פרשת וירא - "ארדה נא"

·1 hr 9 min·5 clips

Rabbi Steinsaltz compares the electric current passing through tools to how divine light is transformed by the sefirot.

This episode features Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz teaching from the Torah Or discourses of the Alter Rebbe, recorded in the 1980s. The lesson centers on the Torah portion Vayera and the phrase 'Erdana Na'. Rabbi Steinsaltz begins by examining the Kabbalistic framework of the ten sefirot, distinguishing between verses of law (din) and mercy (chesed). He discusses the middle line and its role in balancing these aspects. The Rabbi then shifts to philosophical questions about divine knowledge, contrasting human philosophical inquiry with the Kabbalistic concept of 'known and known' as an active reality rather than a subject of doubt. He references medieval Jewish philosophy and the Zohar, exploring unity and division in divine attributes. An analogy of electric current and tools is used to explain how divine light is channeled through different sefirot, transforming into various forms like heat or light. Rabbi Steinsaltz describes angels as channels or tools for transmitting divine influence, linking abstract concepts to practical spirituality. He touches on the 'eyes of God' watching over the world, relating it to the transmission of pain from physical to spiritual levels through translation. The lesson concludes with reflections on God's perspective entering the world order and the cyclical nature of spiritual influence.

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