{"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 - What can WE do that Avraham Avinu Couldn't?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":972,"description":"“Vayomer Hashem el Moshe v’el Aharon kach es matecha…”Q1: What is the inner meaning of the staff and the snake?Q2: Why was this the first miracle performed by Moshe?It says that the BN”Y “emptied Mitzrayim”, which according to Kabbalah means that they elevated all of the nitzotzos that were in Mitzrayim. The basic idea of nitzotzos is that just as the body prevent the soul form having a direct awareness of Hashem, so too there are sparks of Elokus imbedded in the physical world, and in order to elevate them one needs to “crack” the shell of physicality which surrounds them.In the descent of the nitzotzos of Tohu, there are “rivers” in which they can go (umisham yirpared l’arbeh roshim) which corresponds to the four stages of Galus, each of which has its own character and amount of nitzotzos to be elevated. Birur/elevation of the sparks requires a crushing of the external shell which conceals them, and this allows the spark to ascend to their source. This is the purpose of the plagues and miracles in Mitzrayim. The way that miracles crush the shell of kelipah is by showing how every aspect of creation, and especially those which claim to be independent of Elokus, are in fact entirely dependent on Elokus for their continued existence. This is the meaning of the staff and the snake. The staff represents the divine flow of energy into all of creation (Seder Hishtalshelus) and the snake represents the source of Kelipas Mitzrayim. The message is that Mitzrayim/Paroh are, contrary to their assumptions, entirely dependent on Elokus. All feelings of independence are a veneer caused by a long line of Tzimtzumim. ConceptsSheviras HaKeilim/ Birur Hanitzotzos. Miracles= the realization that everything is directed by and rooted in Elokus. Lachein Emor Part 1SummaryQ: why is Yetzias Metzrayim so important?There are three manifestations of Mitzrayim/BN”Y: the historical, the supernal, and the internal. Internally, here is what Galus and Geulas Mitrayim looks like:Binei Yisrel=...","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}