Kabbalah for Niddah 61:55
והיינו דאמר רבי אלעזר
It teaches that the Holy One, blessed be He, sits and counts the stock of Israel. 'When [He wonders] will appear the drop from which a righteous man could be fashioned'? Moreover, it is for this reason that the eye of the wicked Balaam was blinded. He said, 'Would He who is pure and holy and whose ministers are pure and holy look upon such a thing?' His eye was forthwith blinded, for it is written, And the saying of the man whose eye is closed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XXIV, 3. E.V., 'is opened'. ');"><sup>49</sup></span>
The Beginning of Wisdom
23. The sefirot have both revealed and concealed aspects. The revealed is considered external, and the concealed, internal. An example of the concealed aspect is a kindness done in secrecy in which the kindness or goodness is not recognized, as stated in Proverbs: "Good is a revealed rebuke coming from a hidden love," and as stated in Talmud, "The recipient of a miracle does not recognize it as such."
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