Beginning of Hakdama to Perek Chelek
Sechar v’onesh is widely misunderstood in terms of what olam haba is, what mashiach brings, etc. Rambam discusses the correct understanding, as well as the definition of ahavas Hashem and lishma.
Meor Einayim #7
– Have to recognize real, high versions of that expressed by the low.– The purely physical is ma’us. Only the connection to HKB”H makes true beauty.
Meor Einayim #6
– Start low and grow. – Yetzer tov not fully there until bar/bas mitzva. Spiritual endowment given at that point to have da’as, knowing what applies when, etc. – Someone who doesn’t know how to take the low and raise
Meor Einyanim #5
– Lo lishma a launchpad for hasgos. – Doesn’t outgrow the lower level, rather redirects it. – Impossible to start at the highest level – have to start low and grow.
Me’or Einayim #4
Shelo lishma is a misdirection of the relevant middah, but the middah can be redirected properly.
Me’or Einayim #3
– Chacham looks at the source / inner spiritual core, not the externalities. Focuses on the inherent religious spark. – Via shivisi Hashem l’negdi tamid, one sees what’s really there and recognizes the objective presence of the chiyus that comes
Me’or Einayim #2
Recognizing that the world exists through Torah, and to see it even in tumas Mitzrayim, is to be boreir u’ma’aleh.
Elul 5784 – Hilchos Teshuva 16: The Zman of Mitzvas Teshuva
Kinnos 5784: Introduction, 6, 21, 28, 34
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