Kedushas Levi on Tu BeAv - Remembering Our Father
"There were no other days as good for Bnei Yisroel as the the 15th of Av and
Yom Kippur." (Taanis 26b)
This can be explained based on the verse (Shemos 17:8) "Amalek came and
battled Israel in Refidim." Before this it is written (ibid 17:7) "Is Hashem
among us or not?"
This can be understood by the following parable: A son was on his father's
shoulders, he sicked the dog on him etc. (See Rashi ibid; Pesikta Rabbasi
13) "The parasha of Amalek follows the previous verse asking whether Hashem
is among us or not? To teach us that Hashem says I am always among you and I
am found ready to fulfill all of your needs and how can you ask if Hashem is
among you or not? By your life! A dog shall come and bite you and you shall
cry out to me and then you will know where I am! This can be compared to a
parable a father went out on a journey with his son on his shoulders. If the
son saw an object he desired he said father give me this thing and he would
give it to him. This repeated itself a second and third time. They happened
upon a man and the son asked him, have you seen my father? The father said
to his son, don't you know where I am? He threw him off his shoulders, and a
dog came and bit him."
We see that the father frighten his son in order to remind him that he has a
father who can save him from that frightening thing. And as soon as he knows
that he has a father then his father draws him close in many ways to
demonstrate that closeness.
This is why this month is called Av - which means father, and why our temple
was destroyed during this month, in order to remind us of our Father.l Once
we recognize this fact and this knowledge will penetrate into us then the
Holy One will rebuild the beis hamikdash.
The Gemarra explains (ibid) regarding Tu BeAv that it is a time [of
happiness since it is] when the tribes were allowed to intermarry. . . Study
it at length.
. . . Each and every tribe has its own special way and path, (Pri Etz Chaim
Shaar Tefillah). Down here below this is represented by a hue for each tribe
as the colors of the precious stones found in the Choshen, the Kohen Gadol's
breastplate. Each color of each stone represented the unique character of
each tribe as is known. (Rabbeinu Bachaya Shemos 28:15)1
When all the tribes reach the level of self nullification and effacement
known as Ayin then all the colors mix and intermingle together with
eachother. Now when the Jewish people grasp the understanding that (though
we are different and unique individuals) we all have one father, this is the
meaning of [Tu BeAv being] a day when the tribes were allowed to intermarry.
It alludes to what we explained.
Notes:
1. The Rabbeinu Bachaya in his commentary to Shemos 28:15 explains that it
is a Kabbalistic wonder how each one of the tribes was given a colored stone
for the Choshen which matches their attribute up above. He then matches the
stones and their colors to the attributes and characteristics of each tribe
according to Kabbalah.
"There were no other days as good for Bnei Yisroel as the the 15th of Av and
Yom Kippur." (Taanis 26b)
This can be explained based on the verse (Shemos 17:8) "Amalek came and
battled Israel in Refidim." Before this it is written (ibid 17:7) "Is Hashem
among us or not?"
This can be understood by the following parable: A son was on his father's
shoulders, he sicked the dog on him etc. (See Rashi ibid; Pesikta Rabbasi
13) "The parasha of Amalek follows the previous verse asking whether Hashem
is among us or not? To teach us that Hashem says I am always among you and I
am found ready to fulfill all of your needs and how can you ask if Hashem is
among you or not? By your life! A dog shall come and bite you and you shall
cry out to me and then you will know where I am! This can be compared to a
parable a father went out on a journey with his son on his shoulders. If the
son saw an object he desired he said father give me this thing and he would
give it to him. This repeated itself a second and third time. They happened
upon a man and the son asked him, have you seen my father? The father said
to his son, don't you know where I am? He threw him off his shoulders, and a
dog came and bit him."
We see that the father frighten his son in order to remind him that he has a
father who can save him from that frightening thing. And as soon as he knows
that he has a father then his father draws him close in many ways to
demonstrate that closeness.
This is why this month is called Av - which means father, and why our temple
was destroyed during this month, in order to remind us of our Father.l Once
we recognize this fact and this knowledge will penetrate into us then the
Holy One will rebuild the beis hamikdash.
The Gemarra explains (ibid) regarding Tu BeAv that it is a time [of
happiness since it is] when the tribes were allowed to intermarry. . . Study
it at length.
. . . Each and every tribe has its own special way and path, (Pri Etz Chaim
Shaar Tefillah). Down here below this is represented by a hue for each tribe
as the colors of the precious stones found in the Choshen, the Kohen Gadol's
breastplate. Each color of each stone represented the unique character of
each tribe as is known. (Rabbeinu Bachaya Shemos 28:15)1
When all the tribes reach the level of self nullification and effacement
known as Ayin then all the colors mix and intermingle together with
eachother. Now when the Jewish people grasp the understanding that (though
we are different and unique individuals) we all have one father, this is the
meaning of [Tu BeAv being] a day when the tribes were allowed to intermarry.
It alludes to what we explained.
Notes:
1. The Rabbeinu Bachaya in his commentary to Shemos 28:15 explains that it
is a Kabbalistic wonder how each one of the tribes was given a colored stone
for the Choshen which matches their attribute up above. He then matches the
stones and their colors to the attributes and characteristics of each tribe
according to Kabbalah.
Kol Tuv,
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Director Machon Be'er Mayim Chaim
Chassidic Classics in the English Language
www.chassidusonline.com
chassidusonline@gmail.com
Phone: 972-2-992-1218 / Cell: 972-54-842-4725
VoIP: 516-320-6022 / eFax: 1-832-213-3135
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