Short Daf Summaries - Project Likkutei Torah

To sponsor an entire parshah, please email projectlikkuteitorah@gmail.com“Mi yitencha k’ach li…” : B’zman haBayis, BN”Y and Hashem were “brothers”, as was expressed in the Keruvim. The Keruvim had the face of a child, whereas the human face on the Merkavah was that of a grown man (ve’al demus hakisei dmeus kimarerh adam). The “Image of Man”= Torah, the expression of Hashems Wisdom, the “name” of Hashem which is the highest expression of Hashem but is not Hashem Himself. Torah/Chochma is like the brain of a person, in that the life-force of the body originates in the brain. This is the Image of a Man, the way Torah is in Atzilus. However, the Torah that we currently have access to originates in Beriah, which requires a Tzimtum. The meaning of the Keruvim: one face represents the way Torah is invested in our world, Hashem’s self-constraining into a Torah that has relevance to our world, and the other face represents our attempt to ascend to Hashem through Davening, which causes Hashem’s “descent” into Torah. (The image of the Keruvim on the Kapores represent Or Sovev.)Through davening, Ahavah Rabba, a person unites with Hashem at the deepest levels, ascending even to the world of Atzilus. This was seen by the “raising of the wings” of the Keruvim during times of davening and was the general level of awareness Bzman Habayis. (mochin/av v’eim shelo al yidei z”a)After the Churban, in which the heightened awareness of Hashem provided/symbolized by the Kerivum is absent, we achieve this higher level of connection to Hashem through Torah. Torah is compared to Milk; through Torah, the Neshama grows from being a “child” to being an “adult”, i.e. achieves the greatest degree of spiritual perfection. Not only are we sustained and “grow” as a result of Torah, but we also sustain Hashem, so to speak, in that through Torah Shebaal Peh (and also Avoda and Gemilus Chassadim) we draw Or Ein Sof into the Esser Sefiros of Atzilus. In this way we can be said to be “brothers” with Hashem, in that both Binei Yisroel and Atzilus “grow”, develop through the study of Torah (milk).“Emtzaecha bachutz”: this refers to Baalei Baatim, who also have a share in the above mentioned avodah.Preface: Hashem is called “Koneh”, one who acquires. This refers to the way the middos of Atzilus are invested in BIY”A during the week to “acquire” the fallen sparks of Elokus, which then ascend, i.e. enter Hashem’s domain, on Shabbos. (This is similar to galus and business, which are both an investment into the physical world to “acquire”, i.e. reveal the Elokus which is present in it.) ConceptsThe difference between the Keruvim and the D’mus Kimareh Adam (Atzilus vs. Briah).The ways in which Binei Yisroel and Hashem are sustained through Torah.The way Hashem, Binei Yisroel, and the individual Jew is similar to a businessman. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=SVCNKGSMCEANE)