She Tasted That Her Merchandise Is Good

285 – She Tasted That Her Merchandise Is Good "She tasted that her merchandise is good" (Proverbs 31:18) means: Immediately when one tastes the Torah of the true tzadik (righteous person), then even if afterward they are prevented from approaching it and become distant from it (this being the aspect of “night” and “darkness”), nevertheless: her lamp does not go out at night”—the light of the Torah they once tasted will forever shine for them. The phrase “She tasted that her merchandise is good” means that upon tasting the goodness of the tzadik’s Torah—their “merchandise,” whose taste is good—the light of that Torah will continue to shine eternally, even during spiritual darkness and distance, which are “nights.” Thus, even at night, the lamp does not go out forever and ever.