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Kedushas Shabbos Part 132 - Harnessing the Evil Within
Rabbi Yaacov Haber, Shlit’a, posits, based upon Rav Tzadok HaKohen, that “having a little bit of ‘Rah’ within us us not such a bad thing.” This Plan B that we (Adam) chose, could make us much better, in the long run, than had we gone with Plan A which was the Plan before Adam ingested the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil. In other words, now that you’ve ingested the knowledge (tools) harness the beauty and exhilaration of the ride on the bucking bronco (which could also kill you) and make it bend to Hashem’s Will. “Some with chariots and some with horses, but we (the Jewish People) in the Name of Hashem call out.” If we do that… “Hashem save, may the King answer us on the day we call.” And then, shall a redeemer come to zion, and to those who repent from willful sin among Yaakov, the words of Hashem.”
Our work, now that we’ve exposed ourselves to good and evil, is to use the tools that we’ve acquired to build a Home for the Shechina here on this grungy, dirty earth. It may not be an easy job, and it make take 6000 years, but we, the Jewish People, have the antidote to the Zehumas HaNachash. We must harness it.
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | megabytes |
Kedushas Shabbos Part 131 - The History of the Zehumas HaNachash
Rabbi Haber, Shlit’a, reveals questions and answers about how and when the “venom” of the nachash that was ingested by Adam was/will be neutralized within the framework of the stages of Jewish history. The secret is in the recombining the “soul” with the “body.” The laboratory is Shabbos.
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Kedushas Shabbos Part 130 - Har Sinai: Before and After
Rabbi Haber composes a historical scenario taking us from the Sin of Adam, through Noach, Avraham Avinu, Yitzchak Avinu, Yaakov Avinu, the shevatim, Yetziat Mitzraim, Moshe and the rest of the Story of the Jewish People until the coming of Mashiach. He explains how after we ingested the Slime or poison of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, our function in the world is to eradicate and disgorge ourselves of that Slime & Grime to get back to the Holiness that was extant before the Sin when the Shechina could dwell amongst us. Individually, some of us may be able to get close. We’ve had many chances, as Rav Haber demonstrates. It’s a process that has taken over 3,500 years to complete. When the Mashiach finally arrives, the Second Luchos will be revealed to the Whole World Publicly when Hashem will be One and His Name will be One.
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | megabytes |
Kedushas Shabbos Part 129 - The Nachash Factor
Rabbi Haber elaborates on how & why the Nachash enticed Chava and was able to seduce her. Now the נחש is within us as the יצר הרע. The first stone tablets (Ten Commandments) were not successful because they were given “publicly” פרהסיה with pomp and circumstance. But the second stone tablets were given “quietly” anxiously בחשאי. Plan A didn’t work. Most start-ups are a failure. The First Tablets were like Adam before the sin.
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | megabytes |
Kedushas Shabbos Part 128 - Who You Are is What You See
Rabbi Yaacov Haber, Shlit’a, delves into the method of analyzing ones character by inspecting the way one sees the world. Is it good or bad? Is it holy or perverse? The model for a rasha רשע (evil person) as described in the Gomorrah and by Rabbi Tzadik HaKohen, is the non-Jewish prophet, Bilam. This is a fascinating discussion that touches on many ideas of fundamental substance to Judaism. Who are we in the world? What is our role as a Jewish Nation? How do we fix the sin of Adam and those of our predecessors? Is there a difference between souls? How do different souls view the same thing? How do the Chruvim fit into this discussion? Why do we see what we see? Can we change what we see? Can we change who we are? Watch, learn, and be amazed!
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | megabytes |
Kedushas Shabbos Part 127 - We’re Left with Plan B-The Chruvim; Busha or Kedusha
Rabbi Haber, Shlit’a, enlightens us on the consequence of Am Yisrael’s disobediences to Hashem. Am Yisrael, the “First Born”, like Adam HaRishon and Reuven, being impulsive and attempting to second guess or substitute our will for the Will of the Creator leads us to our ongoing choices of not thinking of Him before we act and not waiting for the Ratzon of Hashem to play out. It has led us on our much longer path of returning to Gan Eden. It has resulted in our constant struggle to reach our Ultimate Destiny. We must uproot our ego in order to get there.
