AyinBase / Ayin Beis with
R' Paltiel, Nissan 5775
Page
12 of pamphlet –
(towards
end of the page. Line begins: 'vezehu...'). Page 9 of the book.
For text see below.
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Lights
and vessels form a perfect union. They are not 2 unrelated things
just somehow pushed together. They find a commonality and the light
is dressed in the vessel.
The
deeper reason for the union is not just the commonality, but due to
the nature of the lights. They inherently have a mission, and they
want to come to the place where they can fulfull their mission –
they are ohrot pnimi'im – innner lights.
The
lights are interested to relate to the vessel.
Think
of water in a cup. Water in a lake is just there, without an
identified function.
When
you put water into a cup, from which a man can drink, then the water
has come into a different world...
Water
has the mission of slaking a man's thirst in a human manner, and this
is revealed in the water by the vessel.
The
lake has to be a lake, and the man has to be human and there has to
be a bridge – the cup/vessel is that bridge...
A
human can eat in such a way that he can lose his stature... If he's
“grabbing a bite” he is focused on the food and is loosing self
respect... God created food and water in such a way that it should
serve the human being and thus the water comes in a cup and is served
to the human being in an honorable manner.
The
creation is Godly and things only exist in the presence of their
Source. There is no such thing as existence in the absence of Him.
The Godly presence is concealed and hidden and it comes through in a
functional limited manner, to the extent that it can be contained in
a keli/vessel... and the vessel is a representative of this light...
it does not break away... it is the same light...
Essence/etzem
is very illusive in our world... we think in terms of cause and
effect, but things have an essence. Think of your host for dinner –
it's his presence, not what he serves that matters...!
God
could have created the world in an instant, yet he took 7 days in
order to put vessels in place so that we can relate to and experience
creation. He wants us to be partners with Him. This is why he made
the world in this way. “Partner up with Me!” he says.
See below audio of today's shiur (video above), with discussion after the class:
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