# Torah 8 - I Saw A Candlestick Of Gold

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a) The sighing of a Jew is very precious for it represents fulfilling that which is lacking. That's to say, when there is a lack in something and a person sighs about it, by this he fills the lack.

b) All the things that a person lacks, whether income or health etc. can only be filled by the true tzaddik or rabbi whom he follows, for filling these lacks is only by sighing etc. as mentioned. Through sighing one draws the spirit of life to fill the gap which one sighed about. However, this spirit of life one can only receive through the tzaddik of the generation who cleaves entirely to the Torah which contains the source of the spirit of life. This means that one has to attach oneself to the tzaddik.

c) The evil ones who oppose and cause controversy against the true tzaddikim receive their spirit of life from the rabbi of the husks, for there is an evil rabbi and Other Side ( forces of evil ) which are parallel, as it says, " For G-d has made the one as well as the other " ( Ecclesiastes, 7, 14 ). That being the case, they are very strong during their time because the spirit of life they draw from the rabbi of the husk is a stormy spirit which is very great for a while, but only for a time, for eventually it ceases and is lost. In the meantime it creates a storm in the body and soul of people who take hold of it. That is why evil people are referred to as dead even when living because they haven't a true and holy life force, for this is drawn into the world only by the true tzaddikim.

d) The true tzaddik atones for sins by sighing because by this he draws the spirit of life to fill that which is lacking, like it says, "the wise man will atone" (Proverbs, 16, 14).

e) It is forbidden to provoke evil doers and those who oppose the truth. Only the perfect tzaddik can take them on because he has already separated and driven out completely all the evil of the four basic elements, which include all the attributes of a person, to such a degree that he is certain that no stumbling block or sin will befall him. A tzaddik like this and those who follow him can provoke the evil doers. However, someone who hasn't nullified the evil within him completely and it remains in potential, even though he has no sin, is not a perfect tzaddik and therefore mustn't provoke the evil doers. Such a person may be hurt, Heaven forbid, by the length of time of their spirit which they receive from the Other Side for it is very strong during its designated time, may G-d preserve us. On the other hand, the perfect tzaddik can lower himself into the pipeline through which the evil doers receive their spirit of life and he can break, subdue and throw down to the earth all those evil doers.

f) To reach this level of separating the bad from the good one has to learn Torah and pray. That's to say, by learning the Jewish codes of law (Halacha) and clarifying the halachic decisions, we can separate and distinguish the good from the bad. Thus we drive out and nullify the evil from the four basic elements (earth, water, air and fire) from which a person's attributes stem. This is the main rectification of Man. To merit to clarify the halachic decision one needs to pray. When a person prays for something, even though his request may be fulfilled by this prayer, the request still remains in potential. Only by learning Torah the process is completed and turns from potential to actuality. Then his will is done and his request fulfilled and he merits to throw down to the earth those who oppose (truth) and cause controversy.

g) The spring of Torah wisdom stems from prayer, so the main clarification and determination of the Halacha can only be achieved through prayer. Then it is considered as if one has renewed the world and one merits to separate the good from the bad in all the four elements and this rectifies everything. As a result, one merits to throw down to the earth those who oppose truth.

h) Tzitzit are an aspect of the spirit of life of holiness and through them we fulfill all the deficiencies; by sighing we subdue the spirit of life of the husks, the stormy spirit, the spirit of impurity and drive out the evil from the good in all one's attributes. As a result we subdue those who cause controversy and the evil doers, throwing them down to the earth.

i) The tzaddik hears all the sighs of those attached to him for from him life is drawn to each individual; he is the "the man in whom is spirit" (Numbers,27), as the Sages said, "He knows to go against the spirit of each person", drawing and replenishing the spirit of life of each and every individual.