online you'll find right at this very minute 25 lessons on that subject based on the rabbit's famous talks on the subject so go there I'd rather talk about something which is more basic but at the same time more fundamental so many of the things we're going to speak about today you heard about before but maybe you never heard it all put together exactly in this way so let's talk about Rosh Hashanah obviously as we spoke many times the Jewish holiday is not just recalling events that took place a long long time ago but we actually re-experienced those events and also obviously we have to take the lesson so this is also spoken about by many people by the Jewish Nation Yiddish kite in Judaism when we say New Year's Eve it's not about a party it's not about getting drunk it's not about letting your hair down or shedding your inhibitions it's a whole different world but what is Rosh Hashanah Happy New Year's what is New Year's when we look in the Torah and it says the holiday of Rosh Hashanah it says there's a commandment to blow the Schaefer and it's also a remembrance of the first days [Music] so on one level we want to talk about mistakenly to say it's recalling events from a long long time ago so we'll say it's recalling when the world was created or to be more specific the day Adam or demolition was created fine so that's one idea of Russia there's another idea of Rosh Hashanah which goes together with the word that we say in davening [Music] which has two interpretations one interpretation is today is the day of the world's creation but then there's another translation today the world trembles because it's a day of judgment it's considered the Judgment Day when a person is actions of the previous year are looked at and we stand before the court and it's going to be judged whether it will be a year which you see revealed goodness and abundance not necessarily so that's another dimension an aspect of the yamtiv of Rosh Hashanah but according to Sidis talking about Primus it's a whole different story most of you heard already before there was a very famous rabbi the Russia the dean of Yeshiva University Rabbi Joseph who's known as JB celebration Rabbi JB celebration in the modern vernacular and he said he comes from a very famous family the brisk Scholars and he had a malamute he had a greater teacher in his lavish who told him but he was in so he smuggled into the learning casidos and Rabbi salvation has said this he said this many many times that once he learned with his Muhammad the meaning of Rosh Hashanah as the outer Rebel explains [Music] he could never forget it and it completely changes perspective on how he's supposed to conduct himself how he experiences Rosh Hashanah and what was that the idea as all students know that is the day of the king's coronation and he said over this Point many many times but with slight variations sometimes you would say that one day Islamic showed up and he said you know what tomorrow night is Rosh Hashanah what's Russia though the night of the coronation when we place the crown on the king's head and who places the crown of the king's head battle the Shoemaker and schmerel the tailor that's a profound statement as we'll discuss later also today number one the idea that tonight Rosh Hashanah we place the crown hashem's crown on his head so to speak and who does it all Jews not the ones aren't necessarily the greatest Scholars or the greatest Saints but just every single Jew every Jewish Tradesmen Tradesman Layman Etc there's another word also that's brought down I think in the free to grab his writings and he spoke what is meant to be the avoida of the month of Elo and he said what happens in the Montebello men hey put on Putin we start polishing the uniform for the coronation so this whole month really we're preparing ourselves for Rosh Hashanah which is the coronation of the king so what does this mean that is the coronation of the king why is it related to Rosh Hashanah and how does this affect like many things in Jewish in Judaism that it's the theme it's the concept the inner meaning that manifests itself and how we conduct ourselves and our actions of the day for example Rosh Hashanah the customer is that we say much to them but everyone says much to them from the greatest scholar who it might seem that his saying tell him is wasting his time he could be utilizing his brain to come up with new profound insights of Terror which you would say that since he is a super genius and he has such a great mind let him use the mind to study and create new ideas in Terror which Hashem loves so it's like a mind is a terrible thing to waste and here we say what you should be doing a resistana say to him that's one thing the other thing was there was no talking no idle talk on Russian another thing was and this is also unique in Allah one of the only times it discusses sleeping and sleeping in and and like you should be super careful about it strict not to sleep during the day these discussions that I mean in the morning does it mean in the afternoon and even though if we look at Allah this sleeping is connected to the day of judgment but according to see this it has a whole another dimension so let's start off to understand all these things with what is the central theme of Rosh Hashanah so far we spoke about that it's the creation of the world so far we said also that Judgment Day and now we mentioned coronation how do we see that we see that because throughout the davening of Rosh Hashanah rule over the world your kingship should rule over the world we say that in davening we also say every single brother we finish off with we also say