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BEREISHIT

Likkutei Sichos 15 โ€” Why Bar Mitzvah Age Is Derived From the Story of Shechem

Why Bar Mitzvah Age Is Derived From the Story of Shechem

Part of Bereishit · 48:38

A chassidic class deriving the age of bar mitzvah from the word 'ish' in the Shechem narrative, the four levels implied by different Hebrew words for 'person,' and two sources for the age requirement.

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Bar Mitzvah Age Derived from Shechem Pasuk

where it says that the two sons of Yaakov the sisters the brothers of ื“ื™ื ื”, ืื™ืฉ ื—ืจื‘ื•, each one each man took his sword, and they went and they killed the whole city of Shechem, and they got their sister out. ื–ืื’ืŸ Chazal, so the chachamim say, ืื– ื–ื™ื™ ื–ืขื ืขืŸ ื“ืืŸ ื’ืขื•ื•ืขืŸ 13 ื™ืืจ ืืœื˜. So, how old were they? The younger one between the two, which was Levi, was 13 years old. ืื•ืŸ ืคื•ืŸ ื“ืขื ืœืขืจื ื˜ ืžืขืŸ ืืจื•ื™ืก ื“ืขื ื“ื™ืŸ, From here we learn now the ื“ื™ืŸ, ืคื•ืŸ ื‘ืŸ ืฉืœืฉ ืขืฉืจื” ืœืžืฆื•ื•ืช. That when you become 13, you become obligated to do become bar mitzvah. From this one This, we'll see later more. But this is one of the things. ื•ื•ื™ื‘ืืœื“ ืฆื• ื™ืดื’ ืฉื ื” ื•ื•ืขืจื˜ ืžืขืŸ ืื ื’ืขืจื•ืคืŸ ืื™ืฉ, Since they were 13 and they were called ืื™ืฉ, ื•ื•ืืก ืžื™ื™ื ื˜ ื ื’ื“ืœื•ืช The word ืื™ืฉ shows that you're already an adult. ืขืก ืฉื˜ื™ื™ื˜ ืขืก ืฉื˜ื™ื™ื˜ ืื™ืŸ ืคืกื•ืง ืžื™ ืฉืžืš ืœืื™ืฉ? When the the two people were fighting, and Moshe Rabbeinu came over and said, \"Why are you arguing?\" So, they said to him, \"Who made you an ืื™ืฉ?\" That meant, who made you someone big? So, the word ืื™ืฉ means big. There's another pasuk it says, ื•ื—ื–ืงืช ื•ื”ื™ื™ืช ืœืื™ืฉ. David Hamelech told his son Shlomo, \"Be strong and be an ืื™ืฉ.\" So, we see ืื™ืฉ shows greatness. So, from here, since the earliest person in the Torah, the youngest person in the Torah that has the title ืื™ืฉ is 13, Yeah, yeah. That's a good kushya. That's why he said ื•ื—ื–ืงืช ื•ื”ื™ื™ืช ืœืื™ืฉ. You're not really an ืื™ืฉ. Be like an ืื™ืฉ. And he was 12 years old then. Who said it? David said to him. David said to who? To each to his son. Oh, ื•ื—ื–ืงืช ื•ื”ื™ื™ืช ืœืื™ืฉ. ื•ื—ื–ืงืช ื•ื”ื™ื™ืช ืœืื™ืฉ. He's growing up. His son. Shlomo. Oh, Shlomo, okay. And he was 12 years old then, but he told him ื•ื—ื–ืงืช, be In other words, you're not a ืื™ืฉ yet, but be a ืื™ืฉ. But what he's bringing the re'aya here is just that the word ืื™ืฉ means something big. So, from here, we know ืฆื• ื™ืดื’ ืฉื ื” ื“ืขื’ืจื™ื™ื›ื˜ ืขืจ ืฆื• ื“ื™ ืžืขืœื” ืคื•ืŸ ื ื“ืขืจื•ื•ืืงืกืขื ืขืจ. That by 13 Is this from this ืฉื™ื—ื”? This ืฉื™ื—ื”? I don't know if that, but it's one of the bar mitzvah ืฉื™ื—ื•ืช. That when you become 13, you reach the level of adulthood. ืคื•ืŸ ื ื’ื“ื•ืœ. In seichel and daat. You become a gadol, a great an adult in your mind. ื“ืขืจืžื™ื˜ ื•ื•ืขืจื˜ ืขืจ ื“ืืŸ ืžื—ื•ื™ื™ื‘ ื‘ื›ืœ ื”ืžืฆื•ื•ืช. That's why you're obligated in mitzvot. It's all taken from this week's parashah, where it called Shimon and ืœื•ื™ ืื™ืฉ, and the younger one between the two was 13, so mimela by 13 you're already called an ish. ื ื•ื•ืื•ื™ืœ ืขืก ืงืขืŸ ื–ื™ื™ืŸ ื ืžืฆื™ืื•ืช ืขืก ื–ืืœ ื–ื™ื™ืŸ ื ื‘ืขืœ ืฉื›ืœ ืื™ื™ื“ืขืจ ื™ืดื’ ืฉื ื”, Even though it was possible you could be a person who is very intelligent and he's under 13. ื•ื“ืืก ื•ื•ืขื’ืŸ Still, ืื‘ืขืจ ืื™ื ืคืขืœื˜ ื“ื™ ืฉืœื™ืžื•ืช ื”ื“ืขืช ื•ื”ืจื’ืฉ.

Intellect Alone Insufficient for Bar Mitzvah

Even though you might be smart, you're missing the true feeling. Daat doesn't only mean intellect, but it means intellect with a feeling to it. Er hat noch nicht die ื”ื›ืจื” ื•ื”ืจื’ืฉื” At that point a person as smart as you are, you still don't have that feeling. ื ืฉื™ื™ื›ื•ืช ืฆื• ื“ื™ ืžืขืœื” ืคื•ืŸ ืงื™ื•ื ื”ืžืฆื•ื•ืช In the importance and the preciousness of keeping mitzvot. ืื•ืŸ ืกื™ื™ ืื™ืŸ ื“ืขื ื—ืกืจื•ืŸ ืื™ืŸ ื”ืขื“ืจ ืงื™ื•ืžื And also, you don't really have the feeling of how terrible it is if you don't keep the mitzvot. Huh? That's an exception. That's a Rebbe, right, so that's a settled way of the ื“ื‘ืจ. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's a ื•ื•ื™ ืžืขืŸ ื’ื™ื˜ ื“ืขืจืคื•ืŸ ื“ื™ ื“ื•ื’ืžื The ื“ื•ื’ืžื The example is given, ืื•ื™ืš ืคื•ืŸ ืžื™ืœื™ ื“ืขืœืžื, even from physical things. ืื– ืืคื™ืœื• ื•ื•ืขืŸ ื“ืขืจ ืงื˜ืŸ ืคืืจ ื™ืดื’ ืฉื ื” ืคืืจืฉื˜ื™ื™ื˜ ื’ื•ื˜ ื“ื™ ืžืขืœื” ืคื•ืŸ ืžืžื•ืŸ ื•ื’ื“ื•ืœื”, when a child under 13 You could have a child under 13 who understands how important money is, how important, you know, kavod is, greatness is. ืคื•ืŸ ื“ืขืกื˜ื•ื•ืขื’ืŸ, nevertheless it says, ืืžื™ืชื™ืช ืขื ื™ืŸ ืฉืœ ืžืžื•ืŸ ื•ื’ื“ื•ืœื” ืจื—ื•ืง ืžืžื ื•. He doesn't really have the true feeling in money as smart as he is. ืงืขืŸ ืขืจ ื ืืš And he is noch weit ืคื•ืŸ ื”ืื‘ืŸ ืฆื• ื”ืื‘ืŸ ืื™ืŸ ื–ื™ื™ืขืจ ืืžืช'ืข ื”ื›ืจื” ืื•ืŸ ื”ืจื’ืฉ ื•ื•ื™ ื ื’ื“ื•ืœ. He's still far from having a real feeling in a real understanding really recognition of what money is. You don't have. Huh? When does that come? At 13. 13. Yeah, 13. We'll see, we'll see. ืื•ืŸ ืื–ื•ื™ ืื•ื™ืš ืื™ืŸ ื“ืขื ื”ื™ืคืš ื“ืขืจืคื•ืŸ ืื™ืŸ ืฉืคืœื•ืช ื•ื“ืœื•ืช, So too in the opposite, how terrible it is to be poor. ืืคืก ืคืืฉื™ื™ื“ื˜ ื–ื™ืš ื ืฉืืจื˜ ื’ื•ื™ You could be a smart boy and he understands the problem. He says, By ihm nit wie by a gadol. It's still not the feeling like by an adult, ื•ื•ืืก ืขืจ ืื™ื– ืžืจื’ื™ืฉ ื”ื™ื˜ื‘ ื“ืขื ื—ืกืจื•ืŸ ื”ืฉืคืœื•ืช ื•ื“ืœื•ืช. You really feel bad how the the when you're poor and you feel yourself low how bad it is. It comes from the says I think the Mitteler Rebbe someplace, right? ืื‘ืขืจ, ืขืจ ืื™ื– ื ื™ืฉื˜ ืคืืจืื ื˜ื•ื•ืืจื˜ืœื™ืš ืคึฟืึทืจ ื–ื™ื™ื ืข ืžืขืฉื™ื, and therefore, under 13 since he don't really have the proper understanding and feeling, you're not responsible for what you do, for your actions, ืื•ืŸ ื”ื ื”ื’ื”, and your and your behavior. ืžืขืŸ ืงืขืŸ ืื•ื™ืฃ ืื™ื ื ื™ืฉื˜ ืืจื•ื™ืคืœื™ื™ื’ืŸ ื“ืขื ื—ื™ื•ื‘ ื”ืžืฆื•ื•ืช, and you can't put the obligation of mitzvot on a person like that. So, when does a person become a ish? When you're 13, that's when you are developed that you have the true feeling and understanding in a feeling way of ืชื•ืจื” ื•ืžืฆื•ื•ืช, how terrible it is to aveirot, etc. ืจื‘ื•ืชื™ื ื• ื ืฉื™ืื™ื ื• ื”ืื‘ืŸ ื›ืžื” ื•ื›ืžื” ืคืขืžื™ื, our Rebbeim, the Rebbe's, ืคืจื™ืขืจื“ื™ืงืขืจ Rebbe, ื“ืขืจ Rashab, all the Rebbe's, many times by ื—ื’ื™ื’ืช ื‘ืจ ืžืฆื•ื”, they, by a

