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Be Careful with what You Write - Rabbi Chaim Dalfin

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robot I said so good morning the data everyone were on page 396 in the Mimer I love you hey other Zahir Bakula Smith haha Minka you know the language of the Olga I'm gay Adam is a very forceful language it literally means the island forever you hate others are here man should be careful the implication of the language is very forceful in other words don't forget this always remember this don't lose sight of this that's the language so it's a very very authoritative I'll use that word it's a very authoritative language the rabbit doesn't speak about it but just been thinking about it myself the V it's not only you know if you want to it's the way I look at it if you want to divert mental if you don't want to don't have a missile if you want to be careful about missile you don't want to don't be careful know Malayalam you have other means you better be careful why would and why and why why would the huzzah why would the rabbis use such a language I mean the tourists I discuss it it's a terror of kindness why would it use a forceful authoritative language and I believe the answer is in what the language is used for what are we discussing for this custom info and the and and word as we will see start seeing today in the mine were what mints is about you know on a spiritual level and then later in a minor on the practical level so because we're talking here about something that is essential for a Jews survival there or therefore we we therefore we we basically see this very powerful authoritative language when oil um you hey Adam Zahir because you don't find that type of you language in hazael often you don't you know for example the governor Chavez says that my hobbies are it's a witch mitzvah this is a statement made by a sage regarding a certain which Mitzvah what is he most careful about and that type of language is very mellow compared to the language here the oil um yehey Adams earlier hey guys you better always be careful they both use the same words ah here careful but it's the way you use the word careful the before and after that makes all the difference so obviously this is a special a special reason there must be a special reason why the Fazal used this language and again I don't I didn't see it into my memory here and I'm not sure it's gonna be in the minor but this is my own thinking yes Berbatov I just have to say I was pointing out to me some time ago that Gomorrah and Shabbos you just quoted about his father most careful so the cities was taught to me by our kupuna that in usual I am that because it is that that is out here and that gun that we read it which mitzvah did your father not the careful which in which miss did your father shine which was too he did he much like you know what like you know in other words like a view Zack infirmary is a very strong positive of course of course here from the words are splendor shine Britta bill bright brilliant so yeah the and the rebel has citrus on this which since we mentioned you take another moment how important that is for every person to have their Mitzvah their Mitzvah in which they throughout their lifetime you saw a special love towards that meets and it's important to know this why because after 120 you want to do something for the soul of the person if you know what their Mitzvah that they emphasized was it would be very worthwhile to continue that Mitzvah for them versus doing any pizza which is good of course every mix was good for the darshan of a person who's leftist world but this Mitzvah that dessert here like you said notion that he he and give us we say they would cost which means passionate about cooks cooks himself in over and over easy like you know very excited son here okay bottom of page 396 basically the first chapter was one long question what do the huzzah mean when they say be careful with lava demon feh why not chakras why not Arvest that's the question but of course through this hostile of Casa de it was elaborated bomb it opened up a whole door to us about this issue of understanding the Gemara PLP copy premia cetera resin the resin very interesting discussion now we go to the bottom the second paragraph he may often cuz they avoid epinephrine shot to understand all of the above in man service and I've way disorder he name is Montrealers a min home a gay do me a favor put on your mute please his mom she was I mean her he's mister state days regarding the time of Mincy there are two opinions in the gamora rabona the rabbi's wherever you who de penis I'm in for other errors Rob Allah say you Qaddafi min so too nightfall through therapy who diameter view this says I plot the middle until basically plot immensely which is an hour and a quarter before before nightfall through this feeling aw who believes that realist connected to meet him tick no type of 397 that the reason we that prayers the governing correspond are sorry are in lieu of sacrifices which sacrifice the two middle the carpet on meat which was brought twice daily in the morning and in the afternoon own in her home that the atomic shall be null value