סימן נ'-הצילה וכו'

[Siman 54 in the source contains only two further items after Letter Vov — here designated as the remaining two content sections corresponding to the Zohar and Kaneh discussion.] And this is what the Sages said [Ta'anis 11b]: "a Torah scholar who sits in a fast yet does not know how to satisfy his soul — let the dogs eat his meal." At first glance this has no connection at all to the matter. And one can say: for through the blemish of the covenant one damages one's soul, G-d forbid — for the dogs overpower the aspect of one's soul — for they are the aspect of the impudent of soul [azei nefesh]. And this is the aspect of: "save [hatzilah]" — "my soul" — specifically [Psalms 22]. And then the bitter waters [mayim miririm] embitter one's soul — in the aspect of: "and his soul was bitter to him." And then one's soul is in the aspect of: "and a hungry soul" — both spiritually and physically. For when one merits the rectification of the covenant — which is the aspect of the sweet waters [mayim mesukin] — then one tastes sweetness in the words of the prayer — and one's soul is satisfied through them spiritually — in the aspect of: "as with fat and marrow shall my soul be satisfied — and with lips of song my mouth shall praise" [Psalms 63]. And also physically one has satisfaction in one's eating — in the aspect of: "the righteous one eats to the satiation of his soul" [Proverbs 13]. And "righteous one" is: one who guards the covenant — as the Sages said [Zohar I, 59b]. But through the blemish of the covenant — the aspect of: "the dogs — impudent of soul" [Isaiah 56] — overpowers him — and they embitter his soul and confuse his prayer. And also physically he has no satisfaction — through the aspect of the dogs: "impudent of soul — they know no satiation." And therefore the Sages truly said: the Pesach offering is eaten in a state of satiation — so that one should not come to breaking a bone [and see Tosafos, Pesachim p. 102, s.v. maftirin]. For the Pesach is connected to the rectification of the covenant — which is the aspect of: "and you shall not break a bone of it" [Exodus 12] — which is the aspect of satiation as above. But the blemish of the covenant is the aspect of the blemish of the soul — the blemish of the bones — the aspect of: "for my bones are terrified — and my soul is greatly terrified" [Psalms 6]. See below in the discourse Vayiven Hashem Es HaTzela, Siman 67. And then one has no satiation as above. And this is what the Sages said: "a Torah scholar who sits in a fast [d'yativ d'yativ — specifically]" — as elaborated in the discourse — yet does not know how to satisfy his soul — for this reason let the dogs eat his meal. And see also in the discourse Tefillah L'Chavakuk, Siman 19 — that the rectification of eating is through the rectification of the covenant and the perfection of the holy tongue. And see in Likutay Tinyana, the discourse Tik'u Emunah, Siman 5, Letter Yud-Tes — on the matter of: "sweet is the sleep of the laborer — whether he eats little or much" [Ecclesiastes 5] — "sweet" is the aspect of the rectification of the covenant — sweet waters — and so on.