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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Shield of David
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.85,0:00:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rabbi Zamir Cohen,Shlita The Shield of David
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.90,0:00:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a tradition
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.55,0:00:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when King David would go out to war
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.16,0:00:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he would go out with a shield
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.73,0:00:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had a drawing on it comprised of two triangles;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.34,0:00:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one upright and one upside-down,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.07,0:00:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,superimposed one on the other,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.54,0:00:27.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and therefore, this diagram was known as the Shield of David.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.95,0:00:30.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does it symbolize?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.42,0:00:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many secrets contained in the Shield of David.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.13,0:00:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On a more simple level,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.40,0:00:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the triangle and upside-down triangle represents
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.98,0:00:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,male and female,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.78,0:00:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two opposites that create perfect harmony.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.31,0:00:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to Judaism, the entire creation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.82,0:00:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is based on the principle of naturally occurring opposites-
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.64,0:00:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two opposites that create one complete whole.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.81,0:00:50.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An unmarried man and an unmarried woman
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.05,0:00:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are still only considered half a person.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.94,0:00:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they get married
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.96,0:00:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they turn into a complete person.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.53,0:00:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Male and female He created them ...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.27,0:00:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... and He blessed them ...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.07,0:00:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... and He called their name ADAM (=mankind)."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.18,0:01:00.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is to say
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.15,0:01:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the entire creation is based on the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.44,0:01:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I am only a half.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.21,0:01:04.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second half is needed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.75,0:01:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to complete myself and become whole.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.53,0:01:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, on a deeper level
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.59,0:01:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these two triangles,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.34,0:01:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they interjoin,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.48,0:01:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,form six spaces
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.68,0:01:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,small triangles that appear around the edges,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.12,0:01:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one center space which is hexagonal,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.81,0:01:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all the six surrounding triangles are inter-connected to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.85,0:01:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Maharal from Prague,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.16,0:01:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the great Kabbalists,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.64,0:01:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wrote that the number six
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.97,0:01:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expresses the aspect of materiality.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.59,0:01:30.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every physical object is confined to six sides:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.19,0:01:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,East, West, North, South, above and below.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.61,0:01:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the other hand, the aspect of the number seven
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.23,0:01:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,corresponds to the inner dimension.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.19,0:01:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The spirituality that exists within the physical,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.32,0:01:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the electrons that are within the atom,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.72,0:01:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the spirituality that gives life to the physical.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.82,0:01:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like the soul within the body,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.45,0:01:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seventh dimension that gives life to the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.36,0:01:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is the reason
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.57,0:01:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Judaism is saturated by the number seven.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.83,0:01:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The seventh day is The Sabbath,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.22,0:01:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seventh year is The Sabbatical Year,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.92,0:01:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Festivals are seven days long,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.92,0:01:59.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a bride and groom rejoice for seven days of blessings,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.49,0:02:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, too, there are seven days of mourning,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.03,0:02:02.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,family purity requires waiting seven days,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.63,0:02:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are seven branches on the Menorah,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.99,0:02:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A man winds the strap of tefillin (phylacteries) seven times around his arm,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.11,0:02:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.30,0:02:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many more "sevens" in Judaism.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.82,0:02:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is this so?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.35,0:02:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's due to the the seventh dimension in nature
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.05,0:02:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is what gives life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.22,0:02:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the inner spirituality that gives existence
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.04,0:02:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to all of the surrounding physicality.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.69,0:02:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is the reason, in anticipation of the Sabbath, we say
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.54,0:02:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let us go to greet the Sabbath ...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.79,0:02:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... for it is the source of all blessing."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.94,0:02:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Sabbath is actually in the center
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.34,0:02:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with its influence affecting
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.61,0:02:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the three prior days of the week
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.06,0:02:30.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as the three following days.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.13,0:02:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when a person works
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.22,0:02:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,six days of the week,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.40,0:02:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he produces material, he earns money.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.35,0:02:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, the physical that lacks its soul,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.43,0:02:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that lacks spirituality,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.48,0:02:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will not endure.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.62,0:02:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A blessing in money is not
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.43,0:02:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what appears in your pay slip.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.19,0:02:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather, that you should be able
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.45,0:02:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to enjoy all of your money.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.77,0:02:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Sabbath which is the "source of all blessings",
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.78,0:02:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explains the Maharal,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.64,0:02:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means that observing the laws of the Sabbath
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.25,0:02:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brings in the spiritual dimension
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.56,0:02:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Seventh day
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.75,0:02:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the other six days of the week.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.86,0:02:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It puts the soul into the physical
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.94,0:02:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the physical can endure.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.57,0:02:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beyond this there is an even deeper level.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.37,0:02:58.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Shield of David is comprised of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.29,0:03:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an upper line and a lower line.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.16,0:03:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The upper line represents
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.50,0:03:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the spiritual world and the heavens,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.72,0:03:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while the lower line represents
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.23,0:03:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.48,0:03:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The nature of a person is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.52,0:03:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that while he is in this world
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.42,0:03:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in any endeavor that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.57,0:03:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relates to the physical,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.45,0:03:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he initially has great aspirations
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.50,0:03:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he feels spaciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.81,0:03:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He advances, makes strides, and exerts himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.72,0:03:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the more he attains and reaches his aim, his goal;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.90,0:03:20.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his motivation decreases and dwindles
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.57,0:03:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until it disappears.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.08,0:03:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the other hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.38,0:03:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in spiritual matters it is exactly the opposite.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.29,0:03:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you begin from a small point
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.41,0:03:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you continually expand
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.64,0:03:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and continually develop boundlessly!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.44,0:03:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wider part of the inverted triangle
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.68,0:03:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,widens infinitely
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.39,0:03:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since the two angled lines
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.62,0:03:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,diverge forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.37,0:03:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As opposed to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.92,0:03:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lower triangles which start off wide \N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.78,0:03:45.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but end with the two lines meeting
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.31,0:03:47.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ending at a fixed point.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.75,0:03:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Kabbalist masters also teach us
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.90,0:03:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when a person acts in this world,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.17,0:03:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he also influences the higher worlds.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.70,0:03:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after impacting the higher worlds,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.82,0:03:58.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the abundance goes down and returns into this world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.85,0:04:00.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This too is hinted at in the Shield of David.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.27,0:04:02.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A person can act below in this world
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.59,0:04:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in either a positive or negative way,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.33,0:04:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as instructed by the Creator.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.04,0:04:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(The word Torah comes from the word meaning instruction.)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.84,0:04:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he acts in a positive way,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.94,0:04:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he generates abundance in the higher worlds.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.03,0:04:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, what a person does here,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.56,0:04:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,represented by the lower line, doesn't just remain below
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.47,0:04:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but ascends up and penetrates the higher worlds.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.66,0:04:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after his influence in the higher worlds,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.10,0:04:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it then returns back down again
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.70,0:04:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to influence this world
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.23,0:04:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with goodness and blessing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.04,0:04:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in accordance with his deeds.