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Mechila<\/em> [pardon], as in from ruin to praise. This means that sins have become to him as merits specifically through repentance from love. Thus, he turns the sins into a praise, to merits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Slicha<\/em> [forgiveness] comes from VeShalach Et Be\u2019iro<\/em> [\u201cand shall let his beast loose,\u201d exchanging the [Hebrew letter] Samech<\/em> with a Shin<\/em>]. This means that he sends the sins away from him and says that from now on he will do only merits. This is considered repentance from fear, when sins become to him as mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kapara<\/em> [atonement] comes from VeKipper Et HaMizbe\u2019ach<\/em> [\u201cand he shall make atonement for the altar\u201d], from \u201cwishes to atone his hands in this man.\u201d Hence, when one knows that he is dirty, he has not the audacity and impudence to enter the King\u2019s palace. Therefore, when one sees and remembers his bad deeds, which are against the King\u2019s will, it is difficult for him to engage in Torah and Mitzvot<\/em> [commandments], much less to ask of the King to adhere to Him and unite with Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is why he needs atonement, so he will not see his poor state, that he is in utter lowliness, and so he will not remember his state, so he will have room to receive joy by being able to engage in the Torah and the work. And then, when he has joy, he will have room to ask for bonding with the King, since \u201cthe Shechina<\/em> [Divinity] dwells only in a place of joy.\u201d Therefore, first we need atonement, and then, when we repent from fear, we are awarded forgiveness. And then repentance from love, we are awarded pardon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We should believe that everything that happens in our world is guided, and there are no coincidences. We should also know that everything that is written as admonition, meaning the curses, in \u201cIf you do not listen,\u201d are terrible torments, and not as everyone thinks. Some say that they are blessings and not curses. They bring the Sayer of Kuznitz as evidence to their words. He would always make Aliyah la Torah<\/em> [ritual reading of the Torah during service] on Parashat Tochachot<\/em> [a specific portion of the Torah called \u201cAdmonition\u201d]. He says that these are real curses and troubles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is as we see for ourselves that curses exist in reality, that they feel in this world unbearable torments. Yet, we should believe that we should attribute all these torments to Providence, that He does everything. Moses took these curses and attributed them to the Creator. This is the meaning of \u201cand in all the great terror.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you believe in that, you also believe that \u201cthere is judgment and there is a judge.\u201d This is why the sayer would make Aliya<\/em> on Parashat Tochachot<\/em>, since only he could attribute the curses and the suffering to the Creator, since he believed that \u201cthere is judgment and there is a judge.\u201d And through that, real blessings stem from all these curses, since \u201cGod has made it that He will be feared.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n And this is the meaning of \u201cthe bandage is made out of the blow itself.\u201d That means that from the very place where the wicked fail, the righteous will walk. This is because when coming to a place where there is no support, the Sitra Achra<\/em> [other side] has a hold in that place. Then the wicked fail in them. This wicked, who cannot go above reason, falls because he has no support. Then he remains between heaven and earth, since they are wicked, and can only do things within reason, by way of \u201cevil eye, of haughty eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the righteous are considered \u201cmy eyes are not haughty, nor my heart lofty,\u201d and they will walk in it. It follows that it turns into blessings. Thus, by attributing all the suffering to Providence and taking everything above reason, it creates within him the proper Kelim<\/em> [vessels] to receive blessings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I heard Mechila [pardon], as in from ruin to praise. 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