תּוֹרָה קכט - אֶרֶץ אוֹכֶלֶת יוֹשְׁבֶיהָ

Torah 1210

Faith alone — believing in the Tzadik and drawing close to him — even if one receives nothing from him at all — this itself is very good. For through faith and closeness alone — one's evil is consumed and transformed into the essence of the Tzadik. [The holy brain and da'as must consume the body — that is, the body should be transformed into the essence of the soul — which is the brain and da'as — which is the aspect of eating: that the food is transformed into the body of the one being nourished.] But only provided that one's intention is for the sake of Heaven. But one who travels and draws close to the Tzadikim for another intention — the closeness will avail him nothing at all.

One who travels to the Land of Israel — and his intention is for the sake of Heaven truly — to return through this to Hashem Yisborach — certainly the Land of Israel will benefit him greatly. For through this alone — entering the Land of Israel — one is consumed by it and transformed into its holy essence. And therefore even one who walks four cubits in the Land of Israel is assured that he is a son of the World to Come [Kesubos 111a]. But if one has no intention at all for the service of Hashem — to consume his evil through it — the dwelling in the Land of Israel will not avail him — for it spews him out — in the aspect of: ""as it spewed out"" [Leviticus 18:28].