Israel: Why did G-d allow the Attack? Our G-d isn't your G-d - Rabbi Chaim Dalfin

okay good morning good day we're on Tanya L chapter 36 we are only three lines from the beginning of chapter 36 by the period and the al already laid out the purpose of this chapter is to explain why it's why God why hasem wants that the good deeds to why is to study not enough and like mha pointed out that someone made a resolution for example to learn more to so in explaining to to everyone yesterday that what the AL seeks is not is is to point out the importance of selflessness versus any trace of selfishness and and and and the balat positions that even the soul the Nish has a selfishness to it The Great and Wonderful Nish and that is it's comfort zone of being with God whereas when you do a deed when you do a you do a mitvah there's no self there's no selfishness there of course you could make it into selfishness but the pure deed imagine just putting on fill for someone with someone or not a mu on the door and you get you don't get paid for it and you're slept over there and you paid for your own money for the trilling or the muza etc etc so you're not it's and it making you feel good what if it doesn't make you feel good you don't want to do it you're lazy but you know like B said it's the it's it's the war time now we need to do so you stop what you're doing you're uncomfortable you're middle of your work imagine and and you go and you do that for example this Thursday I have an appointment with a doctor and you know he seems to be very far from he's a Jew he the head of a department but he seems to be very far from yish a traditional observant yish I decided I'm going to bring my with him and I'm going to ask him clearly in Merit of helping the Jew the should put on what's the worst he can do is tell me no you know but really you know noral appointment I wouldn't do that cuz I know I know to begin with that he's uncomfortable it's not that I'm scared to ask him have any quams doing that I did it hundreds of times but you know you're going there to get medical advice and all of a sudden you're making him uncomfortable right but there are times for that there's a crisis and we need every ye to put on filling so I'm just saying so there are times when you do a mitzvah and you don't you don't gain any any steam out of that Mitzvah so that's what the AL says is important and he quoted the got out a spiritual L that we make a home for him on earth now let's continue after the period third line page 90 it is not possible means it's not possible by God before God something that we call upper and lower in other words when you say so right away you you giving credence to God wants specifically a place here in the lower rules T seemingly implying there's a concept of Upper and Lower by God says right away no no no don't make that mistake by the essence of God not there isn't it's not even possible to put God into a box of Upper and Lower look what he why because he pervades all worlds equally meaning the upper and the lower so to say that God is here and not there or there and not here is heretical God is all over so the question that needs clarification so what is this concept of Cu the does use the word implying God has within himself an upper and a lower says the explain good to see you to clarify this prior to Creation God was alone singular and United and God filled this this place which we call later the world God's presence was all over pre-creation now after creation from God's perspective he is the same God post creation as he was pre-creation Cor the difference being the difference who are to the US the the recipients who receive his vitality and energy God's eation we receive God's energy through many so-called garments that conceal and hide God's light as it says in the man cannot see me my Essence and and still live meaning God's presence his very Core Essence is so awesome and that if we were to kind of see it we would die we couldn't continue being you wouldn't remain alive so what did God do for the purpose of us he hid his Essence in a veil as the explained on this verse even angels right one of the three groups of angels is thees right we have that in each morning and so even the which is a level of the Angels a they don't see God cuz they are also incapable of existing as an angel and seeing God the most is they can understand God ET said feel God but see him no this is the idea that refer to as the chain reaction from the word a chain the chain reaction of the world worlds and their descent God's presence coming from his very essence through the the restriction on himself that he puts causing the energy to be uh veiled and from there it descends lower and lower and lower until it gets to us descends from level to level through many of these spiritual garments that conceal the energy which comes from God it becomes so dim God's energy until this physical Corporal World in actuality that you could touch it and yet it doesn't be speak of God guess what that all comes from God Hashem made it that his Essence should go through these numerous of to the point that when you have something more so meaning only material meaning Corporal grub it don't you don't see God you see I made the river as the Pharaoh said right this is the lowest in level there's nothing lower regarding concealing God and a Darkness doubled and redoubled OD to the point that what's also created from this concealment is the world is so dark and godliness is so concealed that what's actually felt is the CPUs the forces of of negativity the Hamas that the world is talking