Rabbi Mendel Kessin on Rosh Hashana.

I'm going to speak about tonight the uh yantus the holiday Rosh Hashanah why is it important to speak about a yunt of a holiday itself if you take a look around you'll notice that many people when they celebrate ayanta they do so in a very superficial manner its surface what does that mean what is the major way most people celebrate a holiday what they do is they engage in eating they don't they engage in eating sleeping and so on and in many ways this is their relationship to the holiday itself in many ways even though it's important to be joyous but in many ways the celebration itself is superficial it's surface every holiday in the Jewish calendar has a tremendous premise it has a tremendous internal understanding and it is that on Eternal understanding that can give a person tremendous spiritual growth to the extent that a person understands what a holiday is what the young Thief really is to that extent he can grow spiritually it's unfortunate that many people their understanding of a Jewish holiday is fundamentally surface which means that they only understand the historical event itself what occurred for instance by pesach we know it is the exits from Egypt as a result of that they know the story and they try to commemorate it but the truth is that pesach has a much greater much more profound understanding a greater meaning and if a person is able to connect with that meaning what that means is that he's able to realize much greater rookness much greater spiritual growth therefore what I would like to do tonight is to talk about Rosh Hashanah but not on a surface level to go into what exactly is Rosh Hashanah all about and I'm hoping that that understanding is going to allow everybody to experience a much greater growth from Rosh Hashanah and to be able to engage in the yantev with much greater clarity and and the practicality toward that end I'm going to try to ask a series of questions and hopefully these questions will dramatize to everyone that when we really think about Rosh Hashanah what it really means we will see that we don't really understand it based on the questions that I will ask we will see that we really have a surface understanding of Rosh Hashanah is and it's my objective tonight to try to answer that to try to give you some type of an impression but a profound impression really of what happens on Rosh Hashanah the first question I would like to ask you'll find that every single holiday in the Jewish calendar is related to some historical event in Judaism itself in Jewish history take a look at everyone you have one let's start from Nissan PESA has of course about slime The Exodus itself so voice is about the giving of the Torah Tisha Bob is about the destruction of the temples you have sukis which is either about them the the fact that the Jews were in uh Huts during the Desert or because of the clouds that surrounded the Jews Hanukkah is about of course the miracle of Hanukkah the near Hanukkah Purim is about the story of akashvirus and Homan and Esther Mordechai every single holiday that we commemorate is in some way tied to a historical event that actually occurred Judaism the one exception seems to be Rosh Hashanah rosh hashani is not tied to any type of historical event that's a very interesting concept what does that mean what does it mean that rosh hashan is not tied to historical Jewish event is Rosh Hashanah then a real deviation from that rule or not really that's the first question I want to leave you with what is the connection between the date or the holiday of Roshana and the events that occur in Jewish history that is the first question what really happens on Rosh Hashanah you may say to me what do you mean what happens it's a Judgment Day imagine this is what it says we see all through the pillar that it's yomadin but what I would like to suggest is that it's much more profounding than I did it is not the average type of yemadin where a person goes to court to find out what's going to happen as you will see later the concept of human being on Rosh Hashanah is really very different in meaning another question that I would like to ask is that if Rosh Hashanah is really young Adin then the question is why does it happen once a year who ever heard of a judgment day happening once a year a judgment day should occur every day right a person he does a sin it should be a judgment you don't put off a judgment day for a year later that's unheard of I mean it's one thing about the English courts where they have no choice you know they put it all because their calendar is so filled but that's not true of their abundance in fact the mission says that the robotism judges the entire creation simultaneously in one instance the mission says he judges everything in one simultaneously and in an instant so clearly then the person doesn't have problems with this calendar so if that's the question rosh hashano rather Yuma didn't should really occur every day not once a year in fact the whole concept of a judgment day being determined by time doesn't make sense it should be determined by myself Odom by the acts of a person because that's what the judgment is about it's about the acts that a person did so what does it mean that it's time determined it happens once a year that time determines when the Judgment occurs it should be the academic occurrence that determines the yamadin that's also a question another question why is the Judgment day which is the event that occurs in Rosh Hashanah why is it happening on the first day of History what is the internal connection between the event of Yuma din and the first day of teacher which is Rosh Hashanah the first day of the year is there an internal connection that is my question then there's another question we find it says and you see that everything is judged on Rosh Hashanah everything as it says when the son of turkeys that everything is judged cold boilum means every creature that exists is judged on Roshana so the question is what does that mean I can understand that there's a judgment on somebody that has that has free will if a person has Free Will and he does something a sin then he is held responsible he has a culpability there's a guilt because he had Free Will and therefore he's responsible but why is everything judged most things especially uh living creatures that are whatever animals or whatever there's no culpability you can't hold guilty a lion that decides to kill a human being that's its nature it doesn't distinguish between good or bad right or wrong so why is everything judged it should be just mankind is judged that's another question now besides this there's something very strange that is going on I'm sure that it occurred to some people imagine what does a person do on Rosh Hashanah he sits down and he has a tremendous pseudo festive meal he has a meal perhaps they sing smiris he enjoys the company of what of his kids the relatives whatever it's a happy time why would a person be eating and and and and celebrating if it wasn't the happy time so therefore if somebody walked over with you some guy came over you and looked at the suda people eating he would say very nice what's the occasion what do you say well I'll tell you something you know what the occasion is everybody's being judged with a liberal guy what do you think he would do he said was he crazy live or die they're celebrating here and the occasion for the celebration is because they're being judged if they will live or die what does that mean because it's completely incompatible the behavior that we do on Rosh Hashanah is incompatible it doesn't jive with what we know about Rosh Hashanah that is that these this form of uh um lies before the devotion and as it says who will die maybe kitsoi and saw me but