Chasidut su Proverbi 19:32

This is the aspect of eating Matzah and the prohibition of Chametz. Matzah is the aspect of Da'at/knowledge, the aspect of the greatness of the mentalities, the aspect of divine providence, which is the essence of da'at. Chametz (unleavened bread) corresponds to the lesser mentalities, the aspect of "Elokim", the aspect of judgments, as is brought in the Kavanot. This corresponds to the knowledge of natural science, which is the source of judgments and problems, G-d forbid, as explained above. "Nature" in Gematria equals "Elokim", as is brought. From here is where judgments take hold, as explained above. Because Chametz corresponds to (Psalms 73:21) "For my heart was in ferment, יִתְחַמֵּץ לְבָבִי", etc. This is said about the problems that fall upon a person due by the command of Hashem Yisbarach. This is the aspect of the knowledge of nature, from where all of the atheism and problems stem. Matzah, however, corresponds to da'at, as explained above. It is called Matzah because they left in haste and there was not sufficient time for the dough from our fathers to leaven, until the The King of Kings, the Holy One Blessed Be He revealed Himself to them and redeemed them, as it is said (Exodus 12:39) "They baked the dough that they had taken out of Egypt as unleavened cakes, for it had not leavened, for they were driven out of Egypt, and they could not tarry, and also, they had not made provisions for themselves". They had faith in the divine providence of Hashem Yisbarach and therefore they did not prepare any provisions, and we find they left in haste. Matzah is the knowledge of the faith of divine providence, which is the essence of the Greater knowledge, whereby a person merits the revelation of G-dliness, to see and know that everything is (by) the divine providence of Hashem alone. This is the aspect of 'haste', for 'haste' is the aspect of 'higher than time', which leaps over the end, and took them out with great haste, without any time except for a moment. And in a short while they came to Sukkot from Ra'amses and 600,000 people gathered together in a light hour, from all of the land of Egypt, as Rashi explains on the verse (Exodus 19:4) "I bore you on eagles' wings". All of this is the aspect of 'above time'; in other words, they were elevated beyond time. This is the aspect of divine providence which is above nature, above time. Through this they went out without any time, without any preparation - solely in a short while. The essence of the redemption was through the revelation of divine providence which is above time, the aspect of 'haste'. For haste is the aspect of quickness which is a very good trait, the aspect of faith, the aspect of nullification of the sleep that comes about through laziness, the aspect of (Proverbs 19:15) "Laziness causes one to fall into a deep sleep, and a deceitful soul shall suffer hunger", and as brought in the words of our Rabbi (Rebbe Nachman) in another place that quickness is the aspect of faith, see there. And this is the aspect of remembrance, the aspect of (Exodus 13:3) "Remember this day, when you went out of Egypt", etc., and as is written (Deuteronomy 16:3) "you shall remember the day when you went out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life", etc., and as seen in the words of Rabbeinu at the end of the lesson "And these are the judgments" (Likutei Moharan 7) that remembrance is the aspect of faith. The essence of forgetting is from the aspect of time, etc. And when you know and truly believe that everything operates solely by the divine providence of Hashem Yisbarach alone, which is above time, then one need not worry about the aspect of forgetting at all, etc., see there and understand. This is the aspect of remembrance which is said about the Exodus from Egypt, the aspect of 'Remember the day', etc., 'so that you may remember', etc. For with the Exodus from Egypt His Blessed divine providence was revealed, as explained above. This is the aspect of remembrance which is above time, above nature, the aspect of 'haste', the aspect of 'quickness' which is the lifeforce of the mentalities and knowledge. The essence of their existence/fulfillment is when you know and believe in divine providence. And this is the aspect of Matzah made in haste, etc., etc., as explained above.

And if you begin with them from your childhood, you will be able to improve yourself in many details of divine service and self-improvement to the point that they become second nature for you, and will not have to remind yourself about them each time. For example, you can reach the level that when you walk in the street, you will not have to close your eyes in order for you not to see evil. Rather, you will automatically not see it. You will not have to avert your eyes from falsehood, as the eyes themselves will not see falsehood. Do not imagine that we are making a mistake to think that you will quickly sanctify yourselves so much that even if your eyes look at something forbidden, you will not see it - like King David requested. You should know, dear son, that it is not us that are mistaken but the people of the world that are mistaken - to think of this world that God created as a type of storehouse of bad desires, thoughts and inclinations; and that whoever wants to serve God is forced to leave and distance himself from the whole world. And because of this [self-defeating perspective], they distance themselves from divine service and holiness, and become mired in the stupidities of the world. They are similar to someone who sees a man drown in the river, and so decides and says that water is the essence of evil in the world and that it was created just to kill. And how foolish is such a man! Is it possible to exist without water? Is it because this one crazy person did not know how to use water properly and - instead of using it to give life to plants, animals and people - killed himself with it, that water is evil? Likewise is it with the whole world. It is a world that God created. So even the depths of the world - in all of their bends and all of their twists - have paths, furrows and caves that lead to its Creator, to its Master, to the Master of the world. And all the shortcoming are only in man, who does not use the things in the world for the good, but rather for the bad. The verse proclaims [this] and says (Proverbs 19:3), "A man’s folly distorts his way, and his heart rages against the Lord." Is it not that you have paths that lead you to God, and it is only you that distorts them? So why do you continue to get enraged and speak perversion - that God, God forbid, created a world of physicality in which it is impossible to serve its Creator?