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Chabad Research Unit — rse Summary Toledot 5727 DESCENT IN ORDER TO RISE — Toldos 5784

Выпуск: Chabad Research Unit — rse Summary Toledot 5727 DESCENT IN ORDER TO RISE — Toldos 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 תולדות תשכ''ז ד''ה ויזרע יצחק מוגה‬ Published for Shabbat Sedra Toledot 5 Kislev 5784, 18 November 20231 DESCENT IN ORDER TO RISE KEY THEME IN CHASSIDIC TEACHING IS THE CONCEPT OF A ‘DESCENT IN ORDER TO RISE’, the idea that by in some way descending to a lower level one eventually achieves far more than otherwise possible. Through dedication to the Torah and its Mitzvot, and facing and overcoming challenges, may we too be blessed by G-d, beyond our own efforts, and also achieve the revelation of the boundless greatness of the Essence of the Divine. Hence one can understand his ‘planting’ as the total enterprise of Torah and Mitzvot, which is ‘planted’ in the physical world, for Torah study and carrying out Mitzvot predominantly concern physical activities. We ourselves have to make the sacred wisdom and emotion of the Divine Soul – which in themselves seek only G-dliness beyond – reach down into the mind and emotion of the Animal Soul. This is the way we are created by G-d, so we could say that it is G-d Who is causing the descent of the Divine Soul into the often problematic possibilities of physicality. However, this descent is also in order to rise, by virtue of the Divine Soul resisting temptation and indeed creating a dwelling for the Divine in the physical world. A further example of a descent, which can also be considered ‘planting’, is that of the Divine Soul, which is implanted in the Animal Soul and the physical body. Chabad Research Unit – www.chabadresearch.net – cru@lubavitchuk.com We can now consider Yitzhak’s planting of seeds as expressing powerful spiritual processes. But precisely from this comes the ‘rise’, in terms of the several stalks of wheat which eventually emerge, each bearing many grains of life-giving produce. Helped by the Chassidic teachings themselves, we reach down and involve the imagination and passions of the Animal Soul in our Mitzvot and Torah study.

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Chabad Research Unit

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17 ноября 2023 г.

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