🔥Daily Chassidus: “Lamor”-The novelty of Matan Torah

The novelty of Matan Torah is found in the word “Lamor” that was said in the Aseres Hadibros. Normally the word “Lamor/to say” is only used as a form of command to the listener, when telling the listener to relate the matter to another person. However, as every single Jewish soul was present and heard the commandments at Matan Torah, to whom exactly was Hashem telling us to relate the commandments? The explanation is as follows: The Torah as it exists within this world has received physical connotations as explained above. Nevertheless, these physical connotations do not conceal the Holiness of the Torah, and its original level of Holiness remains intact. Hence the Torah that we are learning is the exact same Torah that exists at its source in the Or Ein Sof. This connection of the Torah below and the Or Ein Sof above comes about as a result of the level of Bittul one has when learning Torah. When one learns Torah for the proper motives, and feels nullified to Hashem through this learning, he causes that there will be no interference between the physical Torah and its spiritual root. When this occurs, the words of Torah that one is reciting are actually the words of G-d that were stated on Har Sinai. The person becomes nullified to G-d to the point that he is simply repeating after the words of Hashem, “Onah Achar Hakoreh”, as the verse states, “Taan Leshoni Imrasecha”, that my tongue repeats Your words. This is the meaning of the word Lamor. There is a commandment for every Jew in every generation to learn the Torah of Hashem with nullification, in a way that he is simply repeating the words of G-d. This is the main aspect of Kabbalas Hatorah, the power that we received through Bittul, to become a chariot for G-d’s speech and repeat His words. The power that we received at Matan Torah was to have Bittul to the point that the Torah we learn reveals what was said at Sinai. Based on this, we can understand the statement of the Sages that every Torah novelty that was innovated after Matan Torah is considered as given to Moshe at Sinai, because a Torah novelty that comes as the result of proper Torah learning is actually a continuation of Matan Torah. It is this form of learning Torah that gives strength to the G-dly soul to overcome the animal soul. When one contemplates this matter upon learning Torah, one can come to feel a great fear and fright, as if he is now receiving the Torah at Matan Torah, as in truth every time he learns Torah the same revelation of the words of Hashem that were uttered at Matan Torah are now being spoken.