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Chabad Research Unit — Emor 5783

Выпуск: Chabad Research Unit — Emor 5783. Темы: relationships_shalom_bayit. Поисковые термины: шалом байт, брак, отношения, shalom bayit, marriage, שלום בית, זוגיות. CHABAD ‫ב"ה‬ RESEARCH UNIT Summaries of points of the Rebbe’s Chassidic Discourses ‫בלי אחריות כלל וכלל‬ ‫ל"ג בעומר תש''ל בלתי מוגה‬ Published for Shabbat Emor 15 Iyar 5783, 6 May 20231 THE ‘WEDDING’ OF RASHBI L AG B’OMER, THE 33RD DAY OF THE OMER, IS THE YAHRZEIT OF RABBI SHIMON BAR YOCHAI, THE 2ND CENTURY SAGE known as Rashbi. A Yahrzeit, the anniversary of that person passing away, may have solemn connotations, but in the case of Rashbi it is a joyful day, celebrated with music, bonfires, outings for children, and frequently weddings – which, according to general custom, do not take place in the Omer period between Pesach and Shavuot, except for on Lag B’Omer2. The Midrash tells us that Rashbi claimed he could gain Divine forgiveness for the world for the period of his own lifetime, and if he were joined by certain great figures of the past, such as Abraham or Ahijah the Shilonite (a Prophet in the Temple period) they could gain forgiveness for all humanity till the Messiah4. Through study of Torah and observance of Mitzvot this becomes actualized, as true movement, as the verse states in next week’s double Sedra ‘if you walk – ie: move - in My statutes’ which the Sages explain as making effort in Torah study8, and Torah study leads to the action of the Mitzvot. Due to this power to reveal the radiance below, as takes place in physical marriage, with numerous offspring – the chain of students of his spiritual teachings, through the generations - Rashbi’s Yahrzeit is termed a ‘Wedding’, a day of inspiring revelation of the Divine. 2 this the soul is able to ascend to higher and higher levels, to the ‘vessels’ of the Sefirot of Atzilut, and yet higher to the radiance within the vessels of the Sefirot, and even higher, to the radiance which is beyond the Sefirot. This power in Torah and Mitzvot to reach down to this world and connect it above to the highest levels is because Torah is both the most precious, hidden treasure and yet it is also channeled down into this world10. The term ‘Pure’ represents Atzilut, the true root and source of every Jewish soul, then come the lower worlds of Creation and Formation, and ‘You blew it into me’ refers to the soul entering the world of Action. We thus unde

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Chabad Research Unit

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5 мая 2023 г.

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Темы: relationships_shalom_bayit