Prayer, Torah Study, and the Path to Self-Nullification
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Prayer, Torah Study, and the Path to Self-Nullification

הפצת המיינות חוצה | June 27, 2025

Prayer and Torah study; prayer expresses the concept of ‘Mochin of Imma’ otherwise referred to as ‘Binah’ that one needs to meditate and contemplate [HaShem] before prayer as is explicit in Shulchan Oruch and explained at length in Chassidus. Whereas Torah study expresses ‘Mochin of Abba’ as the Talmudic maxim illustrates: “Let my soul be as dust to all open my heart to Your Torah” to the extent that one can be completely self-nullified from his whole existence and because of this self-nullification one can now connect within the vector of ‘Shoiv’ and draw down a ‘Hamshocha’ below.

And even though someone who studies Torah does have a powerful presence to such an extent that he can even change the natural order of the world, as our Sages have stated: on the Possuk: “Upon the G-d Who completes [what He promised] for me”! However, it is [HaShem’s existence] not his own existence as the Possuk states: “And I placed My words into your mouth”.

Prayer and Torah study; prayer expresses the concept of ‘Mochin of Imma’ otherwise referred to as ‘Binah’ that one needs to meditate and contemplate [HaShem] before prayer as is explicit in Shulchan Oruch and explained at length in Chassidus. Whereas Torah study expresses ‘Mochin of Abba’ as the Talmudic maxim illustrates: “Let my soul be as dust to all open my heart to Your Torah” to the extent that one can be completely self-nullified from his whole existence and because of this self-nullification one can now connect within the vector of ‘Shoiv’ and draw down a ‘Hamshocha’ below.

And even though someone who studies Torah does have a powerful presence to such an extent that he can even change the natural order of the world, as our Sages have stated: on the Possuk: “Upon the G-d Who completes [what He promised] for me”! However, it is [HaShem’s existence] not his own existence as the Possuk states: “And I placed My words into your mouth”.

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