שש שנים תזרע שדך וגו' ובשנה השביעית וגו'. יש זיי"ן דרכים שביארתי בשבעת קני המנורה, על פי מה ששמעתי ממורי שש שנים תזרע שדך וגו', [א] שאינו הולך בדרך טוב ואינו מרגיש בו, זהו בנוקבא דתהומא רבה, [ב] שיודע בעצמו שאינו נוהג בדרך טובה מכל מקום הולך בדרך ההוא ואינו מתפלל על עצמו, [ג] שיודע שאין הולך בדרך טובה מתפלל להשם יתברך שיעזור לו, זה עושה יחוד וכו' יעו"ש: (תוי"י פ' צו דפ"ג ע"ד).
Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in its produce. But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land… (Leviticus 25:3) There are seven paths . . . based upon what I heard from my Master [on the verse]: “Six years you shall sow year your field.” (1) There are those who do not follow the right path, and fail to realize it. They are in the depths of the great abyss.1Nukba d’tehoma rabba – נוקבא דתהומא רבה. (2) Those who realize that they are not acting properly, but continue on that path without praying for themselves. (3) Those who know that they are not following the right path, but pray to G-d for help. They create a [Supernal] Unification,2The Baal Shem Tov taught that a person’s soul is found wherever he places his thoughts. If he is far from G-d, and turns to Him for help, he unifies the lowest level with the highest one. This is the very purpose of creation. etc.3There is no tradition from the Baal Shem Tov as to the nature of the the other four paths. However, Rabbi Yaakov Yosef of Polnoye explained that the seventh path is that of the Tzaddik. This he compares to the seven branches of the Menorah in the Sanctuary. The six lights, three on each side, all incline toward the seventh light in the center. Likewise, the six types of people all turn to the Tzaddik, who unites them and brings them closer to G-d. Toldos Yaakov Yosef, Tzav
שש שנים תזרע שדך וגו' ובשנה השביעית וגו'. יש זיי"ן דרכים שביארתי בשבעת קני המנורה, על פי מה ששמעתי ממורי שש שנים תזרע שדך וגו', [א] שאינו הולך בדרך טוב ואינו מרגיש בו, זהו בנוקבא דתהומא רבה, [ב] שיודע בעצמו שאינו נוהג בדרך טובה מכל מקום הולך בדרך ההוא ואינו מתפלל על עצמו, [ג] שיודע שאין הולך בדרך טובה מתפלל להשם יתברך שיעזור לו, זה עושה יחוד וכו' יעו"ש:
(תוי"י פ' צו דפ"ג ע"ד).
Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in its produce. But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land… (Leviticus 25:3)
There are seven paths . . . based upon what I heard from my Master [on the verse]: “Six years you shall sow year your field.” (1) There are those who do not follow the right path, and fail to realize it. They are in the depths of the great abyss.1Nukba d’tehoma rabba – נוקבא דתהומא רבה. (2) Those who realize that they are not acting properly, but continue on that path without praying for themselves. (3) Those who know that they are not following the right path, but pray to G-d for help. They create a [Supernal] Unification,2The Baal Shem Tov taught that a person’s soul is found wherever he places his thoughts. If he is far from G-d, and turns to Him for help, he unifies the lowest level with the highest one. This is the very purpose of creation. etc.3There is no tradition from the Baal Shem Tov as to the nature of the the other four paths. However, Rabbi Yaakov Yosef of Polnoye explained that the seventh path is that of the Tzaddik. This he compares to the seven branches of the Menorah in the Sanctuary. The six lights, three on each side, all incline toward the seventh light in the center. Likewise, the six types of people all turn to the Tzaddik, who unites them and brings them closer to G-d.
Toldos Yaakov Yosef, Tzav