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EIN YAAKOV

Yoma 38b

Why Age 36 Marks a Turning Point in Life

Part of Ein Yaakov · 20:30

A chassidic class on the significance of age 36, the purity (guf naki) required for a minor's mitzvos, and Rabbi Yishmael's parable of oil and apricots for good versus bad deeds.

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Rav Chiya Bar Aba on Majority of Life (36 years)

Yeah, holding ืœ\"ื–, ืกื™ืžืŸ ืœ\"ื–. ืกื™ืžืŸ ืœ\"ื–, bottom. ื•ืืžืจ ืจื‘ ืืœืขื–ืจ, ืจื‘ ืืœืขื–ืจ said ืืคื™ืœื• ื‘ืฉื‘ื™ืœ ืฆื“ื™ืง ืื—ื“. No, this we learned. Oh. Can we turn the page? We turned a page, yeah, we learned that, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, we turned the page, yeah, we're holding ืœ\"ื—, okay, ืœ\"ื—, yeah. I thought we finished Right, at top, right before ืœ\"ื—, on top. ืืžืจ ืจื‘ ื—ื™ื™ื ื‘ืจ ืื‘ื ืืžืจ ืจื‘ื™ ื™ื•ื—ื ืŸ, ืจื‘ ื—ื™ื™ื ื‘ืจ ืื‘ื said in the name of ืจื‘ื™ ื™ื•ื—ื ืŸ, ื›ื™ื•ื•ืŸ ืฉื™ืฆืื• ืจื•ื‘ ืฉื ื•ืชื™ื• ืฉืœ ืื“ื ื•ืœื ื—ื˜ื, if most of the years of a person's life passed and he didn't sin, ืฉื•ื‘ ืื™ื ื• ื—ื•ื˜ื, will not sin. What we got And what's called the most of the life? 36. 36? Must be. That's ืœื’ื‘ื™ ืœื’ื‘ื™ many dinim because it's... ื™ืžื™ ืฉื ื•ืชื™ื ื• ื‘ื”ื ืฉื‘ืขื™ื ืฉื ื”. Right. Yesh mefarshim there's a ื“ื™ืŸ ืœื’ื‘ื™ a ืกืจื™ืก. If you want to know like this, a person gets a get hair, pubic hair when you're 13, boy, and from then on you know he's a ื’ื“ื•ืœ. If he didn't get the hair, then he's still a ืงื˜ืŸ, no? The d'oraita says 15 He's 15, 20, yeah. But if and so when does he become a ื’ื“ื•ืœ? He doesn't. If he becomes 36 years old, and he didn't get hair, then we know he won't get it already. Because like this you can never know, maybe he's developing later so he's a ื’ื“ื•ืœ later. And if he gets to 25, he becomes a ื’ื“ื•ืœ at 25. Unless he doesn't get at all, so by 36 it says ื™ืฆืื• ืจื•ื‘ ืฉื ื•ืชื™ื•, 36 and he becomes a ื’ื“ื•ืœ now now we know that this is just a fluke thing. So he's a ื’ื“ื•ืœ ืœืžืคืจืข? No, he's not. No, he's a ื’ื“ื•ืœ from then. But that 36 called ืจื•ื‘ ืฉื ื•ืชื™ื•. Not legitimate till 36. Yeah. So does he make a beracha on shofar before he's 36? Does he make a beracha? Others should make a beracha too. Why it says it's a pele why we don't on shofar he makes a beracha, and everything he makes a beracha. It says ืงื˜ืŸ ืฉื”ื’ื™ืข ืœื—ื™ื ื•ืš ืื‘ื™ื• ืงื•ื ื” ืœื• ืชืคื™ืœื™ืŸ. Has to wear tefillin. He get to daat, so, it's not a... Even now, yeah. They were talking about kidush Hashem, yeah. Why? Huh? Why did he... Because you have to have a ื’ื•ืฃ ื’ื•ืฃ ื ืงื™, it says. And No. It's true. The din of

