The Higher and Lower Waters
Incorporating Secular Studies
into Torah Education
Higher
and Lower Waters
Science,
Music, Torah--Worlds, Souls, Divinity
The
Tanya's Two Reasons for Studying Secular Topics
Higher and Lower Waters
The Lubavitcher Rebbe, expounding upon the teachings
of the Zohar, teaches that beginning from the year 5,600, or 1840 according to the secular
calendar, the higher and lower waters opened. The lower waters are the wisdom of science.
The higher waters are the wisdom of the Torah. The higher waters fertilize the lower
waters, while the lower waters fertilize the higher waters. A great offspring will be born
of the union of the two waters. This is a very important part of the Messianic vision.
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