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Lessons in Likutay Torah

Hashem’s Lofty Wisdom and the Descent into Torah and Mitzvos

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In other words, Hashem’s Lofty Wisdom is essentially too exalted to be knowable to any created being. Only a limited aspect of this Wisdom, its most external aspect, is able to descend into a level that could be understood by mortal man. It is this level that descends into the Torah in our world that we can grasp with our physical brain, and that we can fulfill the Mitzvos containing that Wisdom with our physical body.

For Hashem’s Supernal Wisdom can only be grasped when it becomes invested in physical matters, כ ִּי הִּנ ֵה חָכְמָה עֶלְיוֹנָה אֵין לָה הַש ָגָה רַ ק ד ַוְקָא ב ְהִּתְלַב ְש ו תָה םיִּ יִּמְ שַ ג םיִּרָבְדִּ ב , then, when taking an esrog, for example, since Hashem’s Wisdom is invested in it, it is like one is grasping Hashem’s Chochma-Wisdom Above in Atzilus.

ש ֶאֲזַי ב ִּלְקִּ יחַת הָאֶתְרוֹג , עַל ד ֶ ךֶר מָש ָל , מֵאַחַר ש ֶהַחָכְמָה מְלו ב ֶש ֶת ב וֹ הֲרֵי זֶה כ ְאִּל ו אוֹחֵז ב ַחָכְמָה הָעֶלְיוֹנָה.

(ב ְרֵ אש ִּ ית רַ ב ָה יז, ז. מד, יז. ו רְ אֵ ה ש ָ ם פ ָרָ ש ָה מד .נִּתְ ב ָאֵ ר ב ְעֵץ חַיִּים ש ַעַ ר הַכ ְלָלִּים סוֹף פ ֶרֶ ק א .)

( ֵנ ו קִּ תי זֹהַ ר ב ַהַקְ ד ָמָ ,ה"פ ָתַ ח " והָ יִּלֵא, יז, א).

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