{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Short Daf Summaries - Project Likkutei Torah","title":"Short Summary of Torah Ohr Daf 56 - w/ Rabbi Dovid Leib Shmerling What can WE do that Avraham Avinu Couldn't?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":522,"description":"“Vaeirah el Avrham…”: Shaddai= the contemplation which leads to spiritual emotions (the Avos). Although this level of Hashem was revealed to the Avos (and is an aspect of our current avodah), “ushmi Havayeh lo nodaati lahem”. The avos performed the Mitzvot with great emotion, and yet it is this emotion that allows them to remain, in some way, independent from Hashem (emotions can only be based on the aspects of Hashem that we can understand, which are the lower levels of Elokus). However, Moshe Rabbeinu embodied the quality of absolute bittul, which is why the Torah was given through him. Torah and Mitzvot come from the deepest levels of Elokus, which are beyond understanding and emotion and can only be expressed through bittul. They also draw the deepest level of bittul (Yachid, Anochi mi sh’Anochi) into our Neshamos and this world. This is what was unique about Moshe, and the meaning of “ushmi Havayeh…”. ConceptsThe difference between emotion and action in Avodas Hashem.  Vayidaber ElokimSummary“Vayidaber Elokim el Moshe vayomer eilav Ani Havaya v’eirah el Avraham…”Q1: in what way does this answer Moshe’s questions of “lama haroisa laam hazeh”?Q2: why did BN”Y have to go into Galus Mitzrayim?Creation comes from a fusion of Shem Havayeh and Shem Elokim. We need to understand the nature of these two names.Elokim. Elokim is plural, and this name represents the way Hashem invests Himself in every particular facet of creation, both physical and spiritual (Malchus,“mah rabu”, “mah gadlu”.) This investment is what allows us to apprehend Hashem and His greatness (“emasai gadol k’shehu be’ir Elokeinu”) but is also only a miniscule aspect of Hashem that is negligible relative to Hashem Himself (“ki shemesh umagen”, ziv v’haraha).Havaya is the single, simple source of all of the multiplicity that flows from Shem Elokim. Elokim is also the source of one love and fear of Hashem, which initially comes from one’s contemplation on the way Hashem is present in every aspect of...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/sXcMaTI8NX0sf3CRANJgraW3vRTGF4Cd7BFP1XnWsRQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMyNjA3LzE2Njc5/NTA4MzYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}