Rabbi Shimon Gavri asks the Yanuka about challenges for youth in this generation.
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0:00 I wanted to ask the Rav a few questions. A baal teshuvah, when he is fresh, he just now started to do teshuvah, which book is good to... With respect, sit. First of all, someone who is getting stronger, which book to give him depends on who he is. If he is an intellectual, give him Mesillas Yesharim. If he is a philosopher type, Mesillas Yesharim, my friend. If he is a person who is very simple, not right now... then some Orchos Tzaddikim.
0:29 It is as if it suits a certain kind of person more. Someone who... The philosophers, give them more Mesillas Yesharim, and these people, give them more Orchos Tzaddikim. And for a yeshiva bachur, what book does the Rav recommend to us that will always be good for him? That also depends on this.
0:56 It is hard to tell you. This too... Orchos Tzaddikim also suits a yeshiva bachur, but there are those who are confused, they have thoughts of maybe leaving, of suddenly dropping out of this world. They have all kinds of doubts and thoughts. Mesillas Yesharim can bring him back. There is also the book Nefesh HaChaim by Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin. There is also the Sefer HaMiddos of Rabbi Nachman, which also gives this. I heard, in the name of the Gaon, that whoever wants to know what his tikkun in the world is needs to check what his evil inclination is hardest on.
1:29 The main one is the inclination for forbidden relations; that is kedushah. What does that mean? That the main evil inclination is about forbidden relations, about adultery. So is it the Gaon who says this? Or is it something that... No, this also appears in the introduction to Etz Chaim, by Moreinu HaRav Chaim Vital. Rabbi Chaim Vital writes an introduction: a person who wants to reach his root and his tikkun, it is through learning the hidden wisdom of the Torah.
1:53 He will uncover the secret, his inner root. There he explains that learning the hidden wisdom will actually reveal in you, on one side, the virtues you have, and on the other side, you will face your trials and difficulties. Actually, the very fact that we face trials, doesn't that reveal what our role is? It reveals it, but you need to know the secrets of the Torah for that. To understand them properly. Certainly. If a person learns the Torah, he also needs to understand the secret of the Torah, to understand the inner side, what stands behind every thing.
2:21 I think he will then truly be able to come close to the Holy One, blessed be He. There are people who ask me for a blessing after the shiur, but I see that the person is not clear-headed. So I don't know what to do. To bless him? He wants to get married, for example. He asks me for a blessing to find his match, but it is hard to bless him, because I see that he is not a person who... And he wants to get married, he wants to get married, but I see that he is not a person who can get married. Meaning, he is not clear in his head; he is a person who, I don't know, maybe he has a mental illness, I don't know what.
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2:54 What do you do with people...? Certainly, may he have healing of the soul. But that hurts him, because he doesn't think he has a problem. No, you bless him with health, strength, a match, that is enough. Even to say "a match", no? Yes, no problem, because if he finds his match, Hashem will heal him for her sake. What does that mean? But in the end, when you bless him to get married too, then he has to somehow be healthy, because otherwise no one will want him.
3:24 Outwardly he is strong. Once there was someone I blessed with sons. And he says to me: Rav, I'm not married, for a long time now. And you are blessing me with sons? I told him: I'll tell you about Rabbi Chaim Sinwani. Once he was a guest in someone's house. He said Birkas HaMazon, and the man had no children, he had no wife. He blesses him: sons, daughters.
3:52 So the man laughed and said to him: I have none. So he said to him: sometimes you need to ask indirectly. If you will have sons, then you will surely have a wife. Sometimes you need to ask that way. A person gets a match, then he too will be healthy and will settle down. The Tikkun HaKlali is the highest tikkun there is. The highest? Higher than the Arizal's? No, the Tikkun HaKlali is the highest tikkun there is in the world. These ten kinds of song, the whole geulah depends on them.
4:21 Tehillim is not arranged in the right order. In Tehillim it says: "The prayers of David son of Yishai are ended," right? What does "the prayers of David are ended" mean? Now you said that, and after that, in Psalm 86, you say: "A prayer of David: Incline Your ear, Hashem, answer me." So how did you say "the prayers of David are ended"? After that: "A prayer of David: Incline Your ear, Hashem, answer me." A contradiction. From here you see that the book of Tehillim is not arranged in the right order.
4:47 They are psalms, but they are not in order. When you read them in this order, according to the order of the Tikkun HaKlali, it is more than all of Tehillim. Saying the Tikkun HaKlali is higher than saying all of Tehillim. So now a person will come and say: listen, then I'll say the Tikkun HaKlali, and not say all of Tehillim? No. In terms of its level, yes, it matters for the tikkun, but do say all of Tehillim. Why? The book Likkutim Yekarim writes, in the name of the holy Maggid, Rabbi Dov Ber son of Rabbi Avraham, in the book, he writes there: "Who can express the mighty acts of Hashem" - who can manage to express all the mighty acts - "or make heard all His praise."
5:24 Here it says: to make heard all of Tehillim. Certainly there is a great virtue. Why? In every psalm there are combinations, holy Names that you join together, as Rabbi Eliezer Tzvi of Komarna writes in his introduction to the book Ben Beisi. ...of the covenant, it is as if, as if... So you see from here that it is... And these are greater tikkunim; regarding the covenant too, it is greater than them. What is the tikkun of the Arizal? It repairs, but only when a person does not set out to sin.
