January 8, 1928<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To my soul mate \u2026 may his candle burn:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today I received your letter with all the adventures that had happened to you, and what you wrote from the night of fourth of [the Torah portion] VaYechi<\/em>[Jacob Lived]: \u201cIf the light had surrounded your entire body, you would have been saved from all your troubles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n It seems that you have not fully grasped what I said to you before your journey: \u201cThere is no other salvation but the attainment of the Torah.\u201d The wholeMerkava<\/em> [chariot\/structure] of the Sitra<\/em> Achra<\/em> [other side] is only to fool people in other matters in order to deny them this truth. This is the meaning of the exile in Egypt in mortar and bricks, and the boasting of their king, \u201cMy Nile is mine and I have made it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n See what is written in that portion: \u201cThis shall be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.\u201d That is, when the Creator wished to verify for him the sacred situation with which he has been rewarded then (as explained in the writings), He verified it with that sign, that he will undoubtedly be once again rewarded with the reception of the Torah in that place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Understand that thoroughly: Even though the face of the Creator appeared to Moses in complete clarity, so much so that he was afraid to look at the Creator, he still needed the guarantee of the Torah, for otherwise the Creator would certainly not make him look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is written, \u201cSeek the Lord while He is found, call upon Him while He is near.\u201d \u201cSeek the Lord while He is found\u201d means where He is present, and you will not fail with the Sitra Achra<\/em>, who always deflects a person to seek Him where He is not present. Thus, one scatters one\u2019s labor in vain. Hence the prophet warns, \u201cSeek the Lord where He is found,\u201d meaning in a place of Torah, and not in a place where there is no Torah, for He is not present there at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He also says, \u201cCall upon Him while He is near.\u201d When the Creator shows you a bright face, it is the time to call Him\u2014to contemplate and reflect on the secrets and the reasons [also flavors] of Torah, which is the reading\u2014perhaps the Creator will open man\u2019s heart to be rewarded with the blessing of the Torah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the meaning of \u201cThe Creator, the Torah, and Israel are one.\u201d By this you can also observe the need that the Creator had at the event of the first prophecy to Moses to pledge to him with this sign of acceptance of the Torah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the meaning of the words, \u201cWho will ascend into the mountain of the Lord, and who will stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood and has not sworn deceitfully.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is said that prior to a person\u2019s exit from the mother\u2019s womb, he is sworn: \u201cEven if the whole world tells you that you are righteous, be as a wicked one in your eyes.\u201d This matter requires explanation: Our sages have already said, \u201cDo not be wicked in your own eyes,\u201d much less when the whole world testifies that he is righteous, should he regard himself as wicked? I wonder. We should also understand the words, \u201cBe as a wicked one in your eyes,\u201d which implies that in his own heart he can know the truth\u2014that he is righteous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The thing is that there are two works: one is in the heart, and one is in the mind. That is, to turn the vessels of reception in both of them to work in order to bestow. At the time and moment when a person purifies the vessels of reception of the heart, he immediately becomes worthy of His light, which pours out incessantly. That light is called Nefesh<\/em> [soul], after the disclosure of the Nefisha<\/em> [rest] in all the organs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the meaning of the words, \u201cWho will ascend into the mountain of the Lord, and who will stand …?\u201d meaning gain an eternal level and will not fall again. It is precisely \u201cHe … who has not lifted up his soul in vain.\u201d In other words, once the Creator has turned to him and brought him a little closer, he needs to strengthen himself immensely and take that light for scrutiny of the Torah, to find its secrets and increase his knowledge of the Creator. This is the meaning of raising the eyes of the Shechina<\/em> [Divinity], as it is written, \u201cA bride whose eyes are beautiful, the rest of her body does not require examination.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n If a person does not pay attention to raising the eyes, then he carries the light of Nefesh<\/em> futilely. Even worse, he swears deceitfully, for at the time of birth he was sworn, \u201cEven if the whole world tells you that you are righteous.\u201d That is, even if he is rewarded with the light of Nefesh<\/em>, where all the organs and tendons of his small world feel that he is a complete righteous, placed in the Garden of Eden, he must still not believe it whatsoever until he raises up the eyes of Kedusha<\/em> [holiness].<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the meaning of \u201cWho will ascend\u201d and \u201cWho will stand\u201d\u2014precisely \u201cHe who has clean hands,\u201d who has been rewarded with cleaning both his forms of reception\u2014of mind and of heart. \u201cAnd a pure heart\u201d means that he has already been rewarded with attaining the flavors [also \u201creasons\u201d] of Torah and all its secrets, as it is written, \u201cAnd you will know this day and reply to your heart that the Lord, He is the God … there is none else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWho has not lifted up his soul to falsehood\u201d means that he understood how to work and use the light of Nefesh<\/em> that the Creator illuminated for him, \u201cAnd has not sworn deceitfully,\u201d but raised the eyes, as said above. Delve deeply into all that is said here for it is a true and sincere counsel to avoid being trapped by the counsel of the Sitra Achra<\/em>, who always fools into seeking the Creator where He is not found. Hence, each day one should remind oneself of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But what can I do for you if you do not appreciate my words properly, and therefore scatter your energy futilely? I wish you would hear me from now on because my words are always in \u201cneither add nor take away,\u201d and are therefore still standing and waiting for a listening heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My words are being said in due time because the above-mentioned precise work is very capable in these days, which are called in the books, \u201cTikkun<\/em>Shovavim TaT<\/em> [correction of the naughty, Tav<\/em>–Tav<\/em> (acronym)].