## Tzava'at HaRivash Chapter 64

###### Tzava'at HaRivash 64:1
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פעמים שנופל אדם ממדרגה מחמת עצמו שהשי"ת יודע שצריך לכך. ופעמים העולם גורמים שיפול אדם ממדריגתו והירידה הוא צורך עלי' כדי לבא למדריגה גדולה. כמ"ש הוא ינהגנו על מות וכתיב וירד אברם מצרימה ויעל אברם ממצרים. אברם הוא הנשמה ומצרים הם הקליפות:

**The Way of The Baal Shem Tov. Adapted into English by Rabbi Amiram Markel and Yehudah Shimon Markel, 2020:**
Sometimes, when a person falls from his level by himself, it is because *HaShem*, blessed is He, knows that this is necessary for him. At other times, the environment can cause him to fall from his level. Nonetheless, the descent is for the purpose of ascent, so that he may come to an even greater level.⁹⁴ This is as stated,⁹⁵-על מות, is translated literally here according to the context, although it can also be translated as “beyond death,” i.e. “eternally.” “He will guide us unto death.” It is similarly written,⁹⁶ “And Avram descended to Egypt,” but later it states,⁹⁷ “And Avram ascended from Egypt.” Avram refers to the soul,⁹⁸ whereas Egypt refers to the external husks of evil (*Kelipot*).⁹⁹

footnotes:
⁹⁴ See Ginat Egoz of Rabbi Yosef Gikatilla, translated as HaShem Is One, Vol. 2, pg. 422-442.
⁹⁵ Psalms 48:15 – Al Moot
⁹⁶ Genesis 12:10
⁹⁷ Genesis 13:1
⁹⁸ Zohar Vol. 1, 122b
⁹⁹ Zohar Vol. 1, 83a