Chasidut su Amos 3:8
אַרְיֵ֥ה שָׁאָ֖ג מִ֣י לֹ֣א יִירָ֑א אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ דִּבֶּ֔ר מִ֖י לֹ֥א יִנָּבֵֽא׃
Il leone ha ruggito, chi non temerà? Il Signore Dio ha parlato: chi può non profetizzare?
Chovat HaTalmidim
And if you should ask, "What is Chassidut and what is the advantage of a chassid who serves God, over one who is not a chassid who serves God" - know that it is impossible to explain the matter to you any more, since Chassidut is not just an intellectual matter that bears explanation. As the intellectual component of Chassidut is only one part of it, and it comes only with work. It is just like it is impossible to intellectually explain the content of prophecy - for only the prophet knows what it is. And for him, it was so simple that he did not understand why others did not see it - as the prophet said (Amos 3:8), "the Lord God has spoken, who can but prophesy?" For he did not understand how someone could not prophesy when God spoke. So too is Chassidut, which is the revelation of a certain spark of a spark of prophecy that is found in the Jew (as it is stated in the Gemara, Pesachim 66a, "Israel... are the sons of prophets."). It is impossible to only explain it intellectually - not its service and not the way it looks [at things] - how a chassid prays, enthuses and connects his spirit with the higher holiness and how he sees the pleasant beauty of the Radiance of the world in the Torah and in the commandments and how a spark of the power of the Divine Presence hovers over the whole world. And so too when the chassid himself is elevated and enthused, he sees the matter with him as simple and certain. But afterwards if he falls, he no longer understands his previous [state] or vision. However all of this is beyond you for right now, Jewish young man. It is bigger and greater than your place to know or even want things like these. But if you have internalized our words, you have already reached the tip of Chassidut and you have already tasted 'from the honeycomb with the tip of the staff.' And if you are consistent in working on this, you will, God willing, become a chassid - you will be shielded in the shadow of God, and the power of the Divine Presence will hover over you.
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