TUESDAY PRAYER: NETZACH-KIDDUSH LEVANAH קִדּוּשׁ לְבָנָה

READING: BETWEEN AFTERNOON – SUNSET MONDAY

KIDDUSH LEVANAH קִדּוּשׁ לְבָנָה : 🌴

– PRAYER OF GRATITUDE ON THE NEW MOON

To understand the above, we must first understand the
matter of Haman and Mordecai. Our sages said about the verse,
“according to every man’s wish,” meaning Haman and Mordecai.
We should interpret that Mordecai’s wish is called “the rule of
Torah,” which is more eating than drinking, and Haman’s wish
is the opposite, more drinking than eating.
We asked, “How can it be that He would make a meal according
to the will of a wicked one”? The answer to that is written
next to it: “none did compel.” It means that the drinking was
not coercive, and this is the meaning of, “none did compel.”
It is as our sages said about the verse, “And Moses hid his
face; for he was afraid to look.” They said that in return for
“And Moses hid his face,” he was rewarded, “and the similitude
of the Lord doth he behold.” This means that precisely because
he did not need that (meaning he could make a Masach (Screen)
over it), hence he was permitted to receive. It is also written,
“I have laid help upon one that is mighty.” It means that the
Creator gives help to one who is mighty and can walk in the
ways of God.

-Baal HaSulam, Shamati, page 114

POSTED IN ARVUT BY: Celina Syuy