A deep insight into the Mitzvah of standing up for a Torah scholar. The great importance of memorizing Torah knowledge, which allows one to experience unity with G-d at all times, even while not actively engaged in spiritual activity.

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A mystical explanation on the “Three Times Holy” that we say during our prayer:

The soul’s descent into the body in order to struggle with darkness is an absolute necessity for it to rise infinitely beyond its original capacity. Just like water is filtered through the earth and emerges clean from beneath the ground, so too is the soul purified in its passing through the filter of the human body.

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