SUNDAY PRAYER: HOCHMA-GRACE ON SECOND SHABBAT MEAL
READING: AFTERNOON SATURDAY
Wishing all friends a great SECOND SHABBAT MEAL!
GRACE ON THE SECOND SHABBAT MEAL
WASHING ONE`S “HANDS” WITH THE LIGHT
-by Rav Michael Laitman
The Shulchan Aruch (Set Table), the book of religious laws, describes spiritual actions, but in material form. When it says “wash your hands,” this means you have to take your spiritual vessel of reception (“hands”) and clean it by dipping or washing it in the Light of Hassadim (Mercy). It explains how to make the wedding canopy, Huppah, for connection with the Creator, how to separate the pure desire (Kosher) from the impure one, or how to slaughter an “animal,” meaning one’s own egoism, the right way.
Any action performed throughout the day is a reflection of spiritual processes. That’s why the Shulchan Aruch describes a person’s life in detail from the moment he wakes up and thanks the Creator: which foot has to come off the bed first when waking up, how to put on shoes, and how to dress, by first putting through the right hand, a symbol of the desire to bestow, and then the left one, a symbol of the desire to receive.