Guf Naki Requirement for a Minorโ€™s Mitzvot

ื’ื•ืฃ ื ืงื™ that's when a ืงื˜ืŸ doesn't have a ื’ื•ืฃ ื ืงื™, he can't, he's not careful. We got a mitzvah, 36. Yeah. Yeah, no, he says no, he said there one of the things he wrote about is if there's if there's a din of kidush Hashem by a ืงื˜ืŸ. Right. The ืจื‘ื™ said no, the ืจื‘ื™ said there is. And he first he set in the Gemara ื–ืื’ื˜ toch a ื—ื™ื•ื‘ ืœืคื“ื•ืช, how could it be a chiyuv of children? And then the Rabbi said, \"Well, on the other hand, it's even stronger. They're not mechuyav and he does it, that's even a bigger Kiddush Hashem.\" they can't figure out how to have a guf naki? We hope they could. Well that's, a l'mashal, somebody has a colostomy, can't put on tefillin? You're asking a ืฉืืœื” ืœืžืขืฉื” ื‘ืคื•ืขืœ, right? Not for you. I do. We all, okay. It's plastic covered with a cover, but the shaila is plastic uh it's a shaila, there's definitely it's a double Okay, so if you if ืจื•ื‘ ืฉื ื•ืชื™ื• passed and he didn't sin, he will not sin, ืฉื ืืžืจ it says ืจื’ืœื™ ื—ืกื™ื“ื™ื• ื™ืฉืžื•ืจ. If he didn't do aveirot most of his age, most of his years, he's called already a chassid, and the Eibershter says the feet of his chassidim he watches, so if you're a chassid already, he will watch you. So, What does the pasuk say? ืฉืžืจื” ื ืคืฉื™ ื›ื™ ื—ืกื™ื“ ืื ื™. So there's a big There's one of the big arguments between chassidim and misnagdim. Misnaged says, \"You see from here, what does he say? Watch me because I'm a chassid. A siman, a chassid is has to be watched, a chassid.\" This is such a peshat? No, he said, \"Watch me because I'm a chassid. Because if I'm not a chassid, the watching won't help.\" ื“ื‘ื™ ืจื‘ื™ ืฉื™ืœื ืืžืจื™, in the yeshiva of Rabbi Shila they said ื›ื™ื•ื•ืŸ ืฉื‘ื ืœืื“ื ื“ื‘ืจ ืขื‘ื™ืจื” ืœื™ื“ื• ืคืขื ืจืืฉื•ื ื” ื•ืฉื ื™ื” ื•ืœื ื—ื˜ื, if a person has an opportunity to do an aveirah once and he doesn't do it, second time he doesn't do it, ืฉื•ื‘ ืื™ื ื• ื—ื•ื˜ื. He won't sin already. This aveirah, ืฉื ืืžืจ, it says ืจื’ืœื™ ื—ืกื™ื“ื™ื• ื™ืฉืžื•ืจ. Since you didn't do it twice already, you're already in the geder of chassidus and it says the Eibershter watches the raglayim of the chassidim. Mimela, he'll watch you that you shouldn't do it. That sin. That sin, yeah, talking about that sin. It seems like karet should be 36. Huh? Karet should be 36. Why? A person dies before 60 years old Excuse. No, but that's a shaila what if a person is 15? If a person... Punishment is that he dies, the person dies under 60. Kares, if he dies ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื under 60, or it's opposite? I mean, that's the that's the punishment, and you get 39 malkot. Why 39? Because, why only at this age? That means that even if, chas veshalom, I mean he didn't have to die, really he should have lived longer, but because of the aveirah, he died. Doesn't say a person after 35 can't sin. Yeah, so No, obviously, that stam, it means that the aveirah never got to him. Stam, he probably didn't do a lot of aveirot. And it doesn't a person can't do a new aveirah after, what does it mean here, a person will It means that that aveirah came to him and he didn't do it ืจื•ื‘ ืจื•ื‘ ืฉื ื•ืชื™ื•, he didn't do it, so mistama he's experienced, I mean, he won't do it. But something new, mistama, yeah.

