הילולת האר"י ז"ל זיע"א/ רב דניאל בניזרי

Kind: captions Language: en So with the help of God, the day of the great Lord, even if it comes out in the three weeks, in nine days, nine days, the Lord, the celebration of the Lord, the great and mighty light, you only need to take the introduction, the introduction of the tree, the introduction of the living, this is also brought in the other introductions, the introduction that brings his host to the Lord, he knew the language of the trees, the language of the birds, the language of candles, he sees girls on Shabbat, where is it, and he knows, he knows how to read the regularity, everything, he knew everything, everything was clear, people were afraid to pass by him, why would he look at his forehead and he would see everything, so what did they do, they would walk with a helmet on their forehead because they were afraid, he would see, he would see, this is something, this is impossible to explain, this is not, this is impossible to explain, what an immense light. Once, when receiving Shabbat, he would go out, he would go out with the group, to receive Shabbat, he would see all the souls ascending, what from the house of life, from the cemetery of Safed, he would see the ascents of the souls ascending, and then other souls come, not other souls, that the souls that are in the grave, they ascend in honor of Shabbat, there is an ascent of the souls, this is called the ascent of the souls. The souls, which is the soul that has already ascended to the lower paradise, which is the spirit from the spirit, which ascends to the upper paradise, which is to creation, and so every Sabbath it ascends, he saw them, saying, "This interferes with my intention of accepting Shabbat, so he closed his eyes to direct his intention in accepting Shabbat, but he still saw so much. This is something that is impossible. Now I just want, with the help of God, to talk about this point. How, how, how did he receive all this? It's easy to say, and it's not, and many poskim agree with this. He was born with a great soul. The story is over. This is the simplest answer, but the most incorrect. And why? Because once upon a time, they called him Fear Yitzhak. He was one of the greats of the generation who was in the United States. Once upon a time, a guy sent him a letter and said, "Look, he has difficulties. He falls. So he doesn't. He thought he wouldn't succeed. And this is what he says. The greats of the generation did not fall. That's how the guy writes. He saw the letter. He wrote him a letter. To this day, I remember in the yeshiva. We all used to study this letter. Fear Yitzhak answered, "Rabbi Yitzhak, he wrote the letter to the boy. What did he write to him? It's a mistake. You think the greats didn't fall? Suddenly, what's wrong? You buy a book from this righteous man from that righteous man and what do you see? Oh, at the age of seven, he had already finished the Shass. At the age of 13, he was already on the level of the Baal Shem Tov, etc., etc. All kinds of things like that, as if you think there's an angel here. He didn't go through any fall, he didn't go through any trial, there was no, no, no difficulties, nothing. Everything is part of saying, "This is a mistake, this is a mistake. I'm the only one." You won't believe it. Not even a court of law. Not even a court of law in Bnei Brak. This is a court of law in Bnei Brak. There, all the Torah scholars. Of all the Torah scholars, he was even in the law. Understand what we're talking about. He was in a yeshiva and he learned the Gemara. An ox that went after a donkey. Who doesn't know what an ox that went after a donkey is? He didn't understand. They had to draw him the ox that touched the one that had a horn. He touched the cow and found it. He created it next to her. The whole Gemara. What they had to draw him was this. What happened? This is a thing. Why tell you, this is hard work. This is not wisdom, and not because he was born like that. This is hard work. The labor of man, so why do I mention this? Because once there was a Maru, the distinguished student of Ari Zel. Once he asked his rabbi, "I, too, bother about the Torah, Yod." Let's just explain what the trouble of the Maru is. The distinguished student of the Arizel. Once, before he knew the Arizel, he was a rabbi in the Masek. The Masek. Because at first he was in Safed. He studied with the holy Elshach. He was his rabbi in Pesht, Rabbi Moshe Elshach. He also knew the rabbi. He went to Masek. Where he was teaching. He was already teaching Zohar. He was in the middle of writing a commentary on the Zohar. Before he knew the Arizel, his distinguished student. In his previous incarnation, he was a Magid Mishnah. He was a great rabbi in the generation. Magid Mishnah. But the Arizel said to him, "You have returned in a new incarnation. You did not learn a secret. You only learned Pesht. Okay. You were a great rabbi in the generation. But you did not learn a secret. So you returned in a new incarnation for a secret. This is the soul of his distinguished student. And he was and he was from the