in the aftershman both nights so again and again the central theme that we say in our prayers of Rosh Hashanah is connected to the idea of Hashem as king and this is based on a gemara which says that Hashem says say the verses that are related to proclaiming Hashem King and talking about memory remembrance and verses of the Schaefer so this also has to be looked at what is the connection between these three things show phrase blowing of the Shaffer remembrance and kingship I don't know if we're going to cover everything in today's lesson so now let's talk about Hashem being King what does it mean that Hashem is King so first of all when we say that Hashem is King what does it mean that he's King a king means that his presence is felt throughout the whole Kingdom just like for example if you walked into a palace and you'd say that every single room of the palace a person can sense is the King's dining room it's a dining room worthy of a king it's a king's broom the bristles are made out of gold it's a king's bathroom it's a king's hole etc etc in other words what's kingship that in here from from the idea that the king is a king has to be felt in every single particle area nook and cranny of the palace and the same thing is true about the rulership of the king the king is a ruler over the entire country and his authority is sensed and felt throughout the entire country nowhere is there a part of the country where his authority is void he's Unlimited in his impact and influence on the country and to every single person in the country and to every single place in the country Hashem created the world and he wanted it a dwelling place for him and just like a king's Dwelling Place the king's presence is felt in his Dwelling Place in every single area of his dwelling place so too when it comes to the world Hashem wants to be felt throughout the entire world and that's what it means the entire world senses how there's only Hashem every single thing is aware of his presence every single aspect of creation Cries Out Hashem Hashem Hashem that's the idea and that's what God desired and that's what it means we make this world a better place that God's presence is felt throughout the whole world okay but now what happens on Rosh Hashanah a Rosh Hashanah every single year hashem's interest in ruling reverts back to its source now the fact that Hashem desired to be a king that's something that he desired it was his choice but in truth in essence in a certain sense we have to be so eternally grateful that he decided to be king to create the world to make this world a dwelling place for Hashem because when we think about what it means that he's creating a world that itself is considered a descent a Tsum Chum and as it says in the Zohar [Music] says the world that it's not the way of the king to to discuss mundane matters the whole 10 utterances that created the world compared to the level of God as God is as Hashem as Hashem is is it descent is it symptom in other words like this like we spoke many times you know any title that you give to Hashem is essence not the way the English is in his essence so why simple say a word Hashem is ruler of the world conductor manager owner every single one of these words is talking about how he's impacting us he's a king over a nation a Melody I'm but if there's no harm there's no matter that means that the whole word melon is not talking about the essence of Hashem is ruling he's in a relationship he's in his association with something else and the same thing is creator that he creates something else he created something not that it's separate from Russia so every single word that we're going to talk about except for which I don't want to get into that now ruler judge boss these are all words that talk about how Hashem is impacting how Hashem is influencing and our Hashem is connected to something lower outside of himself so to speak caviarco but what about a Shameless Essence who knows we have no idea all we could say is that we understand that there is a level of Hashem as Hashem is in relation to himself which is beyond anything we can even utter and speak about so now let's go back the first year Hashem aroused himself called he decided that he wants to rule and he created the world but that interest and that desire lasts for a year and has he used by date the use by date is till the next Rosh Hashanah Arab Rosh Hashanah that interest refers back to its source and then we have to ignite it and we have to arouse it again that was the whole point the first time obviously to start the cycle everything has to start with Hashem so he created the world and there was life force for the world for a year but then every single air Rosh Hashanah that interest reverts and then we have to reignite it now what does that mean in our part since that means we have to go deep deep into the essence we have to go into that level we have to imagine it's as if they wish to now is not interested and we have to ignite reignite that interest so we can't go to a level how Hashem is actively involved in being King they have to go to that level where he's like in isolation to himself in his Essence and go there and reignite that interest and desire to rule how do we do that so over here we have the word of etzem we have to dig deep into ourselves and make the coronation as that Muhammad said we place the crown of the king because we are going to reignite his interests how do we reignite his interest when we show that we're ready to be loyal and dedicated to him 100 percent because when you stand before the king you don't say reporting for Duty sir 50 if you said that to