READING: BETWEEN AFTER MIDNINGHT AND DAWN TUESDAY

Baal HaSulam. Shamati, 198. Freedom

LESSON MATERIAL

198. Freedom

I heard in the year 1938

Harut [engraved], do not pronounce it Harut but Herut [freedom]. This means that it is written, “Write them upon the tablet of your heart.” Writing is with ink, which is considered blackness. Each time a person writes, meaning makes decisions about how to behave, and then reverts to his bad ways, it is because the writing was erased. Thus, one should constantly write so it will be as though Harut, so it will be Harut in his heart so he cannot erase.

And then he is immediately rewarded with Herut. Thus, the Kli [vessel] for Herut is the extent to which it is written in his heart. To the extent of the engraving, so is the salvation. This is because the essence of the Kli is the hollow, as it is written, “My heart is Halal [hollow/slain] within me,” and then he is awarded freedom from the angel of death, since the lowliness is SAM itself, and he must know it to the fullest and overcome it until the Creator helps him