root of Rabbi Akiva. That's what Ari Zel told him then. So he teaches the students in Bed Mask, teaches her, teaches them the som, one day he comes in the morning and says, wow, he woke me up, what happened, some Ashkenazi sage came to me in a dream at night and says, I'm waiting for you, what are you doing, come to the church, what can he teach me, as if what does he want from me? He thought, what what, who can teach him something like that? He was depressed. One day, he came to a difficulty and some difficulties in the Zohar that he could not explain. He says, it's time for me to check on him every night. He comes to me, saying, "What are you waiting for?" and "What are you not doing today?" I decide to go and check on him because I have a question. He was sure that he could not answer, but I will check on him now. This is the time. Well, he went to Safed and came to Ari Zel. At first, the Arizel did not want to accept him as a father because he was late. He waited for him. He explained the whole reason why he came here to this world to teach our Rabbi Chaim Vital, his distinguished student, and our Rabbi Chaim Vital. He published all eight chapters, the entire Torah of the Arizel. Well, our Rabbi Chaim Vital came to him, so in the end, the Arizel agreed to accept him. He asked him the question. The Arizel begins to testify Peshat one two He was amazed He thought No it doesn't end Peshat third on the sign Wednesday Thursday six Peshat something great on the Zohar He would say Wow Now he has come to Peshat it doesn't end No I don't have another one because for all the days of the week because this is this what is the grace until the kingdom So he gave him Peshat Chesed this first and all until Friday it is the foundation of fire Says now I have Peshat against the Sabbath Wow So he prepared But up to this point the area of ​​Sabbath I don't reveal to you You are not worthy Oh no see Wow He took it hard What did he do He wore a sag all night at his house He wore a sag and ashes and cried How is he not worthy Look what the labor is The labor of the Torah that the student had I am talking about the student Rabbi Chaim Vital He wore a sag and ashes and all night All night crying All night crying In the morning he came back to the mountain He will not give up If there is another Peshat I want to hear I will not give up He came back only He saw him saying They received your answer Where does he know He sees everything So he told him They received your answer What did you do yesterday With the sag and this is it he seemed how he knew well he told him the seventh Peshat says Rabbi Chaim Vital from that moment on he did not move his hand he did not move his hand like that for a year and ten months this is what it was a year you will understand he even he He labored more, so I tell him, that's why I told him all this to understand the labor of the Torah that these great men of the world had. The great men of the world had labor of the Torah. I will give you an example of the labor of the Torah. He was born in Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the holy city, Ben-Holdam. His father was called Rabbi [ __ ]. Rabbi [ __ ] and his father received a revelation. Elijah said to him, "I am, with the help of God, your wife will give birth to a son. She will have a son who will illuminate the world. But wait for me for the covenant because I am the godfather." This is what Elijah the prophet says to his father, the Harizel. Rabbi [ __ ]. Rabbi [ __ ]. He told him, "Yes, okay." So his wife just got pregnant. Nine months have passed with good omen. Mazal Tov. A son was born. The day of the covenant has arrived. And Rabbi [ __ ] is waiting. He is waiting to see Elijah the prophet, who is the godfather. Esau did the mohel. Everyone is here. Everyone is pressuring him. He is not coming. They are pressing him. You know what pressure from people is. I have to go. I have to open the store. I know these pressures, but he, thank God, stood. He was trying. He said, "I am waiting for a relative. I cannot do without. I cannot do without a relative." Thank God, he stood. The prophet Elijah arrived and said to him, "Very well, no one saw him, but he saw, but no one saw him. He saw. He said to him, "Strong and blessed be you." I wanted to test her. If you will listen to me, this is exactly what happened with Samuel and Saul. Samuel told Saul, "Wait for me before you assemble the sacrifice." Wait for me, but Saul did not. Samuel told him about it. He said to him, "You did not wait. You did not wait." Sometimes this is a trial that is put to a man, and blessed be God, he passed the trial. He waited. He waited. Ruth said, "This is it. Ready to begin?" The prophet Elijah of course sat on the throne. He said, "I will sit on you because no one sees him. It is spiritual." So the prophet Eli caught the child, who was a rascal. And that is how they made the covenant. Ariz was a child whose father had passed away. Yes, he was seven or eight, as if he had not even had a bar mitzvah. His father had passed away. And then his mother had no means of making a