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• Two levels of concentration (כוונה) - animal type (דעת תחתון), and human type (דעת עליון).
• Yaakov on the 'outside' and Moshe on the 'inside'.
• Yaakov the servant - service of God comes with much toil, Yisrael the son - service of God without toil.
• The level of Yisrael is given as a gift from God. To reach this sublime level one must preface the service of Yaakov - 'da'as tachton'.
• Yaakov corresponds to the weekday, and Yisrael to shabbos - מי שטרח בערב שבת יאכל בשבת.
• The 'offspring' of Yaakov - the Godly revelation brought about through his mode of service, is Yosef - additional revelation of divine pleasure.
• Yosef represents the Godly revelation of shabbos and the times of moshiach.
• Explanation why it mentions Yosef's age (בן שבע עשרה שנה).
• Link to view the page in the original sefer: http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31640&st=&pgnum=79&hilite=
• Link to purchase the original sefer: http://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HRR-SM68
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• Two levels of concentration (כוונה) - animal type (דעת תחתון), and human type (דעת עליון).
• Yaakov on the 'outside' and Moshe on the 'inside'.
• Yaakov the servant - service of God comes with much toil, Yisrael the son - service of God without toil.
• The level of Yisrael is given as a gift from God. To reach this sublime level one must preface the service of Yaakov - 'da'as tachton'.
• Yaakov corresponds to the weekday, and Yisrael to shabbos - מי שטרח בערב שבת יאכל בשבת.
• The 'offspring' of Yaakov - the Godly revelation brought about through his mode of service, is Yosef - additional revelation of divine pleasure.
• Yosef represents the Godly revelation of shabbos and the times of moshiach.
• Explanation why it mentions Yosef's age (בן שבע עשרה שנה).
• Link to view the page in the original sefer: http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31640&st=&pgnum=79&hilite=
• Link to purchase the original sefer: http://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HRR-SM68