A Vort From the Rebbe Parshas Emor, Rabbi Leibel Shapiro - 5786

from the paras. One of the things it mentions is the mitzvah lighting in the mishkdosh and the pik says that where do you light the outside of the curtain of the testimony which means it was outside of the curtain. There was a curtain between the kadeshakadoshim holy of holies and the other room and this was right outside of that pareus but rasha brings also kazal that why does the pik connect the mana to the word adus that it's outside the paras the paras of testimony so rasha says because the the was the was testimony for all people of the world that the rest among the Eden. Where did they see it? Because there was one candle of all seven that you would put in the same amount of oil as the rest and nevertheless it lasted for longer. From there it started and that's where he finished. Anyway, the bottom line is it lasted longer than the other. That was a miracle and people saw a miracle. So that testimony that the is amongst Eden and the Reb asked the cash why is this miracle is considered the best one that testifies that is among Eden. There are many miracles done. We know there were 10 miracles says in the mdash the so each one of them could be testimony. Why does do we pick that the mana the light of the mana is the testimony for the it would seem the opposite the other ones some of them were outside that people could even see this was inside most people didn't even see it so the other one should be more testimony why is the testimony concerning to the and the explains like this that light is the most spiritual thing that you find in this world everything else has some gosh they could to it some substance. Even though the Gimmorra says that there are a few things which are not really something of substance like a smell for instance but nevertheless there is something there. There is something in a smell that spreads into the world into the air that comes from a source of smell. It's there and there is some substance there. We just can't see it so easily but it's there. Light has no substance that you could touch. It's nothing there. It's just of light. So within this physical world, light represents the most spiritual thing. Something that's less gashmi, less less tangible. And that's why when we're looking for something to show that which is completely is completely spiritual is among the Eden, it fits more to the way it is in the light because light represents that. It's interesting that we find in Kabala when we want to speak about the revelation of godliness we use the word the infinite light. Why? Because light is the one thing in this world that is very spiritual so to speak and therefore that would be the mushel to spirituality the real spirituality and that's why out of all the nim which one is chosen to be the one that shows that the among is the one that has to do with light which is the and that nest showed people that the light shines longer that means that the which is amongst the Eden and that's why it lights longer etc to show the dish that is there special amongst the Eden