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Pidyon — Redemption

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מָעוֹת הֵם בְּחִינַת דִּינִים. וּכְשֶׁהַצַּדִּיק לוֹקֵחַ הַמָּעוֹת לְפַרְנָסָתוֹ וַאֲכִילָתוֹ עוֹלֶה הַמָּעוֹת לְשֹׁרֶשׁ הַפַּרְנָסָה שֶׁתָּלוּי בְּמַזָּלָא שֶׁהוּא בְּחִינַת עֵת רָצוֹן כַּיָּדוּעַ וְעַל יְדֵי זֶה נִמְתָּקִין הַדִּינִים (ברכת השחר הלכה ה אות יד).

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Money [me'os] is in the aspect of judgments [dinim]. And when the Tzadik takes the money for his sustenance and eating, the money ascends to the root of sustenance [shoresh haparnasah] — which is dependent upon the mazal, which is the aspect of a time of favor [es ratzon], as is known — and through this the judgments are sweetened [nimsakin hedinim]. Source: Likutay Halachos, Birchas HaShachar, Halachah 5, Ois 14.

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כָּל הַגְּאֻלּוֹת וְהַיְשׁוּעוֹת בִּכְלָלִיּוּת וּבִפְרָטִיּוּת כֻּלָּם הֵם עַל יְדֵי הַמְתָּקַת הַדִּינִים, שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂה בְּכָל עֵת עַל יְדֵי הַפִּדְיוֹנוֹת שֶׁל הַצַּדִּיקִים אֲמִתִּיִּים. אֲבָל בְּוַדַּאי יֵשׁ חִלּוּק גָּדוֹל בֵּין הַמִּתְקָרְבִים אֲלֵיהֶם וּבֵין מִי שֶׁאֵינָם מִתְקָרְבִים, וּמִכָּל שֶׁכֵּן אִם חוֹלְקִין עֲלֵיהֶם חַס וְשָׁלוֹם. כִּי אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהַצַּדִּיק הָאֱמֶת בְּטוּבוֹ הַגָּדוֹל מִתְפַּלֵּל עֲלֵיהֶם גַּם כֵּן וּמַמְתִּיק דִּינִים מֵעֲלֵיהֶם לִפְדּוֹתָם מִכָּל צָרוֹתָם, אַף עַל פִּי כֵן בְּוַדַּאי יֵשׁ חִלּוּק גָּדוֹל בֵּינֵיהֶם. וְעַל זֶה צָעַק הַנָּבִיא וְאָנֹכִי אֶפְדֵּם וְהֵמָּה דִּבְּרוּ עָלַי כְּזָבִים שֶׁעַל יְדֵי זֶה הֵם מְעַכְּבִים הַגְּאֻלָּה וְהַפְּדוּת חַס וְשָׁלוֹם (שם

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All redemptions [ge'ulos] and salvations [yeshuos] — both general and particular — all come through the sweetening of judgments, which occurs at every moment through the redemption-gifts [pidyonos] of the truly righteous Tzadikim. But certainly there is a great difference between those who draw close to them and those who do not — and all the more so those who dispute them, G-d forbid. For even though the true Tzadik in his great goodness prays for them as well and sweetens judgments upon them to redeem them from all their troubles — even so, there is certainly a great difference between them. And about this the Prophet cried out: "And I would have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against Me" [Hoshea / Hosea 7:13] — for through this they delay the redemption and deliverance, G-d forbid. Source: Likutay Halachos, ibid., Ois 17. See also "Yisurin V'Yeshu'ah" [Suffering and Salvation], Ois 5, regarding the redemption-gifts of the Tzadik.

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ועיין עוד יסורין וישועה אות ה, מענין הפדיונות של הצדיק).

