Kabbalah Library

I heard on Tammuz, July 1944

We should know that when one begins to walk on a path of wanting to come to do everything for the sake of the Creator, he comes to states of ascents and descents. Sometimes he comes to such a great decline that he has thoughts of escaping Torah and Mitzvot [commandments], meaning thoughts come to a person that he has no desire to be in the domain of Kedusha [holiness].

In that state, one should believe that it is to the contrary, meaning that it is the Kedusha that runs away from him. The reason is that when one wants to blemish the Kedusha, the Kedusha moves forward and runs away from him first. If one believes this and overcomes during the escape, then the Brach[escape] becomes Barech [bless], as it is written, “Bless, Lord, his strength, and accept the work of his hands.”