192) Woe unto people, for they do not know and do not observe the ways of Torah. Woe unto them when the Creator seeks to sentence them for their deeds, and the body and soul will rise to account for their deeds before the soul parts with the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
193) And that day is judgment day. It is a day when the books in which all the deeds of people open and the litigants are present. At that time, the serpent rises to bite him, and all the organs are agitated by him, and the soul parts with the body. It walks and roams and does not know which way it will go and to which place it will be elevated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
194) Woe unto that day, a day of anger and wrath is that day. Hence, one should vex one\u2019s inclination daily and remind it of that day when he rises to the sentence of the King, and that it will be brought under the earth to rot and the soul will part with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
195) One should always anger the good inclination over the evil inclination and exert after it. If it parts with him, good. If not, let him engage in Torah, since nothing breaks the evil inclination except the Torah. If it leaves, good. If not, let him remind it of the day of death, to break it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
196) We should observe here. After all, this is the evil inclination, the angel of death. Will the angel of death break before the day of death? He kills people, which means that his joy is to put people to death which is why he always deflects them, to draw them toward death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
197) Indeed, one should remind him of the day of death to break the heart of man, for the evil inclination is present only in a place where there is joy of wine and pride. And when man\u2019s spirit is broken, it parts with him and is not over him. This is why one should remind it of the day of death, so his body will break and it will depart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
198) The good inclination needs the joy of Torah, and the evil inclination needs the joy of wine, adultery, and pride. This is why man needs to always anger it from that great day, judgment day, the day of account, when all that protects a person are the good deeds that he does in this world so they will protect him at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
199) It is written, \u201cAnd the men were afraid because they were brought into Joseph’s house.\u201d Just as they were all heroes, all strong, and one youth who brought them to the house of Joseph caused them to fear, when they come to the Creator to seek judgment for man, one should be several times more fearful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
200) For this reason, one must be watchful in this world and strengthen himself in the Creator, and put his trust in Him. This is because even though he sins, if he wholeheartedly repents, the Creator is strong\u2014to pass over his qualities and forgive him, and he will be able to strengthen in the Creator as though he had never sinned at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
201) Because the tribes sinned with the stealing of Joseph, they were fearful. Had they not sinned, they would not have been afraid at all, since man\u2019s iniquities break his heart and he has no strength at all. Why is this so? The good inclination breaks with it and has no strength to overcome the evil inclination. This is why it is written, \u201cWho is the man who is afraid and fainthearted?\u201d He fears the iniquities in his hands, which break man\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
202) In the selling of Joseph, the Creator repaid for the iniquities of the tribes for several generations. This is because nothing is hidden from the Creator and He repays from generation to generation, and the judgment always stands before Him until He repays, and the judgment is where it should be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
203) Where do we learn that? From Hezekiah. Hezekiah sinned in that sin where he revealed the secrets of the Creator to other nations\u2014idol worshipping peoples\u2014when he should not have revealed them. And the Creator sent Isaiah and told him, \u201cBehold, the days come, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up till this day, shall be carried to Babylon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
204) See what that iniquity of revealing that which was concealed had done. Because it was revealed, the other place\u2014Sitra Achra\u2014was given a place for dominance, where it should not have dominated him. This is why there is blessing only in a place of concealment. All that is concealed, blessing is upon it. Once it is revealed, a place for dominance is given to the other place, to rule over him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
205) However, it is written, \u201cJerusalem has sinned gravely; therefore, she has become repulsive; all who honored her despise her because they saw her nakedness.\u201d This is the kingdom of Babel, since it is from there that the gift was sent to Jerusalem, as it is written, \u201cAt that time Merodach-Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
206) It is written of them, \u201cGreetings unto Hezekiah, king of Judah; greetings unto the Great God; and greetings unto Jerusalem.\u201d And since the letter came from him, he contemplated and said, I did not do it right, greeting the servant before greeting his master. He rose off his chair and took three steps, took back his letter, and wrote another in its stead. And this is what he wrote, \u201cGreetings to the Great God, and greetings to Jerusalem, and greetings to Hezekiah.\u201d This is respectful of Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
207) But afterwards they despised her, \u201cBecause they saw her nakedness,\u201d which Hezekiah showed them. Had it not been for that, they would not have despised her afterwards. But because Hezekiah was righteous, the thing was delayed and did not come in his days, as it is written, \u201cFor there will be peace and truth in my days.\u201d But afterwards, the Creator repaid that iniquity with his sons after him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
208) Similarly, that sin of the tribes stood for a later time, since the judgment above cannot govern them until the time to repay arrives and He collects from them. For this reason, all who have sins in their hands are always fearful, as it is written, \u201cAnd thou shall fear night and day.\u201d Hence, \u201cAnd the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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