Chasidut for Daniel 4:14
בִּגְזֵרַ֤ת עִירִין֙ פִּתְגָמָ֔א וּמֵאמַ֥ר קַדִּישִׁ֖ין שְׁאֵֽלְתָ֑א עַד־דִּבְרַ֡ת דִּ֣י יִנְדְּע֣וּן חַ֠יַּיָּא דִּֽי־שַׁלִּ֨יט עליא [עִלָּאָ֜ה] בְּמַלְכ֣וּת אנושא [אֲנָשָׁ֗א] וּלְמַן־דִּ֤י יִצְבֵּא֙ יִתְּנִנַּ֔הּ וּשְׁפַ֥ל אֲנָשִׁ֖ים יְקִ֥ים עליה [עֲלַֽהּ׃]
The matter is by the decree of the watchers, And the sentence by the word of the holy ones; To the intent that the living may know That the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, And giveth it to whomsoever He will, And setteth up over it the lowest of men.
Mevo HaShearim
As is well known, as the Besht wrote in a letter to the Toldot Yaakov Yosef: “Behold, I have received your letter and see...that your honor says that he is nearly compelled to engage in fasting. My innards trembled on account of this statement, and I add with angelic decree,528See Daniel 4:14. and joining with the Blessed Holy One and His Shekhinah, that he not enter himself into this danger, God forbid. For this is an act of black bitterness and depression, and the Shekhinah does not resides in depression...but rather in the joy of the commandments…”
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