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צוואת הריב"ש 135

Tzava'at HaRivash · Chapter 135

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    מתחלה ידבק עצמו בבורא ית' למטה כראוי ואחר כך יכול לעלות למעלה.

    At first, adhere to HaShem, the Creator, blessed is He, below, in a state of Katnut-diminished intellectual awareness of HaShem, as appropriate to your level, and afterwards, you will be able to ascend to a state of expansive intellectual awareness of HaShem.

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    וצריך לירד למטה כמה פעמים ביום לנוח עצמו ממחשבתו מעט. ויש כמ"פ שאינו יכול לעבוד רק בקטנות ואינו יכול לעלות לעולם העליון:

    It is necessary to descend to a diminished intellectual awareness, several times throughout the day, in order to rest a little from your thoughts. At times you will be unable to serve HaShem except in a state of diminished intellectual awareness (Katnut). At such times, you will be unable to ascend to the Upper World of expansive intellectual awareness.

Hebrew: Warsaw, 1913 · Public Domain

English: The Way of The Baal Shem Tov. Adapted into English by Rabbi Amiram Markel and Yehudah Shimon Markel, 2020 · CC-BY

Texts from Sefaria.