New Quotes – From The Rebbe – Adam Harishoin
By zevi770 · April 7, 2021
| Adam Harishoin | Fully Formed | Adam and Chava were created at age 20. |
| Peeking | The sin of Adam was he peered into the location of Kelipos (arrogance) and this caused the sin. | |
| Probing | God’s question “where are you” inspires Teshuva. | |
| Greatness | He was greater then the Arizal The Rashbi and the Baal Shem Tov. | |
| Knowledge | He understood the source of every Creation – which is how he could “Divine” their Hebrew name. | |
| Fire | On Motzai Shabbos (Sat. evening) he took two rocks and hit them together and it caused a spark. | |
| Sin | His sin was he ate the Tree of knowledge before Shabbos (when the prohibition existed.) | |
| Sin | He sinned in the three “capital offenses” and his sin was rectified through the Avos (forefathers.) | |
| Test | The entire command/test of not eating from the tree of knowledge was for 3 hours! | |
| Adam / Avodah | His Avodah (Divine service) was that he got all Creations to acknowledge (bow before) God. | |
| Kelipah | Through His sin, the Kelipah managed to get energy. | |
| Kiruv | Even after he sinned God left him in Gan Eden the whole Shabbos – this teaches us to always bring people closer. | |
| Adam/Chava | Adam and Chava are similar to Torah Shebiksav and Torah Shebal Peh (the written and oral Torah.) | |
| GREATNESS | In Divrei Hayomim Adam is spelled with a big Alef indicating a greatness he has even over Moses. | |
| Eternal | As He is a “handiwork of God” he is everlasting and He lives in each of us. | |
| Test | We find even Adam who was so great couldn’t help himself and transgressed the word of God – proving it is an awesome test. | |
| Punishment | He was only punished after 930 years. | |
| Greatest | He was the greatest of creation and in him, all of creation is included. | |
| Gan Eden | After he sinned he couldn’t reman in Gan Eden. | |
| Influence | He brought all of creation to humility (to God.) | |
| Completion | After Adam was made, the completion of creation occurred. | |
| Infinite | Every Jew has the potential of Adam to peer from one end of the world to the other (perhaps time as well.) | |
| Kingdom | On the sixth day of creation He declared “God is garbed in kingship” – the Kingdom of God. | |
| Birth | When he was born – all creations above and below shook. | |
| God’s pleasure | He was placed in the Garden of Eden to work it and protect – to add in God’s pleasure. | |
| Mission | Every person is similar to Adam – in our mission (to brighten the world.) | |
| Elevation | Adam was made Erev Shabos / before Shabbos – so he and the entire creation could come into the Shabbos, and everything would be elevated | |
| Greatness | He was great enough that through him the Torah should be given. | |
| Yetzer Hara | The reason that though he had but one Mitzvah he lapsed – for whatever is most important, the Yetzer Hara places most of his effort. | |
| Shabbos | He was created before Shabbos – to cause in the world Shabbos. | |
| Souls | All souls in him are included – and likewise in every soul a part of his soul. | |
| Composite | He was a composite of above and below. | |
| Prepared | All creations were for him a prepartiuon.. | |
| Empowered | Every month of Tishrei, every Jew is empowered. | |
| Influence | Before he sinned, while he served God in Gan Eden, through this he influenced the world. | |
| King David | He lived 930 years – 70 less then 1,000 because he gave 70 to King David. | |
| Work | The reason man was made before Shabbos and not on – for the point of man is to do Divine service. | |
| Teshuva | The reason he sinned to pave a way for Teshuva | |
| Elevating | The reason man is made from a physical body is through elevating oneself one elevate a;l four categories of earth vegetation animal man. | |
| Avodah | His service is in the level of Taanug – Shabbos – pleasure. | |
| To Serve And Protect | He service was to “Serve and Protect.” | |
| Teshuva | Through his repentance the curse, “the day you eat it you shall die” was delayed. | |
| Rosh Hashana | Every Rosh Hashana, we are reborn. | |
| Birthday | Rosh Hashana is all of our birthdays. | |
| Perception | He was able to gives names to all the animals, as he could perceive their spriitual source. | |
| Responsibility | He was created a single person on the planet to teach us – each and every person has the entire responsibility – though today (relative to his job) it is harder. | |
| Tree Of Knowledge | The goal of the tree of knowledge is to elevate the world through Avodah (effort.) | |
| Influence | He effected the entire creation, as he had everyone crown God as king. | |
| Creation | He was either created in Gan Eden or on Mount Moriah. | |
| Forefathers | The difference between Adam Haroshoin and the forefathers – external versus internal. | |
| Torah | He learned Torah while he was in Gan Eden. | |
| Rosh Hashanah | Adam was created Rosh Hashanah and every Rosh Hashana a renewed reality relative to his birth is renewed. | |
| Uniqueness | In contrast to all creation that were created both with their body ad soul – he first was created from the earth and then God breathed within his nostrils the breath of life. | |
| Height | He was 100 Amah tall. | |
| Sin | He was banished form Gan Eden as it cannot tolerate a sin. | |
| Torah | He not only studied Torah in Gan Eden but most importantly the inner Torah (Chassidus/Kabbalah.) | |
| Baal Teshuva | When he was first created he was on the level of a Tzaddik – then he got to the higher level of Baal Teshuva. | |
| Challenge | Though he was a Divine creation he couldn’t withstand a 3 hour challenge… | |
| Ready | He was created at the end so the world for him should be prepared. | |