174. “Rabbi Shimon opened etc.” Rabbi Shimon opened [his discourse] and said: “One who rejoices on the festivals but does not give his portion to the Holy One, blessed be He, that evil-eyed one, the satan, hates him, slanders him, removes him from the world, and brings upon him troubles several times over.”

Explanation: As has already been explained above (section #68#, 4th paragraph), there are male and female [aspects] in the kelippot. The male is not as evil as the female and he does not cause people to stumble into lying in the name of the Holy One, blessed be He. On the contrary, he encourages [a person] to perform commandments, only not in purity, in order to give contentment to his Maker, but with a mixture of his own pleasure. This is the mystical meaning of: “Do not eat the bread of he who has an evil-eye etc. ‘eat and drink’ he says to you, but his heart is not with you” (Proverbs 23:6–7).

Since [the person's] intention [in this impure form] is not to give [to his Maker], the commandment has no flavor, and it lacks love and fear, i. e., the heart is not in it. However, since [the male of the kelippot] has already lured the person into his net, [the male] subsequently has the strength to engage in a pairing with his Nukba of the great deep, an evil and bitter kelippa, who [creates] forgeries in the name of the Holy One, blessed be He, and then removes [the person's] soul from him (see there in detail). This is the meaning of the statement here: “That evil-eyed one, the satan, hates him, slanders him, removes him from the world, and brings upon him troubles several times over.” Once [the male of the kelippot called the satan] has caused [the person] to stumble with respect to the commandment of rejoicing on a festival, so that [the person] does not give satisfaction to his Maker (which is evident from his eating alone and not providing benefit to the poor), [the male of the kelippot] proceeds to engage in a pairing with his Nukba and removes [the person's] soul.