What makes an animal kosher, according to the famous talk of the Rebbe, is not whether it has a hoof, but whether the hoof is split.
The hoof represents being uplifted from the earth, not being totally involved in the physical experience. You would think that that is the most important component of the Kosher person. In realty, however, the defining factor is whether the hoof is split, whether the holy and spiritual elements of our life, the hoof - the part that is removed from the earth, has a split through which it can influence the earth.
The hoof represents being uplifted from the earth, not being totally involved in the physical experience. You would think that that is the most important component of the Kosher person. In realty, however, the defining factor is whether the hoof is split, whether the holy and spiritual elements of our life, the hoof - the part that is removed from the earth, has a split through which it can influence the earth.
Paraphrasing the words of the Ramabam (who's book we conclude today): don't look for the wise iwhem he is studying. Look for him when he is eating. Only then can you be sure that you are indeed looking at a wise man.
(Leku"s Vol. 1, Shmini)
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