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\u201cIsrael are holy.\u201d He has but he does not want; he wants but he does not have. He does not want in order to bestow, he has Torah and Mitzvot<\/em> [commandments] and fear of heaven. He wants in order to bestow, so he has neither Torah and Mitzvot<\/em> nor fear of heaven. He does not want in order to bestow is regarded as \u201cThe whole world tells you that you are righteous.\u201d Wants in order to bestow, then he is regarded as \u201cBe as a wicked one in your eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCount the heads of the whole congregation of Israel by their families \u2026 according to the number of names, every male, head by head.\u201d RASHI interprets \u201cA Beka<\/em> [weight unit] per head, and such is the way of Torah\u2026 lead a life of sorrow and toil in the Torah,\u201d etc. Which is the suffering of love? One in which there is no cancellation of Torah. Happy is the man whom the Lord afflicts. He whom the Lord loves, He admonishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We should understand why we need the suffering, and why specifically \u201cHe whom the Lord loves, He admonishes,\u201d and what \u201cHappy is the man whom the Lord afflicts\u201d means, and what suffering without cancellation of Torah is there in the world, since the sufferings do not let a person exert in Torah. Also, what does the word Beka<\/em> imply, from the word Bekia<\/em> [fissuring] the Gulgolet<\/em> [skull\/head].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is known that the whole Kli<\/em> [vessel] that receives pleasure is the yearning, a lack for the thing, meaning for the thing to which he has a great desire. To the extent that he desires it, to that extent he yearns. And the desire, great or small, is measured by the amount of suffering that he would feel if he did not obtain the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As it is explained (in the \u201cIntroduction to The Study of the Ten Sefirot,\u201d Items 96-97), Torah Lishma<\/em> [for Her sake] means for the sake of the life that he finds in the Torah, since when one finds His face in the Torah, so he finds the life in the Torah, as it is written, \u201cFor by the light of the King\u2019s face is life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, when one learns Torah and does not find the life in the Torah, he regrets it, and this is called \u201cYou will lead a life of sorrow.\u201d That is, he will regret not finding the light of His face, yet he does not stop learning Torah, as it is written, \u201cAnd in the Torah you toil\u201d although he does not find Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It follows that to the extent that he learns Torah and intends to find Him, so his suffering increases. At a certain extent called \u201clabored,\u201d you \u201cfind,\u201d as is explained there, that this is the meaning of the existence of the light of the King\u2019s face in the Torah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It follows that through the suffering, a real desire to receive the \u201clight of the King\u2019s face is life\u201d forms within him, and this is called \u201cpains of love,\u201d where there is no cancellation of Torah. This is so because the more he delves in Torah, the more he increases the suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It follows that there is no cancellation of Torah in them because one who learns Torah, the suffering is born in him. It follows that if he has no Torah then he has no suffering. As said above, this is called \u201cpains of love,\u201d since there is no cancellation of Torah in them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is called \u201cHe whom the Lord loves, He admonishes.\u201d It is so because in order for man to have these sufferings from not finding the Creator in the Torah, not every person is rewarded with suffering from this. This is why it was said, \u201cHappy is the man whom the Lord afflicts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then a person must acquire the suffering so he will have a real desire and yearning, since precisely in the real desire appears the quality of suffering, for man has no other Kli<\/em> in which to obtain the pleasure except for this desire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baal HaSulam interpreted the meaning of a \u201cBeka<\/em> per head\u201d as foreign thoughts. When a foreign thought falls into a person\u2019s mind, it creates a fissure in his head. If he remembers all the fissures and regrets them then for every fissure appears a holy name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can interpret that \u201cthe number of names\u201d means \u201caccording to the sorrow is the reward,\u201d meaning the number of names according to the number of fissures that he remembers and regrets. By them we are rewarded with \u201cCount the heads of the whole congregation of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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