May 11, 1956, Manchester<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To the friends, may they live long:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have received the letters of\u2026 and the rest of the friends are idle in their writing, since they think that there can\u2019t be any profits from correspondence, because they doubt that there can be any profits from correspondence. This brings up the question, \u201cWhat can bring profits?\u201d Some think that they already have answers to all their questions. In that case, what need is there for questions, because the answers are already placed in a box for them, and all they need is to do what they already know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or one who implies that he still needs to correct his bad qualities, so what does he mean by that? Does he think to notify me that he regrets this day and night, meaning that for him it is as in, \u201cAnd my sin is ever before me,\u201d meaning that he is always worried and concerned about this, and other concerns do not occupy him? If this was his intention, I would enjoy it very much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still, it is written, \u201cA concern in one\u2019s heart let him speak of it with others.\u201d And since the festival of Shavuot is approaching, and we need much preparation to be rewarded with the giving of the Torah, I will bring here some words in the name of my father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This matter is brought in the article, \u201cThe Arvut<\/em>\u201d (\u201cMutual Guarantee\u201d), and these are its words, \u201cNow if you obey My voice indeed and you will be My virtue from among all the nations, for all the earth is Mine and you will be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.\u201d I will not elaborate on the questions, but the main thing that is explained there is that through the people of Israel, who are more capable than all the nations to approach the Creator, He will then bestow the abundance upon the rest of the nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore, know my friends that since we were together with Baal HaSulam we are more capable of approaching the Creator, but we need to listen to his voice and to keep his covenant, for the voice of the living ARI [Baal HaSulam] will certainly not stop from us. As we were near him, he is certainly speaking on our behalf, and his voice is heard when he comes into the holy place. When a person approaches Kedusha<\/em> (holiness), his voice is heard and we are certain to succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the meaning of \u201cFor the sake of my brothers and friends I will say, \u2018let peace be in you.\u2019\u201d This means that precisely because of the brotherhood and friendship \u201cI will speak peace.\u201d Otherwise they would be speaking in disputes and quarrels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The interpreters interpreted that \u201cI will say, et peace be in you\u2019\u201d refers to Jerusalem. We should understand according to our way. Jerusalem is called the \u201cheart of the world,\u201d and in the soul, Jerusalem is called the \u201cheart of man,\u201d meaning man\u2019s desire is called Jerusalem, and there is a dispute there, meaning the desires of the nations of the world, from which man is made, and there are desires of Israel there and each wants to rule over the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It turns out that within the heart, called Jerusalem, desires quarrel and collide with one another and at that time no one rules. Naturally no one can acquire his wholeness. This is the meaning of what Rabba said, \u201cI beg of you, do not inherit the gate of Hell. That is, there is sufferings from both the corporeal desires and from the spiritual desires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is applied to students who begin to enter the work of the Creator. Since none can show his full force, they are as broken vessels, meaning desires that come from the shattering, in which sparks of holiness were mingled called sparks of bestowal within the Klipot<\/em> [shells] which are called \u201csparks of reception.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n But, \u201cFor the sake of my brothers and friends,\u201d meaning because the purpose of creation was to do good to His creations, and in a place of hatred it is inappropriate for the light of the Creator, called \u201clight of love,\u201d to appear. \u201cI will say, \u2018let peace be in you,\u2019\u201d where \u201cin you\u201d means that inside the heart there will be peace. It is as in, \u201cThe Creator desires to dwell in the lower ones,\u201d meaning to be with the lower ones in love, brotherhood, and friendship, for the lower ones to attain the light of the Creator, as it is written \u201cI will listen to what God will speak, for He will speak peace onto His people and onto His pious ones and let them not turn back to folly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meaning when we hear the voice of the Creator speaking to the heart, as in \u201cHe who comes to purify is aided,\u201d and it was interpreted in the holy Zohar<\/em> that he is aided by a holy soul, meaning that the heart hears the voice of the Creator and then specifically the voice of holiness receives the governance over all the desires, meaning the desire to bestow. And naturally, they will not turn back to folly, meaning he will not sin again because all the desires of reception have surrendered under the desire to bestow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At that time all the good pleasantness appears on the heart, for then there is room in the heart for the instilling of the Shechina<\/em> (Divinity), and the gentleness and pleasantness, and flavor and friendship spread, and fill up all of man\u2019s organs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This applies specifically when hearing the voice of the Creator. At that time the whole body surrenders and enslaves itself to holiness. At that time the body becomes a slave serving the holiness. But when not rewarded with hearing the voice of the Creator, we see otherwise, as the verse says, \u201cYou give us as flock for food\u201d (Psalms 44), meaning all the desires of holiness are as food swallowed by the will to receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHis enemies take their spoil for themselves,\u201d meaning that the will to receive takes all the energy that was intended for holiness; it takes it for itself, meaning if sometimes one can engage in Torah and work, it takes from that all the energy and we work without any rhyme or reason. \u201cAnd you scattered us among the nations,\u201d meaning that all the forces of bestowal were scattered under the governance of reception, which are called \u201cnations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou sell your people cheaply,\u201c meaning that even though there is no pleasure in the work of reception, still. If we have to perform an act of bestowal, there is no energy because they are the rulers. \u201cAnd have not profited by their sale\u201d means that we need not enjoy while doing corporeal things, but even when there is a glimpse of hope that there might be some benefit for the receiver then there is already energy to work. And it is likewise to the contrary: If there is any shadow of hope that some Mitzva<\/em> [good deed] will come out of it, then the receiver is in control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The concealment is so great that anything that is Lo Lishma<\/em> [not for Her sake] can be done, and something that is Lishma<\/em> [for Her sake] is so loathsome and base and despicable that he rejects that thought outward with all his might because man\u2019s nature cannot tolerate something lowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the meaning of, \u201cYou make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those around us.\u201d That is, the will to receive called the \u201cnations that live near us,\u201d meaning in the heart, these nations mock and deride the work of Lishma<\/em> with all kinds of mockery until we are powerless against them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It follows that all of one\u2019s efforts are to be favored by the Creator and to try to hear the voice of the Creator who said, \u201cFor the sake of my brothers and friends I will say, \u2018let peace be in you.\u2019\u201d The voice of the Creator that we were rewarded with hearing while being together with the voice of the living ARI, he is certainly exerting on our behalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All we need is to be standing guard so we will know our approaching bad situation, so we do not ask the Creator for luxuries, but simply a life of holiness and \u201che who comes to purify is aided.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n By that we will understand the words, \u201cA cane and a loaf tied to each other were given from heaven.\u201d We should ask, \u201cDo they not contradict one another?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The thing is that a \u201ccane\u201d means suffering. A cane is only to tyrannize, which is suffering, and a \u201cloaf\u201d is pleasure. This means that a person is rewarded with two things together, meaning feeling the taste of suffering while working LoLishma<\/em>, meaning for purpose of receiving, and tastes pleasure when engaging for the purpose of bestowal, and then the words \u201cLet them not turn back to folly,\u201d will come true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Signing with a blessing and may we be rewarded with the reception of the Torah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Son of Baal HaSulam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" May 11, 1956, Manchester To the friends, may they live long: I have received the letters of\u2026 and the rest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":6249,"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-13601","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-rabash"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n