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Having mentioned the haftara read on Yom Kippur, the Gemara cites that which Rabbi Yoḥanan said:
"Wherever you find a reference in the Bible to the might of the Holy One, Blessed be He, you also find a reference to His humility adjacent to it.”
Evidence of this fact is written in the Torah, repeated in the Prophets, and stated a third time in the Writings.
We review how the notion of God's humility becomes a middah for us to emulate in our approach to Torah and others.
Is it possible His humility was reflected in His presence behind the scenes in the book of Esther?
As we close this Massechta it is fitting (after yesterday's Daf Ditty on the Shechina in Exile) to focus on the implications of Rebbe Nachman's story of the Humble King and its implication for theology.
Can we appropriate the Rebbe's deep understanding of the paradox of belief in the divine ONLY when He is absent, and ONLY felt in the longing for Him.
Is this a possible mode of belief for a post-Holocaust generation.