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82. The Prayer that One Should Always Pray
What I heard in private on VaYera, November 1952
Faith is discerned as Malchut, interpreted in the mind and in the heart, that is, bestowal and faith. Opposite faith there is the discernment of the “foreskin,” which is knowing, whose way is to appreciate the discernment of the foreskin. Faith, however, called “the Shechina [Divinity],” is in the dust. This means that this work is considered disgraceful, and everyone escapes from walking on this path. But only this is called “the path of the righteous and Kedusha [holiness].”
The Creator wants His names to be revealed only in this manner, as in this manner it is certain that they will not blemish the upper lights, since the whole basis is bestowal and Dvekut [adhesion]. Also, the Klipot [shells/peels] cannot suckle from this quality since they nurse only on knowing and receiving.
Where the foreskin rules, the Shechina cannot receive the upper lights into it, so the lights do not fall into the Klipot. Because of this there is the sorrow of the Shechina, meaning that the upper lights are detained from being drawn into it, so she can bestow upon the souls.
And this depends only on the lower ones. The upper one can only impart the upper light, but the force of the Masach, so the lower one does not want to receive anything in the vessels of reception, depends on the works of the lower ones; that is, the lower ones must make that scrutiny.