Time for Torah with Rabbi Silberberg: Teffilah Krias Shema and Its Brachos #5
Jul 7, 2022
Discover the significance of Shema Yisrael as the heart of Jewish prayer, emphasizing unity in belief. Rabbi Silberberg explores the mitzvot of emunah and achdut, and presents a halachic perspective on rejecting partners in creation. Delve into the Zohar's view of divine attributes and learn how Avraham and Yitzchak exemplify chesed and gevurah. The discussion highlights that all creation is a reflection of God's energy, fostering joy and humility through recognizing our connection to the divine.
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Creation Is Continuous
- Hasidus teaches that creation is continuously sustained by God's creative words, not a one-time event.
- Everything exists only while divine energy actively sustains it, so reality is constantly recreated.
Words That Sustain Existence
- The Alter Rebbe argues things that are not naturally existent depend moment-to-moment on divine energy.
- Therefore the words of creation 'stand in the heavens' and constantly revitalize the world.
Everything Is Divine Energy
- Every object and event is ultimately divine energy shaped into forms; nothing has independent existence.
- This view implies even suffering and chance carry divine purpose since nothing exists in a vacuum.
