NETZACH: KIDDUSH LEVANAH קִדּוּשׁ לְבָנָה
KIDDUSH LEVANAH קִדּוּשׁ לְבָנָה :
– PRAYER OF CONCESSION ON FIRST QUARTER MOON
- A LOT IS AN AWAKENING FROM ABOVE
I heard on Terumah 4, February 10, 1943
A lot is an awakening from above, when the lower one does
not assist in anything. This is the meaning of “cast Pur,” “the
lot.” Haman was complaining and said, “neither keep they the
king’s laws.”
It means that enslavement begins for the worker in a state
of Lo Lishma (not for Her Name), meaning for self-reception.
Hence, why was the Torah given to them, because afterwards
they are granted Lishma (for Her Name) and they are given the
Lights and the attainment of supremacy?
Then comes the complainant and asks, “Why are they given
these sublime things for which they did not work and did not
hope, but their every thoughts and goals were only things that
concern their own needs, called Lo Lishma”? This is the meaning
of “The wicked may prepare it, but the just will wear it.”
It means that he was previously working in a state of wicked,
meaning Lo Lishma, but for the receiver. Afterwards he was
awarded Lishma, meaning that all the work enters the domain
of Kedusha (Sanctity), meaning everything to bestow. This is the
meaning of, “the just will wear it.”
This is the meaning of Purim as Yom Kippurim (Day of
Atonement). Purim is an awakening from Above, and Yom
Kippurim is an awakening from below, meaning through
repentance. However, there is awakening from Above there, too,
corresponding to the lots that were there, “one lot for the Lord,
and the other lot for Azazel,” and the Creator is the scrutinizer.
-Baal HaSulam, Shamati, page 87
POSTED BY: Celina Syuy