Chasidut · Breslov
Likutei Moharan 75:14/ליקוטי מוהר"ן ע״ה:י״ד
אוְזֶה פֵּרוּשׁ הַפָּסוּק:
114. And this is the explanation of the [opening] verse: {“May God bless us ; and let the fear of Him [be unto] all the æphsei (ends) of the earth.”}
ביְבָרְכֵנוּ אֱלֹקִים – זֶה בְּחִינַת שָׁלוֹם, כִּי לֹא מָצָא הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא כְּלִי מַחֲזִיק בְּרָכָה אֶלָּא הַשָּׁלוֹם.
2May God bless us—This alludes to peace, for “the Holy One, blessed be He, found no suitable vessel to contain [Israel’s] blessing other than peace.”
גוְיִירְאוּ אֹתוֹ – הַיְנוּ יִרְאָה, שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה נִתְבַּטֵּל הַגּוּף לְגַמְרֵי, עַל־יְדֵי דִּבּוּרֵי תּוֹרָה וּתְפִלָּה כַּנַּ"ל. וְזֶהוּ:
3and let the fear of Him—This is fear; the words of Torah and prayer through which the body is completely negated. And this is:
דכָּל אַפְסֵי אָרֶץ, הַיְנוּ שֶׁכָּל הָאַרְצִיּוּת נַעֲשִׂים אֶפֶס וָאַיִן, כִּי נִתְבַּטְּלִין לְגַמְרֵי כַּנַּ"ל. אֲזַי זוֹכִין לִבְרָכָה, שֶׁהוּא בְּחִינַת שָׁלוֹם, בְּחִינַת: יְבָרְכֵנוּ אֱלֹקִים וְכַנַּ"ל. (וּבְתוֹרָה וּתְפִלָּה יֵשׁ שְׁנֵי גְּוָנִים: מַחֲשָׁבָה וּצְעָקָה וְכוּ' – גַּם זֶה לֹא הֵבַנְתִּי כְּלָל):
4all the ÆPhSei of the earth—That is, all the earthiness becomes EPheS (nullified) and non-existent, since it is utterly negated, as explained. We are then rewarded with blessing, the aspect of peace, as in “May God bless us,” as explained above. {Torah and prayer have two facets, thought and crying out, etc. This, too, I did not understand at all.}