The Holy Epistle: Epistle 04 – Part 4 – video

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וכן כל ניצוץ פרטי מהשכינה שבנפש כל אחד מישראל

Similarly, every particular spark of the Shechinah, inherent in the soul of every individual Jew,

יוצאת מהגלות והשביה לפי שעה

emerges for the moment from exile and captivity

בחיי שעה, זו תפלה

during that23 “momentary life which is prayer” —

ועבודה שבלב מעומקא דלבא

during the service of his heart, from the depth of his heart,

מבחינת נקודה הפנימית הנגלית מהערלה

from the innermost point which becomes divested of the [concealing] “foreskin”—

ועולה למעלה לדבקה בו בתשוקה עזה

and soars upwards to cleave to Him with a fierce passion,

בבחינת למען חייך

in the spirit of the phrase, “for the sake of your life,” for the individual senses that G‑dliness is his entire life.

והוא גם כן בבחינת היסח דעת האדם

And [in] this, too — in this momentary deliverance of the innermost point of the heart during the service of prayer — a man may be considered to be in a state of hessech daat, “unaware” or “absentminded”, so to speak,

כי בחינה זו היא למעלה מדעת האדם והתבוננותו בגדולת ה׳

for this state, the state in which the Divine spark within man, his personal Shechinah, is momentarily revealed, transcends the Daat of man and his meditation on the greatness of G‑d.

רק היא בחינת מתנה נתונה מאת ה׳ מן השמים

Rather, it is a kind of gift granted by G‑d from heaven

מהארת בחינת פנים העליונים

from the radiation of the Supernal Countenance,

שכתוב: יאר ה׳ פניו אליך

as it is written,24 “May G‑d make His countenance shine upon you,”

וכמו שכתוב: ומל ה׳ אלקיך גו׳

and as it is written, “And the L‑rd, your G‑d, will circumcise i.e., remove the insensitivity of [your heart]” — and this is a state which exists even now on a temporary basis.

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