Likutay Moharan - Torah-teaching 263

263 - Illness of the fever - comes through what a person eats excessive eating

Know that the illness of the fever, Merciful one save [God protect us], comes through what a person eats excessive eating because when eats more than what needs he aspect of food animal [bestial eating] for definition the man to eat only according to what he needs and when eats more it act animal, that eats and chews all the day and through this comes fever, Merciful one save. And similarly when presents itself to the person in his food sparks that not clarified yet from food animal to food man through this comes also illness the above [if not who that he man great very that can to leap level complete and to raise the food to level of speaker [human level]]. Because when eats food animal as above found that goes out from definition man to definition animal. And this aspect "You caused man to ride our heads" [Psalms 66:12], that is definition man above him because he below definition man, because descended to definition animal as above then came in fire and in water this aspect illness the fever, Merciful one save, that fire and water heat and cold. And this that said our rabbis, memory their to blessing (in Avot de Rabbi Natan chapter 1 and in Tana de Bei Eliyahu Rabbah chapter 31 there ita language this). At time that said the Holy One blessed be He to Adam the first and you shall eat the herb the field trembled his limbs said: I and donkey eat in manger one trembled his limbs, this aspect illness the fever that comes through eating herb the field through food animal as above. And this that said since that heard in sweat your face you shall eat bread settled his mind because illness the fever this aspect damage the knowledge because main the knowledge through connection fire and water and this since that heard in sweat your face etc because healing the illness the above through sweat and through this settled his mind it aspect what healed from illness the above that completeness the knowledge as above.