Yakov left Be'er Sheva, and set out for Haran. Rashi explains, "It could have written simply “And Jacob went to Haran’’; why then does it mention his departure from Be'er Sheva? Rather it comes to tell us that the departure of a Tzadik from his city makes an impression. As long as a righteous man is in his city he is its glory and splendor and beauty; when he leaves the city , then the its glory, its splendor
and its beauty also depart." In Kabbalah it is known that the spiritual light does not obey to the rules of physics. In the physical world if one has an object that leaves a certain place when it is out it is out, what ever happened in the past is no longer part of the reality. In the spiritual it is very different all that has happened in the spiritual past is an active part of the present reality.
For example we speak in the introductions to Kabbalah about the world of Nikudim, and then the Shattering of the vessels and then finally the world of Tikkun. When we get to the stage of Tikkun, does this mean that the world of Nikudim no longer
exits? Is the spiritual pre history of creation similar to the physical history? The answer is NO. The time line described in the Introductions to Kabbalah is weaving layers of existence one on top of the other. Every stage of existence is a preparation and foundation of the layer that will come
above or below it. This means that nothing is ever lost. All the rings of the chains must hold together for the chain to remain a chain.
Every light, even when it moves away it leaves a reminisce in the places that it traveled through. This reminisce, Reshimu, in Aramaic, and Roshem in Hebrew. Chazal say on this same Rashi, "שיציאת צדיק מן המקום עושה רושם," When a Tzadik leaves a place He leaves behind a reminisce, an impression. When Chazal talk of The Tzadik, they are referring to is not his physical body
rather to his spiritual soul, that gives meaning to his life and influences the lives of others. This is exactly the same with the Spiritual Light, that we had talked about it leaves an impression or reminisce were ever it goes.
This is exactly the same with the Holidays in the Jewish Calendar. We learn this from Chanukah that is coming soon. When did the sages decide to make Chanukah into a Holiday, the following year when they saw that in the same days there was a lingering of a strong spiritual light and holiness in the air. The strong impression left by the first Chanukah returns to us as potential that has a yearning
to be actualized. This is the reason we have been working very hard in this past month to create a new course that includes articles, ebooks, exclusive videos, and guided meditations.
