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One actually connects to the essence, by doing a mitzvah and learning the statements of halacha (Jewish law). And this connection is not via sechel. mehus/essence is a direct connection to the King – and this is where the command comes from.
From the perspective of the animal soul it is a matter of submission and accepting the yoke. For the G-dly soul this is where she feels at home.
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In contrast to prophesy, here below knowledge is based only on metzius not mehus, since it has to relate to the body. This is like the sunlight illuminating the darkness, by means of the metzius of light, not the essence, since the darkness remains dark.
“No-one can see Me and live”, said Hashem to Moshe Rabbenu, can also be read to say, not even the holy angels cannot see and relate to Him. They are rooted in a union that is external. Something brought the sphirot together. The union is representative of something beyond them, but it is only a ha-araah/reflection. Chochmah has an insight that is pertinent to binah. This is the external element of chochmah. The experience of a sight cannot be translated.
People form groups and circles of friends. This involvement with others is revealing a deeper element. Being involved in a civil environment or learning with a friend have tremendous benefit. But we can see that this is just looking a the functional level. We can see there is a higher element. One sees himself not as an individual, but as one of a community, this is a higher perspective of what he is, but he sees just the external level.
The alte rebbe says, that he learned from his teachers, that if ten jews sit together, even if not learning, but talking idle conversation, an angel would get burned by the holiness/intensity of this gathering. This is the mehus. The inner level of the gathering that we don't perceive.
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