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Purim 5763
Lecture by Kabbalist Rav Berg March 17, 2003 Los Angeles It's rare that I have to correct Billy It's very !i""icult so#eti#es to get a $or! in $hen he's hot an! heavy on a %articular sub&ect I &ust $ante! to give #aybe cre!it $here cre!it is !ue, an! that it really $asn't so #uch #ysel" as it $as Karen Berg 'Re"erring to the (ohar %ro&ect ) *n a lighter note, so#eone as+e! #e, I thin+ it $as ,itan, as+e! #e -Rav, you're about the only one in this $hole %lace that isn't #as+e!, #as.uera!ing as so#ebo!y else- I thought about that "or a #o#ent, an! then I sai! -I'# %robably the #ost conceale! %erson in this entire roo#/onight $e celebrate 0uri#, as a very i#%ortant an! #o#entous occasion 1ere $e're going to celebrate, tonight, the %o$er, the %o$er as $e've been taught in Kabbalah, the %o$er o" the #in!, %o$er o" Kabbalah, an! conse.uently the avoi!ance o" unli#ite!, #ost !ays, #ost ti#es, she!!ing o" bloo! As o%%ose! to another situation, another con!ition, another circu#stance, that $e in this year o" 2003 are about to $itness, %robably A $ar that it see#s #any are "or an! #any are against, an! $here there !oesn't see# to be any, any consistency o" an o%inion /onight $e've co#e to rea! the Megillah, the Megillot ,sther 2or #e, an! I guess "or #ost %eo%le in the $orl! $ho are not %artici%ating in an event such as ours this evening, "or the# the rea!ing o" the Megillah is &ust another re%etition o" a, o" $hat see#s to be a victory that too+ %lace over 2000 years ago An! as $e notice! on the "il# 'o" han!ing out 0inchas (ohar's in Ra#allah) the (ohar has no li#itations, no boun!aries In "act, it is our %ass%ort to hu#anity 3hen $e rea! in the Megillah, the "inal verse, "inal verse, closing out this $on!er"ul section, this $on!er"ul %iece o" history, in $hich it a%%ears, although incorrect, that the 4e$s $ere victorious An! at the en!, $hen Mor!echai $as acclai#e! the lea!er in this #assive #ove#ent to avoi! bloo!she!, to avoi! con"lict, an! yet, an! yet acco#%lish the re#oval o" so#eone $ho $as bent on !estruction, 1a#an It says that this syste#, $hich $as e#%loye! by Mor!echai an! 5aniel, this syste#, the syste# o" Kabbalah, that can bring together the 667 an! have !o#inion over that 17 o" chaos 3hich on the sur"ace a%%eare! to have been so !i""icult As in our ti#es All the chaos that $e observe an! notice aroun! us relates to the %hysical reality o" 17 An! so#eho$ this hu#an civili8ation see#s to lac+ the ability to !o a$ay $ith chaos An! I'# not re"erring to $ar as one "or#, or the "or# o" chaos, but the chaos that each an! every single one o" us un!ergo each an! every single !ay o" our lives At this verse, at the en! o" this rea!ing o" the Megillah, it says that #ost %eo%le, #ost %eo%le recogni8e the %o$er o" the #in!, the %o$er o" 667, an! the %o$er o" Kabbalah An! as you $ill notice in your re"erence boo+s $hen $e rea! an! reveal the secret 667 you $ill notice #any #e!itations 1o$ever, at that #o#ent in ti#e, $hen the entire $orl! en&oye! the co#ing o" %eace, love, brotherhoo!, there $ere still a "e$ $ho re"use! to recogni8e the 667 9o !i""erent than to!ay 9o !i""erent than at any ti#e in %ast over these 3,:00 years /hey %ersist, as they %ersist to!ay, in bringing to our consciousness that the only solution, the only solution to %eace is !estruction /he #eans al$ays &usti"ies the en! an! the en! al$ays &usti"ies the #eans An! then there's another verse, in the Megillah, $hich says that King Ahasuerus, the +ing o" then the 0ersian ,#%ire, s%o+e to ,sther an! sai! $hat, $hat is your $ish But strangely enough, bet$een the $or!s o" -the +ing says to ,sther $hat is your $ish-, in bet$een, there is so#ething $hich is so totally unrelate! to the sub&ect #atter, an! yet inserte! there to ostensibly have no #eaning An! that $as, an! it !oesn't say they observe! or this is $hat ha%%ene!, it &ust sai! that ;00 %eo%le, ;00 %eo%le %erishe! ;00 %eo%le, an! the ten sons o" 1a#an 1aving no %lace $ithin the conte<t o" this !iscussion bet$een the +ing an! ,sther An!, as stu!ents o" Kabbalah, $e have learne! to inter%ret this story, not as a story, not even as a signi"icant %iece o" history, but rather an instru#ent that $as %resente! to the entire $orl! as a channel "or

