This past Saturday night Rabbi Altein told me that the measure of a Chasid (a follower of the ways of the Baal Shem Tov) is the extent to which s/he believes that the withdrawal of the Creators Infinite Light is not literal. Rabbi Altein was referring to the rolling back of the Infinite Light at the dawn of creation to make room for a finite reality. He continued that the stronger ones belief in the literal ever-presence of the Infinite Light, the stronger ones inner Chasid is. This also applies to the ever-presence of every past, present and future expression of the Infinite Light as well. Just as the Infinite Light has not literally withdrawn, so too none of the Lights expressions have literally withdrawn either (as they are inseparable from the Light). So in this sense, the Torah is still being given at Mt. Sinai, all the Holy teachers of Torah through the ages are still here, Moshiach was always here, the world is still being created by the ten utterances, the miracle of Chanukah is happening now, etc. Chag Chanukah Sameach :)
Posted on: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 04:26:35 +0000
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