January 21, 1958<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cStretch out your hand and touch his self and his flesh \u2026 but keep his soul\u201d (Job 2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In other words, He gave him control over all his possessions, but not over the soul, for the soul means faith, as in \u201cA soul without knowledge is also not good.\u201d That is, He permitted him to touch him in everything but not in his faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Sitra<\/em> Achra<\/em> [other side] can touch anything that a person acquires. The Sitra<\/em> Achra<\/em> can slander and say that his intention is not for the sake of the Creator. However, the Sitra<\/em> Achra<\/em> cannot have any touch on faith because the whole basis of faith is above reason. Naturally, the Sitra<\/em> Achra<\/em> cannot touch there because all the connection to the Sitra<\/em> Achra<\/em> is only where there is reason; there he has room to grip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, in a place that is above reason, he has no mouth. For this reason, \u201cHe who adds knowledge [Daat<\/em> (reason)] adds pain,\u201d since there is room there for trials and torments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Accordingly, do not think of saying \u201cWhy should I get into matters of reason?\u201d He says about this the commentary: \u201cA soul without knowledge is also not good.\u201d Rather, we must engage in possessions, too, since \u201cthe wisdom of the poor is wretched\u201d and wealth, too, is required, as it is written, \u201cLongevity of days to her right, wealth and honor to her left.\u201d \u201cLongevity of days\u201d is precisely in the quality of the soul, called \u201cfaith,\u201d since there the Sitra<\/em> Achra<\/em> has no reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is called \u201cright\u201d [side], where there is no fear. But on the left side, called \u201cIsaac\u2019s fear,\u201d meaning wealth and honor, the Sitra<\/em> Achra<\/em> can slander and say that it is not for the sake of the Creator but that he is receiving this for his own sake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yet, nonetheless, both are needed, as it is written, \u201cIf you are righteous, what will you give Him?\u201d However, the Creator makes us receive from Him all the good that has been prepared for our sake, meaning that we must reveal all the NRNHY<\/em>, discerned as \u201cwealth and honor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRabbi Shimon said, \u2018Job\u2019s is not a trial from the Creator, as are the trials of the rest of the righteous,\u2019 since it is not written, \u2018And God tried Job,\u2019 \u2026 Abraham sacrificed his only son to the Creator with his own hand, whereas Job gave nothing and passed nothing unto the Creator \u2026 since it was evident to him that he would not be able to properly endure it. Instead, he was given to the hands of the slanderer\u201d (The Zohar<\/em>, Bo<\/em>, Items 29-30).<\/p>\n\n\n\n We should ask what is the difference whether the trial comes from the Creator or from the slanderer, since he gave a reason that he was not tested by the Creator because he would not be able to endure the test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We should interpret this according to the Tzimtzum<\/em> [restriction] and Masach<\/em> [screen]: If it comes from the Creator, although the Creator illuminates for him the abundance openly, he still sees that there is a higher desire to remove himself from all the abundance and work only in a manner of covered Hassadim<\/em> [mercies]. At that time, he promptly chooses for himself the path of covered Hassadim<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It follows that he withstood the test, meaning he did everything out of free choice. That is, he had the choice to keep the abundance because the test came from the Creator, meaning he stood at the degree of the revelation of the abundance, which is called \u201cthe hand of the Creator.\u201d Then, when he withstood the test, meaning he did everything by choice and not by force, this is considered that the trial came from the Creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But if a person is unfit to withstand the test, meaning by choice, he is given to the slanderer, meaning from a Masach<\/em> that is controlled by force. That is, the disclosure of the abundance is taken away from him, and this is called \u201cin the hands of the slanderer,\u201d meaning that the test is during the departure\u2014whether he complains about His attributes or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It follows that here the choice was not about giving back the abundance, since this was taken away from him against his will. He was not given choice here. Rather, he was given all the choice after the departure of the abundance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It therefore follows that the trial by the hand of the Creator is considered that the test comes when he has the abundance, and the test by the hand of the slanderer means that the test comes after the departure of the abundance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was said about it in The Zohar<\/em>, \u201cAnd you shall love \u2026 even if He takes your NRN<\/em>.\u201d This is as David said, \u201cI awaken the dawn [also means \u201cblack\u201d in Hebrew], and the dawn does not awaken me,\u201d since he invokes the departure, and the departure does not awaken him to the trial, to complain about His attributes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is written (The Zohar<\/em>, Bo<\/em>, Item 30): \u201cMoreover, it was done by the Creator\u2019s sentence, for having inflicted Israel with hard labor in Egypt\u201d (as it is written in Item 15), since Job was among Pharaoh\u2019s counselors, and when Pharaoh wanted to kill Israel, Job told him, \u201cTake their money and rule over their bodies with hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" January 21, 1958 \u201cStretch out your hand and touch his self and his flesh \u2026 but keep his soul\u201d (Job […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":6246,"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":[26],"class_list":["post-12877","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-rabash"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n