about and and and and saying such a mercy on them that's how that's how the God's Essence is concealed the cipus are Mish in actuality against God they oppose God they say we don't like you and we don't want you and yet that prevails and they say them and and the Clippers say we and and and our I that's it so this is all created all created by the same God so D's long winded explanation to how is it that there is mat and Mila Milo Mata upper and lower the answer is it's from our perspective From hashem's perspective it's all him therefore therefore when we say when we say God wants a the reference to is because we perceive our world as compared to to the to the angels and the CEST Celestial beings so God so the medress uses that word but in truth God is everywhere and there's no difference there's no Dr used the word before there's no difference so the question Still Remains why would God do that what are you playing a game with us you're playing a game with us that's the the reason the purpose why the world's descended why God made them descend from level to level is not to have another upper World they are a rebellion a descent from God's continence this is a very important piece of T it's kind of uh one of the fundamental teachings another fundamental teaching and that is why did God create the world why am I here why is the world here that's the million dollar question so some argue it I'm talking about some in not in cab in Jewish philosophy argue you know why God created the world he created it to have for us to have a a chance to experience something above ourself ourselves which we call the upper one the upper Worlds the in chapter 36 and says right at this point no that would not be a good reason why God would create a world you know why because you can't say the purpose of the world of God's creation is the upper worlds cuz the upper worlds are still a concealment of God right one world another world another world in other words another it's all concealments how can you say God created a world and his objective and his purpose is concealment it's an oxymoron God transcends so you're going to tell me that God's purpose of creation is to conceal himself and therefore the the upper worlds which are less they're less concealed than the lower worlds nevertheless they're still concealed if you compare the angels to the world of souls angels are concealed so this this the language look since even the upper world worlds are a a a rebellion or a descent from God's countenance so the question Still Remains why did God create the world the purpose is God created the world he wants this world that's what I told you yesterday the spiritual infatuation so it ascended in God's will that we cause and bring God pleas pleasantry top of page how by subjugating the the the negative side and transforming Darkness to light that God's Essence should illuminate in the place of this very darkness and negativity of the entire world even greater and even more advantage to light coming from Darkness then the light that God has in the upper world that's illuminates upon him in other words there still is concealment there but because it's an upper world there's there's less there's more transparency but nevertheless there's Hester there has to be even in the upper worlds in the worlds of angels there has to be some form of Hester concealment cuz if not they would flip out remember no one can see the essence of God so don't tell me angels and souls and Celestial beings very nice guys but there has to be a Hester for them too and therefore Al's argument is why did God want this world cuz that's what he wanted in other words the rational argument that some used in Jewish philosophy now why did God why did God want a world is because God wanted his his knowledge to be known okay and who can know God is only us the Reb rashab has a mimer from 1906 where he AR 1905 1906 he argues and says that that's not the ultimate purpose because if that's the case you know who knows about God's greatness Angels knew much better than we do Souls know know much better than we do we have a mere glimpse of why God did all this so to if you're talking about understanding God it's called in the begin for the purpose of understanding him for the purpose of understand understanding him go to the angels don't go to us we're weaklings we're nothings we have I don't care if you're Einstein or schweinstein your understanding of God is infantile compared to what God is angels have a little more souls have even a little more so if you talk about understanding God go there don't create us you got the wrong address so the rashab says that's not the reason then there's another reason given in in in the and that is cuz God is good you know a good person seeks to do goodness in in the language that's used in the nature of good is to do goodness so Ari is a good guy he's a good guy he's a nice guy so he wants to do goodness he doesn't wait for the person to come to him he runs after the person how can I help you because the nature is good says that that's also not a good enough argument to tell me that the reason God created created the world it's cuz he was he's good so he wants to give us a good time by creating the world why not because then you're boxing God into a label called goodness and guess what when God wants to be severe he's not the same God once you coin god as good n his nature is good that means God Is Only God is made up of goodness well then how can he be severe and strict and the answer is cuz you God is Not only good God is God he happens to do good things but at the same time