12:10 PM page 309 Chapter 15 The "Chambers of Tmuros" are the forces of evil an ba esires an their nature is to s!

itch aroun goo for evil an evil for goo " The# o this so much that the# !ant actuall# cause a person to leave all goo " The rabbis of blesse memor# have sai about this "to a# he $the evil one% tells #ou to o one thing an tomorro! he !ill tell #ou to go serve i ols" an to leave holiness altogether" The main tool of these evil forces is sa ness the# !ant to cause a person to feel sa an o!n& istant from 'ashem through all sorts of false logic an reason" The# tr# to !ea(en a person)s min until he feels there)s no hope" Therefore a person must stan against them an strengthen himself through turning ever#thing to the goo " Meaning one nee s to grab on to the sa ness an epression itself an turn it happiness" 'e must remin himself that "the greatest happiness is !hen someone far li(e me& someone !ho has no clue of !hat is going on !ith himself an still *)m !earing t+it+is an putting on tefillin etc" an this !hole !orl is !orth much less than one rop of a mit+vah" ,ne must specificall# strengthen himself in happiness !hen he)s actuall# oing a mit+vah" -or e.ample in the morning !hen he !raps himself in his t+it+is he must thin( to himself "still after all of the things that * o *)m still putting on t+it+is right no!" The rabbis spo(e ver# highl# of the mit+vah of t+it+is an the# sai that a person)s soul merits to be !rappe in the light of the t+it+is etc" /ho can possibl# fathom the greatness of the light of t+it+is an similarl# !ith all other mit+vahs" /e must be particularl# happ# on 0habbos an on 1om Tov !e must receive them happil# an to ra! their holiness an happiness also into the rest of the a#s of the !ee(" 0imilarl# before avening must strengthen himself in happiness since it is ver# important to aven !ith great happiness" The more the other si e tries to confuse #ou an in2ect sa ness into #ou from all #our sins an !orries etc"& #ou must o e.actl# the opposite an ma(e #ourself more happ# because after all #ou still get to o ama+ing goo li(e this" This is #our portion from all of #our !or( an this is !hat !ill be left from #ou in the en " 0trengthen #ourself in this metho of thin(ing an through this #ou !ill lift #ourself up out of the "Chambers of Tmuros" !hich are the main sa ness an epression" 1ou !ill lift up all of the spar(s of holiness that !ere insi e these chambers through turning the sa ness an happiness" Through this #ou !ill be able to go up from level to level& from the level of 3et+ach 'o an 1iso to the level of Chese 4vurah an Teferes an then from the level of Chese 4vurah an Teferes to the level of Chochma 5ina an 6aas& until #ou)re able to reach the level of 7eser an on that level is the source of all happiness" 1:02 PM