ויקרא את שם המקום ההוא קברות התאוה וגו'. שמעתי מן אדוני אבי זקיני זללה"ה בשם ס' ברית מנוחה קברות התאוה הוא בחינת החכמה, כי שם קברו את העם המתאוים, פירוש, מי שבא למדת חכמה, אזי בטל ממנו כל התאוות מרוב דבקותו בו יתברך שמו: (דגל מחנה אפרים פ' מסעי).
And the name of that place was called Kivrot-Hata’avah, because there they buried the people that lusted. (Ibid. 11:34) I heard from my grandfather (the Baal Shem Tov) in the name of the sefer Bris Menucha, that Kivrot-Hata’avah is the aspect of Wisdom (Chochma), because there they buried the people that lusted – meaning, when a person attains the attribute of Wisdom, all of his desires are annulled due to his great attachment to G‑d.6The Degel Machane Ephraim, loc. cit., explains that the location Kivrot-Hata’avah had the power to annul the physical desires of the Israelites, had they camped there with the proper intentions. However, when they behaved improperly, failing to attach themselves to its inner nature of that place, its spiritual potential turned against them, and they died in a plague, as the verses relate. See also Sichos HaRan, chap. 51, by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov: “Even a single point of intelligence can stand up to the entire world and its desires. And in every place it is possible to be close to G‑d.” Degel Machane Ephraim, Masai
ויקרא את שם המקום ההוא קברות התאוה וגו'. שמעתי מן אדוני אבי זקיני זללה"ה בשם ס' ברית מנוחה קברות התאוה הוא בחינת החכמה, כי שם קברו את העם המתאוים, פירוש, מי שבא למדת חכמה, אזי בטל ממנו כל התאוות מרוב דבקותו בו יתברך שמו:
(דגל מחנה אפרים פ' מסעי).
And the name of that place was called Kivrot-Hata’avah, because there they buried the people that lusted. (Ibid. 11:34)
I heard from my grandfather (the Baal Shem Tov) in the name of the sefer Bris Menucha, that Kivrot-Hata’avah is the aspect of Wisdom (Chochma), because there they buried the people that lusted – meaning, when a person attains the attribute of Wisdom, all of his desires are annulled due to his great attachment to G‑d.6The Degel Machane Ephraim, loc. cit., explains that the location Kivrot-Hata’avah had the power to annul the physical desires of the Israelites, had they camped there with the proper intentions. However, when they behaved improperly, failing to attach themselves to its inner nature of that place, its spiritual potential turned against them, and they died in a plague, as the verses relate.
See also Sichos HaRan, chap. 51, by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov: “Even a single point of intelligence can stand up to the entire world and its desires. And in every place it is possible to be close to G‑d.”
Degel Machane Ephraim, Masai