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24 March 2025

  • 14:0614:06, 24 March 2025 diff hist +6,422 N Hidden and Revealed, Nothing and Something, Essence and Extension, Potential and Actualization Created page with " = Hidden and Revealed, Nothing and Something, Essence and Extension, Potential and Actualization = This entry deals with the '''relationships''' between these concepts. For the concepts themselves, see the expanded explanations in the links at the end of the page. '''Hidden and Revealed, Nothing and Something, Essence and Extension, Potential and Actualization''' are four distinct matters, each describing a different type/level in the tzimtzum (contraction) and revelat..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 14:0514:05, 24 March 2025 diff hist +3,539 N The Self-Concealment - Helem Hatzmi Created page with "The '''Self-Concealment''' '''- Helem Hatzmi''' is the "reality" of the world as it is included in its source and root before it was created. == The Essence of Essence == [In examining] any reality, we cannot grasp its essential nature but only the way in which that essence clothed itself in a form and definition that can be perceived by the senses or intellect. For example, we recognize "wisdom" when we see a person with inventive talent, and "understanding" when we se..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 14:0414:04, 24 March 2025 diff hist +1,390 N Hamshachah (Drawing Down) and Atzalah (Emanation) Created page with "The terms '''Hamshachah''' (Drawing Down) and '''Atzalah''' (Emanation) express the profound difference between created beings and the world of Atzilus. == The Difficulty in Understanding the Reality of the Sefiros == Created beings are "mechadashim" (something from nothing), and therefore the essence of their existence (even when they exist) is "ayin" (nothingness) (since they are "made" from "ayin," as Hashem took "ayin v'efes" '''and from it''' made the "yesh" (somet..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 14:0314:03, 24 March 2025 diff hist 0 m Recognition and Sensation - Hacharah V'hargasha Raphaelwilmowsky moved page Recognition and Sensation to Recognition and Sensation - Hacharah V'hargasha without leaving a redirect
  • 14:0214:02, 24 March 2025 diff hist +2,901 N Recognition and Sensation - Hacharah V'hargasha Created page with "Recognition and sensation are functions of Da'at (Knowledge), which connects Chochmah (Wisdom) with Binah (Understanding). This represents the contemplation before prayer, which comes after intellectual contemplation and before the contemplation during prayer itself. == General Concept == Each of the faculties—Chochmah and Binah—has advantages and disadvantages. The faculty of Da'at serves as an intermediary that connects them and compensates for their deficiencies...." Tag: Visual edit
  • 11:0511:05, 24 March 2025 diff hist +4,791 N Surrender and Decisiveness (Intellectual) Created page with "This entry deals with ways of choosing between different intellectual understandings. If you intended a different interpretation, see Surrender (definitions). The decision between intellectual reasoning sometimes comes from intellectual considerations and sometimes from will. When it comes from intellectual considerations it is called '''surrender''' and when it comes from will it is called '''decisiveness'''. == Surrender of the Intellect == This aspect is like the me..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 11:0311:03, 24 March 2025 diff hist +5,004 N Sleep on Shabbat is a Pleasure Created page with "'''Sleep on Shabbat''' is a mitzvah, since the purpose of Shabbat is rest, which is the simple meaning of the word "Shabbat" (from the language of ceasing and resting). The overall conduct on Shabbat is one of pleasure, which includes physical pleasure in relation to material matters in their simple sense - eating fatty meat, drinking aged wine, sleeping, and similar activities. Due to the importance of sleep on Shabbat as part of Shabbat pleasure, the Alter Rebbe wrote..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 11:0211:02, 24 March 2025 diff hist +498 Shabbos Mevarchim No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
