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Rabbi Mendel Kessin on Rosh Hashana.
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Renowned Speaker Rabbi Mendel Kessin addressing the Los Angeles Jewish Community via Video Conference. The topic of discussion relates to Rosh Hashana - The Day of Judgment. Torah Ohr
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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