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‫ט״ז‬-‫י״א‬:‫דברים ל׳‬

֖ ְ‫ֲשׁר אָ נֹ ִ ֥כי ְמצַ וּ‬ ֛ ֶ ‫)יא( ֚ ִכּי הַ ִמּצְ וָ ֣ה הַ ֔זּ ֹאת א‬

‫י״ב לֵ ֥את הִ וא֙ ִמ ְמּ ֔ וְ ֥ל ֹא ְרחֹ ָ ֖קה‬-‫י״א‬:‫א׳‬ ְ‫ישעיהו הַ יּ֑ וֹם ֽל ֹא־נִ פ‬
‫ִ ֽהוא׃‬
-‫)יא‬
‫)יב( ֥ל ֹא בַ שָּׁ ַ ֖מיִ ם ִ ֑הוא לֵאמֹ֗ ר ִ ֣מי‬ ‫ח׳‬:‫ו׳‬
‫ב‬ ‫מיכה‬
'‫וּמה־ה‬ ֽ ָ ‫ה־טּוֹב‬
‫ה־לּמַי ַירֹ ֲﬠ ֑ל‬
‫)ח( הִ ִגּ֥יד לְ ֛ אָ ָ ֖דם‬
‫ח֣הָ ָ֔לּנוּ וְ י ְַשׁ ִמﬠֵ ֥נוּ‬... ֶ ָ‫ֹאממָרה֙ וְה'יִ קּ‬֣ ַ ְ‫֤נוּכפּהֶַםָ֙ט֙שָּׁי ַ֙מי‬
‫ֶה־לָּמחֵ ְשׁי‬
ְ‫ִב‬‫ז‬ ‫ב־‬ ֤ ִ ָ‫( לָמּ‬
‫וֹת וְ ִ ַנﬠ ֶ ֲֽשׂנָּה׃‬ ‫ֲשׂ ֖תהּ‬ ָ ֤ ֹ‫דּוֹרשׁ ִמ ְמּ ֗ ִ ֣כּי ִאם־ﬠא‬
ֵ֣
‫ם־ ֱא ֶ ֽקי ׃‬ ִ‫ﬠ‬ ‫ֶת‬ ‫כ‬ ֖
...? ‫ִמי־בִ ֵ ֥קּשׁ ֛ז ֹאת‬ֶ‫ל‬ ‫ﬠ‬
ַ ֥ ֵ‫נ‬ ְ‫צ‬ ַ‫ה‬ ְ‫ו‬ ‫ד‬ ֶ‫ס‬‫ח‬ֶ ֔ ‫ת‬ ַ‫ֲב‬
‫ה‬ ‫וְ ַ ֣א‬
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‫)יג( וְ ֽל ֹא־מֵ ﬠֵ ֥בֶ ר לַיָּ ֖ם ִ ֑הוא לֵאמֹ֗ ר ִ ֣מי‬ (‫)פ‬
‫ַיﬠֲבָ ר־ ָ֜לנוּ אֶ ל־ﬠֵ ֤בֶ ר הַ יָּם֙ וְ יִ קָּ ֶח֣הָ ָ֔לּנוּ‬
Isaiah 1:11-12 ‫ תפילת‬,‫ ימי חול‬,‫סידור אשכנז‬
Micah 6:8
‫ָה׃‬ ‫נּ‬ ‫ֲשׂ‬
ֽ ֶ ‫ﬠ‬ ‫נ‬
ַ ְ‫ו‬ ‫הּ‬ ‫ת‬֖ ָ ֹ‫א‬ ‫֥נוּ‬ ֵ‫ﬠ‬ ‫מ‬
ִ ‫ַשׁ‬ְ ‫י‬ ְ‫ו‬ ‫ מודים ב׳‬,‫ עמידה‬,‫שחרית‬
(11) “What need have I of all your
“He has
(8)Says
sacrifices?” told you,
HaShem. ... O man, what is
‫הַ דָּ ָב֖ר ְמאֹ֑ ד בְּ ִ ֥פי‬good,
‫ אֵ לֶ ֛י‬And
‫י־קָ ֥רוֹב‬
what ‫)יד( ִ ֽכּ‬ ‫תָּ ה הוּא‬requires
HaShem ַ‫ שָׁ א‬. ‫נוּ ָל‬of ‫תפילתנ ְַח‬ ִ ,‫חול‬
ֲ‫מודים א‬ :‫ימידרבנן‬ ‫מודים‬ ,‫אשכנז‬
(‫סידור )ב‬
— Who (‫)ס‬ asked that
‫ֹתוֹ׃‬Only
you: of you?
ֽ ‫ ַל ֲﬠשׂ‬to֖ do
ְ‫ בָ ב‬justice;
ְ‫וּבל‬
ִֽ to
.‫שר‬ ָ‫ אֱ לקֵ י כָל בּ‬.‫ ה' אֱ לקֵ ינוּ וֵאלקֵ י אֲ בותֵ ינוּ‬,‫שחרית‬
love ‫א׳‬ ‫לציון‬ ‫ובא‬ ,‫תפילה‬ ‫סיום‬
goodness, And to walk modestly with
‫ת־החַ ִיּ֖ים‬
ֽ ַ ֶ‫י ֙ הַ יּ֔ וֹם א‬your‫י לְ ָפ ֶ֙נ‬God;
‫)טו( ְר ֨ ֵאה נ ַ ָ֤ת ִתּ‬ ‫ ְבּ ָרכות וְ הודָ אות לְ ִשׁ ְמ‬.‫אשׁית‬ ִ ‫ עולמות יוצְ ֵרנוּ יוצֵ ר ְבּ ֵר‬- Olamot (Worl
‫ וְ יָשֵׂ ם ְבּלִ בֵּ נוּ אַ הֲבָ תו וְ יִ ְראָ תו‬... (‫)א‬
‫וְ אֶ ת־הַ ֑טּוֹב וְ אֶ ת־הַ ָ ֖מּוֶת וְ אֶ ת־הָ ָ ֽרע׃‬ ‫ כֵּן‬.‫ ﬠַ ל שֶׁ הֶ חֱיִ יתָ נוּ וְ קִ יּ ְַמתָּ נוּ‬.‫דושׁ‬ ָ‫ָדול וְ הַ קּ‬Kavanot
‫כוונות‬ ‫הַ גּ‬
.‫וְ ַלﬠֲשׂות ְרצונו וּלְ ﬠָ ְבדו ְבּלֵבָ ב שָׁ לֵם‬
‫ וְ תֶ אֱ סוף ָגּלֻיּותֵ ינוּ לְ חַ צְ רות‬.‫ְתּחַ יֵּנוּ ְוּתקַ יְּ מֵ נוּ‬
‫ )טז( אֲשֶׁ֨ ר אָ נֹ ִ ֣כי ְמצַ וְּ ֮ הַ יּוֹ ֒ם לְ אַ ה ֞ ֲָבה‬. ‫ ְרצו ֶנ‬:‫ָה‬ ‫לְ מַ ﬠַן לא נִ יגַע ל ִָריק וְ לא ֵנלֵד לַבֶּ הָ ל‬
‫ וְ ַלﬠֲשות‬. ‫ לִ ְשׁמור חֻקֶּ י‬. ֶ‫קָ ְדשׁ‬
‫יו וְ לִ ְשׁמֹ֛ ר‬1.‫ָר ָ֔כ‬Atziluth
‫ילוּת(לָלֶ ֣ כֶת בִּ ְד‬
֙ ‫) ֱאאֲצִ ֶ֙קי‬,'‫ת־ה‬ ֶ‫מודים א‬ Introduction
...
meaning ִ ‫ נ ְַחנוּ‬of
World ‫ ﬠַ ל‬.‫לֵבָ ב שָׁ לֵם‬also
ֲ‫ שֶׁ א‬Emanation, ‫"ד ְבּ‬Close."
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ָ‫יו וְ חָ ִי֣יתָ וְ ָר ִ֔בית‬its‫פּ ָ ָ֑ט‬source.
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of Creation.
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Deuteronomy 30:11-16 Shacharit, Amidah, Thanksgiving 2
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Atzilus
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but do
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mindfulness.
