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כו וְהִנֵּה, הָעֶלְיוֹנִים אֵין בָּהֶם כֹּחַ לְבָרֵר וּלְהַעֲלוֹת מֵהַשְּׁבִירָה שֶׁבִּקְלִיפַּת נוֹגַהּ, אֶלָּא הַתַּחְתּוֹנִים לְבַד, לְפִי שֶׁהֵם מְלוּבָּשִׁים בְּגוּף חוּמְרִי ״מַשְׁכָּא דְחִוְיָא״ מִקְּלִיפַּת נוֹגַהּ, וְהֵם מַתִּישִׁים כֹּחָהּ בִּשְׁבִירַת הַתַּאֲווֹת, וְאִתְכַּפְיָא סִטְרָא אָחֳרָא, וְ״יִתְפָּרְדוּ כָּל פּוֹעֲלֵי אָוֶן״. וְלָכֵן בָּאִים הָעֶלְיוֹנִים לִשְׁמוֹעַ חִידּוּשֵׁי תּוֹרָה מֵהַתַּחְתּוֹנִים, מַה שֶּׁמְּחַדְּשִׁים וּמְגַלִּים תַּעֲלוּמוֹת הַחָכְמָה שֶׁהָיוּ כְּבוּשִׁים בַּגּוֹלָה עַד עַתָּה.

26Now, the celestial beings do not have the power to disencumber and elevate that which is in kelipat nogah because of the breaking (of the vessels). Only the terrestrial beings (can do that), for they are vested in a material body—“hide of the snake,” which is of the kelipat nogah.⁹⁴ They weaken its strength by crushing the passions and suppressing the sitra achara so that “all the workers of evil⁹⁵ are dispersed.”⁹⁶ That is why the celestial beings come to hear novelties of Torah from the terrestrial beings,⁹⁷ what they discover and reveal of the secrets of wisdom which until then were in bondage in the exile.

כזוְכָל אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל יוּכַל לְגַלּוֹת תַּעֲלוּמוֹת חָכְמָה (לְגַלּוֹת) וּלְחַדֵּשׁ שֵׂכֶל חָדָשׁ, הֵן בַּהֲלָכוֹת, הֵן בְּאַגָּדוֹת, הֵן בַּנִּגְלֶה, הֵן בַּנִּסְתָּר, כְּפִי בְּחִינַת שֹׁרֶשׁ נִשְׁמָתוֹ, וּמְחוּיָּיב בַּדָּבָר, לְהַשְׁלִים נִשְׁמָתוֹ בְּהַעֲלָאַת כָּל הַנִּיצוֹצוֹת שֶׁנָּפְלוּ לְחֶלְקָהּ וּלְגוֹרָלָהּ, כַּנּוֹדָע.

27And every one of Israel is able to reveal secrets of wisdom, (⁹⁸to reveal) and to discover a new insight, whether it be in laws⁹⁹ or in homiletics,¹⁰⁰ in the revealed or in the esoteric parts (of Torah), according to the level of his soul’s root.¹⁰¹ Indeed, one is obliged to do so in order to perfect his soul by elevating all the sparks that fell to its part and lot, as known.¹⁰²

כח(וְכָל דִּבְרֵי תוֹרָה, וּבִפְרָט דְּבַר הֲלָכָה, הִיא נִיצוֹץ מֵהַשְּׁכִינָה, שֶׁהִיא הִיא דְּבַר ה׳, כִּדְאִיתָא בַּגְּמָרָא: ״דְּבַר ה׳ זוֹ הֲלָכָה״, סוֹד מַלְכוּת דַּאֲצִילוּת הַמַּלְבֶּשֶׁת לְחָכְמָה דַּאֲצִילוּת, וּמְלוּבָּשִׁים בְּמַלְכוּת דִּיצִירָה, וְיָרְדוּ בִּקְלִיפַּת נוֹגַהּ בִּשְׁבִירַת הַכֵּלִים).

28(¹⁰³And every word of Torah, especially one of halachah, is a spark of the Shechinah, the word of the L–rd.¹⁰⁴ Thus it is stated in the Gemara: “The ‘word of the L–rd’—that refers to the halachah,”¹⁰⁵ the principium of malchut of Atzilut which garbs the chochmah of Atzilut, and they are (both) vested in malchut of Yetzirah, and by the breaking of the vessels descended into the kelipat nogah.)

כטוְזֶהוּ שֶׁאָמְרוּ בַּגְּמָרָא: ״כָּל הָעוֹסֵק בַּתּוֹרָה, אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא: מַעֲלֶה אֲנִי עָלָיו כְּאִלּוּ פְּדָאַנִי וְאֶת בָּנַי מִבֵּין הָאוּמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם״.

29And to this pertains what is stated in the Gemara: “The Holy One, blessed is He, says: whoever occupies himself with Torah…I account it to him as if he had redeemed Me and My children from among the nations of the world.”¹⁰⁶

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