According to what has been explained previously, we are given a pleasant explanation of the idea of Supernal Unions. It's known to anyone who studies the kabbalistic texts, such as the Pardes or the works of the Holy Ari, that the main intent in our performing of the mitzvos and learning Torah, in the reading of Shma, or prayer, is to make unifications. And there are many advantages and levels in these unifications...
In order to combine Supernal forces, and make two attributes come together, I press a small button. What I do, causes a result much higher than I can reach. Like pressing the green button of some machine and thereby causing two galaxies to collide one into the other. The mechanism behind what I'm doing is very complex. For instance, when I try to explain to a computer how to multiply two numbers together, it's a lengthy set of instructions. The computer functions at the speed of light. It can carry out thousands of calculations in less than a thousandth of a second, so I don't perceive the underlying complexity. A similar dynamic happens when I combine worlds, without perceiving it. My action does not create the worlds but it is the trigger for their coming together. And without my action, there would be no dynamic movement, they would stay static.
Much of Jewish life revolves around mitigating two opposite states - the material and spiritual, joy and bitterness, Highs and Lows, Disappointment and Yearning. Many times we don't sense the harmonizing effect of our actions- how a dry physical movement brings peace and tranquility to some supernal realm.
(The text in italics are the words of Derech Mitzvosecha by the third
Lubavitcher Rebbe, the Tzemach Tzedek. The bolded words are Rabbi Adin
Steinsaltz's commentary as heard on his shiurim on hashefa.co.il. The
rest is my commentary. All rights reserved to Rabbi Steinsaltz. Pictures courtesy of Moshe Schlass.)
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