1) When a person come into the world, the evil inclination immediately comes along with him and always complains about him, as it is written, \u201csin crouches at the door.\u201d Sin crouches\u2014this is the evil inclination. \u201cAt the door\u201d\u2014the door of the womb, meaning as soon as one is born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2) David called the evil inclination by the name, \u201csin,\u201d as it is written, \u201cand my sin is ever before me,\u201d because it makes man sin before his Master every day. And this evil inclination does not leave man from the day he is born and for all time. And the good inclination comes to a person from the time he comes to be purified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3) And when does one come to be purified? When he is thirteen years of age. At that time, a man connects in both the good inclination on the right, and the evil inclination on the left. And these are really two appointed angels, and they are always with man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4) If a man comes to be purified, the evil inclination surrenders before him and the right governs the left. And both the good inclination and the evil inclination join to keep man in all the roads he travels, as it is written, \u201cFor He will give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5) The Creator summoned angels with Jacob, camps of appointees, since he comes complete with the upper tribes, who were all properly whole, as it is written, \u201cAnd Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.\u201d After he was saved from Laban and parted from him, the Shechina joined him and camps of Holy Angels came to surround him. And he sent of these angels to Esau, as it is written, \u201cAnd Jacob sent messengers.\u201d Certainly, they were real angels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6) It is written, \u201cThe angel of the Lord encamps round about them that fear Him, and delivers them.\u201d It is written, \u201cFor He will give His angels charge over you,\u201d meaning many angels. However, \u201cFor He will give His angels charge over you\u201d are regular angels, and the angel of the Lord encamps round about is the Shechina, as it is written, \u201cAnd the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush,\u201d meaning the Shechina. Hence, \u201cthe angel of the Lord encamps round about them that fear Him,\u201d to surround them from all sides so as to save them. And when the Shechina dwells within man, all the Holy hosts come there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7) When King David was saved from Achish, king of Gath, then it is written, \u201cThe angel of the Lord encamps,\u201d because the Shechina has surrounded him and he was saved from Achish, from his people, and from all who attacked him, as it is written, \u201cand [King David] feigned himself wanton in their hands.\u201d Why is it written \u201cwanton\u201d? It should have said, \u201cand feigned himself mad in their hands.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
8) However, this concerns the verse, \u201cFor I was envious at the wanton.\u201d The Creator told him, \u201cYou will still need it.\u201d Because he arrived in the house of Achish and was attacked, it is written, \u201cand feigned himself wanton in their hands,\u201d and then the Shechina came and stayed around David.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
9) Thus, the Shechina dwells only in her domain, the Holy Land. Thus, why was the Shechina over him at Gath, which is abroad? She is certainly not abroad, so they will be able to suckle abundance from her. However, to save, she dwells abroad, as well. And here, when Jacob came from the house of Laban, all the Holy camps surrounded him and he did not remain alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10) Hence, why is it written, \u201cAnd Jacob was left alone, and a man struggled with him\u201d? Where were all the camps of messengers that surrounded him and came with him, since he brought danger upon himself when he remained alone at night, and saw the danger with his eye? And since they came to guard him only from an invisible danger, they parted him. And then, before he put himself in danger, he said, \u201cI am not worthy of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which Thou hast shown unto Thy servant.\u201d These are the camps of holy messengers that surrounded him, and now parted him for he had put himself in visible danger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
11) The messengers parted him in order to leave him alone with Esau\u2019s appointee, which came to him by permission from the Upper One. And these messengers went to chant in song, since at that time it was their time to chant in song before the Creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The messengers parted him for two reasons: 1. To leave him alone with the angel so he would fight him. 2. It was their time to chant in song; afterwards, they returned to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jacob said, \u201cI am not worthy of all the mercies and all the truth \u2026 and now I have become two camps.\u201d The camp of the Shechina and all his house were one camp, as it is written, \u201cThis is God’s camp.\u201d Hence, why does it say, \u201ctwo camps\u201d? It indicates that he was complete with both discernments, both parts: white and red, Hassadim and Hochma, right and left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
12) That night was the dominion of the side of Esau\u2014left without right. At that time, it is written, \u201cLet there be light,\u201d without the [Hebrew letter] Vav. This is the fourth night, which cannot shine because it is without Hassadim. For this reason, it is written, \u201cJacob was left alone.\u201d Jacob, who is the sun, ZA, remained alone\u2014without the moon, the Nukva, since she was covered from the sun, although the Creator\u2019s guard was not entirely removed from Jacob, which is why he could not prevail over him, as it is written, \u201cAnd he saw that he did not prevail against him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
13) Why did he not prevail against him? It is because the angel looked to the right of Jacob and saw Abraham, the wholeness of the right line. He looked to Jacob\u2019s left and saw Isaac, the wholeness from the left line. He looked to Jacob\u2019s body and saw that he was included from right and left, the wholeness of the middle line, and there is no grip to the Sitra Achra in a place of wholeness, but rather in a place of deficiency. This is why he could not prevail against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then, \u201che touched the hollow of his thigh,\u201d which is a pillar that is near the body, which is outside the body. There is a deficiency there, and hence the angel clung to it, as it is written, \u201cand the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
14) \u201cThe angel of the Lord encamps round about them that fear Him, and delivers them.\u201d Surrounded him from all sides so as to save him from Esau\u2019s minister. And when the Shechina dwelt within him, several armies and camps of messengers came with him, and from among these messengers, he sent to Esau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
15) Why did Jacob awaken to send messengers to Esau? Would it not be better to keep silent from him? However, Jacob said, I know that Esau is anxious for the father\u2019s respect, and never vexed him. And I know that since my father is alive, I do not fear him. Therefore, now, as long as my father is alive, I want to appease him. He immediately hurried and sent messengers before him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
16) \u201cBetter is he that is ignoble and has a servant, than he that plays the man of rank and lacks bread.\u201d This verse was said about the evil inclination because it always complains against people. And the evil inclination raises man\u2019s heart and desire with pride, and man follows it, curling his hair and his head, until the evil inclination takes pride over him and pulls him to Hell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
17) One who does not follow the evil inclination and is not proud at all, who lowers his spirit, his heart, and his will toward the Creator, the evil inclination overturns and becomes his slave, since it cannot control him. On the contrary, that man controls it, as it is written, \u201cand thou may rule over it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
18) \u201c\u2026that plays the man of rank\u201d: one who respects himself, curls his hair and prides in his spirit. He lacks bread\u2014lacks faith, as it is written, \u201cthe bread of his God does he offer\u2026the bread of their God do they offer.\u201d Bread is the Shechina. Here, too, bread is lacking, meaning lack of faith, which is the Shechina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
19) \u201cBetter is he that is ignoble\u2026\u201d this is Jacob, who lowered his spirit before Esau so that afterwards, Esau will be his slave and he will rule over him and the verse, \u201cLet peoples serve thee, and nations bow down to thee,\u201d will come true in him. Now it was not at all his time\u2014for Jacob to rule over him. And he was ignoble because Jacob left him to the end of days. And in the end of days, the one who was of rank will be his slave. The one who will then lack bread, Esau, will be a slave to Jacob, the one who was given plenty of grain and wine, to Jacob.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
20) Because Jacob knew that he was now needy of him, he became ignoble before him. By that, he was wiser and shrewder than on any deed he had ever done against Esau. And had Esau sensed this wisdom, he would have killed himself, so he would not come to it. But Jacob did everything wisely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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