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Siman 73

סימן 73

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שֶׁהֶחֱיָה אֶת עַצְמוֹ עִם מַה שֶּׁזָּכַר עַצְמוֹ גּדֶל הַחֶסֶד שֶׁל הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ שֶׁלּא עָשַׂנִי גּוֹי, שֶׁנִּדְפַּס כְּבָר בְּסִפּוּרֵי-מַעֲשִׂיּוֹת
(14.) Pertaining to the conversation printed in Sichos HaRan §30 — what is written there that one must "bang one's head against the wall" — meaning: to bring the head, which is the intellect/mind, to the walls of the heart — see there. Afterwards I heard in his name that he said this is the aspect of [Isaiah 38:2]: "And Hezekiah turned his face to the wall" — that he turned and drew the panim [face], which is the intellect and knowledge, to the walls of the heart. That is, as stated above — for the essential panim [face] is wisdom and knowledge, which is the light of the face, as is explained elsewhere (Likutay Moharan, vol. 1, Torah 57).