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A Lot Is an Awakening from Above
32. A Lot Is an Awakening from Above
I heard on Terumah 4, February 10, 1943
A lot is an awakening from above, when the lower one does not assist in anything. This is the meaning of “cast a pur,” “the lot.” Haman was complaining and said, “neither do they keep the king’s laws.”
This means that enslavement begins for the worker in a state of Lo Lishma [not for Her sake], meaning for self-reception. Hence, why were they given the Torah, because afterward they are granted Lishma [for Her sake] and they are given the lights and the upper attainments.
Then comes the complainant and asks, “Why are they given these sublime things for which they did not work or hope, but their every thought and goal were only over matters that concern their own needs, called Lo Lishma?” This is the meaning of “The wicked will prepare and the righteous will wear.”
This means that previously he was working in a state of wicked, meaning Lo Lishma, but for the receiver. Afterward, he was rewarded with Lishma, meaning that all the servitude enters the domain of Kedusha [holiness], meaning everything is to bestow. This is the meaning of “the righteous will wear.”
This is the meaning of Purim as Yom Kippurim [Day of Atonement]. Purim is an awakening from above, and Yom Kippurim is an awakening from below, meaning through repentance. However, there is awakening from above there, too, corresponding to the lots that were there, “one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for Azazel,” and the Creator is the scrutinizer.