ABSTRACT לקוטי שיחות

Concealment of divinity allows for a person to err; faith allows one to see Divine Providence

Emunah of the Jews is an appreciation of transcendental Divinity; special purpose exists just like the Negaim in the house (concealment is not a natural event)

Key Points

• A Jew’s distance from G-d is likened to prohibition, which temporarily interrupts, but does not sever the relationship
• Niddah laws involve prohibition (evil appreciated by intellect and emotions); impurity by contrast refers to evil, which cannot be grasped by human intellect, and thus, cannot be removed very easily
• The proximity of Moshiach can make from a Metzora, a parsha of Torah
• Even if someone is outside of holiness, one is brought to the Cohen to ensure the opportunity to do Teshuvah; yet to permeate, one needs to do teshuvah from one’s own free will
• When a person is in a state that their revealed powers cannot accomplish, still the potential of Mesiras Nefesh exists to make an effect
• When looking into the matter of the 11th day by itself in the cycle for Zivus, it is not possible to become Zavah Gedolah; nevertheless, Bais Shamai is still concerned for that day, since their philosophy is to follow after the potential
• Motzi Shem Ra (in words and in names) needs Torah (holy words and names) to achieve rectification
• All words are exact: זאת can be clearly seen and decided; תהי' something as it actually is; תורת exact in its details, how it is to be done; ביום טהרתו must be exact, by day and not by night
• Metzora (the removal of intellect) reflects death; the affirmation of tahor by the Cohen brings intellect back into the mind
• The word תנוך is known (possibilities exist), but Rashi states he does not know its meaning. It does not change the halacha here. And the other definitions do not fit the simple meaning of the verse
• Earthly vessels, like a person, has its roots in the earth; neither the vessel or the person has its “insides” affected by the outside (essence remains intact)
• Earthen vessels only have tumah occur on the inside, and not from the outer side; might have thought that simple touching on the outside by a Zav does cause tumah, but verse teaches it does not (only “complete touching”, movement by a zav, causes tumah even to the outside)
• Rashi learns that a Zav that sees two times is a different category from one that sees three times, rather than just an additional korban