{"product_id":"ear-lessitoci","title":"Lessons in Torah Ohr: Chayav Inish","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy: Kehot Publication Society \/ SIE\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: 7\" x 9½\" Paperback, 104 pages\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: Hebrew \/ English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eClassic Chassidic Discourse by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePURIM – CHAYAV INISH\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA Purim maamar is almost a contradiction in terms. A maamar is a chassidic discourse, a systematic elaboration of mystic concepts as they are enclothed in a logical framework. Purim, by contrast, stands above all logic and reason, as the teaching that begins this maamar states: “On Purim, a man is obligated to become so intoxicated that he does not know the difference between ‘Cursed be Haman’ and ‘Blessed be Mordechai.’” On a day associated with “not-knowing,” where is there room for developed thought?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe resolution to this question depends on the awareness that the not-knowing called for on Purim is not a drunken stupor, but a bond with G-d as He transcends knowledge. Wisdom and knowledge are defined entities and G-d transcends all definition: “No thought can grasp Him.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow then can man connect to Him? By dedicating himself to G-d beyond the limits of knowledge. We each possess a soul that is “an actual part of G-d,” unlimited and unbounded as is He. Purim is a time when this essential dimension of the soul surfaces and bonds with G-d — essence cleaving to Essence — above the garments of logic and thought.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kehot \/ Merkos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50202848985388,"sku":null,"price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0849\/7191\/3516\/files\/EAR-LESSITOCI.png?v=1748493818","url":"https:\/\/maayanjudaica.com\/products\/ear-lessitoci","provider":"Maayan Judaica","version":"1.0","type":"link"}