Daily Chassidus:[1] The Purpose of Birchas Hashachar
The purpose of the morning blessings is in order to draw down the revelation of G-d into vessels, in order so the divine energy that enlivens the worlds not dissipate and extinguish. This is hinted to in the words of the blessings, “blessed are you our G-d King of the world,” which hints to the idea that the revelation of G-d should be invested within the world. You see, the entire vitality and stability of the worlds and their constant creation something from nothing [i.e. Yeish Miayin] is dependent on us drawing G-dliness upon ourselves so that we are nullified to G-d, as the souls are the inner dimension of the world and upon them is the world dependent. It is due to this that the sages[2] state that just as the world cannot exist without the cardinal directions and wind, so too the world cannot exist without the Jewish people, as the Jewish people are the establishment and support of all the worlds. This is similar to the inner life of a body, which comes from its soul, that if something happens to the soul, then the entire body feels it and falls sick.
The morning blessings: It is for this reason that the sages instituted the recital the morning blessings in order to draw down the energy and vitality for the world and help it be re-created something from absolute nothingness.
Yeish Meiayin in the world: An example of this concept of creation something from nothing does not have a liking of it at all in this world. However, a small resemblance of it can be seen each morning when the day shines after the darkness of the night, as was the way of creation of the world that at first it was darkness and then light, as this is similar to creation of something from nothing.
How a blessing attracts G-d: Now, the reason why a blessing is necessary in order to draw down this G-dliness is because all high and very sublime matters can only become revealed below within action, and speech is a form of action. Now, just as there exists different forms of fuel regarding their ability to hold down a flame, so too there exists different types of spiritual fuels that can hold down the flame of G-d. In other words, just as one cannot compare the flame that is attached to a large log to the flame that is attached to a mere small wick so too one cannot compare the Divine revelation attached to speech versus action of divine service.
The measure of attraction of Hashem’s light in thought, speech, action: The amount of divine revelation that becomes attached to service of G-d through thought is very light and refined and cannot be compared to the amount of revelation which becomes attached to the action of a Mitzvah. Nonetheless, the flame that is attached to one’s thought is more refined than the flame that is attached to the action of a Mitzvah which is more coarse. It is for this reason that our sages teach us that one is to search for chametz, which refers to the ego and coarseness of the soul, with the light of a candle, as the light of the candle is refined enough to check one’s thoughts and more refined spiritual blemishes. Hence, all three types of divine service of Torah prayer and charity complement each other as each attracts a different quantity and quality of divine revelation with one being more refined, and more intense than the other.
[1] Likkutei Torah Ahcrei Mos
[2] See Taanis 3b; Sefer Hamamarim 5657 p. 24