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you, nor is it3.beyondYetzirah (‫)יְ צִ ָירה‬, meaning
reach. God,World of fathers'
Formation.
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are our toil God,
in vainOn
the
practice
northis
God level
give
of
for
know
birth achieving
thetohow
created “mindfulness”
to learn,
being every soul of Israel
assumes ‫ח׳‬
shap
that is not necessarily
performs esoteric
the Mitzvot or
in all their details
souls and angels of Yetzirah worship
all flesh, through
confusion.
our Maker, theDivine
Maker emotion
of and striving, as they sense thei
(12) It is not in the channels
heavens, that you should say, mystical –intending
it isthe
notthe tovery
baffling
depths for you,
of God’s ‫דרך‬
will.
the Divine vitality down
Creation. throughand
Blessings the thanksgivings
Worlds, furthering Divine purpose. Theref
“Who among us canburninggo up to the heavens and get nor is it beyond
God reach.
considers it Rather,
as if he it
has can
fulfilled all
consummationtoinYour Divine emotion.
great and holy Also
namecalled the "Lower Garden of Eden".‫ביאה לידי‬
for Your
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intentions we
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too,
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it for us and impart it to us, that we may observe World of usAction.
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this level us.the creation is complete, differentiate
vitality. However, it is still on a spiritual level. encounter
angelsusofwho every
praysday.with the utmost ‫לששה‬
simplicity ‫הוא‬
an
andThe Asiyah function on the active le
it?”
So [too], make us live preserve (1) (
Below spiritual Asiyahand is Asiyah Gashmi ("Physical
gather our exiles to Your holy Asiyah"), puretheheart, and lowest
final, knows nothing realm ,‫תוכחות‬
of
of exis
To approach the weekday morning Cha
of Asiyah channel the lifeforce into Physical Asiyah. and the kavannot of the Kabbalists,
(13) Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should courtyards, to keep Your statutes ‫מצוות‬ also inte
‫של‬
of God’s will, andthe
service asfulfilla structured
the depthsmeditation God
say, “Who among us can cross to the other side of
the sea and get it for us and impart it to us, that
to do Your will and to servethrough You aconsidersvariety this of states
as if heof has prayed‫ונחלק‬ lighth
with
with mindfulness. About thatconsciousness which most lofty preparing oneIt for a end
we may observe it?” of kavanot. ,‫השלישי‬
is written in th
we thank You, blessed is the God of Zohar (Vayehi, 243b): Rabbi Yossi the
day of mindful activity does not and
thanksgivings. require any asked Rabbi Shimon, ‘We nob
knowledge
Hizkiya
,‫עצמו‬ ‫ש‬
are ta
(14) No, the thing is very close to you, in your
mouth and in your heart, to observe it.
of ‫עולמות‬ (Worlds) or ‫ירוֹת‬ ִ‫פ‬‫ס‬ְ
that one should begin by praising ‫והחלק‬that
God, a
What about grac
(emanations) or even a familiarity
then make his request. some ‫ אשר‬,‫עצמם‬

