“The King is Sitting on His Throne” p:2

AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel ThursdayNight 7 Tevet 5773

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^13th line of the page – (line starts, 'kabalot ol...') For text, click here.

The class opened with Q and A – a review and clarification with Baruch and Rabbi.

We sense a reality beyond natural reality. We stand upright. We realize the world is based on something beyond the natural process.

We are talking about something beyond a 'natural' grasp. Essence is beyond world.

There is the Essence. He is the one who Commands the mitzvah.

What is this essential will? It is the will that is representative of this Essence. This ratzon is on par with the Essence. Everything wants to be what it is... (this is very different from wanting to survive). He senses the richness of what he is and this is what he wants. This goes together with the essence.

And then there is the download and revelation of this. This is how the essence expressed itself to the outside...

Take the example of wanting a 'neat' home. This is not the human being, but it is the revelation/download/hamshacha of the human being and his ratzon... 'Neatness' is not just a practical statement – it is a representation of the human being...

So too mitzvoth are the revelation of Him...

And hence they can be traced back to the Essence.

So that is why the mitzvoth have to be preceded by acknowledgement of Him (kabalot ol malchut shamayim) so the focus will be on Him and His will rather than any secondary benefits.

Now we can also look at levels of acknowledgement of Him (kabalot ol malchut shamayim). That of Rosh Hashannah is special. That of the rest of the year, compells you to do the will of the King – it has a functional element. That of Rosh Hashanna is unto itself. 

Think of the host and the guest. Their relationship is expressed through the meal. But if the host leaves everything is lost... This expression via the meal is acknowledgement of Him (kabalot ol malchut shamayim) throughout the year. That of Rosh Hashannah is 'no meal', just His presence alone!

Tshuvah/return is akin to the acknowledgement of Him (kabalot ol malchut shamayim) on Rosh Hashanah.

That's why the Rebbe says the main occupation of Rosh Hashanah is the saying Tehilim/Psalms. This is simple acknowledgement without, 'what it means to me'.

At 13^th line of the page - 40^th minute of the video – pnimiut nafsho mamash – the actual inner element of his soul is activated by the recognition of Him. This is relating to something you don't know. There is no processing through faculties, no matter how fine and refined those faculties are...

This is like the Zohar says, 'the arousal of the heart can grasp Him'.

On the practical level the mind rules over the heart. But on an essential the mind 'gets it' from the heart...

Prayer is called, service of the heart. The French word for heart comes from the Hebrew word for 'essence'.

The moment of tshuvah/return is relating to the King not by faculties. It is total oneness with Him. All there is, is the King. No personal presence.

Why is there the mitzvah of tshuvah/return? Every mitzvah represents a certain aspect of the G-dly truth... as do all the elements of reality in the world... this is the revelation of His will...

On the other hand the mitzah of tshuvah doesn't say anything... in what way does it reflect the Higher Will? It comes from above the concept of revelation. As the verse says, 'this mitzvah (of tshuvah/return) that I (anochi) am commanding you today...' And this I (anochi) is Him unto Himself... Anochi mi she Anochi!