wrong will become poor or Rich and so on so forth that's a terrible type of judgment a person who is judged in a court of law and he's on a murder charge you think that he's on that day of judgment he's going to go home and have a meal festive meal of course not the behavior is incompatible people should be unbelievably anxious in terms of what the outcome of the judgment is we don't do that so the question is how can we say that Rosh Hashanah zayama didn't when what we do in Roshana has nothing to do within it in fact it's completely contradictory to the whole concept of a Judgment Day so the question is how do we understand this apparent contradiction clearly there must be something else going on what is it not only that but there's a message that says the Angels they said to them well since it's a young Turf a holiday why not say hello could you imagine that saying so devotion answers when he says to them well since the books of life and death are opened in front of them it's not appropriate to say halal because there has to be a tremendous rejoicing joy for Halo to be said now the question is what's going what kind of a conversation is this the Rebellion is telling them since the books are open therefore what as a result of that they cannot say hello so then what are they eating for why are they doing that and you devotion is telling them I lock them something they didn't know they also know that the books of life and death are open so what's his answer to this that's the question each of these questions is really a very powerful question it brings into doubt the entire essence of the day or at least it tells us that we don't really understand what is going on there's a certain series of themes that we cover in the pillar one of them is called Machias and musaf we we say succumb verses that talk about that the fact that the Virgin is a melach is a king that's the first series of verses sukum then we have a second series of succumbs where we asked them to do what to remember the good things the tremendous truss of the others and maybe as a result of that maybe that will help us in judgment then there's a third series of sukum that we read which has no theme which it has a theme but it has no meaning we we quote different sukum about Schaefer about the concept of Bloom Schafer first of all what does that have to do with our plea Schaefer what does shef have to do with our plea that's the question and what is this series of ideas that leads me to another question the concept of chauffeur what is the meaning of Schaefer is there any way we can understand it this is the question not only that but there's a famous Gamora that says that the chauffeur is it confuses him now the difficulty with that is is that every Rosh Hashanah will blow chauffeur and since Martin Terror we've had 3 300 different Russia genres one would think that the Sutton can figure out that we're going to blow shiff on Roshana so then the question is what does it mean what does it mean that the Sutton becomes confounded or confused because of what happens on Rosh Hashanah why by now we should have gotten it this is the question another idea is that is the gemara says why do we blow the Kia schwarmen through we have three different sounds one sound is a tequil which is a long blast and this resembles crying there are three types of crime your Lolo one type of crime is when a person wails it's a long glass that's a tequila a second is called a chever that's sort of like a sigh it's a break of three and then there's a staccato cry where a person just breaks down because he cannot hold it in therefore the the key the uh the uh key is of a shoe for our three types what does it mean that there are three types because there are three types of crime so the question that we can ask is why are there or rather why does the sounds of the Schaefer have to resemble crying this is the question and the final question I'd like to ask is that the good morning says clearly that the arcador is centrally involved in Rosh Hashanah we read the arcador on Rosh Hashanah and the question is why what is the arcade I have to do with Russia's Runner and we know the Arcadia is a tremendous Merit that the Jews had because of Roma Vino decided or he was commanded to check the slaughter his son yitzhab but what is the connection is there an intrinsic connection between us between their data and Rosh Hashanah I have asked many questions each of these questions in themselves are very strong and what the questions do is they point to the fact have a tremendous deficiency in understanding what Rosh Hashanah really is therefore what I'd like to do is to discuss these ideas Rosh Hashanah to try to tell you what really Rosh Hashanah is in fact what I'm going to try to do is to answer all these questions and by the way there were 12 of them for those who are counting to answer them with one answer not 12 different answers for 12 questions but one answer and that answer is the true meaning of Rosh Hashanah and it answers all the questions okay what then is the true meaning of Rosh Hashanah in order to understand that we have to understand certain ideas about the creation itself the revolution created the world why why would their version create the world and the answer is very simple the reason why I created the world is to bestowed to give an infinite state of pleasure to a human being tell us the Biko the person who created everything and to give me an infinite state of pleasure the revolution decided that this pleasure that he would give this person would not be a gift it would not be the genome it would rather be avoidal not the Madonna it's not a gift it's be avoid the oppression has the work for this gift for this uh actually it's a reward because it's a reward because you have to spend efforts in order to receive this tremendous state of bliss so the decision is is that a person has to work in order to receive this what is the task that a person has to do clear divorcement has to designate a tasks or what's the whole point so what the Russian does is the task that he designates for people is that he will require people to gain an understanding of the true nature of reality what is the true nature of reality that there is a spiritual universe and that is the fundamental underpinning of this of the physical and not only that but the underpinning of the spiritual universe is God himself is the version himself what the person wants is that a person recognize what the relationship is a relationship is between abortion and the and the existence itself what does that mean that means that the Russian created a place and that's what Oda mahasa is this world where he removed himself he removed his presence he concealed himself this is what he did I don't want the reversion once is that he wants to re-enter creation and the only way he will do that is if people declare that he exists and he is the supreme ruler then the rebellion and read this creation that concept with reversional created a situation in which he is absent that's called the Hassan a deficiency therefore it is a job of mankind and certainly the job of the Jews to bring the Rebellion back where the erosion will then be revealed that concept is called correction restoration rectification whatever any one of those words therefore it is the task of man specifically the Jews to misake to rectify the creation and that is done by bringing devotion back and the one who does that of course is the mashiach himself as a result of the avoidal the work of the Jews themselves therefore the person wants that all Jews should work to bring him back into creation when it happens then the tikkon the rectification will have been said to have occurred the tone rectification will have occurred and that's called tikona