## Tzava'at HaRivash Chapter 20

###### Tzava'at HaRivash 20:1
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**יאחוז במדות זריזות מאד** יקום בזריזות משינתו כי נתחדש ונעשה אדם אחר והוא ראוי להוליד. ונעשה כמדת הקב"ה שהוליד עולמות. וכן כל דבר שעושה יעשה בזריזות. כי בכל דבר יכול לעבוד את ה'.

**The Way of The Baal Shem Tov. Adapted into English by Rabbi Amiram Markel and Yehudah Shimon Markel, 2020:**
Embrace the trait of zeal very much. Rise with zeal and alacrity from your sleep with the realization that you have been created anew and have become a new man, capable of producing offspring.⁴² Thus, you are likened to the attribute of the Holy One, blessed is He, who has given birth to worlds. Thus, everything you do should be with zeal and enthusiasm, because *HaShem* can be served in everything.

footnotes:
⁴² One’s deeds are compared to the birthing of offspring.  See Rashi to Genesis 6:9. Also see Sefer HaMashalim of Rabbi Yosef Gikatilla, translated as The Book of Allegories, Num. 38.