English translation — הוספה לד"ה באתי לגני תשי"ג

Addition*

What is written in the maamar "Bati LeGani" 5713, at the end of the section,

that "the nations of the world and the klipot and the sitra achra do not transgress His will...

and a person who commits a transgression, rebelling against His will, is worse, etc." – its explanation is,

that one who commits a transgression is worse than the nations of the world as they are essentially, in their own right

(before they do anything),

and this means,

that by the nature of creation, there must always be within them the recognition of "the God of gods,"

so that then they would not be able to transgress His will,

as per the statement of Bilaam, "I cannot transgress the word of G-d";

But certainly, regarding the matter of free choice, the nations of the world can also follow the spirit of folly and transgress the Seven Noachide Laws,

as with Bilaam,

that through the spirit of folly which covers and conceals,

there was within him the matter of "I have ventured"

(

Sanhedrin 102,

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which is one of the Seven Noachide Laws.

[And regarding the spirit of folly etc. – certainly a Jewish person who transgresses His will is no worse than a gentile who transgresses His will.

And on the contrary: gentiles are on a lower level than the Children of Israel

(although from this perspective they are not worse)

– for with them, the spirit of folly can cover and conceal even the matter of "they call Him God of gods,"

so that they deny the existence of God entirely,

and not like with the Children of Israel,

for the spirit of folly of the kelipah "clothes the Divine soul up to the level of its wisdom,

but not including it,

because of the light of God that is clothed in wisdom"

(Tanya, chapter 24),

unlike gentiles,

who do not possess the level of wisdom of the Divine soul].

Therefore: the language in Tanya chapter 24 is that "a person who transgresses His will is much worse and lower than the sitra achra and kelipah...

and more than all the things that flow from it in this world, which are impure beasts, animals, impure birds, creeping things, and reptiles,"

and it is not said that he is worse than gentiles – because,

from the aspect of the spirit of folly, even gentiles can transgress His will,

and only the sitra achra and kelipah and all the impure animals that flow from it,

for whom the matter of the spirit of folly does not apply,

cannot transgress His will at all

(and the example of this is specifically from the fact that "no harmful beast rules over a person etc.,"

for it is impossible to be otherwise).

And the reason that in the maamar there was also added [the discussion of] gentiles – because of the connection to the continuation of the maamar regarding the matter of partnership

(the God of gods),

concerning which specifically Jews are warned, and not gentiles

(whereas regarding unclean animals, the concept of a commandment does not apply at all),

therefore it was stated that the truth is that even gentiles – as they are from the perspective of creation

(were it not for the spirit of foolishness)

– do not transgress His will, may He be blessed,

as above.