"Torah...light wrapped in light wrapped in letters layer upon layer" and "..the Leviathan that God plays with and battles, its roots intertwined with the deepest roots of the Divine. If Moshe was to know God face to face, see the hidden light and bring it to us wrapped in Torah, he would have to go back underwater and see through the eyes of the great Tannin, the terror of his childhood and maybe even of God's."
Well, all you left open is Atzilut, so I guess that is where we would have to go looking…yakar is the Aramaic word for Kavod which is dignity and honor, so maybe in relation to joy yakar is is the feeling of fullness and satisfaction in just being, which joy allows, and that feeling of value and meaning in just being (“just being”as an aspect of olam ha’atzilut) is the deep root of the thing we call dignity. Maybe? Shabbat Shalom!
Wow...
So beautiful.
I especially loved
"Torah...light wrapped in light wrapped in letters layer upon layer" and "..the Leviathan that God plays with and battles, its roots intertwined with the deepest roots of the Divine. If Moshe was to know God face to face, see the hidden light and bring it to us wrapped in Torah, he would have to go back underwater and see through the eyes of the great Tannin, the terror of his childhood and maybe even of God's."
Thank you so much!
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“Light wrapped in light wrapped in letters. . . .” Beautiful teaching, thank you Rav Ebn.
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I can just see Degel Machane Ephraim qvelling with this Drash! Shkoyach!
When the unconscious wakes...but oh what a journey that is. Many many journeys. Thank you
Thank you. I am honored you took the time to read!
Here is to one's walking in their own fears and facing the unknown! At least in a Purim's dream.
Thanks for posting this - letting us us in on the dream and your Hevruta.
I’ve been playing with this verse lately - particularly the idea that each of the four words represents a different aspect of joy
Orah - awareness (briyah)
Simcha - sensual pleasure (Asiyah)
Sasson - the joy of desire and pursuit itself doing the deep dive swimming after (yetzirah) and ..
Wondering if you have any insights about
The fourth יקר
Eluding me.
Well, all you left open is Atzilut, so I guess that is where we would have to go looking…yakar is the Aramaic word for Kavod which is dignity and honor, so maybe in relation to joy yakar is is the feeling of fullness and satisfaction in just being, which joy allows, and that feeling of value and meaning in just being (“just being”as an aspect of olam ha’atzilut) is the deep root of the thing we call dignity. Maybe? Shabbat Shalom!
Beautiful. I’ll take one to go. Shabbat shalom