For the Ilui Neshama of Avraham ben Ester ZT’L.What does it mean that a Ba'al Teshuva (one who was not following Torah and Mitzvot and decided to follow an observant Jewish life) can reach higher and closer places in spiritual terms to Hashem? The Gemara in Masechet Berachot states that there is no place for Tzadikkim (righteous individuals from birth) in the place of Ba'alei Teshuva.
In the book Ve'en Lamo Michshol Part 10, Rav Avraham Yisrael writes in the name of commentary on the Gemara a deep explanation. He goes to write that a person who sins takes Nitzotot of Kedusha (meaning sparks of holiness) from the world and hands them over to the Sitra Ahra (evil spiritual power). It is like fueling the engine for more negative spirits to control the world. When a person decides to get stronger in religion and the observance of the Holy Mitzvot, they actually take away all those nitzotzot that they handed over to the negative side to the positive. However, in order to completely do that this person must literally go through an intensive time span where there are spiritual prosecutors against him who don't want him to succeed spiritually. Therefore, they do all they can to make him go through a difficult time. This is why many people who get closer to Hashem after living a life lacking Mitzvot (there is no such thing because people are always doing Mitzvot, whether observant or not) see many difficult obstacles like a decrease in business activity and fights with family members, etc.
So this person has to go through all this just to get close to Hashem! But how can this person be saved from all these spiritual damaging prosecutors. Just those words together sounds scary! This is the big hiddush (juicy Torah secret/learning): Hashem has a special spot for these Ba'alei Teshuva in shamayim (Heaven/Gan Eden) where these spiritual prosecutors cannot touch them, unlike the Tzadikkim (righteous people) who do not have such a place close to Hashem like this! Therefore, it now makes sense when the Gemara says Tzadikkim do not stand where Ba'alei Teshuva do!
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