  • 10:5710:57, 24 March 2025 diff hist +6,512 N Hegai (The Eunuch of King Ahasuerus) Created page with "In Chassidic teachings, it is explained that Hegai (the eunuch of King Ahasuerus) alludes to the help and assistance that the neshamah receives from its source and root, in order to ascend from its place (in Beriah, Yetzirah, and Asiyah) to Atzilut. Generally, the level of "Hegai" is the intermediary that connects thought with speech (and is called higayon, or sometimes hirhur), and specifically, this level includes two aspects: "speech within thought" (machshavah ila'a..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 10:5510:55, 24 March 2025 diff hist +2,823 N Derech HaEmes V'Derech HaYashar (The Way of Truth and the Way of Righteousness) Created page with "'''Derech HaEmes V'Derech HaYashar''' are two paths in Divine service that together influence a person so that their "acceptance of the yoke of Heaven" will be authentic and not fleeting. == The Need for Them == As is known, the soul's powers are drawn from the ten Sefiros, and the final level ("Malchus" of the soul) is its power of action. Just as "Malchus" has nothing of its own (it receives from the Sefiros above it and through this is "built"), so too with the soul'..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 10:5410:54, 24 March 2025 diff hist 0 m Daas Elyon Raphaelwilmowsky moved page Daat Elyon to Daas Elyon without leaving a redirect
  • 10:5410:54, 24 March 2025 diff hist +2,830 N Daas Elyon Created page with "'''Daas Elyon''' is the aspect of concealed knowledge, and this level of knowledge is extremely lofty, as it unites with the aspects of Keter and Ratzon (Crown and Will). As is known in the counting of the Ten Sefirot, sometimes Keter is counted and then Daas is not included in the count, and sometimes Daas is counted and then Keter is not included in the count. == Its Concept == Expanded topic – '''Daas''' Daas is the power that inclines the "pure" (objective) intel..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 10:5310:53, 24 March 2025 diff hist +9,983 N The Five General Levels of Love Created page with "The five general levels of love are referred to in Torah with five expressions: devekah (attachment), cheshikah (desire), chafitzah (longing), dibur (speech), and ahavah (love). These expressions are mostly found in Chazal and Chassidus, and are explained in various ways. == Source of the Concept == The source of the expressions of love is learned in the Midrash from verses regarding Hashem's love for Israel, and to differentiate - from Shechem's love for Dinah:<blockqu..." current Tag: Visual edit
  • 10:4810:48, 24 March 2025 diff hist +5,530 N Unity of God and Oneness of God (The Difference Between Them) Created page with "In his enumeration of commandments, Rambam counts the commandment of '''Unity of God''' and the commandment of '''Knowledge of God''' as two separate commandments. == The Difference Between Them According to the Revealed Teachings == The '''commandment of Unity of God''' concerns knowledge of God's existence, and its essence is to believe that God's existence is simple oneness. That is, not a oneness that can be counted, nor a oneness that is composite. '''The commandm..." current Tag: Visual edit
  • 10:4610:46, 24 March 2025 diff hist 0 m Or, Chayus, Koach, - Light, Life Force, and Power Raphaelwilmowsky moved page Or, Chayus, Koach Light, - Life Force, and Power to Or, Chayus, Koach, - Light, Life Force, and Power without leaving a redirect current
  • 10:4610:46, 24 March 2025 diff hist 0 m Or, Chayus, Koach, - Light, Life Force, and Power Raphaelwilmowsky moved page Light, Life Force, and Power to Or, Chayus, Koach Light, - Life Force, and Power without leaving a redirect
  • 10:4510:45, 24 March 2025 diff hist +4,896 N Or, Chayus, Koach, - Light, Life Force, and Power Created page with " '''Light, Life Force, and Power''' are three stages in the descent of divine light that creates beings. Light and life force are merely illuminations (the difference between them is that light is encompassing, and life force is internal), while power (and in Kabbalistic terminology "flow") is a separate essence. == Their Meanings == ==== Light - Or ==== The parameters of physical light are: '''A.''' Light is simple (not "composed" of several colors) '''B.''' Attached..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 10:4210:42, 24 March 2025 diff hist +4,753 N Ahavat Hashem and Yirat Hashem (Love of G-d and Fear of G-d) Created page with "This entry deals with the relationship between '''Ahavat Hashem (Love of G-d) and Yirat Hashem (Fear of G-d)''', and their various types. == Love - From Closeness, Fear - From Distance == This section is incomplete. Please contribute to ChabadPedia and complete it. There may be details on this in the discussion page. == Their Inclusion Within Each Other == Because of the love for Hashem and the desire to cleave to Hakadosh Baruch Hu, the divine soul naturally fears and..