ואם רץ לבך שובRun and Return

ve-im ratz libbekha shuvIn Gamatria ↗

If your heart runs toward it, return to your place.

Earlier sages only hinted at this, and the author would have kept silent too. He writes because "everything is pure divinity" had become a slogan, even among the young. Living by it would topple the Torah. Someone might think it fine to ponder Torah in filthy places, which the sages severely condemned. All the commandments follow our side, where places truly differ. One may touch the idea briefly to kindle the heart for prayer, then pull back. As the Rokeach cites from Sefer Yetzirah, "if your heart runs, return." Probing the essence of tzimtzum is forbidden.

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