crawling the general or total rectification of the universe this is the is the plan of God this is what he essentially wants for man to do this therefore he created this world in order for that to be done therefore we see that the one that the concept of a person that can allow God to re-enter creation is this person has the power of Deacon he has the power to bring God back into the creation if he sins then the reverse happens he pushes God outside creation he pushes him back away it's an opposite effect therefore a person who can do this is called a masakin or a makakiel if he can bring God back and that's he couldn't or he can push God out and that's kilko that is damaged this is what the Muslim this is the plan of creation this is what the punishment has done now if this is the case we can Now understand something if you look at the total acts of his actions they can be understood in several categories all the actions that the rabbunation does in order to set up the experiment the test this is called the amhog of Kim it's Dan hogo which means the actions that God takes to bring about the Fulfillment of his desires which is the plan itself this is this concept this category what are the actions in that category that the bunchem takes to bring about the Fulfillment of the plan well first he creates the universe he creates all creatures in it not only that but he gives each person a specific task in the overall task of doing the ticket this is what the function does now it's interesting the totality of the different jobs that a person has to do is distributed to all Jews and it's based on the type of nashama that you have determines the type of setting or background that he has to be in for instance there are certain people that their task is to be wealthy and in that wealth they have to either give charity they have to not be arrogant they have to be humble they have to be compassionate to others even though wealth would seem to Blind them because then shama is a certain type that demands that task some other people have different tasks sometimes an ishoma is such where it has to be poor and in poverty it has to choose what to do what does that mean the nisham itself the a poor man has its own set of Temptations he can complain bitterly against the situation or he can feel that he that nothing will ever happen no simcha in whatever situation a person is in there's always a set of tasks that a person is given it's interesting that if a person is not satisfied with his situation and he wants he'd rather have somebody another situation for instance a poor person he'd rather be a rich person the truth is that's very bad why because based on what his nashama is and what his area that he has to do that he has to rectify he cannot be wealthy and if he is then what happens is is that nothing happens basically he's created for nothing and that's one of the ideas that khazan say who is a wealthy man somebody who is what who rejoices in his life why why is that a sheerus you go over to a poor guy and say well you're Usher you should rejoice in your portion he'll tell you what you're crazy I'd rather have his but the answer is something which is very fascinating the answer is that the only way that this individual can gain Assurance which is real reward in the future world is Hell koi his situation if he tries to do another situation it won't work only the devotion knows what's called the range that this person can move into and be useful and do whatever he has to do that's the concept of ashiras and the concept of Samir Khan that's why I personally cannot be jealous of another person because if you want to engage in that person's area it's not for you it's like you take a violin string off a violin imagine you take the violent spin over violin and what do you do you put on some kind of um a radio it's useless there a violin string has only purpose and meaning and function when it's on a violin same concept with the nishama and his Shoma can only operate in a certain narrow band of our voido you take that away and it's useless it cannot do the ticket that's why you really can't be jealous of anybody's situation in any case what the Boston does is that he sets up the creation creates everybody creates everybody's background and he gives them tests where they will overcome hopefully and in that way they can Merit the future world those series of actions it's called anhog of Kim the actions that God takes to fulfill the purpose of creation the second set of actions is those actions which God takes as a judgment of what the person did the behavior of the condo or the series of actions that God takes as a result of judgment yes because if a person is tested he has to do something well obviously there's always a result of his action judgment is direct the compensation what a person did therefore when God when God judges what he's really doing is he's given to a person the results of his actions that is the second series of what God does category of the actions of God besides to bring about the creation to its final plan besides the action that God takes in order to give a person that which he did that judgment there's a third series or third category which is a very profound category that is called it is the actions of the Supreme Being what does that mean imagine that based on mishpot or judgment it's up to the person a person has a life of mistress Terror mistress then he will get the future world if he doesn't then he doesn't get the future world so therefore it's possible for a person not to get um not only that could you imagine if all mankind decided to sin it is possible for the human race to thwart the the plan of God if everybody sins then the plan of God which is to have a community is what is frustrated therefore devotion did is a very interesting concept what he did is he now takes a series of actions that's called a backup plan where the Russian takes certain types of actions that guarantees that the world has to reach a stage of schlamist perfection of tikkon in other words there's a guarantee built into the creation itself notwithstanding the Free Will of man there's a guarantee that the world must be redeemed that the mashiach must come here and the Jews must exist no matter what we see this Monastery because it says um that God brings a redeemer the mashiach the man for his sake what does that mean for his sake why does it say maybe goal because of what because of what the Jews did and the answer is because whether the Jews bring the chicken or not there's a system that makes them do the chicken and somehow it jives with the concept of free will but we don't understand how that system works that concept of the anacas the guarantee the backup system is so profound that there is no living entity that has a clue of how that works that's called the antagonist terrorists the incredibly concealed acts of God and nobody knows how it works we certainly do not works only God knows exactly how it works and that area of actions of God is the area called Sadiq varaloy why do the righteous suffer why is it you see Sinners and evil doers they prosper when God acts in that way we don't understand what he's doing it's irrational because we don't see Justice we see Sinners profiting we see righteous people suffering nothing makes sense but to God's way of thinking this is the backup plan in the end of time it will be revealed how it works but right now nobody knows how it works therefore we have three series of actions or rather three categories that the actions of God can be included in any one of these three those actions which create and bring about the Fulfillment of the plan those actions which judge and give a person retribution in terms of what he did and those actions which will guarantee the survival