First line of the page pay dalet.
We said that there is the inyan of mitrzraim and exodus on a constant basis.
The aim is to show has the deepest principle of exodus, which represents atzmus, is engaged in the avodah on a daily basis.
To draw the neshamah out of the initial exile of being in a body – the practice of prayer/tephillah is effective.
Accepting and recognizing the truth is called hodaa – this is the lowest level of sechel and is the start of prayer.
You cannot come to full understanding without first na-aseh – the stage of stepping into it and becoming part of it – then later follows the understanding. The na-seh is said on the basis of sensing/accepting, without understanding the full implication of it. This is the path of growth – whatever initial sensitivity he has, he must accept it and build on this.
The only reason a person can grow spiritually is that he is actually exposed to it, has a sense of it. He may ask, “why do the action and then understand. It is insignificant to me.” how does the mind get refined? At each level a man finds himself he senses something higher and finer, but since he cannot grasp it he often discards it.
In the morning, “where did I come from? He's making something happen, its not just a natural phenomenon, it is a real experience!” this is the way to have a first thought and should not be pushed off. He needs to go with this thought/sense – this is the level of na-aseh – going with it and it brings him into this realm. This is a “normal' sensitivity
Timtum is when this is obscured from him.
Tephilah starts with hodaa. Nefesh, then ruach, then neshamah, like a ladder standing on the earth reaching heaven, is the order of prayer. Nefesh level is hodaa – waking up and recognizing the chayut in awakening in the morning Above that he is able to recognize ruach – life independent of the guf/body. Sechel enushi / human cognition can discern value independent of the body. Neshamah can perceive elokus – truth not defined by worldly parameters at all.
This davening process, can provide liberation in “normal” situation of getting the nefesh ha elokis up from the nefesh ha bahamit. But when there have been deeper involvement in the world and even in desires of the world, till the nefesh habahamit becomes preeminent till the nefesh ha elokis pushed back into a crevice, then extra strength from above is needed to get the arousal of prayer.
Prayer is usually “from below up” - an effort starting from his own experience, but if the nefesh ha bahamit is preeminent then he is not sensitive to the G-dly presence. He needs an assist from above – and this is gained by being involved in Torah before davening, since it is “from above to below”. Torah tells you something, what the reality is and you try to understand what it is.
Tal ha torah is pnimiut ha torah. This is the real torah from above, in contrast to regular torah which is compared to rain – which comes after the field has been prepared and the seends have been sown.
Tal/dew of torah is from above, without arousal from above.
Tal Torah / Chassidus talks to the pnimius of the nefesh – there is not practical need – it talks to the nefesh directly, not to the guf.
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