Bar Mitzvah Maamar Begins with "Naseh Adam"

celebration of a bar mitzvah, they would say, gezogt a maamar, they would say a ืžืืžืจ, ืื ื”ื™ื™ื‘ื ื“ื™ืง ืžื™ื˜'ืŸ ืคืกื•ืง which starts, which would start with the ืคืกื•ืง ื ืขืฉื” ืื“ื. ื“ืขืจ ืื™ื™ื‘ืขืจืฉื˜ืขืจ said in the creation, \"Let's make man.\" So they would start a maamar on the day of the bar mitzvah with the words ื ืขืฉื” ืื“ื, let's make a man. ืื™ื– ื“ืขืจืคื•ืŸ ืคืืจืฉื˜ืื ื“ื™ืง, from that we understand, ืื– ื“ืขืจ ืขื ื™ืŸ ืคื•ืŸ ื ื‘ืจ ืžืฆื•ื” ืื™ื– ืฉื™ื™ืš ืื•ื™ืš ืฆื• ื“ืขืจ ืžื“ืจื’ื” ืคื•ืŸ ืื“ื. Since they said the word ืื“ื, that shows that a bar mitzvah is connected also to ืื“ื. Till now we said, generally speaking, the word ืื“ื means man, ืื™ืฉ means man. But till now we said that when you become a bar mitzvah, you become an ืื™ืฉ. When the Rebbeim used this word ืื“ื, this maamar starting with ืื“ื, that shows that a bar mitzvah has a connection to ืื“ื also. When does a woman become an ืืฉื”? By 12. 12. Same thing she? Because she's smarter, so she develops faster. ื•ื•ืืก ืื™ื– ื ื”ืขื›ืขืจืข ืžื“ืจื’ื” ื•ื•ื™ ื“ืขืจ ืชื•ืืจ ืื™ืฉ. ืื“ื is always referred to as a higher level than ืื™ืฉ. ืื•ืŸ ื•ื•ื™ ื‘ืืงืื ื˜ ืื™ืŸ ืคื™ืœ ืžืงื•ืžื•ืช, it says in many ืžืืžืจื™ื, ื‘ื ื•ื’ืข ืฆื• ื“ื™ ืคื™ืจ ืฉืžื•ืช ื•ื•ืืก ื ืžืขื ื˜ืฉ ื•ื•ืขืจื˜ ืื ื’ืขืจื•ืคืŸ,

Four Names of a Human and Their Levels

concerning the four names that a human being is called, and the four names are ืื“ื, ืื™ืฉ, ื’ื‘ืจ, and ืื ื•ืฉ. So when we talk, and all four means the same thing, but because of different names they refer to different aspects of a person. ืื– ื“ืขืจ ื”ืขื›ืกื˜ืขืจ ืคื•ืŸ ื“ื™ ืืœืข ื ืขืžืขืŸ ืื™ื– ื“ืขืจ ืฉื ืื“ื. The highest one is the name ืื“ื, ื•ื•ืืก ื•ื•ื™ื™ื–ื˜ ืื•ื™ืฃ ื–ื™ื™ืŸ ืฉืœื™ืžื•ืช. The person who's a perfect person is called ืื“ื. So now we're saying that the Rebbeim used to say by a bar mitzvah a maamar in connection to the word ืื“ื. ืื™ื– ื ื™ื˜ ืžื•ื‘ืŸ, we don't understand, why wasn't he called ืื“ื? Was he called ืื™ืฉ? But he wasn't ื‘ืฉืœื™ืžื•ืช. He was? No, it's talking about... was ื‘ืฉืœื™ืžื•ืช? Yeah. ื•ื•ืืก ืืคื™ืœื• ื—ื™ื•ื‘ ื”ืžืฆื•ื•ืช ืคื•ืŸ ื ื‘ืŸ ื™ืดื’ ืื™ื– ื’ืขื ื•ื’ ื“ื™ ืžื“ืจื’ื” ืคื•ืŸ ืื™ืฉ. Since we said in order to be obligated to do ืžืฆื•ื•ืช, the name ืื™ืฉ, the title ืื™ืฉ, the level ืื™ืฉ is enough, ืคืืจื•ื•ืืก ืคืืจื‘ื™ื ื“ื˜ ืžืขืŸ ื“ื™ ืขื ื™ืŸ ืคื•ืŸ ื‘ืจ ืžืฆื•ื” ืื•ื™ืš ืžื™ื˜ ื“ืขืจ ืžื“ืจื’ื” ืคื•ืŸ ืื“ื? So why would the Rebbeim connect it to ืื“ื? In other words, you don't really, because it says that you become an ืื™ืฉ because the pasuk that we learn out Bar Mitzvah is from the ืคืกื•ืง ืื™ืฉ, ื•ื™ืงื—ื• ืื™ืฉ ื—ืจื‘ื•, ืฉืžืขื•ืŸ ื•ืœื•ื™ took ืื™ืฉ. So obviously to become a Bar Mitzvah, to become obligated, it's because at the time that you're Bar Mitzvah you reached the level of ืื™ืฉ. And that makes you a ืžื—ื•ื™ื™ื‘ ื‘ืžืฆื•ื•ืช. So why do we say it's also connected to ืื“ื, and the Rebbeim would start the maamar many times with ื ืขืฉื” ืื“ื? And ืื“ื and ืื™ืฉ are different. So let's first understand what is the difference in ืื“ื and ืื™ืฉ, and we'll understand why we need also the the the the inyan of ืื“ื. He said like this: ื“ืขืจ ืื•ื ื˜ืขืจืฉื™ื™ื“ ืฆื•ื•ื™ืฉืŸ ืื™ืฉ ืื•ืŸ ืื“ื ืื™ื– The

Distinguishing "Ish" from "Adam" in Intellectual Terms

difference between ืื™ืฉ and ืื“ื is like this: ื“ืขืจ ืชื•ืืจ ืื™ืฉ ื‘ืืฆื™ื˜ ื–ื™ืš ืฆื• ื“ืขืจ ืžื“ืจื’ื” ืคื•ืŸ ืฉื›ืœ ื•ื•ืืก ืื™ื– ืฉื™ื™ืš ืฆื• ืžื“ื•ืช. In long Chassidut it says that when you talk about ืื™ืฉ, it refers to the person's level of ืฉื›ืœ, but ืฉื›ืœ which is connected to ืžื“ื•ืช, to ื”ืจื’ืฉ ื”ืœื‘, to the feeling of the heart. So we have ืื™ืฉ is connected to ืฉื›ืœ, but ืฉื›ืœ ื•ื•ืืก ืื™ื– ืฉื™ื™ืš ืฆื• ืžื“ื•ืช. And we know in ืฉื›ืœ there's two levels of ืฉื›ืœ: there's ืฉื›ืœ per se, ืฉื›ืœ by itself, and then ืฉื›ืœ that is connected to ืžื“ื•ืช, that brings you that's closer to ืžื“ื•ืช, to make you have a feeling. ืื•ืŸ ืื™ืŸ ื“ืขื ื’ื•ืคื ื–ืขื ืขืŸ ืคืืจืืŸ ื›ืžื” ื•ื›ืžื” ื“ืจื’ื•ืช, and in this ืฉื›ืœ itself, which is ืฉื™ื™ืš ืฆื• ืžื“ื•ืช, there are many levels, ื‘ื™ื– ืื– ื“ื™ ืฉืœื™ืžื•ืช ืคื•ืŸ ื“ืขืจ ื“ืจื’ื” ืงื•ืžื˜ ื•ื•ืขืŸ ืขืจ ื•ื•ืขืจื˜ ื ื‘ืŸ ืขืฉืจื™ื. When do you become complete in this level? When you become 20, it says. But when you become 13, to a certain degree, you already have, no no, it's it's you become the level of ืื™ืฉ. And what's ืื™ืฉ? Means you have a development of your ืฉื›ืœ, but a lower level of ืฉื›ืœ. ื‘ืขืช ื“ืขืจ ืชื•ืืจ ืื“ื ื‘ืื•ื•ื™ื™ื–ื˜ ืื•ื™ืฃ ื“ืขืจ ืžืขืœื” ืคื•ืŸ ืฉื›ืœ ื•ื•ืืก ืื™ื– ื”ืขื›ืขืจ ืคื•ืŸ ื–ื™ื™ืŸ ืฉื™ื™ืš ืฆื• ืžื“ื•ืช. When we give a person the the title ืื“ื, that refers to the ืฉื›ืœ which is not ืฉื™ื™ืš ืฆื• ืžื“ื•ืช, that's ืฉื›ืœ is itself, which is a higher level of ืฉื›ืœ. ืฉื›ืœ which is ืฉื™ื™ืš to your emotions is a lower level of ืฉื›ืœ, it's only Cuz that ness it says, just using as an example, this is not what I mean, that a ื‘ื”ืžื” doesn't have ืฉื›ืœ. An animal doesn't have ืฉื›ืœ, but ืฉื›ืœ ืฉื™ื™ืš ืฆื• ืžื“ื•ืช it has. But it has it recognizes its owner, it understands what's good and what's bad. Food. So it's a ืฉื›ืœ, but ืฉื›ืœ ืฉื™ื™ืš ืฆื• ืžื“ื•ืช. But a human being has a ืฉื›ืœ which is higher, ืฉื›ืœ itself. Same thing here: ืื“ื represents the level of ืฉื›ืœ in itself, ืื™ืฉ represents ืฉื›ืœ, but ืฉื›ืœ ืฉื™ื™ืš ืฆื• ืžื“ื•ืช. ืœื•ื™ื˜ ื“ืขื ื•ื•ืขืจื˜ ื ืืš ืžืขืจ ืฉื•ื•ืขืจ, this makes it even harder to understand, ื“ืขืจ ืฆื•ื–ืืžืขื ื”ืื ื’ ืืœื–ื ืคื•ืŸ ื ืขืฉื” ืื“ื ืžื™ื˜ ื‘ืจ ืžืฆื•ื”, the connection of ืื“ื to Bar Mitzvah. ื•ื•ื™ ืงืขืŸ ืžืขืŸ ืคืืจื‘ื™ื ื“ืŸ ื“ื™ ืžืขืœื” ืคื•ืŸ ืื“ื ืžื™ื˜ ืื™ื™ื ืขื ื•ื•ืืก ืื™ื– ืขืจืฉื˜ ืืœื˜ ื’ืขื•ื•ืืจืŸ 13 ื™ืืจ? If ืื“ื means a person who has the complete ืฉื›ืœ, and not even ืฉื™ื™ืš ืฆื• ืžื“ื•ืช, but real ืฉื›ืœ, a 13-year-old boy, you could say he has the level of ืฉื›ืœ, but to say he has the ืฉืœื™ืžื•ืช ื”ืฉื›ืœ, he has the highest level of ืฉื›ืœ, that's hard to say. So why would we say the Bar Mitzvah you call him ืื“ื? Call him ืื™ืฉ! ืื™ืฉ is 'cause he has to have the ืฉื›ืœ, because if you don't have the proper ืฉื›ืœ, then we said before you can't be obligated to do ืžืฆื•ืช. So he has this he becomes ืื™ืฉ, but how do we say that he also becomes ืื“ื, when ืื“ื is a very high level? Loads of them don't have the proper ืฉื›ืœ at 13. So in one of the ื”ืขืจื•ืช the Rebbe says, even though some people are different, but the Torah goes, oh here, ื”ืขืจื” 23, ื”ืขืจื” 23 star. I'll read you the ื”ืขืจื”: ื•ืืฃ ืขืœ ืคื™ ืฉืืคืฉืจ ืฉื™ืฆื ืžืŸ ื”ื›ืœืœ, you have some exceptions, ืฉื’ื ืื– ืœื ืชื”ื™ื” ื“ืขืชื• ืฉืœื™ืžื”, that even then by 13 you don't have your complete ื“ืขืช, ื”ืจื™ ื”ืชื•ืจื” ืขืœ ื”ืจื•ื‘ ืชื“ื‘ืจ. Torah speaks about the majority, and majority of people have the average. Is that a ืžืจืื” ืžืงื•ื there? The Moreh Nevuchim. The word, this expression, ืชื•ืจื” ืขืœ ื”ืจื•ื‘ ืชื“ื‘ืจ, is taken from Moreh Nevuchim. Like it's mentioned, so as an adult there are ืื ืฉื™ื, ื’ื‘ืจ. Yeah, sure, yeah. So that's that have ื“ืขืช, but yeah, it's a different category. Everything is ืœืคื™ ืขืจืš. Everything is ืœืคื™ ืขืจืš. So now we have a ืฉืืœื”. If ืื™ืฉ shows on enough seichel for a person to become obligated to do mitzvot, why do we say that by a Bar Mitzvah he become an ืื“ื? ืžื•ื– ืžืขืŸ ื–ืื’ืŸ, we must say, ืื– ื“ื™ ื›ื•ื•ื ื” ื“ืขืจื‘ื™ื™ ืื™ื–, like what it means to say is like this: ืื– ื”ื’ื ืฉืขื ื™ื ื• ืคื•ืŸ ื ื‘ืจ ืžืฆื•ื” ืื™ื– ื•ื•ืืก ืขืจ ื•ื•ืขืจื˜ ืืŸ ืื™ืฉ ื›ื ''ืœ, that even though when you become bar mitzvah you become ืื™ืฉ, that's enough and that makes you obligated in the ืžืฆื•ืช, ืžื•ื– ืžืขืŸ, ืคื•ืŸ ื“ืขืกื˜ื•ื•ืขื’ืŸ, ื‘ื™ื™ ืงื™ื•ื ื”ืžืฆื•ืช ืžื•ื– ืžืขืŸ ืื ืงื•ืžืขืŸ ืฆื• ืืŸ ื”ืฉืคืขื” ืคื•ืŸ ื“ืจื’ืช ืื“ื. For some reason, when it comes to do mitzvot, we have to have this concept of ืื“ื also. And what he's going to explain, I'm not going to give away what he's going to explain, but it's going to be, that in ืื“ื there's another meaning of ืื“ื besides what he says. Till now we said ืื“ื means the highest ืฉืœื™ืžื•ืช ื”ืฉื›ืœ. That you don't need to become a Bar Mitzvah. It's enough ืื™ืฉ and you're already obligated. There is something else in ืื“ื that ืื“ื represents, as he'll say later, and that you must have in order to become a Bar Mitzvah. And we'll see what that is. You must have life with Yeah, you'll see. There's something you must get, yeah. So like a lesson. That you become an ืื™ืฉ, that's natural. Then there's a lesson that you have to work on getting the ื”ืฉืคืขื” from ืื“ื, as he will explain later. Now the Rebbe goes into details here. ื“ืขืจ ืžืงื•ืจ ืคื•ืŸ ื“ืขื ื•ื•ืืก ืื™ื– ื ื™ืฉื˜ ืžืกืคื™ืง ื“ื™ ื“ืจื’ื ืคื•ืŸ ืื™ืฉ, to prove this point that ืื™ืฉ is not enough, and you got to try, you got to have the inyan of an ืื“ื, ืื™ื– ืคื•ืŸ ื“ืขื ืคืกื•ืง ื•ื™ืงื—ื• ืื™ืฉ ื—ืจื‘ื• ื’ื•ืคื. From the same ืคืกื•ืง where we know that a Bar Mitzvah becomes ืื™ืฉ,

