Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Deep Kabbala

A mekubal once came in to see the tzaddik Rav Yeshaya Karstirrer ztz"l [he is the holy man whose picture people hang as a sgula against mice. D. 1925] and reprimanded him for being busy all day helping people. Instead, he should spend more time learning kabbala. R' Yeshaya asked him what kaballa topic he had been learning recently. The mekubal answered "Shiur Komah" [something very deeeeeeep. It literally means "the amount of standing upright"].

Reb Yeshaya said "I am learning the same thing. When people fall, I pick them up to their "shiur komah".

זכות הצדיקים יעזור ויגן ויושיע!