Rav Shimon on Divine Assistance to the Humble

ืืžืจ ืจื‘ื™ ืฉืžืขื•ืŸ ื‘ืŸ ืœืงื™ืฉ, Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish said, ืžืื™ ื“ื›ืชื™ื‘, what's the pasuk, pshat in the pasuk where it says, ืื ืœืœืฆื™ื ื”ื•ื ื™ืœื™ืฅ? You want to go with the ืœืฆื™ื, the Eibershter will let you go with the ืœืฆื™ื. ื•ืœืขื ื•ื™ื, you want to go with the ืขื ื•ื™ื, with the with the humble humble people, with the ืฆื“ื™ืงื™ื, ื™ืชืŸ ื—ืŸ, the Eibershter will give you grace. What does the pasuk mean? ื‘ื ืœื˜ืžื, ืคื•ืชื—ื™ืŸ ืœื•. If a person wants to do something bad, wants to become tamei, the Eibershter doesn't stop him. He opens the doors. You want to go, go. ื‘ื ืœื˜ื”ืจ, ืžืกื™ื™ืขื™ืŸ ืื•ืชื•, and when you want to be clean, not only the Eibershter allows you, He helps you. ืื‘ืขืจ ื“ื™ ื•ื•ืขืœื˜ ื˜ื™ื™ื˜ืฉื˜ that it is He says with a ื™', ืœื™ื˜ืžื, ืœื™ื˜ื”ืจ. So the she'eilah is, is it to become tamei or to become tahor, or ืœื˜ืžื, ืœื˜ื”ืจ? That if you want to help somebody else to become tahor, the Eibershter helps you. That it says with a ื™' means, also so it means both, ืœื˜ื”ืจ and ืœื˜ื”ืจ. Has a ื™'? ืœื˜ื”ืจ, ื ื•? ืœ' ื™'. ืœื˜ื”ืจ to do somebody else? Doesn't say there with a ื™'? Here it says with a ื™'. Huh? Here it says with a ื™'. But depends, if it's without a ื™' then it can mean ืœื˜ื”ืจ, yeah, and with a ื™' it means ืœื˜ื”ืจ. So if it doesn't say a ื™' you could you could read it, but then you could read it each way. If it says without a ื™', could be it's supposed to be read ืœื˜ื”ืจ and it could be ืœื˜ื”ืจ. So obviously it means both.

Yishmaelโ€™s Parable of Oil and Apricots

ืชื ื ื“ื‘ื™ Rabbi Yishmael, in the yeshiva of Rabbi Yishmael they taught: This is a ืžืฉืœ ืœืื“ื, ืžืฉืœ of a person who is ืžื•ื›ืจ ื ืคื˜ ื•ืืคืจืกืžื•ืŸ. He sold two things: ื ืคื˜, ื ืคื˜ smells very bad, ืืคืจืกืžื•ืŸ is smells very good. Now, ื‘ื ืœื™ืžื“ื•ื“ ื ืคื˜, if he comes, somebody wants to buy some ื ืคื˜, then you have to like pour it into a into a ื›ืœื™ to measure, ืื•ืžืจ ืœื• he says, ื ื, ื“ื ื”ืืกื˜ื•, here here's the bottle, measure it for yourself, do it yourself. Why should I measure it and get smelly? ื‘ื ืœื™ืžื“ื•ื“ ืืคืจืกืžื•ืŸ, if you want to measure the ืืคืจืกืžื•ืŸ, ืื•ืžืจ ืœื• he tells you, ื”ืืœื˜, ืื™ืš ื•ื•ืขืœ ืžืขืกื˜ืŸ, wait, I'll do it. Why? ื›ื“ื™ ืฉื ืชื‘ืกื ืื ื™ ื•ืืชื”, so I'll be, and you'll be, that I'll also get. So here we see that when it comes to do something good, so they, so the Eibershter Himself does it like like a person who really is selling it to somebody else, but I want to get vile also, so I'm participating. So the Eibershter participates when we want to do good. ืชื ื ื“ื‘ื™ Rabbi Yishmael, learned in the yeshiva of ืจื‘ื™ ื™ืฉืžืขืืœ, ืขื‘ื™ืจื” ืžื˜ืžื˜ืžืช ืœื‘ื• ืฉืœ ืื“ื. Doing an aveirah is ืžื˜ืžื˜ื, ื˜ืžื˜ื•ื ื”ืœื‘, ืคืืจืฉื˜ืืคื˜ ื“ื™ ื”ืืจืฅ. ืžืขืŸ ื–ืื’ื˜ ื˜ืืงืข, sometimes it says ื˜ืžื˜ื•ื ื”ืœื‘, sometimes it has a ืœืฉื•ืŸ ื˜ืžื˜ื•ื ื”ืžื•ื—, and sometimes you see, ื˜ืืงืข, a person that ื”ืื˜ ื ื’ื•ื˜ืข ืงืืค, has a good head, and he could understand everything, and it comes to a ืฉื˜ื™ืงืœ Gemara ืขืจ ืคืืจืฉื˜ื™ื™ื˜ ืขืก ื ื™ืฉื˜, ืงืืค ื’ื™ื™ื˜ ื ื™ืฉื˜ ืื™ืŸ ืงืืค, a ืฉื˜ื™ืงืœ Chassidus ื’ื™ื™ื˜ ื ื™ืฉื˜ ืื™ืŸ ืงืืค. Why not? So this is aveiros, so this is ื˜ืžื˜ื•ื ื”ืžื•ื—, ื˜ืžื˜ื•ื ื”ืœื‘, the ืงืืค ื•ื•ืขืจื˜ ืคืืจืฉื˜ืืคื˜. So it's not that he has a bad head, so for ื—ื›ืžื•ืช ื—ื™ืฆื•ื ื™ื•ืช, other things, he could be smart. For learning, that's ืžื•ื—, and for ืœื‘ is for for yirat Shamayim, the ื”ืืจืฅ ื•ื•ืขืจื˜ ืคืืจืฉื˜ืืคื˜, you don't feel a ื”ืขืจื’ืขืฉ ืื™ืŸ ืื™ืŸ ื ืื™ื“, ืื™ืŸ ืื™ื“ื™ืฉืงื™ื™ื˜. You don't get a feeling in a ืื™ื“ ืคื•ืŸ ืืœืงื•ืช. ืฉื˜ื™ื™ื˜ ืคืืจืืŸ ื–ืืš, yeah, it