and the continuity of the existence of the world its intended purpose which is Deacon and the existence of the Jews in the future world We Now understand certain very important ideas if this is the case we Now understand what Rosh Hashanah is Rosh Hashanah is not a day of judgment per se what it is is different the best way I can explain it is imagine a business since some guy opens up a business January 2nd what does he do what he tries to make money he sells he's got a product line he's got marketing right he's got accounting he's got a lot of inventory he's doing a lot of things to make money a year goes by what does he do he takes an inventory what he does is he reevaluates his business he wants to understand exactly first of all how much did I make how much did I lose and why did I have too much inventory did I have enough marketing and so on did I borrow too much money whatever but this is the concept called an inventory or rather it's an evaluation of the entire business itself of course in the evaluation of the business he can look at the individual workers that's true did they or did they not do their job but it's not a judgment or it's not an evaluation on the workers per se it is an evaluation on the workers per se or rather workers in the context of the evaluation of the whole business this is the same concept with Rosh Hashanah what Russian really is it's not an it's not so much a judgment on the individual people themselves although it involves that what it is is a judgment on the whole real what the Russian looks is what is the tikona Chloe where are we standing are we near this taken or are we further away did the Jews bring the world closer to this rectification or did the Jews fail and as a result of that there's a great deal of damage that they did and therefore I have to readjust so what Rosh Hashanah really is is a business inventory it's a re-evaluation of creation the whole thing to see what is the level or the status of the chicken at that time and it's a Readjustment that based on what the version sees he then readjusts what does that mean well he says well the Jews did not do a good job regarding this area therefore I have to change I may have to take the Jews and move them to another country and over there they will be tested in a certain way that will force them to rectify that which they didn't do the year earlier so we see major shifts in Jewish populations we see nations rise and fall because the ones who want them to go into another Nation so maybe the Russian will give tremendous economic prosperity to that Nation so the Jews will migrate there and do their avoid there the whole world is nothing more than a stage for the Jews to do taken and this is judged on Rosh Hashanah it's a global evaluation it's an evaluation of the people not only itself of course each Jew is judged in terms of what did he do in that teacon what was his contribution or what did he detract from the speaker yes of course it is but it's a global judgment very important idea this is what happens now if that's the case what do we have to do with this why is there Roshana if the judgment is on ourselves it's one thing but if the judgment is on the whole real on the whole creation as to what we should experience is the following them in and of himself decides what the status is he doesn't have to tell us what he's doing really but the answer is is that the Russian Witnesses what he did is he informed the Jews that I'm going to make a general assessment of the entire creation to see what the status of Deacon is tell the Jews because he wants to Jews to influence the verit the verdict of the entire creation not merely the verdict of themselves because of a judah's trooper so it could be that worship says so what I'm going to do is I'm going to give you not only where you live but I'm going to place you in a different category within the range of your shama what it can do in another area so therefore it's a has said that the revolution told the Jewish people that is about what about to happen is a tremendous assessment so that they can influence the actual outcome of the assessment this is what Rosh Hashanah is and this is a tremendous did because he wants us to influence the verdict he's giving us a chance that if someone we failed and therefore we have corrupted the creation we have set back the Deacon he wanted to do truvo not only for ourselves but to move the entire creation forward that's what he wants and that's really what Rosh Hashanah is all about it is a reevaluation and therefore a Readjustment in terms of the entire program of creation itself We Now understand several of the questions that I that I asked and answered beautifully what was the first question first question I ask is every Jewish holiday is tied to a historical Jewish event we don't find that Rosh Hashanah is and the answer is something very fascinating it is he goes what's the greatest historical event of the Jew when he left Egypt no the greatest historical event of the Jew is when he took over the task of automation who was the first one that was able to do taken in fact who was the first one that had to do the thicken it was Autumn the first man unfortunately failed but the task of autumn was to bring God back and had other Mission not eaten from three and he failed that's why he had to give Governor Malik 70 years because since he was not the mashiach and could bring God back then let Doberman do it so therefore when autumn failed then who took over the job of Adam who was the ones whose soul is able to do a taken of the real the rectification of creation and the answer is the Jews and therefore the concept of Rosh Hashanah is tied to the fundamental being of the Jew because we took over the job of Adam that is the connection between Roshana and Jewish history is that we it's on that day when autumn tried to do tick and fail we took over that ability to do taken that is our connection to Rosh Hashanah it's the connection not to to an event in the sense of something happening to the nation but it's a connection to uh to all Jews that they will be that he became the The Substitute of automation I asked the question what is the essence of Rosh Hashanah and the answer you understand now it's not coming to yamadin on yourself it is so to speak or an evaluation on the entire Creation in terms of where is the taken status of the world this is what Roshana really is the third question I'd ask is if it's a young Adin why does it happen once a year it should happen every day and the answer is that if it was a human being on you it would happen every day in fact says that there is a Yama then every day but this isn't the human din on a person per se it's a human being on the entire Brio so you can't you cannot have a Yama did a judgment day every day because what the Muslim does is he changes and we adjust based on his evaluation but he's got to give it time to work it's like a business you can't evaluate every day you can micro evaluate but you can't macro evaluate You Gotta Give whatever you whatever things you put into place you got to give them a chance to work so therefore the Russian allows it or he does it once a year to see if that when she did the previous year would it work or not that's why it's once a year makes a lot of sense and that's why Rosh Hashanah is time driven not event driven because it's not it's not a judgment on the Jews acts it is it is an evaluation on the entire Deacon status of the world so God wants to see at that time what's the story that's why it's time driven not event driven and we also understand why Roshana is the why the Judgment Day or this evaluation occurs on the first day of History because what is Rosh Hashanah really all of this trade I love history what happened all the