when he happens to do things that are tough and strict and judgmental he's the same God he's not an aota less God so the argument that God created the world for the purpose of goodness because he likes to do good says that asab is also not a a good argument for Why God needs to create the physical world you want real goodness go to the angel they're into goodness go to souls and therefore the concludes that what says here bases on this chapter is that's that's there is no reason you see when you ask a question listen it's an important point when you ask a question you expect an answer who says God is is limited to the question the whole idea and notion of of a question is a limitation of God in other words 1 + 1 equals 2 who says what do you mean who says basic mathematics who created basic mathematics ohoh so in other words there's a Creator who created basic mathematics so why would you limit the Creator to the rules of nature 1+ 1 equals 2 and if he wants one 1+ 1 to be three he's not the same God and if and if you say that no because logically it's it's incorrect then you're then you you're not talking about the essence of God you're talking about a God that has to confine to the laws of nature to the laws of one + 1 equals 2 and that this is all behind this piece of T yes yes yes philosopher is Sir but don't we also say that God follows his Torah that he follows the mitzah and the Commandments but that's yes but that's also very is creation yeah very good point and there's a lot of my of the re on that a lot it's an excellent question and I would really urge you to learn some of those my in depth and and you could do it but just that level is not Essence that level is again confining God to and that's the whole idea of Tru how can you do Tru if if is is confined to T MIT TR shouldn't work God says don't eat fast oner you don't fast on your Kipper you broke the bond and that's it no we say no you could do Chua how can I do Chua it's an oxymoron and the answer is it's not an oxymoron it's an oxymoron if you limit God just to ter Mitzvah then it's an oxymoron you can't do chuva but if chuva comes from the essence of God which transcends the condition of ter mitzvah you can do chuva and that's what chuva is chuva touches a place in God that's even beyond the the way God put himself into T Mitzvah so the answer to your question in short and brief and it's very brief is that what you're talking about is the way God has put himself into the box called T Mitzvah creation fine but then shua wouldn't be possible there's there's no you can't you you you it's this famous question can God create a rock that he himself can't pick up right you've heard that philosophical question and what's the answer the question doesn't start because it bounce it bounds God by human logic Ah that's the same answer to your question of ter mitz because even T Mitzvah there's the way are bound to that to Creation to how he inserted himself into creation and that's and that's a condition and a limitation then there is the essence of God which goes beyond creation and that's what chuva is all about and that's why a can always do chuva why you don't have to wait for yum Kipper to do chuva and even yum Kipper how can I do TR n did why would this make a difference I broke the law you you are a sinner you you did a crime you are gone what's the answer that's that's when I'm inserted and have involved myself in rules and regulations God is Not restricted by by rules and regulations the good word in English is God is transcendent the transcendency of God is the essence of Hashem and that's what the AL makes this important Point here in chapter 36 and that when when that the purpose to say that God created the world was for the for the upper worlds that is saying that's not that's not justified even logically because those worlds also have Hester why would God create a world for the purpose of for the purpose of um concealment a little concealment but it's still concealment so then you're going to say ah so what's your argument Al he created the world for this world well here's full of concealment yeah but he didn't create the world because the concealment touches him he created cuz he wants this world why does he want it there are different reasons why he wants It ultimately there is no reason in other words listen to this nuda that even the reason I think uh some of you said yesterday Yi I think said it even the reason Yi said what's what's going on here in this chapter he says what's the question Hashem created us and wants us on the World to struggle to work to overcome the Yar right and that's a classical answer that y shared what comes out from this chapter in Tanya that too is a condition and a Liberation what's the condition of limitation you know why you created this world to fight in other words you're giving justification for creation because of a logical reason and that's not God that's a restriction from God why here's the counterargument to that if that's the case what if one second one second Y what if I'm not I don't have a challenge what if I don't fight I'm a good boy according to that logic I should God should not put me on Earth why did God put me on Earth if you're telling me the reason is to overcome the Yar theis and and I don't have a struggle withis whatever so it's possible there are people who was saying Nal they're Bor they're born very refined right they came out of may they never saw a girl they never saw a beer they never saw you know college football and they never saw any of the stuff and they're holy holy holy no so why would they create