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ohr tmimim — Matos-Massei 5783

Выпуск: ohr tmimim — Matos-Massei 5783. Темы: не определены автоматически. Just as when a person takes an oath to, for instance, stop smoking, the oath gives him power and drive to ignore all distractions and focus only on his goal, similarly the oath taken before birth gives each of us to the urge and the power to focus on moving ever nearer to G-d and His Torah. The mystical books explain that the number 42 is derived from one of the names of G-d, which manifests itself in each of us (because we are made in G-d’s image) as an insatiable drive to move ‘upward’ closer to the Creator; closer to truth, just like the oath we spoke of. The great Tzadik Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk related that once the Maggid of Mezeritch (the main pupil, and successor of the Besht) told each of his disciples allegorical stories explaining each of their pasts and futures according to these journeys. I think that you should travel to Minsk and deliver the letter; perhaps the Mayor is still alive, maybe your luck will change.” A week later he arrived in the Jewish quarter of Minsk to find the streets decorated for a festivity. Torah Online - Rabbi Tuvia Bolton This week we read a double portion; the first begins with some of the laws concerning vows and the second with a list of the forty-two journeys the Jews made in the Desert after they left Egypt. The Baal Shem escorted him to the door, gave him a blessing that he find a good job and a new house, handed him a sealed letter and asked him if he would please do him a favor and deliver it the next time he visited Minsk. Samuels the Mayor of the Jewish sector of Minsk”, slipped it into his jacket pocket and chuckled uneasily to himself, “What, does he think I am, his postman?!” as he walked quickly to the train station. A hundred tables were set with fruit and cakes, a small band was tuning up and a huge banner was tied to opposite sides of the street saying: “MAZAL TOV MAYOR SAMUELS!!”; a new mayor was being sworn in! It is no wonder, therefore, that ‘The Tanya’ is the only book ever written that completely explains what is a Jew, what is his special purpose in creation and how exactly to carry out this purpose. One of the explanations is that everyone’s soul has to go through the 42 journeys (even if it takes several incarnations), and the Besht was able to see all these journeys before they happened.

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Ohr Tmimim

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14 июля 2023 г.

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