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Da'at Tevunot Chapter 21

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אמרה הנשמה – אבל חושבת אני שהיה צריך להבין מהו השלמות שיגיע לו האדם כשהשלים עבודתו ושבת ממלאכתו, שאז נבין למפרע כל זה שהזכרנו. והטעם לזה פשוט ומבואר, כי הלא זה שישיג האדם לבסוף הוא מה שחסר ממנו בתחלה, ומפני שחסר ממנו הוא צריך להשתדל ולקנותו:

Sefaria Community Translation

Said the Soul - But I think one needs to understand what is the completeness that a person will achieve when he completes his work and rests from his effort, because then we will understand retroactively all that which we mentioned. And the reason for this is simple and clear, for is it not that in the end man will achieve that which he was lacking in him from the beginning, and since it was lacking in him he needs to make effort and acquire it:

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