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== Combining Merirut with Joy == | == Combining Merirut with Joy == | ||
The Rebbe explains in one of his talks that there are two ways of working with merirut: | The [[Rebbe]] explains in one of his talks that there are two ways of working with merirut: | ||
* On Friday night to work with the matter of merirut, and on Shabbat with joy. | * On Friday night to work with the matter of merirut, and on [[Shabbat]] with joy. | ||
* To work with both matters together. | * To work with both matters together. | ||
In Kuntres HaAvodah, the Rebbe Rashab wrote that there are two types of divine service - general service and particular service. General service is concerned with joy; particular service is concerned with merirut. General service, for example, is contemplation of a general picture, that is, without contemplating the details of the picture but the general picture. Particular service is contemplation of the details of the picture. | In [[Kuntres HaAvodah]], the Rebbe Rashab wrote that there are two types of divine service - general service and particular service. General service is concerned with joy; particular service is concerned with merirut. General service, for example, is contemplation of a general picture, that is, without contemplating the details of the picture but the general picture. Particular service is contemplation of the details of the picture. | ||
== Merirut in Chassidic History == | == Merirut in Chassidic History == | ||