Loading the player… אך אחר בריאת האדם לעבדה כו׳ But after the creation of man “to work it,”53 his life-long task being to draw down to this world a flow of Divine energy by means of an “arousal from below,” i.e., by means of his own spiritual labors, אזי כל אתערותא דלעילא, לעורר מדת חסד […]

Loading the player… אך אחר בריאת האדם לעבדה כו׳ But after the creation of man “to work it,”53 his life-long task being to draw down to this world a flow of Divine energy by means of an “arousal from below,” i.e., by means of his own spiritual labors, אזי כל אתערותא דלעילא, לעורר מדת חסד […]

Loading the player… וזה שכתוב: אל יתהלל חכם בחכמתו גו׳, כי אם בזאת יתהלל גו׳, כי אני ה׳ עושה חסד גו׳ And this is the meaning of the verse,62 “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, but in this let him glory — [in understanding and knowing Me,”63 but in such a manner […]

Loading the player… וזה שכתוב: אל יתהלל חכם בחכמתו גו׳, כי אם בזאת יתהלל גו׳, כי אני ה׳ עושה חסד גו׳ And this is the meaning of the verse,62 “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, but in this let him glory — [in understanding and knowing Me,”63 but in such a manner […]

Loading the player… ו זורע צדקה שכר אמת (במשלי י״א) “He who sows tzedakah has a ‘reward’ of truth” (Proverbs 11).1 פירוש: ששכר זריעת הצדקה היא מדת אמת This means that the attribute of truth is the (G‑d-given) reward for sowing tzedakah. The term “this means” is generally used to forestall an alternative interpretation. Here, […]

Loading the player… ו זורע צדקה שכר אמת (במשלי י״א) “He who sows tzedakah has a ‘reward’ of truth” (Proverbs 11).1 פירוש: ששכר זריעת הצדקה היא מדת אמת This means that the attribute of truth is the (G‑d-given) reward for sowing tzedakah. The term “this means” is generally used to forestall an alternative interpretation. Here, […]

Loading the player… והנה בזיו והארה זו, שהוא התפשטות החיות משמו יתברך להחיות עליונים ותחתונים Now it is in this radiation and reflection, which is an extension of the life-giving energy [that flows] from [G‑d’s] blessed Name to animate the higher and lower beings, הוא שיש הבדל והפרש בין עליונים לתחתונים that there is a […]

Loading the player… והנה בזיו והארה זו, שהוא התפשטות החיות משמו יתברך להחיות עליונים ותחתונים Now it is in this radiation and reflection, which is an extension of the life-giving energy [that flows] from [G‑d’s] blessed Name to animate the higher and lower beings, הוא שיש הבדל והפרש בין עליונים לתחתונים that there is a […]

Loading the player… Since G‑d utterly transcends creation, which is absolutely of no consequence in relation to His Essence: ואי לזאת, הרחמנות גדולה מאד מאד על הניצוץ השוכן בגוף החשוך והאפל, משכא דחויא It follows that there is extremely great cause to feel compassion for the spark, which is14 “a part of G‑d Above,” that […]

Loading the player… Since G‑d utterly transcends creation, which is absolutely of no consequence in relation to His Essence: ואי לזאת, הרחמנות גדולה מאד מאד על הניצוץ השוכן בגוף החשוך והאפל, משכא דחויא It follows that there is extremely great cause to feel compassion for the spark, which is14 “a part of G‑d Above,” that […]