and the carpenter is is it corresponds with the afternoon carbon plummet moniker of his term it shall be not about imitation source of matter until when could you bring the carpet Amma was not in half hours from the morning the names of plaka means her sure of the Academy Lila so according to this when is plot them in an hour and a quarter before night this is the opinion of you who de Bourgh the sovereignty that abundant they they they they say otherwise because they hold they follow a BAC Bureau sound me what is an emulation saying in Traktor animus in the gomorian shall meet them in Connecticut itís not Minka is in lieu of sacrifices rather memphis in lieu of the incense offerings known as containers shanem odd as it says Tico in philosophy I will prepare my prayers my Tila Qataris with incense the time to smoke incense is piece of time so if you want to know when to get high it's a mix of time totus okay it's so interesting just saw a letter someone sent in the whatsapp from 1977 summon rights to the red/black saw this I promise you he says is it all right to smoke marijuana and the rebel says I raced it already I should have kept it surely not 1977 not 1965 1977 anyway and and I think he was in put the question questionnaire that was was kind of like can I use it for enhancing my service of a sham you know and their ever said surely not this is not the approach anyway but according to my buddy touched a little bit on the kotori's possibility of it be having some kind of effect so once the thrall can we say that that there was smoking of the incense in order to elevate well I don't I don't see that they were smoking incense they used the incense who says they were smoking the incense I mean look look into the Torah what does it say about the Qataris does it say that we were eating the incense smoke condensers I don't believe it does it says that you brought incense in a in a vessel and you put a fire or you brought it to the altar that's what it says now whether the aroma of the incense gave you a high could be could be anyway that's continued your welcome additional value but how good is my - I want to tell you since we mentioned it it's not just the incense it's alcohol - Hasidim for generations use the alcohol as an enhancer to avoid the session they get so their ever writes their ever writes in egress cognition one of his volumes - I think the certain consider remember rights today we have the Torah of my father-in-law his considers what we're learning and the same higher you get from the alcohol you can get from the minor now he writes it now Hassidim still use blue sayonara Brennan's you know but but let's not lose sight of the Lakota that the CUDA is that you know it's for a holy purpose and a godly purpose and really not not for your own self you know advancement and and ego so whether it's you know it's it's it's it's it's a drug or whether it's alcohol if it's used just to to pump yourself it's inappropriate okay let's continue so he says beautiful commercial world burger is mindless and as it's explained in the comments of Maimonides paid of dollars milk estilo over there he says you could look further and you'll see more details about prayer being substituted by by Qataris ran into the treeless meandher what we understand from this year around me is that min Carr who netted up Taurus is involve Taurus so the question now is what what's the difference by efficient paying carbone's with traitors are the difference between sacrifices and incense called burnished McCreary Armas Berenson where was the place in the in the basis of meekness where you brought the sacrifices or animals called upon the external altar miss barrace potatoes conversely accepted incense was brought on this balcony me the smaller miss Bay are called the inner miss bear you know I was called the inner miss bath because it was in the in the play that's right too there was a sauce on the menorah and the Miss possibly me whereas the Miss Bertha feat zone was outside right okay that's why it's called pizza miss bear huh free time outside of the kodesh and this was inside let's continue unknown bliss layer there is however according to both opinions both are abundant and rabiyah hooda had his mana minho cratons feels a comma everyone agrees that Minkus before the sunset right cuz when we say till nightfall right even the rebels say till nightfall we mean scarce a farmer of course we have a disagreement that you know what's key is the comma you know is that there are better times here but whatever your skills a comma is that's until when the min hook goes is that moving the trailers have been Carter yes who else riotously hill officials from this we understand that the middle of Fela the Minho prayer is associated with the the with the movement of the Sun the Clayton skills of the Clayton's Kyoshi doctor and its associated with with the movement of the Sun as it as it is prior to its sunset that's what that's we understand what this tomorrow what is this need preparing you know to understand this further didn't exist so now emotions going into explaining to us what the Sun is right since Minster time being associated with the sunset according to everyone avi so what does