תּוֹרָה קפה

Torah 185

The primary completeness is fear. And there are two kinds of fear. There is one who fears Hashem Yisborach from His greatness and exaltedness — because He is great and dominant. And through this fear — the holy Name of the Holy One, blessed be He, is made complete ["isht'lim sh'ma kadisha"]. And there is a lower fear — that is, one who comes to fear through lower fears — through fearing an animal or an officer or some other fright. And through this one is reminded and comes to the fear of Hashem. And through this fear — abundances are drawn into the world. And one must make a vessel to receive the abundance — and this is accomplished through the yearning and will to travel to true Tzadikim. For through this the impression of a vessel is made. And afterwards when one comes to him — the vessel is made. And one who has more toils and obstacles at the beginning of drawing close — and breaks through them — has a greater vessel. For example — when one has obstacles from one's father and father-in-law and wife and similar other obstacles — and one must toil and labour and strengthen greatly to break through them — through this one makes a vessel to receive holiness and purity within it afterwards. And the greater the toils and obstacles — and when one breaks through them — the greater the vessel to receive holiness and purity to draw close to Hashem Yisborach within it. And through this one merits fear — and draws all the good influences. And one merits to complete the holy Name — for the primary completeness comes through fear.