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Hayom Yom 19 Cheshvan - Chassidus is Shema Yisrael, reaching beyond the intellect higher and higher

מַעֲנֵה רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן לִיחִידוּת

In response to a question at yechidus, the Alter Rebbe once gave the following response:

חֲסִידוּת איז שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל

“Chassidus is Shema Yisrael.

שְׁמַע אִיז רָאשֵׁי תֵּיבוֹת שְׂאוּ מָרוֹם עֵינֵיכֶם

The word Shema (שמע) is an acronym for the words, ‘Raise your eyes on high’ (שאו מרום עיניכם) —

וְאוֹמֵר מָרוֹם וְלֹא שָׁמַיִם

‘on high,’ not ‘heavenward.’

מָרוֹם אִיז העֶכעֶר אוּן העֶכעֶר

That means higher and higher,

לְהַגִּיעַ לְמַעְלָה מִן הַשֵּׂכֶל

reaching beyond the intellect.

וְזֶה גוּפָא לְהָבִינוֹ בְּשֵׂכֶל

Yet [we should] understand this very…

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