Tanna on Food Becoming Part of the Body

says that that because that because food becomes ื“ืžื• ื•ื‘ืฉืจื• ื›ื‘ืฉืจื•, it becomes part of you, so ืคืืจืฉื˜ืืคื˜ ื“ื™ ื”ืืจืฅ. And specifically it says on, it says on every every ื˜ืจื™ืคื” food, and there are two things especially: ื™ื™ืŸ ื ืกืš and ื—ืœื‘ ืขื›ื•ื. ื™ื™ืŸ ื ืกืš and ื—ืœื‘ ืขื›ื•ื, yeah? ืกืชื ื™ื™ื ื, yeah. ื—ืœื‘ ืขื›ื•ื, it says also, it says specifically. ื—ืœื‘ ืขื›ื•ื is a ื˜ืžื˜ื•ื ื”ืžื•ื— ื•ื”ืœื‘. That's why, that's what I said, ื‘ื›ืœืœ, all ื˜ืจื™ืคื” food it says ืคืืจืฉื˜ืืคื˜. And that's why the Shach says that even for little children, which are not ืžื—ื•ื™ื™ื‘, you're still careful. Other things you're not careful, if the kids want, for little kids, a year old wants to switch the lights, I mean he doesn't care, Shabbos, cuz he's not even a ื’ื™ืœ ื—ื™ื ื•ืš, and food, from the baby when he's born, you don't want to feed him ื—ืœื‘ ืขื›ื•ื, why not? Why is this a whole ืขื‘ื™ืจื”? Because this becomes part of you, and specifically ื—ืœื‘ ืขื›ื•ืดื. Does it have an effect on the emunah? Takes the emunah. That the ืคืจื™ืขืจื“ื™ืงืขืจ that said told somebody, the Alter Rebbe the Alter Rebbe told somebody, ื—ืœื‘ ืขื›ื•ืดื ื—ืœื‘ ืขื›ื•ืดื makes sfeikot in emunah. Makes sfeikot in emunah. Moshe Rabbeinu? Huh? Moshe Rabbeinu. That's not ื—ืœื‘ ืขื›ื•ืดื, that's from nursing from a ื’ื•ื™ื”, the same idea, there it says he was going to speak to the ืฉื›ื™ื ื”. It's this ืคืจืฉื”, she wanted to call, today's, yeah, she wanted to call another ื’ื•ื™ื” she nursed, and he wouldn't nurse. So why? Because the mouth that will speak to the ืฉื›ื™ื ื”. And here it says ื‘ื›ืœืœ. Is there a difference between the ื—ืœื‘ ืกืชื and ื—ืœื‘ ืขื›ื•ืดื? Well ื—ืœื‘ ืกืชื is a ื ื™ื™ืข ืžืขืฉื”. ืฉื˜ื•ื™ื•ืช ืฉื˜ื•ื™ื•ืช ืฉื˜ื•ื™ื•ืช ื•ื”ื‘ืœื™ื. ื•ื•ื• ืฉื˜ื™ื™ื˜, ื•ื•ื• ืฉื˜ื™ื™ื˜ ืื™ืŸ ืฉื•ืœื—ืŸ ืขืจื•ืš, ื•ื•ื• ืื™ื– ื“ืึธ ืึท ื•ื•ืึธืจื˜ ื—ืœื‘ ืกืชื? ื“ืึธืก ืื™ื– ืื•ื™ืกื’ืขื˜ืจืึทื›ื˜. ืื•ื™ืกื’ืขื˜ืจืึทื›ื˜ ื ื ื™ื™ืข ืžืขืฉื”. ืื•ื™ืกื’ืขื˜ืจืึทื›ื˜ ื ื ื™ื™ืข ืžืขืฉื”. I don't know if he used he used the lashon, I don't know. ื—ืœื‘ ืขื›ื•ืดื is it's actually ื—ืœื‘ ืขื›ื•ืดื. He ื˜ืขื ื”'ืก that it's that it's mutar. So you can't call it, but you can't call it ื—ืœื‘ ื™ืฉืจืืœ, then how do you call it? It's really according to him it's just as good It can't call it ื—ืœื‘ ื™ืฉืจืืœ, there's no Yid that watched it, but it's as good as ื—ืœื‘ ื™ืฉืจืืœ. But then how you're going to differentiate? You're going to buy, you're buying ื—ืœื‘ ื™ืฉืจืืœ, but this is also. So they came up with a name, ืื•ื™ืกื’ืขื˜ืจืึทื›ื˜, mamash it's ืื•ื™ืกื’ืขื˜ืจืึทื›ื˜ ื ืžืขืฉื”, ืื•ื™ืกื’ืขื–ื•ื™ื’ืŸ ืคื•ืŸ ืคื™ื ื’ืขืจ, a maaseh from from Could it be because because the the automated the the milking a cow process is such an automated system and that's why they they call it That's not what he called it. That's not what he called it, no. He called it because Rav Moshe was matir it. Why was Rav Moshe matir it? Because he ื˜ืขื ื”'ื“ that when the Gemara says ื—ืœื‘ ืฉื—ืœื‘ื• ืขื›ื•ืดื ื•ืื™ืŸ ื™ืฉืจืืœ ืจื•ืื”ื•, it says if a milk was milked