SUNDAY PRAYER: GEVURAH-KIDDUSH LEVANAH קִדּוּשׁ לְבָנָה

READING: BETWEEN AFTERNOON – SUNSET SATURDAY

KIDDUSH LEVANAH קִדּוּשׁ לְבָנָה : 🌴

– PRAYER OF CONCESSION ON LAST QUARTER MOON

CONCERNING THE VITALITY OF KEDUSHA

There is a rule that one cannot live if one has no place from
which to receive delight and pleasure. Thus, when one is unable
to receive from the present, one must still receive sustenance
from the past or from the future. In other words, the body seeks
sustenance for itself in every means at its disposal.
Then, if one does not agree to receive sustenance from
corporeal things, the body has no choice but to agree to receive
sustenance from spiritual things because it has no other choice.
Hence, it must agree to receive delight and pleasure
from vessels of bestowal, since it is impossible to live without
sustenance. It follows that when one is accustomed to keeping
Torah and Mitzvot Lo Lishma (not for Her Name), meaning
to receive reward for one’s work, one has an ability to picture
receiving some reward later on, and one can already work on the
calculation that he will receive delight and pleasure afterwards.

-Baal HaSulam, Shamati, page 109

POSTED IN ARVUT BY: Celina Syuy