Chasidut for Moed Katan 55:19
א"ל ליתחזי לי מר אתחזי ליה א"ל ה"ל למר צערא א"ל כמישחל בניתא מחלבא ואי אמר לי הקב"ה זיל בההוא עלמא כד הוית לא בעינא דנפיש בעיתותיה
Said he, Am I not [in the pious act of] eating terumah and is not that designated 'holy [meat]'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Num. XVIII, 11-12. If he were to die just then the terumah would be defiled which is not a correct thing to do. Besides, 'a pious deed acts as a shield against tribulation'. Cf. Aboth. IV, 11, P.B. p. 107 (top) .');"><sup>38</sup></span> The [fatal] moment [thus] was past! R'Shesheth caught sight of him<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Angel of Death.');"><sup>36</sup></span> in the market place. Quoth he: 'Do you [seize me] in the market place like a beast?
Takanat HaShavin
Collection regarding matters regarding repentance to those who repent from Jacob. In the Gemara Yoma [86a], "Great is repentance etc." see ibid. there are 7 saying regarding the greatness and advantages of repentance. And it is known that repentance follows understanding of the heart as is written "and their hearts will understand and they will repent" and because of this it said that repentance is after understanding as they [the Talmudic Sages] said in Megillah [17b]. It it also known that there are 7 levels in the instantiation of an action from understanding of the heart until completion of the action which correspond to the essential 7 sefirot [revealed in this lower world] Chesed, Gevurah, Tiferet,Netzach, Hod, Yesod and Malchut and corresponding to them is all the lists of 7 and so too the 7 greatnesses of repentance: "[Great is repentance] that it brings healing to the world (Yoma 86a)" and it appears to me that the healing of forgiveness in accordance with the language of the verse "I will heal their backsliding" (Hosea 14:5)
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