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121. Two Forces within Man Man detects two forces in the world: 1) The rejecting force, so one will move […]

In corporeality, we see that raising the feet off the ground implies vitality, for Raglayim [legs] imply Meraglim [spies], who went to tour the

There must always be a beginning; otherwise, it is impossible to achieve Lishma [for Her sake]. That is, one must believe that

Man is but a guest, and the Creator is the Host. It is known that our sages said, “Anything that

This means that when one engages in Torah and Mitzvot [commandments] and does not feel good, the light in it reforms him

The wicked are those who cannot say that they have an order of good and doing good.

“If he is rewarded, the Torah Lishma [for Her sake] becomes to him a potion of life” (Yoma 72b). That is, he tastes

“There are three partners in man: the Creator, his father, and his mother” (Kiddushin 30b). “Right” is called “father,” who gives

“Before I lose, I search.” That is, the old man who walks always looks at the ground, as though searching

“He shall return the theft that he had robbed.” A “robbery” is when he receives by force, against the giver’s