“When You Enter The Home” p:42 - 43

AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel Tuesday 9 Kislev 5774 

Hermanus, South Africa.  Photo: Mark Furman

Page 42 (מב)

At 6^th line of the second paragraph of the page – (line begins: 'u-kmo-ken...') For text, click: Here.

Moses had a speech impediment. He was drawn from water. In water the creatures are nullified to the water that gives them sustenance. On land there is more of a gap between the creature and its environment. In water there is no personal representation of the creature. And this is why Moses had a speech impediment, since speech is an expression of yeshus (self expression).

Also his speech was not able to contain the light that was flowing from his soul. When there is bitul the keilim tend to be small, since there is a focus entirely on the light, rather than on receiving it...!

Although bitul in general is really a superior quality (and only through bitul does one sense the light) nevertheless it has an element of katnus/smallness (lack of vessels).

The state of yoshar/dry land is the state of 'cause and effect'. Thus there is a recognition of where it is coming from, but the recognition is of a 'separate entity'. The recipient of life feels like, 'his own man'. So he does not relate fully to the sensitivity of the light, yet still there is the element of 'broadening out' and receiving the light of the luminary/cause.

Light does not exist without a luminary. Think of a home – it is the presence of the human being – this is what makes it a home. And what you see when you enter the home is the light – the human being... and then the home get furnished and decorated, till the beauty of the furnishings can be a distraction. This is a case of the vessel being counter productive. But generally the vessel reveals more and more the richness of the light...

so when there is bitul, and exclusive focus on the light, then the vessels are de-emphasized. And this is an element of katnus/smallness – small mindedness. You recognize the merit of the human being by de-emphasis of everything else. With expansive vessels you can see the variety and the merit of man...

and this is what the medrash says, that the palace was first populated with mute subjects and then wise men. The mute are like 'those of the water/seas' due to their nullification... and thus they are silent...

On the land there are those who are called wise, since they have vessels and the ability for proper self expression.