living. She was a Sephardic. His father was Ashkenazi. Ashkenazi is his last name, Ashkenazi, and his mother was Sephardic. She said to Ariz, " Look, father, your father has passed away. We have no means of making a living." I have a brother in Egypt, thank God, who is rich, so we had to go to Egypt so that we could earn a living, so he is the one who deserves it, of course, wherever my mother wants. I go. There is no problem. He went with her. They went to Egypt. And so the future father-in-law, his uncle, at first, his uncle paid for all his studies. He studied with a rabbi, with Rabbi Ashkenazi, who composed a system of grouped methods. That's right, all the razors. Ael Hassass. Some say that one razor is the razor. This is how Rabbi Ashkenazi composed it. Some say that it is a system. Rabbi Ashkenazi and he studied with him. Some say that he also studied a little with Hared Bez. He has a book on Kabbalah. Magen Magen David. Magen David on Kabbalah. And he has a whip. Hared Bez is known. He was much older. If he was older, Rabbi Bez Yosef was in Egypt at the time. After that, he was in Safed. They say that it was in the plain language. It was in the plain language. But in Kabbalah, he studied with Lihu the Prophet. With Lihu the Prophet. So he was because he grew up. His uncle saw that he was a great scholar. So he wanted him as a son-in-law. He agreed. So he ended up marrying his cousin. The daughter of the as if the uncle is his mother's brother so he married his daughter so father so this uncle would support them so there was no problem of livelihood he would go a whole week a whole week in Egypt he would go and then he just organizes minyanim but all week away from home he returns on Friday returns on Friday all week sometimes on one passage in the Zohar on one passage in the Zohar sits all week to understand it and on that you know what he wrote about it he wrote in the rest of the verses in the rest of the verses he wrote with the sign sd sign s what is the letter raet eloh zaltech sal lemech klu what is the meaning so the meaning of the world to come this is talking about yes says the Arizel it is talking about the tzaddik who saw that he would see the world to come that another tzaddik will not see what what happened why this tzaddik will see more than the other what happened why what as if what why as if in this what is the measure this question what is the measure what is the measure that this tzaddik sees more than the other says the Arizel peace be upon him sits in the nh to understand every word in the Torah these are his words he who sits at ease to understand every word in the Torah gains what other tzaddiks do not The winner says this is running to the commandments and this is strong and blessed and this is strong and blessed and this is many acquittals. Of course, he must, he must, everything. A person must do, but when he comes to learn, the world does not exist. The story ends. The world does not exist. Therefore, he sits at ease, understanding every word in the Torah. The winner says, "You have not seen God besides you." He does it. He waits for him. The intention is that he will see the righteous. He will see the Garden of Eden that the other has not seen to such an extent. And this is what he did. He did it. This is the first thing. This is the point of the effort. This is the point of the effort. And this is what he did. And you also see what I told you about the mech. How much it seems like everything depends on the effort. This is the R. It shows the devotion. How much you really want. A person says, "I want." Like one says to you, "I want to pray." But you don't see him. You see him in a minyan of 9. He says, "I want." Yes, I want. Thank God. He wants. But it's an eagle. Where does it stay? I want. No, but they really did. They did. They did what was necessary. Etc. To really work hard in the Torah. So this is the first thing. The second thing. The second thing. And he writes it. He writes it at the beginning. The blessing is the joy. You know that the Hari Zel would come. To buy a lulav or to buy a mitzvah, he wouldn't ask how much he would take out his wallet there on a table out of joy that he would do the mitzvah he would tell the seller how much you deserve I don't know if it's appropriate to do it today but you know in their time, thank God in their time I saw it I saw this it's no no no you don't have to go back many generations when I was little I saw people like that I really saw people like that may he be healthy my father until 120 really he is like that he is like that he has a special art in jewelry and it can fetch crazy prices because no one does it no one does but still not me like that I always admired it so no you don't have to go back many many generations really I saw it I saw it when I was little I wouldn't say I would tell him but this it's worth more not according to my work it deserves this is what I deserve as if he calculates the work like any ordinary worker not something special because he is a craftsman that no one can do it and all I didn't see that for the most part