Unity of Sukkah, Lulov & Etrog ולקחתם לכם ביום הראשון New Kabbalah class by Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

Welcome to our class on we're going to be learning a beautiful discourse in theb the name of the discourse is called the said this discourse of that year was the 13th day of the month of Tire the yard site of the Reb marash and that was in the year ofin L which is 46 years ago went on to certify and edit this discourse in honor of the holiday of in the year 35 years ago so again the discourse is based on the verse in the Torah where it speaks about the holiday of and it says on the first day you should take to yourself referring to the idea of the lul the so the medis says one second what does the Torah say you should take it on the first day but the fact is it's the 15th day of the month so why say the first day so the med explains and it says because the first day that we start counting the new sins why is that because Yumer Hashem forgave the Jewish people and from yipper until sukot everyone's busy doing mitzvot this one's building a and this one is dealing with his so comes the first day of of Y says whatever happened till now happened but now we start the new accounting of UN unfortunately the sins that people do so what do you see from here that taking the four species um on the 15 day of T it's it's basically also part of the beginning of the Newan the new the new the new new accounting so therefore the question is what's the connection between the new accounting of of the sins with taking the four species also we have to understand what it says in the medish that the Jewish people and the of the world come to and we don't know who's going to be successful but when what happens is when the Jewish people go out from Hashem and they have the lul and they have their and then we know that the that the Jewish people are meritorious so therefore instructs the Jewish people and tells them you take the in other words the Mitzvah of the four species on the on sukot actually comes in continuation of rash when that's the day that we're we're being judged so if that's the case that since taking is connected to R to prove that we were successful so why do we say we should take it on the first day know there was the mits of the four species on that day it's not technically it's connected um to the to to rashash and we're saying we should take it on this day and the first was so it's not connecting to rash and and and and so so so is it you know on one hand it's obviously connected so it should be the 15 but nevertheless we're saying what it's consider the first day says we're gonna understand this introduction by know by talking about the difference of the Mitzvah of su and the Mitzvah of what of the four species in other words even though as we know both of them the Mitzvah of su and the Mitzvah of the four species are connected to Unity like we we we'll soon explain more in but nevertheless there's a difference between these two of types of unity of the Suka and the lul why is that because the unity of the Suka is unity in its Essence and know it's not like there's different parts you putting together there's one Suka everyone goes into one Suka and as we know that the whole Jewish people are able to sit in one Suka why because Suka is something which is beyond differences everyone can come in there however when it comes to the four species no you have a lul and you have an EST you have a h and and from all the different four types you create Unity take it together in other words even though these four species are totally different from one extreme to the next and like it says in the medish that the four species of the lul corresponds to the four different types of the Jewish people in other words like for example the the species of the esrog represent someone that has taste and smell and we know taste is referring to learning tah and smell is is is mitv up to up to the level of the of the AR it doesn't have not a taste not a smell and so different types of Jews that don't have any T mitz but nevertheless all types become come come together in the Vanessa and even according to the opinion or the Insight or the explanation that the four species is not referring to the different kinds of the Jewish people but referring to hasem but so nevertheless since these are these four levels of Hashem is is corresponded in the four species so obviously they're four different levels and like we know that when you have different insights into this into the same the same verse they're really connected so you can say says that that the the the differences on high which that's corresponded to the four species from different extremes which are basically connected to the difference between the Jewish people have so we obviously our differences are sourced in hasem but by taking the the four species and as we know it's really one Mitzvah what we unify we unify the Jewish people down here and we unify obviously the different levels on high now so those are the two moures which connect that to Unity in different levels after we have the Mitzvah of sitting in the Suka and taking the four species so we know we have the Mitzvah of bringing sacrifices on the holiday and the main sacrifice on the holiday of sukot is is is is is the 70 animals that were brought and as we know the reason why they brought that specific animal on Ax is because that's the king of all the animals now why did they bring 70 animals that corresponds to the 70 nations of the world by bringing the 70 animals as as as a sacrifice and today we don't have the temple but we we say the the the verses of the sacrifice sacrifices like we know that today the Expressions been a sh so saying how do we bring the sacrifices today by praying