a King it'll be off with you that means you have to show total loyalty that you're not giving only a part of yourself to Hashem because that's not going to reach deep Essence takes Essence when you give of your essence he named me and pledge absolute obedience and absolute loyalty and absolute devotion coming from your very core then it's going to touch it very core so in other words this is very similar to a concept that's spoken about in the Hasidic discourses of schmooz that we say that she was we say NASA we'll do before we will hear and it's explained what that means is that we're not listening to specifics it's about we say he made me we're ready to do whatever you'll say we accept hashem's Authority then we could talk about the specifics and the details and let's explain something else another question that even though Russia Challenge from the 10 days of chura it's called assessment starting from the first day of restaurant tilliam keeper and the question is we don't say foreign and the answer is because it's imagine we have a couple and they're having difficulties so there's one level where the couple says they're gonna go to a marriage counselor and then they're going to talk about what each spouse did that wasn't so pleasing to the other spouse and to their spouse and they'll get into the details I should make sure to clean up after myself I should make sure to try to show you a smiley face it said I should stop complaining so much that's one level what happens if gods have been between two Jewish spouses one says to the other I don't want to go to a marriage counselor I don't know if I'm interested in the relationship at all anymore that's a whole other level what we're saying is there is the idea of Russia is similar we're not talking about the specifics now is very very interested this is part of the it's a certain Dynamics and a cycle but I'm just trying to explain why we don't say because it's not What's called the tuba protest we're not dealing with the specifics but not dealing with the details we're not dealing with we're talking about the atom the the essential thing of I'm Yours I've got your back I love you we want you so that's a much more General another way deeper and more fundamental level of service because this is what it means and the way the Russian that we're doing every day the idea every every moment of the day of Rosh Hashanah is there's a melee we're reigniting his interest to rule and therefore we have to express our devotion our loyalty our servitude and how do we do that this explains everything that we do in Russia what does it means how do we how do we reflect and project this idea that we're giving ourselves over completely to the king one way is that we say to him this is the great equalizer the Russian Shiva The Deen The Scholar the great Mystic the kabbalist and the simpleton the postman The Delivery Man the construction worker whoever as rebusive said battle the Shoemaker and smell the tailor and the Russia Shiva and the greatest rabbi are all equal because when we talk in relation to the king the king is someone who's completely incomparable greater than everyone else and in relation to the king everyone is equal that's like they have a king oh I live a king is that there's the king and everybody else is exactly equal in relation to the king there's no higher there's no lower and each one equally has to be completely subservient to the king so therefore we all say tell him tell him is not enjoyable it's just it's it's a sign how we're just simply devoting ourselves to the king everyone is doing an equal activity similar also to how we bow down and mustaph and kratom on Rosh Hashanah there is we prostrate ourselves and then keep her many times and the idea is same idea what does it mean you're prostrating yourself that means that you're not serving God with your mind with your head with your so-called Superior qualities no we show and we demonstrate how my mind and my feet in relation to Hashem is exactly is exactly equal excuse me so that's the way the Russia something similar we're all frustrating ourselves equally before the king now we understand one more aspect getting to the sleep so what happens when we call out to Hashem Essence to Essence and we have to reach his Essence and now this is connected how we started today because we're not talking about as Hashem is in his external level no he's reverted to his previous level God as God is Hashem that's Muslim we have to reach that level go for premiers if you want to get premise you have to give premiums if you want to get essence you have to give your essence that's what it means now once you do that and really there's another whole explanation of how this is connected this is us and Hashem are really two halves and that's the reason really why we can reach that level because we come from that level but we're not going to elaborate now on that point then we go to Schaefer's I forgot to mention before that rudram brings from other Michelle it's another guy name that the idea of blowing of the Shaffer besides for the other themes connected to Tuba is the trumpets that we blow at a king's coronation that's the main point of blowing the Schaefer and now once we do all those things so explain what's a Shaffer why is that connected to the correlation of a king it's because as you see this explains the Schaefer is just a color primer it's a cry from the essence it's not just words sometimes you have a primal cry that can't be put into words and all that gears formed through are all associated with a sound that comes from your essence essence to essence each of these things