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Parables on Shmiras Habris

Parable from Sefer Habris

There was once a very powerful king who had many children. One of his children happened to be maliciously rebellious against him. It was the custom of the King to every day send a bag of money to the Queen, to cover the expense of running her palace. The money was used for taking care of her children and to cover the costs of all the officers and servants.

There came a day when the money did not arrive. The Queen inquired as to who was holding back the money that she was supposed to receive every day. One of the officers serving in the palace answered “It was your rebellious son who stood on the road and robed the shipment of money that was sent to you by the King”.

The Queen then asked what this rebellious son did with all the money that he stole from her. The officer replied that the son took all the money and energy that he stole and gave it to the enemies of the King.

When the Queen heard this she sighed and fell down from anguish and said “Woe is to me, my own son did such evil things to me. Firstly he stole my money and energy, leaving me dry poor and wasted. Secondly he used my own energy to strengthen my enemy so that they may now dominate over me much more. Woe is to me on my evil son, I gave birth to him, raised him and took care of him what for? So he can commit such wicked acts?”

Unable to comfort herself the Queen decided that she would go visit her other children who were righteous, as that might make her happy. When the Queen reached the part of the palace where her children lived she noticed that a number of her favorite, cute, young children were missing.

The Queen yelled out “Who was here and who stole my children” She then asked the guards who kidnapped her children. The head guard answered that it was the same son who stole the money and energy. The rebellious son himself came to the palace and kidnapped his younger brothers. The young children pleaded with their older brother not to take them but he completely ignored them.

The guard then continued to tell over that the rebellious son took his younger brothers and sold them to the Kings enemies for a moldy piece of bread. When the Queen heard this she did not know what to do. In the end she decided to also go into captivity by the enemy so at least she could take care of her young children who could not fend for themselves.

She then declared that she would be forced to remain in the suffering of captivity until the rebellious son would repent. If the son would go to the King and beg him for forgiveness, this would cause the King to come and rescue her and her children. The King would surely forgive him since he is his son. In addition he is a righteous King that acts with kindness and forgives those who plead him.

She then said that she hopes her hardest that the son would repent as soon as possible to help ease her unbearable suffering. In the case that the son would not repent, the Queen vowed to never speak to him again and to take revenge upon him until he is completely destroyed.

This parable is alluding to the obvious. Hashem is the King and the Queen is the Shchina (Keneset Yisroel). Every drop of seed that a person omits in waste causes all the energy and wealth that was supposed to come to us and to our mother the Shchina to go to our enemies the Klipot and the Samach Mem.

Also know that with every drop of seed that is emitted from a man, a spark of holiness which is one of the souls from the kings upper chamber, is brought down along side it. The klipot capture these sparks hold them captive amongst them. Over there they are in great pain and suffering and the Shichina goes down to comfort them like a mother by her children.

The only way these souls can be redeemed is with the repentance of the man who kidnapped and sold them for the small, putrid, momentary pleasure of wasting seed.

(Sefer Habris – Part 1 – Mamar 16 Perek 3)

Parable from Rebbe Nachman of Bresslov

There was a man who needed his field harvested in a hurry, before it was destroyed by the weather. In order to motivate the workers to work day and night, the owner set up food, drink and other objects of entertainment along side them.

The workers became so busy with the entertainment, that they did not work and the field was destroyed. Terrified of the upcoming backlash they approached a friend of the owner. He advised them to get hold of a certain bird that was liked by the owner. They should then present the bird to him as a gift and he would be appeased.

The bird was hard to get but it was possible. Instead of working in unison they were lazy and argued amongst themselves. In the end the bird escaped and they got punished.

This is parallel to a person who is born with a clear state of mind. In addition all his senses and attributes are alert. A person could very easily climb to high levels in this state. However most people use this ability to receive simple enjoyments. They sin sexually both in thought and in action. As they get older their attributes clog up little by little until it is very hard to advance to high states.

Even after this they still have a chance by visiting holy people and studying torah. However most people skip this also because they are lazy and busy fighting against the truth.

(Chochvay Ohr Parables of Rabbi Nachman)

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