by a goy a Yid doesn't see it, you can't drink it. So he says, it's not that there's a din a Yid has to see it, there has to be a full verification that no treifah milk was mixed in. So he says, since we have government inspection and there's a fine given, memeila there is no issur of ื—ืœื‘ ืขื›ื•ืดื. So so they gave it a name, this is ืื•ื™ืกื’ืขื˜ืจืึทื›ื˜, they made up a name, there's no in poskim in halacha there's no such name. No such name, they just want to say, they say they call it ื—ืœื‘ ืกืชื. Cuz they want to show that it's, cuz you have the ones with the hechsher, it's called ื—ืœื‘ ื™ืฉืจืืœ, and if they're going to call this ื—ืœื‘ ื™ืฉืจืืœ, you're going to mix up. So, but they don't want to call it ื—ืœื‘ ืขื›ื•ืดื, we call it ื—ืœื‘ ืขื›ื•ืดื, they don't want to call it ื—ืœื‘ ืขื›ื•ืดื because ื—ืœื‘ ืขื›ื•ืดื you're not allowed to drink. So they came up with a So it became a new name, ื—ืœื‘ ืกืชื. Now it became such a ื‘ืœื‘ื•ืœ because in America, memeila, but the other countries The heter doesn't apply. it does not apply. A guy told me himself, a guy told me he was in Hong Kong, and he's like \"I'm not careful ื—ืœื‘ ื™ืฉืจืืœ, I'm not careful, I think I rely on the heter of Rav Moshe\", fine. So he was in a guy told me Where? Bichlal, a guy from here. Rav Moshe didn't Rav Moshe just said if it halavai, right, but good, so they abuse the heter. They abused the heter. Okay, but let's say He didn't say it's specifically United States. He didn't, but he said this reason. Okay. He said he was in Hong Kong, and he was in a hotel, stayed, he was on business in Hong Kong, and he drank, they gave coffee and there was a little thing of milk there, and he used the milk cuz he doesn't care about ื—ืœื‘ ืขื›ื•ืดื. And that was, it tasted very it comes good the coffee. So he asked the guy what is this. So he says, \"Oh, this is,\" he said camel's milk. And there's no there's no government inspection, and even if there is in these countries you can't trust them. The government is they the government is, I don't know, it's fake cases you can't So Rav Moshe's heter doesn't even apply there. But it's so abused the heter that people will go to other countries, goes to China, for instance, go to and they'll drink milk. Why? Because Rav Moshe's It's not true, not in the case. Where there is government inspection, and it's a government that you could trust, like America, there is heter, and even that he only says it when Do you really trust Right, now you make a joke. No, I mean the government inspection for milk. I'm not talking about Obamacare. I Someone told me who lived, I told this over many times, he lived on I used to give a ืฉื™ืขื•ืจ ื—ืกื™ื“ื•ืช in RJJ so they have whole few brothers, the Stern brothers, they lived on the same floor in the coop like Rav Moshe. Oh yeah. So the guy told me he knows for a fact that once Rav Moshe's daughter gave him a drink of milk, or maybe in coffee, and when he finished drinking, she told him, just by the way, that you know this is was not ื—ืœื‘ ื™ืฉืจืืœ. He went to the bathroom and he vomited. Who who did? Rav Moshe. So I have to tell you, I

