We have no dealings with mysteries

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We have no dealings with mysteries

We have no dealings with mysteries

We do not concern ourselves with secret or hidden matters.

(As it is written in the Book of Ben Sira: 'Do not seek what is too wondrous for you, and do not investigate what is hidden from you.' Focus on what you are permitted to understand; 'You have no dealings with mysteries' (Chagigah 13a). Also: 'And I have seen among the sages of Kabbalah, of blessed memory, who delved deeply into the concept of mazal and explained it as one of the Sefirot... especially their saying: There is mazal for Israel and there is not. Should we say all this refers to the Sefirah, as their statements contradict one another? Therefore, I said to myself: I have no dealings with mysteries. I did not follow the path of Kabbalah; it is distant from me' (Abarbanel, Devarim ch. 4). Also: 'Father, this only became clear to me now, and if you had not taught me that we have no dealings with mysteries, I would have thought someone had preceded me' (Agnon, Ir uMeloah, p. 209). Also: 'We have no dealings with mysteries. Rather, leave Israel to themselves; if they are not prophets, they are the children of prophets' (H. Hazaz, Dorot HaRishonim, p. 88). Also: 'Elijah the Intender was called so because he knew how to intend the Names... I cannot explain to you how to intend the Names, for we have no dealings with mysteries' (Chaim Sabato, KeAf'afei Shachar, p. 12)).

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵין לָנוּ עֵסֶק בְּנִסְתָּרוֹת

Definition (Hebrew)

אָנוּ לֹא מִתְעַסְּקִים בִּדְבָרִים סוֹדִיִּים, אוֹ נִסְתָּרִים.

(שֶׁכֵּן כָּתוּב בְּסֵפֶר בֶּן סִירָא: בַּמֻּפְלָא מִמְּךָ אַל תִּדְרוֹשׁ וּבַמְכֻסֶּה מִמְּךָ אַל תַּחְקֹר". בְּמָה שֶׁהֻרְשֵׁיתָ הִתְבּוֹנֵן, אֵין לְךָ עֵסֶק בַּנִּסְתָּרוֹת "-חֲגִיגָה יג ע"א, וְכֵן:"וְהִנֵּה רָאִיתִי מֵחַכְמֵי הַקַּבָּלָה זצ"ל שֶׁהֶעֱמִיקוּ הַדְּבָרִים בְּשֵׁם מַזָּל וּפֵרְשׁוּהוּ עַל סְפִירָה מֵהַסְּפִירוֹת... וּבִפְרָט אֲמָרָם יֵשׁ מַזָּל לְיִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֵין מַזָּל לְיִשְׂרָאֵל. הַאִם נֹאמַר כָּל זֶה עַל הַסְּפִירָה בִּהְיוֹתָם מַאֲמָרִים סוֹתְרִים. עַל כֵּן אָמַרְתִּי אֲנִי אֶל לִבִּי אֵין לִי עֵסֶק בְּנִסְתָּרוֹת. וּבְדַרְכֵי הַקַּבָּלָה לֹא הָלַכְתִּי וְהִיא רְחוֹקָה מִמֶּנִּי"-אַבַּרְבַּנְאֵל דְּבָרִים פֶּרֶק ד, וְכֵן:"אַבָּא,לֹא נִתְחַדֵּשׁ לִי הַדָּבָר אֶלָּא עַכְשָׁו,וְאִלְמָלֵא לֹא לִמַּדְתַּנִי שֶׁאֵין לָנוּ עֵסֶק בְּנִסְתָּרוֹת הָיִיתִי אוֹמֵר שֶׁכְּבָר קַדְמָנִי אַחֵר"- עַגְנוֹן/ עִיר וּמְלוֹאָהּ, 209, וְכֵן:"אָנוּ אֵין לָנוּ עֵסֶק בְּנִסְתָּרוֹת. אֶלָּא הַנַּח לָהֶם לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, אִם אֵין נְבִיאִים הֵם בְּנֵי נְבִיאִים הֵם"- ח.הָזָז/ דּוֹרוֹת הָרִאשׁוֹנִים, 88, וְכֵן:"אֵלִיָּהוּ הַמְּכַוֵּן נִקְרָא...שֶׁהָיָה יוֹדֵעַ לְכַוֵּן בַּשֵּׁמוֹת...לְכַוֵּן אֶת הַשֵּׁמוֹת אֵין אֲנִי יָכוֹל לְבָאֵר לָכֶם,שֶׁאֵין לָנוּ עֵסֶק בְּנִסְתָּרוֹת"- חַיִּים סָבָתוֹ/ כְּעַפְעַפֵּי שַׁחַר, 12)

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