AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel Tuesday
8 Nissan 5773
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middle of the page –
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begins: le melucha...') For text, click: Here.
We are saying that
taking on the will of God is specifically at the time of Rosh
Hashanah. You have to go to essence itself.
This is accomplished
by the service of Israel here below. They accept the king in the
innermost part of the soul.
It is not based on
reason or sense. This is 'essence to essence'.
Usually we say, 'You
are our Father' and so the relationship is based on our own identity,
that 'we are the son', but here we are talking about a level beyond
that, 'essence to essence'.
This is recognizing
myself through the eyes of my Maker. I don't know. You
know. And so there is no process. This is what happens on Rosh
Hashanah.
Essence is not
understood in the world. It is truth itself.
It is known that the
binding of Isaac (akaydat Yitzchak), represented this total
absorbtion in essence. The blowing of the shofar/rams horn is like
the binding of Isaac. They are both essence.
“Blow the shofar
before Me, and I will recall the binding of Isaac”, say God, “and
then I will give you credit as if you tied yourselves on the alter.”
the inner intent is
the return and revelation in this world. And this is seen in the 2
levels of the blowing of the shofar. One is from below rising
upwards, and the latter is the descend from above to below.
This is the same as
Avraham/Abraham 'perfected the throne', which it the return down
below.
And this does not
contradict the sages statement, that Avraham's service, of binding
Isaac, because the final intent is for return.
First there is a
rising up - 'I accept Him as my King' and then there is the return,
'I will do His will/mitzvoth on earth'.
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It says, Yom Kippur
is a fast day, and it is called “Shabbat of Shabbat” (Shabbat
Shabbatan).
On Shabbat there is
the satisfaction of eating and drinking, so why is there fasting on
Yom Kippur, which is call Shabbat Sabbatan?
To understand this we
will review the process of ratzu ve shuv (run and return).
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