Video Audio Text The last two Essays explained how the observance of the commandments seeks out the exiled sparks hidden in this world and thereby suffuses it with G‑dliness. They also pointed out that the same is true of the study of their laws. The present Essay goes one step further, and explains that the […]

Video Audio Text אך מה שהיה משתבח בתהלת התורה במעלתה זו, ואמר: זמירות היו לי כו׳, נענש על זה However, for extolling the Torah with this quality, saying,13 “[Your statutes] were songs for me,” he was punished. ואמר לו הקב״ה: זמירות קרית להו G‑d reproved him:14 “You call them songs?!” משום שבאמת, מעלתה זו, שכל […]

Video Audio Text Being of absolutely no account relative to G‑d, all the worlds effect no change in Him. והלכך גם לפנימיות התורה אין לשבחה כלל בתהלת חיות כל העולמות, מאחר דלא ממש חשיבי Hence, the internal aspect of the Torah too (which is wholly united with G‑d) is not at all to be lauded […]