What does it mean to be united? The great Hinoka

The shiur in English

The Yanuka’s own words in this shiur, translated into English by Lehallel · 329 words · 1:25. Press a time to hear it said.

0:00 For the building of the Beis HaMikdash, the Holy Temple, or for the revelation of Hashem's kingship, we all need to be united. What does 'united' mean? Now, you would never cause pain to your father, or your brother, or your son, or someone close to you. Why, you say? 'My own flesh and blood.' What, would I cause him distress? But your neighbor, a worker who works with you at the same job - him you can cause distress.

0:28 Why do you see him as separate from you? You do not see him as one. We - the moment we do not see ourselves as one, then we are not worthy of the Temple. The Holy One, blessed be He, expects to see the Jewish people the way you love your son, your daughter. Rabbi Dovid of Lelov said: 'Do not call me the tzaddik of the generation.' In that generation - in every generation there is a tzaddik of the generation. The tzaddik of the generation is a tzaddik who rules over the generation.

0:53 The power of his soul is the greatest, and through him is done everything the Holy One, blessed be He, does in the world. It is through that soul of the tzaddik of the generation. Everyone is in his hand like a pen in the hand of a scribe; he rules - this is called the tzaddik of the generation. In the time of Rabbi Dovid of Lelov, he reached a very, very high level. So they say that they called him the tzaddik of the generation. So once he cried out and said, 'Do not call me the tzaddik of the generation.' They said to him, 'Why?' He said, 'Because I love my grandson and my offspring more than I love any one of the Jewish people.'

1:19 'So I cannot be the tzaddik of the generation.' The tzaddik of the generation must love all of the Jewish people with the same love.

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