כבוד רבו ות"ח ב

The summary of the matter: on Rosh HaShanah we travel to the tzadikim , and then we receive from the tzadikim [the power] to cry out constantly to Hashem, however things may be — and this is the aspect of the shofar, the aspect of the makifin , which are the aspect of nedarim . And through this we merit teshuvah and the selichah of Yom HaKipurim, and through this we merit the Sukkah and the four species and the joy of Simchas Torah — all of which is the aspect of the connection of upper and lower, the settling of Eretz Yisra'ail, and the rectification of the sin of the meraglim .

And therefore Calaiv [Caleb] , who was the opposite of the meraglim and did not wish to be swayed after them — therefore he went from them and prostrated himself upon the graves of the Avos [Patriarchs] , as our Sages of blessed memory said. For through connecting himself to the tzadikim — the Avos — he received the strength to stand against the meraglim and to hold fast to Eretz Yisra'ail. And this is the aspect of traveling to the tzadikim on Rosh HaShanah — to receive from them the strength to overcome all the meraglim and slanderers and to hold fast to the truth of Eretz Yisra'ail.

The beauty of the esrog [citron] , the aspect of "the fruit of a beautiful tree" (Leviticus 23:40) — this is the aspect of "the glory and the splendor of His kingship" , the aspect of "to make known to the children of men His mighty acts and the glorious splendor of His kingship" (Tehillim 145:12) . For the esrog represents the beauty and hadar [splendor] of the revelation of the kavod of Hashem in the world — which is accomplished through the connection of upper and lower, through the tzadik and through all the rectifications of Rosh HaShanah and Yom HaKipurim. And the esrog is held in the left hand, corresponding to the heart — for the kavod of Hashem must be internalized in the heart.

And therefore Eretz Yisra'ail is conducive to children . And likewise, Avraham Avinu — Hashem promised him the inheritance of the Land and children together. For the primary [blessing of] children — which is the aspect of the ben , the aspect of the fruit of the connection of upper and lower — is specifically in Eretz Yisra'ail, which is the primary place of this connection. For Eretz Yisra'ail is the gate of heaven, the aspect of the ladder of Ya'akov whose base is on the earth and whose top reaches to heaven. And therefore children and Eretz Yisra'ail go together — for both are the fruit of the connection of upper and lower realms.

Allusions from the story of the Seven Beggars , from the story of the fourth day [the Fourth Beggar] — he who boasted that he does not allow any hevel peh [breath of the mouth] to enter this world. And therefore the air of his world is entirely pure. And through this he is able to sustain everything. For the concept of hevel peh corresponds to what is explained in the aforementioned Torah regarding the voice and the crying-out — the aspect of the shofar — for the shofar is the hevel peh , the breath of the mouth. And the Fourth Beggar's power is that he controls this breath entirely, that no impure breath should enter the world. And this is the aspect of the tzadik who is the true merciful one — who, through his pure breath and his crying-out and his prayer, purifies the air of the entire world, sweetens all the dinim , and draws the makifin that are the aspect of nedarim . And through this the whole world is sustained — see there in the aforementioned Torah and in the story, and understand.

Based on the Torah "Rabbi Shimon opened…" etc. [Likutay Moharan I, Torah 60] — see there the entire Torah. It is explained there that through sipuray ma'asiyos [stories/tales] , those who are sleeping are awakened from their sleep. For there are people who sleep away their days, G-d forbid — that is, they fall into a deep sleep, and their mochin [consciousness/mentality] and their da'as [awareness] sleep, and they do not know at all of the greatness of Hashem and of the ultimate purpose for which the world was created. And the primary way to awaken them from this sleep is through sipuray ma'asiyos — stories of the deeds and the greatness of Hashem and of the tzadikim .