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | megabytes |
Kedushas Shabbos Part 126 - Watering the Weeds
Rabbi Yaacov Haber, Shlit’a, makes the Chet (sin) of Adam understandable. In the context of history, the sin of Adam is the model for every sin that the Jewish People committed. Every one of our sins goes back to the first desire of Adam to “elevate” himself above what Hashem planned for Creation. The question is “whose in charge of me?” Do I make my own decisions about how I want Creation to be? Or, do I do it the way Hashem wants? The substance of ego is the “evil” that was ingested by Adam. It’s now within us. It will remain within us for the purpose of forcing us to recognize it and to overcome it. Are we for Hashem under all circumstances or are we for ourselves? Are we part of Hashem or are we separate? Ego is separation. Hashem is Unity. Our struggle is to remove the separation. Now that we have the amalgam of good and evil within us, when we water the good (the Garden that Hashem gave us), we could also be watering the evil (the weeds that we ingested). Our work in this world now is to struggle to water the good and kill the evil. May the Goodness of Hashem blossom and the weeds wither.
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Kedushas Shabbos Part 125 - Eitz HaDaas: Ingesting the Evil
Rabbi Yaacov Haber, Shlit’a, through the words of Rav Tzadok HaKohen, explains that the Rah רע (bad or evil) that Adam ingested was by choice in order to make himself capable of being “an individual” separate from Hashem so that he could go to battle for Hashem. But that choice was fraught with danger as evil has a tendency to win over good. Therefore, he was excluded from Gan Eden to prevent him from becoming eternal. Shabbos comes to provide the Jewish People with the ability to reunify with Hashem and His Holy Name by reversing the פרודה divisions/separations that we’ve been given in the Holiness of the Seventh Day. Although we live in the world of separation פרוד but it all comes together if it all has One Purpose. The point of Shabbos is where we can contemplate on the disparate part of the world that was given to us and, in so doing, we unify the separation of the week that has past and make it Holy.
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Kedushas Shabbos Part 124
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Rabbi Haber simplifies the secret of the שמע ישראל and ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו; Hashem sends us a fragmented world in spite of His UNITY, empowering each Jew to tie it all together. This is called ‘Creating Malchus’. The laboratory of this transformation is Shabbos. Hashem gave Mankind the job of Kingship.
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 35.2 megabytes | 00:51:23
Kedushas Shabbos Part 120 - Preparing the Chariot for the King to Ascend
Rabbi Haber, Shlita, travels the Holy Zohar, and shows how the Matzav מצב (state/condition) of Echad אחד (the Unity) is the Shechina שכינה (Holy Presence) when/where the King can ascend His Throne to do His Kinging. Shabbos is the Kedushin קדושין (marriage) of Hashem with His People, Am Yisrael, in UNITY. On Shabbos the Jewish People connect the Briah (Creation) with Hashem. The Life Force of Creation, which Hashem has divided into two parts: Kodesh קדוש (Holiness/Purity) and the sitra achar סתרה אחר (Contradicted other/Powers of constriction), both give koach (energy) to the world. Hashem rules through both Life Forces. When we’re being holy, we’re connected through the stream of Kodesh קדוש. At other times, we’re being ruled by Hashem through the sitra achar (Powers of constriction) סתרה אחר. Let’s get married in Holiness to Hashem and be together with Him in Supreme Unification עליון יחוד! Cut away the powers of constriction אזמר בשבחין and give birth to the Neshama Yesayrah נשמה יתרה (Soulfulness/ Extra soul). Shabbos is the Laboratory of rebirth and Unification.
Special Thanks to Eliezer Roeh-Ohr for Description
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 31.1 megabytes | 00:45:21
Kedushas Shabbos Part 119 - The Secret of Shabbos
Rabbi Haber teaches us the secret of shabbos. He shows us that on shabbos everything becomes one in the secret of one.
Take all six manifestations (sefiros of gashmius that Hashem put into the world) and combine them with the time factor of the zmanos (the Holy Days - and the six days of Creation) and turn them into kadosh; build the mishkan within yourself. Everything that we do on Shabbos to bring malchus into the world is so that Hashem can sit on His throne of glory. Then the world will be fired up with the glory of His creation.
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 34.2 megabytes | 00:49:51
Kedushas Shabbos Part 118 - Revealing the Light; Touching Infinity
The Original “Light”, which Hashem hid, can be revealed if we know where and how to find it. The world of detail which Hashem has given the Jewish People must be“tied together within the Jew and within Shabbos in order to make this world a place for Malchus (Kingship) for Hashem. That is the mandate of Shabbos. The hidden light אור הגנוז is waiting deep within the root of the neshama (soul) of the Jew which can be experienced on Shabbos. When it is found and expressed, it will be revealed in the world. Then the world will have Oneg (delight) in the world and the world will then be prepared for the Kingship of Hashem. We will then make Heaven on Earth!
Be a “Balanced Jew!” If you have touched the root of your neshama, you have touched Infinity the Ayn Sof אין סוף. There are 3 ways for the light of Hashem to reach this world:
1. השתלשלות (Chain reaction),
2. השלבשות (Hashem’s “clothing” of Light)
3. השרה (infusion of His Light - Tiferes תפארת Splendor/Glory).