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let me disclose to you that the books offer only intimations that are completely abstruse to the masses. Indeed, its mark is Shovavim TaT<\/em> as an acronym forTalmud Torah<\/em> [Torah study], and there is no other correction but TaT<\/em>, and \u201cOne who does not know the commandment of the upper one,\u201d etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The thing is that the upper light that approaches a person to direct him toward revival is called Nefesh<\/em>, due to the reception of Nefisha<\/em> [rest] in the organs, each according to its measure in its time. However, it cannot exist withoutRuach<\/em> [spirit], meaning attainment of the Torah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is why that person is called \u201cnaughty,\u201d like a little boy who places both hands in a bag full of money, jumping and dancing about, not knowing what to do with the money because he does not know the shape of the money or how to trade. It turns out that one who gives a gift of a bag of money to a little boy does not do him any good by this. On the contrary, he makes him naughty and drives him crazy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the meaning of the words, \u201cHe will make my soul naughty.\u201d In other words, if the Creator does not give the Ruach<\/em>, but only the Nefesh<\/em>, He makes a person naughty and crazy. However, from Lo Lishma<\/em> [not for Her sake] one comes to Lishma<\/em> [for Her sake], meaning as he ends, \u201cfor His name,\u201d meaning that through this he will be rewarded with Lishma<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is why he said, \u201cReturn, oh naughty boys,\u201d meaning those who have not yet been granted with Ruach<\/em>. This is the meaning of attainment of the Torah. Also, as I spoke to you prior to your journey, this is the meaning of the Klipa<\/em>[shell] of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, which was such a hard Klipa<\/em> that no slave could escape from Egypt because of the lights that they had to give to all those who fell into their hands, until they could not retire from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is as is written, \u201cMy Nile is mine and I have made it,\u201d as I interpreted for you while you were still here … This is why the enslavement in the [Torah] portionShemot<\/em> [Exodus] begins with the exile in Egypt, and does not end before the portion Yitro<\/em> [Jethro], at the time of the reception of the Torah, as in \u201cThis shall be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God on this mountain,\u201d as I have explained above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore, it is very possible for any person who wishes to complete what is desired of him, for in these sequences\u2014Shovavim<\/em>, Teruma<\/em>[donation\/contribution], Tetzaveh<\/em> [command (verb, imperative form)]\u2014he will examine his works and correct his ways for the reception of Torah. … He will gather all the sparks of light of his soul that were captured by the Klipa<\/em> of Egypt into a place of Torah with great longing and yearning. Through studying with the external mind, as in \u201cWhatever you find that your hand can do by your strength, that do,\u201d we will be rewarded with our hearts\u2019 opening in His law and the depths of His secrets, and we will be granted the reception of Torah as explained in the portion, Yitro<\/em>. The rest of the sequences, Mishpatim<\/em>[ordinances], Teruma<\/em> [donation\/contribution], Tetzaveh<\/em> [command] are the teaching from the making of the calf and the breaking of the tablets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Tikkun<\/em> Shovavim<\/em> is implied in the books in relation to ejaculation in vain, called \u201cnocturnal ejaculation.\u201d However, they are the same issue, as I have explained that one who did not purify the vessels of reception of the heart, the vessels of reception of the mind are necessarily filthy, too, and his faith is flawed because he cannot believe what his eyes do not see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just so, one whose vessels of reception of the heart are flawed necessarily contemplates once a day or so and will come to nocturnal ejaculation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the same time, it is necessary that he will come by a thought of heresy, called \u201ca bag of ejaculation,\u201d since the vessels of reception of the heart and the vessels of reception of the mind go hand in hand, and then \u201cThe righteousness of the righteous will not save him on the day of his transgression.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n It follows that all the lights he had received fall into the hands of the Sitra Achra<\/em>, and delve in it, for I have been brief. All this continues until one is rewarded with extending Ruach<\/em> along with the Nefesh<\/em>, meaning reception of the Torah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I cannot continue with this any longer, and it is time you took my words to heart, perhaps the Creator will resolve to pour upon us spirit from on high until the will of the Creator succeeds by you…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yehuda Leib<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" January 8, 1928 To my soul mate \u2026 may his candle burn: Today I received your letter with all the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":6225,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"topic":[25],"class_list":["post-10164","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-baal-hasulam"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n