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And he said: I very much longed to draw the world toward action, that there should be an obligation for every single person to study such and such each day and not to let it pass, and the like. And he said: that even those people who are very far from holiness — who have been caught in the evil trap to the point that they are habituated, Heaven forbid, to sins — may the Merciful One save and deliver us — even still, the power of Torah is so great that it can extract them from the sins they are habituated to, Heaven forbid. And if they establish for themselves a fixed requirement and a strong obligation to study such and such each day — however it may be — they will certainly merit to emerge from their evil trap through the Torah, because the power of Torah is very great.[35] And the main thrust of his aim and desire was always only for deeds and acts of holiness without any philosophies whatsoever — only that we should always be occupied with acts of holiness in simplicity: that is, to increase Torah study and to do many mitzvos each day and to increase prayer and supplications always — and all of this in simplicity without any philosophies.[36] And he was very careful to always be in joy, and spoke with us at great length regarding joy, as explained in the holy books.[37] But more than this, he spoke with us greatly in person, and urged us greatly with many warnings, many and many times, to always be only joyful.