Baal Teshuva: Difference between revisions
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== In Toras HaChassidus == | == In Toras HaChassidus == | ||
Regarding the level of a Baal Teshuva, the Mitteler Rebbe writes: | Regarding the level of a Baal Teshuva, [[the Mitteler Rebbe]] writes: | ||
The love of "bechol meodecha" is an unlimited love, in the aspect of the very essence and substance of the soul called baal haratzon, which is beyond the aspect of ratzon entirely, meaning that the entire essence of the soul yearns and longs to exit and cleave, and not just in the aspect of ratzon alone. Therefore it is called "meodecha" without limit, for such great love does not come from the limited powers of the soul in ratzon and the like, but rather from its entire essential being which is hiyuli and completely unlimited. | The love of "bechol meodecha" is an unlimited love, in the aspect of the very essence and substance of the soul called baal haratzon, which is beyond the aspect of ratzon entirely, meaning that the entire essence of the soul yearns and longs to exit and cleave, and not just in the aspect of ratzon alone. Therefore it is called "meodecha" without limit, for such great love does not come from the limited powers of the soul in ratzon and the like, but rather from its entire essential being which is hiyuli and completely unlimited. | ||