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 32.9 megabytes | 00:47:55
Kedushas Shabbos Part 117 - Shamor v’Zachor; Cooked (בפנים-within oneself) on Shabbos
Rabbi Yaacov Haber, Shlit’a, prepares us for our Shabbos performance and teaches us how to do our hitbonnenus התבוננות (observance) by taking the gashmius גשמיות (material/physical/corporeality) that Hashem has given us during the week, and also since the Six Days of Creation, and turning those gifts into ruchnius/shamamymi רוחניות/שמימי (spirituality/heavenly); returning our gifts from Hashem back to Him by “cooking” them within ourselves and making them holy. All of the 613 Commandments are for the Remembrance זכור and Guarding שמור of Shabbos and that is our Purpose in the world; shomer- the klal (separate yourself from things that you want - these are the things you should not do (the negative mitzvos) v’zachor -, & the prat פרט (the exceptions)- the things that you should do; the positive mitzvos. The Shomer Shabbos person is the one who stops doing things for himself. Ahava אהבה represents the positive mitzvos & Yirah יראה represents the negative mitzvos.
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 32.2 megabytes | 00:47:01
Kedushas Shabbos Part 116 - To Turn Nega to Oneg
Rabbi Yaacov Haber, Shlit’a, reveals in this shiur that man’s job is to turn נגע into ענג. The “work” of the Jew on Shabbos is to take the Six Days of Creation (seeds which are the building blocks given to us by Hashem) and “make” them into a Creation of Kedusha. Every hebrew letter that Hashem uses in Creation and Recreation has a hidden power that is equivalent to the hidden power (the Ohr HaGonuz-Hidden Light) that is within every Jew and is within the essence of Shabbos. The recurring theme in His Creation is that of using that hidden power to nurture those seeds and erect an “edifice” that lights up the world with Kedusha. Shabbos is the “laboratory” in which the Jew does this “work”.It all depends on where you put your Ayin ע (Eyes)!
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 32.6 megabytes | 00:47:32
Kedushas Shabbos Part 115 - Heaven and Earth: Mercy and Justice
Rabbi Yaacov Haber, Shlit’a, “builds” Creation according to its two main characteristics, Justice and Mercy. Everything that HaKadosh Boruch Hu created was for the sake of the essence of Shabbos which is the essence of the Jew. Thus, the cycle of Creation revolves around how the Jewish People inhale and exhale Shabbos. It should be “lived,” according to the Rav, who cites from Rav Tzadok HaKohein, in Oneg (joy/pleasure/delight)! The Jewish People are the “switch” that keeps the flow of Creation cycling ever higher.
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 33.8 megabytes | 00:49:15
Kedushas Shabbos Part 114 - The Aching Footsteps of Mashiach: The Ox & The Donkey
Rabbi Yaacov Haber, Shlit’a, delves further into the reasons for and the mechanism of the tikun (correction) of the sin of Adam HaRishon. The connection of this tikun to the necessity of death is the foundation of the Final Redemption and a new Beginning for Creation when there will be no more war, contention, negativity, sickness or death. This is the mechanism of the Unification of Mashiach ben Yosef and Mashiach ben Dovid. Rav Haber shows the meaning of the symbolism of the Ox and the Donkey as they relate to Mashiach ben Yosef and Mashiach ben Dovid.
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 31.2 megabytes | 45:34
Kedushas Shabbos Part 113 - The Components of Mashiach
Rabbi Yaacov Haber, Shlit’a, breaks open the secret of how the mixture or blending of the Malchus, Kingship of Yosef and Dovid was set up in the union of Boaz and Rus. The lineage of Dovid HaMelech: Yehuda & Tamar - the cradle of chutzpah - begot Peretz - the fence breaker/the trail blazer, Peretz begot Chetzron, Chetzron begot Rom, Rom begot Aminadov, Aminadov begot Nachshon - who walked into the water-also a trail blazer, Nachshon begot Salma, Salma begot Boaz, Boaz begot Ovayd, Ovayd begot Yishai, and Yishai begot Dovid - who also inherited traits from Peretz and Nachshon. This is Dovid’s yichus, lineage which produced the character strength of the King of Israel. Kingship is the ability to “break out of the fence.” A king must be able to take risks. There is no kingship in mediocrity.
As between Yehuda & Tamar and Dovid, Melech HaMashiach, why do we need Boaz and Rus? Boaz, according to the Zohar, is called “Tzadik Yesod Olam”, The Righteous Foundation of the World. This is also the label that the Zohar uses for Yosef. Noach was a Tzadik, Boaz was a Tzadik and Yosef was a Tzadik; all with the character trait of Yesod, foundation.