the Sun represent in guttin in our Incan God than an hour ago they're not with Hashem and he says it says it to heal m84 enix it's said there's a mugging for the Sun and it's shield passion elokim is you cave roof gay in the East the betrayer cleave we find in the madness called Schaffer type the only one 397 about 10 lines down but here but other them I love hearing about oven says Marrakesh the Sun shines like the Sun o masive t muggy I'm sorry mayor Casillas you have to shine like the Sun masive and you have to protect yourself Tim McGee like a shield was that he made by shemish yes late voted in the Sun you have two things of' an old eczema shemish you have the very ball the sun ball the sun will have the same e equal acceptance you have the circumference of the Sun so who are mugging but have not read not 8lf shallow shemesh the circumference of the Sun is the protective coat and shield over the son Rahul Anika Osama and this is what we call the Sun trauma so now we go back to the verse into helium t seminal mugging for the Sun and at shield her mother came is God our God God and the meat shakes a mugging VIN Arctic Mesa for master amor eres Emma's just as the shield and protective cover of the Sun protects the Sun the essence that Mar the luminary the very Sun right because otherwise they would burn up the world that's too intense so it needs a shield a circumference it could might gain so to gamba Sheikh Michelle joining when it comes to the holy names of Ash and the supernal names to say my sham of the same league in the names of table of kidding Tim there's the similar operation but the same Michelle how is that Cologne that the same uh same UK both gay who McCoy ha iris it's the source for lights for energy shame little Kim the name of Elohim who McCleary kala is the source for the vessels they have said the youth cave of K who giggly it's revelation barely came and the name mellow Kim who hello mr. sealant in other words just as gay just as the son must have a code and AAA they shield to protect it so that protected meaning in the sense it shouldn't burn us up so to you cave of the only being given revelation needs hello Tim to filter it otherwise we would slip out and that's why it needs to have a low came in addition to your cave of tea so now we understand the posture can tell him key shemesh mulling just as the Sun has a shield so to Sam Elohim Elohim is the shield for you gave up get look ok some begins base also it can be also call it that it's the lava that it stays dressed huh yes yes but right now is that I know what you're saying that he's not speaking about it so therefore I didn't mention it in other words what they be saying is that there's also the aspect of Elohim not only as a protection on set and you cave of K but a beneficiary that that we have Shem and clothe herself Sanel Oh Kim and it's filtered through for our benefit but maybe I'll say it soon but he hasn't said that that's what didn't mention it yes hello earlier we talked about the shemesh and it says eagle eagle hashem a yes the word yes is so you said that was the circumference I was wondering that all had an implication about the rotation yeah I I equal me evil me the circle I mean right yeah that's why I'll make Megan maybe maybe you're right maybe it means I'm doesn't rotate the Earth rotates around the Sun Sun say still so think of the old days that the Sun Moon well the the that's a that's an interesting thing that the Rebbe writes about right Jesus you know that's really it depends on where you're you're holding where your relativity is right the revit the river what Abby said is you know the Rebbe and others who feel that way but not everyone agrees but I it's interesting that you've mentioned that the rotation I'm not sure if it yeah I'm not sure if it implies irritation I'll have to think about it then okay okay let's go further shame shame I share and therefore the shame a shame the negative of K Huma Clara iris that is why it's the source of energy because mostly what does that look SM give Li and yoni what's a mellow Kim McCleary came the source of the of the vessels the restriction you know it limits it why because it's like the predating the the cover on the Sun liberating the Sun from being exposed fully the hawk alien now listen to this they have Kaelin Hema be limosaurus CY came by didn't because of the here is emphasizing the other aspect not the aspect I believe that you were referring to right now he's emphasizing how calum are mad peeling they limit the orals the energy boom Ali mammalian and they conceal the arrows now comes his rhetorical question which I believe was with cables alluding to gamba Kaylie hey McGowan SOR wait a minute don't the calum also reveal the light the restriction itself says I can't give you as much but I'm giving you so isn't there an aspect of gilead revelation to the Kalin themselves that's his rhetorical question and he said and to strengthen it he gives us an example listen to this example - nice example welcome Oasis a wholesome a golem is a cycle the letters of logic you know we form letters in our mind for every piece of logic what do these letters do these containers do then medallas are safe they reveal the