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bringing about %eace An! that $hen even, $hen $e even re"er to those ;00 %eo%le that %erishe!, $e $ere not actually consi!ering the slaying o" ;00 %eo%le But rather, $e $ere consi!ering the root an! all o" the branches o" =atan, $hich ulti#ately beca#e #ani"este! as ten, but again ten, even ten re%resents not these ten sons, but rather the ten !i#ensions +no$n as the /en ="irot that govern this $orl! in that 667 An! that i" $e have control, $hen the +ing says to ,sther, as+ $hat you $ant 2or $ith this "or# o" control you have everything An! this has been the #antle that the Kabbalists have %asse!, inclu!ing, inclu!ing Rabbi =hi#on an! his very !ear "rien! Rabbi >ehoshua, $ho both reali8e! that $ithout the (ohar there $as no ho%e "or hu#anity An! !es%ite the "act that their en!eavor at that ti#e !is#ally "aile! /he %o$ers o" corru%tion, the %o$er o" so?calle! lea!ers, li+e at the ti#e o" ,sther, there are al$ays those "e$ $ho are bent on en&oying the %ain an! su""ering that they observe aroun! the $orl! =o $hat $e are !oing this evening is connecting $ith the Light"orce that "or the "irst ti#e since !estruction o" the /e#%le, this $as be"ore the !estruction o" the =econ! /e#%le, "or the "irst ti#e, a truly !yna#ic !o#inion over chaos too+ %lace Because this night is the night that $e can ta% into that +in! o" energy, to have !o#inion, to create the #iracles, to have such governance over the "iel! o" chaos an! to %lay $ith chaos as a toy, #ol!ing it li+e chil!ren !o, having it %er"or# accor!ing to our $ishes, having it !e#onstrate the illusion o" itsel", the illusion that #ight, %hysical #ight, is $hat is su%re#e in this 17 reality An! &ust as $e have $itnesse! over 2,000 years ago, this sho$, the sho$ an! !e#onstration that the $orl! o" chaos is in!ee! not a reality as $e have co#e to acce%t it, but rather, $ith the connections as $e $ill !is%lay tonight, an! $ith a constant a$areness that only through the Light"orce o" @o! can $e re#ove the !ar+ness that is so ever %resent u%on us More so $ithin this ne<t :A hours 3e have in!ee! #a!e an e""ort, an! I $ant to than+ all those %eo%le aroun! the $orl!, an! in!ee! %eo%le all aroun! the $orl!, $hether it $as /ur+ey or Ku$ait or =au!i Arabia, an! even 4or!on, $ho su%%orte! us in this en!eavor to bring an a$areness that there is no $ay out o" this !ile##a other than through the %o$er o" the (ohar I a# not here to #a+e any %re!ictions, nor a# I a %ro%het to say $hat $ill ta+e %lace But i" Iran, i" Iran is an e<a#%le "or us to have the con"i!ence, the certainty, that it is the (ohar an! only the (ohar, that !e#onstrates the %o$er o" %eace an! love, an! that $e have un!er e<tra or!inary, #iraculous events o" the (ohar in Iran, $hich has brought about a 1A0 !egree change in that govern#ent, over the %ast "ive years, or si< years An! there is nothing in the $orl!, nor anyone that can attribute this turn aroun! to any other event, to any other action that too+ %lace in Iran, other than the !eter#ination that $e $ere going to sen! "our containers o" (ohar to the 0resi!ent o" Iran A !aring try 2or he !i!n't e<%ect even one (ohar In "act he $as totally a$are that he $as about to receive this shi%#ent An! to #a+e the long story short, he, hi#sel", %ersonally, $as instru#ental in the !istribution o" the (ohars throughout the country An! Ira., the situation $as not as that si#%le /here $ere #any "orces, as in the ti#e o" ,sther, as in the ti#e o" Rabbi =hi#on an! 4oshua, to !isru%t, to !isengage the %eo%le "ro# (ohar But the last re%orts are that the shi%#ents "ro# various areas surroun!ing