Boaz received the title of Tzadik Yesod Olam because and at the very moment that he was nokar es habris, meaning that he withheld his personal desire to marry Rus for the sake of doing the right thing in the granary when Rus offered herself to him as a wife. That is why he was compared to Yosef (vis a vis Yosef’s avoiding of the advances of the daughter of Potifar). And at that moment, Boaz combined the Kingship of Yosef with the Kingship of Dovid/Yehuda.
Palti ben Layish was even stronger in his ability to withhold his personal desires for the sake of someone else. His “wife” Michal, was given to him by her father, King Shaul (who had taken her away from Dovid). Palti ben Layish placed a two sided sword in the bed between himself and Michal so as not to usurp the wife of Dovid.
The midah of Yosef must come before the midah of Dovid. What is the tikun for the Aretz? To be able to reign over the gashmius before the gashmius reigns over you; to reign over your inclinations.The integration of the midah of Yosef into the midah of Dovid; the strength of the Redemption.
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 29 megabytes | 42:22
Kedushas Shabbos Part 112 - Ohr HaGanuz: The Sprouting of Mashiach
Rav Haber, Shlit"a, helps us discover how the Hidden Light that Hashem made at the beginning of Creation will be revealed at the End of Days. First there will be an upheaval within the consciousness of the Jewish People to transform itself by struggling against our nature by humbling ourselves before Hashem. The secret of “empowerment” is to tame our negative impulses. This will bring the Malchus out of the filth and dirt of our averos, sins, and result in the Kingship of the Mashiach.
The Ohr HaGonuz, the Hidden Light, was made at the beginning of Creation. It will start to come back as the development of the days of Mashiach comes back. Things will then start to become more clear. The joining of Ruth to Boaz, as explained by Rav Haber, according to Rav Tzadok: It was “THEN” - אז that the seed of Mashiach was being planted. Boaz was a product of Yehuda & Tamar. Ruth was a product of Lot and the daughters of Lot. Dovid was a product of Ruth and Boaz, as well as a product of Yehuda and Tamar & Lot and the daughters of Lot. The story of Yehuda & Tamar was a parallel story to the story of the selling of Yosef into bondage into Egypt. Yosef resisted the temptation of bat Potifar. Yehuda was different. The next step in Malchus Beis Dovid is Boaz & Ruth. When Yehuda & Tamar come together, it’s darkness, it’s a mystery, it’s Ohr HaGanuz. But the hidden Ohr, light is Malchus. The Ohr of Dovid has to come from a tzemach, sprouting from the dirt. It’s got to be buried or hidden. We’re waiting for the tikun to come to the point where the Ohr can be revealed. We have had moments of clarity. When Mashiach comes he’ll be wearing a begged, clothing with (Oz) אז written all over it. “אז ימלא שחוק פינו - Then laughter will fill our mouths.”
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 35.7 megabytes | 00:52:03
Kedushas Shabbos Part 109 - Erev Shabbos: A Time of Confusion and Conflict
Rabbi Yaacov Haber, illuminates erev Shabbos and explains why and how we’re obligated to make a tikkun habriah, correction of creation, at this time. Time being both personal and global. We’re in the era of “erev Shabbos” of creation. Neither the personal erev Shabbos nor the global erev Shabbos is an easy time. There is tension in the air. The tikkun is more desperate on erev Shabbos. Where there’s chessed (kindness) there’s rah (bad/evil). If you’re a universalist you have to tolerate rah. The tikkun can only take place in the rah. Where there’s rah there’s the potential for a tremendous amount of tov (good). It’s all about haficha (reversal). As we see from Bilaam and the Purim story. From the rah has to come the bracha. The darkness is closer to Hashem because it’s deeper. On Shabbos, we need to find our own shortcomings and fix them. So, at the end of the story, meaning the end of days, which is the global Shabbos, or at the end of the week, which is our personal Shabbos, we can look back and see that the things in our life that we thought were bad are really good.
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 31.2 megabytes | 45:29
Kedushas Shabbos Part 110 - Distinction and Dissonance: The Path to Unity
Rav Haber takes us on a journey through the process of creation of the four worlds, atzila, briah, yetzira, and asiyah. By making distinctions, Hashem created malchus. In the symphony of creation everything plays its own piece. The Conductor instructs the briah (creation). The Rav relates the macrocosm of creation to the work that we as individuals do to acknowledge the Creator and to make our song to Him in our davening (prayer) and in the mitzvos that we do to put the pieces of the “puzzle” together and to bring the Mashiach. When Hakodosh Boruch Hu created the world, He created “mixtures.” Then He divided and made distinctions. In distinction we get clarity. In mixture we have confusion. As Mashiach comes, there’s more and more distinction.
