Tuesday morning chaburah at 9:45 am NY time

Bilvavi Book 2 and In Forest Fields:

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This week our avodah was to read chapter five in Bilvavi, and pages 61-66 In Forest Fields and spend one minute +, talking to Hashem out loud.


Bilvavi II


Chapter 5:
The soul fills the body:


"the energy of the soul spreads through all the 248 limbs and 365 sinews of the body...if this vital energy does not spread, the limb loses its vitality...
The inner essence of everything is Hashem.  The soul can be thought of as a garment over His light, and the body that covers the soul can be thought of as a second light...to reach Hashem, first abandon attachment to outermost garment, body, and associate with inner garment, soul."


Hashem exhaled into Adam to actualize his soul, through some type of exhaling can achieve a constant awakening of the soul.


The soul must be awakened with language appropriate to it
The soul is listening to hear its own language, words of the soul. ( Hashem endowed women with extra binah and therefore the soul is more present in women)(language of body: intellect: harsh)
gentle speech:tamim tihyeh: simplicity like Yakov avinu: ish tam, the soul is exposed more in a simple person.


To awaken the soul, must speak gently from a place where your soul is already exposed or it won't touch the soul, the source itself must be gentle and these words can only come from the soul.


avodah: listen to someone who truly speaks from his soul and find a way to speak gentle words on your own


In Forest Fields: 61-66
A respite from the rat race:
cheshbon hanefesh= "accounting of the soul"- take stock of ourselves, where we've been, are, and heading; brings us to self composure, emotional stability, a correction of the soul, and our own personal redemption!


Each new day: with personal prayer, we gradually climb the mountain and save ourselves severe judgement.daily teshuva, clean spiritual slate is maintained, and this brings emotional health and happiness with it. 


At first may feel depressed with all the things to work on, but dramatic results with time.  


The power of perseverence:
don't fall into pitfalls of ingratitude


A daily requirement:
"without it may forget what supposed to be doing in this world."


Self Evaluation:
Do this daily, see mitzvos are what life is about, and feel the closeness to Hashem and taste the sweetness of a life of "truth and purpose".