Awakening With Rabbi Ami Silver

Episode 015  “... and why should the body be considered any less than the mind?... isn’t the primary purpose of Hasidut to reveal the light that is within lowness? To show that it too is holy?” The second part of this series explores the Piaseczner’s evolutionary vision of God’s further manifestation through physical reality. The Baal Shem Tov’s teachings are not merely novel ideas brought to the world by a unique individual. They are an expression of a new unfolding in reality, a new stage of Divine revelation that makes God accessible in new ways and allows for the Torah’s own words to be understood more deeply. This has great implications for the path of avodah - of practice - and how it relates to our thoughts, emotions and embodied lives.  Sources: Mevo Ha-Shearim, chapter 3