Deeper Insight from "Vikchu Ish" Pasuk

from that ืคืกื•ืง we see that there has to be something more than ืื™ืฉ. In that same ืคืกื•ืง, where do we see it? ืœื›ืื•ืจื” ืื™ื– ืฉื•ื•ืขืจ, because ื‘ืืžืช this is not understood. ื“ืขืจ ื—ื™ื“ื•ืฉ ื•ื•ืืก ืงื•ืžื˜ ืฆื• ื‘ื™ื™ ื‘ืŸ ื™''ื’ ืฉื ื” ื•ื•ืืก ื•ื•ื™ ื“ืขืžืืœื˜ ื•ื•ืขืจื˜ ืขืจ ืžื—ื•ื™ื™ื‘ ื‘ืžืฆื•ืช, what happens by a 13-year-old boy that he becomes obligated in mitzvot? ืื™ื– ื ื™ืฉื˜ ืื™ืŸ ืžื“ื•ืช, it's not that he gets more emotion, ื ืืจ ืื™ืŸ ืฉื›ืœ ื•ื“ืขืช ื”ืฉื™ื™ืš ืœืžื™ื“ื•ืช, in seichel and his daas, okay the daas which is connected to middot, but still what you gain then is seichel. ื“ืืก ื•ื•ืืก ืขืจ ื•ื•ืขืจื˜ ื ื‘ืจ ื“ืขืช ื•ื•ืืก ืื™ื– ืจืื•ื™ ืฆื• ืคืืจืฉื˜ื™ื™ืŸ, he becomes 13, now he is able to understand, ืžืžื™ืœื ื ืขืžื˜ ืขืจ ื“ืืก ืขื•ืœ ืื•ืŸ ื“ื™ ืื—ืจื™ื•ืช ืคื•ืŸ ืชื•ืจื” ื•ืžืฆื•ืช, so he can take the yoke and the responsibility of ืชื•ืจื” ื•ืžืฆื•ืช. ื”ื™ื™ื ื˜, if so, ื•ื•ื™ ืงืขืŸ ืžืขืŸ ื“ืืก ืืคืœืขืจื ืขืŸ ืคื•ืŸ ืคืกื•ืง ื•ื™ืงื—ื• ืื™ืฉ ื—ืจื‘ื• ื•ื™ื”ืจื’ื• ื›ืœ ื–ื›ืจ? The ืคืกื•ืง that talks about where we learn out that you become an ืื™ืฉ, what does it say in the ืคืกื•ืง? That each ืื™ืฉ took their sword and went out killing and killed the whole city. ื•ื•ืืก ืื™ื™ืŸ ืชื•ื›ืŸ ืื™ื– ื ืคืขื•ืœื” ื•ื™ืงื—ื• ื•ื™ื”ืจื’ื• ื•ื•ืืก ืงื•ืžื˜ ืคื•ืŸ ืชืงื™ืคื•ืช ื”ืžื“ื•ืช, that's a act that doesn't come from seichel, it comes from their being zealous, jealous, that's middot. So if the ืคืกื•ืง is a ืคืกื•ืง that teaches you the greatness of an ืื™ืฉ and what do you need to, which is seichel, and that's why you're called an ืื™ืฉ, it's just interesting that the same ืคืกื•ืง talks about something that has nothing to do with seichel. It would have made sense to say this ืคืกื•ืง, ื•ื™ืงื—ื• ืื™ืฉ, they took, each one took his Gemara, sat down and learned and understood the Gemara, or each one took and was ืžืงื™ื™ื the mitzvah. I mean, then you'd say he understood what it means. And each one took a sword and killed the city and it came out from the great of emotion. So there must be something there. ืื™ื– ืืคื ื™ื ืžืฉืžืข, from there it seems, ืื– ื“ืขืจ ืชื•ื›ืŸ ื”ื›ืชื•ื‘ ื•ื™ืงื—ื• ื•ื’ื•' ื•ื™ื”ืจื’ื•, that this ืคืกื•ืง, which it says they took the sword and they killed the whole city, ืื ื˜ื”ืืœื˜ ืื™ืŸ ื–ื™ืš ื ืžืขืœื” ื•ื•ืืก ืื™ื– ื ื™ืฉื˜ ืžื•ื›ืจื— ืื™ืŸ ื“ืจื’ืช ืื™ืฉ, that's something that if you look at ืื™ืฉ it doesn't necessarily have it, ื ืืจ ื“ื•ืจืš ืื™ืจ ื•ื•ืขืจื˜ ื“ื™ ื“ืจื’ื ืžื•ืฉืœื. ืื™ืฉ doesn't have this, what this is going to tell you. In addition to ืื™ืฉ, there is something that they did which is more than ืื™ืฉ. And it's taught in this pasuk. ืื•ืŸ ื“ืขืจื™ื‘ืขืจ ืงืขืŸ ืžืขืŸ ืืจื•ื™ืกืœืขืจื ืขืŸ ืคื•ืŸ ื“ืขื ืคืกื•ืง, therefore from this pasuk we can learn out, ื ื™ืฉื˜ ื ืืจ ืื– ืขืจ ื‘ืŸ ื™''ื’ ืœืžืฆื•ืช, not only when you're 13 you have to do ืžืฆื•ืช, ื•ื•ื™ื™ืœ ืขืจ ืื™ื– ืืŸ ืื™ืฉ ืกืชื, because you're an ืื™ืฉ, and an ืื™ืฉ has seichel and you have to do the ืžืฆื•ืช, ื ืืจ ืื•ื™ืš ืื– ื“ื™ ื“ืจื’ื ืคื•ืŸ ืื™ืฉ ืกืชื ืื™ื– ื ื™ืฉื˜ ื’ืขื ื•ื’, the pasuk teaches you he became an ืื™ืฉ, but it's not enough! ืื•ืŸ ืžืขืŸ ืžื•ื– ืื•ื™ืš ืื ืงื•ืžืขืŸ ืฆื• ื“ืขืจ ืžืขืœื” ื•ื•ืืก ืื™ื– ืžืจื•ืžื– ืื™ืŸ ื•ื™ืงื—ื•, you have to have something also which is hinted in the fact that they took the swords, etc., etc., which as the Rebbe will explain later is the same idea as ืื“ื. So from this So from this pasuk, we see that in addition to the ืื™ืฉ part that a bar mitzvah has to have, there is something more, there is ื•ื™ืงื—ื• ืื™ืฉ ื—ืจื‘ื•, which is ืื“ื. The Mitteler Rebbe, ื ืฉื˜ื™ื™ื’ืขืจ, this explains, ืคืืจื•ื•ืืก ื“ื™ ืจื‘ื™ื™ื ื”ืื‘ืŸ ื‘ื™ื™ ืงื™ื ื“ืขืจืก ื‘ืจ ืžืฆื•ื” ื’ืขื–ืื’ื˜ ื ืžืืžืจ ื“ื™ื‘ื•ืจ ื”ืžืชื—ื™ืœ ื ืขืฉื” ืื“ื. That's why the Rebbeim, when it came to a bar mitzvah, they said a maamar that starts with the words ื ืขืฉื” ืื“ื, with the ืื“ื. ืืฃ ืขืœ ื’ื‘, ืื– ื“ืขืจ ื›ืœืœื•ืช'ื“ื™ืงืขืจ ืขื ื™ืŸ ืคื•ืŸ ื‘ืจ ืžืฆื•ื”, ื‘ืŸ ื™\"ื’ ืœืžืฆื•ื•ืช, because even though the general idea is that when you become 13 you have to do ืžืฆื•ื•ืช, ืื™ื– ืžืฆื“ ื“ืขื ื•ื•ืืก ืขืจ ื•ื•ืขืจื˜ ืืŸ ืื™ืฉ, ื ื‘ืจ ื“ืขืช, ื›ื \"ืœ, basically is because you become an ืื™ืฉ, and an ืื™ืฉ means you gain your seichel, ืคื•ืŸ ื“ืขืกื˜ื•ื•ืขื’ืŸ, ืื™ื– ื“ืืก ืืœื™ื™ืŸ ื ื™ื˜ ื’ืขื ื•ื’, that's not enough, ืื•ืŸ ืžืขืŸ ืžื•ื– ืื•ื™ืš ืื ืงื•ืžืขืŸ ืฆื• ื“ืขืจ ื”ืฉืคืขื” ืคื•ืŸ ืื•ืคืŸ ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ืคื•ืŸ ื ืขืฉื” ืื“ื, you must have something more. And that something more is hinted in the idea of ืื“ื, ื•ื•ืืก ืื™ื– ื‘ื“ื•ืžื” ืฆื• ื“ืขืจ ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ืคื•ืŸ ื•ื™ืงื—ื•, which this level of ืื“ื, as he's going to explain later, is equal, similar, to what they did, ื•ื™ืงื—ื• ืื™ืฉ ื—ืจื‘ื•, ื›ื“ืœืงืžืŸ, as I will explain. So now we don't have the explanation yet, but we know what we're getting to: that bar mitzvah is ืื™ืฉ, and that's enough to make him obligated, but we're telling the bar mitzvah boy, you're becoming an ืื™ืฉ and you're getting seichel, now you're able to understand, you're able to be obligated to do mitzvot, remember, you have to be an ืื“ื, too. There's something in ืื“ื that you have to have. Remember, not that you take a sword and you have to kill, but remember there's something in this story of Shimon and Levi that will teach you how you have to be and what you have to take upon yourself, as the Rebbe says, as I will explain. ื•ื”ื‘ื™ืื•ืจ ื‘ื–ื”, the explanation is like this: ื‘ื ื•ื’ืข ื“ืขืจ ืžืงื•ืจ ื”ื“ื™ืŸ ืคื•ืŸ ื‘ืŸ ื™\"ื’ ืœืžืฆื•ื•ืช, this is an interesting piece in the sicha, concerning where is the source that when you become 13, you become bar mitzvah, you become obligated, where do we find it? So,

