Why the Exodus Needed a Father-Son Bond, Not Just Freedom
Why the Exodus Needed a Father-Son Bond, Not Just Freedom
Part of Shemot · 52:30
A chassidic class on why some Israelites refused to leave Egypt, the new covenant formed at Matan Torah, and why true free choice means choosing against one's own natural inclination.
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relationship with with Hashem' is through your spouse, it says, yeah. ืขื ืืคืกืืง ืืืืืจ ืืืงืื ืื ืืฉื ืืืื ืืฉืจ ืืืื, ืืืชื ืืืืจืฉ, Moshe Rabbeinu asked the Eibershter when he went by the burning bush, he asked, \"What's your name?\" So he says, \"I will be that I will be.\" ืืืชื ืืืืจืฉ, yeah, so it says in the ืืืจืฉ, ืืืจ ืจืื ืืืื ื, Rabbi Yochanan said ืืืื ืืฉืจ ืืืื means ืืืืืืื. If you translate the word \"I be what I shall be\" means I will be only for those that I will be. That means that there will be somebody I won't. To those that I will be, I will be. But that's only if we talk about individuals, ืืื ืืืจืืืื ืขื ืืจืื ืฉืื ืืืืืชื. But for the community, there is no such thing that it's possible I won't be. Community, I will be with the community and there will always be Yidden who will be close to me. Individuals, maybe not. ืืฉื ืฉืืฉืืจืืช ืฉืื ืืื, ืืื ืื ื ืขืืืื. If we break their teeth even, I'll be their king. ืฉื ืืืจ ืื ืื ื ื ืืื ื' ืืืงืื ืื ืื ืืื ืืืงื ืืืืื ืขืืืื. I'm going to be your king with a strong hand, whether you like it or not. It's the, it's the same ืืจืืืืชื ืืช ืืฉืจ ืืจืื. Same thing, same. The one that I will be, but that's only for ืืืืืื. ืคืืจืฉื ืืืคืจืฉืื ืืืจื ืืืืจืฉ, and the ืืคืจืฉืื explain the ืืืจืฉ, ืืืืฉืจ ืืืื, I will be to those that I will be, ืืฉืืขื ืื ืฉืืืื ืืื ืืืืงืื, ืืฉืืข that this is I'm going to be a God, ืืื ื ืืืจื ืืืจื ืืืื ืืืคื, that's for sure and in all circumstances. ืืื ืืืฉืจ ืืืื, ืืืื ืฉืืืื ืืื ืืคืืขื ืืืงืื, those that I will be, I will be. ืืืืืจืชื ืืืืคืฆื, which means those that want, that's the bottom line. Those that I will be for them, they want me their God, I will be their God. ืืื ืื ืืจืฆื, but if they don't want, by individuals, ืืืื ืืคืจืืง ืขืื, they could take off, throw off the yoke and they could tear themselves, and it says Hashem' says, \"I won't be.\" ืื ื ืืืจ ืื, but this inyan that it's only for ืืืืืื, individuals, he says it's a choice. If the individuals want, fine. Those that don't want, that's it. ืืื ืืจืืื ืื ืื ืืื ืืคืจืืง ืขืื ืฉืืื, but the ืจืืื, the community, I'm never going to let, Hashem' says, to turn away from me. ืฉืืคืืื ืืืฉืืื ืืืืช, and even if they're going to all think to turn away from me, ืขื ืืจืืื ืืืืื ืขืืืื, I'm going to force, by force be on them. ืืืื, ืขืืื ืืฉืจืื ืฉืืื ืืืฆืจืื, therefore the Yidden in ืืฆืจืื, ืื ืืื ืืฉ ืืื ืืื ืืื ืืืื ืจืฉืขืื, and we know that there were many bad people among them, af al pi chen, still, ืืืืืื ืฉืื ืจืืื, ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืืื ืืืชื. Since the community, Hashem' took out. In other words, there's certain individuals that, takeh, stayed, because those that didn't want, didn't want, but there can't In other words, it was impossible to be that everyone should not want to go out, and everyone, and Hashem' says, \"Okay, if you don't want, I won't.\" That won't happen. Hashem' says as a community, for sure will take out. ืืืืืื ืืื ืืื, so from this we understand, ืื ืฉ, the ืืฃ ืฉืืืชืื ืืื ืืืงื ืืืืื ืขืืืื, even though the pasuk that it says that by force I will be your king, ืงืื ืขื ืืืคื ืืืืืื ืฉืืืืืงืื ืืืืื, ืืืืื ืื ืืืืืื ืืขืชืืื, it's going on the later generations from Yechezkel to the time of Mashiach, ืื' ืืืจืืืืช ืืื ืื ืืืืืื ืืืฆืืืช ืืฆืจืื, but still the Geulah of going out of Mitzrayim is hinted, ืฉืื ืืืืื ืื ืืืชื ืืื ืืืืคื, that even going out of Mitzrayim was in the same way, ืฉืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืืืฆืืื ืืืฆืจืื ืืื ืืืงื ืืืขื ืืจืื, ื' took them out by force. So Hashem' said, \"No matter what, whether you like it or not, I'll take you out.\" And that's what He did. ืืืื ืื ืฉืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืืฉืชืืฉ ืืืืืื ืืื ืืืงื, ืืื ืจืง ืืืืจืื ืืช ืืืจืืืื ืืื ืืฉืจืื. This that He said He took them out, no matter what, was only for the klal. As a klal, as a group, there is a group of Yidden that came out. ืืื ืื ืื ืืืข ืืืืืืื, individuals, not everyone came out. ืืืคืืจืฉ Midrash, it says clearly in ืืืจืฉ, ืืืชื ืืจืฉืขืื ืฉืื ืจืฆื ืืฆืืช ืืืฆืจืื, those evil people who didn't want to leave ืืฆืจืื, ืืชื ืืฉืืฉืช ืืื ืืคืืื, they died the three days of darkness. That's why Hashem' made darkness. Were they the majority, though? Huh? Were they the majority? Majority? The
ืืจืืืื doesn't mean majority versus minority. It means a tzibur or ืืืืืื. And you can have the tzibur to be, let's say you could have a thousand people, and let's, fifty go out. There will be a klal that'll go out. There will be a klal like that. That means ืืืื ืืจืืืื, ืืืื the ืจืืืื, ืืืื the community, that's not ืฉืืื. It's for sure everyone will go out. But the ืืืืืื, there is a possibility that those that didn't want to go out, didn't go out. But didn't the majority get killed? Didn't four-fifths... Yeah, yeah, according Depends which opinion. But that is the majority, no? Saying the word \"majority,\" it doesn't mean majority. It means a klal. The klal could be minority, too. I see. How's it a klal? Klal, no. That doesn't mean the amount of people. There is an amount of frum Yidden. Hashem' says there will always be frum Yidden. Now, there is a majority, probably, but it doesn't mean ืืื ืืืื that there should be no frum Yidden, can't be. There has to be a Klal Yisrael of of of Yidden that will go out of Mitzrayim, will go out of galut, has to be. But individuals, and it could be a lot of individuals, it could be more individuals not go out than yeah, that doesn't matter, but there is a klal. ืืื ื ืืืฉืงืคื... So you don't look at the ones who don't go out as a group also, you only look at them as individuals? Interesting, it kind of sounds like Not that you look at it as a group. There are people who will go out, he says. There will always be some because there has to be a Klal Yisrael that goes out. Those that don't go out, don't. So if we're looking at them as ืืืืืื, not as a klal also? Why not look at them as ืืืืืื? No. Everyone is a ืืืื, but there will always be a group of ืืืืืื that will go out. Okay. Because that group of ืืืืืื makes up a certain klal. The ones that might not, they won't. Yeah. Okay. ืืื ื ืืืฉืงืคื ืจืืฉืื ื ืืฉ ืืืืจ, at first glance you could have said, ืืืืืื ืฉืคืกืืง ืื ืื ืืื ืืืงื ืืืืื ืขืืืื ืืืืื ืืืืืื ืขืชืืื, since this pasuk where Hashem says, \"I'm going to by force be your king\" is talking about Mashiach's time, ืืืืืจืฉ ืืืืืื ืืื ืืืืก ืืืฆืืืช ืืฆืจืื, and the Midrash uses that concerning Mitzrayim that the same thing happened in Mitzrayim, ืืจื ืืืืื, now let's go the other way, ืืฉ ืืืืจ ืขื ืืื ืืืจืื ืืืืืืช ืืฆืจืื ืขื ืืืืืื ืขืชืืื. If we're learning out from what it says in the geulah of Mashiach to apply it to the geulah of Mitzrayim, now let's say, obviously they are both the same, so let's take what it says by Mitzrayim and apply it to ืืืืื ืขืชืืื. ืืืื ื, so it comes out, ืฉืื ืืื ืืืงื ืฉืืืืืื ืขืชืืื ืืื ื ืืืืขื ืืื ืืจืืื. So the
