Hayom Yom

כ״ב אדר ב׳

Monday Adar Sheini 22 5703

Chumash: Sh'mini, Sheini with Rashi.

Tehillim: 106-107.

Tanya: Nevertheless, it has (p. 181)...of all living. (p. 181).

Birkat Kohanim (p. 268) elicits Divine Intellect.

The "raising of the hands" (by the Kohanim) is the elevation of the emotive attributes (Midot).

Their blessing of Israel, "children of kings," [1] signifies Malchut.

Thus we have the full configuration of the Ten Sefirot. [2]

Notes:

Compare Shabbat 67a.

The Ten Sefirot, G-d's ten attributes, are brought within range of man's apprehending by Torah and mitzvot.

mitzva has its role, and here the Rebbe describes the effect of the Kohanim - blessing found in today's Chumash lesson.