Talmud or Maaseh · First Addendum

Chassidus Goes Beyond the Books 0:00

Cuz חסידות is not something that's just in the books. חסידות is not a is not a שכל really. So, you can have חסידות also in action, or in emotion. It's it's just, you know, a person that goes on מבצעים, and he works to really care for another Jew, and be selfless and whatever, and act as a חסיד, is ממש getting, that's really the נקודה of חסידות.

He's getting it in a way of מעשה. And that's ממש כאפינג the עצם of it in a way of מעשה. And in a way that's the main, that's really the way where you get it the main, the main way that you get it. You know.

And then in שכל, it's the same thing, you know. That you

it's the same נקודה as in you know, the thinking In חסידות, you know, when you understand it, you have to put in the work, and you have to work to understand it, and then you כאפ how really, you know, things are unlimited, and you're able to like have, you know, you have a sound connection, and sound things have a sound value, whatever, and

well, eventually they actually become ממש the same thing, because when you change your understanding, it brings you to מעשה, and the מעשה will change your world view and everything like that.

Talmud vs Action: Which Leads to Deeds? 1:29

Although it does say גדול תלמוד שמביא לידי מעשה, but the truth is, a little bit This I also always wondered, and like I mark I also pointed out, you know, that it doesn't it doesn't People usually translate it usually that they said weren't sure which one's better, תלמוד or מעשה, and they said that תלמוד is better because it brings you to מעשה.

But that's not really what's משמע from the what it says. It's משמע that that they weren't sure which one is better, תלמוד or מעשה, and they answered the best one is the type of תלמוד that brings to מעשה. It's like a different thing.

Cuz they didn't say גדול They didn't say תלמוד גדול שמביא לידי מעשה. They said גדול תלמוד שמביא לידי מעשה, which makes תלמוד שמביא לידי מעשה like one group, one thing. That that's like the type of תלמוד that's the best.

In other words, if you that there's a certain In other words, when you just have regular תלמוד, so then you don't have מעשה. And when you just have regular מעשה, you don't have תלמוד. So, they're not sure which one's better, cuz you have what should you do, cuz they seem to be one or the other. So, you say, "No, there's a way you can get both. חסידות gives you both."

Chassidus Bridges Study and Practice 2:38

That is the type of learning that brings to מעשה, yeah. Cuz like learning learning like הלכה doesn't necessarily bring you to מעשה. Even like שולחן ערוך and stuff doesn't necessarily bring you to מעשה. Even if it's הלכה למעשה book, you're not necessarily going to do it. You know, if you wanted to do it, maybe you'd know how, but it's not so we're going to make you want to do it.

חסידות is guaranteed to make you do it. It's impossible to to learn חסידות without doing it.

So, the question is which is better: learning הלכה or doing מצוות? The answer is learning חסידות,

cuz that will get you to both understand and to do it.

The Core Question and Essence of Chassidus 3:40

The וואס? The וואס? The what of חסידות? נקודה of חסידות.

Well, you got to learn קונטרס ענינה של תורת החסידות. That no- that in a way then, well, no, it's saying that the עצם of חסידות is something that's higher than anything, but it's but that עצם is da- is is brought out דווקא when you're able to bring that thing that's higher than everything into the מעשה, into the little the details of everyday מעשה. So, but the- but it's not just like the מעשה, it's not like חסידות says people make, oh, מעשה עיקר, the main thing is just do it without the עצם.

No, you have to first get the עצם and then you have to be doing it with the עצם behind it.