YESOD: KIDDUSH LEVANAH קִדּוּשׁ לְבָנָה
KIDDUSH LEVANAH קִדּוּשׁ לְבָנָה :
– PRAYER OF CONCESSION ON FULL MOON
- ALL THAT PLEASES THE SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE
I heard
All that pleases the spirit of the people. He asked, “But we have
found that the greatest and most renowned were in disagreement.
Thus, the spirit of the people is not pleased with it.”
He answered that they did not say “all the people,” but
“the spirit of the people.” It means that only the bodies are
in disagreement, meaning that each is working with the will
to receive.
However, “the spirit of the people” is already spirituality. And
“pleases”—that the righteous that extends the bounty extends
for the whole generation. And only because they have not yet
clothed their spirit, they cannot attain and feel the bounty that
the righteous extended.
-Baal HaSulam, Shamati, page 86-87