ABSTRACT לקוטי שיחות
- תוכן הענינים מ לקו"ש השבועי -
נשמת אפרים לע"נ ר' אפרים ב"ר אברהם ע"ה האפמאן
▪Resource to encourage the study of the Rebbe’s sichos ▪
Study of Chassidus penetrates a person completely enabling the Torah and oneself to become one. One’s service should be done without publicity. G-d creates holiness after we take the physical and offer it to be spiritual.
(א) 3 levels of liquids correspond to levels of Torah
- Water, Wine, Oil
- Nigleh, Razin, Razin deRazin
- Advantage of oil is that it permeates
(ה) Offering of Ketores on the inner altar, the ultimate service, is done alone with G-d
(ו) Only G-d can transform gold (גשמיות) into menorah (רוחניות) making light for the Mishkan
שמן
Although one could be led astray by one’s wealth ("gold") or one’s poverty ("copper"), one’s essence – ("altar") - is not subject to spiritual impurity. The inner (golden, rich) and the outer (copper, poor) Altars (places of essence where Jews sacrifice their animal desires) are not subject to becoming tamai (separated from HaShem); either due to their connection to the earth (bitul) or due to their own holy essence.
מזבח
One can attain a level of Cohen, by connecting to the generation’s Moshe, who created a Home for G-d. Moshe could only anoint the Cohanim after the completion of the Mishkan; as leader of the generation, he drew those that were connected to him (those that go in his way), close to his level.
*ואתה הקרב אליך
Levels in people (matters): Outer part of the heart (world), Inner part of the heart (holy). “Holy of Holies” here refers to the Altars, since their holiness does not leave them. Outer Altar – birurim. Inner Altar – strives for greater connection.
*קדש קדשים
One opinion that one needs a purity of the vessel to hold the holy light. Other opinion that the holy light should be free of external foreign forces. Rashi – olive oil, pure from sediment (only the final product for the Mitzvah need to pure). Ibn Ezra – oil and the olive need to be pure (not decayed or partially eaten) – not only the final product but all the materials for a Mitzvah need to of the finest quality.
*זך
To turn over the Galus, we have to bring forth the hidden level of חשן בגימטר' משיח to the level of Mishpat. The lack of Urim & Turim in the 2nd Temple was not a “lacking” of garments of the Cohen Gadol. Choshen (concept of G-dly revelation) was in the first and second Temples (see below); but in the 2nd, did not affect outside the Temple (mishpat).
חושן
Even one who is involved in Torah (aron) should always be prepared to assist with Torah and Mitzvos for another Jew. The law of not tearing by the Robe is a single lav, not different from the other special clothing; and similar to the lav of not removing the poles from the aron inside the Holy of Holies (necessary for the possible immediate movement of the aron).
*לא יקרע