Two Sources for Bar Mitzvah Age Requirement

one thing we just said. ื’ืขืคื™ื ื˜ ืžืขืŸ ืฆื•ื•ื™ื™ ื“ืขื•ืช, we find two opinions. The first opinion is, ื›ื \"ืœ, like we said before, ืžืขืŸ ืœืขืจื ื˜ ื“ืืก ืืจื•ื™ืก ืคื•ืŸ ืื•ื ื–ืขืจ ืคืกื•ืง, from the pasuk, as we said, they, Shimon veLevi, it says, each ish took his sword, they, the youngest one was 13. ืก'ืื™ื– ื“ื ื ื—ืฉื‘ื•ืŸ. You figure out how, when it was. Actually, in the Reshimos, the Rebbe has a cheshbon for you you make a cheshbon of when this happened, how old they were. We know when they were born, sure we know. They were born, no? Yaakov was 84 when he got married, and 7 years later he married Rachel, married married Leah, Rachel, a year later Reuven was born, a year later Shimon was born, a year later Levi was born. Yeah, yeah. So there was that was three years, so he was that's that's 7, that's 10 years later he was 94, and you make a cheshbon when this and this happened, how many years later, 13 years later, that's when this they they went there and with with Dinah that that was kidnapped, etc., so we know. But in the Reshimos, the Rebbe makes a cheshbon, I think, to the day. That this was the day he became bar mitzvah. I don't I don't remember the Rebbe, ืžืžืฉ make Both, one of them. Yeah, the second, the younger one. Levi. Yeah, the older one was the older one, the younger one. So, then, but he makes a cheshbon, but we know they were 13. So, one way, one opinion of how we know that by Jews we know you become an adult when you're 13 is taken from this pasuk. But there's another opinion, ื“ืืก ืื™ื– ืื™ื™ื ืข ืคื•ืŸ ื“ื™ ืฉื™ืขื•ืจื™ื ื•ื•ืืก ื–ืขื ืขืŸ ื”ืœื›ื” ืœืžืฉื” ืžืกื™ื ื™, it's one of those shiurim that Moshe Rabbeinu received from Hashem at Sinai and there's no pasuk, nothing. Just like we find a shiur, how do you know that in order to be yotzei the mitzvah of kiddush you have to drink a revi'it? How do you know that matzah you have to eat a kezayit? How do you know that money is considered a perutah? All these shiurim, where do you get it from? It doesn't say anywhere. Moshe Rabbeinu heard it from Hashem. So this opinion, this is the Rosh, the first opinion is Rashi, this opinion is the Rosh, they hold it's like all the shiurim. ื“ืขืจ ื—ื™ืœื•ืง ืฆื•ื•ื™ืฉืŸ ื“ื™ ืฆื•ื•ื™ื™ ืœื™ืžื•ื“ื™ื, the difference between these two opinions is, ืœื•ื™ื˜ ื“ืขืจ ืขืจืฉื˜ืข ื“ืขื”, ืื™ื– ื“ืืก ืชืœื•ื™ ื‘ืฉื ื•ื™ ื”ื˜ื‘ืข. The first one, what does it say? Because that's when you're called ืื™ืฉ. That's when you're an adult. That means that 13 years old is when the nature basically changes, ืื– ืื–ื•ื™ ืื™ื– ื“ื™ ื˜ื‘ืข ืคื•ืŸ ืจื•ื‘ ื‘ื ื™ ืื“ื, most people, the nature is, ืื– ืฆื• ื™\"ื’ ื™ืืจ ื•ื•ืขืจื˜ ืžืขืŸ ื ื’ื“ื•ืœ

Age of Bar Mitzvah: Sechel vs Halacha

ื‘ืฉื›ืœ ื•ื‘ื“ืขืช, at 13, that's when you develop your seichel and you become an adult in seichel. ื“ื™ ืฆื•ื•ื™ื™ื˜ืข ื“ืขื” ืื™ื– ื ื”ืœื›ื”'ื“ื™ืงืข ื“ื™ืŸ, the second doesn't prove that that's the nature. That's a halacha, it's a ื“ื™ืŸ, ืคื•ืŸ ื“ื™ ืฉื™ืขื•ืจื™ื ื”ืœื›ื” ืœืžืฉื” ืžืกื™ื ื™, it's like a shiur. Why is there a shiur of a kezayit? That's what the ืื•ื™ื‘ืขืจืฉื˜ืขืจ says, here, also. ืื•ืŸ ื ื™ื˜ ืžืฆื“ ื ืฉื ื•ื™ ื”ื˜ื‘ืข, it's not because of anything nature, it doesn't say anywhere it's nature. The first way says that's that's when you become an ืื™ืฉ. ื“ื™ ื ืคืงื ืžื™ื ื” ืœื”ืœื›ื”, there's a difference between these two opinions in halacha: ื•ื•ืขืŸ, ื•ื•ืขืŸ ื‘ื ื™ ื ื— ืžื—ื•ื™ื™ื‘ ื‘ืงื™ื•ื ื”ืžืฆื•ื•ืช, ืื™ื– ืื™ื™ื ืขืจ ืžื—ื•ื™ื™ื‘, we know goyim have an obligation to keep the 7 mitzvot, at what age does a goy become bar mitzvah? Bar mitzvah of his of his mitzvot. So, according ืœื•ื™ื˜ ื“ืขื” ื', according to the first ื“ืขื”, ืื– ื“ืขืจ ื˜ืขื ืคื•ืŸ ืื™ื– ื‘ืŸ ื™\"ื’ ืœืžืฆื•ื•ืช ืื™ื– ืžืฆื“ ื˜ื‘ืข ื‘ื ื™ ืื“ื, the reason is because that's the nature, ืื™ื– ื“ืขืจ ืขืœื˜ืขืจ ืคื•ืŸ ื™\"ื’ ืฉื ื” ืžื—ื™ื™ื‘, so the fact that you become 13 makes it ืื•ื™ืš ื‘ื ื™ ื ื— ืื™ืŸ ื“ืขื ืงื™ื•ื ืคื•ืŸ ื–ื™ื™ืขืจืข ืžืฆื•ื•ืช, so a goy also, if it's the nature of a human being, so the same logic that you have by a person, by a Yid, you have by a goy. But also because Yishmael was ื ื™ืžื•ืœ at 13, but that has nothing to do with it? No. Ma she'ein kein like the other ื“ืขื”, but according to the other, that the klal of ื™\"ื’ ืœืžืฆื•ื•ืช is halacha leMoshe miSinai, that that was given by Hashem to Moshe Rabbeinu as a shiur, as a amount, just like everything else. How is that a nafka mina by a Noach? ืื”? But how is that a nafka mina by a? Oh, it's very according to the second opinion, is ืคืฉื˜ืื ื“ื™ืง. We understand that by ื‘ื ื™ ื ื—, by goyim, past the day, they need to know all these these ืฉื™ืขื•ืจื™ื were not given to goyim, is a ื’ื“ืœื•ืช ืชืœื•ื™ื” by each and every one of them, like the ื–ื™ื™ืŸ ืฉื›ืœ ื•ื“ืขืช, like the ื–ื™ื™ืŸ conformity. So everyone becomes bar mitzvah according to him. Because it's a ืฉื™ืขื•ืจ. And ืฉื™ืขื•ืจ, we know that by a goy whenever he's not allowed to do, there's no ืฉื™ืขื•ืจ. So, say a goy steals a a a a ืคื—ื•ืช ืฉื•ื” ืคืจื•ื˜ื”, a drop, by him it's the same aveirah as stealing a ืคืจื•ื˜ื”, stealing a million dollars, cuz there's no ืฉื™ืขื•ืจ. So, no ืฉื™ืขื•ืจ, so no bar mitzvah. So, when does he become? Well, obviously, ืขืœ ืคื™ ืฉื›ืœ. When he becomes an adult, he's a child, you can't punish him. You can't obligate him, so when he becomes an adult, everyone according to his, his ืฉื›ืœ.

Eating Living Animal Parts (ืื‘ืจ ืžืŸ ื”ื—ื™)

What happened with the ืื‘ืจ ืžืŸ ื”ื—ื™? They could eat an animal while while but they cannot eat an animal while it's still moving around because it's Yeah. It's still whole life. Yeah, but that's because the ืฉื™ืขื•ืจ. That's because but because we shouldn't be able to do that either because it's still alive. Because by the Yidden there's a ื“ื™ืŸ ืฉื—ื™ื˜ื”, ืฉื—ื™ื˜ื” is ืžืชื™ืจ, that's something else. That's to do with ืฉื™ืขื•ืจื™ื. But them there's no ื“ื™ืŸ ืฉื—ื™ื˜ื”, so as long as it's alive, they can't eat it. But how much will they be punished for how much ืื‘ืจ ืžืŸ ื”ื—ื™? They're not allowed to eat from a living animal. They don't have to be a ื›ื–ื™ืช. What if a kid eats it? What if a kid eats from a living animal? Well, it depends. A kid is not ื—ื™ื™ื‘. He's not, I'm just saying. But by us, when will they get ืžืœืงื•ืช? He needs a ื›ื–ื™ืช. And a goy, if it's ืื‘ืจ ืžืŸ ื”ื—ื™, gets ืžืœืงื•ืช like a ื›ื–ื™ืช, cuz there's no ืฉื™ืขื•ืจ there. So, there's no ืฉื™ืขื•ืจ about mitzvah either. So, then, just when he becomes an ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ would have Every time a a child, a goy does an aveirah, is is the ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ would have to evaluate is this guy an adult or is he not an adult? Can he stand trial? Can he not stand trial? That's all. And is the ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ ืฉืžื™ื in effect for the goyim, also, for these kind of things, which we can't we can't enforce right now because there's no ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ ืฉืœ ืžื˜ื”? Right. You mean these things that happen like like ื’ื•ื™ื do? Yeah. So there's a ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ ืฉืžื™ื on ื’ื•ื™ื? Hashem. I'll I'll I'll ask you, go ask you I don't think there's a ื”ืœื›ื” ืคืกื•ืงื” anywhere. I don't think the ื”ืœื›ื” ืคืกื•ืงื” anywhere. I know it's been convened already. He's in my class. Last night, he went to get a wife who has a seven month old. A guy? And he, too. He

