Shavuoah Tov

Pheww. I didn't get the gist of this week's Torah portion of Shoftim beyond the literal.
Couldn't really get what the Ari was saying.'
Here is the link I use for the Ari -
http://www.kabbalaonline.org/weeklytorah/pArchive_hp.asp
Lots of judgement and wickedness.

Be careful not to get caught up in 'point' vision, i.e. the inability to see the big picture when you meditate upon the yud.
yud vav dalet
20.
The first letter of the tetragrammaton.
High Energy.

It seems that Israel isn't backing down.
Fighting for survival.

There was an interesting piece of data in one of the Ari's discourses on Shoftim (from the above link).
" G-d Answered them (the angels):"Is there any peace in the world, then? Since there is no peace, there is nothing".
"Itis stated in the Mishna that peace is the vessel for all blessing, meaning that without peace there is no point in G-d bestowing His blessing on the world inasmuch as there is no vessel to contain it, it will just dissipate".
I get that part.
When I give the Hebrew letters and the explanations, it is based on the kabbalistic teachings that the Hebrew letters are vessels for light and energy. Light needs a vessel. So it is geometric that if there is no peace, which is its own vessel, there will be no blessing. This quantumly extends to the theorum that therefore the vessel of peace much be created.
A total paradox. especially since this portion is filled with judgement and punishments. Sometimes I just don't get it. I do dig the vessel parts.
There's also a lot about Da'at in the teachings. Da'at is my personal favourite sephirot. Usually I spin way out with da'at, but I didn't get it today.

Let's see what newness the week brings.
I will be doing Psalm 27 every morning. Why not?

Shavuoah Tov.