5- Because the Mitzvos are from such a high level of in Hashem, they have the power to create a “garment,” an interface system, that allows the soul to perceive the Elokus shining in Gan Eden. This is similar to the “cloud” that Moshe Rabeinu had on Har Sinai that allowed his physical body to be nourished from spiritual power. This “cloud” is derived from a very deep level of Hashem’s Hidden Power, and therefore can unite physical and spiritual. Similarly, Mitzvos are derived from Hashem’s Essential Will, that has the power to connect a limited creation with the Ligh of Elokus in Gan Eden, through the “garments” that the Mitzvos create.
6- If the actions of the Mitzvos (and saying words of Torah) is what creates the “garments” because they are from Hashem’s Will, then what is the purpose of awakening love and fear for Hashem during prayer? A person’s love and fear of Hashem is limited, and of a lower quality than the love and fear he possessed in Gan Eden. Why would his lower level of love and fear of Hashem in this world be needed to enter Gan Eden, what does it accomplish that the soul did not already have when it was in Gan Eden before it entered the body?
7- The answer: Since mitzvos are done in the physical world, they need the person’s love and fear of Hashem for the “garments” created by them to ascend to Gan Eden and be able to serve as the proper intermediary between the person’s soul and the Light of Elokus shining there.
8- How do come to attain this love for Hashem?
9- During prayer, a person should contemplate on the following during Krias Shema:
10- Hashem creates the everything in the world, including the person, from a limited expression of His Light and Power. But this Light and Power is actually still included in its source in Hashem, since Hashem is always everywhere. The truth is that there is nothing separate from Hashem at all, there is not existence other than Hashem Himself, who contains everything in Himself like the sun contains sunlight.
11- If so, then why does the person himself not feel anything of Hashem’s Light, of His Presence, of the fact that He is creating the person, of Hashem’s True Oneness?
12- This is because the body and the world is from kelipas nogah that cover over the Light of Hashem, and block out our ability to feel His Presence and True Existence.
13- When a person realizes this, he will come to truly yearn to experience the Truth of Hashem’s Oneness.
14- However, in this world a person is not able to be fully conscious of that Oneness of Hashem. Instead, the closest a person can get to Hashem’s Oneness is through Torah study. This is because when a Jew studies Torah in the physical world, the source of his soul studies Torah with Hashem on High, where this Oneness of Hashem is revealed. Through this, the Oneness of Hashem trickles down to the soul as it exists in the body.
15- In addition to the contemplation on Hashem’s Oneness in Krias Shema, the person comes to an awareness of Hashem in Shemona Esrai. This is expressed in the person talking directly to Hashem, and bringing down Hashem’s Light into his personal life by asking Hashem to help him even with health and livelihood etc. However, the person needs to “tie down” that awareness of Hashem into his heart to realize that what he really needs more than anything else is just to connect to Hashem through mitzvos during the day after prayers.
16- Through the above contemplation in Krias Shema and focused awareness in Shemona Esrai, a person can come to love and fear Hashem properly. This will enable him to not only do more mitzvos, but also to elevate his mitzvos to serve as the proper “garments” for his soul to perceive Elokus in Gan Eden.
