Torah Ohr · Sefer Bereishis · Shabbos October 31
פרשת וירא
Parshas Vayeira
2 maamarim of the Alter Rebbe on the parsha, in the Hebrew of the Kehot edition, with every marei makom opened right where it appears. Each small section with a faithful English translation and a short explanation.
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The maamarim 2
- פתח אליהו אנת הוא חד ולא בחושבן אנת… (Pertaining to the verse “I will go down now”) Eliyahu opened: “You are One, but not in number…” The ten Sefiros are called “tikkunim,” adornments, because, like the soul’s intellect and emotions, they are garments of the Infinite Light that are nonetheless one with it; yet the Infinite remains “One, but not in number,” because Atzilus emerges through the tzimtzum, a gap far deeper than the parsa that separates the lower worlds.
- ארדה נא וגו׳ “I will go down now [and see]” G‑d knows everything in the manner of “revealed and known,” without His knowledge entering into what is known. The “roaming eyes” of G‑d are the vessels of the Sefiros and the angels, through which judgment rises from below; and “I will go down and see” is the descent of Chesed, which looks at the same facts and seeks merit.
Learn it in seven days Sunday to Shabbos
The Rebbe asked that all the maamarim of the week’s parsha be learned in that week, spread over its seven days. Here is the parsha in seven portions of about equal length.