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נח 95

Ba'al Shem Tov · Noach, Chapter 95

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    שמעתי ממורי בענין תפלת היום שיהיה על דרך דאיתא (בטור אורח חיים סי' א) אני מעורר השחר ואין השחר מעורר אותי, שיטרח וייגע בהדרגה עד ברוך שאמר שהוא נגד עולם העשייה, שהוא למטה מקום הקליפות, ואחר כך יכוין יותר מברוך שאמר עד ישתבח שהוא יצירה, ואין שם קליפות כל כך כמו בעשייה, ומישתבח עד עמידה יכוין יותר, ובעמידה הוא החיבוק והזוג האמיתי יפשיט את עצמו מן הגשמיות כמו שכתב באורח חיים סי' צ"ח יעו"ש, ואז נעשה תחלה מיין נוקבין ואחר כך בא מיין דכורין ויולדת זכר, מה שאין כן כשבא לאדם התעוררות מעצמו אז ח"ו מורה על הצרה בסוד (תהלים ק"ט) ותפלתו תהיה לחטאה והתקנה לזה כשיעלה על לבו זאת, ויחרד בחרדה גדולה, ויתפלל מעומק הלב וכו':
    (תוי"י פ' אחרי דצ"ז ע"ד)

    I heard from my Master (the Baal Shem Tov) that the morning prayers should reflect what is written: “I wake up the dawn, and the dawn does not wake me up.”10Tur, Orach Chaim 1, based upon the verse: “Awake, my glory; awake, lyre and harp; I will awake the dawn” (Psalms 57:9). The simple meaning is that a person should rise early to pray, and not be woken up by the sun. That is, a person should make an effort to gradually ascend until he reaches the words “Blessed is He who speaks.”11Baruch she’omar – the beginning of Pesukei d’Zimrah. This section corresponds to the world of Asiyah,12There are six sections to the morning prayers: the sacrificial offerings, the songs of praise, the Keriyat Shema and its blessings, the Amidah, Tachanun, and the concluding psalms. The first four sections correspond to the four worlds Asiyah (Action), Yetzirah (Formation), Beriyah (Creation) and Atzilut (Emanation), the last being the highest level. The remaining sections deal with drawing down and integrating of the light. which exists below, in the place of the “impure shells.”13The concept of kelipot – impure shells – was discussed in earlier chapters translated from Sefer Baal Shem Tov. He should then concentrate more, until “May He be blessed,”14Barchu. which is the world of Yetzirah, where there are not as many “shells.” And from “May He be blessed,” until the Amidah, he should concentrate even more. Finally, in the Amidah, which is the true embrace and union, he should divest himself of physicality, as it is written in the Tur, Orach Chaim 98.
    This generates “Feminine Waters,” which are followed by the “Masculine Waters,” so that a “male” is born. This is not the case when a person is aroused spontaneously, which indicates trouble, G-d forbid, and is the meaning of the verse: “his prayer will be turned into sin” (Psalms 109:7). The solution is to realize what is going on, fear greatly, and pray from the depths of one’s heart.
    Toldos Yaakov Yosef, Acharei Mot, p. 97d

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.