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'''Greatness of Hashem'''
 
'''Greatness of Hashem'''
  
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* A person's awareness of Hashem's greatness is a personal experience that only he perceives in his heart at that moment.  
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* A person's awareness of Hashem's greatness is a personal experience that only he perceives in his heart at that moment.<ref name="Sichos HaRan 1">Sichos HaRan 1</ref>
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** It is not tangible and varies from day to day.  
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** It is not tangible and varies from day to day.<ref name="Sichos HaRan 1"/>
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** It is impossible to convey your understanding of Hashem's greatness to another person.  
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** It is impossible to convey your understanding of Hashem's greatness to another person.<ref name="Sichos HaRan 1"/>
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** Nor is it possible to fully recall your awareness of Hashem's greatness that you experienced on a different day.<ref name="Sichos HaRan 1">Sichos HaRan 1</ref>
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** Nor is it possible to fully recall your awareness of Hashem's greatness that you experienced on a different day.<ref name="Sichos HaRan 1"/>
  
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* Hashem's greatness is endless, for there are constantly very wonderous and awesome things occurring in the world, that we are not even aware of at all.
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* Hashem's greatness is endless, for there are constantly very wonderous and awesome things occurring in the world, that we are not even aware of at all.<ref name="Sichos HaRan 3">Sichos HaRan 3</ref>
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** Although it is a high level to reach a point where you realize that you do not know anything at all, that is still limited to your current level of knowledge, where you realize there is a lot more to know, that you do not know at all. However there are higher levels and aspect of knowledge, that you do not even  know that they exist and have not even begun at all to even know about these levels to even acknowledge that that you do not know anything about them. So to there are higher and higher levels.<ref name="Sichos HaRan 3">Sichos HaRan 3</ref>
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** It is a high level to reach a point where you acknowledge that you do not know anything at all.<ref name="Sichos HaRan 3"/>
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** This is still limited to your current level of knowledge, where you realize there is a lot more to know, that you do not know. However there are higher levels and aspects of knowledge, that you do not know exist and even begun to acknowledge that that you do not know anything about them.<ref name="Sichos HaRan 3"/>
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** So to there are higher and higher levels.<ref name="Sichos HaRan 3"/>
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'''Serving Hashem'''
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* Most people must server Hashem out of 'fear of punishment', especially at their start.<ref name="Sichos HaRan 5">Sichos HaRan 5</ref>
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** Without 'fear of punishment' it is impossible to start serving Hashem.
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** Even Tzadikim need to rely on fear since those that can constantly serve Hashem from love are very few.<ref name="Sichos HaRan 5"/>
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** There is a higher level of fear of Hashem's greatness; that Hashem is Master and controls all, but not everyone merits this higher fear.<ref name="Sichos HaRan 5"/>
  
  
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That is, that we still do not know anything at all, not at all. This also is what has been described, that "the purpose of knowing is not knowing", that is: even with every single knowledge [one still does not know]. Meaning, that even when one arrives to the purpose of knowledge - that one does not know - even then, this is not [really] the purpose. It is only the purpose of that specific knowledge. But with regard to a knowledge higher than that, one has still not yet begun at all - and so it is, higher and higher. Therefore, in truth we do not know anything at all - and even so, this is not the purpose [of knowledge]! Because we still have not begun to know any knowledge higher than that knowledge, [the knowledge] to which we have reached the purpose of "not knowing".
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Latest revision as of 21:32, 3 August 2021

Greatness of Hashem

  • A person's awareness of Hashem's greatness is a personal experience that only he perceives in his heart at that moment.[1]
    • It is not tangible and varies from day to day.[1]
    • It is impossible to convey your understanding of Hashem's greatness to another person.[1]
    • Nor is it possible to fully recall your awareness of Hashem's greatness that you experienced on a different day.[1]
  • Hashem's greatness is endless, for there are constantly very wonderous and awesome things occurring in the world, that we are not even aware of at all.[2]
    • It is a high level to reach a point where you acknowledge that you do not know anything at all.[2]
    • This is still limited to your current level of knowledge, where you realize there is a lot more to know, that you do not know. However there are higher levels and aspects of knowledge, that you do not know exist and even begun to acknowledge that that you do not know anything about them.[2]
    • So to there are higher and higher levels.[2]

Serving Hashem

  • Most people must server Hashem out of 'fear of punishment', especially at their start.[3]
    • Without 'fear of punishment' it is impossible to start serving Hashem.
    • Even Tzadikim need to rely on fear since those that can constantly serve Hashem from love are very few.[3]
    • There is a higher level of fear of Hashem's greatness; that Hashem is Master and controls all, but not everyone merits this higher fear.[3]


[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Sichos HaRan 1
  2. ^ a b c d Sichos HaRan 3
  3. ^ a b c Sichos HaRan 5
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