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0:01 all right good morning let us begin so we are continuing today in O B inad to focus a little bit on the Reb's ideas concerning cha remember again yesterday introduced us to the dramatic idea that the process of chuva very 0:21 much mirrors the process of purification from physical T right the same way that again one has to purify themselves from physical impur that process is mirrored in the purification process from spiritual impurity which we call CH so the re said 0:37 remember just very quickly in the process of of being m in the process of purifying oneself from let's say for example from T the re said there are two parts there's T and there's Kar T purification itself is achieved through 0:54 two things mik and setting of the Sun kaparo is achieved ultimately through carbos andits that the process of CHA really requires these two pieces as well there is a Tara there's a Tara piece so the well we'll see now there's 1:13 a Tara piece and there's a kapara piece the reab said really the way the Reber framed it was in chba there's two parts there is a future oriented part I want to be different I need to be different I don't 1:26 want to continue to sin I want to live differently I want to be better and then after that there is a rectification of the past there's going ahead and going back like the RAB said then there's a reconciliation with the 1:42 past a a a atonement from the past which we'll get into now so the dev says as follows see he says if we're look we're on page the left hand column about we'll start three lines down right the person who's 2:07 Tomy now we're switching back for a moment to physical impurity so a person who is physically impure requires two things says in order to go ahead and fully purify himself from his tum what does he need T this is what 2:24 we're going to focus on today today we're going to focus on the concept of Tara of purification so what's T like we said before sorry so remember again the purification piece the Tarra piece is served through immersion in a mikah 2:43 and sunset so the reab says something amazing he says soab says that first problem we call Tara is the future oriented process the future oriented proess we say even if you think about this we'll talk about the imagery the the 3:04 easier imagery to appreciate is her of right what is her sheem represent right what's her of shees setting of the Sun what does the setting of The Sun really represent if you think about it what does it represent new day 3:17 new day right past is the past new day new chapter I'm starting over so the reab says the concept of Andes represents what he calls that's that is the purification process that's the part of CH that's well that's the part 3:36 of T that's future oriented I was t as I enter into this new day that t is behind me there's a new chapter there's a new chapter of life in front of me now the Reb says as follows he's going 3:50 to focus much more on the concept of so I understand that to to rid myself of physical impurity I have to go into a Mikvah remember you remember again what the RAB is highlighting over here is the same process to 4:05 go ahead and remedy physical T is going to be the same process to address and to remedy spiritual T to do CH so again if I'm T I need I need mik the says that refers to the Future oriented part 4:22 of CH so I understand old day is over new day is ahead of me new chapter what about immersion so say something so beautiful over he says so in general water right the concept of immersion in water is is a 4:51 fascinating idea right why why is it that water is always necessary for any type of T right it's just a fascina idea what is it about immersion in water has a whole has a whole beautiful piece about this where he 5:06 explains that I think I spoke about this the last time we did this o a number of months ago but the r explains that water he calls it the primordial substance remember again what was the world at its beginning right 5:21 the world was water right right the the world the world was was it was water water repres reprs the beginning so when a person goes ahead and immerses in a Mikvah and immerses themselves in water and allows themselves remember again 5:38 that's why by mik there's no right you can't have anything interposing between your body and the water when you wrap yourself in the initial building blocks of creation what you are effectively doing is re beginning your own creation you are 5:55 recreating your own world understands a little a little bit differently understands that water is also an illusion to Torah to Torah that just like water sustains and water gives life so so to Torah sustains and Torah gives life and therefore the 6:15 rebba says something absolutely amazing he says in physical impurity you go into water right you wrap yourself in water in spiritual impurity CH what's the Thea isn't to the the immersion is not in water for CH the the immersion is 6:35 in that which is like water in Torah a person immerses and envelops themselves in Torah goes on he says because Torah is the antidote literally is the remedy to the because T has the ability to go ahead and negate even 6:58 thoughts of sin so this is incredible remember we saw this says that if a person is struggling with a particular person what should he do right get to afterwards the first step is bring him into the mes why we know 7:17 this the truth is when I learn Torah I feel different right if you get into the psychology of the psychology of sin the psychology of sin is always quite complex people sin for all different types of reasons sometimes say G 7:30 and ta sometimes sin is just an escape sometimes sin is a result of me just not feeling good about myself but one thing is clear that when a Jew learns Torah by definition I feel better I feel different about myself 7:44 therefore again is saying the tavin the antidote to the sorry the antidote to is Torah is Torah so in physical t in physical T you're going to immerse in a mikva water in spiritual T the process of CHA process of 8:01 CHA my water is Torah I'm going to immerse myself in Torah he goes on he says I'm sorry Torah also protects the individual so let let's stop here for just a moment is saying as follows and this this is really 8:42 quite incredible so remember we're Focus now on the Future Part of CHA as I mentioned yesterday um it's it is very incredible that model of Chua the Future Part of Chua comes before the past part of cha which is really 9:00 just a fascinating psychological Dynamic cuz normally we assume that the first part of chuva is kind of reconciling with my past and then I can build a future in sadik it's actually just the opposite I'm going to focus on my 9:15 future and then I'm going to go back to the past which which just as in a side is really fascinating because sometimes it's really it's profound sometimes it's too difficult to reconcile with the past right if I have to stare 9:27 down my Aus and I have to actually make an accounting for the past I st for the past many times it's too painful so people just choose to shut down the entire CH process all together the beauty in model is 9:40 let's talk about the future let's talk about the future we're going to have to go back to the past at some point in time but right now let's just focus about not what was but what will be so how do 9:54 you go ahead and you plan for that future well again in physical Toma how do you plan for the future mik her ofes right her of shees new day new day mik I need to go back to the primordial substance 10:08 of creation right I need to restart myself right that Tom was part of a previous chapter now I need to go forward okay ch ch how does that work for CH what's the mik for Chik for CH is Torah Torah 10:24 now what what does this mean so like again you know sometimes sometimes like you know you hear this to to Torah Torah Torah Torah Torah I'm going to go on record I like Torah right I'm I'm a big fan right 10:38 sometimes people kind of just give it as like a g that's not is saying I mean it isad is saying but understand this what is saying it brings to the table he says Torah has a profound cathartic impact on me 10:55 Torah protects me Torah creates k y like a spiritual bubble around me and the more immersed I am in it the stronger I am to resist temptation that that that's that's what this is the more I the more I buffer 11:14 myself with Torah the more I'm able to stand up to the nas of life doesn't mean I stand up to every single one of them of course not fell all the time but the stronger you are it it's no different 11:26 than a person who takes vitamin c i body take Vitamin C I want to build up my immunity right I want to I want to take a third booster shot right I want to another boost booster shot a third I 11:38 want to build my immunity that's that's all I want so what so if I want to plan a future if I want to plan a future how do I plan the future meaning and what I know is I want my 11:49 future to be different than my past I don't want to repeat the same mistakes I don't want to engage in the same behaviors I don't want to be the same person so how do I ensure that that's going to happen 11:59 Torah Torah the whole idea of immersing oneself in the Mikvah of Torah is that it builds use it builds back better right ultimately again but really builds back better right it goes ahead and actually bolsters and strengthens the person in 12:18 dramatic ways is it a th% assurance that I'm never going to sin again of course that the only time you get that Assurance is when when when you're dead right then you have a th% assurance that you're not going to 12:31 sin again but if I bolster myself immerse myself in Torah I buffer myself I strengthen myself so I'm better able to resist the tius all right we'll stop over here for today we pick up with the rest of you B 12:45 tomorrow
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