April 13, 1959, Tel-Aviv<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hello and all the best to my friend,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I read the book you wrote me about and enjoyed it because it is just as you said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Concerning the approaching Passover, it is written, \u201cThe Torah spoke in relation to four sons,\u201d etc., \u201cand the one who does not know how to ask, to him you shall open.\u201d We should interpret the word, \u201cask,\u201d from the words, \u201casking about the rains,\u201d which means prayer. That is, one who does not know how to pray, the reason is that he does not have a deficiency, for prayer pertains specifically to a place of deficiency. Then, \u201cto him you shall open,\u201d meaning that a place of deficiency shall open to him, he will have what to pray for, and the Creator will be able to bestow upon him the light of Torah. This is why the Torah spoke specifically in relation to him, for one who has no deficiency, it means that he has no Kli<\/em> (vessel) in which to receive, so it is impossible to give him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Torah spoke\u201d means that it teaches us how to qualify ourselves to be rewarded with the light of the Creator, which is all that is valuable that was given to us, as it is written, \u201cFor it is your wisdom and intelligence before the eyes of the nations \u2026 for what great nation has a God near to it as the Lord our God whenever we call upon Him?\u201d This means that the Creator is close to us in that He wishes to bestow upon us all of His goodness. All that is lacking is the call, the deficiency, for only where there is a lack there is room for asking, which is the prayer, namely the Kli<\/em> for reception of the abundance. This is the meaning of \u201cand the one who does not know how to ask, to him you shall open,\u201d open a place of deficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When he has the lack and he asks and requests the Creator to satisfy it, it is said, \u201cHe who has one hundred wants two hundred.\u201d It follows that by satisfying the lack that one has for spirituality, a greater lack appears. That is, afterwards he obtains bigger Kelim<\/em> (vessels), and through these Kelim<\/em> he receives bigger lights because he can already call upon the Creator, as our sages said, \u201cOpen for me one cleft in repentance, as the tip of a needle, and I will open for you gates for wagons and carts to enter.\u201d That is, a person should keep the \u201cto him you shall open\u201d even if it is only as the tip of a needle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are two meanings to it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n May the Creator satisfy our lack favorably in corporeality and spirituality, and may we have a happy and kosher festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From your friend who wishes you and your family the very best,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" April 13, 1959, Tel-Aviv Hello and all the best to my friend, I read the book you wrote me about […]<\/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-13768","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-rabash"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n