The mitzvot requiring action were a major theme in Essay IV. There the Alter Rebbe explained how their observance extricates and elevates the sparks of holiness that originated in the World of Tohu and that are embedded in this material world, and thereby causes G‑dliness to descend there. The same, it was stated, is true […]

כי התפשטות חכמה עילאה היא בחינת אין סוף, המלובש בה בפועל ממש   For the extension of the Supreme Wisdom that is vested in the laws of Torah is infinite, since the Infinite is actually clothed in it.   וכל פרט הלכה הוא שער נמשך מחכמה עילאה   Every particular of the law is a […]