March 3, 2024

Navigating the Divine Path: Insights into Chasidic Leadership and Spiritual Rebellion

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Season 6

Have you ever wondered what the blueprint for spiritual leadership within the Chasidic world looks like? Join us as we unravel the fabric of true rebellion—not the kind that stirs chaos but leads with wisdom, love, and a deep connection to Hashem. Our conversation with a distinguished Chasidic scholar takes you into the intricate dance of tradition and modernity, where the lineages of the past meet the digital platforms of the present. We cast a discerning eye on the phenomenon of social media spiritual influencers, evaluating the virtues of established paths over transient trends in our quest for authentic guidance.

Navigating the spiritual landscape requires more than a map; it needs a compass that points to the 'chatzar,' the divine inner sanctum. During this episode, our guest and I explore what it means to embrace a 'derech,' a personal voyage steeped in centuries-old teachings and practices. We discuss the vitality of finding a Rebbe who resonates with your soul and committing to a 'mahalich,' a way of life that elevates your practice and shields you from the pitfalls of fleeting fads. It's a journey through the heart of Chasidism, seeking the essence of what it means to stand in the presence of the Almighty.

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What does it take to become a rebel?

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Not a red bee, but a real rebel that leads chasidim?

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I'd imagine it takes.

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You gotta dress the part.

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You gotta be extremely scholarly.

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You gotta know Torah.

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You gotta know how to give advice.

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You gotta dive in with Hislavos.

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You gotta love people.

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You gotta love Hashem.

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You probably really have to come into some dynastic family.

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Your father probably had to be the rebel.

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Gotta be a good advice giver.

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A lot of stuff Do mitzvos with kavana, but bismillahzeh, I just heard a very sharp line.

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What does it take to become a rebel?

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Well, not more than opening up a Facebook or TikTok and account and giving over your own beliefs and wants and starting your own chasidim.

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Something to be wary of, that, of course, no one would argue that all the reboy and increasing of Torah across the world.

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There's Torah for any subject To learn it at any speed, with any group, with any teacher, with any leader at any time.

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Nobody would argue that's a bad thing.

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But it should be noted that one needs to have for themselves a derech, a path.

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In his avidas Hashem, he's subscribed to a derech of how he follows the path into the chatzir of Hashem.

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It should be noted right here right now, that when the Jewish people, they were over that, they transgressed that really condemning and perhaps unforgivable sin of dancing around the Egel Azov.

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God said to Moshe that the Jewish people down below you better take care of this.

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They were sorrow maher menhaderach.

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They have strayed from the path, the path of Torah.

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Torah is a derech.

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We find that word over and over used in Niveem and Kassuvim to describe what being a Jew is.

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It's being on the path.

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So why don't you keep in mind that, while there's thousands of shiurim to always pick from, but when you make for yourself a Rebbe, when you buy into a certain mahalich in life, you're a satan mahrchased or a makalta litvach and I believe that Mishnebura and learning Gimara is the way to Hashem, not postulating anybody else.

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Or to believe that I'm an avardic mahrchased and I don't care what anyone else thinks about me.

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I'll ask for a pizza shop, even in lozer, in Home Depot, just to prove that I don't care what people think about me.

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When a person should dance and sing and dive in like a slonam mahrchased, when you should just do mitzvose because you're obsessed with them and that's what your Rebbe says to do.

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But when you feel grounded and you follow a derech and you aren't floating.

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It protects you From God.

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Forbid subscribing to the tiktak of Rebbe, who may flaunt his yadios, but he's hardly educated in what the Almighty really wants.

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So stick to the derech Hashem.

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How to do that?

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Buy into a path, find yourself a Rebbe, find a mahalich, find something that makes you go, that's relatable, and discuss it with this great person and figure out how you are going to follow this derech Hashem until you get to the chatzar, standing right there inside the inner quarters of with Hashem.