סימן כ"ה-אחוי לן מנא

Siman Twenty-Five — Achavi Lan Manaסימן כה — אחוי לן מנא There — Letter Gimmel — on the matter of inner and outer aspects [penimiyus u'chitzoniyus].

Section 2 — Letter ב — [on Letter Daled of the discourse] And see at the end of the discourse where he said that this is the aspect of the Ramah [ramah] — and so on. See in Pri Etz Chaim, Sha'ar HaTefillah, and in the kavvanot of Shabbas.

Section 3 — Letter ג — [on the same Letter] There — Letter Daled — "and it is impossible to subdue the kelippos except through the greatness of the Creator" — as is brought in the kavvanot of "Hodu l'Hashem kir'u vish'mo" ["Give thanks to Hashem — call out in His Name"] — and the revelation of the greatness of the Creator comes through charity [tzedakah]. For the essential greatness and splendor is the revelation of the colors [govvanin] — and the entire matter there. See the holy Zohar, portion Yisro, p. 90b: "Rabbi Yitzchak said: it is written — 'who is like You, Hashem — great are You and great is Your Name' — 'great are You' — this is: 'Mine is the silver'; 'and great is Your Name' — this is: 'and Mine is the gold.' These two colors [govvanin] are not seen and do not become glorious except when they are engraved within Israel — then the colors are seen and become glorious — as it is said: 'Israel — through you I am glorified.'" Rabbi Yehudah opened: "I will greatly rejoice in Hashem" — "for He clothed me in garments of salvation" — "colors that are engraved to gaze upon" — "salvation — gazing." What is the reason? Because it is written: "a robe of charity wraps me — charity itself — wherein the colors are engraved." And see there further on the matter of "I will greatly rejoice in Hashem" [which is the aspect of what Rabbainu wrote in Letter Hay — that one must stir within oneself the joy of the mitzvah]. And it concluded: "and then it is written: 'and you shall say on that day: give thanks to Hashem — call out in His Name'" — one can say this alludes to the above-mentioned kavvanah of Hodu. There — Letter Daled — "and it is impossible to subdue the kelippos except through the greatness of the Creator" — as is brought in the kavvanot of "Hodu l'Hashem kir'u vish'mo" ["Give thanks to Hashem — call out in His Name"] — and the revelation of the greatness of the Creator comes through charity [tzedakah]. For the essential greatness and splendor is the revelation of the colors [govvanin] — and the entire matter there. See the holy Zohar, portion Yisro, p. 90b: "Rabbi Yitzchak said: it is written — 'who is like You, Hashem — great are You and great is Your Name' — 'great are You' — this is: 'Mine is the silver'; 'and great is Your Name' — this is: 'and Mine is the gold.' These two colors [govvanin] are not seen and do not become glorious except when they are engraved within Israel — then the colors are seen and become glorious — as it is said: 'Israel — through you I am glorified.'" [Isaiah 49] Rabbi Yehudah opened: "I will greatly rejoice in Hashem" — "for He clothed me in garments of salvation" [Isaiah 61] — "colors that are engraved to gaze upon" — "salvation — gazing." What is the reason? Because it is written: "a robe of charity wraps me — charity itself — wherein the colors are engraved." And see there further on the matter of "I will greatly rejoice in Hashem" [which is the aspect of what Rabbainu wrote in Letter Hay — that one must stir within oneself the joy of the mitzvah]. And it concluded: "and then it is written: 'and you shall say on that day: give thanks to Hashem — call out in His Name'" [Isaiah 12] — one can say this alludes to the above-mentioned kavvanah of Hodu. There — in the above discourse — the same Letter — "and through charity from one's money — all one's money is rectified." This means: for the essential revelation of the colors [govvanin] is only through the money of charity — for through charity it becomes revealed that one knows and believes that the money is only Hashem's — in the aspect of: "Mine is the silver." Therefore one gives it as charity for Hashem's Name — to do His will thereby. Only through this very act — all one's money is automatically rectified — for through charity it is revealed that one believes all one's money is Hashem's. And therefore through this the colors are revealed and shine throughout all one's money — and all one's money becomes in the aspect of: "Mine is the silver and Mine is the gold." And even this money that the nations take from us — which most of the time we give this money to the nations as well only for Hashem's Name — for the sake of the existence of Jewish law [das Yisrael] and the like — and therefore it is counted as charity too — as it is written: "and your oppressors — righteousness" . See in Likutay Halachos, Laws of the Guard-rail and Protection of Life [Ma'akeh v'Shmirat Nefesh], Halacha 4, Letter Hay — where it is elaborated that when Rabbainu said this discourse — speaking of ascending from level to level — that the Sitra Achra and kelippos prostrate and spread out against one each time — he then said explicitly: that even one who is completely buried in the earth — when he is stirred to rise from there — necessarily he must go from level to level — and then they prostrate against him each time. Therefore a person has great battles and many obstacles each time he wishes to approach any service of Hashem — and one needs very great and immense strengthening each time. See there. There — in the above discourse — the same Letter — "and through charity from one's money — all one's money is rectified." This means: for the essential revelation of the colors [govvanin] is only through the money of charity — for through charity it becomes revealed that one knows and believes that the money is only Hashem's — in the aspect of: "Mine is the silver." Therefore one gives it as charity for Hashem's Name — to do His will thereby. Only through this very act — all one's money is automatically rectified — for through charity it is revealed that one believes all one's money is Hashem's. And therefore through this the colors are revealed and shine throughout all one's money — and all one's money becomes in the aspect of: "Mine is the silver and Mine is the gold." And even this money that the nations take from us — which most of the time we give this money to the nations as well only for Hashem's Name — for the sake of the existence of Jewish law [das Yisrael] and the like — and therefore it is counted as charity too — as it is written: "and your oppressors — righteousness" [Isaiah 60]. See in Likutay Halachos, Laws of the Guard-rail and Protection of Life [Ma'akeh v'Shmirat Nefesh], Halacha 4, Letter Hay — where it is elaborated that when Rabbainu said this discourse — speaking of ascending from level to level — that the Sitra Achra and kelippos prostrate and spread out against one each time — he then said explicitly: that even one who is completely buried in the earth — when he is stirred to rise from there — necessarily he must go from level to level — and then they prostrate against him each time. Therefore a person has great battles and many obstacles each time he wishes to approach any service of Hashem — and one needs very great and immense strengthening each time. See there.