However, unlike the life-forms mentioned at the conclusion of ch. 6, which are derived from the three wholly unclean kelipot, the following

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Moreover, the impurity of the science of the nations is greater than the impurity of idle speech

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A further explanation, to more fully elucidate the expression “tefissa” (“grasp”), in the words of Elijah, “No thought can grasp You”:

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1 “The Almighty has created one thing opposite the other.”

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The side of holiness is nothing but the indwelling and extension of G‑d’s holiness.

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Concluding the discussion about the Tzadik (discourse only, no text used

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אך על מעלת צדיק גמור, הוא שאמר רבי שמעון בר יוחאי: ראיתי בני עליה והם מועטים כו׳But concerning the rank of the “complete tzaddik,” Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai’s statement

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וכפי ערך גודל האהבה לה׳, כך ערך גודל השנאה לסטרא אחרא והמיאוס ברע בתכליתHence, according to the abundance of love towards G‑d, so is the extent of hatred toward the spiritual sitra achra

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After elaborating in the previous chapter on the ongoing battle between the divine and animal soul over mastery of a Jew’s body, the Alter Rebbe now proceeds to explain that one who vanquishes his animal soul and transforms its evil into good — is a tzaddik

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The Alter Rebbe now describes the specific level of love of G‑d that accomplishes this:והיינו, שיעלה ויבא ויגיע למדרגת אהבה רבה וחיבה יתירה ממדרגת אהבה עזה כרשפי אשThis transformation of the animal

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