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 36.5 megabytes | 53:16
Kedushas Shabbos Part 111 - The Greatness of Hashem, Clothed in Hod V’Hadar
The sugya, chapter of Hod or glory and Hadar, majesty in the olamos, worlds and in the sefiros, emanations. An “electrifying” journey into the workings of creation of the world and the development of Am Yisrael from the desert, the ephemeral existence of living above nature, to the Land the existence of Malchus, the dirty work of rectifying the sin of Adam HaRishon.
Rav Yaacov Haber explores Tehillim (Psalm) 104, the Malbim and the Alshich. The judge should not be corrupt (be distorted). That is, don’t lift up (give special consideration to) the poor, & don’t acknowledge the station of the rich. Hadar is the outer or external beauty of what everything has because of what it is. Hod has to do with inner beauty, the very form of the human.
Moshe Rabeinu had Hod & Hadar and Yehoshua only had Hadar. If Yehoshua had had both Hod & Hadar it would have been too much. No one would have been able to stand before him. What does that mean? Yehoshua didn’t have an “inside”. If Yehoshua had had inner beauty he would not have been approachable. Yehoshua brought things down to earth. He brought the nation into Eretz Yisrael. In the the midbar, everything was from shamayim. Everything was coming down. So Moshe and Aaron were Netzach & Hod. They were the agents of Hashem in the midbar experience, where everything was from Shamayim. But, when we came into the Land, everything was acquired with struggle. Everything is nice until you get to the “ground.” Malchus (being down to earth) is the hard part. The leader of Klal Yisrael had to be “of the Land” and that’s called Hadar. Hadar is Malchus. Malchus causes problems. But it’s all about making the world a place for Hashem’s Presence to rest once again.
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 40.7 megabytes | 59:22
Kedushas Shabbos Part 108 - Yishmael the Pera Adam
Rabbi Haber teaches the value of Yishmael and Avraham’s confusion about why he was ordained to have Yitzchak with Sarah. An unbelievable journey into the depths of the roots of the Jewish People in Avraham and Yitzchak and why, at the end of days, the separation of the energies of the world will be unified under Mashiach which will be the repair of the sin of Adam.
Avraham’s tension over how to be m’taken the sin of Adam was assuaged by the birth of Yitzchak .
Shabbos is our vehicle through which to rebuild unity of purpose in creation. Distinction is truth and light, but separation is falsehood. You must be able to see outside of yourself to know the truth! What is unity?
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 34.4 megabytes | 00:50:11
Kedushas Shabbos Part 107 - Lower is Higher; The Signs of Mashiach
Lower is Higher.
Yesod (essence/formation) is the ephemeral kingship. The true kingship has no essence. In order to be a King, one must have no personal honor. Jealousy is antithetical to true kingship. A king can not be a prophet. Prophecy has everything to do with “me.” Kingship is all about giving up everything to be part of the “earth” part of creation. You can’t be a king without people. A king must have roots in the “dirt” of the world and must live in the world. The competition between King Saul and King David goes all the way back to the competition between Yehuda and Yosef. There has to be a Yosef before there is a David. There has to be a Mashiach ben Yosef before there is a Mashiach ben David.
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 31.1 megabytes | 00:45:18
Kedushas Shabbos Part 106 - Adam was Created for the Honor of Shabbos
In this shiur, the Rav sensitively discusses the difference between the Jew and the Non-Jew. The workings of the Mashiach ben David and the Mashiach ben Yosef is apparent today as it was in the time of Yosef HaTzadik and Yehuda in Parashat Vayigash. Both are Kings, but they each have a different purpose. Yosef was universal, Yehuda was specifically for the Jewish People. But, at the end of days, Mashiach ben Dovid will be the universalist. It’s all about fixing the sin of Adam and bringing the world back to the Garden of Eden.
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 31.2 megabytes | 00:45:26
Kedushas Shabbos Part 103 - Space, Time & Soul
Rabbi Haber Shlita reveals the exterior and interior aspects of Space, Time and Soul. The sense of smell is different than that of the other senses as it has a dimension of truth. The sense of smell reveals the inner depths of Shabbos; the secret of the inner dimension of Shabbos, (the aspect of Time).
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 27.1 megabytes | 00:39:31
Kedushas Shabbos Part 101 - Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai & Shabbos
Rabbi Haber discusses the reaction of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai after he emerges from the cave for the first and second time and how it relates to the male and female aspects that Hashem, may His Name be blessed, created in the world and also the male and female aspects of Shabbos Kodesh. How is the world different after the chet of Adam HaRishon than it would have been had Adam never sinned?
