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עקב 7

Ba'al Shem Tov · Eikev, Chapter 7

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    פן תאכל ושבעת וגו' המוציאך מארץ מצרים מבית עבדים, ר"ל שהיה תכלית בריאת האדם בחומר וצורה, שיהיה החומר והגוף משועבד לצורה ונשמה, לעבודת ה', ובגלות מצרים הוא להיפך שהיה הנשמה משועבד לעבד לצורך הגוף שנקרא מצרים, שיש לו מיצר וגבול, היפך הרוחניי שהוא נצחיי, עד שבאה הגאולה והוציא הנשמה מגלות ושעבוד הגוף, וזהו שאמר המוציאך מארץ מצרים מבית עבדים:
    (בפ"י לפ' מקץ פן ג' דע"א ריש ע"ג).

    Lest when you have eaten and been satisfied, and have built fine houses, and are living in them. And when your herds and flocks have multiplied, and you amass much silver and gold, and everything that you own has increased. Then your heart will grow haughty, and you will forget the L‑rd your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. (Ibid. 8:12-14)
    G‑d created man out of form and substance,3Chomer v’Tzurah. so that form and soul should rule over substance and body, causing them to serve G‑d. In the Egyptian exile, however, the opposite occurred – the soul was enslaved and forced to serve the needs of the body, which is called “Mitzrayim,”4The root of the word Mitrayim is “metzer,” which means a narrow or constricted place. due to its limitations and boundaries – the opposite of the eternal spirit. The exodus took the soul out of exile and the enslavement to the body. This is the meaning of: “who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.”
    Ben Poras Yosef, p. 71a

Hebrew: Sefer Baal Shem Tov. Lodz, 1938 · Public Domain

English: Baal Shem Tov; mystical teachings on the weekly Torah portion; by Rabbi Eliezer Shore. 2012 · CC-BY-NC

Texts from Sefaria.