Lessons in the Service of Hashem from the Maamar

Lessons in Likutay Torah | December 31, 2025

Lessons in the Service of Hashem from the Maamar

The Torah is essentially Hashem’s wisdom that is beyond human grasp. If there are parts or levels of the Torah that we don’t understand, it is only because of our own limitations, and not because of the Torah. The real miracle is that we can even understand any amount of the infinite wisdom of Hashem, which is only due to the fact that He brought down His Infinite Wisdom to fit into a human intellect. That is a much greater miracle than fitting an elephant into the eye of a needle.
When we fulfill Mitzvos, we are not just fulfilling the orders of a King. We are actually connecting the objects we are using for the Mitzva, as well as connecting ourselves, with the True Source of Life. We are giving real life and receiving real life.
Through fulfilling Mitzvos, we are connecting not only our limited beings to the infinite greatness of Hashem, but we are also bringing the Torah itself out of its limitation. Now, what limitation could the Torah possibly have? The limitation of being confined only to the spiritual realms and only being Hashem’s wisdom. By our fulfillment of Mitzvos, we connect to the infinite truth of Hashem, Who is beyond any wisdom. This truth is then reflected in the Torah that we learn, so that in addition to expressing Hashem’s wisdom, it should express Hashem’s Essence.
Learning Halacha (or Mishna, or Gemara) during the course of the day gives us spiritual nourishment to be able to think about Hashem during prayer, and come to love Him. But only through the feeling for Hashem in prayer can we really see Hashem in the Torah that we learn, so that we can fully internalize it.
By revealing our deep love for Hashem in prayer, our essential connection to Hashem becomes revealed. This essential connection is then expressed in how we learn and understand Torah, how we say the words of Torah, and how we fulfill the Mitzvos. Through deep feeling for Hashem in prayer, we connect the deepest aspect of Hashem to our thought, speech, and action, and thereby, into our entire physical life.

Lessons in the Service of Hashem from the Maamar

The Torah is essentially Hashem’s wisdom that is beyond human grasp. If there are parts or levels of the Torah that we don’t understand, it is only because of our own limitations, and not because of the Torah. The real miracle is that we can even understand any amount of the infinite wisdom of Hashem, which is only due to the fact that He brought down His Infinite Wisdom to fit into a human intellect. That is a much greater miracle than fitting an elephant into the eye of a needle.
When we fulfill Mitzvos, we are not just fulfilling the orders of a King. We are actually connecting the objects we are using for the Mitzva, as well as connecting ourselves, with the True Source of Life. We are giving real life and receiving real life.
Through fulfilling Mitzvos, we are connecting not only our limited beings to the infinite greatness of Hashem, but we are also bringing the Torah itself out of its limitation. Now, what limitation could the Torah possibly have? The limitation of being confined only to the spiritual realms and only being Hashem’s wisdom. By our fulfillment of Mitzvos, we connect to the infinite truth of Hashem, Who is beyond any wisdom. This truth is then reflected in the Torah that we learn, so that in addition to expressing Hashem’s wisdom, it should express Hashem’s Essence.
Learning Halacha (or Mishna, or Gemara) during the course of the day gives us spiritual nourishment to be able to think about Hashem during prayer, and come to love Him. But only through the feeling for Hashem in prayer can we really see Hashem in the Torah that we learn, so that we can fully internalize it.
By revealing our deep love for Hashem in prayer, our essential connection to Hashem becomes revealed. This essential connection is then expressed in how we learn and understand Torah, how we say the words of Torah, and how we fulfill the Mitzvos. Through deep feeling for Hashem in prayer, we connect the deepest aspect of Hashem to our thought, speech, and action, and thereby, into our entire physical life.

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