Uforatzto: Part 6

00:00 The in reference to the earlier installments in regards to Ufaratzta, we continue now with installment number six, discussing various concepts where we find a reflection of the contents of Ufaratzta. The verse Ufaratzta, as we mentioned in an earlier installment, contains two opposite extremes. On one hand, there are dimensions. There is the north and the south, there is the east and the west. They, in their own right, are extremes one from another. But in general, they reflect the dimensions, the dimensions that are in world. And together with that, there is the Ufaratzta breaking through the limitations, break-breaking through the dimensions. One of the examples that Rebbe used is the difference between the revealed part of Torah and Pnimius HaTorah. Pnimius HaTorah, which is the union of Hasidus, is something that brings in a qualitative dimension and contribution in the study of Torah. And this is based on the tractate of Shabbes thirty-one A, which discusses that one of the sages said after departing of this world, "When a person is brought to judgment for the life he lived in this world, they say to him in the order of that verse, 'Did you conduct business faithfully? Did you designate times for Torah study? Did you await salvation? Did you engage in the dialectics of wisdom or understand one matter from another? And nevertheless, beyond all these, if the fear of Hashem is his treasure, yes, he is worthy, and if not, no. None of these accomplishments have any value.'" There is a, a parable that illustrates

02:31 this. A person who said to his emissary, "Bring me a , which is a certain measurement of wheat, up to the attic for me to store there." The messenger went and brought it up for him. He said to the emissary, "Did you mix a kav of huntin, which is a preservative to keep it away from worms? Did you put it into this wheat?" He said to him, "No." So then the person said to him, "If so, it would have been preferable had you not brought it up. Of what use is w-worm-infested wheat? Likewise, Torah and mitzvahs without the fear of Hashem are of no value." And that is basically what the teachings of Hasidus contribute. It opens the person's mind, guides the person. They should be able to meditate the greatness of Hashem as the Rambam mentions it in in the first chapters of his famous sefer, Yad HaChazakah, how a person could reach to love Hashem and to be fearful of Hashem. Another example for Ufaratzta, Rebbe mentioned several times the verse Yerushalayim. It is a verse in the prophet of Zechariah. It means that Yerushalayim will be settled openly without any walls. Now, deeper insight, means there is no limitations. A wall usually limits, restricts the location of the city. means there is no limitations. On the other hand, we say , it will be settled. Settled means it has limitations. This reflects the purpose of our being in this physical world, making this world a dwelling place for Hashem. Hashem, who is

04:44 the true infinite, and nevertheless, together with that, it should be a that he should be able to have a dwelling place in this physical world as the Midrash tells us. And through the Ufaratzta, we accomplish that we merit the Geulah Mashiach who is referred to , the one that breaks through all the limitations. And the Rebbe then asked to sing the Ufaratzta on behalf of all the institutions that teach Torah, , the chinuch, educating children, , and in particular for Chabad. As the Rebbe quotes from Chazal, that the people from your city come first. And then the Rebbe asked to sing the Ufaratzta for Chabad. On another occasion, the Rebbe again spoke about Yerushalayim and said that on one hand, the completion of Yerushalayim is . As we see that the wall around Yerushalayim protects the city It is also a limitation. Together with that, there is a potential in Yerushalayim which is higher than limitation. As we see also in Pirkei Avos, chapter five, that nobody ever said that I don't have space where I can stay overnight in Yerushalayim. It has the potential of infinite, and this will be revealed in the ultimate geulah when it'll be and Yerushalayim will extend in all of Eretz Yisrael. On another occasion, Parshah Beshalach, nineteen seventy-eight, right after the Rebbe began the farbrengen and spoke about Beshalach, Parshah being Shabbos Shira, named for the shira, for the song that was recited at the split of the sea. So the Rebbe says, therefore, it would be befitting,

07:19 appropriate to sing a nigun which the previous Rebbe was very involved in, the nigun of Ufaratzta. And Ufaratzta should come down in a nigun, which means they should sing the nigun Ufaratzta, which is the verse, as mentioned earlier, The Rebbe connected it also with the haftarah Parshah Beshalach, which speaks about which pzreini means also open, open without limitations, Yerushalayim. And this is the occasion that the Rebbe asked that since it's Shabbos Shira, they should sing the nigun of Ufaratzta, which is the theme of what the Friediker Rebbe was involved in, in spreading Hasidus and what is-- what relates to us today. The midrashim continue in the next installment.