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Hidden Power of Hair - Uncovered.
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Hair is topic in brought up in many places in Judaism. From growing sidelocks, to women covering their hair, to not cutting a child's hair till he's 3 years old... and many more. Rabbi Genish shares some fascinating ideas on this topic.
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Hair is a topic that's brought up many
times in the Torah. We find with long
many discussions about growing a beard
about the pot covering one's hair after
they get
married which is an para which
says you should not go and cut your hair
at all. That's the beauty of the
nazir. He should be gosh he should be
making it long long his hair. The idea
of covering hair is also learned in the
para of which is also in our para and
para no over here about the fact that
they exposed her hair because that was a
busha for a woman to expose her hair who
always covered her hair. Of course we
know there's an idea of a kalaka. So I
just wanted to
explain couple ideas behind the idea of
hair. Now listen to a very interesting
gumar
inab that there was a child that went
in. He was a nebra so you can already
understand the story that he went ahead
and he sold theim of his father. He sold
some type of piece of property of his
father and then soon afterwards he died
the kid passed away and there was a
whole discussion if the sale is a good
sale and what's it depend on? Was he a
child or not? We have to check the sim.
We have to know if he had two hairs then
he was a adult. If not, then the sale is
not a good sale because a child cannot
make a kenyan. It's not cayam. So they
went to Rebi Aka and they asked Rebi
Aka, can we go ahead and believe it or
not, listen to this, open up the Kev.
They wanted to open up his grave and
check if he was an adult or not an
adult. They wanted to check. So first of
all says bug
off for the of course not allowed to do
that. But the second answer is what we
want to focus on and that is that he
said in any
way meaning even if someone does not
have hair per se when he dies it could
be after death he actually grows hair an
incredible phenomenon can you imagine
that one there actually explains in that
way he says it could be that he doesn't
have sim before and afterwards he has
sim doesn't have gum doesn't have holes
pours and then it opens up afterwards as
the bach
over there explains the he
says in the ke you can actually have
hair that will grow. So he says so it
could be that it grow after grew after
me. Now if you go ahead and check up on
this some will say that first of all
there is an idea that yes there could be
a little bit of activity left in the
body which can make hairs grow a even
after death but the more mikubal
understanding is because there's a
decomposition of the body and since the
skin is withering away so automatically
more hair has become exposed and that
was the of that wasn't there now but
it's going to happen afterwards but we
see a phenomenon we see a concept that
hair can grow even after it can grow and
I want to know why what's the idea so to
speak behind it based on the or
the where's it come from so listen to in
our para in
partic of a person is the of hair the of
a person is that's a strength just like
his whole entire strength lied in his
sar. As we all know that that evil woman
Dila when she ended up telling removing
his hair he
was as he spoke out over there
invim and he gives off the reason why
because has no end. It's in the front,
the back, around in the top. And it has
ku it's it's a type of endless type of
connection which come because there's a
tremendous amount of pores and a
tremendous amount of hairs on a person's
head and it comes even and it grows he
says even after death. This is the words
and they grow even after death as long
as he's standing in some type of wet
place. And he says the idea behind it is
because the hairs are a connection. And
they're kind of roots to the higher
worlds. They're roots to the elim. You
have a and it's connected up to the
higher world so to speak in some way.
And that comes through the power of the
roots which comes through the hairs. And
that's why there's so many of them
because there are so many types of nerve
endings which are connecting up to the
higher world and therefore they are
tremendously powerful. In the words of
the cabalistic writings of the Arizal
are known as the sinot senor are funnels
of canals that kind of bring down shepha
bring down some type of power el some
type of influence from the higher worlds
and it comes through the power of the
air which are on all different types of
connection all different types of
connections to the higher worlds that's
why shim shim this was his Achilles heel
by losing his hair of course he was a
nazir but by losing his hair he ended up
losing all his kot Because his
werealamina as we know the right it was
above the tea. Obviously we know
Shimshin had which were above nature and
it came because of his roots that were
connected through his
hair. Then the nazir his power comes in
the power of his hair. The nazir and by
removing that he ended up removing his
kaki. an incredible uh idea which is
brought based on that just like we have
sparks from a candle. You have candles
which have sparks that kind of shoot
out. So we have sparks of our nishama
which come out through the hair and
that's the shall he have it he calls it
the connection the the funnel the the
the wire that connects us up to the
higher higher worlds. Now having
understand that it would be well
understood that we know that every part
of your body so to speak if you kind of
prick it, cut it or cause issue it can
really be extremely painful. Nobody
wants someone taking scissors on their
nose or any other part of their skin.