mauritian was created not the world because the world was created on the 25th day of yellow all the mission was created on the sixth day which is Rosh Hashanah and on that day began to take him that was the inauguration of the whole plan so we know that in every yearly there's an annual evaluation well if the plan began on Rosh Hashanah guess what then the next is about Shana the next yomadin is also Rosh Hashanah because that's its annual time period makes a lot of sense therefore Rosh Hashanah is once a year on the very day that the chicken started it was inaugurated on that day and we also understand one more question and that is why everything is judged because it doesn't make sense those things which have no free will why should they be judged but the answer is they're not judged in the sense of are you guilty or not everything is judged because since the entire world is assessed and we adjusted then everything has to be judged in terms of what is its place in the following years a program of Pekin by the Jews we don't realize that but if there's a Locus if all of a sudden there's a swarm of locusts that comes over some Nation that's part of the adjustment process if a nation finds oil that's part of it every single thing that happens to anybody is part of the Readjustment but many things that happen to many many things that happen to uh creatures had nothing to do with its guilt it's because it has to be evaluated or adjusted when does it have to be in order for the tea compressors to continue through the Jews therefore everything is judged some things are judged in terms of culpability that they do a job or not most things are judged where do they fit that's what they are judged therefore that also makes sense however it's very interesting I had mentioned that what the Russian did is because there's a global evaluation what he did is a tremendous question he told the Jews he's going to evaluate them that's what he did so we can influence the verdict but there's a big problem what is the problem I will tell you if the person would evaluate it by himself fine it's his business he'll go into his own private Chambers wherever that is son right and of those evaluation and he can do whatever you want it's not to tell anybody but once the robotism Isom he publicizes to the Jews that you're going to be well judged and therefore you should Retriever and so on so all of a sudden that calls into into a uh operation piston to see did the Jews do true or not but once you call the court of law called A business call the Heavenly Tribunal then automatically you've called in the greatest enemy of the Jews the satin the makatre because whenever you have a court you always have a prosecuting attorney and you have a defending attorney so once you have announced it to the Jews and there is a judgment as a result then automatically you've called into something but that's very bad because we don't want to be in facing the southern because he's going to assess it globally uh he wants us to what he wants us to try to influence the verdict that's going to happen in terms of the global progress but the case is that once he did that what happens is that the something is called in and because then it becomes reviewed or it comes under the jurisdiction of a business and a business of course always means the Sun so it's almost like unwittingly God has placed us at the mercy of prosecution and the person knows that so what is he gonna do how could you do an act of question to somebody that in the end turns out to be the worst thing you could have done to the person because we don't want to face a prosecuting attorney so the revolution does a tremendous thing what does he do he says don't worry I'm gonna stop this something but how and the answer is Schaefer Schaefer the secret of the shaver is that it stops itself stop the kid room why one of the important ideas are those acts that God does to guarantee the rectification of creation is that it gives us a new form of avoidal task how does that you bring a ticket how does he rectify the creation what does he do well he does mixes but if a person doesn't doesn't do enough Mistresses then what does he do what about all the sins so he does chuva uh so the first path to Deacon is what is mistress but if there's not enough mistress then the second path to tikkum is called what his repentance too well but what happens if a person doesn't have enough mittus and he didn't do enough chuva so then what happens so the answer to that is devotion institutes a third mechanism or vehicle and that is called the soon or suffering suffering is also a method of thicken yes but it's obviously something that we would not want to choose initially but in the end if it's the only way fine so suffering is a path to taken even if it's what the event which means secondarily what is chauffeur When the Children you know what they're really saying to God they're saying to the brush them listen we are now in the court we're facing a certain we don't want that we want to enter the private chambers that you go into when you perform what's called when you come up with the behaviors that does what that guarantees creation nobody understands what you do but we'd rather go there than face the subject so we are asking you to leave the courtroom of mishpat of obvious judgment and to go into the chambers of jihood to go into the chambers that you go into that is unbelievably concealed and mysterious we want you to go there and in that courtroom you do what you want with us because we know that in that courtroom in those chambers which is a guarantee for our existence we will work out okay it may be hard there may be suffering involved but we're going to work out okay there may be a lot of crime involved but in the end we will exist that's what the Jews ask Shay firm is a plea to God to move from the courtroom of mishpat to the courtroom of to the move in the courtroom of the Southern and the prosecution and to move to the courtroom of the concealed acts of God that fundamentally guarantees the Jews existence and that the world will have a taken and there will be a machine because even though it may involve suffering and crying and weeping but at least we know we'll survive there with this guy we're not going to survive with a certain we're not going to survive so the profound mystery of show form is is that it's a plea to move out of this courtroom and to move into the chambers that God goes and so to speak when he judges the universe in a way which is incomprehensible that's what the Shafer does it's interesting that you see that forever he always makes sure that it's a slay more that it's suddenly it's perfect and that will not harmed so the concept of shameful is that it's a plea to move out of this courtroom and to the other one and the worship does that as soon as he is the show for he's out of this courtroom and it goes into another culture if that's the case we can now answer the other questions let's go back I asked the question how do we celebrate Rosh Hashanah we're sitting there with a suit celebrating it this is called and the answer is because of shoe for that's why we can celebrate it's like so many rigs a jury he pays them off he buys off the jury so he knows that he's going to walk out innocent or he will not be found guilty so therefore it's okay he's not worried at all he paid off the jewelry things are going to be fabulous and that's it he's not worried he's got to go for the he's got to go through the motions of judgment but he knows since he pulled the jury he's going to be exonerated the same idea the reason why we call you Roshana yantev because fundamentally we cannot lose ultimately that's the problem that's the point that in the end God will save us will exist and we will exist