safe hole in other words if we wouldn't have the osios house a hole that a concentrate guys this is a good class it is now here if you don't have the osseous assay hold the letters of the logic the logic would not make sense because the the compartmentalized logic as its expressed through letters gives it form an idea so Isis our saiful the letters of logic are megalis are safer they don't restrict the seho they actually make this a hole understandable which we call yoni in the language of considers and the muscle over here McGowan there a revelation of the idea you can have the brightest idea you don't have the words for the idea and you try to express it it sounds like a lunatic I'm a sugar nur and you could be a genius I mean your head is clear but you're missing the osseous and by the way there are some people and that have this issue they're brilliant and geniuses but they don't have the osseous it's a talent and of attack it's a skill to develop the ideas for sale so my god Micaela maimie Garland ouka my man and there's a saying used osios lucky mice you know why you have to look into a sinner when you're davon club a bachelorette day he always looked in the sitter when he made a brothel owner looking at videos and trust me he knew it by heart when you learn this book why is the letters themselves machina is they make you smarter in other words the container the vessel one second the container the vessel is not only a hug power a limitation but it's a revelation yes you know what where is that quote from those hills you know I I think it's either in it's a safer of cabal either say for you Syria or one of those swaram I'm not sure I don't know I don't I don't think that's a cos al but I'll have to look it up but there you know it's it's not I don't think it's of a Gomorrah I think it's they want to cover that but I have to find out that he doesn't give a source but there is such a such a saying I grew up yeah oh she is Maximus I'm vicious sentence for me the letters of logic or muscala what's on the guy love the logic Rogalla double the words the letters reveal the logic without the words which are limiting right if I say come here those words IV means come here and I'll go there so the words are limiting you your understanding of what I'm saying come here is come here not go there so I want in the words limit what I'm saying at the very same time they reveal what I want come here let's continue welcome I see little bit more than racine actuality they clear cerise year's reunion by reading the letters the words I ve you know and focusing on the words howdy-ho Amidala Musco you comprehend it properly very important fellows have a very important line and this is something that Western thinking and my humble opinion doesn't do because it's a different mindset the Torah approach to learning is to look at the words focus and concentrate on the words and I don't I don't mean you know abracadabra you know you know Lord I don't mean that I mean that it says ze unum when you learn something look at the word and think about what the word means and what it implies even study the words say the words and study the words the words themselves will add clarity and expansion to your brain you hear that that's why we say Hillel Perseus maximize the AI seus make you smarter so put your energy into the AI seus that's why another reason when we call to the Torah right now when you're given a leader someone they should say along and look into the Torah what's being read I see is must immerse so you call someone up he's never been close to the Torah doesn't you know give him a lead as a notice the fathers of these mothers then and you say did my bad give him a brush up if someone says why call him up he tells you afterwards gob I what kind of God are you if give it to like STLCC a three man she seen a sleazy man what are you giving it to some Tom Dick and Harry you know he got it all wrong my friend it's not about big shot at the Torah how much he learned there how much you know it's about Asia smack him once and by him being quote from alia he gets an alia and he looks into the words whether he knows what the words means terrorist of itself or doesn't know the osseous impact him and that's his beginning to grow further I see as monkey let's continue any question yes ready what is that the reason why that you know she does it schools that doesn't necessarily understand what they're saying in the tequila they tell them to learn no per se the Hebrew or the Russian Kurdish okay not think it's part of it good question it's part of it yoni it's a part of it there's another reason and if you think about it I think it makes sense but it's you don't want to train a child or a person to to go to other sources to find their connection to a share once they have the connection it can you can taste other sources because if you're strong that who you are you're not going to be fathomed by you know other sources now now I understand we're talking here about let's say reading in Hebrew versus reading and Yiddish Spanish French or English but there's something to the ISIS that curves out shows we believe that the puzzle especially in Fela it's the on sickness of Sapodilla the men