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who wantsservice itself
to pray but ‫בחנתי‬
his heart ‫כאשר‬ang
ill at eas
(15) See,
I set before you this day life and prosperity, (althoughisthat helps -that
so disturbed butheitcan in thp
willnot properly
death and adversity.
come). God before asking for his needs?’ Rabb the
Shimon answered them, ‘His prayermer
is n
Here we present
even if hean overview
cannot Shaarei Kedu
of the optimal
enter into othe
(16) For
I command you this day, to
topics to see howinthey
of mind orderrelate together
to praise God. He shou
love HaShem, your God, to walk in The First Part
as a whole:
make his praises even in his current stat
His ways, and to keep His of Hassidut an
mind. Then he should go ahead and ask
commandments, His laws, and His rules, Kavanot:
‫כוונות‬However, brief
a person who(Interpretation
has the ability a
that you may thrive and increase, and that meditations intended
proper frame of mind totoabout
focusbypraise
properly the a
HaShem your God may bless you... the mind
beforeand create
praying, theand
yet does right
not,itofishim
furthe
is it
intention.
(Yeshayahu, 1), ‘Though The Second
he pray much, P
not- heed
‫ייחודים‬ Yikhudim - one
him.’ But for elucidation
who simply ofc
Unifications:
collect his mindOneness
and achieve- the
reward for po
devekut, 46
unification of love and awe;
nevertheless accepts hismitzvot
prayer and (comm
his d
compassion and
service. The justice;
Zohar mind
saysdivided
that into
this is (Teh s
and body
17:1), “Hear the right, OPart,
God,instructi
attend to
‫שמים‬cry,
‫מלכות‬
hear‫עול‬
my‫קבלת‬ Accepting
prayer.” Holy
This is an the
Spirit
exampleits
"yoke"“one- the
whosovereignty
knows how toeight-do,
ofbut does no
gates. Th
heavenknow (this
howwill also be good
to explain.” operations of
preparation for Pesach, the only
themselves, w
true freedom we have is the
the Holy Spiri
freedom to choose our master).
examined, trie
The ‫קדושה‬ - Kedusha,
From: Shaar HaEmunah and its
Ve'Yesod
threeHaChassidut
appearances in the
own.
morning service
Author: Gershon Henoch Leiner of Rad

Written by Rabbi Gershon Chanoch Hen

Leiner of Radzin as an introduction to h
father's work – the "Beit Yaakov" – this
is a guide to the theology of Kabbala an
Chasidut, based on Talmudic, Halachic
esoteric sources.

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