QUESTION:
Is it permitted to “mentally” speak to a tzaddik I knew who was niftar already? I imagine him in my mind dressed in white and how he’s shining in a holy light, and I ask him questions and he answers me. I know it’s not the tzaddik answering me and that it’s my own mind answering my questions. But I feel that the answers that come back are truthful.
ANSWER:
(a) Yes [it’s permitted].
QUESTION
(b) If yes, it is something worthwhile to do?
ANSWER
Don’t do it, though, because it can lead to delusions.
QUESTION
(c) Also, does it bother the tzaddik that I’m using my mind to remember him in such a way?
ANSWER
(c) It does not bother him.
QUESTION
(b) If yes, it is something worthwhile to do?
ANSWER
Don’t do it, though, because it can lead to delusions.
QUESTION
(c) Also, does it bother the tzaddik that I’m using my mind to remember him in such a way?
ANSWER
(c) It does not bother him.
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