of the great assembly who chose those words and those words only and that's why just for the record yesterday we spoke about I think Gabe asked about what what part of Fela is that the kind to if you want to say a prayer and I said smile : no but I have to tell you since we're speaking about it now a day later that in some traditions like in Subodh we don't really don't do that we don't add to the teyla you're allowed to but we you know I was taught that you know if you could avoid doing that don't do it because the words that the Casal chose for this manere are powerful enough and it's their word holy and Sadiq him and if you concentrate on those words and put your thought into their words it will ascend up and it's going to send up to the right place that's coming from Kazan whereas your words are your words so you might mean well but maybe even gold maybe and I prepare today who knows you know so going back to your question you'll need ICS must eat mice has two reasons you know so the training in the achieve as you say is that the letters themselves used as an expression the vet that I'll a vet amis words Elaine means alone that the vet that Elaine the words alone Zen in zis are sweet in other words you should you should come to a place where you want to kiss the letters because they're so special the soul holy they're so beautiful now you'll need but they've told you several times and it's still worth mentioning because one should learn the meaning of that I think that this takes a little time but you could learn the meaning so because we dive in every day so that when you have your sitter and you look at the acidity and you train yourself to look into the sitter and say the words I'm telling you the time the time when I do that my darling is enhanced what I don't do that that I rattle or frustrate by heart it's a different Avenue so we train the the children and in you mentioned the achievers we train them in such a way to focus on the words of course this one doesn't get no Hebrew they should do it in English and there's certain parts of governing where it's better to do it in the ink language that you understand but that's another discussion discuss it with your local rabbi let's continue so he says so so the zel clothes that help us bring deeper Alex Eva he says this is a general difference between speaking and writing did the deeper when you speak he may omit Kabul debris arrived if he listened to your teacher via Daily Sun and you know the words that he uses also your illuminate some then you can master them learn them what about them shuffles differ enough as soon as we get off this cheer and you forget the words that are used of how to angle your tears in your clothes you know the idea at all because a teacher who teaches properly uses specific words to express the ideas that he teaches so in other words when you hear the words from a teacher any teacher who's teaching it properly what if you remember those words you know what he really wants and if not you don't compared conversely our ability sucks of words that are written the written word how do Asia's acts mom must even believe say I wanna say all the words himself remind you about the idea Kurama hem the words are a reminder to the idea that the words are supposed to communicate so we're gonna stop here so here he gives an example the difference between paisius hawk siva letters words written and IC as'hab de Bourgh words that are said words that are said I'm saying now things so what you remember what I said will remind you about the ideas that I that I taught this morning those things you don't won't remember you will remember those ideas what if I gave you a transcript now that everything I said what do you do you pick up the scratch script you read what I said you said ah this is what he elaborated on these words and I understand it so what do we see why is it giving us this muscle yoni why is it giving us this example because this example shows that in words themself there's a difference between the spoken word and the written word you know I tell people who you know have information to share about the different historical things that I'm researching I asked them if they it's preferable for them to write it to me not that you know maybe the fact is that I don't have time to listen to everyone because that wouldn't have any time left to right and to research but also the written word is your word so if I end up quoting you you said it and hiya and and and I cited it so if there's an issue with it go back to you don't go back to me I mean at the end of the day I you know I have to take responsibility if it's my work my book you know I my name is on it you know whether I cite you I don't psych you I take respond I'll be blamed you know I'll be responsible but but but outside of that which is the truth outside of that it's your word and your word you you can and should write the way you want it to be said in other words like this so this is something it's hard sometimes to do if you don't want something to if you don't want someone or something to be understood about you in a certain way don't write it that way because if you write it that way in the depth and it gets out that's the