Daily Tanya Wednesday 14th Shevat: Chapter 24: A sin is even worse than the Kelipos

Chapter 24: A sin is even worse than the Kelipos

1. The negative commands prohibit the actions of evil that separate one from G-d:

• Actions that separate one from G-d: G-d created evil corresponding to good. [Just as the Torah and Mitzvahs which are from the side of good connect and attach the Jew to G-d, so too, G-d created actions in the side of evil that separate one from G-d.]
• The prohibited actions of the 365 negative commands are separate from G-d: The 365 Biblical negative commands, as well as all the Rabbinical commands, deal with those actions that feed the side of evil. All of the actions that they prohibit are contrary to the will and wisdom of G-d and are their complete antithesis. These prohibited actions are completely separated from G-d’s unity in the ultimate separation, to the same extent as the side of evil and Kelipa which is referred to as idol worship and as a foreign deity due to its concealment of the Divine will.

2. During sin man unites with evil and becomes separate from G-d:

• The garments of the soul during sin: The three garments of the animal soul of a Jew which comes from Kelipas Noga, which refers to the power of thought, speech, and action, become completely separate from G-d at the time that it transgresses one of the 365 Biblical negative prohibitions and Rabbinical prohibitions.
• The essence of the soul during sin: Likewise, the essence of the soul itself which is invested in these garments also becomes separated from G-d at the time of the transgression.
• United with the side of evil: Furthermore, the above garments as well as the essence of the soul, which is invested within it, becomes united with the side of evil and with the Kelipa of this transgression, which is considered idolatry.

3.      A sin is even worse than the side of evil:

• When a person commits a sin, not only do his soul and its garments become nullified and secondary to the side of evil, but furthermore they become much worse than it.
• Evil does not rebel against G-d: The side of evil is not invested in a physical body, and it recognizes its creator and does not rebel against Him, heaven forbid. All of the evil committed by the side of evil through its evil angelic emissaries, are all done under the guidance and will of G-d. This was expressed by Balaam who stated that he cannot transgress the word of G-d. Even idols and idol worshipers refer to G-d as the G-d of all G-d’s, and they are unable at all to transgress the will of G-d. This is because the side of evil understands and comprehends that their entire life and energy comes from the external of the external part of G-d’s will which encompasses them.
• Evil rejects G-d’s unity: Nonetheless, since the nurture that evil receives is from the external side of holiness, this G-dly energy is therefore exiled within the evil to the point that they view themselves as separate entities and deities, and this indeed is a denial of G-d’s unity.
• Evil does not deny G-d’s existence: However, the side of evil does not completely deny the existence of G-d to say that He does not exist but simply states that He is the G-d of all G-d’s. Meaning, that they admit that all of their energy and existence is drawn and descended upon them from the will of G-d and therefore, they do not transgress G-d’s will.
• A man who sins is worse than the side of evil: Based on the above it is understood that when a person sins and transgresses the will of G-d he is much worse than the side of evil which is considered idolatry and a foreign deity. During sin the person is found in a state of separation from G-d’s unity even more than the side of evil and is considered to be denying G-d’s unity even more than the side of evil, heaven forbid.

4. This world contains the most evil, tragedy, and cruelty:

• The worst of the side of evil: The above ability for man in this world to sin and hence become even worse than the side of evil, is due to the fact that this physical world contains the worst level of evil which is the dregs of the most course Kelipos, that contain no mingling of good, and rather contain the worst of the worst of the side of evil, [similar to the bottom section of dregs of wine which contains the most course dregs].
• Dangers and Tragic occurrences: It is due to this reason that this physical world contains many difficulties and evil tragedies.
• Dominance of evildoers: It is likewise for this reason that the evildoers retain success and dominance in this world.