Anecdote of Rav Mosheโ€™s Daughter and Forbidden Milk

once at the shloshim of Rav Moshe, we had a big shloshim thing here, I spoke, I told this story. Dakht zich. No? A few weeks later someone shows me a magazine, a Yiddish magazine in English, but a Yiddish magazine, and there's an article from Tendler. And Tendler writes there so, \"I heard that by one of the shloshim things someone told this story, and I want to tell you it's not true.\" Davke nisht. I'm telling I heard it from one of the brothers who live on his floor and he said he heard it from first-hand. I don't think they were sitting there when this happened, but they heard it first-hand. Yeah. That's with the wine. That was with the, the Rebbe Maharash with the wine. The Maharash went from Lubavitch to Paris, imagine how far, Lubavitch to Paris. It's I can't imagine And he went there, and he went with Manni Maneszon. When they came there, he went to the room in the most fancy hotel. Manni Maneszon, he said, \"You go to...\" Run cheap, \"You go to a cheaper hotel.\" Anyway, because because why did the Rebbe need a fancy hotel? Because on the floor where he was stayed, in the middle of the floor, there was like a lobby or something, and guys were sitting there, geshpilt karten, they're playing cards. And the Rebbe Maharash went out, and he saw, like, in a kazina, he has looked, looked around, and he became very behitragshut, and he walked, and they serving wine. People were drinking wine and playing cards. He walked over to one guy, to one yungerman, and he banged him on the back, and he says, \"yungerman, yungerman, ื™ื™ืŸ ื ืกืš is ืžื˜ืžื˜ื ื”ืžื•ื— ื•ื”ืœื‘.\" Pashut the wine is ืžื˜ืžื˜ื. And the Rebbe Maharash was very like, ื‘ื”ืชืจื’ืฉื•ืช, ืขื“ ื›ื“ื™ ื›ืš the way he told the story, in those days there were no elevators, so it's a fancy hotel. You expect the the fancy people, the rich people to walk up flights? So they used to have at this stairca-, at the staircase, there was like a chair, a special chair, that if someone, he wanted to go to the higher floor, he would sit down on it, chevra used to come running and pick him up, and take him up to the next floor. And the Rebbe Maharash was so much stomped from this thing that he did, that he wanted to rest, he sat down on the chair. All of a sudden guys are coming and picking him up. He says, \"I'm not going, I I stay on this floor.\" Anyway, and this is what, that night, this yungerman that he spoke to came knocking at the door. He asked who this man is and where he stayed, knocked on the door, and went into him, and he spoke to the Rebbe Maharash for a long time, and the Rabbi Maharash left. And this guy became a baal teshuvah through this, and went to Lubavitch, and he became a They have a name, but there is only ืจืืฉื™ ืชื™ื‘ื•ืช, we don't know exactly who he is. It says a an abbreviation, ื\"ื“, something like that, a name. And the Rabbi Maharash said, ืขืจ ื”ืื˜ ื’ืขื–ืขืŸ, he saw through ืจื•ื— ื”ืงื•ื“ืฉ, ืื– ืก'ืคืืจืืŸ ื ื”ื•ื™ื›ืข ื ืฉืžื”, ื•ื•ืืก ืื™ื– ืคืืจื‘ืœืื ื“ื–ืฉืขื˜ ื’ืขื•ื•ืืจืŸ ืื™ืŸ ืขื•ืžืง ื”ืงืœื™ืคื•ืช, this guy. Now this guy had a high neshamah. So he traveled special from Lubavitch to Paris to Paris. And he and he took a room in that hotel because he wanted to, and he, and that schlepped him ืืจื•ื™ืก. But what word did he