same, just like it was in Mitzrayim, will apply now too, that the fact that we will go out of galus doesn't mean every Yid will go out. There will be Klal Yisrael that'll go out, but it doesn't mean every yachid. ืื ืืืืจ, that means, ืฉืืืืื ืฉื ืชืืจื ืืฉืืช ืขื ื' ืืืืงืื ืืฉื ื' ืืืืงืื, that you will do teshuvah and Hashem will take you out, which means ืฉืกืืฃ ืืฉืจืื ืืขืฉืืช ืชืฉืืื ืืกืืฃ ืืืืชื, and at the end it will be Yidden will do teshuvah and go out of ืืืืช, ื ืืืจื ืื ืืืข ืืจืืื ืืืืื ืืฉืจืื. So it seems that just like by Mitzrayim it was only said by the klal, so too will be by ืืฆืืื from this ืืืืช, ืืื ืื ืืืข ืืืืืืื, and not ืืืืืื, which means that there's a possibility for individuals not to go out. Yeah, so let's not fight it. ืืื ืืืืช ืื ืืคืฉืจ ืืคืจืฉ ืื. We can't say that. No Jew will be left behind, not even one. Right. Everyone agrees with this, right? ืืืืคืืจืฉ ืืคืืจืืฉ Rashi, like Rashi says clearly on the on ืืืชืื ืืฉื ื' ืืืืงืื, on that pasuk Hashem will make you return, ืฉืืืืื ื ืืื ืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืคืจื, every individual, ืืืืฉืื Rashi, like Rashi says, ืืืื ืืืื ืืืฉ ืืืฉ ืืืฉ. Hashem is going to hold every single person by the hand. ืชืืืงืื ืืืื ืืื ืื ื ืืฉืจืื, one by one will be collected, it'll be ืืืืืื. ืืืจื ืืืืืช ืืืืืื ืืคืจืฉืช ืืฉื ื' ืืื ืืืืฉื ืืืกืืืืืช ืืืืกืืื ืฉื ืืืืืช, ืฉื ืืืืืื. This thing that will come back comes as a result of the reason why the geulah will be, which is ืืฉืืช ืขื ื' ืืืืงืื, we'll do teshuvah. That means that if the geulah will be for everyone, and the reason for the geulah will be teshuvah, so everyone is going to do teshuvah. ืฉืืฉืจืื ืืขืฉืืช ืชืฉืืื ืืกืืฃ ืืืืชื, ืืืื ื ืื ืืื ืืื ืื ืืื ืืืื ืืคืจื. Every single Yid is guaranteed to do teshuvah. ืืื ืืื ืืชื ืืืื\"ืจ ืืืงื, the Alter Rebbe writes, ืชื ืื, ืกืืื ืฉืืืื ืขืจืื, ืฉืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืฉืจืื, every single person, ืืืืืื ืกืืคื ืืขืฉืืช ืชืฉืืื, the end will be with ืชืฉืืื, ืื ืื ืืื ืืื ื ื ืื, no one will be pushed away. If He's going to take us out with a strong hand, what does that have to do with teshuvah? What you're saying... He'll make us do teshuvah! He'll
force us to teshuvah! The Gemara says clearly: if the Yidden will not want to do ืชืฉืืื, ืื ื ืืขืืื ืขืืืื ืืื ืงืฉื ืืืื ืืืืืืจื ืืืืื! I'm going to get them a real, real rasha to be on top of them, and that'll bring them back to teshuvah. But just by taking us out, we'll... No, no, before that! No, first we'll do teshuvah first, then He'll take us out. ืืฉืืช, it doesn't say ืืฉืืชื, ืืฉื, ืืฉืืช, ืืฉืื ืืืื. ืืฉืืช, ืืฉืื ืืืื. No re'ayah, but it's also, that's a remez, because it could be on a klal you use a ืืฉืื ืืืื, but also it means every single one, yeah. ืืขื ืคื ืื ื ืืืื ืืื ืื ืื ืืจืฉืขืื... Is that why the Rebbe had that push that we're doing teshuvah now, even that you don't even know it? The teshuvah works its... The Rebbe always said that, that almost limud zechut on Yidden, that every Yid did teshuvah already. He looks inside you, whatever he does, he's going through his life's circumstances, it's creating a... Certain, yeah, a certain level of teshuvah. So this includes also those ืจืฉืขืื, ืืฃ ืืื ืฉืื ืืจืฆื ืืฆืืช ืื ืืืืืช, that from this galut, even those that will not want to come out will still go out. ืฉืื ืืืชื ืืขืืจืจ ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืืชืฉืืื, even them Hashem will awaken to do teshuvah, ืืืืื ืืืชื ืื ืืืืืช, will take them out of the galut. Not like in Mitzrayim. In Mitzrayim, those that didn't want to go out, died. ืืืื ืฉืืฆืื ื ืืคืืจืฉ ืืืชืื, clearly in the pasuk: ืืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืชืงืข ืืฉืืคืจ ืืืื, that day when Mashiach will come, they'll blow a big ืฉืืคืจ, ืืืื ืืืืืืื ืืืจืฅ ืืฉืืจ ืืื ืืืื ืืืจืฅ ืืฆืจืื, and all those who are lost in Ashur, and those kicked away, pushed away in Mitzrayim, they will come back, ืืืฉืชืืื ืื' ืืืจ ืืงืืืฉ ืืืจืืฉืืื, and they will bow down to ืืฉื in ืืจืืฉืืื. That means ืฉืื ืืื ืฉืฉืงืขื ืืืืืช, and even those that are sink into the ืืืืช, ืขื ืฉื ืขืฉื ืืืืืื ืื ืืืื, they're referred to as lost ones, pushed away ones, ืืืื ืืื ืฉืื ืจืืฆืื ืืฆืืช ืื ืืืืืช, they don't want to go out of the ืืืืช, ืื ืื ืืชืขืืจืจื ืืชืฉืืื, they also get awakened to do ืชืฉืืื, ืืืฃ ืื ืืืืื ืืืฉืชืืื ืื' ืืืจ ืืงืืืฉ ืืืจืืฉืืื. They're going to come and also bow down to ืืฉื at the holy mountain, in ืืจืืฉืืื. So this is a difference between then and now. ืืืืืืืจ ืืื ืคืขืืื, when a guf is resurrected, won't it do teshuvah, though? Or that would have already cleansed? He's wondering if we'll go out. Not yet. Probably have to be korbanot, you have to bring. And ืืืืืืืจ ืืื ืคืขืืื, the Rebbe said, like I explained many times, ืืคืืจืืฉ ืืฉืื ืื\"ื ืืืชืฉืืื ืืฉืืืช ืืื ืืจืฉืข ืืืืื ืฉื ืคืกื. In the
Haggadah, we find the four sons. One of them is the rasha, and the rasha is a bad guy. What do we answer to the rasha? It says answer very sharply. Tell him, ืืืื ืืื ืฉื ืื ืืื ื ืืื. You, had you been in Mitzrayim, you'd never get out. So the Rebbe, ืืืืืจื ืชืืื, it's not understood. ืืื ืืฆืืจื ืืืื ืืชืืขืืช ืืืืจ ืืจืฉืข ืขื ืื ืฉืืื ื ืฉืืื ืืกืืจ ืฉืื ืืืืจืื ืืฆืืืช ืืฆืจืื? Why would we say this, even look to say this, when we're remembering Yetziat Mitzrayim, we're telling a guy, \"You wouldn't go out!\" What are we trying to bring out with this? He's a gilgul of the one who didn't go out. No, so what's the purpose of saying it? What do we gain? You have to in yeshivah. Ah? He has to be in yeshivah. Yeah, but why do we mention To do that you should say it in the Gemara, but during Seder you shouldn't do it. In Seder, everything we do should be connected to going out of Mitzrayim. This is not. ืืืืืืืจ ืืืคืฉื, ืืื ื ืืืืื ื ืืืืืช ืืช ืืื ืจืฉืข ืืืกืืจ. It's not the pshat we're telling him something, you wouldn't go out, and therefore you don't belong here, get out of the Seder! Because had you been there, you wouldn't be part of ืืฆืืืช ืืฆืจืื anyway. That's not what we're trying to say. ืืืืืืืข ืฉืืืืืื ืืื ื ืขืืืจื, we're not telling you, well, you wouldn't go out of Mitzrayim, and therefore you won't go out with Mashiach either! ืื ืืืจืื, on the contrary, ืืชืฉืืื ืืืื ืืืืืฉืื, when we answer him we say had you been there you wouldn't go out. ืฉืจืง ืฉื ืืืฆืจืื ืื ืืื ื ืืื, in the situation the way it was there you wouldn't go out, ืืื ืืืืืื ืืขืชืืื, in the coming ืืืืื, ืืคืจื ืืืืืื ืฉืืื ืืืจ ืืชื ืชืืจื, since it's already after the Torah was given, ืื ืืื ืขืชืื ืืืืื, he'll also go out. ืืืืืื, what's the purpose? ืืกืืืขืช ืืคืขืื ืขืืื ืขื ืื ืืืชื ืชืืจื. So if we tell him, you, as bad as you are and you wouldn't go out then, now you'll go out because of the Torah, then he gets awakened to a feeling to ืืชื ืชืืจื. ืฉืื ืืืจ ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื, ืื ืื ื' ืืืงืื ืืฉืื ืืืื. So when Hashem said, \"I am your God,\" singular, ื ืืฉื ืืื' ืืืืืช ืืื ืืืืืชื ืฉื ืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืฉืจืื. It became ืืื', the Aibershter became the koach. ืืื' ืืืงืื, ืืื' is the Aibershter, ืืืงืื means your God, which the Shulchan Aruch says means your koach, that the Aibershter of ืืชื ืชืืจื became the koach, the power, the energy of every Yid. ืืื ืื ืื ื ืืฉืจืื, ืื ืจืฉืข ืืืืื, therefore every Yid, even a rasha like this guy, ืืืืื ืืื ืฉืขื ืืื ืื ืื ืกืืคื ืืืืื. Because the koach of ืืชื ืชืืจื he has, he will go out. So now we know the fact is that by Mitzrayim they didn't go out, these reshaim, and by the ืืืืื ืืขืชืืื they will go out. So we don't compare the two. Okay. ืืฆืจืื ืืืืื, we have to understand. Number one. ืืืขื ืฉืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืืื ืืช ืืฉืจืื ืืืฆืจืื, the reason Hashem took us out of Mitzrayim, ืืื ืฉืืชืื ืืคืจืฉืช Shemot, it says in the Parashah, ืื ื ืืืืจื ืืฉืจืื. Hashem said to Moshe: Go to Pharaoh, tell him, \"My firstborn son, the Yidden, ืืืืืจ ืืืื ืฉืื ืืช ืื ื.