Inward with Rabbi Joey Rosenfeld Rebbe Nachman and The Shpoler Zeidy: The Torah of Above and Below at Once (The Secret Tale of Bread)
May 28, 2025
Explore the intertwining of food and spirituality through Rabbi Nachman's insights, revealing how mindful eating prepares us for divine instruction. Discover how bread symbolizes deeper spiritual truths in the transformative experience of receiving the Torah. A powerful story highlights a Jewish leader’s prayer centered around the Ten Commandments that changes an oppressive nobleman’s heart. The discussion emphasizes the integration of wisdom and understanding in daily life, showing that divine essence permeates both sacred and mundane experiences.
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Torah Above and Below United
- Rabbi Nachman revealed a new Torah that blends above (Chachma) and below (Bina) experiences.
- This duality allows living in both spiritual transcendence and earthly reality simultaneously.
Vision of Bread and Letters
- A young boy dreams of his grandfather urging him to focus on the food he eats to prepare for receiving a new Torah.
- Through purification and mystical visions, he learns bread represents letters, symbolizing Torah's presence in the physical world.
Torah Revealed in Everyday Life
- Rabbi Nachman showed the Torah can be received not only above but down here, in human experience.
- Everything in this world, even bread, is made of letters revealing divine light.