Convertโ€™s Birthday and Aliyah Questions

went with his mother, yes. How old is he? How old is the kid? Nine months old. So, does he know how I met him? Yeah. No, but he has to go to mikveh. I mean, he's He's a convert? Sure. You don't have to get get his permission. I mean, you don't need the ืงื‘ืœืช ื”ืžืฆื•ื•ืช. Sure, you have to go. Then ืžื™ืœื”, ื˜ื‘ื™ืœื”, you have to do everything, but you don't need ื›ื•ื•ื ื” because he's a ืขื•ืœืช ื“ืขืช, yes? The ืฉืืœื” becomes by a ื’ืจ, when is his birthday? Well, when he was born, right? First of all, his mother was born, it's a ื’ื•ื™. It doesn't come to you. What should he be? Maybe his birthday's the guy's day's in ื’ื™ื™ืจ. He's got three birthdays. No, when is his birthday? He has three birthdays. I know. When does he get an aliyah before his Bar Mitzvah, in the Lubavitch minyan, I'm saying. Before the aliyah, before his birthday get an aliyah? He has to make a farbrengen, the Rebbe wants him to make a farbrengen. When does he make a farbrengen, before his birthday that he was born or before the Shabbos before his his ื’ื™ื™ืจ? It falls out on a Friday, the birthday, he must stay till that later. He didn't answer this question. Also, you don't know then. I don't know. I don't know. Has to ask nobody asked him? Maybe they did. I shouldn't know they have. It'll be 8 days before he has this bris. It'll be a red child. No, but he's not born then. He's a ื’ื•ื™ still. Okay, so we have two opinions whether it's taken from the pasuk which tells you ืื™ืฉ and ืื™ืฉ means that the pasuk teaches you that that's when you ื‘ื˜ื‘ืข become an adult, become with seichel, or it's a ื”ืœื›ื” ืœืžืฉื” ืžืกื™ื ื™, it's a din, the Torah sets so the Eibershter sets so, finished. The ื“ืจื‘ื ืŸ, the two ื“ืขื•ืช by ืขื‘ื•ื“ืช ื”ืฉื. Now

Applying Two Opinions to Avodat Hashem

let's take these two opinions and apply it in our service of Hashem. So these two ways are the ืฆื•ื•ื™ื™ ืื•ืคื ื™ื in the sense of his his ื”ืชื—ืœืช ืขื‘ื•ื“ื”. When you become a Bar Mitzvah means you're beginning your ืขื‘ื•ื“ื”. So there are two ways, two opinions in Bar Mitzvah that means there are two ways in how you start off your service of Hashem for an Yid in the beginning of an Yid service in learning Torah and doing ืžืฆื•ื•ืช. The ื“ืขื” ืจืืฉื•ื ื”, according to the first opinion, is it's an ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ืฉืœ ื˜ืขื ื•ื“ืขืช. The first one is connected to nature. That's when your daat becomes normal. That means that the beginning of becoming a Bar Mitzvah, that means you're starting off serving Hashem, it starts off with sechel. It starts off with something that's logical. It's safe. The follows as a ื—ื™ื•ื’ to ืžืงื™ื their mitzvot, it's all pending in the sechel v'daat, since the way he becomes Bar Mitzvah is dependent on his development of his sechel and daat, as when, at what accord, when on this ืขื ื™ืŸ of mitzvot, when he becomes that he could recognize and feel mitzvot, like ืขื•ืœ ืžืฆื•ื•ืช you put the yoke of mitzvot upon him, is ืคืฉื˜ืื ื“ื™ืง, so that shows us ืื– ื“ืขืจ ืื ื”ื™ื™ื‘ ืคื•ืŸ ื–ื™ื™ืŸ ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ืื™ื– ืืŸ ืื ื”ื™ื™ื‘ ืคื•ืŸ ื˜ืขื ื•ื“ืขืช. We tell him, what made you become bar mitzvah? Because you got sechel. Oh, so we're telling you that because you got sechel, you could understand what mitzvot are, that's why you're obligated. So we're starting off the avodah with logic, with understanding.

Second Opinion: Service Based on Kabbalat Ol

ืœื•ื™ื˜ ื“ื™ ืฆื•ื•ื™ื™ื˜ืข ื“ืขื” ืื‘ืขืจ, according to the other opinion, ืื™ื– ื“ืืก ื•ื•ืืก ื ื‘ืŸ ื™\"ื’ ืฉื ื” ืžื•ื– ืžืงื‘ืœ ื–ื™ื™ืŸ, ืขืจ ื“ืืจืฃ ืžืงื‘ืœ ื–ื™ื™ืŸ ืขื•ืœ ืžืฆื•ื•ืช, this that a 13-year-old has to accept the yoke of mitzvot, it is ื”ืœื›ื” ืœืžืฉื” ืžืกื™ื ื™. It's not a sechel, no logic here, it's a ื”ืœื›ื”. ื“ืขืจืคืืจ, ื•ื•ืืก ืคืืจ ื ื–ืืš ืื™ื– ื“ืืก? ื›ื™ ืฆื•ื” ื”ืงื“ื•ืฉ ื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื, that's what the ืื™ื™ื‘ืขืจืฉื˜ืขืจ said. ืงื•ืžื˜ ืื•ื™ืก, according to the second opinion that comes out, ืื– ืืŸ ืื ื”ื™ื™ื‘ ืฆื•ื’ื™ื™ืŸ ืฆื• ืงื™ื•ื ื”ืžืฆื•ื•ืช, the beginning of starting to keep ืžืฆื•ื•ืช, ืื™ื– ืœื•ื™ื˜ ื“ื™ ืกื“ืจ ื”ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ืคื•ืŸ ืงื‘ืœืช ืขื•ืœ. You have to start off by kabbalat ol, by accepting, not sechel, because the reason you became bar mitzvah is because that's what the ืื™ื™ื‘ืขืจืฉื˜ืขืจ said. So you start off your avodah, that's it, the ืื™ื™ื‘ืขืจืฉื˜ืขืจ said you gotta do it. And the other way is because your sechel became developed and you gotta start with sechel. Could it be earlier than 13? Huh? Kabbalat ol could happen at any time, couldn't it? Well, kabbalat ol could happen, but you're not ืžื—ื•ื™ื‘ yet. But the ื—ื™ื•ื‘ that starts, starts with kabbalat ol, starts based on kabbalat ol. Well, kabbalat ol doesn't take understanding. So then you have So we're saying it has nothing to do with, according to the second de'ah, it has nothing to do with understanding. Second de'ah doesn't say that by 13 you start understanding. First de'ah says that. 13 is a Torah, so we tell you you start off you're doing mitzvot because that's what the ืื™ื™ื‘ืขืจืฉื˜ืขืจ said. According to the first one, though, what if you have a 12 or 11-year-old Yeah, but he's missing daat. We said before, no? He has sechel and so we don't, the Torah doesn't change a ืœื ืคืœื•ื’, ืชื•ืจื” doesn't change halachot in individual cases. sometimes if he doesn't bring ืกื™ืžื ื™ื, it's always 14 That's something else. So that's a gashmiyusdige thing. But you can't say that because his sechel is better. There's another thing, this all has to do with ืกื™ืžื ื™ื also. ืฉื ื™ื ื•ืกื™ืžื ื™ื. But that's the time when a person, an average person, gets his proper sechel, according to the first opinion. So that's Huh? Who determined that? Nobody else has to determine anything. The Torah said so. ืื™ืฉ, the Torah says that's when you're an ืื™ืฉ. According to the first opinion, the Torah teaches you, ืื™ืฉ means that you have sechel, and the Torah said, when do you become an ืื™ืฉ? When you're 13. So the Torah tells you that you develop your sechel by 13. So the Torah told, oh well, we know it from the Torah. But by 13. The other opinion says the Torah never said that you become an adult, you become sechel. The Torah just says that you got to do it at 13, and that's it. So according to the first opinion, it seems like the whole beginning of a yid in his avodat Hashem starts off with taam vadaat, and the second one says, nothing to do with taam vadaat, kabbalat ol. Now, aber, the

