This world is second best....
Three reasons for why the Torah begins with the letter Beis and not the first letter Aleph.
1) Beis begins the word Beracha blessing. Aleph begins the word Arirah cursed
2)The shape of the Beis with an opening to the north is a symbol of the unfinished nature of this world
3)Torah is the wisdom of G-d and flows downward taking on more corporeal forms in the lower worlds. Our torah is the world of B'ya not the higher spiritual torah of atzilus.
These seemingly different reasons all flow from a more primary reason and as in all of torah are related to each other. Before one begins learning Torah one must be aware of the giver of the Torah. The Aleph The master of the world.
When this is the case the torah in this world becomes one with the way torah is in the upper worlds. The person studying torah in this fashion then his learning is in a way of blessing. It is then able to impact creation and can then complete the world and close off the northern side of the Beis.
Likutei Sichos vol. 15 pages 1-6
1) Beis begins the word Beracha blessing. Aleph begins the word Arirah cursed
2)The shape of the Beis with an opening to the north is a symbol of the unfinished nature of this world
3)Torah is the wisdom of G-d and flows downward taking on more corporeal forms in the lower worlds. Our torah is the world of B'ya not the higher spiritual torah of atzilus.
These seemingly different reasons all flow from a more primary reason and as in all of torah are related to each other. Before one begins learning Torah one must be aware of the giver of the Torah. The Aleph The master of the world.
When this is the case the torah in this world becomes one with the way torah is in the upper worlds. The person studying torah in this fashion then his learning is in a way of blessing. It is then able to impact creation and can then complete the world and close off the northern side of the Beis.
Likutei Sichos vol. 15 pages 1-6
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