so by bringing the sacrifices then and by reciting the the sacrifices in the prayers what we do is we're actually transforming the nations of the world and says you can say that the connection between the idea of transforming the nations of the world by bringing the SE 70 sacrifices to the Mitzvah of the four species what's the connection because what's the ultimate purpose and what's the completion of the success of the Jewish people that gets revealed by taking the four species you know it's like we said that when the when the Jewish people come out with the lulive and estri we know that they're successful so what's the whole idea that the goal is that not only the Jewish people should realize it's all it's all one but even the nations of the world should agree to it and we bring the 70 sacrifices corresponding to the Seven Nations they get transformed they get refined and then when they get transformed and refined they agree to the success of the Jewish people and this is also the connection that when we say Hal on the seven days of sukot connecting to the idea of the SE 70 sacrific are bought in other words even though we say the H every single day and and and and but nevertheless the sacrifices are different because by going ahead and transforming and refining that happens through the nations of the world by bringing the sacrifice so what happens then is we like it says in all the nations of the world praise all the nations are are praising hem why because hem has given so much to the Jewish people that the nations of the world are praise AEM why because so that's the connection between saying Hal I'm bringing the sacrifices that the nations of the world will praise Hashem forgiving for for forgiving um the Jewish people all the all the kindness now this that the nations of the world praise and thank Hashem that that that hem was very kind to the Jewish people that's a very very profound idea D says why and not only that in a certain way it's even higher than the that Hashem did for the Jewish people there's one thing hashm did the and there's one thing that the nations of the world recognizes why because when they recognize it what happens is we all know that hasem had a tremendous desire what was Hashem desire that he wanted Hebrew wanted to have a dwelling place we in the lowest places in a place that doesn't recognize God and in the lowest places that's possible a place which Rebels against God and by them going ahead and acknowledging it obviously the T in the lowest places are are are are making a dwelling place for hem and like it's understood from theic discourse the that starts with that you should be bless from all the nations of the world from the B so he says that he brings a powerful teaching from thei thei says as follows if a non-jew blesses you say amain why it's a non blessing why he saying a and and he says because the verse says you should be blessed from all the nations which means the nation should bless you and he brings anic discourse what Aral says that when someone says is the unification of the two powerful names of hm and Adonai why because numerically is um 91 and yut andai together is 91 so when you're saying when you're saying you're actually saying on a spirit if you go deeper into it you're saying two powerful names of hem and why why is that never explains very powerful he says like this the name that's the essential name of hem which in in cabalistic terminologies is called higher than the worlds so is the most powerful name ofm what's the name Adonai represent like like tell us that if for you it's profitting to call Adi why because ad represents idea that you're are the the you're the master of everything that was created in other words so besides the fact that ad is connected more to the sphere of Mal the lowest sphere and we know that malus it's the lowest means it's the source of everything that's created so from from this that kazal tell us that you are the master of everything that was created that so what what does that mean that Adonai is connected to the creations and what type of creation someone just the creation someone that's a being but when you unify these powerful levels which is the essence of and which is basically the lowest level way connected the lowest part of the world that means in the lowest level ofai what what's shining in there okay so then what happens is even the things that hasem created from the level ofai um and even those simplest people so what happens is gets what gets shined into them is which is the essence of the infinite part of and then you create a dear you make a dwelling place for what for the highest level for the highest level and that's why it says if a non-jew blesses you say amain why because you're unifying the highest part of hm the lowest part and as we know the Jewish people are AB we're above the the the limitations of the world and when a non-jew recognizes that he's blessing you so then that becomes a preparation an introduction for the greatest Union and to make a dear to make a dwelling place for down in this world now since the ultimate purpose why Hashem created us is we should make a dwelling place for Hashem down here and how does that happen it happens when we do our spiritual work and up to the point that the nations of the world are going to recognize us and bless us so it's self understood that Hashem give every one of the Jewish people the power to accomplish this and especially your says in the generations before the Redemption that we have a responsibility to finish and complete this dwelling so obviously Hashem gives us greater power to accomplish this Mission and says it's possibly you can say this is the reason that um the previous Ser said a powerful story the story is that the Reb