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the safeguards mentioned above) despite the [insistent] demands of
his [evil] inclination that this will cause him to suffer a loss, he will
not suffer any loss at all. (This resembles the concepts explained
above with regard to the challenge that Avraham our Patriarch
confronted.) Thus he sees a reflection [of the light] which
transcends nature [in his life].
To the extent that through one's work and labor, one removes
the concealment and the veils [that hinder] Torah and divine
service, one will continue to ascend. And one will see and feel a
revelation of a sublime light that transcends nature.