“The Rooster's Call” p:47

Thursday, December 19, 2013

“The Rooster's Call” p:47

AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel ThursdayNight 16 Tevet 5774

Page 47

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The creations are the result of a union of nothing and something.

This union is spiritual.

There is no transmission of real substance.

Only ha-arah/reflection of the essence is involved.

And for the is reason the creations are also a ha-arah.

The power of movement in the hand is contained in the physical. And objects don't move by wishing it so. They have to be moved by hand. In our sense of experience the sense of movement is more real than the power of mind.

But in truth the power of mind is infinitely more real than the power of movement.

The spiritual is primary, but the way things are caught in physicality hides this truth.

What makes something essential? All is drawn from the fact that there is a First Being. The only real presence is Him. Everything comes from Him. The extent to which He is identifiable in this thing, to that extent it is a real thing...

An animal is a living presence. It is a presence in the world. It's activity is all within the context of the world.

A human being represents the First Being. He is here with a purpose. The man is an essence. Not just a ha-arah/reflection.

The truth of life... you cannot 'wrap your mind around it'. To define something means that there has to be a beginning. Abraham asked, 'what is my purpose here? What am I doing here?' He was not involved in idle speculation. In Godliness the whole element of intellectual grasp or 'conception' does not apply, yet it is truth that is every present and makes everything real.

The truth of the human element is not even in his soul, but rather in the mission for which it was sent to the world. A human being is made of a soul, a body, and the Godly command that joins them.

There are many human elements that are beyond mind/sechel, for example 'guilt' and 'grace'.

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The power of the name...

In everything there is how this thing pertains to itself and how it represents itself. This representation is really a secondary element in this presence – that it can be viewed from outside and that it represents itself. There is a deep element - you would think that we can represent ourselves any way we want – this is politics, but this is a perversion. Really there is an essential element in a person to represent himself. This is the power of a name – it is an external thing, but at the same time it touches his essence. A person has a body and soul – the purpose of the soul in the body is not for itself, but to express itself outside...! ~ Shiur Sunday 8.22.2010

Light Power

All that came into being...

...all the created worlds and all the ethereal entities that live in them, even the worlds that are mere emanations without tangible substance, even the worlds of thought and beyond to the realms of infinite light that preceded Creation...

--all this came to be only as a result of the thought of you, the earthly being, struggling in a world that only a infinitesimal glimmer of G-dliness has reached in its purity, bringing light where light could not be.

And so it follows, that with one simple act of beauty, all those worlds and realms of light find their purpose fulfilled, and so shine yet brighter--and reciprocate with a burst of illumination into our lowly world.

That is why the entire creation can be transformed with one simple, sincere deed.

Never underestimate the power of light.

From the wisdom of the Rebbe. Words by Tzvi Freeman

Tools of the trade (Glossary)

(… to be continued and developed…)

· Bechinat – aspect

· Keili – vessel/container

· Ohr – light (pl: Ohrot or Orot)

· Hitlabshut – enclothement

· Kodesh – holy (lit: removed)

· Shaichus - connection

· Madrega – level

· Etzem – essence

· Muvdal – removed/separated

· Koach – power (as in koach reiya – the power of sight. Pl: kochot)

· Dibur – speech

· Machshavah – thought

· Myseh – action

· Malchus – kingship

· Kesser – crown, encompassing level

· Etzem – essence

· Mekabel – recipient

· Mashpia – giver / mentor

· Misromem – exalted

· Oh ein sof – infinite light

· Melech – king

· Meturgeman – translator / intermediary

· Tammuz – a Hebrew month

· Rav – teacher

· Sechel – mind

In the world - Beyond the world - Exodus - Shattering and Refinement

Hayom Yom (25 Tevet):

"From my father's discourses we see that Exodus from Egypt means leaving limitations and bounds, and Chassidus is to enable man to leave the restrictions of the material world.

There is a difference: The Egyptian Exodus means shattering and then departure. We went away from Egypt.

The Chassidic Exodus means purification and correction, stepping out of worldly limitations and bounds while remaining in the the world.

This means, that while functioning within the world we must transcend its limitations. We are to remove the limitations and bounds, and perceive the truth - that the world per se is truly good, since, after all, the natural world is what G-d intended.

This is attained through the Avoda (work) of Chassidus."

Notes: When society and environment ("world" in chassidic usage) conflict with Torah, there may be a reaction of withdrawal from "world" and its affairs. Extreme monastic withdrawal is rejected by Torah.
Chassidus advocates being "within world," involvement in the normal routines of family and occupation for example, but refusing subservience to the values and principles of "world."

The Jew's values are to be Torah's while he functions in the marketplace or laboratory. He utilizes the opportunities and challenges of "world" to subordinate and use worldly affairs for Torah ideals, values and goals.

He will do this intellectually when confronting concepts that appear not to be consonant with Torah, and also by observing Mitzvot in inhospitable circumstances.

While functioning in this environment he is apart from it, refusing to be dominated or intimidated by it.

Stand, Walk and Jump - Daily Chassidus

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