Sunday, October 18, 2015

“Me and God” p:26/19

AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel, Cheshvan 5776 



Page 26 of pamphlet – (At 3rd line of the page. Line starts: 'u-be-emet...'). Page 19 of the book. For text see below.

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There is something in the human being that enables us to understand this material.

It gives an 'uplift'. It provides guidance. We will learn from this perspective. Not focussing on 'how it is in atzilus'.

The word, 'ube-emet' is saying there are 2 ways to learn things – at the body level or at the soul level. Chochmah/wisdom/חכמה is a direct reflection of how the soul sees it – it has an infinite quality.

The animal has life too. It experiences life through the body. The human being is different – he has life in a body. “Life in a body” is the limitless life that can even be sensed at the body level. The animal is a living body, in contrast to the human being, that has 'life in the body'.


The infinity of soul can come down into the world to the extent that a man can own property.

And how do we reach up from a lower level? Derech eretz kudmah le Torah (the ways of human dignity precede Torah) – simple maters such as, 'have respect for your elders', precede Torah. The young one senses that the older one has infinite more experience than he... and so he has respect...

So we begin from a lower level and this level is valid and contains good within it... the perspectives that see the world as developing on its own do not have the sense of good at all. And the good of derech eretz (human dignity) is a gateway to the level that is above it.




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