in the future world or maybe goel the man that God brings a redeemer right for his name's sake and that's because he loves the Jewish people therefore we're not concerned therefore Russia which in face values is really a day that we are guaranteed existence that's why and that's why the malachim said listen if it's such a day where the Jews know that they're going to be saved this is no because to sing it has to be complete Joy they have the joy that they know they will survive but listen they're still in a court of law and there's a certain there or whatever is going on there's still anxiety even at a low level because it's a very tense situation you cannot say Hollow in such a situation how it can only be said with an unmitigated uninhibited Joy but if there's a restriction if there's something that stops part of the joy because it's a very nerve-wracking situation know how well but yes but no halal so we see that the answer that motion says was beautiful and we understand what their question is and now we understand that fetus of Muslim what are we trying to do we're trying to plead to God what are we trying to plead we're saying like this listen you've given us a chance to influence the verdict fine I will do chuva what is the essence of what is the really the regret and the real children is to say listen you are the king not me because what is the real conflict who's the boss is it God and therefore therefore I have to do what he wants or is it me I'm the boss and I could do whatever I want which is a sin so therefore the concept of milk is the essence of three to what it is they if we say succumb verses that declare God as king because that's silver you're the king that's true that's the first plane you know it's interesting that there's a kotzka kotsuka Magid used to say a lot of uh very powerful uh statements very sharp so he wants to listen don't forget it's important to Proclaim God as king of the world but don't forget to Proclaim him King over yourself also that's what he used to say you know but in any case you don't find that we're doing enough chuva then I'll tell you what we should do then maybe we'll be able to get uh we'll be able to survive in the Judgment how because remember the merits of the forefathers remember with that yeah did and so on maybe based on the merits of the forefathers maybe based on that we can survive so that's the second plea if I don't have enough in me to survive so remember who my fathers were they were righteous people so maybe on their behalf I can survive work and that's what we're doing most of is the series of please so to try and do two verse one the second instead of please is what is to remember what God to remember what the our forefathers did the obvious but what happens if that doesn't work so the third set of please is what is showing for but until now what a shift I have to do with plea so what if I mentioned that the shape is blown at different times why is that a plea what does it have to do with Muslim and he is because it is a plea it's the last plea what it says if we didn't do enough chuba repentance by declaring you Miller if this was the merits of the forefathers isn't sufficient so we blow shuifer what we ask is this new version leave the Quantum of mishpat and go into the courtroom only you know what you do and even though it we don't understand an interrational and even though it looks completely contradictory we don't understand what it means and even though it involves you soon suffering better there than to sit in front of a Prosecuting angel that wants to kill us that's what chauffeur is chauffeur is a plea that's what it is and that's why it's the third series of sukum that are in the muscle we also understand what chauffeur is that it's a plea to go from to go from judgment in the eyes of the court to judgment in the eyes of God using it as a backup system as a guarantee and we Now understand why the sun is confused because he knows I'm not sure there's a chaifa but he's hoping that the Jews will not burn Schaefer and if they don't blow chauffeur then the God does not move out of that courtroom exactly in fact the Gomorrah says that in a city that does not go safer it will be very bad for the Jews in that City why because they have not entered the third set of please so all of a sudden when something hears the Schaefer he's confounded he's frustrated he's angry because he knows what's going to happen he's hoping that God that the Jews will not blow so far but when they blow Shuffle what happens God gets up it's okay this has ended and the something realized that he lost and he's terribly confounded and frustrated because God now moves out of the courtroom or the presence of the branch into a different chamber which is completely concealed but whose objective is the ultimate survival of the Jewish people and that they will be tremendous people and we Now understand why Schaefer has cries why the blasts of a Schaefer why resembles crying because that's essentially what we're saying shape is a plea to go into the other chamber and in that chamber the primary way that God uses is suffering and that involves crying so what we're saying is listen even if you have to re-relate to us in a in a way which will make us cry and give us suffering and is incomprehensible better that than to phrase the prosecuting attorney therefore the blast of a simple is crying that's the concept of chauffeur so I've answered almost all the questions there's only one question left why does God move from one quarter to the other so what so we blew sofa so therefore because of that he gets up and walks out why what's the Merit here because the Jews say do us a favor and move out of this courtroom and go into the other chamber which is where you will save us so what if you ask a judge please dismiss the charges or something like that judge is going to listen to you of course not there's got to be merits to the case so the question is what is the Merit that the Jew has that the sheaful works that is the question answers are very important idea the answer is the arcade of itself yes The Binding of yitzhab is the answer why the sheafer works that's the Merit that we use and because of that Merit the worship goes out of this Quantum of mishpat and it goes in the courtroom of but what is the Merit Avro movino imagine devotion approaches of Roma Vino and he says to him I want you to take it and I want you to slaughter him in the place I will show you could you imagine that what was the test of avroma Vino what was the problem here well imagine having a Venus human could you imagine what went through his mind first of all how can I kill anybody because avroma Vino is the quintessence of Crescent kindness how can a man whose entire body whose entire personality is filled with loving kindness because we know of Roma video the love that he had for people anybody how can a person like that do an act which is pure cruelty to kill a person for no reason that he deserves first test second test Ament the person has tremendous question how can God ask me to do something with devotion never does that the is the greatest so how can a God that has such loving kindness asked me to kill this person third problem third test is that is understood the true worth of man he abhorred Human Sacrifice so he said to himself how can I have a human sacrifice he understood the worth of a human being sacrifice was his son how can a person take a son and kill him and the fifth test is that it was the last Jew because there's no other Jews it's just it's called it's an effect of Romeo would be killing the last and only Jew other than himself left you imagine that and this is running through his mind but there was one more test the sixth test and that was the greatest test of all and