\" And tell Pharaoh the Eibershter wants, Hashem wants to send out his children, which means ืืืื ื ืขื ืืื ืืืชืงืฉืจืืช ืฉื ืืืื ื ืืื ื ืืฉืจืื ืฉืื ืื ืื ืืืงืื. Why is Hashem taking the Yidden out? Because he's our father, he calls us children. And since Hashem awakens this feeling to his children, that's why he's going to take us out of out of Mitzrayim. ืืจื ืืืื, from that we understand, ืฉืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืฉืจืื ืฉืืื ืืืฆืจืื, that every single Yid that was in Mitzrayim, ืื ืืคืืืชืื ืืืืชืจ, even the lowest one, ืืจื ืื ืืืื ืื ื ืืืืจื ืืฉืจืื. It's part of children of the Eibershter. ืื ืืืชืงืฉืจืืช ืฉื ืื ืืื ืื ืืื ืืืขื ืืขืฆืื ืฉืืื ืื ืฉืื ืื ืืืืืืฃ. The connection of a father and a child can't be changed. Because if a child is bad, he's not a child anymore? It can't be. Same thing with a Yid. If we're called children, then as bad as the Rasha is, he's still a child. ืืืืืืจ Chazal, and the Chazal tell us, ืืื ืื ืืืื ืื ืืชื ืงืจืืืื ืื ืื, whether you're good or bad, you're always called children. ืืืื ืืืืืืคื ืืืืื ืืืจืช ืืื ื ืืืื. So Hashem says, \"I can never exchange you for a different nation.\" Impossible. You can't exchange your son for somebody else. You can exchange when he's not your son, another guy is not. ืืืืืื ืฉืื, if every Yid is a son, and the reason we went out of Mitzrayim because Hashem says, \"I'm starting to feel that you're my child and therefore I'm taking you out,\" ืืืืข ืื ื ืืืื ืื ืื ื ืืฉืจืื ืืืฆืจืื? So all the Yidden should go out. Because if every Yid is a son, and the fact that the Eibershter we awakened in in himself the fact that he's a father and you are the son, that's why he took them out, take everyone out. That's one She'eilah. The second She'eilah: ืืืืืช ืืฆืจืื ืืื ืืื ืกืืืื ืฉื ืจืฉืขืื, in the ืืืืช in Mitzrayim there were many types of Resha'im, of evil people, ืืืคืืื ืขืืืื ืขืืืื ืืจื, even those people who worshipped idols, that's how bad they were, ืขื ืฉืื ืืืฆืืืชื ืืืฆืจืื ืคืกื ืืืื ืขืืจ ืขืืื, actually one of them took out an idol out of Mitzrayim, took it along, the guy Michah took out an idol. ืืืื ืื ืืื ืืืืืืช ืืฆืจืื, and these guys, it doesn't say they stayed, they came out. Who didn't go out? Only those who didn't want to go. ืืืื ืื ื ืืืื ืืื ืฉืื ืจืฆื ืืฆืืช ืืืฆืจืื? If every other Yid, the bad, the worst Yidden went out, \"So why put just those that didn't want to go out, they didn't go out? In other words, is that the worst aveirah? ืขืืืื ืืจื is worse than not wanting to go out.\" \"Nothing ever seen this is first near their been ื ืืฉืืื in ืขืืืื ืืจื. The whole land was totally permeated in ืขืืืื ืืจื. Everything ืขืืืื ืืจื, and this never prevailed yet.\" \"So?\" \"So it was like today it's the worst aveirah. Automatically, they would be doing ืขืืืื ืืจื. That the worst\" \"No, but they definitely did, with ืืืืื ืขืจืืืช, ืฉืคืืืืช ืืืื. So they did all aveirot. And you're saying it's ืขืืืื ืืจื, which is the worst.\" \"I'm saying it's usually just such an evil ืขืืืื ืืจื.\" \"No, what's evil is because it's the harshness of aveirah. That's all. The worst aveirah is ืขืืืื ืืจื.\" \"And those circumstances require\" \"It's the worst aveirah anyway. You're saying that aveirah has a good has an excuse why we've got to it, but it is the the aveirah is the worst. That's another and the whole ืคืฉื of ืขืืืื ืืจื is the worst.\" \"It's not that they grew up in a very frum\" \"It doesn't matter, but they did the worst things. You can say they did it because they were raised that way, and and\" \"Not all of them did it, so apparently\" \"Yeah, but those that did. You can find an excuse for them, but they still did ืขืืืื ืืจื, and they all went out. All the people that did all the aveirot, it doesn't say they stayed. Who stayed? It says, just those that didn't want to go out.\" \"Come on now.\" \"Why didn't Hashem pull them out? Why just like Mashiach will come, and Hashem will pull everyone out, even those that don't want to go. Why didn't he do that then? So mainly, if you say, only ืฆืืืงืื he took out, ืจืฉืขืื he didn't take out. Okay. But you're saying he took out the ืจืฉืขืื, too. Why? Because he's a father anyway. A ืจืฉืข is still a son. And those that didn't want to go out, how are they\" \"I bet you I bet you the ืืจื bringing Tanya.\" \"Yeah?\" \"ื ืฉืืืช\" \"What what what is it in\" \"24\" \"Yes, there is a kashya. He gives the teirutz.\" \"The first paragraph is a kashya, and then ืื is a teirutz. And, ืืืื ืื, this could be answered, ืืืงืืื ืืืืจ ืขื ืื ืืคืจืช ืืื ืืืคืืจ. Let's start with a different thing.
Yom Kippur, we know we get forgiven for our aveirot. ืฉืืขืช ืจืื ืฉืขื ืื ืขืืืจืืช ืฉืืชืืจื, ืืื ืขืฉื ืชืฉืืื ืืื ืื ืขืฉื ืชืฉืืื, ืืื ืืืคืืจ ืืืคืจ. ืจืื holds that even if a person did not do teshuvah, Yom Kippur forgives them. The day itself, ืขืืฆืืื ืฉื ืืื, ืขืืฆืืื ืฉื ืืื ืืืคืจ. ืืื ื ืืืื ืจืื ืืืืจืช ืืืืื. Rabbi admits if you're over on the aveirah of ืืื ืืืคืืจ, ืืฉืขืืจ ืขื ืืืกืืจ ืฉื ืขืื ืื ืืืืืื ืืืื ืืืคืืจ ืขืฆืื. Someone doesn't fast on Yom Kippur or someone works on ืืื ืืืคืืจ, ืฉืืื ืืื ืืืคืืจ ืืืคืจ ืขื ืื, ืืื ืืืคืืจ doesn't forgive. Why? ืืืืืจื ืื ืืื ืืฉ ืืชืืื, you can ask a similar question, ืืืืื ืฉืขื ืื ืืขืืืจืืช ืฉืืชืืจื ืืื ืืืคืืจ ืืืคืจ, if all ืขืืืจืืช ืืื ืืืคืืจ forgives, ืืืื ื ืื ืขืืืจืืช ืืืืจืืช, even on the worst ืขืืืจืืช, ืืื ืืื ื ืืืคืจ ืขื ืืืจืช ืืืืื? Tachlis, not keeping Yom Kippur is a very terrible aveirah. But there are worse aveirot than that, ืขืืืื ืืจื. And Yom Kippur, according to Rabbi, forgives every aveirah. So, aveirah of Yom Kippur should also be forgiven. ืืืืืจ ืืื Rogatchover, so the Rogatchover explains a logical thing, ืืืื ืฉืืืื ืืื ืืขื ืื ื ืฉื ืืื ืืืคืืจ ืืืคื, since the sin If you don't keep Yom Kippur, your sin is Yom Kippur. ืืจื ืืื ืขืฆืื ืืืืจ ืืืจื ืืืืื. So, what made your pe'ulah, your what made your behavior into an aveirah? The fact that it's Yom Kippur. So, Yom Kippur is the one that causes you what you did to be called an aveirah. ืื ืื, ืื ืืคืฉืจ ืฉืืืืจื ืืืืื, ืืื ืื ืืืืคืจ ืขืืื. It can't be the one that caused that you to be be considered an aveirah, he should be the one to forgive. There is a ืืื ืงืืืืืจ ื ืขืฉื ืกื ืืืจ. Ein He says, ืืื ืงืืืืืจ ื ืขืฉื ืกื ืืืจ. You can't have the prosecutor should turn into the the defendant, defender. I don't understand. If the Satan is not working on Yom Kippur, how anybody could be an aveirah on Yom Kippur? Okay, good kushya. Can you be Can they make Yom Kippur then, too? Bottom line, Where Where does it come from? I I've seen. Well, where's it come from? Well, I don't know. I've I won't say. The Gemara tells what people did in Yom Kippur. You just learned in the Gemara Yeah. on Yom Kippur. Same Gemara where it says that the ืฉืื doesn't have ืืฉืื ืืื 364. Well, we should have asked then. I don't know why. English Okay. So, he says that it's impossible. So, that's why he can't forgive.
