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Chabad Research Unit — Matos-Massei 5784

Выпуск: Chabad Research Unit — Matos-Massei 5784. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. CHABAD ‫ב"ה‬ RESEARCH UNIT he Rebbe's Discourses T Summaries of points from the Rebbe’s Chassidic Discourses ‫בלי אחריות כלל וכלל‬ ‫מסעי תש"כ בלתי מוגה‬-‫ד''ה ומקנה רב ש"פ מטות‬ Published for Shabbat Sedra Mattot-Mas’ey 28 Tammuz 5784, 3 August 20241 BEING WITH G-D IN THE WORLD S DEVEKUT, CLEAVING TO G-D, POSSIBLE WHEN A PERSON IS I DEEPLY INVOLVED IN WORLDLY MATTERS? When he was unjustly thrown into prison, as a result of the inappropriate behavior of Potiphar’s wife, he was made an overseer of the other prisoners, which, again, was a demanding position, in difficult surroundings, but he maintained his conscious devotion to G-d. Their readiness for self-sacrifice in this task showed that their choosing to live on the eastern side of the Jordan was not because of reluctance to be involved with the world, but simply, as they said, because that area was suitable pasture- land for their many cattle. The subtext of the story is that Moses knew that the real way to be close to G-d is not by being in the ethereal atmosphere of the camp in the desert, but by entering the Land, by ploughing and reaping and doing everything else necessary for daily life. Later when Joseph became Viceroy he had the enormous responsibility of overseeing the harvest and storage of grain throughout Egypt during the seven years of plenty, and then controlling its sale to the thousands who flocked to Egypt during the famine. The message for us is two-fold: an appreciation of the need for the spirituality of devekut, cleaving to G-d; and also a readiness to enter the world, knowing that it is in the world that we can reach our fullest spiritual potential. Through our practical activities we are, in fact, transforming the world, as Chassidic teachings explain, making it a dwelling for the Divine Presence, which will be revealed with the coming of Moshiach. In his early youth he had not been a shepherd to the same extent as his brothers, but instead stayed at home with his elderly father, imbibing a deep sense of devotion to the Divine. They feared that if they entered the Land, an all too physical and earthly realm, where they would have to plow and reap, they would lose this sense of closeness with the Divine. This issue is found also earlier in the

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Chabad Research Unit

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2 августа 2024 г.

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