maharash um was celebrating his yard site that he would travel every day and during the week he would go for a stroll and once for whatever reason he had his normal route that he went and he went in a different route and all the people that saw him that don't normally see him because he usually takes a different route when they saw him they prostrated themselves in front of them so afterwards they asked the re marash what's this all about so he said this powerful line so on who do you think the verse says you're gonna be blessed from the nations of the world now the say why why the pre why did the previous re tell us the story and he wanted to publicize publicize so that is to give us the power to know that our job is to bring godliness into the world and nations of the world should bless us and be to create the Union we said by by saying of the so besides the fact that he's giving us power and inspiration and encouragement um by by the story but since this story happened to a a Nasi a leader of the Jewish people and we know the leader is everything so that gives every one of us the power and um and the fact that it was was revealed and it was publicized through through the leader so obviously it creates even even more power and even more energy to accomplish our goal and re says you can say that the the the uh Power and the energy that's given from on high to do our work when do we get that power on on the holiday why because what happens in the hot everybody knows all the nation of the world knows that the Jewish people are meritorious and besides the fact that they know it they actually agree to it up to the point they actually praise the Jewish people and what do they praise the Jewish people that we have tremendous so that gives us the power um that we should of of doing the work of the we should bless on the nations of the world not only on suot a whole year so we get this get the energy on suot but the goal is to give us energy for a whole year like to add this idea this idea of success you in this idea of success is that not just we're successful but we're successful in overcoming the opposition so what do you see from here that the re the revelation of being successful on the holiday is what that even the nations of the world praise Us in other words we're talking at even those that were against us and the ones that were and opposing us the ones that are in the position opposition turned to be to to to love us now they love us they praise us and they praise hem forem giving us the and therefore the the the power that we get from for for the for the for the idea that we should be blessed on nations of the world and that happens a whole year it applies even to those that were opposing us she bless from all the nations of the world even those that are opposing us here we have the lesson for every one of the Jewish people now even though there are times when you have certain positions and certain things that are stopping you from serving hem you shouldn't get weakened because of it and obvious obviously for sure you shouldn't give up hope and when you make a resolution that you're going to go ahead and fulfill your mission without getting distracted from anything that's blocking you or stopping you what's going to happen is you're going to see in a revealed way that all the things that were you thought were blocking you with nothing nothing nothing nothing and on the contrary the intent is the intent of the things that were stopping you why was it stopping you it's to able to elevate you to a higher level and know anytime you have an opposition and anytime you have a struggle and anytime you have something that's stopping you it's to create you should go to a higher level in other words what does that mean that you should not only have the avoid of transforming but you should also have the avoid the spiritual work of a test because if the fact is if you wouldn't have any opposition you wouldn't be able to overcome a test and and the and and obviously we're not looking for tests but on the other hand when we have it it takes you to the next level and you're able to reach a very high level up to the point that those that are opposing you will actually be transformed to helping you and blessing you like it says you're going to be blessed me call again even those that oppose you and by o by by transforming them from being the opposition to being for you you're going to fulfill and complete the intent that God had when he decided he wanted to create the world he wanted to create a world in in the lowest places means with his opposition on the lowest places be transform to the positive now in order to accomplish the transformation of the nations of the world and especially those that are opposing us how do we do that that's we do it by Awakening and revealing the of our soul we know there's five levels to the soul when we bring out the deepest level the that gives us the power why is that because since the sparks in the opposition in the nations of the world are totally concealed and totally hidden so therefore in order to transform those Sparks you have to go ahead and awaken a deep part of the Soul which is deeper than revelation which basically means you pull out your y the Oneness of your soul and literally that when you awaken the from within yourself you stand strong so in other words you should have the strength and the power to do what you need to do without thinking about opposition and you do that by Awakening your and when you have this power you will be successful to get rid of any opposition and not only that but the opposition becomes your best friend and your best ad advate now even though this idea that the Oppo the opposition gets transformed becoming helping you that comes has