{"id":8454,"date":"2017-02-13T15:55:09","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T18:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jabadlaplata.org.ar\/?p=8454"},"modified":"2017-06-07T12:24:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T15:24:58","slug":"capitulo-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/en\/capitulo-53\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 53"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this chapter the Alter Rebbe finishes the explanation he began in chapter 51 about the \u201cPresence\u201d of Hashem<\/i> (Shekhinah<\/i>), and how it resides and reveals itself in certain places more than in others. Even though Hashem<\/i> It is everywhere, however there are some places where it can be felt more than in others.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Great Temple in Jerusalem was one of those places. There, His \u201cPresence\u201d could be felt. And in what part of the Temple was the \u201cPresence\u201d of Hashem<\/i>? In the Tablets of the Covenant (lujot habrit<\/i>) who were in the holiest place in the Temple.<\/p>\n

But no level of the \u201cPresence\u201d was revealed Hashem<\/i>. In the previous chapter, we learned that His \u201cPresence\u201d descends world after world until it is revealed in the \u201cbrain\u201d of the world of Action, and then, through the Reign of the world of Action, His \u201cPresence\u201d gives life and creates all the creatures of this material world. But a much higher level of the \u201cPresence\u201d of God was revealed in the Tablets of the Covenant. Hashem<\/i>, because the Tablets were not part of the nature of this world, but, as the Torah1<\/sup><\/a><\/i>, were made by Hashem<\/i> The same. The Tablets of the Covenant were a projection of the level of Wisdom of the world of Emanation, invested in the Reign of the world of Emanation and then invested in the Reign of the world of Creation.<\/p>\n

But in the second Great Temple in Jerusalem, the Ark where the Tablets of the Covenant were kept was not in its place, because it had been hidden even before the destruction of the first Temple. Therefore, the level of the \u201cPresence\u201d of Hashem<\/i> In the second Temple, it was already inferior: it was the level of Reign of the world of Emanation invested in the Reign of the world of Creation, invested in the Reign of the world of Formation, invested in the \u201cbrain\u201d of the world of Action. This level, in turn, was invested in the holiest place of the Temple, where the Tablets of the Covenant had been.<\/p>\n

And today, when we don't have the Temple, where is the "Presence" of Hashem<\/i>The Alter Rebbe explains that he is in the Torah<\/i>, but at an even lower level than in the second Temple: the Reign of the world of Emanation, invested in the Reigns of the worlds of Creation, Formation and Action.<\/p>\n

Why the \u201cPresence\u201d of Hashem<\/i> Is it even lower now than it was during the Second Temple period? Because most of the Mitzvot<\/i> of the Torah<\/i> They are practical and concrete precepts, actions that must be taken with the material world, such as tzitzit<\/i> woolen, tefillin<\/i> leather, etc., and even the Mitzvot<\/i> that are fulfilled through speech and thought, such as the study of Torah<\/i> and the blessing after meals, our sages2<\/sup><\/a> They explain that the words must be verbalized; otherwise, we do not comply with the Mitzvah<\/i>. Those spoken words are like the action of the Mitzvah<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Moreover, the six hundred and thirteen Mitzvot<\/i> of the Torah<\/i> next to the seven Mitzvot<\/i> rabbinic3<\/sup><\/a> are the Will of Hashem<\/i> Likewise, invested in the Wisdom of Hashem<\/i>. It then emerges that the Mitzvot<\/i> Practical and concrete actions are directly connected to the Will of Hashem<\/i>.<\/p>\n

That is why our sages gave the example of the oil lamp (as explained in chapters 35 and 51), and said that the fire, that is, the \u201cPresence\u201d of Hashem<\/i>, It needs oil to burn, that is, to be invested in the level of Wisdom (which is represented by oil) which, in turn, is linked to the observance of Mitzvot<\/i>, Because, as the Alter Rebbe explained, the Mitzvot<\/i> are directly related to the level of Wisdom (which in turn is connected to the Will of Hashem<\/i>).<\/p>\n

That fire burns in the candle wick, that is, in the Animal Soul. Just as the fire consumes the wick, in the same way, the \u201cPresence\u201d of Hashem<\/i> It resides upon the Divine Soul by consuming the Animal Soul, transforming it into fire itself.<\/p>\n

This is what the Righteous achieve (see Chapter 10 on this topic): transforming the Animal Soul into the Divine Soul. The \u201cIntermediate Men\u201d at least manage to consume the garments of the Animal Soul, which are the thoughts, words, and actions of worldly things, and transform them into the thoughts, words, and actions of the six hundred and thirteen Mitzvot<\/i> of the Torah<\/i>.<\/p>\n

This work of consuming and transforming through the observance of Mitzvot<\/i>, makes the fire burn Hashem<\/i> upon us, that is, that the \u201cPresence\u201d of Hashem<\/i> in the Divine Soul, in other words, that we can feel Hashem<\/i> in our lives.<\/p>\n

The first part ended, with the help of Hashem<\/i>, blessed and exalted be he.<\/p>\n

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1<\/a>Exodus 11:18<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2<\/a>Talmud Berakhot 31a<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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3<\/a>Precepts established by our sages: blessings, Hallel<\/i>, Hanukkah<\/i>, Purim<\/i>, Wash your hands before eating bread, Eiruv<\/i> and candles Shabbat<\/i> and festivities.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"En este cap\u00edtulo el Alter Rebe termina la explicaci\u00f3n que comenz\u00f3 en el cap\u00edtulo 51 sobre la \u201cPresencia\u201d de Hashem (shejin\u00e1), y c\u00f3mo es que reside y se revela en ciertos lugares m\u00e1s que en otros. A pesar de que Hashem est\u00e1 en todos lados, sin embargo, hay algunos lugares donde se Lo puede sentir… Read More \u00bbChapter 53<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[108],"tags":[1090,952],"series":[],"class_list":["post-8454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sefer-shel-beinonim","tag-alma","tag-hashem"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/tania.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/avatar1400.jpeg","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"castbox":{"key":"castbox","url":"","label":"CastBox","class":"castbox","icon":"castbox.png"},"rss":{"key":"rss","url":"","label":"RSS","class":"rss","icon":"rss.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/en\/feed\/podcast\/rabino-tuvia-serber","embedCode":"

Cap\u00edtulo 53<\/a><\/blockquote>