They (the vitality of these prohibited acts) are not elevated from [the kelipot] until “their day comes” (the time when evil will totally disappear from the world),

ועל תשובה מאהבה רבה זו אמרו שזדונות נעשו לו כזכיות, הואיל ועל ידי זה בא לאהבה רבה זו[Only] concerning repentance out of such great love has it been said 9 that [the penitent’s] premeditated sins become, for

[Only] concerning repentance out of such great love has it been said9 that [the penitent’s] premeditated sins become, for him, like virtues, since through them (through the sins which previously had distanced him from G‑d) he attained when he repented to this great love.

ועוד זאת במאכלות אסורות, שלכך נקראים בשם איסורThere is an additional aspect in the matter of forbidden foods, for which reason they are called issur (“bound” and attached):

ועוד זאת במאכלות אסורות, שלכך נקראים בשם איסורThere is an additional aspect in the matter of forbidden foods, for which reason they are called issur (“bound” and attached):

We shall now learn what is necessary for the rectification of permitted words not spoken for the sake of heaven.ועל דברים בטלים בהיתר, כגון עם הארץ שאינו יכול ללמודAs for innocent idle chatter, such as

We shall now learn what is necessary for the rectification of permitted words not spoken for the sake of heaven.ועל דברים בטלים בהיתר, כגון עם הארץ שאינו יכול ללמודAs for innocent idle chatter, such as

ועוד זאת, יתירה טומאתה של חכמת האומות על טומאת דברים בטליםMoreover, the impurity of the science of the nations is greater than the impurity of idle speech;שאינו מלביש ומטמא רק המדות מיסוד

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

In the previous chapters the Alter Rebbe elaborated on the composition of the Jew’s divine soul with its ten holy soul-powers and three soul-garments, and his animal soul, with its corresponding ten powers and three garments originating in kelipah. In the present