October 1977<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd the Lord saw\u2026 I will curse no more the earth because of man, for the inclination of a man’s heart is evil from his youth, and I will strike no more every living thing, as I have done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We should understand how it can be said that only after the flood, the Creator saw that the inclination of a man\u2019s heart is evil. Can it be said that beforehand He did not know about it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We should interpret this as having two types of people. There are those who belong to the general public. They are regarded as \u201cThe whole world tells you that you are righteous.\u201d And there is also the quality of \u201cBe as a wicked in your eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In order for one to achieve the final goal, he must walk on the path of truth, which is Lishma<\/em> [for Her sake], meaning that the whole intention of engaging in Torah and Mitzvot<\/em> [commandments] is to achieve Lishma<\/em>. However, we begin in Lo<\/em> Lishma<\/em>, meaning that we think that there is nothing more to the work of the Creator than observing in practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this manner, they can engage in Torah and Mitzvot<\/em>. However, working in order to achieve the goal for which the Torah and Mitzvot<\/em> were given, which is regarded as \u201cI have created the evil inclination; I have created the Torah as a spice,\u201d they do not think about this. They excel only in quantity, meaning in being stricter and imposing more limitations and so forth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By this we will understand what our sages said, \u201cWhy is her name called \u2018empty\u2019? Even the empty ones in her are filled with Mitzvot<\/em> like a pomegranate.\u201d We should understand why then are they called \u201cempty.\u201d However, they are devoid of content, meaning they lack the real reason for which to observe the Mitzvot<\/em>, since they do not mind the intention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It follows that after the flood, when man saw that those who do not walk on the path of truth die in the waters of the flood, called \u201cevil water,\u201d as in \u201cWho is the Lord that I should obey His voice?\u201d which is Pharaoh\u2019s question, and the question of the wicked one, \u201cWhat is this work for you?\u201d then we see that there is an evil inclination. But before we see that we can die in the flood, we do not see any evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It follows that we say that what the Creator says pertains to man, that now he sees that the Creator is looking at him. Thus, among people who want to walk on the path of truth, this is not called \u201cstrike every living thing.\u201d Rather, this is regarded as being shown the truth. 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