Latest / Rabbi Benjy's Shiur / Garden of Knowledge 64
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- 0:01Garden of knowledge. She number 64, we have to know
- 0:07that we don't know. That's a big deal.
- 0:09When Eve decided to add the hashem's Commandments in the
- 0:13Garden of Eden. Oh, by the way, we can't also
- 0:15touch the tree. She demonstrated a total lack of
- 0:19a mother and understanding of her role and the role of
- 0:21humanity in relation to Hashem. We can't understand why Hashem
- 0:25wants strings on a four-cornered garment why he wants certain
- 0:28things. Why we can't add or detract?
- 0:31We are allowed. There is personal autonomy in
- 0:33the way we experience them. It's Sir, we can do.
- 0:36So with greater Desire with greater emphasis Greater Joy,
- 0:40that that's where at the era, we are allowed to personal in our
- 0:44relationship with Hashem, but generally a person's means, have
- 0:48a solution should be straightforward, innocent
- 0:52simple. Fulfill the Commandment without
- 0:56adding or subtraction and short to do what we are told.
- 1:01Of course, as you pass them grow them, it's a performance.
- 1:04One, can add more strict, stringent opinions.
- 1:08That's they feel that. There's the stricter opinions
- 1:11are going to open up a new spiritual world and a depth of
- 1:15meaning to what they're doing. But generally speaking should
- 1:20perform the mids. Perform the Mitzvahs as they are
- 1:23the level of joy and desire, that is personal, and up to each
- 1:27and every individual You're a person who isn't truly Pious,
- 1:33tries to be overly, stringent making up things that are really
- 1:37permitted, but that person thinks they're forbidden.
- 1:40Ultimately, it's going to be detrimental to the spiritual and
- 1:44religious growth rather than bring such a person closer to
- 1:47Hashem. They'll find themselves drifting
- 1:50further away person is vulnerable to mistakes.
- 1:53As soon as he lacks Clarity wash em once, So better not to
- 1:59introduce confusion and mistakes into our thinking, do what we're
- 2:02told and don't try and be overly sophisticated.
- 2:07Soldier of origin, Eve had not added the stringency of not
- 2:10touching the fruit. When in truth, she was only
- 2:12commanded not to eat the fruit. She would never have committed
- 2:15such a disastrous in but Eve thought that she understood what
- 2:19I showed wanted that. I sure would appreciate her.
- 2:22You strict Behavior, but she was wrong.
- 2:25If she would have reviewed our shems, original commandment and
- 2:27internalized, it she would never have failed King Solomon,
- 2:31therefore says in Calais and Ecclesiastes, don't be overly
- 2:35pious. Don't be overly criminal.
- 2:38In other words, if a person adopts stringencies, in a manner
- 2:41that's above his true, her true level of piety have end up doing
- 2:45criminal acts, that are way below his spiritual level.
- 2:49We must therefore keep them. It's for exactly the way that
- 2:53they are commanded and guided by the rabbi isn't by classical
- 2:56commentators with simple faith. And without trying to
- 3:01second-guess, A second mistake, but you forgot about Hashem.
- 3:07Even for a moment, we've been off my rights to other people
- 3:10often obstacles in one service of Hashem.
- 3:12The spider person's occasional confusing or negative thoughts.
- 3:17He would be he'll find his way back to Hashem, just fine.
- 3:20And even if he'd made a mistake, he would regret it.
- 3:24When others around him confuse him then, that's the problem.
- 3:29As in the pasok, the verse in the Book of Psalms I have set
- 3:31Hashem before me always ought to be.
- 3:35This is a level as Worth's, learning how to do it and
- 3:37striving for. We are meant to live with a god
- 3:40Consciousness, that's permanent and constant.
- 3:42And when we have that, that will safeguard us from making wrong
- 3:46mistakes or being influenced by others.
- 3:48Who perhaps don't have our best interests are hot.
- 3:51Have a very lovely day.