READING: BETWEEN AFTER MIDNINGHT AND DAWN MONDAY

Baal HaSulam. Shamati, 181. Honor

LEASSON MATERIAL

181. Honor

I heard on Nisan 25, May 1, 1951

Honor is something that stops the body, and to that extent it harms the soul. Hence, all the righteous who became famous and respected, it was a punishment. But the great righteous, when the Creator does not want them to lose by being famous as righteous, the Creator guards them from being honored, so as not to harm their souls.

Hence, to the extent that they are honored on one hand, on the other hand, they are faced with dissenters who degrade them with all kinds of degradations. To the extent that creates an equal weight to the honor given to a righteous, to that very extent the other side gives disgrace.