“You became rich; you are in the evening; light the candle.” The king had two books of Torah—with one he comes out, and the other he leaves in his treasury.

It is known that there are two opposites in the work of the Creator: 1) A person must be happy in any state that he is in, even if it is the lowest possible state. He should praise and thank the Creator for letting him be among those who sit inside the seminary, as our sages said, “He who walks and does not do, the reward for walking is in his hand.” This is called “You became rich,” as in “wealth,” for on the eve of Shabbat [Sabbath] he should be as one who is wealthy who does not lack a thing.

Afterward, one must shift to the other side, to see what he has—how much fear of heaven and greatness of the Creator he has, and how many good deeds and how much Torah, and understanding in the Torah. At that time, he sees that he is deficient. This is called “evening,” as in “And there was evening and there was morning,” and this is called “you are in the evening.”

Once one has those two, then “Light the candle” of Shabbat. At that time, the middle line comes, namely the light of Shabbat.

In this manner, we can interpret the meaning of the two books of Torah that the king had, one with which he would go out and in, meaning it was for using in the states that he was in, and one was that he had to believe that there is Torah from a higher degree, which is still concealed from him, and he will be rewarded with attaining it later on.

This means that in any degree that he is in, in which he comes in and out, there is always Torah that is still concealed from him, and which he must attain. By this, he goes from degree to degree. Also, “king” means that he can reign over his body.