Mystical Quotes

From The Rebbe

 

TORAH/TANACH

The Torah is written based on the principle of giving first the general principles and then the details, hence the written Torah (Torah Shebiksav) is short and concise, and the oral Torah (Torah Shebal Peh) is long and detailed – now with the 24 Holy books (TANACH) this order is also (so the Torah is more concise.)

GOD/WISDOM

There is a concept called “before wisdom” – in other words, wisdom (as a computer which is a “genius”) is actually the result of desire (in other words, we think about what it is that we desire – so as G-d exists within Himself there is no wisdom – it is only when God desires us, hence creation (our home) that he descended and created the level of Chochmah, called wisdom – hence there is an infinite gap between the fundamental “person” (God) and wisdom (like the person is infinitely greater than his computer) now there are infinite universes which mimic this system – in other words, there is the world of Kesser, so it would be like, in that world is the general concept (sort of like when you are going to flesh out the building of a home – first comes the concept and then comes the architectural plans and then comes the building and then within each detail there is the general and the sub-details.)

GOD/LOVE

Now all of this was in order – for God’s motive is love, to essentially come directly from his very essence garbed within our very language (hence when God speaks to man, he uses man’s language, metaphors, parables.)

JUDGEMNET

When Moshiach comes, the nations will be judged – this judgment (as all of God’s judgments, actually means refined.)

AVODA-SELF-REFINEMENT

Everything that will happen in the messianic age (and the messianic stage which has begun) comes about through the Jew’s Avoda (difficult Judaic service.)

AVODA/SELF-REFINEMENT (STAGES)

In the times of the Beis Hamikdosh when Godliness was revealed, the main task was the refinement of the mind, hence the Rabbis were involved mainly in Torah study – then as it progressed the task was to refine the emotions, hence the great emphasis (especially since the Baal Shem Tov) on prayer – but as we enter into our generation – the one to greet Moshiach, it is mainly about good deeds.

CHARITY/TZEDDAKAH

This is why our generation excels in giving charity, even more so than previous generations.

REFINING (THE WORLD)

As it is the essence of God that is revealed, this has an effect also in refining (which is happening as we speak) all the gentiles.