RE’EH

Shalom, Shalom. We commence this DEVAR TORAH by focusing our ATTENTION on the title of the PARASHAT. The title of the PARASHAT is the IVRI transliteration RE’EH. The IVRI transliteration RE’EH is interpreted as the word “SEE.” The word “SEE” can be viewed from different perspectives, such as, SIGHT, INSIGHT, FORESIGHT, and the like. The word SIGHT is experienced as looking on things. The word insight is experienced as looking into things such as INTROSPECTION. The word FORESIGHT is experienced as looking beyond things. No doubt, the NAVI Moshe is encouraging BENEI YISRAEL to employ these three perspectives of SIGHT in order to experience the thought of CREATION.

The thought of CREATION is to CREATE a vessel in which ECHAD can pour out INFINITE BLESSINGS upon in order to reproduce His IMAGE and LIKENESS. This outpouring of INFINITE BLESSINGS is distorted by the ERROR of PERCEPTION resulting from our descension into SPACE and TIME. The descension into SPACE and TIME was effected by ADAM and EVE’S partaking of the TREE of the KNOWLEDGE of GOOD and BAD. Partaking of the TREE of the KNOWLEDGE of GOOD and BAD gave rise to the development of an EGOTISTIC VIEWPOINT of CREATION, yea, everything that ECHAD had created was VERY BOOD. With compartmentalized thinking, the ERROR of PERCEPTION gave rise to viewing what was VERY GOOD as somethings being GOOD and at other times being BAD. The ERROR in PERCEPTION engendered the experience of CHAOS, SUFFERING and DEATH in an environment that was made to unfold the EXPERIENCE of KNOWLEDGE, EXISTENCE and BLISS. The Jew was created to both demonstrate and experience KNOWLEDGE, EXISTENCE and BLISS to the NATIONS of OLAM (world). Thus MOSHE REBEYNU instructs us to EMPLOY SIGHT, INSIGHT and FORESIGHT to gain the CORRECT PERSPECTIVE of REALITY.