it's something that is staggering of Roma Vino what was it remember avroma Vino figured out that there was a god at three years old is a brilliant mind bringing philosopher he understands he proved the existence of God and why why he is and what he controls and so on so it took him on an incredible thinking man what is the greatest test to a thinking man I'll tell you when a person Sees God do something it doesn't make sense to him for instance the person says that God kills uh let's say uh children or whatever it doesn't make sense why what they do but the answer is the truth is that the answer is unknown but it could be justified with some idea but I don't know what the idea is so that's a test that you have to you have to trust that God has a reason except I don't know it so I have that faith in God I have to trust in God that there is a reason that God is Not capricious we just doesn't do something as a whim there's a true reason except I don't know what it is fine so I will suspend my judgment I will assume I don't know but God does know fine that's one kind of a test those are difficult tests true but there's one test that is impossible to overcome you know what that test is I will tell you it is a test of complete irrationality what does that mean where God says one thing and completely contradicts himself in the next statement that's impossible because Hashem Ms God is a god of Truth and if God created logic in this world then he must abide by that logic when he talks to us therefore when the version says that initra will be what will be your c means that the Jewish people will continue to stop right that's what he said that is a Divine prophecy that the Jewish people will have continuity through your talk that's in this that's a fact that's a reality so when God says I want you to kill your talk that's an impossible statement it gives lie to the first prophecy that cannot be it is completely irrational it cannot be that type of a test even a philosopher will Buckle under therefore abramovino can contend with the others because he didn't know the reason friend so fine I don't know the reason I I will trust God that there is a reason but the problem is on the last test there is no reason it is a logical impossibility therefore God is presenting himself to me irrational you know with the King and that yet the continuity of the Jewish people is what's called in logic it's mutually exclusive if one exists the other cannot and if this exists this cannot they cannot exist at the same time to a human being that is rational uh therefore avromovino had to say to himself this is incredible this is impossible the God I know is a god of Ms how could this be this is what you'd call this is what ramadino said now we know what the real answer is because devotion never told them to kill he said and bring him up as a call but not kill him and therefore to God's understanding it was possible he was no logical contradiction here but didn't know he figured you bring a gap to another you kill him he carried it through so they him of course then God wanted him to feed that way so to Aroma Vino it was impossible so here's a Roma Vino the incredible intellect he kid is not a grapple with us God is irrational what do I do so of Roman Vino in whatever time it took him probably was an instant time because that's how great he was he said listen I don't understand this it's not only that I don't know the answer there is no answer because it's logically impossible so therefore I don't know what to do but one thing I know there has to be somewhere out of this that the is that kind of God where is not possible that he is illogical so he said I'm going to do it anyway I don't care to my mind it's impossible but I have to trust God that he is not irrational even though what he just told me is absolutely irrational that's the greatest test of all because abramovino has to bystand something which is impossible really to bystand but he did it anyway so he took I of course he took the Instagram and of course in the end you realize what the error was that he made that Bishop never intended he didn't violate his promise don't kill him and then Malik says Ah don't kill him what was the meaning of that and why is that the last test in all the ten tests about Rome that was the last why because the revolution set him Lost Boy there's going to be a judgment there's going to be an evaluation and a Readjustment and I'm going to tell the Jews that they should do too many influence the verdict but all of a sudden it's going to throw it into a court of law what are they going to do I'm gonna give him chauffeur and chauffeurs where they're going to tell me to go into the other room and judge mankind but wait a minute in that room that's the room that I take actions that I want that guarantee but the actions are irrational they don't make sense yes they don't make sense it's static bar alloy Rush of a tobloy he doesn't even couldn't understand this and it wasn't much of Anu because he didn't know the answer he was irrational that was the problem or else there would be no real question trust God not all but the truth is is that the motion said the following because you are romabino you withstood the test of a rational command in that Merit when the Jews will ask me to behave toward them irrationally and that's my private shamers I'll do it because you stood the test of rationality of a Mitzvah that was irrational illogical mutually exclusive and that's because they can ask me to go into a room and conduct a series of actions which appear completely irrational and I'll do it what's the Merit because you succeeded you didn't care if was irrational therefore they have a right to ask me this and I will do it for them therefore the akedo is the exact concept of the shoifer because the chaifa represents the request to go into the private chamber which is irrational in the sense that it's completely unintelligible in fact when the malach when River Akiva there's a famous Gomorrah um with the the malochum uh they were there was a story but in any case the main idea is that uh they looked at Rebecca and this man was so incredible that he was expounding on the crowns of the letters had a hard time understanding overwhelmed what an incredible person so they said to them show us his end if this person must have an incredible end so devotional showed them the future that the Romans would take his skin the back of his in the uh in the back of the skin or the skin on the back and rip it to shreds so the malachim said this is incredible they said what is this is the man's Torah this is a reward this is completely irrational how do you take a man that is the greatest man in client's world that I've heard that even does not understand and do this to this person this is what the malachim said to the Bosham this is Torah and this is reward possible what was their question we don't understand this but we know where what department did this go under it went on the yehud uh so what did the varsham say he said listen if you ask me again the whole creation goes into tell you goes into chaos what was God doing threatening the Angels no he said them very good he said listen I cannot tell you the answer to this it must remain irrational to you because if I tell you the answer then the sun will know the answer and then I can't do the guaranteed backup system and therefore the world cannot survive and will return to chaos because the Jews cannot survive the only way they can saw a survive is if I do actions which are irrational that nobody understands even a certain and that's how I could save the world I cannot reveal this but it's interesting that even though my Allah was stung by this action which is pure Rebecca's death but the Jews what do they have devotion