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"The foolishness of a man perverts his way, and his heart rages against Hashem" (Proverbs 19:3). The explanation: one who is not connected and bound to a true Tzadik — then all his service is only like one who contorts himself and imitates his fellow, like a monkey before a man (236). And this is: "The foolishness of a man perverts his way" — that is, a person through his foolishness, all his service is only in the aspect of "perverts his way" — his way is only twisted. And this person: "his heart rages against Hashem" — for this twisted service causes, so to speak, that Hashem's wrath is directed against him, for his service is like the imitating of a monkey (237). 236. RAK: See Zohar II, 148b; Likutay Moharan 64; Likutay Tinyana 15. 237. RAK: See below 296. Likutay Moharan Tinyana 9.