5:49 Rabbi Nasan, Rabbi Nachman, our holy master Rabbi Nachman writes in the introduction that he designated two witnesses and promised, but on condition that he does not go back to his folly, that this person does not go back to places that are not good. And still he thinks he is not managing to get stronger in the matter of wasting seed. He failed, he falls all the time. He must learn Taharas HaKodesh and guard his eyes. He must. He must be holy in the covenant. He must be ready to give his life. The holiness of the covenant, there is no... what, excuses?
6:18 Ready to give his life. The covenant is a thing of holiness, it is the most important thing. No matter what, there is no... it is not a mere maybe. Also the covenant: one needs to understand that this destroys the world. The world is destroyed. There is nothing more severe. There is nothing more severe. Even HaEzer, siman 23, in the Shulchan Aruch, it is written there. Also in the... There is nothing more severe than this, G-d forbid. It is worse than cutting off a person's head.
6:45 Today we see ISIS. Worse than cutting off a person's head. We see a person whose head they cut off with a knife. You say: how cruel the slaughterer is. And yet, I look at how cruel he is... A person who commits adultery, who destroys his seed in vain, is worse than one who cuts off his head with a knife. What does the Rav recommend for young people? Taharas HaKodesh by Rabbi Aharon Roth. To strengthen yourself in the holiness of the covenant and the holiness of the eyes. There is no permission for anyone. In the Yalkut Shimoni, in the name of Rabbi Elazar son of Rabbi Shimon, Parshas Behaaloscha, remez 730, he writes about the eyes: they are the hardest thing to guard, because all the limbs follow them.
7:28 What am I saying? Also in Tractate Sotah, on page 10, that the Philistines gouged out... because Shimshon went after his eyes, the Gemara says, whoever sets his eyes on what is not his, then in the end, not only does he not get what is not his, even what he has is taken from him. His eyes are taken from him, over what was not his. Thank you very much. Rav, a last question, half... it slipped my mind.
7:56 But I wanted to ask: thank G-d, my son is here, and he will be accepted, thank G-d, into a yeshiva. Mazal tov. But he asked for a blessing for the bachurim of his yeshiva who were not accepted, of course they have not been accepted yet. What are the names? Ben Bluma? Ben Samra? That they be accepted to a good place. Avodah Zarah, page 19. The Gemara: "A person learns Torah only in a place his heart desires." Meaning, Hashem is precise between "in a place" and "from a place".
8:23 There is a difference between the letter beis and the letter mem. "In a place" he will desire, or "from a place" he will desire? May the Holy One, blessed be He, turn everything to the good for him. May you have it both "in a place" and "from a place". May we merit the light of Hashem. Which people are expected to let me know about it? ...complete, of course. He will yet succeed. He will yet succeed. No, he needs to get into the room. "And you shall spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south." Amen. To shine the light of Hashem.
8:47 Amen. Succeed, to shine His light, blessed be He. Amen. And to reveal the kingship of the Holy One, blessed be He, in the whole world. Amen.
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רצי לשאול כמה שאלות לרב בל תשובה שהוא טרי התחיל עכשיו לחזור בתשובה כיסא >> איזה ספר כיסלרב >> כדאי ל >> חבות השם קודם כל מי שמתחזק איזה ספר לתת לו זה תלוי מי אם הוא סחלטן תיתן לו מסילת ישרים אם הוא פילוסוף כזה מסילת ישרים טילו אם הוא אדם פשוט יותר הוא לא עכשיו זה אורחות צדיקים זה כאילו איזה בן אדם יותר מתאים לו אחד ש זה כאילו איזה בן אדם יותר מתאים לו אחד ש [כחכוח] כפילוסופים תן להם יותר מסילת ישרים האנשים האלו תן יותר אורחות צדיקים צדיקים ולבחור ישיבה ש מה הספר שהרב ממציע לו שיהיה לו כל הזמן טוב >> זה גם תלוי בזה זה קשה להגיד לךזה זה גם מוחות צדיקים גם יתאים לבחור ישיבה אבל יש כאלה שהם מבולבלים יש להם מחשבות של אולי לעזוב מבולבלים יש להם מחשבות של אולי לעזוב ללכת לפרוש פתאום העולם הזה יש להם כל מיני תעיות ומחשבות אז המסילת ישרים יכול להחזיר אותו יש גם את הספר נפש החיים של רבי חיים יבולושי יש גם את ספר המידות של רבי נחמן שגם נותן את זה שמעתי שבשם הגאון שמי שרוצה לדעת מה התיקון שלו בעולם הוא צריך לבדוק על מה היצר הוא הכי קשה? יקרא דיצר לרינ זו הקדושים >> מה זאת אומרת >> שהעיקר היצר הרעה זה על העריות על הניוף >> שהעיקר היצר הרעה זה על העריות על הניוף >> איזה מה זה הגאון שאומר את זה או דבר שהוא >> זה מופיע מופיע גם בהקדמה לעץ חיים של רמרחוך רבי חיים ויטל כותב הקדמה שבן אדם שרוצה להשיג את השורש שלו ואת התיקון שלו זה על ידי לימוד הסוד הוא יגלה את הסוד את השורש הפנים שלו שמו מסביר שהלימוד של הסוד למעשה יגלה בך מצד אחד את המעלות שיש בך, מצד שני אתה תתמודד עם הניסיונות והקשיים שלך. >> בעצם הדבר שאנחנו מול ניסיונות זה לא מגלה
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