כלי גולה עשי לךVessels of Exile

kelei golah 'asi lakhIn Gamatria ↗

Carry little, walk far, and the exiled Presence walks with you.

Malkhut, Kingdom, the Shekhinah, is imitated through lowliness. Even a rich man should stand before God like a poor man pleading, as David said 'I am alone and poor.' Following the Zohar, he should exile himself from place to place for Torah, with few belongings, becoming a chariot for the exiled Shekhinah, whose own vessels are lost. Fear of God, the gate of all service, should be not fear of punishment but awe at His greatness, His constant watching, His being the root of souls, and the harm sin does in parting the King from the Queen. Finally, adorned with all these traits, one may wed the King's daughter.

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