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And in each and every generation there is found such a Tzaddik who knows how to walk toward the spirit and the ratzon of each and every one — through whom peace would be made in the world. And through this, everyone would return to Hashem, blessed be He, for everything depends on peace, as is explained elsewhere. For through the peace, one can draw the entire world to His service. For through the peace, which is the aspect of ratzon and love and unity, through this they are incorporated in the one Supernal Ratzon, and all the forces of the Evil Inclination are nullified — whose sustenance is from the aspect of the variation of r’tzonos, from which it draws sustenance and introduces heresies and dispute. For the Evil Inclination is called “dispute.” And the nullification of the Evil Inclination is through the peace. And therefore peace is very great, as our Sages of blessed memory expounded extensively in many places.

But when the Evil One sees that such a Tzaddik is found, who is in the aspect of ra’ava d’ra’avin, who can make peace among all — then he stirs up a great dispute against this great Tzaddik himself, until everyone disputes against him more than against anyone else in the world. For in truth, everyone is distant from him. For each person is distant from his fellow because of the variation of the r’tzonos between him and his fellow — because he does not believe that both r’tzonos are included in one at their root. But the variation and the distance between a person and his fellow is very small, for in most of their ways they are alike in their desires and their traits — there is only some distance and variation between them. But from this great Tzaddik, everyone is completely distant. For he is exalted and uplifted above all the variation of the r’tzonos of all people in the world. For he is completely distant from the entire world, and he has no desire for this world at all. He is only always incorporated in the Supernal Ratzon, in the aspect of ra’ava d’ra’avin. And one who believes in him and draws close to him — then each and every one can find himself within this Tzaddik. For he is the root of the souls of Israel and is comprised of all of them. For he is in the aspect of the Ratzon of the R’tzonos — that is, the Supernal Ratzon that is clothed in all the r’tzonos and the souls of all people in the world. But when the Evil One introduces heresies and dispute into the hearts of people, to divide their hearts from him, then the dispute against him is greater than all other types of dispute — because he is distant and exalted from all the r’tzonos of all who come into the world, who all have variations among them, while he has no variation of desire for this world at all. And therefore everyone disputes against him and cannot bear him. And this is the aspect of the dispute of the Sh’vatim [tribes] against Yosef HaTzaddik. For Yosef HaTzaddik is the aspect of this Tzaddik mentioned above, the aspect of ra’ava d’ra’avin, the aspect of Moshe. For Yosef, Moshe, and Dovid are all one aspect — for all three departed on Shabbos at Minchah, at ra’ava d’ra’avin. And all the holy Sh’vatim, even though they were all great and awesome tzadikim — even so, they all needed to be connected to him. And this is the aspect of the connection of all the r’tzonos to the root of the Ratzon, which is the aspect of the holy elder, which is the aspect of Yosef HaTzaddik, as it is written: “For he was the son of his old age” [ben z’kunim] (Beraishis 37:3) — “son of old age” specifically — whose root is in the aspect of the holy elder, which is the aspect of the maitzach haratzon, the aspect of ra’ava d’ra’avin, as above. And this is the aspect of what Yosef told them his dream: “And behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose,” etc. — “and behold, your sheaves surrounded and bowed down to my sheaf” (Beraishis 37:7). For all the Sh’vatim, who are the totality of Israel, bind knots and unify unifications — which is the aspect of the connection of the r’tzonos together. But all the knots and unifications need to come to the Tzaddik of the generation, who is the aspect of Yosef — who is the aspect of ra’ava d’ra’avin, who connects all the knots and the unifications to the Supernal Ratzon, in the aspect of: “and behold, your sheaves surrounded and bowed down to my sheaf.”