Friday Menachem Av 5 5703
Chumash: Devarim, Shishi with Rashi.
Tehillim: 29-34.
Tanya: "My sin is (p. 383)...are passed over. (p. 385).
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. [1]
The Baal Shem Tov commented: Every physical object whose use is permissible possesses good and evil elements. *
The material element is evil, and the G-dly life-force that gives life to the physical is good.
The person utilizing the physical object must "turn from evil" - not desire the physical pleasure which is in its materiality, and "do good," i.e. he should desire to be nourished and supported by the G-dly vitality in that object.
"Seek peace and pursue it":
Whoever fulfills "turn from evil and do good" must seek and pursue means for making peace [2] between the physical and the G-dly life-force that vitalizes it.
Notes:
Tehillim 34:15.
I.e. bringing harmony.
See Supplementary Footnotes, (p. 128 in the printed version).