AyinBase with R' Paltiel p: 45 3/17/2011 ThursdayNight 11 AdarBase 5771
Page 45 – lower third of the page (line starts: ein le maaluso...)
Ein means essentially 'nothing'. This 'nothing' can be seen in one of 2 ways – either insignificant or as undefinable.
A surface is only a reflection of real space. But the surface is supported by a real background or base. So too in chochmah – it is an observation, so seemingly only 2 dimensional, but then it looks further and gets the depth – the truth of the matter. This truth cannot be transmitted to binah, but binah can sense that chochmah has this truth element.
Chochmah is the intermediary between infinity and world. What is the link between bitul/humility and wisdom?
The medrash says, that this is compared to a king that entered a country and all recognized him. The people look and see how they can relate to the king and his entourage. Each asks how do I achieve my ends...? The farmer looks for the minister of agriculture etc... Then came one wise man who said, 'I take the king, the king is my choice, I relate to the king only!' The king is the real thing and in his wisdom the wise man realizes the metzius is insignificant and he wants the real thing. A country without a king is a country without a head.
The wise man cannot understand the king, but he knows that all else is insignificant.
2D space is a reflection of 3D space. Without 3D space you couldn't have 2D space.
Haskalah is sechel and it is our way of understanding a topic. In that defining there is a point – a central theme/unity. Even though it is a haskalah the point is still not graspable since it is part of a deeper reality. What is the point of a haskalah. This is an insight/realization that comes as a point. It is understanding at a level where it did not yet become a real entity. This point emanates from the essence but is not yet graspable.
It is thus called a spark, a lighting bolt that cannot be grasped.
Both elements of chochmah are true - its somethingness and its nothingness!
You can sense something that is not a metziut/something and yet you can sense it – this is preceived only in wisdom. You can only find it if you ask, 'what is the truth?' It cannot be forced on you and it cannot be shown to you. This wisdom is completely dependent on you ratzon/will.
This is the wise man saying, 'I choose the king!' Beyond what was said before the ministers are seen, 'out and about'. The king is totally obscure. He is present on every street corner of his country and yet he is obscure/secluded. Who can recognize his presence? The wise man. He sees the truth behind everything, but it is not a metziut.
Ein means essentially 'nothing'. This 'nothing' can be seen in one of 2 ways – either insignificant or as undefinable.
A surface is only a reflection of real space. But the surface is supported by a real background or base. So too in chochmah – it is an observation, so seemingly only 2 dimensional, but then it looks further and gets the depth – the truth of the matter. This truth cannot be transmitted to binah, but binah can sense that chochmah has this truth element.
Chochmah is the intermediary between infinity and world. What is the link between bitul/humility and wisdom?
The medrash says, that this is compared to a king that entered a country and all recognized him. The people look and see how they can relate to the king and his entourage. Each asks how do I achieve my ends...? The farmer looks for the minister of agriculture etc... Then came one wise man who said, 'I take the king, the king is my choice, I relate to the king only!' The king is the real thing and in his wisdom the wise man realizes the metzius is insignificant and he wants the real thing. A country without a king is a country without a head.
2D space is a reflection of 3D space. Without 3D space you couldn't have 2D space.
Haskalah is sechel and it is our way of understanding a topic. In that defining there is a point – a central theme/unity. Even though it is a haskalah the point is still not graspable since it is part of a deeper reality. What is the point of a haskalah. This is an insight/realization that comes as a point. It is understanding at a level where it did not yet become a real entity. This point emanates from the essence but is not yet graspable.
It is thus called a spark, a lighting bolt that cannot be grasped.
Both elements of chochmah are true - its somethingness and its nothingness!
You can sense something that is not a metziut/something and yet you can sense it – this is preceived only in wisdom. You can only find it if you ask, 'what is the truth?' It cannot be forced on you and it cannot be shown to you. This wisdom is completely dependent on you ratzon/will.
This is the wise man saying, 'I choose the king!' Beyond what was said before the ministers are seen, 'out and about'. The king is totally obscure. He is present on every street corner of his country and yet he is obscure/secluded. Who can recognize his presence? The wise man. He sees the truth behind everything, but it is not a metziut.
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