A little disclaimer for this post: It was written on Purim...and...well...it is not the usual easy-to-read style. (It may be better appreciated after learning some Chassidus on this subject)
- That night the King's Sleep was disturbed.
- That night, the Yiddin's sleep was disturbed.
- That night Hashem's 'sleep' was disturbed.
- Since it was nighttime, the king was supposed to be asleep.
- Since the Jews weakened their obervance of Torah and Mitzvos, they were supposed to be asleep.
- Since it was Golus, Hashem was supposed to be 'asleep."
Not all is lost while sleeping...
- When a person sleeps all his organs still work. He breathes, hears, and even speaks.
- When a Jew is in Golus, he still functions. He can still daven, learn, and do Mitzvos.
- When Hashem is "asleep" all his "organs still work. He creates, controls, and directs.
And yet, not all is the same.
- A sleeping person can not see.
- A Jew in Golus can not see Elokus.
- A "sleeping" Hashem doesn't protect his people in a open, visual way.
- A Sleeping person loses the higharchy in his Kochos. Actions are done without prior thought.
- A Jew asleep in Golus confuses his priorities. Gashmiyus takes precedence over Ruchniyos.
- A "Sleeping" Hashem hides his order of rank amongst his people. Goyim overpower the Chosen Nation.
- A Sleeping person dreams.
- A Jew in Golus lives in a dream.
- A "Sleeping" Hashem seems distant and vague...like a fantasy...like a dream...
And yet, beneath the surface, a sleeping person is that much higher...
- While sleeping, a person's body is in confusion, but his soul rises up rejoins its source and creator.
- While in Golus, our bodies are afflicted and our souls troubled, but our Pintele Yid is very much alive.
- While Hashem is "sleeping," he may be seem hidden and removed, but his essence is present more than ever.
- While a person sleeps. his many distant Kochos rise and become one within the Etzem HaNefesh.
- While in Golus, despite there not being levels of higharchy, Hashem still chooses his nation using his Bechira Atzmis.
- While Hashem is "sleeping", all levels of G-dliness are elevated to their source within Hashem's essence.
- Below is confusion. Above is clarity.
- Below is darkness. Above is light.
- Below is concealment. Above is revelation.
Despite the darkness, the Yiddin prevailed. In a display of Mesiras Nefesh they used their only functioning Koach - their Pintele Yid.
- The Sleeping man awoke.
- The comatose Kochos were awaken.
- The Sleeping "Hashem" was no longer...
B'laila H'hu Nadida Shnas Hamelech..
(B'laila Hahu 5744 and other Maamrim with same Divrei Hamaschil)
11 comments:
Couldnt follow,
one of us must have had too much to drink....
Very clear.
Thank You.
Check out these two posts over at my blog that discuss Rebbe Natan's (Rebbe Nachman of Breslov's talmid muvhak) take on sleep.. (very very much in favor of it) in line with a lot of your post.
sleep is good
sleep connects you to God
followed it fine.. except you left out a 'n't' makeing doesn't into does.. so it's unclear but you get the general meaning anyways.
Yitz -
Thanks for the comments and the links...
And yes, I fixed up that typo.
ahhhhhhhhhhh
this is unbelievable!
thanks for writing up what you learn, and no, it was not hard to read. you couldn't have done it simpler.
waLLa!
chaval i didn't read this before purim...nu nu..
just explain this, please-
"Since the Jews weakened their obervance of Torah and Mitzvos, they were supposed to be asleep."
what does sleep mean in that sentence? like sleep forever kinda thing? dead?
seems like this aint 'daily' and/or DD is the one sleeping....
I came to this a little late, but it's really something.
The style is great - and, man, if you don't learn enough Chassidus to have this fully penetrate, it at least inspires one to...
Hey - Mr. anonymous
My apologies for the derher being anything but daily. Between being away for Purim and B'H a lot of friends Chasnas , I've been doing a lot of running around as of late.
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Sabra, A yid being asleep during Galus means all the points mentioned in the post. A lack of Chayus in Yiddishkeit, concealment of Elokus, being subject to a Golus mentality, etc
Ane yet, during Purim, they used Mesiras Nefesh and defied the normal rules of Golus. This set off the chain reaction of awakening themselves, the world, and Elokus from "slumber"...
ohhhhhhh
thanks
That was one tough maamar.
this is AMAZING! it ties concepts i've learned together in a very clear, and powerful way.
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