Thursday, July 23, 2009

Even if the king is hidden...


Aeter with R' Paltiel 7/23/09 Wednesday 2 Menachem Av 5769

Four lines from the bottom of page pay base.


Threee levels of malchus de ein sof are discussed. Before tzimzum and after. Ana emloch is a level before tzimzum, and the cause for it, and malchus al am is after zimzum.


In malchus ein sof there is hisnaasot atzmi, which is a primary exaltedness, that has nothing to do with the am. That is to say, there can be a king belo am.

Hamelech hakosdesh – is the level of the king unto himself, without any relationship to the people. Last night it was explained that the inyan of melech, is that the king has a quality that knows no limits – this is melech. So when we say ein melech belo am, it shows how he encompasses everything and he extends over a level and a people that is much lower and doesn't understand him at all – and yet there too his presence can be found.


Like torah and mitzvot – naaseh ve nishmah – understanding enables you to see how it pertains to you, but we put naaseh first, saying that “even if I am

unaware and the king is hidden somewhere in his palace, he is nevertheless here with me. Why is he here with me? Since there is no place devoid of him and I will act according to his will even in his seeming absence.”

This is malchus in seder hishtalshalus.


Then there is malchus in atzmus itself.


At this level everything is full/complete in and of itself. So what is malchus at this level? There is no need for a people. The matter that atzmus extends to all levels and doesn't have to show itself – this is the malchus of atzmus. All humans, bottom to top, are all ready to say, “thank G-d” - even the communists. Those who denied the king still acknowledge. Why? Because G-dly presence is recognized and present universally and not substantiated by your intellect or emotions.


This melucha is not limited to ruling over humans. In the time to come the animals are going to recognize the king.


This level of malchus is contained in atzmus, even before the world was created there was, “He and his name alone”. There was “He” this is atzmus and “His name” is revelation of his atzmus.


Why the name – who is there to call him?


A king is present in his kingdom, by virtue of the fact that his name is on them. Name refers to the expansion of the king indefinitely. At the level of atzmus, this is an inyan if yachid, not echad. At the level of yachid all is automatically included.




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