AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel,
Kislev 5776
Page
28 of pamphlet – (2 lines from the end of the page. Line starts:
'she-hitchalef...'). Page 20 of the book.
For text see below.
Questions and
comments:
We
are talking of the light of kindness being in the vessel of
severity...
The
decisive factor is the light and not the vessel.
And
this needs to be properly understood. What is the difference between
light/ohr and vessel/keili?
The
keili has a compelling element – it must be what it is under the
circumstance. The light is not addressing circumstance, but rather
the truth – the reality.
Benefit
of the doubt is extended to one who deserves it. It is extended to
the one who belongs. Kindness makes sense – it is a truth
expression.
This
chessed/kindness is a light – an inner statement of 'yes, it should
be this way'.
The
mind is cool and moist. The heart is heat...
That
which is identified in mind is due to its truth, rather than a
personal inclination. Sechel/mind seeks the higher truth.
The
tephilin have 4 sections. They include kindness and severity which
are usually not associated with the pure mind. So why are they
included?
 |
| Really?! |
Even
if a midah identifies things correctly, it is still based on 'this is
the way I like it'. Sechel/mind will identify things only only on
the criteria of right... even if it opposes the personal preference.
Light
does not have a definitive place or structure. This is because it is
continually emanating from the source... There are 12 hours of
daylight due to the presence of the sun... it needs to be present for
there to be light.
The
light is beyond chessed and gevurah – it is beyond defintion...
When it is enclothed in a vessel it is a combination of kindness and
severity... yet is does not completely lose the 'light' element...
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