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Chabad Research Unit — Shoftim 5784

Выпуск: Chabad Research Unit — Shoftim 5784. Темы: не определены автоматически. CHABAD ‫ב"ה‬ RESEARCH UNIT he Rebbe's Discourses T Summaries of points from the Rebbe’s Chassidic Discourses ‫בלי אחריות כלל וכלל‬ ‫פרשת שופטים תשט''ז ד''ה שופטים ושוטרים בלתי מוגה‬ Published for Shabbat Sedra Shoftim 4 Elul 5784, 7 September 20241 KNOWLEDGE OF G-D AND JUDGES AT THE GATES HE SEDRA21 TELLS US TO PUT JUDGES AND OFFICERS AT T ALL OUR GATES. ] Exploring this structure of the Sefirot, we learn that there are 50 Gates of Understanding, through which there is a flow from the higher levels of the Sefirot, Wisdom, Understanding and Knowledge, to the lower: Kindness, Severity, Mercy, etc. In this process we need the Judges, the Torah teachings which give us the guidance as to what is right or wrong, permitted or forbidden; and the Officers, who help us firmly follow this guidance, especially when things are difficult. Similarly, a verse from the well-known text ‘A Woman of Valour’ tells us ‘her husband is known at the gates.3’ He is known at the regular gatherings of significant and responsible figures, which take place at the gates of the city. It is through such self mastery that we will achieve true blessing for the coming year… Torah teachings are holy – please treat these pages with care Chabad Research Unit – www.chabadresearch.net – cru@lubavitchuk.com One can explore the microcosm of a human being, a defined structure of intellect and emotions, and through that have some tangible level of knowledge of the infinitely exalted macrocosm, the Divine Sefirot. Chabad Research Unit – www.chabadresearch.net – cru@lubavitchuk.com The other explanation is that we are not speaking of the unknowable Essence of the Divine, but of His manifestation through the Sefirot. So by our understanding of our own inner being, as explained in Divinely inspired Chassidic teachings, we are able at a certain level to gain some sort of intimation of the nature of the Divine. On one level this is about organising a basic aspect of civilized society: a system of legislation, which defines the laws, the judges, and the ‘officers’ or police who will enforce the laws. We need to be able to guard these gates, to see that they open to admit only permitted material; or, in the case of the mouth, that it expresses to others only what is appropriate.

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