April 15, 1955, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To the students:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I received the letter of \u2026 and it is good that he interprets its details as much as he can. As for the rest of the matters that he informed me, I hope to sort everything out soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Mishnah says, \u201cEveryone is incumbent in seeing,\u201d meaning that each and every one must be seen at the Temple, as it is said, \u201cAll your males shall be seen.\u201d One who is regarded as a male, meaning a giver, must feel that the Creator sees him and watches over him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our sages said, \u201cOne who is blind in one of his eyes is exempted from seeing, as it is said, \u2018Will see, will see.\u2019 As one comes to see, one comes to be seen. As one comes to see with both eyes, one comes to be seen with both eyes\u201d (Hagigah<\/em> 4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEyes\u201d mean Anochi<\/em> (I) and \u201cYou shall not have.\u201d Anochi<\/em> is regarded as love, which is considered Hassadim<\/em> (mercies), namely faith. \u201cYou shall not have\u201d is regarded as a woman, considered left. Only then is one rewarded with greeting the face of the Shechina<\/em> (Divinity).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey shall not see My face empty handed, but rather each man with a gift according to his ability,\u201d meaning to the extent that he had an awakening from below, to the extent of the blessing of the Creator, and as much as the Creator illuminated for him during his work so he could persevere during his work. By this one can be rewarded with greeting the face of the Shechina<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the Gemarah (p 4), it is written about what is written in the Mishnah, \u201cExcept for the deaf, the fool, and the little one. In the Tanya: \u201cWho is a fool? He who loses what he is given.\u201d He is exempted from seeing, meaning that he cannot be granted any clothing of Kedusha<\/em> (holiness).<\/p>\n\n\n\n By this I have interpreted the words of our sages, \u201cRabbi Yohanan said, \u2018Who is a wise disciple who is returned a loss by impression? He who is meticulous with his garment, to turn it inside out\u201d (Shabbat, 114). We need to understand the greatness about this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In our way, it is simple: \u201cHis garment\u201d is the clothing over the soul, meaning that he is meticulous with turning the will to receive to be in order to bestow. It is a rule that everyone is rewarded with an awakening from above at one time. But why does this awakening depart from him? It is because one sins only if a spirit of folly has permeated him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This means that there is a wise one and there is a fool. The wise one is called the \u201cCreator.\u201d A \u201cwise disciple\u201d means that one has learned the quality of the Creator\u2014to be a giver. A \u201cfool\u201d is the opposite of the Creator\u2014one who wishes to be a receiver for oneself. By the awakening of the vessels of reception, the awakening promptly leaves him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But when he is meticulous about turning his garment inside out, meaning in order to bestow, his loss is promptly returned to him by impression, meaning that he is rewarded with eyes of Kedusha<\/em>, with Anochi<\/em> and \u201cYou shall not have.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, we should know that there is a Mitzva<\/em> (commandment) and there is Torah, as it is written, \u201ca candle is a Mitzva<\/em> and the light is Torah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The holy Zohar<\/em> explains the reason why he offered an offering of grain on Passover. The Omer<\/em> was of grain because the moon was imperfect, meaning that there was circumcision without removal (and only on the first night it was as an awakening from above). Circumcision is the removal of the foreskin, which is the casting off of the will to receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By this one is rewarded with a Mitzva<\/em>, faith, called the \u201chand Tefillin<\/em>, of the weaker hand.\u201d This discernment is called the \u201ckingdom of heaven,\u201d regarded as a beast in Gematria<\/em>, the name BON<\/em>. Also, by the correction through the Omer<\/em>count during the seven weeks, one is rewarded with receiving the Torah, which is heaven, Zeir Anpin<\/em>, which is \u201cman\u201d (Adam) in Gematria<\/em>. For this reason, on the eighth day of the assembly, two loafs were offered from the grain, which is food for man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By this we will understand the Mishnah, \u201cOn Passover one is sentenced for the produce of the grain, and on the eight days of the assembly for the fruit of the tree. Rabbi Yehuda said in the name of Rabbi Akiva, \u2018Why did the Torah say, \u2018Bring harvest before me on Passover so that your produce in the field will be blessed.\u2019 And why did the Torah say, \u2018Bring two loafs of bread before me on the eight day of the assembly? It is because the assembly is the time of the fruit of the tree.\u2019 The Creator said, \u2018Bring two loafs of bread before Me so that the fruit of the tree will be blessed\u2019\u201d (Rosh Hashanah, 16).<\/p>\n\n\n\n We need to understand the connection between food for beasts and the produce of the fields, and the connection between food for man, which is grain, with the fruit of the tree. In our way, it is simple: Omer<\/em> means food for beast, which is faith, Mitzva<\/em>, fear of heaven, for Malchut<\/em> is called \u201cbeast.\u201d The two loafs of bread are man\u2019s food, as RASHI interpreted, \u201cAccording to Rabbi Yehuda, the tree that the first man ate was wheat, for man is called \u2018the tree of the field,\u2019 and the Torah is called a \u2018tree,\u2019 as it is written, \u2018She is a tree of life.\u2019 And when rewarded with Torah, it is called \u201cbeing sentenced for the tree on the eighth day of the assembly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was not lengthy in this letter; I have no news and let us hope that all will be well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your friend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" April 15, 1955, London To the students: I received the letter of \u2026 and it is good that he interprets […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":6249,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"topic":[26],"class_list":["post-13379","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-rabash"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n