use to schlepp him ืืจื•ื™ืก? Yes. So ืžื™ืœื ืื–ื•ื™, it's not the word the word itself. If I will come and say this, it's not going to schlepp him ืืจื•ื™ืก. ื“ืขืจ ืจื‘ื™ ื”ืื˜ ื’ืขื–ืื’ื˜. What's it? The guy, he left to Paris, he went to Paris, the Rabbi Maharash. Went from Lubavitch to Paris, traveled special just for this guy. It makes it ืคืืจืฉื˜ืืคื˜ your heart and your brain and But the Rebbe said it, mistama, and he said it, you know, because it was with kavanah, ha? ื›ื— ื”ืคื•ืขืœ ื‘ื ืคืขืœ? Yeah, the Rebbe brings this story, you know. The Rabbi Maharash, when he went to Paris. ื›ื— ื”ืคื•ืขืœ ื‘ื ืคืขืœ from this, eh? What? Now, this is one of them. What's the chidush? It's not a chidush, there's many. The neshamah, and what he said. No, that he, for one person, for one person he spent so many days traveling from Lubavitch and back. In this generation, they don't know his name, or? I don't know, I don't know if people know it. Earlier generations, I'm sure there I'm sure there are. I think where I, where this story's told, in this maamar it doesn't say, but there in some place, in the original place it says, I think ื, I'm not sure, I think ื\"ื“, ืจืืฉื™ ืชื™ื‘ื•ืช. So I don't know who he is, as if, but as a, he became a real chassid. So he said, ืขืจ ื”ืื˜ ื’ืขื–ืขืŸ ืคื•ืŸ ื“ืขืจ ื•ื•ื™ื™ื˜ืŸ ืื– ืก'ืื™ื– ื“ื ื ื ืฉืžื” ื’ื“ื•ืœื”, ื ื ืฉืžื” ื’ื‘ื•ื”ื”, ืคืืจื‘ืœืื ื“ื–ืฉืขื˜ ืื™ืŸ ืขื•ืžืง ื”ืงืœื™ืคื•ืช. So he went to Lubavitch? He, no, he became a chassid. I don't know if he lived in Lubavitch. He, kids of the Rebbe, and he became, became a baal teshuvah. Became a baal teshuvah, and became a ืœื™ื•ื‘ืื•ื•ื™ื˜ืฉืขืจ, became a In yeshivah, he learned? Not in yeshivah learned, he came to Lubavitch, I mean. So where does it say his name? So one of the original places it's written before, maybe even in Likutei Dibburim, I don't know where, but there it says, it's a ืจืืฉื™ ืชื™ื‘ื•ืช, two letters. I think it's a, I don't know who he is. Anyway, the pasuk is, it says, ื•ืœื ืชื˜ืžืื• ื‘ื”ื, oh, don't become tamei with ืขื‘ื™ืจื•ืช, ื•ื ื˜ืžืชื ื‘ื, ืืœ ืชืงืจื™ ื•ื ื˜ืžืชื ืืœื ื•ื ื˜ืžื˜ื. ื•ื ื˜ืžื˜ื, vert fartamt, vert metumtam ืžื˜ื•ืžื˜ื. ืชื ื• ืจื‘ื ืŸ, the ืจื‘ื ืŸ took like this, ื•ืœื ืชื˜ืžืื• ื‘ื”ื ื•ื ื˜ืžืชื ื‘ื, so he says, it's, the pasuk says, don't be metamei and don't become tamei. It's like a double talk. ืื“ื ืžื˜ืžื ืขืฆืžื• ืžืขื˜, ืžื˜ืžืื™ืŸ ืื•ืชื• ื”ืจื‘ื”. If you make yourself tamei a little bit, you're pulling, you're schlepping that they should make you tamei more. ืžืœืžื˜ื”, ืžื˜ืžืื™ืŸ ืื•ืชื• ืžืœืžืขืœื”. If you make yourself tamei down here, lemalah they make you tamei. ื‘ืขื•ืœื ื”ื–ื”, if you make yourself tamei in ื‘ืขื•ืœื ื”ื–ื”, ืžื˜ืžืื™ืŸ ืื•ืชื• ืœืขื•ืœื ื”ื‘ื. ืชื ื• ืจื‘ื ืŸ, the other pasuk says, ื•ื”ืชืงื“ืฉืชื ื•ื”ื™ื™ืชื ืงื“ื•ืฉื™ื, make, become holy, make yourself holy. Also a double talk. ืื“ื ืžืงื“ืฉ ืขืฆืžื• ืžืขื˜, ืžืขื˜, if a person makes himself holy a little bit, ืžืงื“ืฉื™ืŸ ืื•ืชื• ื”ืจื‘ื”, they make him holy a lot. ืžืœืžื˜ื”, ืžืงื“ืฉื™ืŸ ืื•ืชื• ืžืœืžืขืœื”. If you make yourself holy down here, they make you holy lemalah. If you make yourself holy in ืขื•ืœื ื”ื–ื”, ืžืงื“ืฉื™ืŸ ืื•ืชื• ืœืขื•ืœื ื”ื‘ื, you make yourself in ืขื•ืœื ื”ื‘ื. And in Tanya, you would teitsh, ื•ื”ืชืงื“ืฉืชื