ืืืืกืืจ ืืื, if you can say that's a chassidus, if you wanna use the the chassidishe words, ืืืืื ืืืคืืจ ืืชืืื ืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืฉืจืื ืขืฆื ืืืชืงืฉืจืืช ืฉื ืื ืฉืื ืืืืงืืช, on Yom Kippur, is revealed the essential connection of a Yid to ืืฉื, ืฉืืืื ืืืื ื ืื ืืื ืชืคืืกืช ืืงืื ืืืื ืืขืืื. There's no such thing as an aveirah. That's why does Rebbe say that the aveiros are wiped out without teshuvah? Because the day itself, Hashem revealed such a great connection to us that nothing counts, no aveiros count. ืืื ื ืืืืจืช ืืืืื, but on the aveirah of ืืื ืืืคืืจ, ืืืืื ืฉืืืื ืืื ืคืืืขื ืื ืื ืืืืื ืืืชืงืฉืจืืช, you're doing an aveirah on Yom Kippur means you're fighting that special revelation of Hashem. The special revelation is Yom Kippur, and you're not keeping Yom Kippur. So, you're fighting that. ืืจื ืฉืื ืื ืืคืฉืจ ืฉืืชืงืฉืจืืช ืื ืชืืขืื ืืืคืจืช ืืืื. How could this ืืชืงืฉืจืืช, this connection that shines on Yom Kippur, help you to forgive an aveirah when you are not letting that ืืชืงืฉืจืืช be revealed? If you're fighting that ืืชืงืฉืจืืช No, Hashem says, \"I'm going to go beyond anything. I don't care what you did, said, \"You're my son, I'm going to connect to you.\" As long as you let me connect. The moment you're not letting and you're fighting Yom Kippur, so you're not letting that connection, umeila, therefore, that doesn't work. ืขื ืืจื ืื ืื ืืืื ืืืื, same thing we'll answer over here
why only those people who didn't want to go out, they stayed behind. But every person who other people who did aveiros went out, why? ืืืชืขืืจืจืืช ืืืืืื ืืืืขืื ืืืืฆืื, ืืืืฆืื ืืช ืื ื ืืฉืจืื ืืืฆืจืื, this that there was a awakening by Hashem to take the Yidden out of ืืฆืจืื, ืืจื ืืฉืขืช ืืืืื ืืืชืงืฉืจืืช ืฉื ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืืืื ื ืืื ื ืืฉืจืื ืืื ืื, why? Because at that time, Hashem revealed a great ืืชืงืฉืจืืช, a great connection to the Yidden. What type of connection? The connection of a father to a son. And that was brought out, and therefore, ืืืืื ืฉืื ืืชืงืฉืจืืช ืขืฆืืืช ืฉืื ืืคืฉืจ ืืืืืช ืืฉืื ืื, it's a kind of ืืชืงืฉืจืืช, connection, which can't be changed, just like ืืืฉืืืืช. Connection a father and a son cannot be changed no matter how bad a son is, he's still his son. ืืื ืืืื ืื ืืฉืจืื ืืฆืืช ืืืฆืจืื ืื ืืจืฉืขืื. So every Yid, as bad as he was, went out of Mitzrayim. ืืืื ืื ืืืื ืื ืื ื ืื, because they're My children, and Hashem revealed the feeling to the Yidden that they're His children, so they're always His children, the bad people are His children, so He took them out. ืืื ื ืืื ืืืจืฉืขืื ืฉืืืื ื ืืฆืืช ืืืฆืจืื, but those reshaim that didn't want to go out of ืืฆืจืื, ืืืืืืช ืขืื ืืขืืืื, they'd rather stay and be an ืขืื to Paro, to ืขืืืื, ืฉืืื ืืืคื ืืขืืื ืื, it's the opposite of what Hashem wanted them to be His ืขืืืื, His servants, ืืคืฉืืื ืฉืืื ืืืคื ืืืื ืื, so certainly the opposite of them feeling that they're children of Hashem, they brought out that they're not children, they don't \"I don't want you to take me out. You want to take me out because you're my father, I don't want to go out.\" What does that mean? He's fighting the reason why Hashem is taking him out. ืืืืืจ ืฉืืื ืืชื ืืื ืืืืืื ืืืชืงืฉืจืืช ืืืคื, they were fighting the revelation of that ืืชืงืฉืจืืช, ืื ืืชืื ืฉืืืืื ืื ืืคืขื ืืื ืขื ืื ืืืืืื ืืืฆืจืื, so that cannot help them. Why would they go out of Mitzrayim regardless of how bad they are? Because there's a ืืชืงืฉืจืืช of them being the children. If they don't want that ืืชืงืฉืจืืช, oh, forget about it, so they didn't go out. We could we can now based it's Nigleh, like the words of ื ืืื, ืืื ืงืืืืจ ื ืขืฉื ืกื ืืืจ, the prosecutor can't become the defender. Right, but maybe they still want the ืืชืงืฉืจืืช, they just don't want to go out, I mean... That means that the the ืืชืงืฉืจืืช is an expression of Hashem, to say that their going out is Hashem's ืืชืงืฉืจืืช, they don't want! ืืืืื. So now we know why other reshaim went out, because they're not fighting the specific ืืชืงืฉืจืืช that was ื ืชืืื that day, that time. That time was the ืืชืงืฉืจืืช of ืืืื ื, that's all. And that was only ื ืชืืื in the fact that He's taking them out. In that act was the ืืชืงืฉืจืืช. You don't want to go out, you don't want the ืืชืงืฉืจืืช, zei gezunt un shtark, stay. A rasha is not fighting that, so therefore, he went out. How many reshaim? How many of the reshaim went out? All the rest stayed. Eighty? Eighty stayed? I don't know, today 80% didn't want to go out. Does that mean that they're also fighting fighting Fighting, they're fighting the ืืชืงืฉืจืืช, yeah, the ืืชืงืฉืจืืช of ืืืื ื. All the reshaim went out? Yeah, because they weren't fighting it. Exactly, yeah, which means that's fine, it has nothing to do with sicha, that's a fact. How many went out of Mitzrayim? Three million people, tzadikim. I think it was five times as much. Good. Three million was also the reshaim. Yeah. Also includes the reshaim. Yeah, yeah, I mean tzadikim I mean not I mean not those that didn't want to go out. So lichorah, this answers the question. So what there were two questions that we asked. One question was, why did the other ones go out and not these? Okay. And the second question, no, the first question was why these didn't go out, and the second one, why others yes, so now we know the answer. Doesn't explain why now then. No, that that's that's what I'm trying to get to. ืืื ืขืืืื ืืื ื ืืืื, we don't understand, ืืื ืฉืื ืจืืฆืื ืืฆืืช ืืืืืืช, if you don't want to go out of ืืืืช, ืืฉื ืฉืืื ืื ื ืืืื ืืืชืงืฉืจืืช ืฉื ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืืื ื, ืืื ืื ืืฉืจืื, ืืืืืื ืฉื ืืฆืจืื, ืืืชื ืชืืจื, just like by Mitzrayim, before ืืชื ืชืืจื, this was a contradiction to their going out, and therefore, those people who didn't want to go out didn't go out, ืืื ืื ืืื ืื ืื ืื ืืืชืงืฉืจืืช, but who cares... What what word does that stand for? Like, ืืื? Where? The ื-ื... ืืื ืื. Oh, ืืื ืื. ืืื ืื, so too, this is against the ืืชืงืฉืจืืช of what happened by ืืชื ืชืืจื, ืื ืื ืืื' ืืืงืื. Hashem said by ืืชื ืชืืจื, \"I became your I'm your God.\" ืื ืื ืืื' ืืืงืื ืืืืื ืืืืืื ืืขืชืืื ืฉื ืื ื ืืฉืจืื, why will we go out from this coming ืืืืช for this ืืืืช to coming ืืืืื? Because Hashem is part of us. So those who don't want to go out don't want that, so that should also not let them out! ืื ืื ืขื ืคื ืืืื ืืืื ืงืืืืจ ื ืขืฉื ืกื ืืืจ, according to the rule that the prosecutor can't become the defender, ืืื ืชืืื ืืืืืื ืฉื ืืื ืฉืื ืืจืฆื, ืฉืืื ื ืจืืฆืื ืืฆืืช ืืืืืืช, ืืืืืื ืืขืชืืื, how is it that in the coming ืืืืื everyone will go out, even those that are fighting it? Whatever the reason Hashem will take us out, if they don't want, they're fighting that. So that just like by Mitzrayim that made them stay, this should also make them stay. ืืืืืืจ ืืขื ืื, so the Rebbe explains something new. This is a very deep inyan here. Actually, if I remember correctly when this sicha was... given in to the Rebbe. The Rebbe made a comment, he was magiah it on this part: \"Why are you giving me to be magiah such complicated sichot?\" ืืืืข ืืื ืืกืื ืขื ืื ืื ืืกืืืืื ืืืื? Like that. Because officially this is made that people should learn and be able to tell it over to others, that's why they this is so it's deep. But say it's a deep inyan, but the Rebbe explains it pretty good. ืืืืืืจ ืืขื ืื, so to answer why when Mashiach will come everyone will go out, even those that don't want. What we said before was the Mitzrayim, why didn't they go out? Because the reason they came out, because Hashem was their Father. That was His giluy, and those who didn't want to go fought that, fine.
