Friday Sh'vat 23 5703
Torah Lessons (5703)	Chumash: Yitro, Shishi with Rashi. Tehillim: 108-112. Tanya: From this the intelligent (p.97)...as will be explained later. (p. 99).

Once, as the Alter Rebbe stepped out of his room, he overheard his wife remarking to several women, "Mine [1] says..."

The Rebbe said: "With one mitzva I am yours; with how many are we G-d's!" With these words he fell onto the doorpost in dveikut. [2]

On "awakening" from the Dveikut he said: "Go out and see" [3] - to step out of self and perceive the Divine, comes from (the following words in that verse) "daughters of Zion," Malchut arousing z'a. [4]

The Future will bring the fulfillment of "A valorous woman is her husband's crown." [5]

   

Notes:

1. (Back to text) "Mine" is understood in Yiddish to refer to one's husband or wife.

2. (Back to text) Profound concentration, a communion with the Divine that removes one from physical awareness.

3. (Back to text) Shir Hashirim 3:11.

4. (Back to text) Malchut (lit. "royalty") is the tenth attribute, for which the moon is a metaphor, having no light of its own but reflecting (see "Tzemach Tzedek and Haskala Movement" p. 110, Note 3).

   Malchut then, is a "feminine" attribute, receiving Z'a or Z'er Anpin, the "minor visage," represents the earlier six attributes, starting with Chessed, Gevura, (kindness, severity) etc. The six act through Malchut which makes them effective.

   The "stepping out of self," negation of ego, and the resultant "perceiving the Divine" are elicited by the "daughters of Zion," the "feminine" aspect, Malchut.

5. (Back to text) Mishlei 12:4. While apparently the feminine attribute is recipient, its true status will in the future be revealed as Crown, transcendent, higher than the highest attributes of intellect, as the crown encompasses the head.