This isn't part of life. This is life.
This isn't a reality. It's reality.
This isn't an idea. It's existence.
Every Chossid has learned V'Ata Tetzveh countless times. In that Maamer, we are explained the role of a Rebbe in making our Emuna real. This Maamer, however, explains ever so simply, why we can't do this on our own.
By virtue of being a Neshama of B'ia there will always be the "I" and "it". No matter how deeply we work to internalize the concept of Elokus, there's a fundamental problem here Our journey down left its mark on (most of) our Neshama.
היינו שהגם שישנו ענין ההשגה באלקות בשכל, ויודעים שכך צריך להיות כו', מ"מ, בנוגע לפועל הנה הביטול הוא ביטול היש בלבד, היינו, שידיעתם אינה פועלת שכן יהי' אצלם, והוא לפי שחסר בהם ענין הדעת.
We need a Rebbe, a Neshama from Atzilus, to give us that Daas.
You hear this when people describe being in the presence of the Rebbe. Things clicked. What they had long thought about and worked towards finally became them. Clarity. Reality.
Today that happens through hiskashrus. Only through a real connection with the Rebbe, can one achieve the state of being and Bittul necessary to experience Elokus in a manner of Daas.
Thursday, February 16, 2017
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היושבת בגנים ה'תשי"א
Cheering us on from Above
Neshamos l'maala are connected to us. Both those who have already come down here as well as those yet to come. We know they give us strength & cheer us on. But how well do they, living in Olam Ha"Emes, appreciate the challenges and darkness of this world? What is their perspective on our less than ideal Avoda? You'd imagine they'd be frustrated watching us fall prey
to the utter shtus of this world no different than a wise Zeide have to watch their teenage grandchild struggle with unhealthy habits and influences.
In this short Maamer said just days after Basi Legani 5711, the Rebbe explains that these holy Neshamos have the ability to sense the beauty and depth of this world. They see that it is our imperfect Avoda that creates the Dira B'toachtonim that all the Olamos are waiting for. And that notwithstanding our many faults (in kabbalos ol, missed oppurtunity, and geshmak in serving Hashem) they appreciate how it our tiny victories over the Yetzer Hara represent real Mesiras Nefesh, that which builds the Dira B'tachtonim.
Neshamos l'maala are connected to us. Both those who have already come down here as well as those yet to come. We know they give us strength & cheer us on. But how well do they, living in Olam Ha"Emes, appreciate the challenges and darkness of this world? What is their perspective on our less than ideal Avoda? You'd imagine they'd be frustrated watching us fall prey
to the utter shtus of this world no different than a wise Zeide have to watch their teenage grandchild struggle with unhealthy habits and influences.
In this short Maamer said just days after Basi Legani 5711, the Rebbe explains that these holy Neshamos have the ability to sense the beauty and depth of this world. They see that it is our imperfect Avoda that creates the Dira B'toachtonim that all the Olamos are waiting for. And that notwithstanding our many faults (in kabbalos ol, missed oppurtunity, and geshmak in serving Hashem) they appreciate how it our tiny victories over the Yetzer Hara represent real Mesiras Nefesh, that which builds the Dira B'tachtonim.
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