Someone Connected to the Tzaddik Lives Forever

Daily Chizzuk by Moreinu HaRav Eliezer Berland shlit"a — "A Green Line, Renewing New Things"

Wednesday, 13 Kislev 5786 — "How can one say of Esther that she is 'greenish'?"

These are his holy words:

Here we learn what the “green line” is.

Esther was the ugliest woman in the world. How could it be? After all, it is written, "The king loved Esther above all other women... above all the virgins" (Esther 2:17). It’s exactly the opposite — such beauty had not been since the creation of the world, more than Vashti!

So how can one say about Esther that she is "greenish"?

So it says that "greenish" alludes to "Vayarek (He armed) his disciples" (Bereishit 14:14). What is "Vayarek his disciples"? This is the green line that surrounds the whole world! The Tzaddik is the green line!

What do we say in the siddur? What do we sing?

"'Bar Yochai, in the Holy of Holies, a green line, renewing new things'" (Piyyut “Bar Yochai” — R' Shimon Lavi).

The Tzaddik is called the green line! What is "greenish"? It is the green line!

Here he explains what the green line is — for many pages he only explains what the green line is, all the combinations and the whole Merkavah (“Divine chariot”)— a line that surrounds the entire world, the Temple, the house, the world.

A person lives forever; whoever is connected to the green line lives forever. The living one lives forever.

“Stones of bohu, stones of tohu” — the green line surrounds all four worlds, the four camps of the Shechinah (Divine Presence).

The green line is the line through which one lives forever; whoever connects to the green line can live forever. "Who can bring forth the pure from the impure?" (Iyov 14:4) — those who are not pure.

Therefore, we eat (on Seder night) the karpas; we begin with the green line. The vegetables are the green line; they are drawn from the green line.