[Avodah] praying to tzadikkim

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, October 31, 2007 5:48 am, Rich, Joel wrote:
: Yes but if their exposure to hkb"h is direct, how could there be
: bechira if there were always one "correct" thing to do/think/pray etc.?

It isn't direct. There are those who see be'asparlaqia hame'ira, those
who see with an aspaqlaria she'eina me'ira, those who r"l don't even
get that much (those in the other place)... But all require an
aspaqlaria. Even a soul unencumbered by filtering everything through a
guf's senses and desires still can not fully fathom the Borei. Some
more, some less, but all imperfectly.

And thus, just as in the Maharal's description of halakhah, the person
takes the unfathomable Complete Truth and maps it down to a subset he
can understand -- which could very well contradict someone else's
perfectly loyal mapping. By going from the Infinite to the finite,
there will be conflicting equally pressing values and a need for
shiqul hadaas.

The other question is how long after petirah does a neshamah
experience time? What is decision-making if time isn't involved?

SheTir'u baTov!
-micha

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