Bayom Hashimini – 5740
By zevi770 · January 30, 2018
NAMES
The Baal Shem Tov says, that the Hebrew name of something is both the source of its existence, as well it’s continued life-force.
GOD’S OBJECTIVE
The main objective of God in the giving of the Torah is that man should serve on his own initiative.
LUCHOIS
The first Luchois represents the service of Tzaddikim, while the second represents the service of Baal Teshuva.
BAAL TESHUVA
The service of Baal Teshuva is far greater than that of the Tzaddikim.
MATAN TORAH / AVROHOM
Matan Torah in actual fact begins with Avrohom.
REVELATION VS. AVODA / SELF REFINEMENT
Revelation cuases that momentarily our essential self dominates, but AVODA, Baal Teshuva, self-refinement causes, that our conscious self, transforms.
JEW
The natural desire of a Jew is to fulfill the will of God.
GOD’S INTENT
God’s intent in creation is quite simply, “it is the nature of good to do so.”
GOD’S TRUEST INTENT
The truest intent of God is to give us the opportunity, through our subjugation of our Yetzer Hara / evil inclinations, to fulfill a higher intent, thereby manifesting the infinite radiance / Messianic era.
BAAL TESHUVA
The Baal Teshuva, not only has the Merit of Mitzvahs, but the even infinitely higher, of the transformation of Darkness to light.
MOSHIACH’S TORAH
The Torah of Moshiach will be infinite.
MOSHIACH / BAAL TESHUVA
Moshiach comes in the Merit of (Baal) Teshuva.
DECIPHERING / TALMYD BAVLI
The reason Talmud Bavli supersedes Talmud Yerushalmi, is because of the pilpul / analytic debates to decipher the law, its conclusions are more accurate.
TRUTH
Through truly Desiring the truth, Hashem reveals it.
DECIPHERING / DIVINE WILL
The Rebbe teaches, that through the analytical probing of the Divine will, as in the Talmud Bavli, hence reaching the correct resolution, which then in turn creates the correct action, this then in turn manifests the Divine intent.
MOSHIACH / MITZVOS
The complete fulfillment of doing Mitzvos will be when Moshiach comes.
DRIVE / MEDITATION
Through this understanding (namely that our current performance lacks) this cuases additional drive.
DRIVE / BAAL TESHUVA
This is similar, as it states in Tanya, that as the Baal Teshuva feels distant (from God) therefore he seeks.
DIVINE REACTION
The very depth of feeling that drives you to God, creates this reaction.
MESSIANIC LIGHT
The greatness of the Messianic era is that it Infinitely surpasses even the light at the beginning of creation.
MESSIANIC LIGHT
This greatness will be also greater than the Matan Torah Revelation.
MOSHIACH’S WORLD
When Moshiach comes, the physical world will, like a fig, which absentenmindely is being picked on Shabbos – will say, “Today is Shabbos!”
TORAH & MITZVOS
Through Torah and Mitzvos we transform this world.
SHEMINI ATZERES
On Shemini Atzeres a Jew becomes a master of destiny.