Lech Lecha תרל”ב 2
ובמדרש ראה בירה דולקת כו’
In the Medrash (see above) Avram saw a building that was all lit up (he realised that HaShem was controlling the world
שמעתי מאא”ז מו”ר ז”ל דולקת כמו דלקת אחרי
In the name of the Chidushei Harim the word דולקת lit up is connected to the word chasing, (Yaakov said to Lavan why were you chasing me דלקת)
שראה שכל העולם נמשך אחר נקודה אחת כו’
This means that Avram realised that the entire world was drawn after one point
וכן איתא בזוה”ק והוא כנ”ל שכל דבר. קיומו. הביטול והדיבוק למה שלמעלה עד שהכל בא אל הנקודה האמיתית מהשי”ת שמחי’ כל.
The idea is mentioned in the Zohar as above, that every single thing, it’s sustenance is the nullification and connection of itself to the thing above it. (And the thing above it) until everything leads to the one true point which is HaShem that sustains everything
ונקודה זו רצה אברהם אע”ה לראותה איך נותנת חיים לכל הנבראים שלא להיות נפרדים אף שהם בעוה”ז.
And this is the point that Avraham wanted to see, how this point sustained everything without them being disconnected from the source even though they were in this world. (He wanted to see how in spite of the distance that each thing is in its low level of physicality it is nevertheless receiving it’s life force directly from HaShem).
וע”י הביטול לך לך כו’ זכה לראותה.
And the way Avraham merited to see this was through nullifying himself to the commandment of Lech Lecha, leaving everything (as above leaving all understanding behind).
וכן גם עתה בש”ק שכל אדם משליך כל עניני החול ומקבל על עצמו עמ”ש שהוא בחי’ שבת לשבות מכל מעשה קטן וגדול
And so too now on Shabbos, when everyone stops and disregards all the goings on of the days of the week, and accepts the yoke of heaven. Which is the idea of Shabbos, to stop everything big or small
נתגלה באמת כמ”ש וראו כו’ כי שם ה’ נקרא כו’:
Through the stopping and nullification of one’s desire to something greater it all becomes revealed, as it says “Listen my daughter and see”, “For the name of HaShem will be called upon you etc (Devarim 28:10)”.