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 31.2 megabytes | 00:45:29
Kedushas Shabbos Part 102 - The Sign of Mashiach - Ruach Apeinu; “The Aroma & the Light”
Rabbi Haber discusses how King David, and before him, Yaacov Avinu were the foundations of Mashiach. The first public example of Tshuva is Dovid HaMelech. But, before him, Yaacov Avinu became an Ish Shalem in Shechem, 50 years after he bought the birthright from Eisav. What does the sense of smell have to do with the “Light” that Mashiach will bring to the world? The special power of the scion of King David is the power of smell and the Ohr (Light) after the chet (sin).
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 31.9 megabytes | 00:46:30
Kedushas Shabbos Part 100 - Yitzchak Avinu the Rebbe as our Defense Attorney before Hashem
Rabbi Haber shlita explains that Yitzchak Avinu's Seeing the Shechinah and Seeing into Shamayim when he was on the mizbe'ach IS THE GOAL of Klal Yisrael; we must reach the level of the closeness to Hashem that Yitzchak Avinu reached when he was on the mizbe'ach. Can we attain that GOAL notwithstanding our sins? Do we need a defense attorney? Yitzchak Avinu, in a logical discussion with Hashem, exempts himself as a defender of Klal Yisrael and defers to Hashem, the Ultimate Judge. "They are YOUR children," after all!
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 31.4 megabytes | 00:45:51
Kedushas Shabbos Part 99 - Pachad Yitzchak: Seeing Without Eyes
Rabbi Haber discusses the difference between the "Kiddush Hashem" that Avraham Avinu did when he walked into the oven of Nimrod and was saved from the fire by Hashem and the "Korban LaSHem" that was performed by Yitzchak Avinu when he presented himself on the mizbe'ach. He was the ultimate Sacrifice. He describes the vision of Yitzchak, who saw the Shechinah while looking up on the mizbe'ach and how it was on a higher level than Avraham's Kiddush Hashem. Avraham Avinu "Knew" Hashem. But Yitzchak Avinu "Saw" the Shechina.
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 30.5 megabytes | 00:44:33
Kedushas Shabbos Part 98 - The Blindness of Yitzchak
Rabbi Yaacov Haber שליט’א delves into what our Sages, of blessed memory, say concerning the Blindness of Yitzchak Avinu and how it relates to Our Purpose (Tachlis HaShlamus) in This World, that of attaining the Fear of G-D. Rabbi Haber explains what it will be like in the World to Come in the Days of Mashiach, when our “freedom of choice” will be so clear that we, in effect, will not need a “freedom of choice.” The “strength” of the “freedom of choice” ends when Mashiach comes. Is “sight” True “vision?”
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 33.2 megabytes | 00:48:26
Kedushas Shabbos Part 97 - Bigdei Shabbos
Why was Lot so important to Avraham Avinu? Who or What does Lot represent? And, why does Avraham Avinu go to such amazing lengths to save him and then return him to Sodom? Rav. Haber presents a very deep and extensive explanation, quoting from Parashat Lech Lecha, in which he answers this question and relates it to the Mashiach.
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 35 megabytes | 00:50:59
Kedushas Shabbos Part 96 - Bigdei Eisav
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 30.6 megabytes | 00:44:37
Kedushas Shabbos Part 95
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 35.7 megabytes | 00:52:05
Kedushas Shabbos Part 93
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 33.3 megabytes | 00:48:35
Kedushas Shabbos Part 94
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 31.4 megabytes | 00:45:44
Kedushas Shabbos Part 92
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 30.8 megabytes | 00:44:55
Kedushas Shabbos Part 90
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 10.4 megabytes | 00:47:23
Kedushas Shabbos Part 89
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 32.1 megabytes | 00:46:47
Kedushas Shabbos Part 91
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 31.1 megabytes | 00:45:25
Kedushas Shabbos Part 88
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 30 megabytes | 00:43:46
Kedushas Shabbos Part 87
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 29.7 megabytes | 00:43:16
Kedushas Shabbos Part 86
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 33.1 megabytes | 00:48:13
Kedushas Shabbos Part 85
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 30.1 megabytes | 00:43:54
Kedushas Shabbos Part 84
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 32.4 megabytes | 0047:18
Kedushas Shabbos Part 83
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 35.6 megabytes | 00:51:52
Kedushas Shabbos Part 82 - Start of Maamar 5
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos' - Start of Maamar 5
| 38.5 megabytes | 00:36:05
Kedushas Shabbos Part 81
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 26.5 megabytes | 00:38:39
Kedushas Shabbos Part 80
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 27.8 megabytes | 00:40:35
Kedushas Shabbos Part 79
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 17.9 megabytes | 00:26:05
Kedushas Shabbos Part 77
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 22.5 megabytes | 00:32:46
Kedushas Shabbos Part 78
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 19.5 megabytes | 00:28:26
Kedushas Shabbos Part 68
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 23.7 megabytes | 00:34:36
Kedushas Shabbos Part 69
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 15.2 megabytes | 00:22:07
Kedushas Shabbos Part 72
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 28.8 megabytes | 00:42:01
