AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel
Tuesday 10 Tammuz 5773
Page
26 (chuf vav). At a about just below halfway into the page –
(line
begins: 'haratzon...') For text, click: Here.
We
spoke about ratzon hamuchlat and ratzon klali.
Yesterday
we mentioned these two levels of ratzon. A person needs a home. And
then he needs furnishings for his home. When a man eats at his own
table it is totally different from when he eats in a restaurant. The
essence of the home is embedded in the functional level of eating.
The
fact that he has a house is representative of ratzon hamuchlat. The
second level of creating a functional environment is indicative of
ratzon haklali. Klali means general and incorporating everything.
The reason it does this is because it has the ratzon hamuchlat
(decisive will) included within it.
This is what we are all about – the revelation of His will.
'Through
me, kings reign, by my empowerment do they reign, says Torah.
A
king is aloof, but this does not imply disinterest. It means he is
effective at all levels without being captured by them. This is why
a human being is essentially a king. He affects the world, without
becoming 'part-and-parcel' of the world.
A
true king does not oppress his people. The king supports the
differences and variety in his kingdom. Each lends additional glory
to the king. The king encompasses all of them. This is hisnaasus –
elevation. He sees all from above and nothing drags him down.
His
people are in the world and of different opinions, but the king is
above them.
It
is not a question of unity or submission – the king elevates
the people.
“We
were refugees. People were going to different countries and were
anxious, so someone said, 'don't worry the sky is the same over
there'”.
A
king has to know his supremacy. Without that he feels his situation
if precarious and this affects his rule. King David was inherently a
king, even before he was annointed.
One
of the first episodes in his kingship, is that he decided to bring
the holy ark back to Jerusalem. He ran before it dancing with all
his might. His wife, Michal (daughter of King Shaul) saw this and
was embarrassed. She reprimanded him. And he responded, 'that's the
difference between me and your father – I can dance with the common
people and it does not degrade me, and that's why God chose me over
your father'.
The
Torah affects the essential king to come down and be king of the
world.
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