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There — Letters Gimmel and Daled — "they were crying and reciting the Shema" — and this is what the Sages said : "they sought to establish the portion of Balak and Bil'am within the Shema." For through the recitation of Shema — the arousal of the thoughts [hirhurim] that come through the kelipah of Bil'am are nullified. There — L

Section 4 — Letter ד — [on Letter Vov of the discourse] etters Gimmel, Daled, Hay — "'

Section 6 — Letter ו — [on Letters Hay and Vov of the discourse] Section 5 — Letter ה — [on the same Letter] the performers of His word — to hear the voice of His word' — meaning: the word — namely the letters of the Torah — receive great light from above." In my humble opinion: this means — according to what is elaborated below in Letters Daled and Hay — that in all the attributes His love dwells within them. And there is yet another love above this — which is the aspect of the love within Da'as [ahavah shebaDa'as]. Now: within the attributes — which are the aspect of yamim [days] — there is corresponding to them the aspect of the days of evil — which are the evil attributes. This being the aspect of day and night — light and darkness — that exist in every day. But Da'as is above the attributes — and there the evil has no foothold at all. The aspect of: "they shall not harm nor destroy — for the earth shall be full of Da'as" [Isaiah 11]. For there: "even darkness does not darken before You" [Psalms 139]. For it is the aspect of: "one day — which is neither day nor night" [Zechariah 14] — as is elaborated below in the discourse. But as long as the good days are clothed within the days of evil — then it is impossible for them to receive light from above — meaning: from the aspect of the light of the love within Da'as — so that the days of evil should not receive through this more than their sustenance. But when one clarifies and extracts the letters of the Torah which were clothed within the days of evil — and elevates them from there — then great light is drawn upon them from above. Meaning: they can then receive some illumination and flash from the light of the love within Da'as. There — Letters Gimmel and Daled — "they were crying and reciting the Shema" — and this is what the Sages said : "they sought to establish the portion of Balak and Bil'am within the Shema." For through the recitation of Shema — the arousal of the thoughts [hirhurim] that come through the kelipah of Bil'am are nullified. And this is the aspect of: "they merit to hear voices from above." There — Letter Vov — "and this is what the Sages said: 'the lips of the Kohen shall guard Da'as'" — this means: for one who merits to subdue one's evil inclination — and to entirely nullify one's days of evil — then one's good days alone — meaning: the love one has with Hashem in time and within the attributes — this is the aspect of the love within Da'as — according to one's level. And also: through this one's good days receive from the light of the love within Da'as as above. And through receiving from him the illumination of the love within Da'as — through this automatically one's evil attributes will be nullified and fall — and the good days clothed within them will ascend — and they too will receive a flash from the light of this love — which is the aspect of the love within Da'as according to one's level. This being the aspect of: "the lips of the Kohen shall guard Da'as" — meaning: what he is able to bring from potential to actuality and bring to the aspect of speech — this is according to one's level — the aspect of Da'as which is above time and the attributes. And also: since he subdued his evil inclination — and through this one's good days receive from the light of the love within Da'as — where: "even darkness does not darken before You" as above — and therefore everywhere he looks — the evil falls from there. And through this he knows the Torah even from material matters. There — Letter Vov — "behold I have taken a blessing — with a kamatz" — for berech is a noun of blessing. And at its root — certainly everything is in the aspect of blessing — for: "from the mouth of the Most High — evil does not go forth" . This is the aspect of: "for the ways of Hashem are straight" — for the ways of Hashem are certainly all straight and correct. Only: because the light is then still kamatz and concealed — it is formed below according to the vessels of the receivers. Therefore: "righteous ones walk in them" — and so on. And therefore Bil'am wished to form it according to his vessel — which is the aspect of a curse. And when he saw he could not — he understood that already at the moment of taking — when the light was still in the aspect of kamatz and concealed — it was already in the aspect of blessing. This is: "behold I have taken a blessing — with a kamatz." And since it was in the aspect of blessing already at the time of taking — therefore it is in the aspect of beirech — meaning: the Holy One Himself blessed Israel — for even though the verse says: "see — I set before you blessing and curse" — "before you" specifically — for from before the Holy One goes forth a simple light — and it is formed below only according to the vessels of the receivers. But then — as it were — Hashem Himself formed the light in the aspect of blessing — to the point that it could not be corrupted and formed in the opposite direction, G-d forbid — even through Bil'am the wicked's vessel — until he too was compelled to bless Israel. And this is what is written: "and He blessed — and I cannot reverse it." Such a Rabbi — "Torah shall they certainly seek from his mouth." There — Letter Zayin — "for every person of Israel knows that there is G-d in general." Meaning as above — for Da'as is above the attributes — and therefore the evil has no such hold there. And therefore one knows that there is G-d. And also one knows that "the whole earth is full of His glory" — meaning: that even within the days of evil themselves — there too is His Divinity — and the letters of the Torah which are the aspect of the good days. But the wicked are under the authority of their heart — meaning: the days of evil — the evil attributes within the heart — strengthen so much — that the heart cannot receive the light of this Da'as properly — and does not feel it as one should. Therefore: when one binds one's heart to one's Da'as — and subdues one's heart to this Da'as that one knows — and one's heart is under one's authority — then the attributes within one's heart receive the aspect of the light of the love within Da'as. And one sees and attains the hidden light according to one's level. And see wondrous things according to this discourse in the Laws of Sukkah, Halacha 3; Laws of Purim, Halacha 4; and Laws of Loans [Hil'chos Halva'ah], Halacha 5. 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