Rebbeโ€™s Explanation Linking Pasuk to Service Start

Rebbe says, ืื•ื™ืš ืœื“ื™ืขื” ื”ื', even according to the first opinion, ืืคื™ืœื• ืื™ืŸ ืคืกื•ืง ื•ื™ืงื—ื• ืื™ืฉ ื—ืจื‘ื• ื•ื’ื•', ืœืขืจื ื˜ ืžืขืŸ ืืจื•ื™ืก ืื– ื“ื™ ื”ืชื—ืœืช ื”ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ื‘ืŸ ื™\"ื’ ืฉื ื” ืื™ื– ืขืœ ืคื™ ื˜ืขื ื•ื“ืขืช, even according to the first place, which how do you know you become bar mitzvah by 13? From this pasuk. And as we said before, which means that this pasuk tells you that this is sechel. So taam vadaat. ืคื•ืŸ ื“ืขืกื˜ื•ื•ืขื’ืŸ, still, ืคื•ืŸ ื“ืขื ื’ื•ืคื, from this itself, ื•ื•ืืก ืžืขืŸ ืœืขืจื ื˜ ื“ืืก ืืค ืคื•ืŸ ืคืกื•ืง ื•ื™ืงื—ื• ืื™ืฉ ื—ืจื‘ื•, that from which... where does the Torah teach us this? That you become an ืื™ืฉ and you become a ื‘ืจ ื“ืขืช by 13? In a ืคืกื•ืง where it says that they took out their swords and they went to fight. What is that? ื ืคืขื•ืœื” ืคื•ืŸ ืžืกื™ืจื•ืช ื ืคืฉ! The Torah teaches you this ืขื ื™ืŸ of ืฉื›ืœ by a bar mitzvah in a case where people went on mesirat nefesh, ืื™ื– ืžื•ื›ื—, that proves, ืื– ืื•ื™ืš ืœื“ืขืช ื“ืขื”, and even according to that opinion that it starts off with ืฉื›ืœ, ืื™ื– ื“ืขืจ ืขื ื™ืŸ ืคื•ืŸ ืงื™ื•ื ื”ืžืฆื•ื•ืช ืคืืจื‘ื•ื ื“ืŸ ืžื™ื˜ ื“ื™ ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ืคื•ืŸ ืžืกื™ืจื•ืช ื ืคืฉ. That when you start doing mitzvot, it's connected to mesirat nefesh, which is ืœืžืขืœื” ืžืŸ ื”ืฉื›ืœ, which is beyond ืฉื›ืœ. So really it's ืฉื›ืœ, but it has to be beyond ืฉื›ืœ. ืื™ ืื™ื– ื“ืืก ื ืกืชื™ืจื”? It's a contradiction. So here we're saying we learn it out that you become an ืื™ืฉ, you become ื‘ืขืœ ืฉื›ืœ, so it's based on ืฉื›ืœ. Here we're saying no, what was the first thing that they did? They went ืœืžืขืœื” ืžืŸ ื”ืฉื›ืœ. So he says, ืก'ืื™ื– ื ื™ื˜ ืงื™ื™ืŸ ืกืชื™ืจื”, ืฉืงื™ื™ืŸ ืกืชื™ืจื” ื ื™ื˜... clearly, that's not a contradiction what we said before. ืื– ืœื“ืขืช ื“ืขื” ืื™ื– ื“ืืก ืืŸ ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ืฉืœืคื™ ืฉื›ืœ ื•ื“ืขืช, according to the opinion that we learn it out from the ืคืกื•ืง, you're serving Hashem with ืฉื›ืœ. ื•ื•ืืœืŸ ื”ื’ื ืื– ื“ื™ ืขืฆื ื”ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ื“ืืจืฃ ื–ื™ื™ืŸ ืžื™ื˜ ื”ื›ืจื” ื•ื”ืฉื’ื” ืื™ืŸ ื“ืขื ืขื ื™ืŸ ืคื•ืŸ ืงื™ื•ื ื”ืžืฆื•ื•ืช, so what it means to say like this: when you do ืชื•ืจื” ื•ืžืฆื•ื•ืช, this ื“ืขื” tells you, you have to understand, you have to have an understanding, a recognition. ืคื•ืŸ ื“ืขืกื˜ื•ื•ืขื’ืŸ, still, ื“ืขืจ ื™ืกื•ื“ ื”ืขื‘ื•ื“ื”, the foundation, the basis of the ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” is ืงื‘ืœืช ืขื•ืœ ื“ื•ืงื, that has to be ืงื‘ืœืช ืขื•ืœ, ืฉื–ื” ืœืžืขืœื” ืžื˜ืขื ื•ื“ืขืช, it's higher than ื˜ืขื ื•ื“ืขืช. ื•ื•ืืœืŸ ื ืืจ ื•ื•ืขืŸ ื“ืขืจ ื™ืกื•ื“ ืื™ื– ืงื‘ืœืช ืขื•ืœ, only when the ื™ืกื•ื“ is ืงื‘ืœืช ืขื•ืœ, ืงืขืŸ ื“ื™ ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ืคื•ืŸ ืงื™ื•ื ื”ืžืฆื•ื•ืช ืžื™ื˜ ื”ืฉื’ื” ื–ื™ื™ืŸ ื›ื“ื‘ืขื™ ืœืžื”ื•ื™. When could you keep the mitzvot based on ืฉื›ืœ properly? If the foundation is ืœืžืขืœื” ืžืŸ ื”ืฉื›ืœ. And the Rebbe on the bottom says 26... okay, just his ืžืจืื” ืžืงื•ืžื•ืช, but the 24... Okay, this one. But he says as as as Yeah. That you have ืœืžืขืœื” ืžืŸ ื”ืฉื›ืœ, ื“ืืก ื”ื™ื™ืกื˜, like it says ื ืขืฉื” ื•ื ืฉืžืข by Matan Torah, which a Bar Mitzvah is like a personal Matan Torah when you become obligated. They said ื ืขืฉื” before ื ืฉืžืข. Now the famous she'eilah the Rebbe asked many times: if ื ืขืฉื” before ื ืฉืžืข is so great, wouldn't it be better if they wouldn't say ื ืฉืžืข at all? ื ืขืฉื”, we're gonna do, we're not gonna understand, we don't care, the Aibershter said. No, you have to understand. Has to be based on sechel, on on on kabbalat ol. Based on ื ืขืฉื” we will do. But then you have to understand it also. You have to understand, that's what he says. But the understanding has to be based on mesirat nefesh. And mesirat nefesh means you do for the Aibershter and you don't care whether it fits to the sechel or it doesn't fit. There is a sechel to to take on kabbalat ol, to say I'm going to take on the mitzvot, there's this a beginning sechel, isn't there? It's not just I don't know what I'm doing. It has to be a reasoning to come to just do that, and all the remaining That reasoning, you see ื”ืขืจื” 32? ื•ื”ืขื ื™ืŸ ื‘ืฉื›ืœ, ื”ืฉื›ืœ ืขืฆืžื• ืžื›ืจื™ื— ืฉื™ืฉ ืœืžืขืœื” ืžืŸ ื”ืฉื›ืœ. The sechel itself tells you that there is ืœืžืขืœื” ืžืŸ ื”ืฉื›ืœ. Mimela, it starts take with sechel, but that's not the foundation. Then you get ืœืžืขืœื” ืžืŸ ื”ืฉื›ืœ, and then you stick to that. You have to keep re-infusing yourself. Yeah. ืคื•ืŸ ื“ื™ ื”ื•ื›ื—ื•ืช is, there's two And there's deragot in that. I mean, when do you really take it on It's always deragot in this. It's always go higher, you go when you have sechel, and then you go ืœืžืขืœื” ืžืŸ ื”ืฉื›ืœ, and then the ืœืžืขืœื” ืžืŸ ื”ืฉื›ืœ is higher So when does this apply? How That is from the start on. When you start, when they start. How is it how is the difference between ื”ืœื›ื” ืœืžืฉื” ืžืกื™ื ื™ and sechel? ื”ืœื›ื” ืœืžืฉื” ืžืกื™ื ื™ has nothing to do with sechel, and it's going ืœืžืขืœื” ืžืŸ ื”ืฉื›ืœ. Both are winding up at the same place? Ein hachi nami! Ein hachi nami. What he said before, it looks like they're separate, he says, but really it's not. ืคื•ืŸ ื“ื™ ื”ื•ื›ื—ื•ืช ืื™ื–, there is two, some of the proofs to this is in the ืื–ื”ืจื•ืช ื”ื›ืœืœื™ื•ืช of keeping the ืชื•ืจื” ื•ืžืฆื•ื•ืช. When the Torah generally warns a ืื™ื“, make sure to keep ืชื•ืจื” ื•ืžืฆื•ื•ืช. ืขืก ืฉื˜ื™ื™ื˜, it says like this, interesting pasuk: ืจืื” ื ืชืชื™ ืœืคื ื™ืš ื”ื™ื•ื ืืช ื”ื—ื™ื™ื ื•ืืช ื”ื˜ื•ื‘. Look, I gave you life and good, and then I gave you death and bad. ื•ื‘ื—ืจืช ื‘ื—ื™ื™ื, you shall choose good, choose life. Now, the Torah says, look, I gave you life and and good. So obviously we're talking about a person who sees that this is life, right? He sees. Otherwise you can't tell, look I gave you life, I don't know if this is life. So when it says, it means that person, we're talking about a person who realizes and recognizes this is good and this is life. ืœื›ืื•ืจื”, ื“ืขืจ ืžืขื ื˜ืฉ ื–ืขื˜ ื“ืืš ืฉื•ื™ืŸ ื‘ืขื™ื ื™ ืฉื›ืœื•, the person sees with his eyes, with the seichel I mean, ืื– ื“ืขืจ ื“ืจืš ื”ืชื•ืจื” ื•ืžืฆื•ื•ืช ืื™ื– ื—ื™ื™ื ื•ื˜ื•ื‘, that to do ืชื•ืจื” ื•ืžืฆื•ื•ืช is life and good, so ื“ืืจืฃ ืžืขืŸ ื“ืืก ืื™ื ื ืืš ืื ื–ืื’ืŸ ื•ื‘ื—ืจืช ื‘ื—ื™ื™ื? Why does the Torah have to say, choose life? Mimela, the ืื™ื™ื‘ืขืจืฉื˜ืขืจ should say, even though you might not see that it's good, I'm telling you do it. That would make sense. ืื™ื™ื‘ืขืจืฉื˜ืขืจ doesn't say that. You should choose the good, choose the life. So, you see it's life, then why have to tell you to choose? Wouldn't the person normally choose life by himself? Isn't it implying that you will choose it, because he No, ื•ื‘ื—ืจืช is a command. Always, every command is also a promise, but this is a command, the Torah says you should choose life. So ื“ืขืจ ื‘ื™ืื•ืจ ื‘ื–ื”, the answer is like this: ืื•ื™ื‘ ื“ื™ ื‘ื—ื™ืจื” ืคื•ืŸ ื“ืขื ืžืขื ื˜ืฉ ืื™ืŸ ืชื•ืจื” ื•ืžืฆื•ื•ืช When the Torah says look, you see this is life, make sure to choose it. If he sees it's life, you don't have to tell him to choose it. Right? So if he sees, it means he understands that this is good and this is life, then why do you have to be warned to choose it if he sees it's life? If he if the Torah would say you don't see it's life and I'm telling you to choose it, that makes sense. I have to tell you because otherwise you wouldn't do it. But if it's life, you see it's life, ืจืื”, then why did they have to tell you to do it? What's the answer, the ื‘ื™ืื•ืจ ื‘ื–ื”? ืื•ื™ื‘ ื“ื™ ื‘ื—ื™ืจื” ืคื•ืŸ ื“ืขื ืžืขื ื˜ืฉ ืื™ืŸ ืชื•ืจื” ื•ืžืฆื•ื•ืช ื–ืืœ ื ืืจ ื–ื™ื™ืŸ ืžืฆื“ ื–ื™ื™ืŸ ืฉื›ืœ ื•ื”ื‘ื ื” ื•ื™ื“ื™ืขื” ืื– ืขืก ืื™ื– ื—ื™ื™ื ื•ื˜ื•ื‘, if a person would learn Torah and do mitzvot just because he sees it's good, seeing means he understands it's good, ืื™ื– ืขืจ ื“ืืžื™ื˜ ื ืืš ื ื™ืฉื˜ ืงื™ื™ืŸ ืขื‘ื“ ื”ื•ื™'. You're not serving Hashem. If you do something that's good and you see it's good and you do it, you know whom you're serving? Yourself. You want life and you're doing it for yourself. ื•ื•ื™ื™ืœ ื“ืขืจ ืขื ื™ืŸ ืคื•ืŸ ืขื‘ื•ื“ืช ื”ืฉื ืื™ื– ืขื‘ื•ื“ืช ืขื‘ื“ ืœืื“ื•ื ื™ื•, serving Hashem is like an eved, like a servant, a servant who serves, or a slave even, who serves his master. ืืœืฅ ื•ื•ืืก ืืŸ ืขื‘ื“ ื˜ื•ื˜ ืื™ื– ื“ืืก ืžืฆื“ ื“ืขื ืขื•ืœ ื•ื•ืืก ื–ื™ื™ืŸ ืื“ื•ืŸ ื”ืื˜ ืื•ื™ืฃ ืื™ื ืืจื•ื™ืคื’ืขืœื™ื™ื’ื˜, when an ืขื‘ื“ does something because the master put a yoke on him. ืื•ืŸ ื“ืขืจืคืืจ ื“ืืจืฃ ื“ื™ ื‘ื—ื™ืจื” ืคื•ืŸ ื ืžืขื ื˜ืฉ ืื™ืŸ ืชื•ืจื” ื•ืžืฆื•ื•ืช ื–ื™ื™ืŸ ืžืฆื“ ืฆื™ื•ื•ื™ ื”ืงื“ื•ืฉ ื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื, ื•ื‘ื—ืจืช ื‘ื—ื™ื™ื. That's why when you do it, if you want to serve Hashem, you got to do it not because you you decided to do it, because you like it and you think it's good and you understand it. You got to do it because He said so, that's an eved. ืื•ืŸ ืคืืจ ื“ืขื, before the Torah tells you, warns you to do it, ืื™ื– ื“ืขืจ ืคืกื•ืง ืžืงื“ื™ื, the Torah gives an introduction: ืจืื” ื ืชืชื™, look I gave you. ืื•ืŸ ืื•ื™ืš ืื™ืŸ ื“ืขื ืฆื™ื•ื•ื™, ื•ื‘ื—ืจืช, ืื™ื– ื“ืขืจ ืคืกื•ืง ืžืงื“ื™ื ื•ื‘ื—ืจืช ื‘ื—ื™ื™ื. And even when He tells you, do it, He says choose choose life! He's again stressing, you know it's life! ื•ื•ื™ื™ืœ ื“ืขืจ ืื™ื™ื‘ืขืจืฉื˜ืขืจ ื•ื•ื™ืœ ืื– ื“ืขืจ ืขื ื™ืŸ ืคื•ืŸ ืชื•ืจื” ื•ืžืฆื•ื•ืช, Hashem wants that when we have ืชื•ืจื” ื•ืžืฆื•ื•ืช, ื–ืืœ ื“ื•ืจื›ื“ืจื™ื ื’ืขืŸ, should penetrate, ื“ื™ ื’ืื ืฆืข ืžืฆื™ืื•ืช ืคื•ืŸ ืžืขื ื˜ืฉ, every part of the person ืื•ืŸ ื“ืจื™ื‘ืขืจ ืžื•ื– ืื•ื™ืš ื–ื™ื™ืŸ ืฉื›ืœ ื‘ืื ืขืžืขืŸ, ืื•ืŸ ืžืกื›ื™ื ื–ื™ื™ืŸ ืื– ืก'ืื™ื– ื‘ืืžืช ื—ื™ื™ื ื•ื˜ื•ื‘. So even your seichel has to understand it. Because if you do it just because Hashem said so, and your seichel doesn't understand it, you know what that means? That Torah u'mitzvot didn't penetrate into your seichel. When you don't understand something, that means your seichel says it's not. ืืœื ืžืื™? I overpower my seichel, and I still do it. Override. So there is a there is a a part of me that just doesn't agree, doesn't accept Hashem. And which part? The best part, my seichel. But, there's conscious, you just say, you can't No, no, if you understand it. That means If I don't understand something, that means seichel says it's not so. ืืœื ืžืื™? I know it's not true. So I know from whatever kabbalat ol that this my seichel tells me is not true. But \"I don't understand\" means you tell me something, I don't understand, it means I don't think it's so. \"I don't agree.\" Yeah, sure. Or it just means you can't understand. No. \"Can't understand\" means that my my seichel doesn't grasp it. That means my seichel says no. Why? ื“ืืก ืื™ื– ื“ืขืจ ื˜ื™ื™ื˜ืฉ. There's no other taytsh. You're trying to understand. You're trying? Why are you trying? Because you know be'emet it's right, and I am fighting it, but I know that I'm wrong, so it's not that my seichel knows I'm wrong. There's something on top of seichel, overrides it. If you don't get it. If you don't get it, it means that I don't It means that That's Right, that's your taytsh. That's, exactly. But at this moment my seichel fights, my seichel disagrees. ืืœื ืžืื™? That's the taytsh of not understanding. Not understanding means that this is not so. If I don't understand this is so, it means, in my mind, it's not so. ืืœื ืžืื™? I know because you're smarter than me, and you're telling me that it is so, and I believe you. So there's a belief. When a person's learning a shtikel Gemara, and he's fighting the Gemara, he's fighting