for the most part people would admire they would add on their own they would add and he doesn't want to argue with him no It's worth more, he says, no, it's work, what I did, you didn't understand, so that's why he could do it, Ari, take out his wallet, because there were people like that, and take what you deserve. He doesn't want to argue about the price. Why, out of joy, out of joy, and therefore, it's written in the book, he brings, he brings, he brings, what do you call it, the sinner, the sinner, the sinner, the sinner, peace be upon him? He brings in the introduction, in the introduction of the book, it's called, it's called, in the eight chapters, this is the sixth chapter, the sixth chapter, it's called, the chapter of the commandments, the chapter of the commandments, in the sixth chapter, in the introduction, he brings the Gemara, the words of Rabbi Bruna, that once he did the commandment to the people, he connected with the people, with the kingdom, if this is the intention, the redeemer of Israel, with the standing, they know this, this is the intention, he says, that the one who connects the holy one, blessed be his neighbor, that he relies on redemption for prayer, redemption for prayer, relies on redemption for prayer, he says, once, he did it, and he didn't stop smiling all day long, because of all, doing it exactly on point, so it's not what, what, every day, you say, I'm winning, here I have hours, I pray for a miracle, everything's fine, isn't it? He was honored to trust in the prayer, the meaning of the holy unity, the blessing of the Shekinah, the Holy One, blessed be He, with the Shekinah, the prayer, I am the prayer, says King David, this is the Shekinah, the Redeemer, this is the Holy One, blessed be He, trusting in the prayer, and the holy blessing of the neighbor, he was honored once, saying as it should be, it is difficult, as a person needs to be in this, the devotion and preparation, and the first Hasidim, this is an hour before the prayer, meaning an hour before standing, etc., all day long, he did not stop, Chayir, this is from the abundance of joy, saying, this is the second point, the second point, this is the joy, this is the joy and the labor together, if a person thinks, " Glory and peace, peace and peace, this is labor, this is the mercy and peace, like a punishment instead of how they say, instead of enjoying life, then this is the chazal, they say, this is a mistake, the Holy One explains all the good, what is this, we will come to the parshah, because it will come, it is written, it is written there with the firstfruits, that you bring the sheaf, and you confess, etc., what do you mean, all the good, what is this, the Holy One says, the Light of Life, two interpretations, interpretation, saying, there is no good except the Holy One, blessed be He, after this, he says There is no good but Torah. He brings verses about this and what he says at the end is that the Torah includes all the good in the world. You will not find a single good in the world that is not included in the Torah. And the Torah is the world to come. Therefore, the labor of the Torah is truly what makes you free. Free from everything. The meaning is, a freedman. What kind of freedman who deals with the Torah is this. This is the labor of the Torah. Whoever labors in the Torah is the true freedman. This is the labor of the Torah. Therefore, he has no problem reaching the holy sephirahs to the upper worlds. To see everything clearly because he is free. But that does not mean that he is not a straw for this world. Of course, he is connected to what he does. He goes to the market. No, he buys in honor of Shabbat. He himself writes that you have to sweat. The sweat that you sweat on Shabbat Eve. Buy from the Shabbat. This sweat erases all the offenses. All the offenses are taken. The sweat that you sweat in honor of Shabbat. They erase the offenses with it. Look at what kind of things he discovered. Something great, something great. This is this. This is a huge discovery. So I say first of all, the basis, the basis, is the labor of the Torah. The meaning is that they are our lives and our days are passing and you do n't think that you are, God forbid, missing out on something because you don't look at your phone while studying, you don't lose anything, on the contrary, you will earn more, you will relax more. I have a student who really is almost. He told me that later. He almost wanted to leave the class. Why? Because he says, "What am I studying with you all morning? And after that, he comes to work. It's not enough." His wife comes in and says, " What's up, where am I going?" That's how he needs to pay rent. He pays a cover-up. And that's what he said. He had this thought. And we just got to some issue and I got into it and I explained how it really is. How is it like this? In the midst of things, what I said, I said, "What do you think? Open up your sharp eyes. Hours. This is what will bring in the income. You don't need the right customer who really wants to buy. He will buy what is needed. You will earn what is needed. And that's what you need. You can do it at what time. What do you need? The fat and 10 and 12 hours. Light. 