“Not Just Covering Ground” p:16

AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel Wednesday 7 Iyar 5773

 

Photo: Batya David, Israel

Page 16 (tet zayin). At the 6th line from top of the page – (line begins: 'mikol makom...') For text, click: Here.

We are looking at the principle that even when there is a total divestment of personal interest, there is still embedded the interest from Above.

The intent is different from will. We relate to His intent, not because we understand it.

When a servant works for a master. For example, building a house. The servant is laying the bricks. And the beauty of the house depends on how well he does that. I he aware of the house or only of his bricks and his work? This is the difference between a machine or a human being. The servant is totally subservient, but he is still human. He is 'building a house' not just 'laying bricks'.

or think of the servant who drives his master. He is taking him to his destination. The horse is just covering ground.

The servant gets his sense of purpose from his association with his master. He senses the master's need for a home. This is a matter of human intellect. It is not founded on his own sense of human value, but rather on his master's sense.

To relate to this the servant has have oneg/pleasure. He senses the master's oneg.

We say, 'the servant of the king is a king'! He has an inner experience of royalty, but virtue of associating with the king. Part of the servitute of Egypt was to not allow for this association. It was “dig a ditch, and now fill it in” type of work! And that destroys the servant.

Torah says the human experience is not surface based. There is a soul quality. This is the ultimate truth of the human being. We say the truth of a human being is not just to survive and exist, but rather to be what God made him...! A free person relates directly to God. A servant is not free, and cannot relate directly to his own reality.