09a. Lo T’heye M’shakeila (לא תהי’ משכלה) 5712, Class One.

09a. Lo T’heye M’shakeila (לא תהי’ משכלה) 5712, Class One.
This classic Ma’amar discusses the question of עבודה צורך גבוה: Do the Mitzvos we do make a difference on high? or only to us? The answer must be both yes and no, based on the collection of מאמרי חז”ל on the subject. Accordingly our Ma’amar explores this on several levels: Level one: In אצילות, אורות בכלים etc. it matters, higher than אצילות it doesn’t. This is determined by translating the words ועבדתם את הוי’ אלוקיכם ובירך את לחמך ואת מימיך. Level Two is inspired by the change of form from third to second person והסירותי מחלה מקרביך and will be explored in the next class.