GEVURAH: KIDDUSH LEVANAH קִדּוּשׁ לְבָנָה

KIDDUSH LEVANAH קִדּוּשׁ לְבָנָה :

– PRAYER OF GRATITUDE ON NEW MOON

As long as he has no power to judge the world to a scale
of merit, they subdue him. He mingles with their desires and
he is led like sheep to the slaughter. He has no choice; he is
compelled to think, want, crave, and demand everything that the
majority demands. He then chooses their alien thoughts and their
loathsome lusts and desires, which are alien to the spirit of the
Torah. In that state he has no strength to subdue the majority.
Instead, there is only one counsel then, to cling to his
teacher and to the books. This is called “From the mouth of
books and from the mouth of authors.” Only by cleaving to
them can he change his mind and will for the better. However,
witty arguments will not help him change his mind, but only the
remedy of Dvekut (adhesion), for this is a wondrous cure, as the
Dvekut reforms him.

-Baal HaSulam, Shamati, page 81