Pipeline Torah Gem #904 2025-11-21: Devekut
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Vaughn Seward
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Devekut
"Devekut" is one of the key words in hasidic literature, and means the clinging or cleaving of man to God. It is the object of all the commandments and the goal of all spiritual living. "There is one mitzvah in the Torah which includes everything, and that is "Thou shalt cleave unto Him" (Deut. 10:20). It is "the heart of all the mitzvot," for it is their source, giving them life. If it be fulfilled, it is as if all the Torah were fulfilled. "Even if one acquires the world-to-come through Torah and mitzvot, this is not the main goal. The main goal is to acquire the rung of drawing close to Me," which is devekut. It can be achieved through the inner yearning of man for the nearness of God, through prayer and study.
Adapted from The Zaddik, by Samual H. Dresner, 1960, page 128.
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Yiddish Corner
A shlekhter mentsh
A bad person
A shtarker
a strong person
A kasnik
An angry person
Tsetrogen
Absent-minded
[From "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Yiddish" by Rabbi Benjamin Blech]
"Devekut" is one of the key words in hasidic literature, and means the clinging or cleaving of man to God. It is the object of all the commandments and the goal of all spiritual living. "There is one mitzvah in the Torah which includes everything, and that is "Thou shalt cleave unto Him" (Deut. 10:20). It is "the heart of all the mitzvot," for it is their source, giving them life. If it be fulfilled, it is as if all the Torah were fulfilled. "Even if one acquires the world-to-come through Torah and mitzvot, this is not the main goal. The main goal is to acquire the rung of drawing close to Me," which is devekut. It can be achieved through the inner yearning of man for the nearness of God, through prayer and study.
Adapted from The Zaddik, by Samual H. Dresner, 1960, page 128.
Archives: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/torahtidbits
_________________
Yiddish Corner
A shlekhter mentsh
A bad person
A shtarker
a strong person
A kasnik
An angry person
Tsetrogen
Absent-minded
[From "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Yiddish" by Rabbi Benjamin Blech]
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