T102 PNC - You Shall Be Over My House — Malchut Revealed Through Goodness (2 segs)
Pettek Nanach Running Commentary on Likutey Moharan
ביניים: בר' מ"א:מ. הַכֹּל נִבְרָא לִכְבוֹד ה' (אבות ו) = לְגַלּוֹת מַלְכוּתוֹ. עַל יְדֵי זֶה קְלִיפּוֹת נִכְנָעוֹת תַּחַת הַשְּׁכִינָה. שְׁאֵלָה: כֵּיצַד מִתְגַּלֶּה הַמַּלְכוּת? עיוני: בר' מ"א:מ; אבות ו.
Beginner: Opening verse: 'You shall be over my house, and by your mouth all my people shall be sustained' (Genesis 41:40 — Pharaoh to Joseph). The core teaching: everything the Holy One Blessed Be He created — He created only for His glory (Avot chapter 6), and specifically to reveal His Kingship (Malchut) in the world. And through this revelation of Kingship, the klipot (spiritual husks/impediments) are subdued beneath the Shechinah. The question then becomes: how is His Kingship revealed? Intermediate: Ber 41:40. Everything created for God's glory (Avot 6) = to reveal His Malchut. Through this revelation, klipot are subdued beneath the Shechinah. Question: how is Malchut revealed?
ביניים: מַלְכוּת מִתְגַּלֶּה = כְּשֶׁה' מֵיטִיב לְיִשְׂרָאֵל בְּרָכָה גְלוּיָה. יוֹסֵף 'עַל הַבַּיִת' = צַדִּיק כְּצִנּוֹר פַּרְנָסָה. 'עַל פִּיךָ יִשָּׁק כָּל עַמִּי' = תּוֹרָה/תְּפִלָּה/בְּרָכָה מְפַרְנֶסֶת. קְלִיפּוֹת נִכְנָעוֹת מֵשֶׁפַע הַטּוֹבָה. עיוני: בר' מ"א:מ; אבות ו.
Beginner: God's Kingship is revealed when He bestows great goodness upon Israel — when blessing flows visibly from heaven and all can see that Israel is cared for and elevated. This is the meaning of Joseph's role 'over the house' — he is the channel through which sustenance reaches all. The tzaddik who channels blessing into the world is the one who reveals divine Kingship. By his mouth all the people are sustained — his Torah, his prayer, his blessing feed the entire nation spiritually and physically. The klipot are subdued not through warfare but through the overflow of divine goodness that leaves no room for the husks to gain purchase. Intermediate: Malchut revealed = when God bestows great goodness on Israel, visible blessing. Yosef 'over the house' = tzaddik as channel of sustenance. 'By your mouth all people sustained' = tzaddik's Torah/prayer/blessing feeds nation. Klipot subdued by overflow of goodness, not warfare.
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