Likutay Moharan - Volume 2 - Torah-teaching 29

Likutay Moharan II, Torah 29: When a Question Arises in a Person’s House Due to a Mixture of Forbidden and Permitted

When a question arises in a person’s house due to a mixture of issur [forbidden] with heter [permitted], and there is not enough heter to nullify the issur, this shows him that he has damaged some yichud [unification] above. For all the yichudim [unifications] and zivugim [pairings] are the aspect of nullifying issur. And this is the aspect of “And He forbade us the betrothed and permitted us the married”. It is found that from issur it becomes heter. For at first, she is betrothed, and then she is forbidden, and afterward she becomes heter through marriage. And therefore, also in the lower zivug [pairing] of this world, it is said: “G-d sets the solitary in a house” (Psalms 68:7), that is, zivugim, as our Sages, of blessed memory, expounded (Sotah 2) this verse regarding zivugim. Then: “He brings out prisoners in kosharos [fitting times]”, that is, the issur becomes kashrus [permitted] and heter, the aspect of nullifying the issur, as mentioned above. And therefore, when the issur is not nullified, and the question is forbidden, it is a sign that he has damaged a yichud above, for the yichud is the aspect of nullifying the issur, as mentioned above.