Sevara: Not Understanding vs Fighting

That's sevara, yeah. Not fighting the... Yeah, that means Yeah, as long as you don't understand it, But then you'll come to understand how it happened, how it works. Yeah. It doesn't mean you're going you're fighting, you're going the other way. An airplane can fly. I don't understand how it goes. No, but that's not called not understanding. That's not called not understanding it. Not understanding, I just never learned it, I don't understand. No, if you tell me a sevara and I say, \"No, I don't see it, I don't understand it.\" \"I don't understand\" means in my mind, it works out differently. That's the pshat. If you don't know it, that's something else. I'm saying, but if you say something and I don't understand it, I'll tell you a sevara and I say, \"No, I don't I see like it's not so.\" No, because I don't, so I agree. There's always a level of not There's always a level of not understanding, which means that there's a metziut that's that's contrary to No, saying so, there But in the simple pshat, if you don't understand, But right now If someone doesn't understand you right now, that means that they're disagreeing Disagreeing with me, exactly, yeah! Okay, I disagree, and when they understand it, Oh, now I agree. That's the pshat, that's the normal pshat of understand, not understand. Unless there's some information I never got, I pashut don't know, so I can't I can't say I understand. It's not like I don't understand. There's not understanding a subject, and there's to understand and to agree. That's Right. So he wants that both, cuz he wants cuz if if you don't understand, that means there's a certain part of you that doesn't have it, it's fighting it. And and if you do it kabbalat ol, then you're not serving Hashem, you're doing it because you understand. So you're serving yourself: \"I understand, I like to do it.\" And there's always that level there, there's always these levels But talking about the simple level, we have to And the moment we get to there, we go higher. But in a certain level, we have to you're still in the metziut that's contrary to that's disagreeing with with with Hashem? All the time. When a person's in metziut. All you have to learn is as much as possible to to not disagree. ืขืœ

Bar Mitzvah Connection to ื ื—ืœืช ืฉื“ื”

