34) \u201cAnd they shall take a donation for Me.\u201d One who wishes to exert in a Mitzva [singular of Mitzvot] and exert in the Creator must not exert in it futilely and for nothing. Rather, one should exert in it properly, according to one\u2019s strength. It is good for a person to accept the Creator\u2019s exertion, as it is written, \u201cEvery man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
35) But it is written, \u201cBuy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost,\u201d thus it is free, and it is the Creator\u2019s exertion. Wine and milk mean the Torah, which is called so. But with exertion in the Torah, anyone who wishes is granted. The exertion of the Creator is to know Him, and anyone who wishes is rewarded with Him without any pay at all. But the exertion of the Creator that stands in an act must not be taken for nothing and futilely, for he will not be rewarded with that act at all, to draw on it the spirit of holiness, but only with the full pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
36) It is written in magic books that Asmodeus, king of the demons, taught King Solomon, \u201cAnyone who wishes to exert and to remove the spirit of impurity from himself, and subdue the spirit of the Sitra Achra, should buy that act in which he wishes to exert for the full price. He should give all that is asked of him, whether much or little.\u201d This is so because the spirit of impurity is always readily available for free and for naught, and is sold at no cost because it forces people, staying over them and deflecting them with several incitements to dwell with them, luring them in several ways into making their habitat with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
37) It is not so with the spirit of holiness, but rather with the full price, with great and manifold exertions, with purifying himself and purifying his abode, and with the will of his heart and soul. And even then, may he be able to earn him so he will make his dwelling place with him. And yet, he must go on the straight path and not stray to the right or to the left. And if not, he parts from him at once and moves away from him and will no longer be able to earn him as before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
38) It is written about it, \u201cAnd they shall take a donation for Me from every man,\u201d from anyone who is called \u201ca man,\u201d who has overcome his inclination, and it is written, \u201cWhose heart moves him,\u201d meaning who is desired by the Creator. It is written, \u201cMy heart said to You\u201d; \u201cThe rock of my heart\u201d; \u201cGlad of heart\u201d; \u201cHis heart was merry.\u201d These are all the Creator\u2019s heart, His will. Here, too, \u201cWhose heart moves him\u201d is the heart of the Creator. This is why it is written, \u201cFrom every man whose heart moves him you shall take My donation,\u201d from him \u201cYou shall take My donation,\u201d for there is the Creator, staying in him, and not elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
39) And how do we know that the Creator desires him and places His abode within him? When we see that man\u2019s will is to chase and to exert after the Creator with his heart, soul, and will, we know for certain that the Shechina is present there. Then we need to buy that man for the full cost, bond with him and learn from him. We learn about that, \u201cAnd buy yourself a friend.\u201d He should be bought for the full price to be rewarded with the Shechina that is in him. This is how far we must chase a righteous man and buy him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
40) Similarly, that righteous must chase the wicked and buy him for the full cost, so he will remove that filth from him and subdue the Sitra Achra. He will make him because it is considered for him as though he has created him. This is a merit by which the glory of the Creator is elevated more than in other praises, and this elevation is more than anything because it caused the subjugation of the Sitra Achra, and the raising of the glory of the Creator. It is written about it in Aaron, \u201cAnd he turned many back from iniquity,\u201d and it is written, \u201cMy covenant was with him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
41) Anyone who holds the hand of the wicked and exerts with him so he will leave the bad way rises in three ascensions, which no other man has risen. He causes the subjugation of the Sitra Achra, causes the Creator\u2019s glory to rise, and causes the keeping of the entire world in its existence above and below. It is written of such a person, \u201cMy covenant was with him, the life and the peace.\u201d He is rewarded with seeing sons to his sons, and he is rewarded in this world and rewarded with the next world. No litigator can sentence him in this world and in the next world, he enters through the twelve gates in the firmament, and there is none who can protest against him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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