Chasidut sobre II Reis 4:47
Kedushat Levi
Exodus 34,21. “you shall observe the Sabbath rest regardless of whether it is the season of planting or harvesting.” It is a rule that G’d shares out His largesse to the various parts of His universes and it is also known that the origin of that largesse is in the spiritual region known as אין סוף, the Infinite. It was the prophet Elisha who said (Kings II 4,2) מה יש לכי בבית, “what (containers) do you have in the house?” This shows us that in order to take advantage of G’d’s largesse man has to furnish the receptacle. He does so by providing the various letters in the alphabet. Both the act of sowing and harvesting are perceived as a manner of creating, When the largesse is provided from the celestial regions directly, i.e. from the eyn sof, there is no need for the human being to supply a כלי, receptacle Seeing that it is forbidden to write on the Sabbath, i.e. to put together letters, on that day, no receptacle is required to receive G’d’s largesse. This is hinted at in Deuteronomy 15,15 when the Torah writes:וברכתיך בכל אשר תעשה , “I will bless you in all your undertakings. By writing that you are to rest (on the Sabbath) both in the season of planting and the during season of harvesting, the Torah explains that the Sabbath rest does not only not interfere with our receiving G’d’s largesse, but, on the contrary, it facilitates the process, i.e.בחריש ובקציר תשבות
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