Thursday, January 31, 2013

“Does the Hand Know?” p: 9


AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel Thursday 20 Shvat 5773 


Page 9
Just above middle of the page – (line starts, 'vezeh-hu...') For text, click here.

When you look at the human form, each limb and faculty has its own individual function. It is only on an inner level that they are intertwined and inter-included.

The hand does not know what it writes. The sechel/mind knows. The inner level of mind. This is what initiated the action, and this is the level knows the meaning...


The foot is at rest while the hand is writing. If a man wants to write, he doesn't just want to do anything, he wants to write and the other faculties sense this purpose – they sense the spirit behind any activity and co-operate.

We said there are these 2 aspects in the light of the kav/line - Mah and Ban. Mah perfects and refines shem Ban. The tikkun is that each should include and appreciate the other. And what is tikkun? It is that essence per se is above any of the divisions seen at a lower level. You have the truth of essence when you have the inter-inclusion of these 2 opposite elements. This allows for the revelation of the truth itself...

In Tohu the sphirot were in the aspect of 'separate branches'... this meant that the 'cause and effect' did not have an inter-inclusion... and they were not connected... This is like a baseball pitcher making a wild throw. The arm gets the message to throw, but goes with the excitement of it and throw in any old direction...

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