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 10:4010:40, 24 March 2025 diff hist +4,301 N Ahavah Shebitaalumot HaLev (Love in the Depths of the Heart) Created page with "'''Ahavah Shebitaalumot HaLev''' (Love in the Depths of the Heart) is a term in Chassidus referring to two different aspects of love for Hashem, either because it's a love hidden in the depths of the heart, or because it's a love that transcends the heart and is "concealed" from it. == The Different Levels of Love in the Depths of the Heart == There are three levels in the revelation of love for Hashem in a person's heart: # Love in the depths of the heart, the level o..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 10:3910:39, 24 March 2025 diff hist +7,283 N Tzva'ot (name) Created page with "The name Tzva'ot is one of the seven names that cannot be erased. This name was first used by Chanah, and it appears most frequently in the Prophets. In Kabbalah it is explained that this name corresponds to the sefirot of Netzach and Hod. When the Holy One, blessed be He, clothes Himself in the attributes of Netzach and Hod, He is called by the name Tzva'ot, and through this name comes the concept of prophecy. == Its meaning == The Sages said that from the day the Hol..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 10:3610:36, 24 March 2025 diff hist +15,990 N The Name of Havaya Created page with "The name Havaya is the special name of the Holy One, blessed be He, which is always referred to by this name, and not only when it is clothed in a specific attribute. Unlike the other seven names that cannot be erased, which are revelations of the Holy One, blessed be He, in vessels - for example, the name E-l is the revelation of G-d in kindness, and the name Elokim is in might - the name Havaya is the light that clothes itself in every attribute. Additionally, the name..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 10:3110:31, 24 March 2025 diff hist +2,416 N The Name "A-L" Created page with "The name '''A-L''' is one of the seven names of the Holy One, Blessed Be He, that cannot be erased. It is explained that the name A-L represents the attribute of kindness (Chesed), as it is written, "the kindness of G-d all day," and it is the name of the vessel of the Sefira of Chesed in the world of Atzilus. In Derech Mitzvosecha regarding Names, it is explained that the name A-L is above the order of Hishtalshelus (gradual descent of divine light). == A-L HAVAY-AH ==..." current Tag: Visual edit
  • 10:3010:30, 24 March 2025 diff hist +7,988 N The Name Elokim Created page with "The name Elokim is one of the seven names of the Holy One, Blessed Be He, that cannot be erased. Its general meaning is strength and constriction, but it contains several specific aspects. == Sun and Shield is Hashem Elokim == The simple meaning of the verse is that the Holy One, Blessed Be He, provides abundance to His creations like the sun, and also guards and protects them like a shelter made for shade. But the inner meaning of the verse is that the name Elokim is n..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 10:2810:28, 24 March 2025 diff hist +5,540 N The Name Adnai Created page with "The name '''Adnai''' is one of the seven names of Hashem that cannot be erased. Today, we do not pronounce the name Havayah (הוי"ה), and instead pronounce the name Adnai. It is explained that the name Adnai corresponds to the attribute of Malchut (Kingship), as Hashem is called by this name when He is clothed in Malchut of Atzilut. == Its Meaning == The name Adnai comes from the phrase "You are known as the Master over all," meaning that Hashem clothes Himself in th..." current Tag: Visual edit
  • 10:2610:26, 24 March 2025 diff hist +13,123 N Seder Hishtalshelus (Chain of Descent) Created page with "Seder Hishtalshelus is a general term for all the stages and levels in the process of contracting the spiritual Divine light. Ohr Ein Sof (Infinite Light) is the highest level in the order of Hishtalshelus, while this physical world is the lowest level. All the levels between them are included in the concept of "Seder Hishtalshelus." Kabbalah texts extensively deal with arranging concepts and clarifying their levels in relation to the order of Hishtalshelus, according t..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 10:1910:19, 24 March 2025 diff hist +20,442 N President's of The United Staes Created page with "During the existence of the United States (established on 17 Tammuz 5536), many presidents have served, and some had close connections with Chabad, the Frierdiker Rebbe and the Rebbe. President Herbert Hoover met with the Frierdiker Rebbe. == Herbert Hoover == Born in 5637 (1877) and died in 5724 (1964), he was the 31st President of the United States from 5689 (1929) to 5693 (1933). ==== The Meeting with the Frierdiker Rebbe ==== Expanded topic - '''The Frierdiker Rebb..." Tag: Visual edit

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