18 hours. Who needs it? You understood it that way. I explained it that way. And that's what he told me. Only he heard it that day. He decided that he wouldn't reveal it. To his wife as if he was going to work but he would come back he continued the lesson and he didn't tell me anything so he didn't go to work he came back he came to a regular lesson without telling me anything I think everything is normal after two or three days he came tells me everything the thought that he wanted to leave his wife and that and in the end he decided because we said it was a mistake he decided to stay in the lesson in the end he stayed tells me you won't believe it I just decided to stay in the lesson I went to work as usual 12 he goes to work 12 until he gets to 12:30 says you won't believe it I'm just coming the phone usually says I have to run after them I have to call I need this well you it you are interested and all I want to remember remember entitlement said nothing he called me he called me and not only does he make a deal and closes a deal with me he tells me I really want you to make a deal with him and that's it he closes another deal for him with another it says who so here to this day tells me who so he already they call him may his name be praised says this is about the k you understood this is the point if you take this thing upon yourself says this brings the blessing what brings the blessing The fact that you really accept it but it has to be real and on the one hand he was with the spread in the beginning he taught now he is learning taught what needs to be learned to the morrow come to add m he forgot what he learned yesterday he told him tell him what you are I haven't been here for about 300 years taught you what you are come with me took him to Tiberias Tiberias got on a ship on a ship ariz he had a cup in his pocket an empty cup good went on the ship the driver of the ship said to him n he tilts it there stop there there take there good so he takes out the cup fills it exactly at the point that is wrong he told him to stop the ship says to the queen bless bless on purpose everything will be in his word in the thigh and tells him you will know now you drank one cup of the bara of Miriam the bara of m known that it is in the Sea of ​​Galilee one place in the Kaduroth you drank now so with the help of God you will not forget anything says the queen oh since then he has not forgotten anything and the many nuns in the desert every day they would drink here one cup one cup has not drunk anything since and he was 28 years old 29 Let's say yes until the age of 77 when Ari Zell passed away. He was 30. He did n't forget anything. And that's all the eight ministers that we have. Thanks to this cup that was given to him, the cup of Miriam's light. Look at what a great light it is. So I say at least that a person should open his heart. He should open his heart to know what the eight gates are. What is the Arizel? What is this? And if, thank God, he already knows, thank God, Smik Smik. Even more. Because there is no end. There is no end. There is a place for infinity. And we need to know. And why do I say all this? Because Rabbi Chaim Vital says that the Torah is for its own sake. That it hinders redemption. As he writes in the introduction, he says what hinders redemption. What do you tell me? There are no synagogues in Safed. There was no generation of opinion. All the wise men were there. Synagogues. Houses of authority. Wise, righteous, wise, whatever you want was there. So what happens? He says, "It was missing." He says, "It is for its sake." He says, "It is a secret." It is the secrets of the Torah. If you study the Holy Zohar, you say, Ari Zell. Yes, it is secrets." The Torah is Torah for the sake of the Lord, this is what was lacking, so I emphasize it again and again, why, because this is what is hindering the redemption? So, therefore, everyone should give their heart to the Torah for the sake of the Holy Zohar, the eight chapters, as the Rebbe writes, Rabbi Rabbi Du Hacohen. He writes in the introduction, he says that one section, one section, one section with understanding the Zohar is like a whole year, which is easy to tell you, and this is because everything is heard, everything is heard. This does not mean that we do not study the Zohar, study the Law, study the Tanakh, study everything. But the secret is the crowning glory, the crowning glory, that it brings redemption with mercy, and this is called Torah for the sake of the Lord. So with their help, it is impossible to encompass all the virtues. But at least we will take what we said, so we will summarize in three things: the labor of the Torah, the joy in the Torah, and the desire to invest in the Zohar and in the eight chapters. Without the eight chapters, it is impossible to understand the Zohar, the Zohar. Without the eight chapters, it is impossible to invest in studying, with the help of God, to bring redemption closer in our day. Amen. [Music]