There's only one place that people are
okay with it and that is your hair. Of
course your torn your nails also that's
similar but a little bit different. I
don't want to get into nails right now,
but basically your hair is a place which
has of course we know no nerve endings
and it's a place where you have to kind
of snip it periodically and there's
absolutely no pain there. And the reason
why is because it is a place that is it
is not it is not physical. It's the in
as much as it's above your body. It's
the place that connects your nam to the
higher world. So therefore it is not a
place of pain of physical pain. And it
doesn't have the physical pain that is
there a spiritual pain. It could be
that's why the Arizal says very
emphatically and it's brought in the b
and cope alif that one should not snip
his beard. He holds that your beard
should be grown long. It should be
extended. We know the says is to have a
beard because that is the place of
connections to the higher worlds. But
that's the importance of the nezar
elabashir. That was Shimshun's power.
That's the idea of the hair which seems
to connect to higher worlds and
therefore they actually don't have any
pain when they are
snipped brought for every right side a
left side for every left side a right
side there's always an opposite addendum
and therefore in as much as the hair is
a place of power it is also a place of
danger it is also a place of fall it's a
place of catastrophe also
And the classic example of that is of
course the gummor brings on yud of it
brings over there five people that their
greatness were similar that they had
great that had something fantastic about
them and that brought their downfall
because it was used incorrectly. One of
those people was of Shalom. Shalom was
the son of David Melik who is a very
charismatic and beautiful person as the
puk says that of Shalom is call and one
of his fair what made him so fair was
his hair.
Don't that wasn't a that wasn't a rhyme
on purpose. Anyways, that's where it
came from. And from the fact that he had
it, he could have used it for great
things such as shimun, but he used it to
get to his gy and he wanted to knock his
father's head off in order to become the
king. He was a very charismatic
character. Charismatic people become
presidents of the United States such as
the Obama who did absolutely nothing and
people still seem to think he had some
talent just because he had some type of
mouth that was able to fake them out. So
this charismatic personality of his
tried to make him become king and he had
a following behind him. So his greatness
was his fall and he ended up getting
killed by his own hair on purpose
obviously where he got dangled from a
tree by his hair when he was riding and
then he was he was killed by by uh by by
David's men upon him that's the idea of
zu elohim and if that's true we can come
well to understanding the idea behind
the covering of a woman's hair some
people take this personally they think
it's not feminine it's not very nice to
do that to make us all covered up. But
the idea is on the contrary because the
hair is such an incredible ka and such
an incredible power by a woman who is on
a higher level so to speak from lash am
from amuna and every in every language
the word for a mother always has the
source of the word amuna. If it's a
mame, mother, mom, imma, m, it's always
has to do with the idea of amuna because
a woman who is on that higher level
being connected to the higher worlds and
therefore the sparks that comes through
the hair that's the power of where it
comes from. Therefore, we cover her hair
in order to avoid that there should that
point of kaduca should be utilized
correctly. It should be held intact and
in
place who was
aid of
the writes
in he says the reason why a woman has to
cover her
hair in order that the negative side
should not connect to
her and they shouldn't get connected to
from their hair and shouldn't come and
make an a connection to the wrong place.
