We need serious Prayer now for the Jewish people - Self-Sacrifice in Prayer - Rabbi Chaim Dalfin

so we're learning Tanya we're on Page in chapter 41 we've been Trucking along here following D's theme and that is that is the is the foundation of a not a service serving in the Army being a soldier requires C and and and this is a a truism and a principle in life and because it's so true it's so hard it's a difficult task says the AL I'll take it apart for you I'll break I'll open it up and I want you to think about certain ideas certain meditations and thoughts that can help you feel more comfortable which is an oxymore on if you're a servant Comfort doesn't come at the play but nevertheless if if you can understand with your mind the importance of Kaba soil it'll be easy for you to accept it's interesting someone came over to me shabas and he said his daughter asked him his daughter's meeting someone about breast and he doesn't know much about breast so he asked me what's the difference between bre breast and and kabad so I told him a to read my full book on it because on one foot um I can't do what hill did you know Hill said what you don't want someone to do to you don't do to others that's the entire T I'm not in a position on level to say that uh about what bre is or is not but now as I'm talking to you in the sheer here about this this cab soil I I I would say another just hit me this is this is the beauty of learning and teaching that the cab of is is is rudimentary fundamental basic you know and and it's all good and it's very holy the you see over here he he he tackles the same issue of cab and meanwhile we have we've done already six year and we're on our seventh shear and we probably have one or two left and and it's four five it's four pages you know he cuz he talks about ways of wetting the appetite of man to engage in kab go tell someone be a robot how many people are going to follow and and want to be a robot few few but you say but that's the whole idea of listen to yeah yeah but it's say shma and shma means not just listen means he not just hear but listen and understand shma andma is sh and shma means meditate not just here you know in yish we say it goes in from this air remember from this air and it comes out from this air that's called listening there is what we call yish headen to hear and then there is dead headen I I translate the word dead headedness to resonate it's not just to hear a flimsy hearing and I go and do what I want but dead headen means to resonate in your bones and your Kish kiss to become part of you that's who you are yes yes sir honest question because I my Biblical Hebrew is not sufficient enough but but in modern Hebrew we have two different words we have which literally means to hear and we hear lak means to listen and to to follow what is being said lak means to pay attention look l means to to listen and follow okay but as far as I was I don't know if that word existed in in Biblical Hebrew I my um I think I think it's not a modern no not but is brought down in in the I think it's way before biblical modern Hebrew but what's your point my my point is to bring up there is a distinction between and yes okay but but but there's there there is I don't remember the P now there's a m the previous onma and he brings three translations based on tan on the word and one is definitely not just to hear but it's as you say to listen to follow you know there's no question he cites a he cites a t but anyway the point being that let's not lose you know is that the AL in chapter 41 gives us three meditations the first part of the chapter to help us instill this this Foundation this am for for serving God for one is God stands upon you and checks you out and knows what's going on inside number two is the idea of the meditation before putting on tal that in in mitz um in general God is within them and therefore when you do a Mitzvah you have God and but that's from God's perspective God inserted himself in mitv and and then finally the third the third meditation that he mentioned on page 112 is more personal where where this uh becomes part of your life anyway then later in the chapter we're at this point pretty much now we spoke about and he said a very very interesting thing and a and he said that a person should seek Unity with not only for himself but for for everybody what's thees and and this I didn't say last time I'm adding this this time I heard this from the idea of for me to take personal responsibility right for us to take personal responsib is within our control what responsibility can I take for you iser or you for me you're you I am you know so you know we like each other we talk to each other we learn together it's very nice but at the end of the day you have to D in you're with your kavana I have to D with my kavana in other words M this idea aidea of we're all one or in the language of I'm uniting I'm bringing together and right the mid whatever the says I'm bringing I'm bringing together a Unity of God a go God in the world right so I could do that my but that's not what it says first of all why do you have to add the words in the name of all of Israel in my name I'm ding H you're B no it doesn't say B says b call and number two what's the advantage no I'm sorry and number two what's the advantage and number three seemingly it's it's it's impossible I can't take responsibility for you what it's abracadabra it's Abracadabra doesn't work that way so the alic explained to us one ver he says that we have a right our our is is a is a reflection an emanation of the the way it is in its source when it comes to its source we're all one when are there differences between you and I and and and and people and every is when we come into a body it's my body and not your body so this part of the Nish that invests itself in the body is unique to my body so then I have a good question how can I pray for you right but when you seek when you understand that that's only that's only the the the amination of the soul but the other part of the Soul or better said the real comes from on high and remains on high you hear that and that's why we have a times dreams and we have a times callings and we have a times epiphanies and we have all of these things that you know are out of the ordinary where does it come from it comes from our the way our is in its pure state on high and it doesn't have the of the Goof of the indulgences it's it's B it's in the source because it doesn't have baggage up there it can easily Unite with each other it's like they understand each other when ourish comes into a body we don't understand each other and that's why this one of the reasons why why do