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Reader Petek Nanach Commentary דִּבּוּר בְּיִרְאַת ה' — מוֹלִיד אוֹר יָשָׁר וְאוֹר חוֹזֵר
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דִּבּוּר בְּיִרְאַת ה' — מוֹלִיד אוֹר יָשָׁר וְאוֹר חוֹזֵר

T184 PNC - Speaking in Fear of Heaven — Generates Or Yashar and Or Chozer (1 seg)

Petek Nanach Running Commentary on Likutey Moharan

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מְדַבֵּר עִם חֲבֵרוֹ בְּיִרְאַת ה' = מוֹלִיד אוֹר יָשָׁר וְאוֹר חוֹזֵר. לִפְעָמִים הָאוֹר הַחוֹזֵר קוֹדֵם לָאוֹר הַיָּשָׁר: הַהַשְׁפָּעָה נִרְגֶּשֶׁת לִפְנֵי יְרִידַת הַתּוֹכֶן הַמָּלֵא. שִׂיחָה קְדוֹשָׁה = אֵרוּעַ מְשַׁנֶּה רוּחָנִית הַמּוֹלִיד זְרִימוֹת אֱלֹהִיּוֹת אֲמִתִּיּוֹת בִּשְׁתֵּי כִּוּוּנִים. לֹא רַק לִמּוּד — מְקַשֵּׁר מְשַׁתְּפִים לִזְרִימָה אֱלֹהִית בִּשְׁתֵּי כִּוּוּנִים.

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When one speaks with his friend in fear of Heaven — having a conversation that is genuinely oriented toward God, toward truth, toward spiritual growth — this generates an or yashar (direct light) and an or chozer (returning light). These are kabbalistic terms for two modes of divine energy flow: the direct light descends from above to below; the returning light ascends from below upward. The conversation in fear of Heaven sets both of these flows in motion. Sometimes the returning light precedes the direct light: the impact and effect of the holy conversation is felt even before the full content of the light descends. The implication: conversations held in genuine fear of Heaven are not merely pleasant exchanges or even learning opportunities — they are spiritually transformative events that generate real flows of divine energy, both descending (or yashar) and ascending (or chozer), and that connect the participants to the divine flow in both directions.

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