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Over 1800 years ago, the author of the Zohar predicted a revolution of science that would take place about the date 1840. There he describes the fountains of wisdom bursting forth from the ground and flooding the earth— all in preparation for an era when the world shall be filled with wisdom and knowledge of the Oneness of its Creator. —The Rebbe

Reprinted from 365 Meditations of the Rebbe by Tzvi Freeman

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G-d looked into the Torah and created the world. Man looks into Torah and sustains the world.

Zohar (vol. II, p. 161b)

There was once a king who had a only son whom he loved very much. One day, the king said: "I want to bring to light the goodness of my son." So he summoned a harlot, and said to her: "Go entice my son to sin."

Great is the merit of this harlot, in two respects: she fulfills the command of the king, and she causes the virtue of the prince to be revealed through his rejection of her.

This is the meaning of the Midrash's interpretation of the verse "And G-d saw all that He made, and behold, it is very good." "Good," says the Midrash, is man's inclination for good; "very good," this is the inclination for evil. For it is the challenge of evil which brings the potential good of man into actuality.

Zohar (vol. II, p. 163a)



 
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