people have differences is so we say says right 600,000 Jews BR introduction to Tanya right wow Hashem you're the master of Secrets you made 600,000 people and everyone's different that tells you that the difference is is once the soul comes into the body the 600,000 but look at the soul in its source there's one there's one and it's called is it's one large called says here means that the way you create the between not just between not just for yourself but for all of Israel is using the ingredient Theus ingredient which is B in other words B is a reflection of the way the soul is in its source and over there you can have because they over there the souls understand each other they're basically all the same ballpark they have the same ambition and that's a a fascin a fascinating thought I mean it's a it's a big biges and it's a it's a gal thought and says this is what we need to have in mind when we do a Mitzvah so we ordinarily say like I said last week to you remember you do a mitzvah for the soldiers mha made that good comment you know you do a mitzvah for the sake of a Mitzvah if you do the right Mitzvah if you do the Mitzvah with with you learn you do the mitvah the sake of the Mitzvah Hashem will do the right thing with the Mitzvah here was saying that when you do a mitvah and you should be with the attitude with the attitude that I am part of a whome a wholesome thing I.E the soul the soul energy not the soul the way the soul is already in the body the way the soul is in its source this is what we learned until now so let's go another page I don't know which which cedure it's in but Rashi says the whole point of if uh part of am is hurting so you know Compares it to what the body if a toe hurts if a thing hurts the whole body hurts so I mean this seems sounds very similar that I mean it's obviously in in a spiritual sense not necessarily in a physical sense also in a physical sense also right just right right okay so that Rashi is supportive of what we're saying Rashi is talking about it more in the practical sense or the spiritual practical sense Al is is kind of giving the inner dimension of Rashi how is it that we're all one seemingly we have two bodies so he says look at the source look at the source and it's a it's a very important meditation reflection in life in general to look at something at its source I'll give you an example simple example you see a car you see a heap of metal where does the see you see a car where does the car come from from a plant someone in M somewhere in Michigan or wherever and it was a heap of metal and where does metal come from the minerals you have to go back to look at the source and this is the this is the same the same idea that when you look at something from its source perspective you have a different perspective if you look at the car from its it's you know plann perspective guess what you have you have you know you have good cars bad cars they come out good they you have and therefore you have complaints and some sometimes it's great in other words when you look from below to above if that's your to use the the word you know your world view you're you're entire you're entirely tainted by the world view if you Swit which and you look from above to below from God's perspective it's a whole different world the same car is no long it's a it's it's a mineral so it it it's a whole different vantage point and the same is with the body and the same is with every issue you know and and the and the shales says it sh says that the things below they they allude to the things above and even more so because they're that way above that's why they become this way below so an apple is yellow red or green because in their Source there is yellow red and green on some level and hence when it comes into the world through the power of vegetation in the ground and from the fruit tree and coming out apples sometimes it's yellow sometimes it's red and it's green you'll say but I don't know that first of all if you study and you learn and you meditate you can get a little taste a little taste and number two that when you when you know these things it just changes your we say in Hebrew the the Paradigm in English the Paradigm okay let's continue we have to learn inside we're in middle of after in middle of page after the word it's the second word on the page with a a a DOT a period the the unity of one soul and its incorporation in The Godly light to become United every Jew desires this with truth entire heart and from the hidden lat love in his heart to Cle to God not to be separated and the the Jew does not want to be God forbid cut off or separated [Music] prayer it is also I just was the there's a famous that when you go to DAV you have to say to yourself I'm I'm I'm going to give away my life to God you know how our soldiers we talking about the boys the soldiers they are Mish doing Mish and they know that and their parents know that and their grandparents and their Community knows that there no this this is you know this is it they able helps they win they come back and but the point is Al said the B says that when you go to DAV you have to have a mind I'm going on I'm going to D with such intensity and such that I'm ready for my to go back to did you guys know the says this this the a from the B brought in and in not just I think the mag brings it and it's a it's a it's a very very it's a very serious ver oh so normally you go to die D I have my needs I DAV I come out no B says no when you go to DAV you have to get ready to say kind of say and if I don't come back that's what that's what you mean if I don't come back that if I have such feelings of being with hem my that's says where does it say that in in is there Hebrew in yeah I I I have I have to look it up I I I I saw it just uh I saw it a long time ago but I just saw it I think this weekend and I have to look it up I don't recall now I think on that on that Mis before I pour out my talk my I think over there the B says you have to be ready to to give away your life said a m once it that's why I it was so fascinating okay let me continue inside here so says so I don't know I don't know but it sounds like it the is also just like when your soul leaves your body BL sh when the 70 years of your life he call 70 years cuz of right when when you after 70 years your soul leaves your body you don't think about oh I need to have pajamas and I need to have warm water for my feet you know you don't think about that what is the thought of the soul my that it's United I want to it's invested in the words of it's the word of God will become one says that when you and you have this you're emulating it's even more but you're