“Light Concealed & Revealed” p106

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

“Light Concealed & Revealed” p106

“We experience daylight in our world, but it is not really worldly. We have a soul quality that can relate to this kind of truth. This is called wisdom/chochmah.“

“Light Concealed & Revealed” p106

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Kislev 5778

P 106 (of the pamphlet) lower quarter of the page “ve-ha-hasagah” [P 78 of the book]

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What can we say about Godliness that is beyond being enclothed in the garments of the world…?

The Godliness is there, but beyond worldly or tangible terms.

We experience of Godliness continually… and so we can speak of comprehension [although it is not a worldly comprehension].

Where is our exposure to Godliness that is beyond enclothment in world? What type of comprehension/understanding is this?

We have ample experiences to reference. The light created on day one was too much for the world. It was light without a luminary. So this light was withdrawn [an re-introduced via the sun].

Daylight is reminiscent of the initial light of day way. Daylight is not countering darkness - it has no challenges.

We experience daylight in our world, but it is not really worldly. We have a soul quality that can relate to this kind of truth. This is called wisdom/chochmah.

We are obliged to focus in on this wisdom and the Godliness it represents - we are duty-bound. We are not relegated to worldliness per se, even though we have been sent into a worldly context…

We are Godly creatures.

“He redeemed us from slavery into freedom”. If he took us out of slavery are we not automatically free? No. Freedom is an additional gift. We were not taken from slavery under pharaoh into the wilderness of the world… no, we were brought into a context of real meaning and purpose - 24/7.

This is the greatest gift. The ‘meaning’, corresponds to our own intelligence is the context of freedom - we are not in a house, we are in His home.

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The power of the name...

In everything there is how this thing pertains to itself and how it represents itself. This representation is really a secondary element in this presence – that it can be viewed from outside and that it represents itself. There is a deep element - you would think that we can represent ourselves any way we want – this is politics, but this is a perversion. Really there is an essential element in a person to represent himself. This is the power of a name – it is an external thing, but at the same time it touches his essence. A person has a body and soul – the purpose of the soul in the body is not for itself, but to express itself outside...! ~ Shiur Sunday 8.22.2010

Light Power

All that came into being...

...all the created worlds and all the ethereal entities that live in them, even the worlds that are mere emanations without tangible substance, even the worlds of thought and beyond to the realms of infinite light that preceded Creation...

--all this came to be only as a result of the thought of you, the earthly being, struggling in a world that only a infinitesimal glimmer of G-dliness has reached in its purity, bringing light where light could not be.

And so it follows, that with one simple act of beauty, all those worlds and realms of light find their purpose fulfilled, and so shine yet brighter--and reciprocate with a burst of illumination into our lowly world.

That is why the entire creation can be transformed with one simple, sincere deed.

Never underestimate the power of light.

From the wisdom of the Rebbe. Words by Tzvi Freeman

Tools of the trade (Glossary)

(… to be continued and developed…)

· Bechinat – aspect

· Keili – vessel/container

· Ohr – light (pl: Ohrot or Orot)

· Hitlabshut – enclothement

· Kodesh – holy (lit: removed)

· Shaichus - connection

· Madrega – level

· Etzem – essence

· Muvdal – removed/separated

· Koach – power (as in koach reiya – the power of sight. Pl: kochot)

· Dibur – speech

· Machshavah – thought

· Myseh – action

· Malchus – kingship

· Kesser – crown, encompassing level

· Etzem – essence

· Mekabel – recipient

· Mashpia – giver / mentor

· Misromem – exalted

· Oh ein sof – infinite light

· Melech – king

· Meturgeman – translator / intermediary

· Tammuz – a Hebrew month

· Rav – teacher

· Sechel – mind

In the world - Beyond the world - Exodus - Shattering and Refinement

Hayom Yom (25 Tevet):

"From my father's discourses we see that Exodus from Egypt means leaving limitations and bounds, and Chassidus is to enable man to leave the restrictions of the material world.

There is a difference: The Egyptian Exodus means shattering and then departure. We went away from Egypt.

The Chassidic Exodus means purification and correction, stepping out of worldly limitations and bounds while remaining in the the world.

This means, that while functioning within the world we must transcend its limitations. We are to remove the limitations and bounds, and perceive the truth - that the world per se is truly good, since, after all, the natural world is what G-d intended.

This is attained through the Avoda (work) of Chassidus."

Notes: When society and environment ("world" in chassidic usage) conflict with Torah, there may be a reaction of withdrawal from "world" and its affairs. Extreme monastic withdrawal is rejected by Torah.
Chassidus advocates being "within world," involvement in the normal routines of family and occupation for example, but refusing subservience to the values and principles of "world."

The Jew's values are to be Torah's while he functions in the marketplace or laboratory. He utilizes the opportunities and challenges of "world" to subordinate and use worldly affairs for Torah ideals, values and goals.

He will do this intellectually when confronting concepts that appear not to be consonant with Torah, and also by observing Mitzvot in inhospitable circumstances.

While functioning in this environment he is apart from it, refusing to be dominated or intimidated by it.

Stand, Walk and Jump - Daily Chassidus

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“Light Concealed & Revealed” p106

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