ืืืืืืฉ ืฉื ืืชืงืฉืจืืช ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืืืฉืจืื ืฉื ืชืืืฉ ืืืชื ืชืืจื, ืืฆืื ื ื' ืฉื ื ืขื ืื ืื. By ืืชื ืชืืจื, when the Aibershter gave us the Torah, a new level of ืืชืงืฉืจืืช, of connection to Hashem became. This level of ืืชืงืฉืจืืช as a child to a son, that's what we are to Hashem, that was before. We see in Mitzrayim, before ืืชื ืชืืจื, the Eibershter said, my children. What happened, which things? Two things happened. Number one, ืืฉืขืช ืืชื ืชืืจื ืืืจ ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืืืฉืจืื. Hashem chose the Yidden. ืืื ืืืื ืืืืื ืืคืืขื, that's the halachah in Shulchan Aruch, Admor Hazaken, Alter Rebbe's ืฉืืืื ืขืจืื, ืฉืืฉืืืืจ ืืื ื ืืืจืช ืืื ืขื ืืืฉืื, ืืืืืจ ืืชื ืชืืจื. When you say before Keriat Shema the words, You chose us, what do you have to think about? When did that happen? By ืืชื ืชืืจื. So we know one thing happened, He chose us. Second thing, ืื ื ืืฉืจืื ื ืขืฉื ืืฉืืขืืืื ืืขืืืื ืืืฉื. We became slaves to Hashem, which means before we were children, now we got another level, in addition to it we became ืขืืืื. ืืืืืจ ืจื\"ื, like it says, ืืืื ืฉืฉืืขื ืขื ืืจ ืกืื ื ืื ืื ืื ื ืืฉืจืื ืขืืืื, ืขืืื ืื. That by Har Sinai we're, even though this pasuk is not written by Har Sinai, but whatever, but Rashi says this is the inyan of Har Sinai. ืืฉื ืืื ืจืื ืขื ืื ืืชื ืชืืจื ืืคืจืฉืช ืฉืืืช, it says in Parshat Shemot, when it talks Hashem says to Moshe, tell the Yidden that they'll go out of Mitzrayim, and Hashem said, what's going to happen when they go out? ืืืืฆืืื ืืช ืืขื ืืืฆืจืื, when I'll take them out of ืืฆืจืื, ืชืขืืืื ืืช ืืืืงืื ืขื ืืืจ ืืื, you will worship Me on this mountain, and worship it says ืชืขืืืื, ืืฉืื ืขืืืื, ืขืื. ืขืื means a servant, but it really means more than a servant. ืขืื really means slave. We became slaves. ืขืื don't mean worship? Serve, serve, but what I'm saying in English, Dutch \"worship\", it means serve Me as a slave, not just as a servant. So we have two inyanim. Hashem chose us, which it doesn't say anywhere Hashem chose us, we were like His children, and we were ืขืืืื. ืืฉื ื ืขื ืื ืื ืืื ืฉืืืืื ืื ืืื, these two are connected: Hashem choosing us, the real true meaning of choice, and becoming ืขืืืื, as I will explain. Before? No, did no no, that was children is one thing you have, but that's not through a choice. You can explain. How do we explain bechirah? Because the Aibershter took the Torah to everybody else, everyone rejected it so That's just a formality. Anyway. It's just a formality. Formality, but that's still called bechirah, that that's still It's not because of that, that's bechirah in Yidden means, a way then explains, see, we always think bechirah means you have two choices. You have two choices, right. Bechirah, the way we ืืืืืฉ the Aibershter and Yidden means He has no choice. It's free of choice. I don't like that expression. You don't like it? No, that's not what it means. It's not what it means. Like that in English, they this, Manis Friedman or somebody who uses that expression, \"free of choice\". That's quintessential choice. There's really no there's nothing Choice has another no, we think of choice that I have two equal things, and I chose it. Why did I choose one? I like that one. Then it's not choice. Huh? It's not choice, I had no choice, I mean, not the real choice. If I have an apple and an orange, I don't like apples, I do like oranges, and I took that orange, that's choice? That's choice, maybe, physically it's I had a berirah. But that's not the real choice, because there was something pushing me to take this which the other one doesn't have. So, real choice means there was nothing pushing me. So when you have two oranges and they're both exactly alike, and I pick one, that's real choice. That's real choice. Now, why did I pick that one? For no reason. Nothing pushed me, not seichel, not middos, there's nothing there to push me. So in gashmiyus, why did that happen? ืืืื. I don't know, ืื ืืขืืืคื ื ืืฉืืืขืช. Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, put my hand and I chose one. But the Aibershter, it's not that, when you say by the Aibershter He chose us, it means that the reason He picked us is not because we are smarter, there's a good reason, not because we are better, nothing because of that. Just because etzem we are connected to Him. Just like when a person chooses out of the two oranges, why? Because somehow this is connected to him, no reason. So when we say here choice means that this is an essential connection even more than the essential connection of a father to a son. Because that's two oranges. Huh? Because that's two oranges. We're using it's like a mashal, the two oranges is a mashal. It's the same thing. So, it's like exactly saying the real choice is not the same thing. But just like by two, when do we express the gashmiyus, the prat of it, that you took this without any reason is by two same things, we use that expression that the Aibershter chose us. Because that's apples and oranges. Not apples and oranges. We're connected, they're not. I know that it's, but the reason you choose the orange is not because it's ืืขืฆื ืฉืืืืืช to you. The orange you choose because you like the orange. Because that's what you want. So the seichel, it's a certain, it's not the etzem. Where is it more the etzem when they're both equal? Here be-feirush it's not. There's a lashon in a sichah of the Rabbi Rashab. ืืขืจ ืืืืืขืจืฉืืขืจ chose Yidden. ืืื ืืืขืืขื ืืขื ืืื ืขืจ ืืืืกืงืืืืื? ืืืืืื ืงืขื? Who should he choose, ืืืืืื? So it's a setirah. Choice means that you have a the pshat is he's trying to say that he chose us not because of our behavior, not because we're good. Then there's a good reason to. Choice is real without a reason. So in gashmiyus we use a mashal of two oranges. And why did you choose this? ืืืื, because you know, my hand just went there. Lemaalah we'll see by the Aibershter what we mean with choice is that it's not because he likes us, it makes sense to take us, it's something essentially in the Aibershter that we are connected to him. ืขื ืืืืฉืื, so why does the bechirah bring out if we're already bechirah is like an eved. That's what we're going to say. Well, I mean it's something What makes avadim? You know, we'll see. We become avadim. That's what he says. He made us into servants, slaves. And he chose us. It's the same thing. And he's going to explain it. ืืืืืืฉ ืืืืชืจืื ืฉืืืชืงืฉืจืืช ืขื ืืื ืฉืืืจ ืืื ื ืืฉืจืื ืขื ืืชืงืฉืจืืช ืืฆื ืื ืฉืื ืื ืืืงืื. What, when you say he chose us and that connected us to him, why is that different than the fact that we're connected to him through being his children? ืืืื ืืขื ืื ืืืืืจื ืืืื ืืืื. Let's see how it's inyan of choice by a person. ืื ื ืืคื ืฉืจืืืื ืืืืฉ, we see physically, ืืืฉืจ ืืืื ืืืืจ ืืืืื ืืืจ,
when a person chooses something, ืจืฆืื ืื ืืื ืืชืืงืฃ ืืชืจ ืืืจืฆืื ืืืืขื ืฉืืฉ ืื ืืื ืืืจ. If he chose chooses something that's his connection, he wants it stronger than if natural has a connection to it. That's what it is. Someone, after thinking, you'll come I'll I'll take this. So something like this you take it, but this is even stronger. ืืืืขื ืืื, the reason is, ืืืืข ืฉื ืืืื ืชืืื ื ืืื ืืืืจืื ืฉื ืืฆืืืืชื. What's by the nature of a person? If I'm connected to something naturally, nature is my limitations. Actually, the word teva. Does he bring it here? What does the word teva mean actually? Sunken. No, that's one pshat. Yeah. What's a matbea? There's a coin. When you coin a phrase, you coin like coins, it's matbea. It's the limitations. If you have, you say you have a machine that coins, what does it mean? It makes the size of everything the same. Right, limit it. It limits it to this and this and it makes a certain size, a certain type. Teva means there's something nature naturally in you, there's a certain limitation. My teva, my nature is to be to to to like to learn. That means that I'm limited more to that. I don't like to talk chas veshalom, I mean somebody else likes other things. That's teva is a limitation. That's what it is. That means that's the ืืืจืื of your ืืฆืืืืช. ืืืฆื ืืืข ืื ืื ืื ืืืคื ืืืืจืื ืืืืืืืช ืฉืืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืฉืื ืืืืฉ ืืืืืฆื ืืื. Because of that nature, your ืฉืื, your ืืืืืช, your ืืืฉืื, your senses, everything comes from that natural limit. ืืืื ืืืฉืจ ืจืฆืื ื ืฉื ืืื ืืื ืืฆื ืืืืข ืฉืื, therefore, if a person wants something because of his nature, ืืจื ืชืืงืคื ืฉื ืืจืฆืื ืืื ืืคื ืชืืงืฃ ืืืืืช ืืืืข ืฉืื. How much do you want it? As much as your natural nature is. It's a nature limited to a certain level, and that's how it is. ืืื ื ืขื ืื ืืืืืจื ืืืืืชืืช, but the true ืืืืจื, the true choice, like I said, it's a deep ืขื ืื, ืืื ืืฆื ืขืฆืืืชื ืืื ืฉืืื ืืืขืื ืืืืจื ืืืืข ืฉื ืืื, that comes from the essence of a person, which is not his limitations. Limitations are already parts of him. This is the essence of a person. ืื ืืืืชืืช ืขื ืื ืืืืืจื ืืื ืืฉืืื ืืขื ืืกืืื ืืืืืจื. The real choice is when you have no reasons, no causes for the choice. ืืืื ื ืฉืืื ืื ื ืืื ืืืืจื ืืืืืจืช ืืืจ ืคืืื