## Ba'al Shem Tov, Noach

###### Ba'al Shem Tov, Noach 78:1
[Ba'al Shem Tov, Noach 78:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ba%27al%20Shem%20Tov/s/Noach/r/78:1)

סוד חשמל (יחזקאל א' ד') [שדרשו חז"ל בגמרא (חגיגה די"ג ע"ב) עתים חשות ועתים ממללות שהוא מלשון] חש מל, שצריך לחשות עד שמל וכורת הקליפות אז ימלל וידבק למתק הדינין בשרשן שהוא סוד התפלה שביאר מורי בשם רבו וכו':
(בן פורת יוסף דכ"ט ע"ג)

**Ami Silver, 2020:**
**And I looked, and, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with a fire flashing up, so that brightness was round about it; and out of the midst thereof as the color of electrum (*chashmal*).** (Ezekiel 1:4)
At times they were silent (*chash*), and at times they spoke (*milel*) – *chash mal.⁸⁹ 13b.*
First you must be silent, until you cut away (*mal*⁸⁹.”) the *kelipos*. Then you can speak and cling [to G‑d], in order to sweeten the Strict Judgments in their source. This is the mystery of prayer, as my Master explained it in the name of his teacher.
*Ben Poras Yosef*, p. 29c

footnotes:
⁸⁹ Chagiga
⁸⁹ From the word “milah