January 31, 1925, Warsaw<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To the one who is tied to my heart, may his candle burn:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I received your words, and concerning the traveling of … I can inform you that, God willing, I will bring him with me to Jerusalem. I think I will issue a visa to Beirut for him, and from there to Jerusalem on my permit, for I have no other way at the moment. I have already informed this to my family in a letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
… Concerning the words of Torah you ask of me, you should have written what it is you lack without them, for you should accept everything with love. Indeed, so is the path of truth, but you should feel the love, and it is felt only in a place of deficiency. This is the meaning of \u201cHe who shares the affliction of the public is rewarded with seeing the comfort of the public,\u201d and \u201cTo the extent that a person allots, he is allotted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You have often heard that all the good of the awakening from below concerns only our learning how to feel the deficiency, as it is set before us by the Creator. This is the meaning of \u201cA prayer makes half,\u201d since as long as one does not feel half the deficiency\u2014the part that was cut off from the whole, and the part does not feel as it should\u2014one is incapable of complete Dvekut<\/em> [adhesion] since this will not be considered advantageous for him, and one does not keep or sustain a needless thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our sages told us that there is a remedy for this feeling by the power of the prayer. When one is persistent in praying and craving to adhere to Him perpetually, the prayer can do half, meaning that he will recognize that it is half. When the sparks multiply and become absorbed in the organs, he will certainly be rewarded with complete salvation and the part will cling to the whole forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the meaning of \u201cThere is only a hairsbreadth between the upper and lower water,\u201d as our sages said, \u201cA thread [or hair] was tied to him,\u201d as in, \u201cmountains that hang on a thread.\u201d This thread needs a filling, and this is the reason for the division of the lower water from the upper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the meaning of the words, \u201cThe head of its mouth was inside of it.\u201d That is, as long as the blocked was not opened, meaning the mouth in the head [Peh<\/em>de<\/em> Rosh<\/em>], it is fed through its navel [Tabur<\/em>], and the blocked must be open. It turns out that \u201cThe head of its mouth was inside of it; it will be a lip around his mouth\u201d means he will not settle for little because \u201cIf we permit our share, who will permit the share of the altar?\u201d This is why he will feel the heaviness in the head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That feeling will give him a language for the mouth, since he will pour out his heart to the Creator extensively, to purify the lower lip [also lower language]. This is the meaning of the verse, \u201cIt will be a lip around his mouth, a weaving,\u201d meaning that the sparks of craving gather side by side and unite together \u201clike the opening of a coat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In other words, the reasons that cause the sensation of pain and pouring out of the heart will not be canceled whatsoever, but will gather together and become a mouth, as our sages said, \u201cHis sins became to him as merits.\u201d It follows that he has two mouths, for \u201caround\u201d [in Aramaic] means Sechor, Sechor<\/em> [circling, as well as merchandise].<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thus, the Panim<\/em> [anterior\/face] is a complete Partzuf<\/em>, and the Achoraim<\/em>[back\/posterior] is a complete Partzuf<\/em>. If he is rewarded with it, he acquires \u201cthe opening of a coat,\u201d and then \u201cThat man is guaranteed that he will not be torn because his name is Yinon for all eternity.\u201d Observe carefully and find, for this is the meaning of \u201cThey shall inherit twofold in their land.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is great depth in my words, but I haven\u2019t the strength to interpret them now. But if you understand my words, you will certainly be rewarded with coming and going without needing permission. As the portion ends, \u201cAnd its sound is heard when he enters the holy place and when he goes out,\u201d may it be so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the whole, you do not understand the attainment and the merit of the Torah. If you did, you would certainly devote yourself to it and you would be rewarded with it. You see the verse, \u201cA candle is a commandment; the Torah is light.\u201d If you have a house full of candles but no light, the candles will be taking up room in vain. The name \u201cTorah\u201d comes from the word Horaah<\/em>[instruction], and from the words Mar\u2019eh<\/em> and Re\u2019iah<\/em> [\u201cvision\u201d and \u201csight\u201d respectively], meaning complete recognition that leaves no thread behind it. May the Creator make you understand my words henceforth…<\/p>\n\n\n\n I will also ask that you make great efforts in love of friends, to devise tactics that can increase the love among the friends and revoke the lust for bodily matters from among you, as this is what casts hate, and among those who give contentment to their Maker there shall be no hatred. Rather, there are great compassion and love between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I ask that each will show his letter to his friends because the matters are said from one to another, and there is one law for you in enslaving the body and sanctifying the soul. But do not change, God forbid, as do those with bodies. You should henceforth heed my words, for it is your life and the length of your days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is not for my own favor that I demand, but what can a fine general do when soldiers change his instructions to them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yehuda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" January 31, 1925, Warsaw To the one who is tied to my heart, may his candle burn: I received your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":6225,"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":[25],"class_list":["post-9437","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-baal-hasulam"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n