Kedushas Shabbos Part 70
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 31.1 megabytes | 00:45:20
Kedushas Shabbos Part 71
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 27.1 megabytes | 00:39:29
Kedushas Shabbos Part 73
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 30.8 megabytes | 00:44:55
Kedushas Shabbos Part 74
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 30.4 megabytes | 00:44:20
Kedushas Shabbos Part 75
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 27.1 megabytes | 00:39:32
Kedushas Shabbos Part 76
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 24.2 megabytes | 00:35:22
Kedushas Shabbos Part 67
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 26.2 megabytes | 00:38:14
Kedushas Shabbos Part 66
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 19.2 megabytes | 00:27:59
Kedushas Shabbos Part 65
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 29.1 megabytes | 00:42:25
Kedushas Shabbos Part 64
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 27.6 megabytes | 00:40:11
Kedushas Shabbos Part 63
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 27.3 megabytes | 00:39:50
Kedushas Shabbos Part 62
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 19.8 megabytes | 00:28:58
Kedushas Shabbos Part 61
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 26 megabytes | 00:37:59
Kedushas Shabbos Part 60
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 32.9 megabytes | 00:48:00
Kedushas Shabbos Part 59
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 26.4 megabytes | 00:38:32
Kedushas Shabbos Part 57
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 31.3 megabytes | 00:45:41
Kedushas Shabbos Part 56
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 30.5 megabytes | 00:44:32
Kedushas Shabbos Part 58
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 30.4 megabytes | 00:44:16
Kedushas Shabbos Part 55
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 31.9 megabytes | 00:46:32
Kedushas Shabbos Part 54
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 26.6 megabytes | 00:38:46
Kedushas Shabbos Part 53
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 26 megabytes | 00:37:56
Kedushas Shabbos Part 52
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 22 megabytes | 00:32:06
Kedushas Shabbos Part 51
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 27.1 megabytes | 00:39:33
Kedushas Shabbos Part 50
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 29.8 megabytes | 00:43:28
Kedushas Shabbos Part 49 - Start of Mammar Gimmel
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 29.2 megabytes | 00:42:34
Kedushas Shabbos Part 48
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 31.1 megabytes | 00:45:23
Kedushas Shabbos Part 47
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 11.7 megabytes | 00:17:06
Kedushas Shabbos Part 46
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 29 megabytes | 00:42:18
Kedushas Shabbos Part 45
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 29 megabytes | 00:42:19
Kedushas Shabbos Part 44
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 28.9 megabytes | 00:42:12
Kedushas Shabbos Part 43
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 29.7 megabytes | 00:43:20
Kedushas Shabbos Part 42
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 27.8 megabytes | 00:40:37
Kedushas Shabbos Part 41
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 32.5 megabytes | 00:47:25
Kedushas Shabbos Part 40
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 69.7 megabytes | 00:38:06
Kedushas Shabbos Part 39
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 27.5 megabytes | 00:40:10
Kedushas Shabbos Part 38
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 28.6 megabytes | 00:41:39
Kedushas Shabbos Part 37
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 33 megabytes | 00:48:08
Kedushas Shabbos Part 36
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 28.8 megabytes | 00:42:03
Kedushas Shabbos Part 35
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 29.6 megabytes | 00:43:13
Kedushas Shabbos Part 34
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 24.2 megabytes | 00:35:17
Kedushas Shabbos Part 33
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 26 megabytes | 00:37:59
Kedushas Shabbos Part 32
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 28 megabytes | 00:40:49
Kedushas Shabbos Part 31
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 27.1 megabytes | 39.36
Kedushas Shabbos Part 30
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 29.7 megabytes | 00:43:15
Kedushas Shabbos Part 29
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 27.3 megabytes | 00:39:49
Kedushas Shabbos Part 28
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 26.4 megabytes | 00:38:35
Kedushas Shabbos Part 27
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 28.9 megabytes | 00:42:06
Kedushas Shabbos Part 26
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 27.5 megabytes | 00:40:04
Kedushas Shabbos Part 25
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 29.1 megabytes | 00:42:28
Kedushas Shabbos Part 24
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 28.3 megabytes | 00:41:15
Kedushas Shabbos Part 23
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 28.5 megabytes | 00:41:33
Kedushas Shabbos Part 22
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 28.3 megabytes | 00:41:14
Kedushas Shabbos Part 21 - Start of Maamar Beis
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos' - Start of Maamar Beis
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 26 megabytes | 00:37:58
