Об этом документе

Chabad Research Unit — Metzora 5784

Выпуск: Chabad Research Unit — Metzora 5784. Темы: shabbat_laws, kashrut. Поисковые термины: шаббат, законы шаббата, melacha, hilchot shabbat, שבת, הלכות שבת, מלאכה, кашрут, кошер, kosher, kashrut, כשרות, כשר. CHABAD ‫ב"ה‬ RESEARCH UNIT he Rebbe's Discourses T Summary of Points from the Rebbe’s Chassidic Discourses ‫בלי אחריות כלל וכלל‬ ‫עבדים היינו לפרעה במצרים ש"פ מצורע שבת הגדול תשל''ג בלתי מוגה‬ Published for Shabbat Sedra Metzora 12 Nisan 5784, 20 April 20241 THE OTHER ASPECT OF PHAROAH HE MAIN SECTION OF THE HAGGADA BEGINS ‘WE WERE T SLAVES TO PHARAOH IN EGYPT’. The person feels so full of their self-worth and their own subtle understanding that they cannot step beyond it… Hence the question of the Wise Child is, how can these practical laws, with their implicit limitations as described, be the way for a person to achieve spiritual union with the Divine? Our lives, guided by the Torah, engaging with the physical world through the practical commandments, including both positive involvement (eating kosher food, for example) and negative involvement (such as avoiding non-kosher food) enable us to elevate these sacred sparks. The word Pharoah ‫ פרעה‬also relates to a term in the Zohar ‫‘ אתפריעו כל נהורין‬all radiance was exposed’5, emphasizing the intensity of the spiritual radiance which has now fallen into our physical world, as explained in the Kabbalah. That is why there was the Breaking of the Vessels, due to the intensity of the radiance, and the sparks of radiance fell below to the lowest aspect of this world, the realm of Egypt, the realm of ultimate limitation [and its evil King, Pharoah]. This is a quotation from the Torah2 where it is presented as the answer to the Wise Child (as explained by the Sages), who asks in the verse before ‘What are the testimonies, statutes and laws which Hashem our G-d has commanded you?’. The general explanation of this word is that it means laws which can be comprehended by one’s intellect (contrasting with Statutes which are above understanding, one of the aspects which makes them difficult for this individual). The Discourse taught by the Rebbe the day before this one, on 11th Nisan 19733 explained that the Wise Child is asking how one can have an intense union with the Divine, expressed in the words ‘G-d has commanded you’. The discourse explains that this concept 2 is to be understood as it relates kabbalistic

Издание

Chabad Research Unit

Дата

19 апреля 2024 г.

Страниц

3

Темы: shabbat_laws, kashrut