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Project Likkutei Sichos — Bereishis 5784

Выпуск: Project Likkutei Sichos — Bereishis 5784. Темы: не определены автоматически. Granted, the narrative In the beginning — Rabbi Yitzchak said: The is important for establishing the Jewish Torah should have begun with the first people’s ownership of the land, but is that mitzvah given to the Jewish people… For so critical that it leads the book? should say to Israel, “You are robbers, for The Explanation: you conquered by force the lands of the seven nations [of Canaan],” they will reply, The conversation between the nations and "The entire earth belongs to the Holy One, the Jewish people alludes to a spiritual blessed be He; He created it (this we learn confrontation about the roles we play in the from the story of the Creation) and gave it world. The “land of the nations” alludes to to whomever He deemed proper When He those spheres of activities which are not wished, He gave it to them, and when He expressly sacred, the myriad mundane wished, He took it away from them and practices of living in a material world — gave it to us. The truth is, however, that this is the very This is the ultimate display of the reality purpose of the Jewish people, to take the that “all comes from G-d.” When we material world, and transform it into a “land recognize that every item of G-d’s creation of Israel.” has potential to be elevated. Now, within this world there are two Because this notion precedes the Torah, categories of potentially elevated material: therefore the Torah begins with this permitted activities, which can be elevated declaration — that the material world was through using them in a manner prescribed given to the Jewish people so they can by the Torah, and with an intention to use transform even those parts which are them for sacred ends. The nations of the world claim that the Jewish people should concern themselves with spiritual pursuits, but taking the material world and attempting to make it holy is an This ability is derived from a place within infringement on the nation’s possessions. G-d that transcends the boundaries of the “You are robbers, for you conquered by Torah, that allows for return even when the force the lands of the nations.” limitations of Torah have been transgressed. By beginning with this through repentance out of love that narrative, the Torah alludes to the fact that redeems their negative energy for positive this power is

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Project Likkutei Sichos

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13 октября 2023 г.

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