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The essential illness [chala'as], may G-d have mercy, is in the aspect of the withdrawal of the spirit of life [hislaklus haruach chayyim]. And similarly all deficiencies — the essential lack in any matter is in the aspect of the spirit of life of that thing, as explained in the inner teachings. And the root of all deficiencies is in the aspect of number and count [minyan u'mispar] — for wholeness exists only above number. But where there is count and number, there is deficiency; and judgment [din] is only sweetened at its root. Therefore when something is lacking — for example, when there is a sick person in the home, G-d forbid, or other deficiencies — one must give money for a redemption-gift [pidyon] to charity. For charity [tzedakah] is in the aspect of the spirit of life that completes the deficiency. (See "Tzedakah," Ois 18.) And this is why the money for the pidyon is counted according to the numbers corresponding to the mystical intentions [kavanos] required. For through the holy counting of the money according to the kavanos that one intends — through this the count and number are elevated to holiness and the judgment and deficiency are sweetened at their root. And through this one merits to draw down the spirit of life, which is in the aspect of the completion of the deficiency and the count. Source: Likutay Halachos, Hilchos Pesach, Halachah 3.

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עִקַּר הַחֹלָאַת רַחֲמָנָא לִצְּלָן, הוּא בְּחִינַת הִסְתַּלְּקוּת הָרוּחַ חַיִּים, וְכֵן כָּל הַחֶסְרוֹנוֹת הָעִקָּר הוּא בִּבְחִינַת הָרוּחַ חַיִּים שֶׁל זֶה הַדָּבָר שֶׁחָסֵר לוֹ כַּמְּבֹאָר בִּפְנִים. וְשֹׁרֶשׁ כָּל הַחֶסְרוֹנוֹת הֵם בִּבְחִינַת מִנְיַן וּמִסְפָּר, כִּי אֵין שְׁלֵמוּת רַק לְמַעְלָה מֵהַמִּנְיָן. אֲבָל בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁיֵּשׁ מִסְפָּר וּמִנְיָן שָׁם יֵשׁ חִסָּרוֹן, וְאֵין הַדִּין נִמְתָּק אֶלָּא בְּשָׁרְשׁוֹ. וְעַל כֵּן כְּשֶׁחָסֵר לָאָדָם אֵיזֶה דָּבָר, כְּגוֹן שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ חוֹלֶה בְּתוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ רַחֲמָנָא לִצְּלָן אוֹ שְׁאָר חֶסְרוֹנוֹת, צָרִיךְ לִתֵּן עַל פִּדְיוֹן לִצְדָקָה. כִּי צְדָקָה הִיא בְּחִינַת הָרוּחַ חַיִּים שְׁלֵמוּת הַחֶסְרוֹנוֹת (עַיֵּן צְדָקָה אות יח). וְזֶה שֶׁמּוֹנִין וְסוֹפְרִין הַמָּעוֹת לְפִדְיוֹן כְּפִי הַמִּסְפָּרִים שֶׁצְּרִיכִין עַל פִּי כַּוָּנוֹת. כִּי עַל יְדֵי הַמִּנְיָן דִּקְדֻשָּׁה שֶׁמּוֹנִין הַמָּעוֹת עַל פִּי הַכַּוָּנוֹת שֶׁמְּכַוֵּן, עַל יְדֵי זֶה מַגְבִּיהִים הַמִּנְיָן וְהַמִּסְפָּר אֶל הַקְּדֻשָּׁה וּמַמְתִּיקִין הַדִּין וְהַחִסָּרוֹן בְּשָׁרְשׁוֹ. וְעַל יְדֵי זֶה זוֹכִין לְהַמְשִׁיךְ הָרוּחַ חַיִּים שֶׁהוּא בְּחִינַת שְׁלֵמוּת הַחִסָּרוֹן וְהַמִּנְיָן (הל' פסח הלכה ג).

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All suffering and judgments, G-d forbid, derive from the aspect of disorder [ha'parud] — whether the aspect of out-of-sequence disorder, or the aspect of sequential order [k'seder] in reverse — when things are conducted with a person in an irregular manner, G-d forbid. Therefore one brings a pidyon [redemption-gift] for this to the truly righteous Tzadikim. For money is in the aspect of the left [smol], as is known — the aspect of out-of-sequence. And when one brings it as a pidyon to the wise and truly righteous Tzadik — who is in the aspect of proper order [k'seder], as explained in the inner teachings — through this the out-of-sequence aspect returns and everything becomes properly ordered [k'seder]. And all the judgments that are in the aspect of disorder are sweetened and nullified — for everything becomes properly ordered. Source: Likutay Halachos, Hilchos Pidyon Bechor, Halachah 3, Ois 6.

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