way it's gonna be I'll tell your story without names cuz it's not proper I asked a certain prominent rabbi several years ago to endorse one of my books and he was very interested in that book that I wrote the book was Robin Rebbe I'm Robin salivate chick and their ever and he hear this he [Music] and he likes kebab and he's a known rabbi and I think one of you here on the listener knows him personally anyway and nothing they said to me before I endorse it I want to see what I'm endorsing I said truce I sent them a copy of the manuscript and he looked at various parts and he said yeah I like what you wrote it was up there was a controversial issue that he was referring to actually it was the book the real slo-moes butterfly McCullough but I think the back wasn't about Robert Rebbe was about a flamer because of all the you know bad press about Elena so he [Music] wanted to find he told me I'd like to have one book finally that really opens up the issue isn't embarrassed but does it in a respectful way and brings it to the table and he read my book my manuscript and he said I really like what your old on one hand you brought the issue to the table on the other hand you were very respectful and you explained all sides and all the issues this cut this dialogue that I'm telling you about was done in email all of a sudden I get an email from someone I forget now who I'll remind myself at some point and he says aha you're what's the word in English you're buying off what's the better word you're you're you're basically you're basically excuse me what Brandon yep bribing or you know your your excuse the expression you're in bed with the rabbi in the rabbi's in bed with you and he's a he's about to give you an approbation a hasta ma because you and him are tight you know he likes lebar your ass about Nick and he says I'm going to blow the whistle on him you know me you know you know what I'm not I was I'm not a real you know organ organization man belonging you know and but he was or is and he blew the whistle on him and I now I know who was it was a big troublemaker to the Orthodox community to the front community but of Hashem I think someone actually paid him off to stop his blog so what Solomon Schechter no I I don't want to say he name so don't not appropriate it was it wasn't some no so I'm gonna do that it wasn't him so so he he he went and put on his blog a copy of the emails what happened by mistake I gave one fetch one press of the button to the wrong button and it ended up going to him somehow and he took it and he publicized it and there was nothing wrong in our correspondence but if he wanted a pick a fight and you wanted to say that this community rabbi is giving a probations because he's at the word you know he's born off he's he's he has a favorite and he called me up the rabbi and he says as much as I would love to endorse your book I can't and he basically was o blackmailed blackmailed he was blackmailed into into a corner and he had to and his administration got wind of it and they said you have to make a statement that you retract so what what did that show me what you write what you write you have to think of it this way will my writing be a - for my enemy unfortunate this is the world we're in and if you cannot say that don't write it or write in a way we're of enemy of yours or someone who's an enemy of Orthodoxy would you know any someone who wants to make a mess and has an axe to grind won't be able to use it and I've discussed this with lawyers big lawyers in Washington friends people I learned with you know he says it's the same way today in the business world don't write anything that you'll regret later because that could be used against you so when we're learning here about the ICEA suceava here is talking about the virtue of IC suceava that i see sexy they remind you of what the idea is so he's speaking about the positive quality so i just reminded me and i'm sharing with you that it can work the other way to the point being that what's ricky is a reminder of of who you are even though maybe you're not that maybe that's not you but you said in a certain way then that's what it is so we have to be very very careful and I talk to myself the rebel always quoted the same aesthetic same aesthetic said something that is in writing Navi is for generations it's for generations every time I write I think about this I don't write just for now my writing with and that's on us in my writing it's for a hundred years from now after my hundred and eighty years of my life someone's gonna pick up that book that is gonna say so dolphin what did you say and it's gonna read it and I have to write it that way today based on what I want that person hundred years from now to understand and that's enough I said great responsibility and in a way it's that it's the same for every email and every piece of writing although you know we don't put as much thought into it okay seven up I hope that the last lesson the last message is clear and important because we always like to walk away with something very practical and to me this would 2v2 me this this one I just might you know this lifetime experience taught me a big big lesson big lesson have a great thing