HOCHMA: KIDDUSH LEVANAH קִדּוּשׁ לְבָנָה

KIDDUSH LEVANAH קִדּוּשׁ לְבָנָה :
– PRAYER OF CONCESSION ON FIRST QUARTER MOON
- THE PROFIT OF A LAND
I heard on Tevet 1942
It is known that nothing appears in its true form, only through
its opposite, “as far as light excelleth darkness.” This means that
everything points to another, and by the opposite of some thing,
the existence of its opposite can be perceived.
Hence, it is impossible to attain something in complete clarity
if its parallel is absent. For example: it is impossible to estimate
and say that something is good, if its opposite is missing, pointing
to the bad. It is the same with bitterness and sweetness, love
and hate, hunger and satiation, thirst and saturation, adhesion
and separation. It turns out that it is impossible to come to love
adhesion prior to acquiring the hate of separation.
-Baal HaSulam, Shamati, page 98-99
POSTED IN ARVUT BY: Celina Syuy