How does the slumber of Exile manifest itself? It is the removal of the מוחין (Mochin), the understanding of a person. Although the Arizal explains that people always have Mochin, otherwise they would die, in exile they have small Mochin, which remain there until the time for expansive-mindedness arrives again. This is similar to one who is asleep. His mind is not completely gone, it remains to keep his basic bodily functions working.
Even posthumously, the Ariza"l writes, there is a spark of life that remains with the body so that it can ultimately be resurrected.
This is true not only on an individual basis, but on a national one as well. Even in Exile, akin to a national death, there is a little bit of life appropriate for the crushed bones, similar to that which accompanies a body to the grave. This bit of life is the Mochin Dikatnus, small-mindedness, which matches our exiled state of a scattered and broken nation. They give life and enable the Nation to serve Hashem during the time of Exile - a service of individuals working on their own. But during exile we cannot feel the entire body.
This is a childlike state which is focused on the self and cannot expand its mind to incorporate others. It is very distant from comprehending that we are all truly one. A child thinks that his needs are all there is, and he worries only about himself.
Exile is compared to sleep and death. Redemption is like awakening. It is the time of Mochin Digadlus, an expansive mindset, like one who awakens and his mind is refreshed and raring to go.
Even posthumously, the Ariza"l writes, there is a spark of life that remains with the body so that it can ultimately be resurrected.
This is true not only on an individual basis, but on a national one as well. Even in Exile, akin to a national death, there is a little bit of life appropriate for the crushed bones, similar to that which accompanies a body to the grave. This bit of life is the Mochin Dikatnus, small-mindedness, which matches our exiled state of a scattered and broken nation. They give life and enable the Nation to serve Hashem during the time of Exile - a service of individuals working on their own. But during exile we cannot feel the entire body.
This is a childlike state which is focused on the self and cannot expand its mind to incorporate others. It is very distant from comprehending that we are all truly one. A child thinks that his needs are all there is, and he worries only about himself.
Exile is compared to sleep and death. Redemption is like awakening. It is the time of Mochin Digadlus, an expansive mindset, like one who awakens and his mind is refreshed and raring to go.
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