Kedushas Shabbos Part 20
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 29.6 megabytes | 00:43:08
Kedushas Shabbos Part 19
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 28.6 megabytes | 00:41:47
Kedushas Shabbos Part 18
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 30.9 megabytes | 00:45:06
Kedushas Shabbos Part 17
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 27.7 megabytes | 00:40:27
Kedushas Shabbos Part 16
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 24.8 megabytes | 00:36:10
Kedushas Shabbos Part 15
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 27.7 megabytes | 00:40:27
Kedushas Shabbos Part 14
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 30.8 megabytes | 00:44:54
Kedushas Shabbos Part 13
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 28.8 megabytes | 00:42:01
Kedushas Shabbos Part 12
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 28.3 megabytes | 41:18 Minutes
Kedushas Shabbos Part 11
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 31.1 megabytes | 45 minutes
Kedushas Shabbos Part 10
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 30.9 megabytes | 45 minutes
Kedushas Shabbos Part 9
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 29 megabytes | 42:30 minutes
Kedushas Shabbos Part 8
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein" 'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 37.6 megabytes | 40 Minutes
Kedushas Shabbos Part 7
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein"
'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 33.5 megabytes | 48:54 minutes
Kedushas Shabbos Part 6
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein"
'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 30.36 megabytes | 44:42 minutes
Kedushas Shabbos Part 5
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein"
'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 29.8 megabytes | 43:30 minutes
Kedushas Shabbos Part 4
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein"
'An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos'
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 30.3 megabytes | 44:16 minutes
Kedushas Shabbos Part 3 - Man’s role in Tikkun Olam
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein"
An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos.
Tikkun and Churban are so close that at times it is hard to discern them from each other.
Our work after the expulsion from the Garden of Eden, is our unique role in Tikkun Olam.
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 32.1 megabytes | 46:49 minutes
Kedushas Shabbos Part 2 - Partnership of God and man in creation
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein"
An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos.
It is an extremely important element of creation that God partners with Man in creation, God does not finish creation by himself but he depends on Man.
This the most basic and deepest of Tzelem Elokim, man being created in the image of God, Elokim is the name of Hashem used in creation.
This is taken a step further to explain the concept of "Tzafon Hapasuach" that there is a vacuum in creation. This has many significances, however this "North" is of dubious character as it can be good but it can also be bad. This "North" refers to our participation in creation to fill the void. In this partnership, we face free choice: will we do Tikkun Olam or will we destroy the world. The way to choose the Tikkun is only with Yiras Shomayim.
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 29.6 megabytes | 43 minutes
Kedushas Shabbos Part 1 - Shabbos: Culmination of six days of work
"Rav Tzadok HaKohein"
An analysis of the human participation in the Creation based on the Sefer Kedushas Shabbos.
The whole Kedusha of Shabbos is based on the six days preceding it. Hashem also does not have a Shabbos unless He puts in six days of work of Tikkun Olam.
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 25.9 megabytes | 37 minutes
Kedushas Shabbos Part 104 - How the Power of Choice is the Driving Force of Creation
Rabbi Haber, Shlita, investigates how the power of choice that we have is the mechanism by which Hashem’s Hashgacha Pratis (Divine Providence) runs the world. A fascinating look at the role of the actions (and perhaps even the thoughts) of mankind (and the individual in particular) has a direct causative effect on how the Creator, may His Name be blessed, runs the world. This profound and thoughtful discussion provides a deep insight into the workings of the ongoing creations in the time and space of existence.
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 31.4 megabytes | 00:45:48
Kedushas Shabbos Part 105 - Dig it! Who Mirrors Creation
Rabbi Haber reveals the mechanism for changing nature through digging beyond the stars. Yitzchak Avinu and Avraham Avinu, before him, were shown by Hashem the secret of changing nature through going very deeply into the world outside and beyond nature and accessing the roots of Creation in order to grow their own produce (the partnering with Hashem in Creation). They were able to induce changes in nature through uprooting their environment with special prayers mirroring the Will of Hashem that they succeed in going above nature in order to fix the world which is suffering in a lower state of existence from the sin of Adam HaRishon. We, as their progeny, are also capable of changing nature for the same purpose. We do so whenever we take anything in Creation and elevating it through brachot and tefillot and by recognizing the G-Dliness within it.
Rabbi Yaacov Haber | 39.5 megabytes | 00:57:34
