Likutay Moharan - Volume 2 - Torah-teaching 17

17 - One Needs to Be Very Careful to Be Joyful and Good-Hearted on Shabbat

One needs to be very careful to be joyful and good-hearted about Shabbat, for the virtues and holiness of Shabbat is great and precious very, as brought in Reishit Chochmah in Shaar HaKedushah at its beginning, see there. And it is fitting and correct to study in Reishit Chochmah in the gate the above and to ponder in his heart all teachings there in matter of holiness and virtues of Shabbat holy for there several particular precious from holiness and virtues of Shabbat for every matter and virtue said there about Shabbat is a thing in itself. And understand there well, to inflame his heart to receive Shabbat in joy great and mighty as fitting. And by means of this the fear in completeness that is with knowledge [da’at], for in weekday possible that the fear be with foolishness aspect of: "is not your fear your foolishness" [Job 4:6]. And main foolishness because of the servitude that is in weekday for by means of servitude the knowledge [da’at] not complete. And as written on Moab: "at ease Moab from his youth" etc. "and in exile not went, therefore stood his taste in him" etc. [Jeremiah 48:11]. And as our Rabbis of blessed memory said (Megillah 12b), for by means of servitude and exile the mind [da’at] confused. But on Shabbat it is freedom, and when there is freedom and no servitude and exile, then the knowledge [da’at] complete as above. And main the freedom by means of the delight and the joy of Shabbat, aspect of: "then you shall delight on Hashem" [Isaiah 58:14], said about Shabbat (there 55:12): "for in joy you shall go out", that by means of joy go out to freedom. And when there is freedom, the knowledge [da’at] in completeness as above. And then the fear as fitting aspect of fear Shabbat (Tikunei Zohar Tikun 9). For then the fear without foolishness that is in days of weekday for main the foolishness because of the servitude as above. And by this raise the fears the fallen that is what fears sometimes from prince and the like for by means of the knowledge [da’at] raise them. And main the knowledge [da’at] is about Shabbat by means of the joy, that by means of this there is freedom and then the knowledge [da’at] in completeness as above.

And the general, that need to conduct joy great about Shabbat holy and not to show any sadness and worry at all only to delight on Hashem and to increase in delights of Shabbat in all kinds of delight whether eating and drinking, whether clothes according to what can for eating Shabbat it all spirituality, all holy, and ascends to place other completely from eating weekday as explained in place other [above in sign 56 and in sign 277], (and see Zohar Vayakhel p. 218 and in Mikdash Melech there). Way of Hashem blessed be He to focus on the good deeds performed and even if found in them also what not good, not look on this as written: "not looked iniquity in Jacob" [Numbers 23:21] (see Yalkut and in Tanchuma Reeh p.1). All the more that the person forbidden to look on his fellow to evil to find in him precisely what not good and to search to find defects in service of his fellow only on the contrary, obligated to look only on the good. And to this good great that there is nature and providence for when the person does good, then leads him in providence and when he not good and if was leading him in providence not could to reach to him any good then leaves him on the nature and can be that will be to him goods on according to the nature. And if not was only providence, possible that providence canceled completely for when saw blessed be He that the person not conducts as fitting was angry, and was removing the providence completely but now leaves him on according to the nature and when he returns to better, supervises on him as above. And in truth not we can to understand what is nature and providence for in truth also the nature it providence His blessed be He. And this thing is impossible to understand two things as one that is the nature that in truth it providence His blessed be He [and he did not conclude].