Make Yourself Holy โ€“ The Opening Call

ื•ื”ื™ื™ืชื ืงื“ื•ืฉื™ื, ื•ื”ืชืงื“ืฉืชื, ืฉืชืขืฉื• ืขืฆืžื›ื ืงื“ื•ืฉื™ื. ืฉืชืขืฉื• ืขืฆืžื›ื, does it? Yeah, it means, work on and make yourself holy. So chasidim flegen teitshen, ืžืื›ื˜ ืคืืจ ื ื—ืœืง. Afilu az nisht. And the what end will be, like the story with the Alter Rebbe, you know, the guy who came and said to the Alter Rebbe that he, says, \"I know your chasidim. They make themselves gantze tzadikim, they daven long, they I know they're all bluffers, they don't mean it.\" The Alter Rebbe looked at him and said, \"azoy? Azoy? ื–ืืœ ืžืขืŸ ืงื•ื™ื ื•ื•ืขืจืŸ ืื–ื•ื™, ื•ื•ื™ ืขืก ืฉื˜ื™ื™ื˜ ืื™ืŸ ืกื•ืฃ ืžืกื›ืช ืคืื”.\" The guy didn't know what it said in ืกื•ืฃ ืžืกื›ืช ืคืื”. Is it, is it a klalah, eppes? Something, azoy, azoy? He went to look to ืกื•ืฃ ืžืกื›ืช ืคืื”. ืกื•ืฃ ืžืกื›ืช it says, if a person shouldn't make himself blind to collect money or make himself a hinkedik, because he'll make himself blind, the end will be he'll become blind. That's what the Alter Rebbe meant. They're bluffing and they're making themselves so holy. So ืžืงื™ื™ื ื–ื™ื™ืŸ ืกื•ืฃ ืžืกื›ืช ืคืื”, so they'll become holy. So the ื˜ื™ื™ื˜ืฉ ืื™ื– faster, ืžืืš ื–ื™ืš, ืžืืš ื–ื™ืš ื”ื™ื™ืœื™ื’! It's not coming in Olam Haba. You think Olam Haba that's that's when your Gehenom is done. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's

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