# Torah 9 - "To Wherever The Spirit Will Go" (Ezekiel,1,12)

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a) The tzaddikim, the true leaders of the generation, are an aspect of "spirit", as it says (Numbers 27:18), "A man with spirit in him", who knows to counter the spirit in each individual. The People of Israel are an aspect of 'heart' for they are "the heart of the entire world" (Zohar, Pinchas, 221B). And the leaders of the generation need to blow, in the aspect of their spirit (wind), onto each Jewish person; (see Lekutei Moharan, Pt.1, Torah 8), the spirit of every Jew, in order to blow away the dustiness, meaning the depression and sadness that falls upon them, Heaven forbid. By this (sadness) a Jew, who is an aspect of "heart", cannot ignite and enflame his heart to serve G-d. Through blowing away the dustiness, the true tzaddikim enthuse the hearts of Jews to serve G-d.

b) Also, sometimes a person burns overly much to serve the Holy One beyond his limit and this is also not good. This is an aspect of a "storm wind" and is called 'breaking through'. The true tzaddikim also oversee this, in order to subdue the storm wind so that it won't burn beyond the proper measure, rather, every Jewish heart will be enthused to serve the Holy One, as is fitting, with a balanced temperament.

c) There are also wicked people who are an aspect of the Erev Rav (the mixed multitudes) and when they fall on the heart, meaning when they influence the Jewish People, this is also an aspect of dustiness. For just as when dust falls on a candle and the particles of fire in it become separated from the element of fire then they cannot glow and through this the candle is extinguished. So, when we blow at the candle the 'wind' blows away the dustiness from the candle and the particles join together again and the flame begins to glow. However, sometimes by blowing at the candle we separate the flame from the candle and this extinguishes the candle. Similarly the leaders of the generation need to blow away all the aspects of dustiness, as mentioned, from the heart, that's to say from every individual Jew, so that the particles of fire in each Jew join together again. Then the People of Israel are joined together and become an aspect of 'heart'. Each individual becomes an aspect of 'heart' for each place where the aspect of 'heart' is needed and then once again becomes enthused in the service of G-d, as is fitting.