Ira. have reache! their !estination An! the reason I a# not #a+ing a %re!iction, because I haven't hear! "ro# =a!!a# that he has acce%te! the (ohar But that #ay co#e any #o#ent 3ill I be sur%rise!B 3ill any o" you be sur%rise!B An! the ans$er shoul! be no 2or $e +no$ that $as not the intent o" 0uri# /he intent o" 0uri# is not to !estroy, but rather to $el! together !i""erent %eo%les, "ro# 127 countries, bring the# all together an! "inally #a+e so#e sense out o" this civili8ation As $e e<%laine! on Channu+ah, $hich also is governe! by the %lanet 4u%iter, the %lanet o" #iracles, the %lanet o" #iracles, $hat too+ %lace on 0uri# !i! not occur, !i! not occur, on Channu+ah 2or on Channu+ah $hat $as observe!, an! $hat the Maccabeans reveale!, $as the cos#ic !ay, that connection $ith the can!le, $ith the light, $e coul! ta% into this, this !i#ension o" the 667 $hich coul! bring about the reign o" terror, the reign o" that as%ect o" the @ree+ ,#%ire $hich sought, $hich sought to re#ove "ree!o# "ro# %eo%le, $herever they $ent

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An! so the #iracle ha%%ene!, the #iracle o" Light Because, on the 2;th !ay o" =agittarius, that !ay, "ro# the ti#e o" Creation, "ro# the ti#e o" Creation consiste! o" an! inclu!e! that as%ect o" the !i#ension o" the Light"orce o" @o! that beca#e reveale! in this 17 An! that $ith %ro%er connection $e can bring the heaviness, that su%re#acy o" the Light u%on !ar+ness *n 0uri# it $as !i""erent /he %eo%le, the %eo%le also %artici%ate! 1o$ !i! they %artici%ateB Mor!echai an! ,sther sai! to connect $ith this 1:th !ay o" 0isces $hat $ill be necessary is mishloach manot, e<change o" gi"ts An! that $as +no$n, that $as +no$n 2,000 years ago /he e<change o" gi"ts But to #a+e it see# li+e it $as 4e$ish, they &ust si#%ly chose another !ate An! so it $as so#ething else But the e<change o" gi"ts originate! $ith 0uri# An! the reason "or that is the sa#e suggestion by Mor!echai an! ,sther as a certain re.uire#ent that can ensure the registering in this 17 o" the energy that is to an! $ill re#ove chaos "ro# our #i!st /o!ay #ore so than ever Is it coinci!ental that Bush !eclares get out =a!!a#, an! =a!!a# ans$ers, as I guess a goo! sol!ier !oes, Bush, you get out /hat $as the conversation /hat $as the beginning o" the conversation an! the en! An! that $e, $e shoul! be %artici%ating in this event, to e<change gi"ts, an! #ore so the suggestion o" matanot l'evionim, gi"ts "or the %oor @i"ts, matanot 9ot charity to the %oor, but gi"ts to the %oor 2or $e all shoul! +no$ by no$ the !i""erence bet$een a gi"t an! charity Charity is to so#eone that $e +no$ is !e%rive! in one "or# or another 3hereas $e give gi"ts, $e give gi"ts to our "rien!s 9ot as a sign o" su%%ort, or %rovi!ing sustenance, but rather, again, an e<change o" e#otion At the ti#e o" 0uri# everyone, everyone "elt e.ual 5oesn't #ean everyone $as e.ual, no It never $as #eant to be that $e are all e.ual, $e are all clone! in one %rototy%e 9o But the !i""erences that $e notice in this 17 reality !oes not necessarily have to $eigh u%on an! create !i""erences that ulti#ately $ill #ani"est itsel" in chaos /he %oor an! the rich, the Mosle# an! the 4e$, or the 4e$ an! the Christian Maybe !i""erent, in $hatever roa! they have chosen to reach the ulti#ate An! that ulti#ate is love Love o" one another /his is $hat too+ %lace /his is $hat too+ %lace on 0uri# /his is the #essage o" 0uri# 9ot, not the satis"action, the ha%%iness over seeing the o%%ose! su""er, beco#e e<tinct 9o /his $as a $ar bet$een Light an! !ar+ness An! i" that is $hat 0uri# is about, then I a# con"i!ent that i" $e here, as in every Centre aroun! the $orl!, $ill !is%lay this +in! o" "eeling, o" recognition that other %eo%le also e<ist in this $orl!, not I by #ysel", then I can assure you that the $or!s o" :A hours $ill not necessarily bring that !isaster, that shoul!, coul!, an! $ith the hel% o" the Light"orce be avoi!e! @o! bless you all