Hit the rock p: 48

AyinBase with R' Paltiel p: 48 4/13/2011 Wednesday 9 Nissan 5771

Page 48 – about 8 lines from the top of the page (line starts: eter...)

We went back to emphasize certain points.

Table Mountain, Cape Town

The rebbe says, see that the torah in essence is not of the tree of knowledge but rather in essence of the tree of life. When discussing or analysing on the level of logic, we tend to loose track of 'what we're dealing with'. Going into binah without keeping track of chochmah you loose sense of the 'tree of life'. Torah is coming directly from above. Even the logical elements are a direct emanation from above, not a reaction to an occurance here below.

The rock is not light, but when hit it can give off a spark. The spark is like chochmah. It is not a gradual process. You hit a wall – you hit your head and a spark comes forth...

The source of the chochmah is essence, but it is given into sechel.

The world fits in with the torah, not the other way around. We explain processes in the world by means of logic and 'cause and effect' till you get to a point and have to say, 'the world hangs on Nothing' – 'it is His will that maintains it'. The nefesh cannot be sick – if there are malfunctions, they are on the level of body.

Despite the fact that you learn torah with your mind/sechel, this is not what it is... torah is truth beyond sechel, it is of the 'tree of life.'

'Open up your eyes and you will see' – this is not a matter that needs proof. And to really relate to torah one needs open eyes.



It is only that torah is presented in a logical form – 'the tree of knowledge'. How can an inner light be presented in this form? In order to clarify between good and bad. It clarifies and declares what is good. Torah comes from pnimius/internal level where there is no externality.

All people have mitzvah's – the nations have the 7 mitzvoth b'nei Noach. Animals have not mitzvot. People and animals are totally different creatures. There is also a difference between the Jewish and the other nations. But it is an inner difference that cannot always be seen externally. Torah comes and makes a declaration – how does it come into this world and distinguish between two seemingly similar items? This is because it draws from and declares and inner truth.