04. Birchas HaShachar: Zokaif Kifufim Wednesday 22 Teves 5774/ Dec. 25 2013. This Bracha about standing up, can be understood simply. The fact is that bipedalism is so unique and spectacular that it is virtually a miracle in itself. In addition this means we are ‘In the Image of God’. Mind higher than (and above) heart and heart above the lower third of humanness. The idea that when one bows they stand erect at Hashem’s name also comes in here. The Kabbalistic ideas are that during sleep we are in a fetus-like state and when we wake up physically we open up to be like a human being. This idea has several levels, including the notion of man (in his balance and integration, is accessing a depth within himself that) exceeding infinity. Additionally, there is the notion of small and big man, culminating in the level of Miloachtecah Naasis Al Yedei Acheirim.