do it come because you Reveal Your but nevertheless say it's even much higher than the itself why because when you Reveal Your nothing happened what do you do fun you reveal but when you use to transform an opposition to a helper which means it's going against its nature of that opposition that's something new that's revolutionary besides the fact that through that you're actually fulfilling the idea of making a dwelling place forem down here and and obviously in the lowest places and the same thing also says applies when it comes to transforming the nations of the world like it says that all the nations are going to praise hem on the holidays and when how does that happen it happened by revealing the why is that never explains like this because what is the general work of the 10 days of trouva the whole how does a person work in the S days of tra you you're bringing out the depth of your heart like it say from the depths I call AEM and it says plural double depths what's the two double depth two depths it's referring to depth of of the of and and especially in which is basically the beginning of the 10 days of and how much more so and and we know that the 10 days of TR is time to return to hem and it's a time that hm basically forgives us and so and this work that has should forgive us comes from the idea of our in all three aspects of world which is space um time and soul and the revelation of this this which comes out in the 10 days of CHA and especially in Ripper so when does that know in that's when we do that's when we do the work of when does it get revealed when does come out in the open it comes out in the open the holiday and like we know the the insight into the verse where it says what does that mean that all the ideas that in the 10 days of TR they're concealed they get revealed in the holiday and that's why the work is on the 10 days TR because it's because it's it's a in-depth work it's concealed work that's why the Avida of the 10 tra is right people cry it's it's internal work up to the point where says something very very powerful from the Z that somebody that does not cry on the 10 days of tra your Soul's not complete because by crying you're bringing out the so that is crying is a 10 days of tra what happens come to that's the time to be joyful and happy because Joy is when something gets revealed and on the on once you come to suas your gets revealed and when a person's happy you add in the Revelation because the fact is the nature of being happy is to take something that's concealed and reveal it up to the point that it breaks all boundaries Now by revealing the the the oness of the in the holiday to go there's two levels how do you know the first level of revealing your is by sitting in the Suka because the Su we said is one all the Jewish people can sit in one Suka and and so this Revelation is M because the Su HS over over you and by put taking the four species so this Oneness gets reveal revealed in an internal way and it's explained elsewhere the details the way it gets revealed he'd like to connect this what we explained before that the unity of the Suka is really it's it's unity in its Essence and know to begin with there's no oppos there's no different parts however when it comes to the unity of the four species and those even those different different parts but nevertheless they unify why is that and there something very powerful because they to to in internalization premus is divided and therefore the unity of the Suka that doesn't have any any divisions so that's why it's Mak but but the unification of the four species which is referring to the four different types of the Jewish people and the four and the four different types within each person so that gets um internalized in a pemus and internal way and by going ahead and revealing in a field way the unity of the of the different details of the Jewish people in other words the different types of Jewish people and the different levels in the Jewish people so what happens is we we gets drawn how do we make that happen by taking the four the the four species something else happens and know that what what get what through that Unity what gets revealed that the Jewish people are successful and in a way that the nations of the world agree to it and up to the point they praise the Jewish people and they praise them that what that that that the of is there and why is that never explain something very powerful he says like this multiplicity is found in its Nature by the nations of the world by the Jewish people we're one because besides the fact that we're we're from the minority we're the smallest nation in the world and we're one Jewish people among 70 Nations they're 70 and we're one so that's in General more importantly the Jewish people were were were one people and the idea of Multiplicity is mainly in the nations of the world now this fact that the Jewish people by Nature are one because our source is in hem and we know we say inem is one but since our source is inm therefore we won we're won so what do we see from here that the unity of the Jewish people besides the fact that we're not we're not we're not divided like the nations of the world but we're even higher we're even higher than higher than the division in the of the of the angels and the division of the worlds because we know the world was created from shim Elohim is plural and not only that we're higher even than than than the name Elohim because Elohim is plural and which which in general what is that referring to the light that fills the world and fill is different things you know it fills a different levels of the world and every single person based based on who the person is but nevertheless so in essence we really one but there was but nevertheless