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The
Soul and the Candle
Rabbi David Wolfe-Blank z"l
The
soul is like a flame surrounded by multiple subtle fields.
In a candle, the flame warms the wax which changes state from
solid to oil. The Petila (Hebrew word for "wick"),
draws the oil to the point of combustion, union, conflagration,
passionate transultation. Davvenen or Tefilla (Hebrew word
for prayer made with the same letters as the word for "wick")
also serves as a wick to draw you in. Once your frozen life-energies
are warmed and liquified by a flame of loving warmth, our
prayers serve as a channel to draw you towards the threshold
of your vulnerability. Passing through this threshold, you
combust, unite, conflagrate, and passionately transmute, resulting
in your mind emptying and becoming consciously, experientially,
ONE with that with which you are already, mysteriously, united.
Note:
from Rabbi David, "This wonderful teaching can be used
as a kavannah (intention) for lighting Shabbat candles."
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