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lyf
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yearni
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arefor
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goodi ntentionstos er
veHim. Nomat t
erwhathi sl
ev el, Shabbat.
eachindi vi
dualhasades i
retoreachahigherlevel
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throught hisyearningthathishol
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queezingoliv
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2)Buti nor derf orhi ssoult ocomef r
om pot ent
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actualexistencehemus texpr esshi sy earningand grapesandoliv
esist oproducetheirj
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l
ongi nginwor ds.Thisist hemeansbywhi chhewi ll oli
veoil,
andthereforethesearewhatt heTorahforbade.
makehi sdes ireintoar ealityandaccompl ishwhathe
want s.
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uit
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kestrawberr
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whaty ouneedt oaccompl ish(I
bi d.). grapef
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his,
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soforbiddenonaT or
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shapewhetherforgoodorf orevil
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4)They ear ni
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thems elvesveryprecious.Theyarethemeansbywhi ch i
tsf
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6).
thesouli sbroughtintobei ng,anditreaches
Pract
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ly,
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hol i
vesandgrapes
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butmaybel eni
entregar
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.
creat
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andbr inghi mt oreturnt oGod.Ont heot herhandt he MostPoski
m( 8*
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toutthef
rui
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twouldbe
soulthati sbroughtintobei ngbyevildesirescanat per
mitted.
ti
mesev enfindi tswayt oaTzaddi kandt hi scancaus e
himt os i
n, Godforbid(Ibid.
). Sources:
1.O”C320: 12.Shabbat144and1453. Shabbat145a
5)Aper sonmaybet otal
lyunabl
etos t
udyT orah 4.RavYos efShalom El i
yashi
vzt”l
;Hil
chosShabbosb’ Shabbos
whet herbecaus
ehei sanignor
amusorbecaus eheis Vol.
1Ch.11he’ ara23, RavNissi
m Kar el
etzzt”l
;ChutShaniVol .2
withoutabook, onajour
neyorinthedes er
t,etc.Butif Ch.24sk.
25. RavShl omoZal manAuer bach; ShmirasShabbos
k’Hi
lchasoCh.5he’ ara426. Rema320: 1
hisheartburnswithdesi
reandyearni
ngt olearn,the
7.MishnaBer urah320: 12,OhrHaHal achaTalMel achotShabbat
verydes i
reandlongi
nghehasar e`
learni
ngf r
om a page958. MishnaBer urah320:12,ChazonOv adiaShabbatVol .4
book' (
142). page129. SeeBadeiHaShul chan126: 28whi chcitesseveral
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