Dark Knowing Light - Daily Dose of Wisdom

That the spark of G‑d within us will ponder G‑d, what is the surprise?

But when the animal lifts its eyes to the heavens, when the dark side of Man lets in a little light, that is truly wondrous. How can darkness know light? How can earth know heaven?

Only with the power of He who is beyond both darkness and light, heaven and earth.

Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson

From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. To order Rabbi Freeman’s book, Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.

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December 19, 2011

Light

He is immeasurable light, and in Him is no darkness. We struggle in the dark, but not forever.

Anonymous
Lenexa, Kansas

December 13, 2009

Is this like 'grace'?

Hi Rabbi:
Maybe you can elucidate this comment. The way the world is today, it would be good to know what he meant by 'He who is beyond light and dark' . . .Seems to me that it is the despair of suffering caused by the 'dark' side that calls out to Gd for Light. Right now, there's a whole lot of darkness that I pray will call out to Gd for truth as well as light. Sooner the better.

liora
ny, ny

December 13, 2009

Lovely

the essence of chanuka, the essence of our lives on earth

chana
givat Zeev, israel

December 11, 2009

Truly Wondrous!

It is truly wondrous when Man lets in the light! The sages speak of light originally concealed within darkness. Numerous references in Torah ascribe darkness to G-d’s Divine attribute of Judgment/Justice and light to G-d’s Divine attribute of Mercy.

It is wondrous from three different standpoints (darkness to light): the transformation of Man that he would judge HIMSELF, resulting in Teshuvah (drawing down Divine Mercy); the transformation of Man from a destiny of receiving Divine Justice/Judgment but instead receiving Divine Mercy; the transformation of Man from judgmental attitudes to a life full of Mercy towards fellow Man.

Anonymous
Blythe, California

April 16, 2007

darkess and light

It seems that Adam and Eve had complete faith in G-d. And G-d provided for all their needs. When then they sinned and ate of the Tree of Knowlage they then had to toil for all their basic needs and live with suffering. And now had an awareness of hardship and suffering.
So that having knowlage of ourselves is a state of darkness and complete faith and trust in G-d is a state of light.
That is where I went with the idea of darkness and light.

sharon in mahattan

February 13, 2007

For Michal

Doesn't say that the body is darkness. "The animal inside".

The body is the battle-ground--it could go either way. The animal is a drive inside that must be transformed.

Tzvi Freeman (Author)

February 13, 2007

Dark Knowing Light

Shalom, Rabbi Freeman,

Dark = our body?
Spark of God within us = Neshama???

That reminds me very strongly of the Christian doctrine, that the body is bad,
the soul is good.
But Hashem created our bodies. There is
nothing dark in them. We just have to look at a baby. We let the darkness in with our bad middot. But our bad middot are able to turn
to G-d (letting some heavenly light in?)???
Perhaps the "Rebbe" really ment, that our bad middot can change into good ones?Sorry, that I am writing again. But these "Doses of the day" always make me thinking.

Michal
Passau, Germany