Aeter with R' Paltiel 7/28/09 Tuesday 7 Menachem Av 5769 Pay Gimmel
A third from the top of page pay gimmel. Line starts with the word “gum”.
Revelation from the essence of malchus brings a yirah higher than yirah ilaa – this is yirah elyona. Yirah elyona is a yirah that is not within the creation – it is above. This is a yirah that comes from etzem – etzem hamalchus.
Normally malchus is related to the am – and the people are a recognizable presence that reveals the malchus. But atzmus hamalchus is universal and independent of the am/people's substantiation of it – thus the yirah that it represents is not a reflection from the mata/level below – it is the esssential yirah.
This yirah is of the level moreh gadol – as seen at yetziat mitzraim. This gilui took them out of Egypt even when they were in the extreme darkness/distance of that exile. Since this great yirah reaches everywhere and does not need keilim to be sensitive to it.
Yirah seems to be a reaction to something. In the presence of something great the little man is affected with yirah. So we should say gilui elokus/shchinah – not gilui yirah.
Since we are talking about atzmus and atzmus hamalchus which is independent of the am – and it is everywhere so therefore the statement of atzmus itself is a statement of greatness – that all is butel and there is nothing but him. Yachid is also a manifestation of atzmus. Yachid is a statement. What is the statement – it is of yirah.
Yirah is a state of being where one recoils – butel. Yachid – nothing exists, but him. The way for us to recognize this yachid quality is through yirah. Neshamas yisroel are rooted in this yachid – certain experiences, like sight persist even after the event.
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