shouldn't get there. So over there he's
going to speak out which I'm sure many
people are asking so what's the
difference if she's married or not
married and the idea is there's a
difference between whether she's married
or not because there's a certain level
of a woman who's on a higher level and
he gets into the details al kabala which
is not really our forum over here why
it's not but usually simply speaking a
woman is still waiting to get married so
we leave her hair uncovered but he says
more deep things than that we see from
here the reasoning behind the covering
of a woman's hair and that's why You
should know this could be an a reason
why women are make with shait because
some people are not happy with a pa with
a they say you're defeating the purpose
and yes I'll peep shot maybe having
fancy is definitely out it's ousted
because you're causing more damage than
you are helping but if you see the real
reason for covering is to avoid the that
comes from the hair itself. So sometimes
as long as it's covered you're avoiding
the problem. Now listen to a marsh with
this. We're coming almost to a close
that says
inid he says an incredible thing he
actually writes over there that why is
it observation why is it that the hair
on your head or your beard grow
constantly as opposed to the hair in
your body that doesn't grow at all it
grows and it stops. It always comes
close. How many times are you shaving
your body? You don't have to shave bad
unless you keep cutting it short. But it
usually comes to a stand still by the
body hair as opposed to the hair on the
head keeps growing. And he continues on
the theme that we were mentioning
before. There's the maha from the 1500s.
Yeah. The great mosha need. And he says
the reason is because the nama lies in
the head. Of course, the nama is the
radar that connects us to the upstairs
and it's in the head and it has an
extension cord that goes up to the
higher worlds and that extension cord
comes through the comes through the
hair. The hair is the tenor that's the
place of connection to the higher worlds
and therefore there is constant free
choice that is happening by us. We're
always making decision for the good or
for the bad. We always have some type of
ideas whether it's for the good or for
the bad. We always have some type of
hard gusha. You have a certain uh
feeling
of an awakening that makes you excited
or not excited. You get a certain type
of feeling within you and we are
constantly dynamic through our head
which is the point of the nisha and
therefore your hair is constantly moving
as opposed to the body which is a
standstill because the nakud of the nama
is dynamic and therefore the hair is
always growing on a consistent basis.
Wow. Incredible. And that's the idea
behind the nuzer. Of course, that's why
in the nuzbai writes doesn't drink wine
because it affects your head. And he
says doesn't you shouldn't shave your
hair hair because it affects your head.
It comes from the same source that a
person has to make sure to keep himself
in the right place because a nuzzer can
use his hair for ga or he can use it to
humble himself. He's there for a
humbling process. As the gumar brings of
a certain nuzadar the gumar nadar brings
that he was so beautiful. He was very
charismatic and he made himself into a
nuzzer because he didn't want his to
jump on him. So this humbling comes only
through the hair. The hair is the power
of kaduca but it's also the power of
tum. And a person has to be careful how
he utilizes his hair and where the right
place. Ysef was
mala. He was playing around with his
hair and give it to him over the head.
You're being sa you're playing with your
hair. So we're going to
bear. We're going to make the wife of
pifar take advantage and cause you a lot
of problems because a person has to know
that it can be used for the right or for
the bad for the good. Incredible. We see
incredible that lie behind the power of
the
hair. We find believe it or not there is
a amongst and there are many stories
amongst them to actually be gonz. They
would put hair the hairs that come out
of their beard into their in order to
keep a gene because they didn't want to
throw them away. I don't recommend to do
that in front of your wife because I
don't think it's so pleasant for people.
But anyways, there's even a mim that
someone had his z where he had a few of
his hairs from his beard were niggnas
inside of the and it said when he passed
away the hairs disappeared. It went with
him to the keer. They disappeared and
they weren't there. the Benish tobah is
adamant against this in he brings he's
against this he say it's not true you
shouldn't do it but basically
the marik brings up he says if it's done
by someone who was mpid and only by
someone who was a makpid like the arizal
which is brought in the k that never
touches his beard because it's he
realizes it's kadusha someone like the
tanzer no problem so then it can be done
by someone who's just a mabik like us
who don't really do that. We do shave
and we especially try to keep ourselves
clean shaven and tidy and kemp and we
don't necessarily for that reason all
this does not
apply through this idea of sot which
talks about the exposure of hair and
covering our head and also the idea of
nazer which talks about the growth of
hair we felt it was very important to
realize this certain idea to realize we
are attached we are connected our hair
is there to connect us for those of us
who still have a few pieces left of our
hair we're there to stay connected And
therefore always remember this idea of
the we have shabbat shalom.