One of the points that I took out from Rabbi Gluckowsky's Farbrengen this Sunday night, was the fact that most of the Frierdiker's sforim, like Likkutie Dibburim were written specifically for N'shei Ubnos Chabad. Being that that includes me :) I decided to start reading a bit from Likkutei Dibburim every night. I just read this tonight, and I think it's really amazing!
In short: In a letter to the Maggid of Mezritch, R. Pinchas of Koretz thanks the Maggid for thinking of him on Yom Kippur, and that the moment he was privileged to be remembered he felt it where he was. We can either look at this story in a superficial way or on it's deepest level. The F"R goes on to explain that love can be shown on many different levels. The first level is a handshake b/w friends. Nowadays, it has less meaning but it used to be that it did express love b/w friends. The next level is when 2 friends meet and kiss each other. Yet a higher level is when they spend time in long conversations together enjoying hearing of each other's experiences. Beyond all these levels, there is a love so intense that no words can even be used. This is when they simply gaze at each other without saying a word.
This is all outward expressions of love though. There is also an inward love which is not limited by time or space, which is a bond of thought. Through this bond you can be aware of your friend even when she is not with you.
We can now understand what R. Pinchas was really saying. What was amazing was not the fact that he was aware of the Maggid's thoughts. What was remarkable was the fact that by the Maggid calling him to mind, he accomplished an actual actions. With a thought, you can actually help a distant friend reach a higher state, both B'gashmius and B'ruchnius!
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That's really cool. Actually I started reading Likkutei Dibburim this year with a friend because it's one of those things you hear about but not many people actually learn. We also read that because it's right in the beginning of the first book (in english). It's really cool. Nowadays, people just give out kisses and hugs and those are really meant to show real affection.
Also I was talking to my sister-in-law and I told her that Likkutei Dibburim is really confusing and doesn't seem to have any sort of flow. She said I should just think of it as someone's notes on different things that happened. It made it easier for me to learn it keeping that in mind.
Anyhow, Shayna, good luck learning and I hope you grow from it and everything else you do!
Thank you Gittel!Amen!
It's a good thing to keep in mind about the flow...thanks :)
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