you're emulating the what do you think they're doing did you ever ask yourself what are the souls doing in G so the souls are they're praying to hem they're praising God they're having pleasure from God and that's a a m neish they're they're they're they're putting aside all of their issues and their things and they just want to bask in the radiance of God says that's the feeling that ye should have when he doens to hasem all I want to be is in this place I told you my one p Night 2 3 in the morning we were returning from aan I was a young boy uh my father drove his home and we went to Corn's Bakery we went together the first loaf of bread you know it was a m of shabas I think I don't whenever it was and I remember my father saying clearly I just came out of ganaden and the way I felt in ganaden was I don't want to go anywhere I don't want to be I don't need a wife I don't need kids I just want Gaden the feeling the Bliss you know they another religions and they call the Bliss the Bliss feeling you know they tell a story of rmid famous and he was in um in liik liik was a very big Port City I believe and also there was you a lot of business activity so they was in lii and he was on his he was going he was going with another to raise funds for it's called a sh so was a daved all day and he didn't get up 11 o' he was up 4:5 in the morning already okay he learned he went to theik and then he daved for five six seven hours literally not eight hours he daved all day and Dav and then came time to DAV and then I think it took a break he ate something and then he you talking about a big Someone who lived in you know 1920s and 30s and Ne was murdered in in in in K in the sh they burnt the sh and he was one of the people the Nazis anyway so he's in liick and and the that went with him knew that he DAV all day but meanwhile they have to go around to raise money for the Yesa you're not going to make the money daving all day so he says says what's going to be with daving tomorrow morning this is at night so he says I'm going to DAV in the morning and then we'll go but he says you know you you you got to make a fast ding because we have to go on the road to make money for the Yesa so he says don't worry it comes the morning and he and he DAV for hours the same happening maybe finished a few hours earlier so the said this friend says to him so he said the ver this is what they say he said the ver if if it's if it's good for me here why must I go there in other words we're always looking oh over there it's better oh over there it's better here I'm going to get it you you know that that whole mindset if you're is always greener yeah if you're in the mindset as it's good here over here I feel God's God I don't need to go anywhere I the money the money will somehow come again it's not a good answer for the fundraising of the money but it's it's a it's an answer for the attitude the mindset Al is saying here that DAV is such an a that a person should be have m in feel him you don't got to go anywhere but I have to be at work at 8:30 at 9:00 I got to punch a clock punch car and all that that means you know yeah practically how do you balance the two different a different discussion I don't know if there's an answer you know the Reba told you know Reb zman used to be today in so very serious could tell you a lot of things about it maybe some other time I interviewed him many times so so he lived in B and he would would say uh very long my of the he between as the as soon as it hits three stars they want to leave Sho like like most shs right then he had another issue in the morning he daved with kav and and he had to be in yes with the boys with the students 11:00 and he would want to he used to D 1:00 so he went into the Reb and he asked the Reb what he should do and the Reb said there's a famous V by older from the p means a B you have to they used to bend their s like here right the page they would bend it in they said today I D to this line in this paragraph even though they D the whole thing but no no today I was able to focus and meditate until this place tomorrow they made a c in the middle of the page they got a few more lines right so the told you have to make a the and when it comes time for you to be 11:00 with your students you need to be with your students because that's that's they need you they need you you're telling me that you don't feel like you daved okay so today you'll DAV with full Kavon till this line and the rest will say the words and translate and and go on tomorrow pick up from the line that you left off yesterday and meditate on one more line and the next day on another line so Al you know without saying all those words these words he's alluding to this idea means that you're there and every person has to to themselves every day I'm I'm here I'm here I'm here and it's up and down it's not as though every day sometimes you don't progress sometimes you go backwards the cavana you had yesterday on a certain line a certain paragraph you don't have it today so what do you do you become you become like no the next day you try again and so we D every day so says here that this feeling of daving is analogous to the feeling of the N when it leaves the body and it says I've had enough already I've given you my 70 years I'm returning and I want to be in the bask in the ray of Hashem says that's a similar feeling that you should have when you're ding every day huh it's easy easier said than done but but it's the that's why I say it's the perspective a lot a lot of the things we learn and we asked am I really at this point and we say I'm not at this point it makes no difference as long as you want to be at this point as long as you're going on this Mahal and and you're looking to to to come to a place like that you'll say oh Hali there'll be a day I won't have to rush to work Hali I'll be a day I don't have to take my kids and carlei there'll be a day that all that will be worked out and I'll be able to just sit with my tus over my head and Ding and and and and and think and you know that attitude that that's what we want and that's very important the um I guess we'll stop here I really wanted to learn more um do you have a few more minutes or you have to run all of you you have to go okay okay so we'll learn tomorrow any questions any any point any yeah any want to say something any want to say something about what I just said anybody have a comment okay is anyway have have a great day we'll see everyone tomorrow and should have mercy and make everyone come back healthy and end this war ready Z re my S my sister's coming tomorrow so have to pick her up from okay be be safe be safe only safe Z byebye take care