20. Tetzaveh - Zochor The Rock Of Moses -Subduing The Rebellion Within

Trailer Link: https://www.facebook.com/TheJewishMind/videos/1710814885601970/ LiveFeed Link: https://www.facebook.com/TheLighthouseProjectMiami/videos/1653696318259020/ Written Nots Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4614078/20.%20Tetzaveh%205777%20-The%20Rock%20of%20Moses%20-Subduing%20the%20Rebellion%20Within.pdf Transformation is a beautiful thing. It is something we all yearn for, to transform into that prince or princess who we know we are, if we can just slay all the dragons we face within ourselves. We all wish that there could be this Fairy G-dmother, who with a twirl of her wand would bring forth our objective mind, our kind heart and our beautiful personality, which all lay beneath the rags and bruises inflicted upon us by our witch of a stepmother, figuratively speaking. For those of you who didn’t grow up on Disney movies, and are more scientifically inclined, for you it might be a pill or a metaphysical liposuction surgery, instead of a Fairy G-dmother. However, the desire is the same, transform me, and wake me up when you finish! But life doesn’t work as such, at least not for the most of us. As a matter-a-fact, I read this medical report concerning the effects of NDE’s, which stands for Near Death Experience, and research has proven that NDE’s at large do not cause lasting changes. The wild driver in an NDE car crash will not long endure a change to lawful and considerate driving, unless he takes upon himself to make a life-change of the educational variety, where he studies and works daily on internalizing the free gift of life he was just given, and works daily on subduing his reckless and selfish Mr. Hyde. And this is precisely what this lecture is all about, Subduing the Rebellion Within. In the language of Kabbalah and Chasidus the word for Transformation is Ishapcha, and the word for Subduing is Iskafya. In this lecture we are going to explore two of the most beautiful garments of the Kohain Godol -the High Priest, which are the Eiphod Apron, and the Choishain Breastplate. On both of these garments there were precious stones, upon which the names of the Twelve Tribes of the Children of Israel were engraved, and yet, each in a very different manner. Through the mystical exploration of the differences between these two garments we will learn of the differences between the necessary hard road of Iskafya, and the destiny of Ishapcha.