Devarim: 5784 - "Shabbos Chazon": In the name of Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev, every Jew is shown the Third Beis Hamikdash. But seemingly we don't see this at all – so what's the benefit? Rabbi Shimon…

00:00 Speaker 1 Please.

00:02 Speaker 2 We’re on the eve of Shabbos Chazon. Why is this Shabbos called Shabbos Chazon? Because the haftarah begins, “The vision of Yeshayahu son of Amotz.” But there’s another explanation, given by the chossid Rabbi Hillel of Paritch in the name of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev. Why is this Shabbos called Shabbos Chazon? Chazon means “vision”: on this Shabbos, every Jew is shown the third Beis Hamikdash. He gave a parable in the name of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev. A father made an expensive, beautiful suit for his son, but the son was mischievous and tore it. The father made him a new suit a second time and gave it to him, but the son tore that suit too. So he made him a third suit, but didn’t give it to him. From time to time, he shows his son the suit and tells him, “If you behave properly and follow the right path, you’ll receive it.” This is a parable for the third Beis Hamikdash. The first and second were destroyed; the third Beis Hamikdash stands complete above, in heaven. Hakadosh Boruch Hu shows it to the Jewish people—on this Shabbos, He shows them the Beis Hamikdash. If you behave as you should, Hakadosh Boruch Hu will give you the third Beis Hamikdash. But a question arises: do people like us, on our level, see the Beis Hamikdash? Perhaps there are righteous Jews who see it on Shabbos Chazon, but do all of us see the third Beis Hamikdash? What, then, is gained by showing it to us on Shabbos Chazon if we don’t see it? The Rebbe explains: “Though he himself does not see, his mazal sees.” What does it mean that his mazal sees? There is the part of the soul that is clothed in the body, which sees and experiences everything. But there is another part of the soul, called its mazal, which remains

02:23 Speaker 2 above. And the root of the soul—its mazal—sees the third Beis Hamikdash. So again, what is gained if the part of the soul above sees it? What does that accomplish? The Alter Rebbe gives a parable: it’s like a rope with one end tied below and the other tied above. When you shake the rope above, it affects the rope below as well. Since the soul’s mazal sees the Beis Hamikdash, this also affects the part of the soul clothed in the body. In other words, even though we don’t see it, the root of our soul above does see the Beis Hamikdash, and that affects the part of the soul in the body. So it has an effect on every single Jew. We can also connect this to the weekly parsha. In the weekly parsha, Moshe Rabbeinu tells the Jewish people, “See, I have set the land before you. Come and possess the land.” The question is: he tells them, “See, I have set the land before you.” Had the land already been given to them? The Jewish people were in the desert. Had they already received it? Had they already conquered it? What does “See, I have given you the land” mean? It hadn’t been given to them yet. Rather, what was Moshe Rabbeinu telling the Jewish people? If you have trust that, since Hakadosh Boruch Hu promised, He will certainly keep His promise—He promised to give you the good land—if you have true trust and see it as though He has already given it to you, because you trust that Hakadosh Boruch Hu will most certainly fulfill His promise, then there’s no problem. Come and possess the land. It’s as though it’s already

04:18 Speaker 2 yours. That is what Moshe Rabbeinu tells the Jewish people: “See, I have given you the land.” If you are certain, if you have the quality of trust that when Hakadosh Boruch Hu promises something, He will certainly fulfill it, then come and possess the land. You have no problem. It’s as though it’s already yours, with no difficulties, obstacles, or delays. In other words, Moshe Rabbeinu is teaching us here the quality of trust. And that is what we need to learn from the weekly parsha and from Shabbos Chazon: Hakadosh Boruch Hu will most certainly fulfill His promise that the true and complete Geulah will come very soon.

04:53 Speaker 3 Amen.

04:53 Speaker 2 And if we have that trust—come and possess the land—we have no problem.

04:57 Speaker 3 May it be so.