Rationalism vs. Mystical Superheros In The Torah

0:11Supernatural, the Torah itself is beyond nature, and there's not a page in the Torah that does not contain something supernatural. Today, there is a sect of Jews that like to call themselves Rationalists. They call themselves Orthodox Jews; they keep Shabbat, they keep kosher, they observe taharat hamishpacha, but they call themselves Rationalists, meaning that everything has to make sense logically.

1:12He says, "No, this is very easy to explain. Scientists explained that there was a tsunami; there was a strong wind that came from the east and it pushed the water right at the time that the Jews were about to cross, splitting the ocean at that spot where they were standing." This is ahead of a religious yeshiva, if you will, after. He actually publicized this as a, this is Limud Torah. This is Limud Torah. This was originally on Eid Abut until we made a call and it's not on Eid Abut anymore, Baruch Hashem. Why? Because it's Kefira. It's heresy. Against heresy, you have to fight. You can't stay quiet. The point is, Rabotai, that people are constantly trying to go away from the Torah. Go somewhere else. But the reality is, Without mysticism, there's no Torah. Every single page of the Torah has it. For example, the fact that the whole world started with one person. Logically, it doesn't make any sense. One person, and then where did the other person come from? From the rib. Go, try to do it here. Maybe one of you grab a rib over here. Maybe you can make somebody. This is supernatural, obviously.

2:35You fast forward, you go to cloning, but cloning needs something. Cloning needs something to start with. Then you see that Adam HaRishon was able to name every single animal with the name that fits it, meaning that the name described the animal itself. For example, a sus, a horse, is called a sus because sus also means something that likes to run towards... run forward, and the horse likes to run towards war. Every single animal was named according to what it actually is. If you fast-forward to the parsha of last week, we heard about Avraham Avinu. Avraham Avinu heard about his nephew who was captured by the four kings and... And Avraham Avinu didn't ask too many questions. He took Eliezer, his servant Eliezer, and he went to fight four kings, meaning he went to fight China, the United States, all of the UK, and the European Union, and Russia, just to throw it in. Avraham Avinu and one other guy. And he won. How did he win? Did he have tanks? Did he have a nuclear weapon? What did he have? He had sand. That's what he had. That's what the Torah says. He had sand. What did he have? He had sand. And what did he do with the sand? He took the sand, he threw it in the air. That's it. That's all he did. Why? Because every little grain of sand, according to our Torah, turned into a spear and killed people. That's it. And you have an unlimited amount of sand. You throw one little handful, it's a billion grains, a billion spears, you finish the war in ten minutes.

3:57What did he have? He had sand. That's what he had. That's what the Torah says. He had sand. What did he do with the sand? He took the sand, and he threw it in the air. That's it. That's all he did. Why? Because every little grain of sand, according to our Torah, turned into a spear and killed people. That's it. And you have an unlimited amount of sand. You throw one little handful, it's a billion grains, a billion spears, and you finish the war in ten minutes. meaning, if you don't believe this part, then how did he win the war against the four kings? If you don't believe in the supernatural, that means Avraham Avinu is not Avraham Avinu. The same goes with every single part of the Torah. If you fast forward to the Shevatim, the 12 tribes, a lot of the superhero movies that you see today that have gained popularity in the last 10 years when they hit the theaters, and comic books that have been around for 100 years, Practically every single superhero has a source in the Torah. For example, the Incredible Hulk—this big green giant. The Incredible Hulk is reminiscent of Yehuda. Why? Because Yehuda, as we read in the Midrash, was a mighty warrior. When Yehuda prepared for battle and got angry, his roar was so loud it could break and destroy buildings.

5:25In addition to that, he was huge and very, very strong and defeated many giants. Yehuda, the son of Yaakov. There's Reuven, Yehuda, Shimon, Levi, Naftali — all the Shevatim, the 12 tribes. Yehuda is where the Mashiach will come from. There's another superhero that runs really fast. I don't know what they call him, but he runs really fast — Flash. Okay, Flash is like Naftali. Naftali, when the whole thing happened with Yosef HaTzaddik, before they knew that Yosef was their brother, before they knew, they were about to go to war with him. And Yehuda told Naftali, go do a check on all of Egypt and tell us what they have. Naftali covered all of Egypt in two minutes. Today, even with a missile, you can't cover all of Egypt in two minutes, or in 10 minutes, or in 20 minutes. But Naftali was able to do it in two minutes. How? He was super fast! And if you read the Midrash, specifically Midrash Rabbah or Midrash HaGadol, you will see that all of the Midrashim describe each one of the tribes as possessing abilities akin to superheroes that you see today. This is part of the supernatural.

6:49You fast forward a little bit more. You go to Kriyat Yam Suf. Before Kriyat Yam Suf, before the splitting of the sea, you see that Hashem brought ten plagues that took the biggest, strongest civilization in the world, the America of its day, and brought it to its knees. Hundreds and hundreds of millions of people were forced to plead with their slaves to leave. Why? Because all of a sudden, all of the water turned to blood. Suddenly, there were frogs everywhere. Suddenly, there was hail—huge blocks of ice with fire inside them, supernatural in itself—destroying the Egyptians. But the Egyptians weren't ignorant or powerless; they also had their own powers. Hundreds and hundreds of millions of people were made to beg their slaves to leave. Why? Because all of a sudden, all of the water turned to blood. Suddenly, there were frogs everywhere. All of a sudden, there were huge blocks of ice with lava inside them, which is supernatural in itself, destroying the Egyptians. But the Egyptians weren't a bunch of, you know, nobodies. They also had powers. The Gemara says that out of all of the Kishuf, all of the supernatural mystical powers of the Tumah, of the impurity that was given to the world, nine of them were given to the Egyptians. A lot of people ask how come the Jews, who were actually greater in number than the Egyptians, didn't just leave?

8:00Okay, so let's say, you know, the Egyptians beat you up. They kill one, two, three, four, five, ten people. But after a while, if you have 100 million and the Egyptians have 10 million, they're not going to kill all of you. Even if 10 million of you die, there are still 90 million left. Then you go home and you're finished. Why don't they just leave? Part of the reason is because the Egyptians, y'mach shemam, destroyed the morals, just like the Nazis destroyed the morals of the people. where they made the men do women's jobs, and the women do men's jobs, which breaks the morals and all the confidence that a person has. But the other reason is that they also had supernatural powers. Anytime somebody tried escaping, the statues would come to life and catch them. Caught them, killed them, and called the Egyptians all types of things that are supernatural. This is all part of the basics of our Torah. This is not like the Zohar HaKadosh. I'm not going into the Sefirot or the mystical realms. I'm not discussing what happened before the creation of the world or what's happening in the heavens. This is all basics, meaning that mysticism is part of the basics of our Torah, and...