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ד וְ״זֶה כָּל הָאָדָם״, כִּי – ״הַיּוֹם לַעֲשׂוֹתָם״ כְּתִיב, שֶׁ״הַיּוֹם״ הוּא עוֹלַם הַמַּעֲשֶׂה דַּוְקָא ״וּלְמָחָר כוּ׳״, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנִּתְבָּאֵר בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר.

4And this constitutes the whole [purpose of] man, for it is written, “This day to do them”⁶—“this day” referring specifically to the world of [physical] action,⁷ while “tomorrow” [i.e., in afterlife] is the time of reward, as is explained elsewhere.

הוְהַמּוֹחַ – שַׁלִּיט בְּטִבְעוֹ וְתוֹלַדְתּוֹ עַל חָלָל הַשְּׂמָאלִי שֶׁבַּלֵּב, וְעַל פִּיו, וְעַל כָּל הָאֵבָרִים שֶׁהֵם כְּלֵי הַמַּעֲשֶׂה. אִם לֹא מִי שֶׁהוּא רָשָׁע בֶּאֱמֶת, כְּמַאֲמַר רַבּוֹתֵינוּ־זִכְרוֹנָם־לִבְרָכָה שֶׁ״הָרְשָׁעִים הֵם בִּרְשׁוּת לִבָּם״, וְאֵין לִבָּם בִּרְשׁוּתָם כְּלָל, וְזֶה עוֹנֶשׁ עַל גּוֹדֶל וְעוֹצֶם עֲוֹנָם. וְלֹא דִבְּרָה תוֹרָה בְּמֵתִים אֵלּוּ, שֶׁבְּחַיֵּיהֶם קְרוּיִם מֵתִים.

5The mind, in turn, by virtue of its inherent nature, is master over the left part of the heart and over the mouth and all the limbs which are the instruments of action, except in him who is completely wicked, as the Rabbis said, that the wicked are under the control of their heart, but their heart is not at all controlled by them.⁸ This is a punishment for the enormity and potency of their sin. But the Torah does not speak of these “dead” who in their life are called “dead.”⁹

וכִּי בֶּאֱמֶת, אִי אֶפְשָׁר לָרְשָׁעִים לְהַתְחִיל לַעֲבוֹד ה׳ בְּלִי שֶׁיַּעֲשׂוּ תְּשׁוּבָה עַל הֶעָבָר תְּחִלָּה – לְשַׁבֵּר הַקְּלִיפּוֹת שֶׁהֵם מָסָךְ מַבְדִּיל וּמְחִיצָה שֶׁל בַּרְזֶל הַמַּפְסֶקֶת בֵּינָם לַאֲבִיהֶם שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַיִם, עַל יְדֵי שְׁבִירַת לִבּוֹ וּמְרִירַת נַפְשׁוֹ עַל חֲטָאָיו, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב בַּזֹּהַר עַל פָּסוּק: ״זִבְחֵי אֱלֹהִים רוּחַ נִשְׁבָּרָה, לֵב נִשְׁבָּר וְגוֹ׳״, שֶׁעַל יְדֵי לֵב נִשְׁבָּר – נִשְׁבָּרָה רוּחַ הַטּוּמְאָה דְסִטְרָא אָחֳרָא [עַיֵּין שָׁם פָּרָשַׁת פִּינְחָס דַּף ר״מ וּפָרָשַׁת וַיִּקְרָא דַּף ח׳ וְדַף ה׳ עַמּוּד א׳ וּבְפֵירוּשׁ הָרַב מֹשֶׁה זַכּוּת שָׁם].

6Indeed, it is impossible for the wicked to begin to serve G–d without their first repenting for their past—in order to shatter the kelipot, which form a sundering curtain and an iron partition that interpose between them and their Father in Heaven—by means of contriteness of heart and bitterness of soul over their sins, as is explained in the Zohar on the verse, “The sacrifices of G–d are a broken spirit: a broken and contrite heart….”¹⁰ For through breaking one’s heart the spirit of uncleanliness of the sitra achara is broken [see ibid. on Parashat Pinchas, p. 240, and on Parashat Vayikra, p. 8 and p. 5, and the commentary of the Ramaz¹¹ thereon].

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