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Who Was King David? A Spiritual Poet, Or a Fearless Warrior?

The Traitors of The Jewish People

1 hr 27 min

The Great Synagogue of Shklov (Belarus) Built in 1790, 17 years before this discourse was presented by the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, in Shklov, 1807.

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This class was presented on Thursday Parshas Behar, 18 Iyar, 5779, May 23, 2019 at the Ohr Chaim Shul, Monsey, NY

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Reb Aharon -4 years ago
Rough Summary of Shir
Th M 23 ’19                        I missed first 25 minutes of the shir.

Yitzhak smelled the “begadim” of Yaakov   ie the bogdim – traitor aspect

Koach of tschuva – return to your own self

L’mahla min hadaas

Medrash re: a traitor to the Romans   Gave a tour of Beis Hamikdash

I made my G-d angry once and you want me to make him angry again?

Yehokum ?

Ponevezer Rav: R Kahaneman: went into the Bais HaMikdash

            Min b’mino chozer …

Franz Rosenzweig, German intellectual & scholar early 1900’s

Cousin said try one Jewish experience before going away fr Yiddishkeit, Belzer shtibel by kol nidrei – was very moved

Chidushi HaRim, Toldos: Rivka knew Yaakov was good

            Externally looked like Esav, Rivka needed Yaakov to be dressed up like Esav

Elaborate vs nucleus

“M’tal hashemayim” – chumash

“Rav Dagim” – Mishnah, Gemora ?

Yesod of Baal Shem Tov –a yid is a yid no matter how far

7:25

Dovid HaMelech: diff in

Tanach – mighty, warrior vs       Tehillim – pious, emotional, almost meek

Shmuel 1:21 (Tehillim?)     “Lo gava libi v’diimasi” “I was humble in my heart …”

Makif d’makif: hi’est that comes into the lowest of malchus

Food – eat and it’s gone – penimius – assimilated – becomes me

Clothes – wear all day – needs to fit – makif that’s tailored to one’s body

House –have all the time yet furthest away fr body – always in their home –

makif haartik – removed fr body – beyond daas

            deeper “I” but hard to access

Malchus – lowest of 10 sefiros yet fr hi’est place

Power together w/powerlessness       in the deepest fashion

Melech – keeps head down during daveni ng

            What gives him power? Nothing! If he sees self as conduit that’s good.

            Compared to moon, reflects the sun, no gaiva, selfless

Purchase a slave – master

Horyos 10: R Gamliel appointed two sages               leadership vs. slavery

            What’s the omek?!

Mystery of Rebbes – didn’t want leadership

            Story - P 422 R Zevin

President/CEO/General etc – big change fr 1 day to next after inauguration – focuses/sharpens/all his aspects become more acute – gains a tremendous stature

Malchus – revealed in makif ‘makif – essence is brought out – rooted in kesser

(Garbage man could even be gaivadik

Stories of Rebbes running fr kavod)

Pig wallows in the mud & dung

“My should should be like sand to everyone” – fr davening

            Ie unaffected by others, no ego                        EGO – “easing G-d out”

Lag B’Omer: Zohar Ki Sissa: 3x/year go see face of master ie HaShem

Who’s the face of HaShem? Rashbi! He wrote about himself! – self was conduit of infinity so he could write about himself – a channel for holiness

Worship – Jews don’t worship people

Kiduishis Levi Shoftim: mutar to bow t a tzaddik

Yerucham Becurim (sic): HaShem in holy chamber Who was it? R Yitzhak ben R Elazar - he has 100% bitul

Lub Rebbe:   story of man wagging his finger at the Rebbe

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Reb Aharon -4 years ago
A Rebbe
By no stretch of the imagination could Rabbi Enzil of Staria be termed a sympathizer of Chassidism. One he tossed the following gibe in the direction of Reb Yehuda Zvi of Rozla. “It seems to me that to be a Chassidic rebbe is just a desire like all other desires …”

The chasidic rebbe was quick with his retort: “You are right – except that one cannot fulfill this desire before one has learned to master all one’s other desires.”
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