Post Hanukkah blessings. As you likely know, the introduction to Orchot tzaddikim highlights the five senses כוחות, as essential parts of the anatomy of the soul, bringing the world to the heart, so that the midot can radiate those sensations back to the world - its own cycle of creation. I have come to link each of the six words of the blessing formula to one of the senses
Sensational! I will quote in your name, R' Jamie. Thank you.
Post Hanukkah blessings. As you likely know, the introduction to Orchot tzaddikim highlights the five senses כוחות, as essential parts of the anatomy of the soul, bringing the world to the heart, so that the midot can radiate those sensations back to the world - its own cycle of creation. I have come to link each of the six words of the blessing formula to one of the senses
Baruch - touch
Atah - sight
Hashem - awareness itself / zehirut
Eloheynu - sound
Melech - taste
Haolam - smell
Sensational !