לקוטי שיחות חלק ב׳ - דברים א

It was specifically through the descent into the physical world, in order to refine its material elements, that the Jewish people came “to the resting place and to the inheritance”—Shiloh and Yerushalayim.

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Parshas Devarim contains seemingly opposite themes.

On the one hand, it speaks about the generation that entered Eretz Yisrael. They did not possess direct vision of G‑dliness, but only the level of hearing, which represented a descent.

On the other hand, it was specifically through this descent—entering the physical world and refining its material elements—that they came “to the resting place and to the inheritance,” referring to Shiloh and Yerushalayim. This was the ultimate ascent.

This is also the connection to Shabbos Chazon. On the one hand, it is the Shabbos preceding the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash. On the other hand, it is the Shabbos when “each person is shown the future Beis HaMikdash.”