ืคื™ ื›ืœ ื”ื \"ืœ, after all this, ื•ื•ืขื˜ ืžืขืŸ ื‘ืขืกืขืจ ืคืืจืฉื˜ื™ื™ืŸ ื“ื™ ืฉื™ื™ื›ื•ืช ืคื•ืŸ ื ื‘ืจ ืžืฆื•ื” ืžื™ื˜ ื ื—ืœืช ืฉื“ื”. Now we'll understand the connection to ื ื—ืœืช ืฉื“ื”. The kushya in the beginning was to become a bar mitzvah you have to have the ืฉื›ืœ. ืฉื›ืœ is ืื™ืฉ. So why And ืื“ื is something that's that's ืฉืœืžื•ืช, the highest, why would we need ืื“ื for if that's enough to make Now we'll understand. Because the word ืื“ื means something else also. ืื™ืŸ ื“ืขื ื‘ื™ืื•ืจ ืคื•ืŸ ืชื•ืืจ ืื“ื ื’ืขืคื™ื ื˜ ืžืขืŸ ืฆื•ื•ื™ื™ ืขื ื™ื ื™ื. When we said that there's a title ืื“ื on a person, there's two things. Number one, ืชื›ืœื™ืช ื”ืฉืœื™ืžื•ืช ืฉืžื‘ื—ื™ื ืช ืฉื›ืœ, ื›ื \"ืœ ืกืขื™ืฃ ื’'. Like he said before, when you reach the highest level of understanding, then you have the title ืื“ื. But then there's another thing: ืื“ื ืื•ืชื™ื•ืช ืžืื“. The word ืื“ื is the same letters as the word ืžืื“. What's ืžืื“? ื‘ืœื™ ื’ื‘ื•ืœ. ืžืื“ means \"very\", unlimited. ื•ื•ืืก ืื™ื– ื”ื™ืคืš ืคื•ืŸ ืฉื›ืœ. That's why when it says in Krias Shema \"ื‘ื›ืœ ืžืื“ืš\", with all your ืžืื“, that means ื‘ืœื™ ื’ื‘ื•ืœ, which is not ืฉื›ืœ, ืฉื›ืœ is limited. ืื•ืŸ ื“ื™ ื‘ื—ื™ื ื” ืื™ืŸ ื“ืขื ืžืขื ื˜ืฉืŸ ื“ืจื™ืงื˜ ื–ื™ืš ืื•ื™ืก ืื™ืŸ ื“ืขื ื•ื•ืืก ืขืจ ืื™ื– ื ืžื“ื‘ืจ. Where do we see a person has that concept of being ื‘ืœื™ ื’ื‘ื•ืœ? For like, is because he's able to talk. ื•ื•ืืก ื“ืืŸ ื›ื— ื”ื“ื™ื‘ื•ืจ ืงื•ืžื˜ ืคื•ืŸ ื“ืขื ื‘ืœื™ ื’ื‘ื•ืœ ืฉื‘ื ืคืฉ ื•ื•ืืก ืื™ื– ื”ืขื›ืขืจ ืคื•ืŸ ืžืขืœืช ื”ืฉื›ืœ. He doesn't explain it, but in the maamarim it says that the koach hadibur comes from the the infinity of the person's nefesh. Have to explain, that's an inyan of Chassidut, but that's the reason why a person is called a ืžื“ื‘ืจ. ืœื›ืื•ืจื”, the person, the highest species, should be called a ืžืฉื›ื™ืœ. ื‘ื”ืžื” doesn't have ืฉื›ืœ, and a person does. You call him a ืžื“ื‘ืจ, because dibur shows the ืขืฆื of a person. It's not for now. Because ืื•ืชื™ื•ืช Yeah. What does that mean? That itself is ื‘ื™ืื•ืจ. What does ืื•ืชื™ื•ืช rooted in the nefesh? That's what it says. I know it says here, too. The ืฉืืœื” what does that mean. So that says in the maamarim, it's explained, it needs a whole ื‘ื™ืื•ืจ, but that's not for now. But dibur shows the bli gvul of the nefesh, and that's how you have it. And ืœืคื•ืขืœ, when you come to to when the inyan of ืื“ื, we say that This person is a level of ืื“ื, that means that this person has a koach of bli gvul. Does that mean people's limits are with the dibbur? Badibbur, yeah. Dibbur is, which is another topic, though. ืื•ืŸ ื•ื•ื™ื‘ืืœื“ ืื– ื‘ื™ื™ื“ืข ืขื ื™ื ื™ื ื–ื™ื™ื ืขืŸ ืžืจื•ืžื– ืื™ืŸ ื“ืขื ื–ืขืœื‘ืŸ ืชื•ืืจ ืื“ื, since What about each piece, though? ืื™ืฉ, he can talk. I know, we're not talking about this. A person, I'm saying the title represents which part of the person, adraba. The person is made up of all four, so he's always able to talk. Right. ืื•ืŸ ื•ื•ื™ื‘ืืœื“ ืื– ื‘ื™ื™ื“ืข ืขื ื™ื ื™ื ื–ื™ื™ื ืขืŸ ืžืจื•ืžื– ืื™ืŸ ื“ืขื ื–ืขืœื‘ืŸ ืชื•ืืจ ืื“ื, since both things, side the shleimut of seichel, and at the same time, the bli gvul is hinted in the same word ืื“ื, ื“ืืจืฃ ืžืขืŸ ื–ืื’ืŸ ืื– ื–ื™ื™ ื”ืื‘ืŸ ื ืฉื™ื™ื›ื•ืช ืื™ื™ื ืขื ืฆื•ื ืฆื•ื•ื™ื™ื˜ืŸ, so they have a connection. Because any two things, any if you have one word with different peirushim, even though they're different peirushim, but they all have to have a connection. So what is the connection between the two peishatim in ืื“ื? ื‘ืขื ื™ืŸ ื‘ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ื™ืฉ ืœื•ืžืจ, the pshat in avodah is like this: ืื™ื™ืš ื•ื•ืขืŸ ื“ืขืจ ืžืขื ื˜ืฉ ืงื•ืžื˜ ืฆื• ืชื›ืœื™ืช ื”ืฉืœืžื•ืช ื”ืฉื›ืœ, when a person reaches a level of ืื“ื, the first pshat, you reached a shleimut of ืฉื›ืœ, ื‘ื—ื™ื ืช ืฉื›ืœ ืคื•ืŸ ืื“ื ื•ื•ืืก ืื™ื– ื”ืขื›ืขืจ ืคื•ืŸ ืฉื›ืœ ืคื•ืŸ ืื™ืฉ, you reached a level of seichel of ืื“ื, which is higher than the seichel which we said before is an ืื™ืฉ, ืžื•ื– ืขืจ ืึธื ืงื•ืžืขืŸ ืฆื• ืžืกื™ืจื•ืช ื ืคืฉ ืฉืœืžืขืœื” ืžืŸ ื”ืฉื›ืœ. That same ืื“ื, in order to be really the way you're supposed to, you have to have at the same time the higher the second pshat in ืื“ื. And the second pshat of ืื“ื is meod, is higher than seichel. ืื•ืŸ ืื–ื•ื™ ืื•ื™ืš ืœืื™ื“ืš ื’ื™ืกื, the same the other side, ืื™ื™ืš ื•ื•ืขืŸ ื‘ื™ื™ ืื™ื ืœื•ื™ื›ื˜ ื“ืขืจ ื›ื— ื”ืžืกื™ืจื•ืช ื ืคืฉ ืฉืœืžืขืœื” ืžืŸ ื”ืฉื›ืœ, even when a person feels, it shines in him the feeling of mesirat nefesh and how he goes lemaalah higher from ื”ื’ื‘ืœื•ืช, ื–ืืœ ืขืจ ื–ื™ื™ืŸ ื–ืืœ ืขืจ ื–ื™ืš ื ื™ื˜ ื‘ืื’ืขื ื•ื’ืขืŸ ืื™ืŸ ื“ืขื, shouldn't be satisfied, ื ืืจ ืขืจ ื–ืืœ ื–ื™ืš ืžืฉืชื“ืœ ื–ื™ื™ืŸ, he should try ืื– ื“ื™ ืžืกื™ืจื•ืช ื ืคืฉ ื–ืืœ ื“ื•ืจื›ื“ืจื™ื ื’ืขืŸ ืื™ืŸ ืืœืข ื–ื™ื™ื ืข ื›ื—ื•ืช ื”ืคื ื™ืžื™ื™ื, that this feeling of mesirut nefesh should penetrate into your different aspects of your of your of your being. ื•ื•ืืก ื–ื™ื™ืขืจ ื”ืชื—ืœื” ื•ืจืืฉื™ืช, the beginning and the first is ื“ืขืจ ื›ื— ื”ืฉื›ืœ. So the word ืื“ื having both shows both. ืื•ืŸ ื“ืืก ืื™ื– ืื™ื™ื ืข ืคื•ืŸ ื“ื™ ืจืžื–ื™ื in that what ื•ื•ืืก ืž'ื”ืื˜ ื’ืขื–ืื’ื˜ ืฆื• ื ื‘ืจ ืžืฆื•ื” ื“ืขืจ ืžืืžืจ ื ืขืฉื” ืื“ื. This is one of the ืจืžื–ื™ื, one of the hints why the ืจื‘ื™ื™ื said by a Bar Mitzvah ื ืขืฉื” ืื“ื. Why? ืฆื• ื•ื•ื™ื™ื–ืŸ, to show ืื– ืื™ื™ืš ื•ื•ืขืŸ ืž'ืื™ื– ื“ืขืจื’ืื ื’ืขืŸ ืฆื• ืžืขืœื•ืช ื”ืฉื›ืœ ื•ื”ื“ืขืช ื”ืฉื™ื™ื›ื™ื ืœืžื™ื“ื•ืช, even when you now you have the ืฉืœืžื•ืช you're an ืื™ืฉ. If you became a Bar Mitzvah you're automatically an ืื™ืฉ, what we said before, and we said ืื™ืฉ means the ืฉืœืžื•ืช ื”ืฉื›ืœ, not that topped-off ืฉื›ืœ, ืฉื›ืœ ื•ื•ืืก ืื™ื– ืฉื™ื™ืš ืœืžื™ื“ื•ืช, but you have that, ื•ื•ืืก ื“ืขืžืืœื˜ืก ื•ื•ืขืจื˜ ืขืจ ื’ืขืจื•ืคืŸ ืื™ืฉ. So the ืจื‘ื™ื™ื said in the ืžืืžืจ telling him ืื– ืก'ืื™ื– ื ื™ื˜ ื’ืขื ื•ื’, it's not enough for you to be an ืื™ืฉ, ืื•ืŸ ืขืจ ื“ืืจืฃ ื ืืš ืืœืฅ ืึธื ืงื•ืžืขืŸ ืฆื• ื“ืขืจ ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ืคื•ืŸ ืื™ืฉ ื—ืจื‘ื•. Remember the ืื™ืฉ had the where does the ืคืกื•ืง speak about mesirut nefesh of ืฉืžืขื•ืŸ ื•ืœื•ื™, they took their swords, ืขื‘ื•ื“ืช ื”ืžืกื™ืจื•ืช ื ืคืฉ ืฉืœืžืขืœื” ืžืŸ ื”ืฉื›ืœ, ื•ื•ืืก ืื™ื– ืคืืจื‘ื•ื ื“ืŸ ืžื™ื˜ืŸ ื›ื ืกืช ืื“ื ื“ืขืฉื™ื” ื•ื™ืฆื™ืจื”, which is connected to ืื“ื ื“ืขืฉื™ื” ื•ื™ืฆื™ืจื”. Who understood this before their Bar Mitzvah? ืื”? Can a Bar Mitzvah bachur understand this? Yeah, well they customized it to the Bar Mitzvah. The Rebbe said this? Especially Who is Bar Mitzvah? Who is Bar Mitzvah? Oh, I maybe Who is Bar Mitzvah? The Rebbe wanted wanted Wait, this wasn't in 770? No. Which which part of ื ืขืฉื” ืื“ื? Which ืคืจืฉื” is that? Bereishit. Bereishit. ื ืขืฉื” ืื“ื ื•ื’ื•' ื‘ืฆืœืžื ื• ื›ื“ืžื•ืชื ื•. Okay, so there when out of 770? Well, this is the very first year, this was a He went to ื‘ืจื™ืช, to a few ื‘ืจื™ืชืŸ also in the 70s. Okay, and the Bar Mitzvah? Any When he went to chassunos, chassunos he went till ืชืฉื™\"ื–, ืชืฉื™\"ื— in the hall. Right, he went to the hall? Spoke by the ืงื‘ืœืช ืคื ื™ื, gave a sichah, yeah, yeah. Okay, l'chaim. We will say l'chaim before. Say l'chaim again. Who was bar mitzvah and that's why they said this ืžืืžืจ ื ืขืฉื” ืื“ื? No, ืžื—ืžืช this that he's giving him an ื”ืขืจื”, doesn't mean in this No, no. Why did the Rabbi say this ืžืืžืจ ื ืขืฉื” ืื“ื by a bar mitzvah? To tell to tell the bar mitzvah bachur to become an ืื“ื. But who said the maamar? Rabbeinu. Was he a bar mitzvah? No, for their children. No! For the Not the Rabbi. To their children. Children or not or their relatives, whatever, but they said a maamar by a somebody's bar mitzvah, this is what they said. Ah, so the Rabbi said in their son's bar mitzvah. Yeah. Tomorrow my father is having a procedure, angiogram. Tomorrow in Eretz Yisrael. My father. So, it should all come out for the best, it should give hatzlachah rabbah. Also today, ื™\"ื˜ Kislev and his birthday today. Give a berachah so. In Eretz Yisrael. What what would have mattered about when he was born? It doesn't matter if it's Jerry, thanks for the farbrengen. Thank you very much. Mhm. The end, it doesn't matter, it's No, tonight. Was done there or not? He never had a birthday? No, when he was born tomorrow night? The belt doesn't Meaning the belt? Even the frum belt? Stam, mostly don't. But we for sure do. That's an interesting question, when did he his birthday? Someone like ืื“ื that turned 13, when's the bar mitzvah? His ื‘ืจ... Midnight, so when is he a... Technically he is older than 13, no? I don't know. We see that for the ื’ื•ื™, when do they become proper ื‘ื ื™ ื ื—? They have all kinds of problems. Nobody can answer their questions that they have. All these consequences, teach in their schools, you know all these questions. Bar mitzvah, this, nobody... There is no answer for these questions. There's teshuvah? The Torah doesn't... Teshuvah, no answers. It brings from the Hayom Yom... I don't wonder whether he's supposed to teach him or how he's supposed to get through it, I don't know. It's a, brings a sichah. I wonder when his birthday become, when it's going to be in Who brings this sichah? Where is it? This is a Hayom Yom, he brings it On the bottom, you mean. on on from ืจืืฉ ื—ื•ื“ืฉ ืืœื•ืœ about that. ืขืชื™ืงื, no? ื ื•, ืื™ื™ื ืขื ืงืขืŸ ื–ืฒึทืŸ ื‘ืณ? Huh? Listen, I... ื ื•, ืื™ื™ื ืขื ืงืขืŸ ื–ืฒึทืŸ ื‘ืณ. Oh, wait, before. A story, a story on the Hayom Yom. A story, a story. Oh, the guy at the bottom. Yeah. A story, like that. So I told him mazal tov. Mazal tov, it will be a Shabbos, ืื ื™ืจืฆื” ื”ืฉื. Next ืื“ื, when the ื‘ื™ืช ื”ืžืงื“ืฉ was destroyed, other kids were standing beside him, and celebrated his birthday. 100%. To Yaakov Avinu. To Yaakov ืขืดื”. Danger that he had last night for it, was it? Sure he had already... How much is Likkutei Dibburim takes, you know, about been translated into English? I mean is I think the whole thing. The whole thing? I think so. It's Polish. I think my Not that I don't want to understand what you're I know, but that's what I'm asking. Sure, there's more? you beat somebody up and you're frustrated, and how you feel it, somebody else come along with a stick to clean, it's somebody else, so each time that person it it it's a conscious fight. because there's no problem like refinances or something? No, it doesn't refine itself. You have to work on yourself. help from above. with the ื˜ืฒึทื˜ืฉ of not understanding something that I'm explaining, you don't understand means my seichel doesn't agree with it at the meantime. And I know I'm wrong, because I know that it's right, since it says in the Chassidus or I know this guy's smarter, he knows. Right. But my seichel doesn't agree yet, and I'm overriding it, and I accept it anyway. Does that make That's, yeah. When I don't understand means, you're telling me this is so, I don't see it. What can I do? I don't see it. Put another way, I don't agree yet, so I agree yet, though. No, your ื˜ืฒึทื˜ืฉ agrees, not seichel. You are going to agree then. I agree because I know you're right. But the seichel itself disagrees. I agree, I agree, but my seichel disagrees. He says that the got a berachah, the Rebbe Rashab got a berachah from the Rebbe Maharash called help him in a yechidut to motivate that his body should follow the ruach, as a reflex action. But he was only to become an ืื™ืฉ. And he said, that's by his bar mitzvah, and now he has to become ืื“ื. ืื“ื. I remember you telling in another sichah I think you mentioned something about that if you're a ืžืฆื™ืื•ืช is contrary to ืืœื•ืงื•ืช because it because we don't understand everything, and that's just how the ื™ืฆืจ ื”ืจืข says that Always say, why you have to learn Chassidus? For that reason. If you don't learn, you don't understand about Hashem, so your nature tells you there is no Hashem. We believe, kabalat ol, we accept. But it's only emunah. That means the seichel is fighting the reality of der Eibershter. Yeah, right, because it doesn't know. It's not It's not purposely fighting. Right. No. And he's overriding that fight. And he accepts it. But the seichel itself fights. And he also said to need a koach from Above, in ืื ื•ืฉ which is, or ื’ื‘ืจ, I forgot which one, has it, the koach, that we should be able to become an ืื“ื. But that's only help from Above. We We can't do it ourselves. Right, and that's complete the process. What's it mean? It's a great ืื“ื. It's a great sichah. That is an amazing thing. ืžืขื ื˜ืฉื”ื™ื™ื˜.

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