QUESTION:
(1) What is the concept of yichud (unifications) and yichud Hashem? Does yichud means that I am being m’yached (unifying) with Hashem or does it mean that through doing certain deeds I am bringing about how Hashem is misyached (unified) with all the different worlds?
ANSWER:
(1) Whenever any two concepts in any of the “worlds” become connected together, it is called yichud (unification), and this is true even in the practical world of maaseh (action) that we live on. Yichud Hashem is the root of connecting together different names of Hashem. In our soul, yichud Hashem is when our soul feels a bond with Hashem.
QUESTION
(2) When does a person fulfill the mitzvah of yichud Hashem? Is it only during Kerias Shema or is it every time that one bonds with Hashem?
ANSWER
(2) The mitzvah of yichud Hashem is fulfilled every time when one bonds with Hashem.
QUESTION
(3) Why doesn’t the Rav mention that much about yichud and yichud Hashem (only in the later volumes of Bilvavi the Rav discusses a lot about echad, achdus, and yichud, but the Rav doesn’t speak about these concepts in most of the shiurim. Is there a reason why the Rav doesn’t mention these concepts that much?
ANSWER
(3) In the shiurim, we are explaining what the yichud of each thing is. The shiurim usually discuss the yichud between different letters and the yichud of each word. The entire work of all the [Bilvavi] shiurim is to intellectually understand the yichud of each thing, and its root, which is yichud Hashem. The shiurim are also discussing a lot about Hashem’s conduct and how the process and history of Creation is unfolding, which is all explaining about the concept of yichud Hashem that is fulfilled through Creation, which the Ramchal taught. And more specifically, the shiurim are also explaining the particular “movements” in Hashem’s conduct, as well as the particular movements in our soul. The shiurim are also explaining the art of balancing the soul, which is to unify the abilities in our soul, and that is yichud.
QUESTION
(4) Are we all actively involved in yichud Hashem since we are all essentially doing learning Torah and doing mitzvos and avodas Hashem (each of us in a different way) or it is only individuals today who are actively involved in yichud Hashem?
ANSWER
(4) Only individuals are involved with the yichudim of combining together the names of Hashem. The yichud Hashem of connecting to Hashem is also existent today but it is also largely unknown about to most people.
QUESTION
(2) When does a person fulfill the mitzvah of yichud Hashem? Is it only during Kerias Shema or is it every time that one bonds with Hashem?
ANSWER
(2) The mitzvah of yichud Hashem is fulfilled every time when one bonds with Hashem.
QUESTION
(3) Why doesn’t the Rav mention that much about yichud and yichud Hashem (only in the later volumes of Bilvavi the Rav discusses a lot about echad, achdus, and yichud, but the Rav doesn’t speak about these concepts in most of the shiurim. Is there a reason why the Rav doesn’t mention these concepts that much?
ANSWER
(3) In the shiurim, we are explaining what the yichud of each thing is. The shiurim usually discuss the yichud between different letters and the yichud of each word. The entire work of all the [Bilvavi] shiurim is to intellectually understand the yichud of each thing, and its root, which is yichud Hashem. The shiurim are also discussing a lot about Hashem’s conduct and how the process and history of Creation is unfolding, which is all explaining about the concept of yichud Hashem that is fulfilled through Creation, which the Ramchal taught. And more specifically, the shiurim are also explaining the particular “movements” in Hashem’s conduct, as well as the particular movements in our soul. The shiurim are also explaining the art of balancing the soul, which is to unify the abilities in our soul, and that is yichud.
QUESTION
(4) Are we all actively involved in yichud Hashem since we are all essentially doing learning Torah and doing mitzvos and avodas Hashem (each of us in a different way) or it is only individuals today who are actively involved in yichud Hashem?
ANSWER
(4) Only individuals are involved with the yichudim of combining together the names of Hashem. The yichud Hashem of connecting to Hashem is also existent today but it is also largely unknown about to most people.
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