AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel,
Kislev 5776
Page
29 of pamphlet – (last line of the page. Line starts: 'yash...').
Page 21 of the book.
For text see below.
Questions and
comments:
The
rav/master has the element of simplicity. This aspect remains with
the light and is passed along to the talmid/student, to some extent.
The
phenomenon of simplicity coming down to a more defined level can be
seen above. God said, “Silence! Thus it arose in my thought! שתוק
כך...”
It
would seem that the above statement means, 'there's no reason and I
just want it this way...!' Rather the truth is that there is a
reason, but this is the concealed reason that is above mind and
wisdom. So from the perspective of mind there is no way to explain
it.
Scholars
could not find a way to understand this and challenged God, “Is
this Torah, and this is its reward!?” God tells them that the
explanation is above sechel/mind.
And
from the scholar's perspective it seemed like it was willfulness
without reason.
Taam
is used to mean reason. Literally it means, 'taste'. And it has a
deeper meaning than 'reason'. Taste cannot be explained. It is
unique to each person. It is a distinct experience. Yet it cannot
be explained...
There
are things we use for which we do not have an explanation. For
example electricity. It can be used in a variety of ways, yet at
essence it is not known.
Like
life itself, sechel cannot grasp electricity or taste etc. it is a
flow from the Simple Source. It is a Godly element in the world.
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