The Spiritual Source of Munn and Its Connection to Shabbos
Lessons in Likutay Torah | January 24, 2024
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The Spiritual Source of Munn and Its Connection to Shabbos

Lessons in Likutay Torah | December 10, 2025

This is similar and comparable to what it says regarding the giving of the Torah: “Havayaָךְתאֵצְּב-You come out to us -מִש ֵּעִירthrough a hairsbreadth revelation,” through the aspect called “hairs”.

This is not the case regarding the divine energy for everything else, example: if someone frequently reflects upon the true greatness of Hashem then they will begin to have a deep feeling of love for Hashem.) We see in this case that the intellect is the “cause” of the emotions, and the specific emotion produced is the “effect” of that intellectual reflection. The same is true between every two spiritual levels that the higher level is the “cause” and the lower level is the “effect”. Similarly, in the spiritual levels of how Hashem’s Light comes down to us, every higher level is the “cause” of the level beneath it which is the “effect”.

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that comes down through the spiritual level of the Mazalos which are part of Seder Hishtalshelus (the Orderly Progression of Spiritual Worlds) that descend by way of orderly “cause and effect”. They come from the external dimension of the worlds, and in this aspect, there is no difference between Shabbos and the weekdays, because the external dimension of the worlds has no spiritual ascent on Shabbos, since that ascent is only in the inner dimension.

Like it says: “Because this day (of Shabbos) is a day of rest for Havaya.” The idea of this “resting” (for Havaya) is from “going out in a hairsbreadth revelation”, meaning a rest from descending and becoming limited to the creation of the world and instead reverting to its source above all limitations.

Therefore, the Munn which came down from this level cannot come down on Shabbos, since in order for the Munn to come down from its spiritual source into the actual physical field, it can only happen through intense reduction processes referred to as “the raindrops of the night”, through which this lofty type of divine energy can descend below into the physical world.

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Whereas on Shabbos there is a “rest” and ascent from all of the above-mentioned types of reductions.

This is similar and comparable to what it says regarding the giving of the Torah: “Havayaָךְתאֵצְּב-You come out to us -מִש ֵּעִירthrough a hairsbreadth revelation,” through the aspect called “hairs”.

This is not the case regarding the divine energy for everything else, example: if someone frequently reflects upon the true greatness of Hashem then they will begin to have a deep feeling of love for Hashem.) We see in this case that the intellect is the “cause” of the emotions, and the specific emotion produced is the “effect” of that intellectual reflection. The same is true between every two spiritual levels that the higher level is the “cause” and the lower level is the “effect”. Similarly, in the spiritual levels of how Hashem’s Light comes down to us, every higher level is the “cause” of the level beneath it which is the “effect”.

LESSONS IN TORAH OR

that comes down through the spiritual level of the Mazalos which are part of Seder Hishtalshelus (the Orderly Progression of Spiritual Worlds) that descend by way of orderly “cause and effect”. They come from the external dimension of the worlds, and in this aspect, there is no difference between Shabbos and the weekdays, because the external dimension of the worlds has no spiritual ascent on Shabbos, since that ascent is only in the inner dimension.

Like it says: “Because this day (of Shabbos) is a day of rest for Havaya.” The idea of this “resting” (for Havaya) is from “going out in a hairsbreadth revelation”, meaning a rest from descending and becoming limited to the creation of the world and instead reverting to its source above all limitations.

Therefore, the Munn which came down from this level cannot come down on Shabbos, since in order for the Munn to come down from its spiritual source into the actual physical field, it can only happen through intense reduction processes referred to as “the raindrops of the night”, through which this lofty type of divine energy can descend below into the physical world.

LESSONS IN TORAH OR

Whereas on Shabbos there is a “rest” and ascent from all of the above-mentioned types of reductions.

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