ื. There's nothing pushing you to choose the thing that you chose. ืืื ืฉืืืืจ ืื ืืืืืจื ืืคืฉืืช. You choose it freely. ืืื ืืืฉืจ ืืืืจ ืืืืจ ืืฆื ืืืืข ืืื ืืื ืฉืื, if you choose something because that's your nature, you like oranges and that's your taste, ืืจื ืืื ืืืืจื ืืืืืจืชื ืืฆื ืืืขื. You're forced to it. It doesn't mean forced with a gun, but there's something pushing you to it. Real bechirah means it comes from your etzem. A ืฆืืืื is a ืฆืืืื from Hashem, is it bechirah or not? When we follow through, is it is it bechirah chofshit like you're talking about? Or we say, because Hashem told me to, that's why I'm doing it. So that's a reason. Well, I have a choice not to do it, but that that's Choice by a person is different. Choice by a person is choice like the simple pshat of choice. Even that has bechirah chofshit, but we're not we're talking about choice of the Eibershter to us. That's choice of a Yid to the to mitzvot. ืืืืืืจื ืื ืืขื ืื ืืืืืจื ืขืฆืื. Look at the inyan of choice, ืฉืืืื ืืืื ืืืืืจ ืื ืืืืจ ืฉืืื ืืืคื ืืื ืฉืืืขื ืืืืื ืืืืคืืฅ. A person could choose something that his nature would be against. Sometimes you choose for some reason, because like it's it's no reason for it, you could choose something that when you start thinking about it, this is not that's not what I really like. But nevertheless, he chose it because it's connected to the etzem. ืืืื ืืจืฆืื ืฉืืฆื ืืืืืจื ืืื ืืชืืงืฃ ืืชืจ ืืืืืชื ืื ืืืขืฆืืืช. Therefore, a will that comes based on your choice, on this type of choice, is stronger than a will that comes from nature. Nature is limited and your will is limited. This is like something that you must have. Connected a little bit in Basi LeGani, ืืืืช ืื ืืฆืืื comes from the etzem. I see. It's true that Can change his mind, right. And you say, \"Hey, hey, I'm not giving in! Ah, this looks better now? No, I chose it! The
real I is there, the etzem of me ืืืื ืืื ืืขื.\" So this is simpler in a way, because the Aibershter created the world and us. In order to choose us, he didn't choose us, he created us. He created us for he created the world for us. Yeah. Right? Yeah. ืืฉืืื ืืฉืจืื. Yeah. Right? Yeah. Because then it's for the Aibershter to choose us, but he chose us It's not choice, it's not choice. This choice doesn't mean choice, it means we're connected. It's not choice, then. No, no, we're not It's What we say, the gashmiyut, the simple meaning of choice, is not what we mean here. We mean a deeper peshat in choice. We use a choice We use the choice as a mashal, as an expression, so we use it similar to choice. All we want to say what choice is, according to Chassidut, that there was no He connects to us for no reason. Not because of any maalah that we have or anything that seichel tells you. So why use the word choice, then? Because in gashmiyut we only can see it in choice. That's all we have. In gashmiyut, you could see it when you choose the real choice between two things, and there's no reason to take it! If there's a reason, there's no choice. When is there choice? There's no reason, no midah, nothing. That's what we use, that's what Then the Aibershter wanted the world and created That's him! No, that's the reason, that's not a reason, that's him! Das der beytin, that's him! It's like it's not it's not a reason, it's him! We're saying choosing the Yidden means it's him. It's ืฉืืืืืช ืขืฆื, this is ืืฆื the etzem of the Aibershter we are there. That was nitgaleh at Matan Torah. So, be'emet, it's from the beginning, that that's the kavanah of of creation.
When was this nitgaleh, this nekudah that we are one with the Aibershter? That's what we mean in deeper peshat the Aibershter chose us, yeah. Yeah, the the the giluy of it, right? The giluy of it, right? Right, that's the giluy, yeah, yeah. Because before that it was always He made us, he created us. No, he didn't make us, we are part of him. In a in a He created Exactly! That's not That's what we're saying. Yeah, 100%! He didn't choose us, he made us. We we're going in a circle. I'm saying the word choice doesn't mean that. No, the choice in But why use the word choice? Because in gashmiyut we only find this nekudah of something connected to you be'etzem is called choice. It's by choice, we don't see it in anything else. He created us to be people. He made us to be people. You're not listening to one word I said. I took every word. No, you didn't. No, you didn't, because if you would listen you wouldn't have asked what you said. I'm saying we don't mean choice, we just have no other word. We're using a word that in gashmiyut means one thing and here it means something else. But we have no cho- no choice but to use that word, because where do we have in gashmiyut something that you take, and it's not for any reason? Anything that you do is for a reason. If a Meshugener does something for no reason If I drink, it's because I'm thirsty. Anything is for a reason. Oh, let me finish. And mimela it's limited. Right. One thing we find, if a person has two things equal, and he choose and he chooses one, that's where you have a thing that is not because of any reason. It's out of the reasons. No middah, no seichel, because both oranges are equal, they're both the same. Choice that has no relativity to what happens here, so there is no No, ein hachi nami! But the the nekudah, I'm trying to bring out this point, that he took he connected to us or we're connected to him, because he made us and we're part of him. That you could use the word in gashmiyus, where do we see such a thing? In choice. So here it's not choice. On a conscious level on a conscious level for the world and us in a in a body, in a in a physical way, you have to use say the word choice, because it reveals the essential connection that you talk about. Yeah, right, but the word choice doesn't mean b'gashmiyus. Doesn't mean he chose us between That doesn't mean like ืคืฉืืื ืฉื ืืงืจื, ืคืฉื means we have goyim, we have this, and he chose us amongst the goyim. If you say that, that it doesn't mean that. Then it's that's not what That that's the superficial peshat. The deeper peshat is that when he took us away from the separate us and took us chose us from the goyim, it's not because he had a choice. Because he had no choice. You say free of choice, but that's how that should be the word. He had no So, when we say the Eibershter chose us, means he had no choice. Right, it's not free of choice, because the the choice only reveals the essential connection. He had no choice, there was nothing else he could do, because because we're part of him. Just like you would say a person could say he chooses himself. No such thing as choosing yourself. You are yourself. We are part of him. So, we can't So, the Eibershter chose us means if you want to attach the word We never say I choose myself, you're just connected. I know, because we're not talking about ืจืืื ืืืชืืืงืข ืขื ืื ืื, but here we're using that term because it's the only way we can express it. To bring out a good point like that. Choose another word to replace it. Yeah, that's all, semantics, that's all. ืืขื ืืจื ืื ืืืืืื ืืืขืื, this is ืืืขืื also. ืจืฆืื ื ืืืืืชื ืฉื ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืืืฉืจืื ืืฆื ืื ืฉืื ืื ืื ืืืงืื, when we say we're connected to Hashem, Hashem loves us because we're his children, and the Eibershter is ืืืื ื, ืืืื ืืขืื ืืืืืื ืจืฆืื ืืืืื ืฉื ืื ืืื ืื, that's like a will and a love of a father to a son, ืืืืื ื ืืชืงืฉืจืืช ืืฆืืืจ ืืืืืื ื ืคืจืืืช ืืืืืื. Why does a father connected to his son? That's nature. So, the connection, as we gave before, is a connection that comes out of nature. ืื ืฉืืื ืื ืืขืช ืืชื ืชืืจื ืฉืืืจ ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืืืฉืจืื, when Hashem chose us, ืฉืืืืืจื ืืื ืืขืฆื ืืืืืจ ืฉืืืขืื ืืื, so bechirah comes from the etzem of the person, ืืืื ื ืฉืืจืฆืื ืืืืชืงืฉืจืืช ืืืืื ืช ืขืฆืืืชื ืืืืืชื ืืชืืจื ืืืฉ ืฉืืืขืื ืืื ืฆืืืจ, the Eibershter ืืขืฆื, beyond any nature ืืืืืื by the Eibershter. A father and a son is still connected to nature. nature. So when we say that we're like a child to the Eibershter, it means it's still like a certain level of nature, or limitation of the Eibershter to us. And bechirah means that we're connected to the Eibershter even deeper than that. So regarding this choice, what changed before that and after that? B'giluy. He was megaleh it. Yeah, that's what Well, we have the etzem, so it's easier for us to to mesirat nefesh, then? No, that's, that's our choosing Him. We're talking about the Eibershter choosing us. No, He helped us by by No, that, that's true, and we both go together. But this we're talking about the Eibershter chose us, means the Eibershter was megaleh this choice. Megaleh in us, this fact that we are part of Him. Like if it's not b'giluy, and He was megaleh it. He took us out of Mitzrayim? That's not enough. He took us out because we're, if the Jews, so then He'll take us out of Mitzrayim. So that took out of Mitzrayim because we were His children. And the Torah says that, ืื ื ืืืืจื ืืฉืจืื, ืื ืื. But this happened on the... But there was a chiddush that happened, bechirah was ืืืื this bechirah.
