Tuesday, June 18, 2013

“Eat In; Sheltering Sky” p: 26

AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel Tuesday 10 Tammuz 5773 


Page 26 (chuf vav). At a about just below halfway into the page – (line begins: 'haratzon...') For text, click: Here.

We spoke about ratzon hamuchlat and ratzon klali.

Yesterday we mentioned these two levels of ratzon. A person needs a home. And then he needs furnishings for his home. When a man eats at his own table it is totally different from when he eats in a restaurant. The essence of the home is embedded in the functional level of eating.

The fact that he has a house is representative of ratzon hamuchlat. The second level of creating a functional environment is indicative of ratzon haklali. Klali means general and incorporating everything. The reason it does this is because it has the ratzon hamuchlat (decisive will) included within it.


This is what we are all about – the revelation of His will.

'Through me, kings reign, by my empowerment do they reign, says Torah.

A king is aloof, but this does not imply disinterest. It means he is effective at all levels without being captured by them. This is why a human being is essentially a king. He affects the world, without becoming 'part-and-parcel' of the world.

A true king does not oppress his people. The king supports the differences and variety in his kingdom. Each lends additional glory to the king. The king encompasses all of them. This is hisnaasus – elevation. He sees all from above and nothing drags him down.

His people are in the world and of different opinions, but the king is above them.

It is not a question of unity or submission – the king elevates the people.

We were refugees. People were going to different countries and were anxious, so someone said, 'don't worry the sky is the same over there'”.

A king has to know his supremacy. Without that he feels his situation if precarious and this affects his rule. King David was inherently a king, even before he was annointed.

One of the first episodes in his kingship, is that he decided to bring the holy ark back to Jerusalem. He ran before it dancing with all his might. His wife, Michal (daughter of King Shaul) saw this and was embarrassed. She reprimanded him. And he responded, 'that's the difference between me and your father – I can dance with the common people and it does not degrade me, and that's why God chose me over your father'.

The Torah affects the essential king to come down and be king of the world.





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