Alter Rebbe – Mamer

Vayichi

Yehudah

Yehuda represents the inner conviction and love of the soul – now when the soul is in heaven, this love is constant, but below it can fluctuate – our task in prayer is “To see the glory of the king” – in other words, get ourselves to the location whereby the greatness of God is so real to us, that it is constant.

Furthermore through meditating on the fact that one is in a deep dark distance – as the Baal Teshuvah has the greatest love for God… – this desire for the sweet love, causes that your soul and God merge.

This is the first three chapters of Shema and Emes Viyatziv, for Vehavtah represents Rueven which is a visual (where man merges with God) however then comes Vehayah Im Shamoyah, which is Shimshoin, which is hearing (we see up close, but hear even about something far…) this represents the fear of God – this is the idea, “if your heart runs to God, return” (so now we feel distant) and then there is Levi, which is that through the study of Torah we draw God below.

Then there is Yehuda, which represents the transformation – for we then go (from prayer to Torah, to) into the mundane world – but even as we eat, make money, we do so in order to do good, pray, study, and thereby extract from the physical, transforming it to spiritual.

And the power for all the above comes from Yehuda, which represents both the giving of charity, for when we have mercy, Hashem has upon us compassion.

Mamer Alter Rebbe – Vayechi

1. The whole goal, is the days of Moshiach – the days of Moshiach are not the days of the resurrection which follow it – rather specifically in the days of Moshiach, that is when we’ll do the Mitzvos properly, as then we will have the Holy Temple etc.
2. Through doing the Mitzvos, – though through knowledge we apprehend (understand) Godliness, but as God is infinitely beyond (hence the highest heavens and the lowest (part of) earth, are no closer – it is exclusively, through our doing Mitzvos that His essence is revealed.
3. There is two kinds of wine, white and red, white wine causes (or symbolizes) joy, while red wine symbolizes bitterness – the former comes from seeing God (‘s greatness) the latter comes specifically from realizing how far one is from God, but the latter wine, causes far more than joy… drunkenness, – for the entire purpose of exile, is to reach the state, that through realizing and sensing one’s inherent distance, thereby, when Moshiach comes and we do all the “new” Mitzvos, it will be done with extraordinary, grateful love and joy!

Alter Rebbe Mamer – Vayichi

Chachlili

The purpose of prayer: we begin with seeing the grandeur of God in the natural phenomena, and then in the praise of the angels; we then come to Shema, where we realize, He is the One, which we draw into reality, through the (Echad (particularly Daled, and then into Boruch Shem) and then we have a love for God, which causes instead of being addicted to foolishness, we transform our heart to Godliness.

Now there are two types of loves, there is the love born of contemplation in Davening, as mentioned – however as we can tell – this love can dissipate (and we can forget about it, and become involved in negative (or materialistic love,) but there is another love which comes from the source of our soul, the love which is infinite – now the difference between the infinite and the finite, is, as a drop of the ocean (though be infinitely small relative to the vast ocean, nevertheless has a comparison) whereas, in the essence of God, unlimited, unbounded (to the finite, ) has no comparison – so how do we receive the infinite God within us (create an infinite unlimited love?) we do this by the study of Torah.

The highest love is called “a pleasurable love,” a love which comes from seeing – in effect continually– the beauty of God, like two doves who take pleasure at simply seeing (looking into each others’ eyes).

As it states, “He who works before Shabbos, enjoys the Shabbos food” – During the week (and exile) we work on, through (difficulty) arousing the lower levels of love; which on Shabbos/Moshiach…, we arrive at the higher – which is secrets of the Torah, which continually increases.

Now after one has this great love for God, then we need to like food – for in order for food to be digested, it has to be chewed, which is separating it – similarly, we need to look at all of our thoughts, speech and actions (particularly nighty) and assess if they need improvement – furthermore, each person needs to become their own Rebbe, they need to see their emotions, and work on polishing them.

Alter Rebbe Mamer

Vayiche Livair

There are three loves, there is the love (for God, from) this world, there is a great love, and there is a blissful love.

Generally speaking, the love of God is by recognizing Divine greatness (say, through nature etc.) this is “love of this world” (it of-course can be counteracted by other things – say drugs, lust, ego etc.)

Then there is a great love – this comes from above – perhaps, the core of the Jew ED. – and hence nothing counteracts it.

However when one’s lower and higher (self…) love, join, this elicits the third love, the blissful love (respectively, the first love is the Divine name “ban” (which is also the numerical value, of animals) it then has the higher love (great love) which is “mah” – and finally, what it elicits is the Divine name of “Ab.”)

Now on Shabbos we get some of this higher level – which is why when Moshiach comes, it is called the day which is totally Shabbos.

(It would seem – if I understand correctly ED. The Alter Rebbe says, that just as the body takes food and the best parts, it sends to the blood, the heart, the brain, and the worst it expels, similarly, God set up a system, whereby, when we study Torah and do Mitzvos etc. the light ascends and actually creates heaven, atzilus etc. – so in effect the universe – certainly whether it is bright or not, depends on us.)