Mamer Alter Rebbe – Vayeishev – quotes

Mamer Alter Rebbe – Vayeishev

Vayeishev

1.  Why does the soul who experiences such great love and awe for God, come below, because below, no matter what your experience is, it is nothing compared to what you have above, and the answer is, because below – where you understand that knowledge can never understand the infinite, for all compared to the infinite is not even anything – hence from this meditation alone, the humility and the open heart… is the deepest connection to G-d.

2.  When the soul is below and contemplates how all darkness, lusts, foolish pursuits gains their energy from the dark side, and of-course we wish to gain only from G-d, hence this depth of desire for G-d, specifically coming from not wishing to be fed by the darkness and the dark side – creates the greatest connection.

3.  It says, “the voice is the voice of Jakob” once it says Koil with vov – in other words, the Torah comes from the heart of G-d, for us to get the heart of G-d within that Torah, it’s necessary, that when we study it, it need to be humbly seeking G-d.

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The infinity of G-d – and this is the most important understanding, hence life enhancing tip – encompasses from the very beginning of time, space, soul, to the very end – and is simultaneously within every detail, person, both causing the very moment, yet also happily offering advice.

5. As the world is built with kindness, when we give charity we perpetuate, the building of the world.

Mamer – Alter Rebbe – Vayeishev

Vihnie

The world of Tohu shattered – for God Himself is one – in order to create many – there was an intense light and the vessels (bulbs) shattered – as these shards emanated through spiritual cosmic evolution (the four worlds of atziles, beirah, yetzirah and assiyah) the lower they descended the more individualistic for the closer one is to the king the less (individualistic.)

2. The job of the Jewish people which is accomplished though our Torah and Mitzvos is to unify these sparks.

3. The whole point of the refinement of the sparks like the baby that while she was in her mother’s womb she is completely humble (in fact, this is why by the story of Josef, he said in his dream, we were gathering Sheaves of wheat – for gathering the sparks to create unity is the goal – but the words for gathering sheaves “me-almim” comes from the word of silence, for when the baby is in the whom, because she is busy (like a nursing calf suckling) receiving she has no identity – once there’s individuality, then there comes the next stage of submission (willingly – humility) but even then, it is not like the baby in the mother’s stomach – even Rabbi Akivah who gave his life for God – even then a higher light from God had to descend, so his soul could truly unite – and this is the two stages in that a. we first have humility b. we then (in the messianic era) unify (ED. It would appear to me, that it is obvious, we go not back into the original state (for what would be the point. rather as the Rebbe numerously said, that the novelty of Moshiach is that we have both a. our humility b. God’s revelation and simultaneously (without losing our identity) both.

4. In order to draw from above – as the light must have an open space, it depends on our  humility to/for it.

Mamer, Alter Rebbe

Bichof Hei Bikislev

The realm of evil derives as the opposite of the realm of good – so just a there is love for God, there is lust, just as there is fear from God, there is fear and anger – our job is to through the positive, overcome the negative – this is similar, to the incense in the Beis Hamikdosh – smell restores the spirit – the essence of the human, is their mind – when stress occurs, people lose their rationale (as well as any negative emotion….) so prayer today is in the place of incense (and sacrifices.)

This also applies to Mitzvahs, and the main Mitzvah is Tzedakah, and like a shield of armor, each coin, is a link that together creates a strong protection.

We have a mind, an outer and an inner heart – while the mind (when function) is connected to the inner heart (convictions,) yet the outer heart (instincts) remains indifferent (hence our internal battle) when we give charity, this causes that the inner and outer heart interconnect.