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Bentzion Meltzer
Jul 26, 2010, 10:26:48 PM7/26/10
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Translation and Commentary by Rabbi Yehoshua Starrett and reprinted
with the kind permission of the Baal Shem Tov Foundation. Please visit
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Perek 64
The Baal Shem Tov said in the name of Rav Saadiah Gaon:
A person should learn a lesson from his desires for physical pleasures
how he should desire to serve G•d and love Him.1
1 This teaching is mentioned in Ben Porath Yoseph 88b in connection
with the teaching of the previous section (#63). In this context, the
prince in that parable sublimated and transformed his desire for the
young lady into a desire for wisdom, and ultimately for G•d. Doing
this, though, requires getting in touch with and experiencing that
baser desire, for only then can one experience it as concealing a
desire for G•d, and only then can one learn any lessons from it.
Perek
65
The Baal Shem Tov taught:
Dissolving one’s being into one part of Oneness is tantamount to
dissolving one’s being into the entire Oneness.1 The opposite is also
true.2
1 Ben Porath Yoseph, 88a. The metaphor given elsewhere for this is
that of one grasping a branch of a tree. We would surely say that he
is grasping the entire tree, for if he were to shake the branch, the
entire tree would shake. Similarly, G•d, in His Unfathomable Oneness,
created a world that reflects Himself. The universe is inherently an
interconnected one, and anything affecting one part of the universe
inevitably affects the entire universe. Hence, whenever one
experiences a sense of oneness with any part of the universe,
including of course with another human being, he is actually
experiencing a sense of Oneness with G•d.
2 That is, experiencing separation from any part of the Oneness is
experiencing separation from the entire Oneness, for there is only one
Oneness, and either one experiences Oneness or one does not.
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Perek 64
The Baal Shem Tov said in the name of Rav Saadiah Gaon:
A person should learn a lesson from his desires for physical pleasures
how he should desire to serve G•d and love Him.1
1 This teaching is mentioned in Ben Porath Yoseph 88b in connection
with the teaching of the previous section (#63). In this context, the
prince in that parable sublimated and transformed his desire for the
young lady into a desire for wisdom, and ultimately for G•d. Doing
this, though, requires getting in touch with and experiencing that
baser desire, for only then can one experience it as concealing a
desire for G•d, and only then can one learn any lessons from it.
Perek
65
The Baal Shem Tov taught:
Dissolving one’s being into one part of Oneness is tantamount to
dissolving one’s being into the entire Oneness.1 The opposite is also
true.2
1 Ben Porath Yoseph, 88a. The metaphor given elsewhere for this is
that of one grasping a branch of a tree. We would surely say that he
is grasping the entire tree, for if he were to shake the branch, the
entire tree would shake. Similarly, G•d, in His Unfathomable Oneness,
created a world that reflects Himself. The universe is inherently an
interconnected one, and anything affecting one part of the universe
inevitably affects the entire universe. Hence, whenever one
experiences a sense of oneness with any part of the universe,
including of course with another human being, he is actually
experiencing a sense of Oneness with G•d.
2 That is, experiencing separation from any part of the Oneness is
experiencing separation from the entire Oneness, for there is only one
Oneness, and either one experiences Oneness or one does not.
Join a class on the Perekim from the Kesser Shem Tov: Shabbos morning
9am in the Shteibel Minyan Beis Medresh
Also, write to Bent...@besht-yomi.org to receive the Teachings of the
Baal Shem Tov in your email inbox, visit and join a discussion group
on the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov at http://groups.google.com/group/teachings_of_the_besht?hl=en
Publicize the Teachings of the Baal Shem Tov To Help Bring
Moshiach Right NOW!
Martin Mattes
Jul 27, 2010, 3:37:27 PM7/27/10
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Regarding Moshiach,
AMEN!!!!!!!
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