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.