since by the Jewish people unfortunately we have multiplicity and again there was it's only externally internally we're really one but externally we have differences but by going ahead and drawing in the unity and the Oneness into the Jewish people we're we're we we're we we're not one in the external part so what happens is by bringing the unity with in us in our external self we bring in the unity into the name of loim and also into the worlds and even into also into into the into the world into into the world which the materialistic world like we know it says look how many different action of Hashem which means there so many different things and that's where in the materialistic world and also into into into the nations of the world you can say that this is the connection between the two insides of the four species because according to one insights referring to the two four different levels of Jewish people and the other Insight we learned in the beginning was four different levels on high in other words the four different levels on high is the idea that the the light of Malik which basically the light that fills the world it fills the world of four different worlds there's ailos Bria y AIA and that the light gives every world what it needs but by going ahead and bring in a unity in the multiplicity the four different types of the Jewish people and the four different levels of Jewish people so we start by bringing the unity within us we we we go ahead and draw in the the the unity into the four into in the four different levels of the world and even in the even in the levels of and then obviously also then into all the nations of the world so basically explains beautifully he says now on the stand Why by taking the four species we affect that even the nations of the world will agree to the success of the Jewish people and they're going to praise us and like we said that by them praising us it's higher than the success itself the success itself is amazing but the fact that they're praising us is even higher why because this that the nations of the world and especially those that were opposing us and we have to be successful they go ahead and praise us and we praise the fact that we have hm that's revolutionary like we explained before at length in other words and besides the fact that fulfills the mission of creating a Dwelling Place in the lowest places and literally the lowest places now even though this idea of the Nations become accepting of the Jewish people when is that ultimately going to happen when Messiah comes in the future like it says in the prophet of Z that every single one of the Jewish people are going to have listen to this interesting 2,800 Servants of the nations of the world that are going to hold on to the four corners of of our Talus and But but so even though that's going to happen in the future but says we do have a taste it in the time of Exile and especially in a time now before messiah's coming and that's why the verse says you should take on the first day why the first because the first of of of the accounting in other words even though the this idea of of revealing the success of the Jewish people through taking the four species which is which is basically revealing what happened in rashash and the taking the four species on on suas is connected to the fact of means technically it's the 14th so why are we saying the first the the the first but the fact is by by taking the four species we affect what do we affect that the Nations will agree to the success of the Jewish people and they're going to pray praise them that is something revolutionary that is new knew and that's why he says on the first day because it's a it's a is the first for this revolutionary idea that the nations of the world are going to acknowledge that the Jewish people are successful in creating the real re and the real Oneness So based on say he' like to say um this what kazal say that in in Merit of the three firsts what are the three first of resting on the first day of PES resting on the first day of of sukot and taking the lre so we merited for the three for the three first one is to eradicate the the descendants of Esau secondly to the building of the temple and for the name of the Messiah and we know that the the the the level of um of the first of basically the four species it's even higher than the first of suot why since the idea of taking the four species means you're bringing in the idea of Mak of Suka into an internal way so how is that it's greater than Suka why is it why is it Greater and every explains very powerful because when a person does the four species what we do is we actually complete the intent that Hashem had of making a dwelling place down here and therefore because we're accomplishing something so powerful that's why the reward is going to be the revelation of the essence of hem and whoever finishes off say something very beautiful and Powerful it should be the will of hem that from this time of of Celebration and happiness of sukot we're taking we have to be happy we should come very very soon to the Great Joy the this the the Everlasting Joy which is going to be with the true and complete Redemption through M mashu he should come and redeem us and take us standing upright to ER Israel and very very quickly in our days in a literal way so here we have a very very powerful discourse in the re about the holiday soot on the different levels of unity and the ultimate unity that we accomplish by not only that we're unified but the nations of the world recognize the unity and that will ultimately bring the greatest Unity like re says with the coming of mhia so let's hope and pray the unity happens and God willing our next class will be your have a great and blessed week