What was the level before Mitzrayim? Huh? What was the level of connection between Yidden to Hashem before Mitzrayim? If Yidden... There was no really, that's why there was no really Yidden. They were not really Yidden, they were still ืื ื ื ื. So their connection was also, yeah, it started, the Am Yisrael started with Avraham to a certain degree. Adam Harishon? Yeah, because already there was a beginning of Yiddishkeit in them. That's why by Avraham started Matan Torah. So really Matan Torah started with Avraham, but it wasn't really ืืืืืื, and this was ื ืชืืื later on by ืืชื ืชืืจื ืืืฉ. The level of eved, eved doesn't have to want to be an eved. That's that, he's going to say eved is, that's what, that's what, that's eved. That's why even if we don't want to go out, we're still avadim. No, no eved wants to be an eved. Exact, we're going to say that, he's going to say, ืืืืื ืื ืคืขื ืื ืืืชืงืฉืจืืช ืื ื ืืฉืจืื, so like it was talking then, now we're going to this segment, this made us connect to Him also on such a level. ืฉืชืืื ืื ืจืง ืืฆื ืืืืข ืืืกืืจ ืฉืืื, that now we're connected to the Aibershter not because of our nature like a son to a father, ืื ืืฆื ืขืฆืื, so now it became part of our etzem, of our essence. ืืื ืื ืฉื ืชืืืฉ ืืืชื ืชืืจื ืืืืืช ืืืืื ืช ืขืืืื. This is the pshat that we became avadim. What's avadim? ืืืืืฉื ืก\"ื, it says in ืก\"ื, ืืืืคืจืฉ ืฉืืื ืืืื ืช ืื ืืืืื ืช ืขืื ืืขืืืืช ืืฉื. If you apply the inyan of a son and this eved in the level of Avodat Hashem, it says like this, let's see this, ืืื ืืืคื ืขืืืืชื ืืื ืืืืืข ื ืคืฉื, a son serves his father, that's the nature, it's the nature of a child. ืืื ืฉืืืืข ืืื ืืืืฉื ืืืจ ืืืื ืืืืื ืจืื, ืืขืืืื ืชืื, just like a son loves his father and likes to do what his father wants, ืื ืื ืกืช ืืฉืจืื ืฉื ืงืจืืื ืื ืื, by Yidden, which are children, the same thing, ืฉืื ืืื ืืืืข ืื ืคืฉื, it's a nature by us, ืืืืฉื ืืืื ืืชืืจื, to be pulled to Him, ืืืชืืืืืช, ืืืืื ืจืื, with love, ve'ovdo, to serve Him. ืืื ืืื ืื ืขืืืื ืืื ืขืฆื ืืืืจืชื, but it
doesn't come from our essence. It's from our nature, and the nature is not essence. See, people always think, oh, if that's your nature that's, you know, it's not. A nature is our limitation. We're limited to it, but our etzem is beyond it. ืืืื ืืื ื ื ืงืจืืช ืฉื ืขืืืื ืืื. When a son serves his father, it's not called avodah. What's avodah? ืื ืฉืืื ืื ืขืืืืช ืืขืื, in an ืขืื, ืฉืืืื ืืฆื ืืืืข ืฉืื, an eved doesn't serve his master because of his nature, ad'rabah, on the contrary, ืขืืืื ืื ืืื ืืืคื ืืืืข ืฉืื. Serving his master is against his, this teva. It says, ืขืืื ืืืคืงืืจื ื ืืื ืืื, he doesn't want. ืืื ืฉืืื ืืฆื ืขืฆืื, ืืื ืขืฆืื ืืชืงืฉืจ ืืืกืจ ืืช ืขืฆืื ืืืืื ืฉืื. It's imagine if a person decides to become an eved. That's not in nature. That's something that comes from etzem. By the Aibershter and the Yidden, we, through ืืชื ืชืืจื, decided we gave ourselves over to Him. ืขื ืฉืืื ืืชืืื ืืื ืขืฆืืืชื ืืืืืชื ืืืื ื ืืฆืืืืช ืืขืฆืื ืืื. You give up your metziut, because from your etzem comes the fact that you want to serve this person or in this case the Aibershter. Is an ืขืื ืขืืจื different than a... ืขืื ืื ืขื ื? No, the ืื ืขื ื, for sure. The mashal is from an ืขืื ืื ืขื ื. An ืขืื ืขืืจื is not really an eved. Most nations, slaves don't want to be slaves. That's what he said, they don't want, correct. So if someone does want, it goes against the nature. Let's say there is a guy who wants to be a slave, likes his master. So it's because, because he's going against his nature. And by a Yid, we're saying when you go, it's not, in this case it's not against his nature, but it's not because of his nature. ืืื ืฉืื ืืฆืืืืชื ืืื ืืฆืืืืช ืืืืื ืืืื. It becomes that his metziut becomes the metziut of the master. Now we know
what happened at ืืชื ืชืืจื, the bechirah of the Aibershter, we were bocher the Aibershter, we became avadim to the Aibershter, which is higher than the level of ben. Meaning the connection is a deeper connection than a father and a son. It means like this, the connection of a master, slave to a master to, in, from some angle shows more connection to the etzem than the father and the son. And that's bechirah. ืขื ืคื ืื ืื \"ื, ืืืืืจ ืืืคืจืฉ ืฉืืื ืืืืืื ืืืืืืช ืืฆืจืื This will explain the difference between going out of ืืฆืจืื, ืฉืืคืืื ืื ื ืืืื ืื ืืื ืฉืื ืจืฆื ืืฆืืช, that those that didn't want to go out didn't go out. And the reason we gave before was why? ืืืืืื ืฉืืื ื ืืื ืืืืื ืืชืงืฉืจืืช ืฉืืืื ื ืฉืืฉืืื ืืื ื ืืืืจื ืืฉืจืื, ืฉืคืขื ืืฆืืืช ืืฆืจืื, ืืื ืงืืืืืจ ื ืขืฉื ืกื ืืืืจ, because they fought, the reason the Yidden went out of Mitzrayim is because the Aibershter is our Father. And they fought this inyan of being a Father. If they fought being a father then it doesn't work, because a prosecutor can't become defender. And that will be the difference But Micha had idol. That's not against the, this inyan of Father. We mentioned that before, Micha, he mentioned this to Micha. Because all the other ืจืฉืขืื went out, he said, because they weren't fighting this. And this is different, ืืืื ืืืืืื ืืขืชืืื, concerning the next ืืืืื, ืฉืื ืืืืื ืืืื ืื ืืื ืืืื ืืื ื ืืฉืจืื, every Yid'll go out, ืื ืืื ืฉืื ืืจืฆื ืืฆืืช ืื ืืืืืช, even those who don't don't want to go out, ืืฃ-ืขื-ืคื-ืื ืื ืืืื ืืืืืื, ืื ืื ื ื ืื ื' ืืืืงืื ืฉืืืื ืขื ืืืืืื ืืขืชืืื, even though we asked before it's also against it's after Matan Torah. Well it's against what Matan Torah did. Matan Torah the Aibershter is your Aibershter, you're fighting it. So he says, \"No, it's there it won't work. ืืืืช ืืืชืงืฉืจืืช ืื ืืื ื ืืฉืจืื ืืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืืฆื ืืืืชื...\" Who won't want to go out? Huh? What what won't work? The fact that you won't want to go out won't do it. Why? Because this It won't stop you, because the hiskashrus of the Yid to the Aibershter is ืืฆื ืืืืชื ืื ืื ืืืงืื, when you say they're connected like by Mitzrayim because they're children, hi ืืฆื ืืืืข, that's their nature. As we said before, a father and a son is nature. ืืื ืืื ืืคืฉืจ ืืื ื ืืฉืจืื ืืืฆืจืื ืืืชื ืื ืืืชืงืฉืจืืช ืืืขืืช ืื ืืื ืืืืจื ืืืคืฉืืช. So a person wants, he could choose to fight his nature. A person could do things against his nature. So, the nature is to be a son, to feel like a son. You could they fought it. ืืืืื ืฉืืื ืืขืฆืืืชื ืฉื ืืื, ืฉืืืขืื ืืืืืจืช ืืืืข ืฉืื, Because, since even being a son comes from your etzem, which is higher than teva, so you could fight it. It's a It's a strange s- expression here. ืฉืืื ืืขืฆืืืชื ืฉื ืืื ืฉืืืขืื ืืืืืจืช ืืืืข ืฉืื What's the word here? Yeah. We're saying here that the ืื ืื, you could fight it with your bechirah. Why? He says, \"Because it comes from the etzem, which is higher than this teva.