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נח 32

Ba'al Shem Tov · Noach, Chapter 32

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    כל מה שרואה יזכור בהקדוש ברוך הוא, אם אהבה, יזכור אהבת השם יתברך, ואם יראה, יזכור יראת השם יתברך כידוע בכמה מקומות, ואפילו כשהולך לבית הכסא יחשוב הלא אני מפריד רע מטוב, והטוב ישאר לעבודתו ית"ש וזהו יחודים:
    (צוואת הריב"ש ד"ג ע"ב ע"ש)

    Whatever you see, remember the Holy one. If it is something you love, remember the love of G‑d; if it is something you fear, remember the fear of G‑d.20Once, when the Baal Shem Tov was walking alone in the forest, he encountered a lion. He started to meditate on the letters of the word “lion” – aryeh, and how they also compose the word “fear” – yirah (אריה, יראה). He came to such an intense fear of G‑d, that the lion was suddenly ripped in half. (Kovetz Eliyahu, p. 6) Even when you go to the bathroom, you should think to yourself: “I am now separating the bad from the good, so that the good should remain for the service of G‑d.”
    This is the meaning of Yichudim (Unifications).
    Tzava’as HaRivash, p. 3b

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.