חֲצוֹת - לְסַדֵּר תִּקּוּן־חֲצוֹת

Through rising at midnight to engage in Torah, prayer, and personal meditation, one merits to separate the good from the evil and to draw upon themselves true remembrance, to constantly remember their ultimate purpose and eternal end, and to always attach their thoughts to the World to Come. And to look at everything that the Blessed Name causes and brings about for them each day, for everything, as it is for all, is to hint to them hints at every moment to draw close to Him, which is the essence of the true, good purpose. The primary existence of a person in this world, the number of days of their fleeting life, and everything that happens to them each day, all of it is solely for this purpose (54, at the end).

Rising at midnight is the sweetening of judgments, and it is as effective as a redemption (149).

The time of midnight is always after six hours from the beginning of the night, whether in summer or winter. Then the time of midnight begins and continues until the end of the second watch, that is, two hours. In the morning, it is good to look at the heavens, and through this, understanding is drawn down (ibid.).

In these times, when the exile has already prolonged upon us, and the Blessed Name awaits at every moment to return to us and to rebuild our Holy Temple, it is fitting for us not to delay, G-d forbid, the building of the Holy Temple, but to strive for its construction. Therefore, one must be very careful to rise at midnight every night and to greatly mourn the destruction of the Holy Temple, for perhaps in a previous incarnation, they were the cause of the Temple’s destruction. And even if not, perhaps they are now delaying the building of the Holy Temple through their sins, and it is considered as if they caused its destruction. For this, they should weep and greatly mourn every night at midnight, and through this, it will be considered as if they are striving for the building of the Holy Temple. Through this, they will merit to draw close to the truth, that is, to draw close to true righteous, G-d-fearing, and upright individuals, who are the essence of the true glory, grace, and beauty of the world. Through this, their eyes will be opened, and they will look at themselves in all their traits, how they hold onto them, and return in repentance for all evil traits, and merit to know and recognize His great Name, Blessed be He (Part II, 67).

Through rising at midnight and mourning the destruction of the Holy Temple, through this, one is saved from fires (ibid.).

The primary service of a Jewish person is in the winter, to be careful to rise at midnight. In the summer, when the night is very short, less than six hours, when one does not rise at midnight as mentioned above in section 3, then one should be careful to rise early in the morning at the break of dawn (Sefer HaRan 301).