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I heard on the eve of Shabbat, Nitzavim<\/em>, Elul<\/em> 22, September 4, 1942<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Understand what is explained in Shulchan Aruch<\/em> [Set Table<\/em>\u2014the Jewish code of Law]: The rule is that one should repeatedly reflect upon the prayers of the Terrible Days so that when the time of prayer comes, he will be accustomed and used to praying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thing is that the prayer should be in the heart. This is the meaning of the work in the heart, that the heart will agree to what one says with one\u2019s mouth (otherwise, it is deceit, that is, one\u2019s mouth and heart are not the same). Hence, on the month of Elul<\/em>, one should accustom oneself to the great work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the most important thing is that one can say \u201cWrite us to life.\u201d This means that when one says \u201cWrite us to life,\u201d the heart, too, should agree (so it will not be as flattery) that one\u2019s mouth and heart will be the same, \u201cfor man looks on the eyes, and the Lord looks on the heart.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accordingly, when one cries \u201cWrite us to life,\u201d \u201clife\u201d means Dvekut<\/em> [adhesion] with the Life of Lives, which is specifically by a person wanting to work entirely in the form of bestowal, and that all of one\u2019s thoughts of his own pleasure will be revoked. Then, when he feels what he is saying, his heart can fear that his prayer might be accepted, meaning that he will have no desire whatsoever for himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And concerning self-pleasure, there appears a state where it seems as though he leaves all the pleasures of this world, together with all the people, friends, his kin, all his possessions, and retires to the desert where there is nothing but wild beasts, without anyone knowing of him or of his existence. It seems to him as though he loses his world at once, and feels that he is losing a world filled with the joy of life, and takes upon himself death from this world. He feels as though he is committing suicide when he experiences this image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, the Sitra<\/em> Achra<\/em> [other side] helps him picture his state with all the dark colors. Then the body repels this prayer, and in such a state, his prayer cannot be accepted since he himself does not want his prayer to be accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this reason, there must be preparation for the prayer, to accustom oneself to the prayer, as though his mouth and heart are the same. And the heart can come to agree through accustoming, so it would understand that reception means separation, and that the most important is the Dvekut<\/em> with the Life of Lives, which is bestowal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One must always delve in the work of Malchut,<\/em> called \u201cwriting,\u201d considered \u201cink\u201d and Shacharit<\/em> [blackness]. This means that one should not want one\u2019s work to be in the form of \u201cLibni and Shimei,\u201d1<\/sup><\/a> that only at the time of whiteness does he adhere to the Torah and Mitzvot<\/em> [commandments], but unconditionally. Whether in white or in black, it will always be the same for him, and that come-what-may, he will adhere to the commandments of the Torah and Mitzvot<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Libni also means whiteness.\u21a9<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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