Letter 360

The evil inclination arouses the person every time — to his foolishnesses and his vanities — as though they are new now. And the wondrous counsels of the Torah — he wishes them to grow old — as though they are old — Heaven forbid. And in truth it is the opposite. For the desires and the foolishnesses and the confusions — they are old from long ago. For "there is nothing new under the sun" [Ecclesiastes 1:9]. But above the sun — which is the Torah (of the true Tzadik) — there are entirely new things at every moment. For the counsels of the Torah (of his) are very deep — and they renew themselves every time. And therefore one must strengthen himself anew every time. And every single day let them be in your eyes as new. And all of this one merits through the true Tzadik.