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I heard on Adar<\/em> 24, March 19, 1944, Jerusalem<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Man is discerned as having three bodies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. The inner body, which is a clothing for the soul of\u00a0Kedusha<\/em>\u00a0[holiness].<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Klipat<\/em>\u00a0[shell of]\u00a0Noga<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The serpent\u2019s skin.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    In order to save one from the two bodies and be able to use only the inner body, the Segula<\/em> [remedy\/power] is to think only about things that concern the inner body. This means that one\u2019s thought should always remain in the singular authority, meaning that \u201cThere is none else besides him,\u201d that He does and will do all the deeds, and there is no creation in the world that can detach him from the Kedusha<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    And because he does not think of the two bodies, they die, since they have no nourishment and nothing to sustain them. This is why after the sin of the tree of knowledge, the Creator told him: \u201cBy the sweat of your face shall you eat bread,\u201d since prior to the sin, vitality was not dependent on the bread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    However, after the sin, when he clung to the body of the serpent\u2019s skin, life became tied to the bread, meaning to nourishment, and if he is not given nourishment, he dies. This is a big correction, in order to be saved from those bodies, since one must try and exert not to think thoughts for their sake, since the thoughts are their nourishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Hence, one must think only of the inner body, for it is a clothing for the soul of Kedusha<\/em>. That is, one should think thoughts that are after one\u2019s skin. This means that they benefit outside his skin, outside the will to receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    After one\u2019s skin, there is no grip for the Klipot<\/em> [pl. of Klipa<\/em>], for the Klipot<\/em> grip only that which is within one\u2019s skin, and not outside one\u2019s skin. This means that they have a grip on anything that is clothed, and they cannot hold anything that is not clothed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    When one persists with thoughts that are after one\u2019s skin, he will be rewarded with what is written, \u201cAnd after my skin they broke this.\u201d \u201cThis\u201d is the\u00a0Shechina<\/em>[Divinity], who stands after one\u2019s skin. \u201cBroke\u201d means that it has been established only after his skin. At that time, he is awarded \u201cand from my flesh shall I see my God.\u201d At that time, he sees his God from this flesh, meaning that th Kedusha<\/em>\u00a0comes and clothes the interior of the body. But this is specifically when one agrees to work outside one\u2019s skin, meaning without any clothing, and then he is rewarded with clothing. The wicked, however\u2014who want to work precisely when there is clothing, meaning within the skin\u2014will die without wisdom. This is because then they have no clothing and they are not awarded anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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