and the answer is because the the answer is that and the word answer is the wrong the it's not a question like like like iser said before to begin with it's not a question because question begs answer answers answers questions God goes beyond questions and answers it's not whether you have a challenge or not so when we always say that and we say it constantly it's not cuz we're not talking about we're not identifying the essence of God in this chapter in t he's looking at the core he's going to the core so most of the times in andab Jewish literature you're not you're not talking about you're talking about the like is said the Torah mitz that's part of creation and TI for so there over there we understand if we were to do T mitz and God aen in Paradise big deal but do mitz here and like U I forget who it was someone here was oh someone was here from velv velv was here in New York I sent you a picture so we had a little Mala so he said he has a friend in Berlin smart guy Jewish guy who says how can I believe in God after October 7th logically it's a great question it's a great question the answer is and I said to V why don't you ask him how can you believe after in God after the Holocaust it's worse now it's not worse but it's all death it's all barbarism it's all right God is not limited to these experiences we don't understand it so for someone to say and this was the Reb's argument to the SAT the previous Reb's argument don't go justify God and say you know why God brought about the Holocaust cuz it's a similation Europe you know why God brought the October 8 because they was it was Y shabas and there were 200 300 people thousands of people parying over there including gays lesbians and everyone else and those Sinners they caused that Hashem did that you idiot you're an idiot that argument and when it happens in B and when it happens in Tel Aviv and when it happens in in what are you going to say then and it's happened already so what what are you hacking and know it's the whole analysis of reason reason is limited it's a limited answer it makes you feel good it makes some people feel good oh I'm about to sha I'm from I'm from I'm from I'm from B Park and I'm keeping straight you know uh-huh until the button hits you and then I want to see you talk right so the whole analysis of conditioning is outside the real the transcendental God that's what the Bal says here and therefore when you ask the question why is it why mha does God get such a high from doing a Mitzvah one Mitzvah one time you get your your friend your parent Your Grandparent your your college friend to put on fill one time and you know he's going to not put it on again and he's going to trade and is going to live with all that said I don't go into the details yeah big deal the answer is from the chapter 35 and connects the person's Jewish soul to God and when a connection is made the connection is made what that be happen do and when will it happen we don't know and it's not our business but you made God very happy yes y so from from from this part from this uh from this lesson in Tanya um can I infer that as we know moshu was the holiest man that ever was ever created by Hashem but he wasn't one of the what it five people that didn't sin right like yesi didn't sin and there were other four people that never sinned but they were the holiest person to ever live close nobody was close to MOS it's two separate things the Bates has a letter explaining the difference between M's and the and he says a fascinating thing you guys said it in and learned it I don't know if you remember that in certain aspects that is greater in other words it's two separate things those four that pass that they never died it's a different experience and a different level it has nothing to do with the level of M so I urge you to look into that AES I forget which which one it is if anyone knows later send it on the group so those that want to follow so so what I'm saying is that the idea of dying or not dying is a separate equation it's whether your soul has to go through the Earth or not and for most of us including needed the okay I know it was a little philosophical and deeper today but it's important because it also and deals with what what we're going through now in you know and and questions that you know people have relatives friends people are not yet observant and uh this piece of Tanya you know if understood well and explained well could be a way of helping people overcome the possible negative feelings that they have you know etc etc because uh don't think just sitting where we're sitting the world out there doesn't uh doesn't relate to it well you know it's um it's tough challenges and only when you when you can identify with Hashem in his pure Essence I feel will will help overcome these questions the whole idea of questions and answers is a condition it's true it's a good question and it's a good answer or not a good answer but that's not what God is if you if if if one um uh minimizes Hashem to the realm of questions and answers he's not talking about the same God you know the famous story the the rabbi is talking and then the heretic comes and says that there's no God KAS is atheist so the rabbi said if I would believe what you believe I would feel the same way if the god that you're talking about is what I would believe I would also have the questions and not not be a believer but we have two different gods that that's the punchline we have two different gods so so think about that have a great day we see everyone tomorrow only safety and peace and health to everyone shalom byebye