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

וצד הקדושה אינו אלא השראה והמשכה מקדושתו של הקדוש ברוך The side of holiness is nothing but the indwelling and extension of G‑d’s holiness.ואין הקדוש ברוך הוא שורה אלא על דבר שבטל

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

ולכן נקרא עולם הזה ומלואו עולם הקליפות וסטרא אחראThat is why this world with all it contains is called the world of kelipot and sitra achra — despite the fact that this world, too, receives its vitality from G‑d’s holiness.

That is why this world with all it contains is called the world of kelipot and sitra achra — despite the fact that this world, too, receives its vitality from G‑d’s holiness.

אך נפש החיונית הבהמית שבישראל שמצד הקליפה, המלובשת בדם האדם כנזכר לעילHowever, unlike the life-forms mentioned at the conclusion of ch. 6, which are derived from the three wholly unclean kelipot, the

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

The Alter Rebbe now provides an example of a “neutral” action or utterance that is derived from kelipat nogah and can thus be utilized for either good or evil, demonstrating how the action or word itself becomes holy when its motivation is for the sake of heaven, and how

For instance, if one eats fat beef and drinks spiced wine not out of physical desire, but in order to broaden his mind for the service of G‑d and for His Torah,

ואין עולים משם עד כי יבוא יומם ויבולע המות לנצח, כמו שכתוב: ואת רוח הטומאה אעביר מן הארץThey (the vitality of these prohibited acts) are not elevated from [the kelipot] until “their day comes”