\" We're saying farkert, ืื ืื is teva. ืืืื ืชืขืื ืืื ืืืชืงืฉืจ ืื ืฆืจืืืื ืืฆืจืื He says, \"Why?\" It says like this. It- it- it- we know what it means. It's strange. He says, \"Why did they takka go out?\" all the Yidden. Because the Aibershter revealed the fact that he's a father. And the fact of the father is a very connect- close connection, so disregarded everything else. So, all the ืจืฉืขืื, everything disregarded because it's a very high Except those that fought that ืขืฆืืืืช'ืืืงืข ืืชืงืฉืจืืช of a ืื. ืืืื ื ืืืืจ ืฉืืืจ ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืืื ื ืืฉืจืื ืืขืช ืืชื ืชืืจื, But when Hashem chose the Yidden by ืืชื ืชืืจื, ืฉืืชืงืฉืจืืช ืื ืืืชื ืืฆื ืืืืืจื, Since this connection comes from bechirah, which is called choice, we said before, ืืืื ื ืืฆื ืขืฆืืืชื, which is mamash the real etzem of the ืืืืืืฉืืขืจ, ืคืขืื ืื ืื ืืื ื ืืฉืจืื That's makes baked by the Yidden by ืืชื ืชืืจื ืืืืืช ืืชืงืฉืจืืชื ืขื ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืืฆื ืขืฆืืืชื. So, now you're essentially connected. ืืืืืื, ืืื ืขืช ืืืืืช ืืืฆืืืืชื Without choice, yeah. He's without choice and we're without choice, yes. ืืืืืื, ืืื ืขืช ืืืืืช ืืืฆืืืืชื You said it very good. And, umeila it became our ืขืฆื and our ืืืืช. ืืจื ืืืื ืฉืฉืื ืืขืฆื ืื ืืคืฉืจ ืืืืืื ืืืชื ืื ืืืชืงืฉืจืืช ืื. If it became so part of our ืขืฆื, ืืืืื, we see it, you can't fight it. Ever since, yeah. Yeah, but it's only for the ืืืืื ืืขืชืืื. The other ืืืืืืช were not real ืืืืืืช. But the ืืืืื ืืขืชืืื is for every Yid. ืืืืื ืฉืืืืืชื ืืขืฆืืืชื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืืืืงืืช Every Yid, essentially, whether he knows about it or not, chooses Hashem and his his ืขืื, ืืื ืฉืืืืฆืื ืืืชื ืืื ื ืจืืฆื ืืฆืืช ืื ืืืืืช, and the fact that he claims he doesn't want to go out, ืืจื ืื ืืืคื ืืืืชืืช ืืืืจืชื ืืขืฆืืืช. That's against his real bechirah. He doesn't even know. He's In Mitzrayim, we don't say a guy didn't want to go out, really, ืืขืฆื, he wanted to go out, and it just was a ืืืฆืื ืืืช, it's not true. Nowadays. That's the Rambam. And probably brings the Rambam here. Hey, Rambam in 59, he brings the Rambam, ืืืืืช ื- ืืืช ืืื, ืืืืืช ืืืจืืฉืื. That you be'emes, every Yid wants, but that only happened from Matan Torah. Why? Because we became We are chosen by the Aibishter, and we became ืขืืืื to the Aibishter. ืืืื ืืืื, Therefore, we understand, ืฉืกืืฃ ืกืืฃ ืชืชืืื ืืืืจืชื ืืขืฆืืืช, sof kol sof, the
end will be that this choice of Hashem will be revealed completely, ืฉืืืืจ, and every Yid ืืืืจ ืืฉื ืืืืงื ืืืืืจืื ืื ืืืืื, everyone will, even ืืืฆืื ื, even outwardly superficially, will want Hashem. ืืกืืฃ, ืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืฉืจืื ืืขืฉืืช ืชืฉืืื ืืกืืฃ ืืืืชื, ืืืื ืื ื ืืืืื. Every will do teshuvah and go out. Right. Yeah. 7:05 will be the teshuvah. No, it could be, I'm saying. Cuz if you look around, I remember that the ืืืืื to it, but they had After the Six-Day War, there was such a hisorerus by Yidden, it wouldn't have been opgefregt, if if if majority of Yidden would become baalei teshuvah. If the And the Rebbe claimed, if we utilized it right, cuz the hisorerus if those that remember those times, the hisorerus of Yidden, versteckte place in far, far away countries got the Jewish pride. In Israel. Russia had a whole movement of baalei teshuvah many many years before the Iron Curtain fell. Where did it start? Started with the Six-Day War. That the Yidden started feeling the pride. And the Rebbe said, when it says, ืืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืชืงืข ืืฉืืคืจ ืืืื, that whole big shofar will blow and the Yidden will come back, the Six-Day War was that shofar, and we didn't tune into it, we messed up. That was the ืฉืืคืจ ืืืื, could have been. So, and it was in a small time. So if a such a big miracle happened and the Yidden see, all the Yidden see the greatness of of of Torah, I mean, it could be the Aibishter could do it. But he'll do it, and then we'll go out. So how was it that we had people amongst us that said it's sitra achra, and they were saying it was How can you how how can you say that? I mean, it's That's the koach of the That's the koach of the ืกืืจื ืืืจื. I don't know what it is, but I How about the guy that wrote ืื, Al Hageulah Ve'al Hatemurah ืื. Yeah, that's what the Rebbe said. The Rebbe said, oh, ืืขืจ that that the ืกืคืจ that he wrote then Yeah. ืืื ืืืจ ืืืืื ืืขืืืขื ืจืืฉ ืืฉื ื ืืืื ืืืืืขื ืขื. ืืื ืืืจ ืืืืื ืืื ืืืจ ืืืืื ืืขืืืขื, it disturbed Rosh Hashanah my ืืืืืขื ืขื. Rosh Hashanah my ืืืืืขื ืขื. ืืขืจ ืืขื ืขื ืืืืืื ืืขื ืืชืืืจื. Satmar. Satmar Rebbe, ืื, Satmar. Yeah, because after the Six-Day War saying there was no nisim. Right, right, right. And he writes it can't be that it was nisim, because to say nisim, ืจืฉืขืื, how could the ืืืืืขืจืฉืืขืจ, and he made up a ืืืืจ ืื''ื: ืืื ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืขืืฉื ื ืก ืขื ืืื ืจืฉืขืื. Right. He brings ืจืืืืช. Made up a ืืฉืื and makes ืจืืืืช. Satmar Rav. Satmar Rav. Yeah. And someone wrote to the Rebbe that he brings ืจืืืืช and this, that Hashem doesn't make a nes to the ืจืฉืขืื. So the Rebbe answered this guy: ืืืจื ืืืงืืืจ ืงืกืื ืจ ืืื ืืืืื. Dr. Kasztner was a ืจืฉืข. According to them, he was a ืคืจืืืขืจ ืืื. ืืืฆืื ืืืืื, and he saved somebody. ืืขืืฉืื ืืืชื ืืื ืืฉืชื ืืฉืืื ืขื ืืืื ืืื. ืขื ืืืื ืืื. The day that he was freed, saved from the Nazis Right, right, right. through Kasztner is a Yom Tov by them, ื''ื ืืกืื. And because it was such a nes for the Satmar Rebbe. Who did the nes? Through who did the ืืืืืขืจืฉืืขืจ do the nes? Dr. Kasztner was in their eye, he was a ืจืฉืข, no? Ha, ืืื ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืขืืฉื ื ืก ืขื ืืื ืจืฉืขืื? So the Rebbe wrote. That's good. The Rebbe wrote that? I didn't hear that. Where? I'm quoting, I saw the answer: ืืืจื ืืืงืืืจ ืงืกืื ืจ ืืื he didn't want to write the word ืจืฉืข ืืืืื, right, ืืืฆืื, saved, ืืืืื, ืืขืืฉืื ืืืชื ืืื ืืฉืชื ืืฉืืื ืขื ืืืื ืืื. He was he was murdered in the street afterwards in in in Tel