is something which should be elaborated on but we don't have time because we're running out so I want to bring out another point so once we successfully reached his essence now it is being reignited so see this explains that every Rosh Hashanah usually this is accomplished through myriv Tillis Arvis the first night of Rosh Hashanah that's going to be accomplished this year also by the tear shape of the first day this year we're not doing the Schaefer so things are accomplished anyways don't worry about it but it doesn't take away anything that I spoke about that this is the central theme of Russia so what do we accomplish then that we reignited ourselves desire to continue a new light comes down for Russia Charlotte That Never Was there before but that's like do the math this is the Renewed Energy interest desire to the whole upcoming year so in 48 hours that came down which is in 48 hours concentrated all the hours of the Year 8770 hours something like that so now we understand why it's so important not to sleep because actually it's brought on me xiaomi if you sleep on Rosh Hashanah your mother will be sleeping and as Sydney used to say if you sleep on your system you'll have a sleepy year because what you do on Rosh Hashanah since it's 8770 hours concentrate so how you act on Rosh Hashanah impacts the entire year in a major way like a scratch on the seat compared to a scratch on the trunk of a tree a scratch in the trunk of the tree is just a scratch it's minor but a scratch on the seat of the tree could be fatal and terrible same things over here besides for the fact that it's a day of judgment and definition very careful every single minute of Rosh Hashanah in addition to that we have the concentrated time it's a fact what you do today is going to have a huge impact for the rest of the entire year because right now how you act in those concentrated hours in those 48 hours is really something which contains within it what's going to that happen the whole year and this is why I see this also explains why race Hashanah is called the head of the year it's not called the beginning of the year it's called the head of the year and it's another aspect we don't call New Year's we say head of the year and why silly says the point similar idea just like the head contains the nerve center the control the the control of the entire body the engine room cool whatever you want everything starts from the head the same thing is true about Rosh Hashanah everything that happens the entire year is contained and controlled and led by what happens in Rosh Hashanah because that's the new light that comes down which contains in it the entire year therefore it's racial Sharma so this is what we have to be thinking about it's a very very serious I don't want to say serious in contrast to to happy because that's not right but I mean to say is it's not a joke we have to look inside ourselves and try to measure our level of devotion you know like sometimes you know like when when you talk about life and you say you take learning seriously you take your rambam live with the rambam seriously do you take it down for you hit me seriously do you take anything in life seriously how seriously do you take your relationship with Hashem so it's very nice that we we do things we put on film we learn Terror we get stuck or we do things but how deep is it back so far now is this who you really are is this is this what makes you tick is this your bread and butter and this little Rosh Hashanah is all about the entire time during the 48 hours your your your focusing and concentrating on malays Hashem you are the king I'm standing before you I'm Yours and this we have to ask yourself are you really you're are you really is and even though sometimes it might seem very daunting am I becoming a topic overnight but you know what there's a word that's repeated in the name of the katsukan and he said open me up a hole of a needle the eye of the needle said on that is make space for Hashem it might not be total but at least it's authentic it's thorough it's through and through and that's what Hashem wants make a resolution by the way the concept of New Year's resolutions comes from our Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah prison is meant to make a resolution how we can improve in certain areas of his life in his spirituality and his spiritual growth and development so let's all make some resolution that hole should be through and through authentic and honest for Hashem and Everyone likes to save Russia tables so number one top Shin paid valid I hope today's lesson was the ish Nas final drushes good we should have a year of good Torah classes good Torah speeches sermons and then we see that Russia tables of this year is connected to everything we spoke about in all areas of serbianism [Music] that means we learn a way that this Clarity we come to know what to do know what she wants to eat but a verdict that's clear and that and and then stable there's also for davening the zebra we should Daven with excitement means that our diamond is with song and with passion and with heart that stage last fight it should be a fiery dazzling all those that are in a state of poverty or they feel that they have lacking in their life so that lacking should be filled with abundance of blessings etc etc so the ABC should help we should do our part we're tuning to Hashem and we're saying we're pledging Allegiance with our totality without devotion with the full heart and this will in turn bring Hashem foreign the ultimate revelation of hashem's kingship the Gula meetings posting from the Sunnah your friend Adam Russian