The Veils That Separates Us From HaShem

[Music] we go to the seventh chapter of by the RAM and the rambam says there's many mid and that describe the connection that the prophets all the prophets throughout time hi with Hashem some of them spoke to Hashem through sleeping a dream some had an epilepsy some had meditation but there was one Prophet named mosu where Hashem himself says he spoke to me face to face and and also including the page 49b says that the way that the prophet spoke to Hashem was like through a veil they had different veils different levels of separations between them and hasem but they were able to uncover some of these veils so like some like if you have one of these fancy houses with 18 curtains before you actually see the window the prophet was able to take away like six of them and see a little bit more light or 10 of them but mosenu a different level of prophet mosu was talking to hem like he would look through a brilliant glass meaning that it was shining like a diamond but you still it's not 100% B it's not 100% clear but it's as clear as ever how Didu get to that level how how did Yu get to that level very simple the ram says we all have intellectual shortcomings foolishness naivity difficult in understanding we all have ethical shortcomings gluttony Pride anger brashness Love of Money all types of desires all have all types of flaws all types of limitations I have one student he says I pray to Hashem four hours a day to make me Rich okay do you have a job no not yet I don't know if it's high level or something else I have another student tells me you know is very very important to me yeah yeah yeah I prayed extra on I wore all white I wore all white you learn any M no no not yet I'm still focusing on something else oh is that why your wife keep calling my wife telling her that you're coming home like a raging uh lion every Friday you she's she's worried about her [Music] life so Ram says listen all of us have these little flaws some of us love money too much some of us get too angry some of us have gav that can reach the sky all of us each one of these shortcomings are the veils that's the curtain that's what's separating us between us and God each one of these character flaws you're cheap you're stingy you're over you're you're uh you know a fool and you don't want to learn T you're too prideful you're one of these people that every time somebody wants to give you a before he finish the first sentence you always say no no I know I know I love those people I know I know they know everything so why' you come to the if you already know I know I know I know ra says all of these character flaws that's the curtain that's the veils that's what separates us between man and God it says in the by prophet Isaiah chapter 59 verse2 it's your sins that separate you between you and your God your sins meaning your shortcomings so here the rambam who was also called Moses gives us the secret of Moses gives us the secret of yov gives us the secret to never be one of these people says they give us the secret you want to be a walking Kem you want to be aad you want to be worthwhile in this world start by removing these veils start by working on your midot start by removing these bad character traits and you could only remove them if you work on them first if you have anger problem start working on anger but not through a self-help book that you buy from Bars & Noble by by m by instructions from the manufacturer because each time you remove one of these veils you're going to be closer to God and each time you're closer to God you're going to understand how was able not to say for 20 years howu was able to thank AEM have such level of where he thanked AEM for all the problems to such an extent he says all these problems so great it's too good and it all starts with making a very simple choice if you already believe in a Torah which most all of us here believe you believe in the Torah you believe it's real the first step we have to do is read what it says second step is start doing start doing what it says where do you aim you don't have to be abrah you don't have to be you don't have to be mob or anyone else you don't have to beud all you have to do is honestly look at yourself in the mirror every day and say you know what today I serve theem at least as good good as jakov served la [Music]