Chasidut su Levitico 21:9
וּבַת֙ אִ֣ישׁ כֹּהֵ֔ן כִּ֥י תֵחֵ֖ל לִזְנ֑וֹת אֶת־אָבִ֙יהָ֙ הִ֣יא מְחַלֶּ֔לֶת בָּאֵ֖שׁ תִּשָּׂרֵֽף׃ (ס)
E la figlia di qualsiasi prete, se si profana giocando la prostituta, profanerà suo padre: sarà bruciata dal fuoco.
Kedushat Levi
Leviticus 21,9. “If the daughter of a priest defiles herself through harlotry she has disgraced her father and is to be put to death through burning.” We already know that when someone in our domain of the universe commits a sin that this leaves a corresponding “stain” or defect in the celestial domain. In practice this means that sins committed on earth strengthen the forces of the kelipot “peels” i.e. the forces that surround holiness and thereby make it less effective or ineffective, much as a peel prevents us from getting at the fruit within it. The best remedy available to repair this spiritual damage is by burning it in fire. “Burning” need not be a physical process but can be service of the Lord with so much enthusiasm that it bursts into “flames.” [The author does not depart from the judicial meaning of the verse, according to which the harlot who is a priest’s daughter will be sentenced to death by burning. He merely superimposes an allegorical exegesis of the verse. Ed.]
According to the author’s allegorical explanation the word בת, “daughter”, is to be understood as “the soul. The “harlotry” is not to be understood literally, but as the harboring of inappropriate thoughts, thoughts inspired by the evil urge.” The only way to purge the soul from such thoughts is an intensified dedication to serving the Lord. This may in due course turn this person around, eventually so much so that by his very התלהבות, literally “going up in flames,” or allegorically, “enthusiasm,” he can be transformed from being a sinner into a saintly personality. In the final analysis, his very sin then became the cause that made him into an individual whom G’d welcomes warmly.
According to the author’s allegorical explanation the word בת, “daughter”, is to be understood as “the soul. The “harlotry” is not to be understood literally, but as the harboring of inappropriate thoughts, thoughts inspired by the evil urge.” The only way to purge the soul from such thoughts is an intensified dedication to serving the Lord. This may in due course turn this person around, eventually so much so that by his very התלהבות, literally “going up in flames,” or allegorically, “enthusiasm,” he can be transformed from being a sinner into a saintly personality. In the final analysis, his very sin then became the cause that made him into an individual whom G’d welcomes warmly.
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