To create is to reveal the parts from the whole.
To repair takes a greater wisdom. It is to discover the whole from the shattered parts.
He creates a world, knowing it will be broken, so He may empower us with that wisdom to repair.
From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. Subscribe and get your dose daily. To order Rabbi Freeman’s latest book, Wisdom to Heal the Earth, click here.
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rosemarie zuppo
rutledge
April 27, 2014
Being honest as a professional and friend trying so hard to be honest. To all without malice, out of love and kindness. Reply
Gregory Glavinovich
Sacramento
April 24, 2014
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super.. i sent it to a couple of people
It helped crystalize or bring together some of my thoughts
for Tikun Olam
GG
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Judex
Beau Bassin
April 23, 2014
MORE ON REPAIR.
Absolutely !
Your Daily Dose is my best inspiration !
Toda Raba.
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Dr. Amy Austin
Rancho Mirage, Ca/USA
September 3, 2011
Response...
Thanks for the insightful response Tzvi. May we all go from strength to strength, making the world a place for light to shine in order to ignite our sense of purpose.
Shavua tov.
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Anonymous
Calabar, Nigeria
September 3, 2011
our creation is a continuum of dismantling, reassembly and recreation. Reply
Dwight d. williams
Garland, TX
September 3, 2011
For Anonymous about the glue The glue is the Torah, and we use it by sharing it with others. Reply
Carmen
September 2, 2011
I have may questions on this.Many.
Some of them are:
-world broken from what? From another previous whole world?
-why these shattered parts are not simply parts of the (supposedly) previous world ready to be re-gathered but instead are full of shells of darkness (is it?) to be un-covered by poor us? Was the previous world full of these shells outside it? Was this previous world a world without Light? If there was light in this previous world, where was it guarded? Was it guarded within everything thing, or was it revealed?
But, in anther thought, I read once that we are permited to explore only this world we live in and no others, so...Was that previous world (Tohu and...) part of this world we live in and part of our history to be revealed?
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Anonymous
Forest Hills, NY
September 2, 2011
broken-creation-Creator I can not understand all the deep sentences. I am not saying they are not true, just I can not understand. To me, I am so broken that I do not think the L-rd can empower me to do any repair myself. I just cast myself at His mercy and expect He does somehow. Reply
Tzvi Freeman
Thornhill, Canada
September 5, 2008
Back to Amy
The world would have looked just great. Now it will look even better.
The maamar is "Hanachash haya arum" in Torah Ohr. Elucidated at length in Torat Chaim.
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Dr. Amy Austin
La Quinta, CA/USA
September 5, 2008
Your response...
So, then if they had not sinned and had not transformed from the inside out, what would the world have looked like? And, the same for the human condition?
Shabbat Shalom...
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Barry Leshowitz
Scottsdale , AZ
September 5, 2008
Reply to "G-d's role" G-d knew they would sin and intended it be that way. G-d, I believe, wanted to challenge humankind with free choice. Life would be uninteresting to us as well as to G-d were there no possibilities of sin. Reply
Tzvi Freeman
Thornhill, Canada
September 4, 2008
for Amy
Yes, they were predisposed, but they had free choice.
Your second question is asked by the Alter Rebbe. He answers (my paraphrase): If they had not sinned, they would have gathered all the sparks and put back together pieces from their place in the garden. But the darkness would never be transformed from the inside out.
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Tzvi Freeman
Thornhill, Canada
September 4, 2008
for Barry
Repair, in Hebrew, is called "Avoda"--which means work. Hard work. Which is why prayer heals.
If you have tilled the heart enough that it can pray, it is soft enough to receive blessing from above as well. That itself is repair.
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Dr. Amy Austin
La Quinta, CA/USA
September 4, 2008
Did G-d create Adam and Chava predisposing them to sin, even though they were given the choice to sin or not? If they had not sinned, then what? Reply
Barry Leshowitz
September 4, 2008
G-d's role
From your message, I infer that we cannot expect G-d to intervene directly in our behalf. By empowering us with the abilty to acquire wisdom, G-d places the responsibilty for repairing the world on our shoulders.
Then I wonder about the purpose of prayer. Is it wrong to pray in the hope G-d will respond to our plea to heal our family and close others?
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Anonymous
September 4, 2008
Repair So much is broken, pieces are missing, where is the glue and how to use it? Reply
Wow! Wow! Wow! Profound wisdom and inspirational thoughts. thank you for bring me peace with it. Blessed week.
You sounded so excited in your post that you made me, who was about to end it all, think again and decide to put the pieces back together - repair from above whatever is broken here below- and live! live! live! Thank you, Claudia! G-d remember you always for your exhuberance and infectious positivity! One can never know from where his inspiration will come.