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 ▪
All human concerns and needs must be for the sake of Torah with vitality. Study of Chassidus eliminates arrogance and ego. A mother’s role is central in installing the proper view of eating & praying.
The Light of Torah
The 10 Commandments; must be made to radiate even in worldly matters, in the 10 Utterances (of Creation).
Chassidus, why study now?
At the time of Matan Torah, hidden part of Torah was revealed; cures are unique for each disease.
Eating for the sake of praying
וידבר לאמר כ ,א א
בכל דרכיך דעהו
Drawing G-dliness into the world through all our actions from the high spiritual commandments to the daily earthy actions.
- אלקים: G-dly power invested in humans
- הוי': G-dliness that transcends nature
- אנכי: G-d not limited by any constraints
Torah acts as the bridge between heaven and earth; connection of the two sections of the 10 Commandments, highest and lowest.
אנכי כ ,ב ג
All five levels of Torah were given together so the highest should transform even the lowest part of a person. Torah was given with 5 קולות as found in the blessings of Chatan & Kallah. Five levels show the drawing down through the natural order from above.
Five Levels of המשכה
נפשעשיהאותיות הדומםששוןויהי קולות (לשון רבים)רוחיצירהמידות וצומחשמחהנשמהבריאהשכל החיחתן וקול שופרחי'אצילותכח הדיבור ימדברכלה קול השופריחידהעצמותאנכי יהודיהודו את ה'אלקים יעננו בקולA Jew can function in two worlds; in the beginning one can see the spirituality as clearly as physicality; later, one can recognize that the physical is not so clear as the spiritual. Giving of the Torah changed the prior order. Rabbi Akiva (Baal Teshuvah) saw Torah as a means to escape the limitations of the physical (seeing) and experience the spiritual (hearing). Rabbi Yishmael (Tzadik) saw Torah as a means to achieve the union of spirituality in the physical.
