Weekly Hashkafa Shiur #11 | The Job of the Metaken [AUDIO]

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Mendel Kessin’s own words— taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

We're getting close to the Russia Shana. And um you know, obviously a lot of interesting things happening. But I want to go to go back uh to what I was speaking about 2 weeks ago. Uh the concept of, you know, the uh Ashkenazim Sefard. All right? Now, I had mentioned and this is a very important idea. I had mentioned that the concept that really there are 10 Sefirot and these are forces that God uses to create to make the entire creation. And I also mentioned that each one of these forces is subdivided into 10 itself. Same 10, but it's a subdivision. And then each of these are again subdivided the 10 ad infinitum. You know what? It's It's a progression of uh of 10 within 10 within 10 within 10 and so on. But what uh the main thing to consider is the first two levels. So, there's 10 from from uh Keter Hochma, Bina and then there's of course Hesed, Gevurah, Tiferet, Netzach, Hod, Yesod, Malchut. Those are 10 and within them each one has the same 10 Sefirot. So, therefore, if you count all of them there is 100. You see? Uh 100 Sefirot. Now, what is interesting is that um the concept of a Metaken. You see? Now, the concept of Sefirot within Sefirot is that it gives you Sefirah and each sub Sefirah, let's say Hesed of Hesed. Okay? So, Hesed is the original 10 and within that is 10. So, let's say there's Hesed of Hesed. What that does is gives you a certain perception of God. You see? That's really what it is. It's like looking into a house that has 100 windows. There's 10 windows, 10 sections. Okay? And each section has a further 10. And when you looking or you you when you

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1. 0:00We're getting close to the Russia Shana. And um you know, obviously a lot of interesting…
2. 6:09somebody who can rectify creation, you see, uh in a certain sense is connected to one…
3. 12:15You see? So, that's what happens. So, ultimately, the task of a metaken, ultimately, is to…
4. 18:29the the the what's called the occlusion, the hester of that root, you see? Which is…
5. 24:46referred always as. Because they never lost the facet of being connected, you see, to the…
6. 30:54it through the Sudan, basically. And therefore, they counted 49 days. Now, you see, which is…
7. 37:05nations that are connected to 35 Sefirot. You see? Esau or Edom he is the fundamental…
8. 43:17You see? You see how it works? And that is really in many ways the origin…
9. 49:22Iraq. Or they lived in Eretz Israel. Or they lived in Egypt. In Alexandria. There was…
10. 55:34in Israel, David comes, and then we start counting 49? Yes. That's right. at the end.…

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