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P. 178 in Likutei Oros by Rav Moshe Wolfson. Oftentimes the holiest neshamos (souls) are hiddne in the lowest bodies. Every country has a certain root mazal (fortune/fate) in shamayim (heaven) which determines its general character. It matters very much where a person is born - different places have different klipos (husks / converings [of the soul]). Tzaddikim (holy people) tell us that we must do teshuvah (repentance) every erev (eve of) Shabbos. Connecting the last words of Torah (our generation) to the first words (generation Avraham Avinu). The "blackberry" avodah zarah (idol worship). Ba'alei teshuvah (returners to halachic Judaism) were a fairly rare occurrance in pre-war Europe. The amazing and growing phenomenon in our generation how ba'alei teshuvah overcome and break their klipos. Standing on tehshoulders of all previous generations.