gave this test of a rationality of wrong because he knew in the end the Jews would have to ask for that and the Merit of our Venus passing the test is the Merit of the Schaefer itself that is why we read the Arcado on Rosh Hashanah that is our marriage and that answers the final question of why it works for the Jews and why Arcada is so critical and we also understand what the test of our Roma Vino really was and why it was absolutely mind-boggling that he did what do we see from all this we have a whole different understanding of Rosh Hashanah it's a global it's a global assessment it's a Readjustment that devotion does he wants to to what to influence the verdict but the real truth is that we have a test look at the world we live in the whole concept of yomadin is anti-america because America doesn't believe in absolute values you can do whatever you want that's the whole concept of American Behavior you do something well he's got a problem there's no right there's no wrong there's no right there's no left there's no moral there's no immoral that's what many people believe in America that's why there's such a corruption in America but Yuma then means ah there are absolutes there's a right and there's a wrong there's a correct and is an incorrect that's the first thing yamadin says and the second thing yamadin says is that there's an accountability if you don't do that which is right that's what it says what a difference between the way a Jew looks at life the way a Jew looks at what at religion and the way goyam look at there the way they understand they can do whatever you want that doesn't make a difference but with that there's a tremendous amount of hessen and the ultimate is that the bronsham says even if you get stuck in the court I'm gonna get you out of it this thing is the concept of Rosh Hashanah it is a day of Awesomeness why because it's not you on the stand alone it's everything in creation is being judged to see what's its status or its station and one of the interesting things is that if you would judge yourself so fine so that God would say you're not guilty but if you are judged within the context of creation and you do chuva it's possible that God will Elevate or promote you to a different place in the Deacon yes because God can do anything because what's being evaluated is the take on itself people of a person is at Sonic if he does children the Russian says listen until now this was your task but I'm promoting you you're going to become vice president I'm gonna take you and I'm Gonna Make You Famous or I'm going to make you successful I'm going to make you wealthy and God can do whatever he wants why because within the context of creation I want you to be have a higher calling and he could do that because the decision because the evaluation is the evaluation of the whole project and therefore the outcome is the outcome of where you will fit in the teacon accordingly itself D4 is very important because it's not only that you walk out within is it the true love but besides that you can literally alter and change the station of life because devotion can do whatever he wants because since globally it's an evaluation therefore you can be changed on a global scale where God says aha I am not going to move you into an arena that you haven't even dreamed of this is a very important concept of Rosh Hashanah fine we have now understood a holiday in a whole different level but it's very interesting We Now understand with one answer the whole concept of what it really is look how many questions it really answers therefore think about that when you enter a son of that the whole world is going to be recessed you're going to be reassessed the Jewish people and that depending on how you behave that will depend on what your station is not only life and death but what your station is in terms of the ultimate kick in itself therefore I want to wish everybody and attack everybody to such an extent with it God will say listen the thickener Chloe is finished and therefore it should be tough since this is the end of the matter and that's it and the mashiach finally comes this year and all of us then will have a murdick thank you by guessing can you hear me yes yeah thank you very much yes so since you convinced us all that Rosh Hashanah is a reassessment of where the taken is since tomorrow is September 11 what is your assessment I know it's past one o'clock for you so maybe we can do it briefly it's 1 16. that's all right the truth is I mean in a very very briefly 911 September 11th is one of the in many ways one of the greatest moments of all in Jewish history why because we enter with 911 we enter the last stage of creation that's really what happens why is that because clients will in its in its Journey throughout what it has to do has many protagonists many protagonists and the last protagonist the last great enemy of the Jewish people the Arabs and what the has done is that he has accelerated the process to enter the last stage with the last great enemy of the Jews are the Arabs are you smile in fact it's interesting because the date of 9 11 whatever the Russian does is always a semen a Remus it's always interesting that the date of 9 11 in 2001 the Hebrew date was and if you add that up it's I think it's 852 that's the exact democria of in its time I will hasten it which obviously refers that God will hasten the coming of the Messiah it's also dematria was there with this this will bring him as always I find very interesting and therefore the person is accelerating the process of the last kuffa where you shmuel is the last great enemy why is the last great anime you'll have to wait till I get to Los Angeles but this is fundamentally what it is and as there is in that sense we hopefully we can look it to the real beginning of tremendous good news in a very short amount of time just go ahead it's another question yes uh first of all you have to play up on your on your talk now we all really enjoyed it and it was very enlightening and uh and of course it could gesundee or to you and yours and thank you regarding what you uh said about the uh short for bluesing uh distracting the Satan yeah this coming uh Rosh Hashanah the first day is on Shabbos we don't blow the chauffeur on Shabbos ah so then what happens that's your question that's my question okay the answer is what khazal say hazal tell us that you we cannot blow shoaf on Rosh Hashanah which falls down a job because they're afraid you may carry it and so on but the gentleman asked a very powerful question because if Sharif is really a plea so we don't blow Schaefer there's no plea so God's Gonna stick Us in the court of justice and what are we going to do I'll put the answer is that the terrorist self provides the answer solution because the third refers to Roshana in two places one place that says a day of blowing right which means you have to blow safer and we know what that does but the second place it doesn't say you him through a day of blowing it says a remembrance of blowing ah so the Torah said women remembrance are blowing if you're blue wiser remembrance and so then you clearly see that God is alluding to what will be a thousand years later that the rabbis will say you can't carry and therefore we are going to mention the sukum of shaifa and that will be a remembrance of the shape but we used to do last year and that is sufficient so therefore we can The Plea works one of two ways either it's young through where we Blow shuffle or say going through on it's a remembrance of true and therefore merely to recite the supermarket works the exact same way and the term tells us that in fact that's one of the reasons why the rabbis knew that they could actually stop the Joker and still the Jews will be protected thank you Adam