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Chabad Research Unit — Shemini 5784

Выпуск: Chabad Research Unit — Shemini 5784. Темы: kashrut, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: кашрут, кошер, kosher, kashrut, כשרות, כשר, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. CHABAD ‫ב"ה‬ RESEARCH UNIT he Rebbe's Discourses T Summaries of Points from the Rebbe’s Chassidic Discourses ‫בלי אחריות כלל וכלל‬ Re-Published for Shabbat Sedra Shemini 27 Adar II 5784, 6 April 20241 LEVIATHAN AND THE OX L EVIATHAN IS A MYSTERIOUS BIBLICAL CREATURE, A GREAT FISH2. [A possible answer is that, given that we are discussing the relationship between the higher Tzaddik and the lower, the Chassidic Rebbe and the Chassid, if the individual firmly connects himself or herself to the Rebbe, then even when we fall, we do not fall too far, and are able to climb up again, closer and closer to the Divine.] Torah teachings are holy – please treat these pages with care Chabad Research Unit – www.chabad.research.net – cru@lubavitchuk.com For this reason, Leviathan, the higher Tzaddik, the Chassidic Rebbe, is described as elevating the Chassid, (a movement depicted in the text as ‘slaughtering’ the Ox), ‘with his fins’: with love and awe of the Divine. The twin actions of burning the slaughtered heifer, a movement upwards, and putting living water on its ashes in a vessel, a movement downwards, express the Ratzo and Shov which apply to everything. The twin aspects of Love and Awe are like Ratzo, moving forward towards the Divine, and Shov, returning, in an ebb and flow motion, as mentioned in the Book of Ezekiel7. Very unusually, the Rebbe does not answer this question, but suggests that we the students exploring this discourse should try to work out an answer ourselves. The Divine ‘delight’ originates at the highest level of the Essence, but it is expressed at the seemingly low level of our struggles to keep the Mitzvot. The fins of the Fish, ie Leviathan, are like the wings of a bird which bring it higher and lower, expressing love and awe of the Divine respectively. The men control the way the leopard attacks the lion, and they prevent the lion from responding; and then they allow the lion to attack the leopard. This is the inner meaning of the ‘slaughter’ described in the Midrash: which we can understand in terms of the way the Rebbe elevates the Chassid6.

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Chabad Research Unit

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4 апреля 2024 г.

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Темы: kashrut, parsha_commentary