תּוֹרָה קנט

Torah 159

In the holy Torah there are two forces — fire and water. And likewise a person — while he is engaged and studying Torah — vapours and steams go forth from him. And they have heat and moisture — which are also the aspect of fire and water. And one who merits that his learning ascends to the "Shechinah" — from these two forces mentioned above — spiritual abundance and material abundance are made. But not everyone merits that his learning ascends to the "Shechinah". And when the Torah goes forth and cannot ascend to its proper place — in the meantime the "gardinei nimmosim" come — the enforcers of the law [as explained in the holy Zohar, Mikeitz, 203a] who rule at night — and strike it and it falls below — and is scattered throughout the world. And all people in the world absorb from the atmosphere which is full of these Toirahs that did not merit to ascend above — and were scattered in the atmosphere of the world. Then for a great person and Tzadik — or at any rate for a worthy and G-d-fearing person — this produces the dew of Torah [tal Torah]. And some merit to attain from this attainments and Torah innovations. And for the smaller ones who cannot attain and innovate — a new arousal and intense yearning for Torah reaches them. Which is also the aspect of innovations — that a renewed yearning and arousal is freshly born in him. But when people who are not worthy receive this — then from these Toirahs thirty-nine types of forbidden labour [m'lachos] are made for them. And through this an intense yearning and new arousal reaches them for the labours and toils and workings of this world. Which is the precise opposite of the dew of Torah — namely thirty-nine labours as above.