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P. 280 (beginning with footnote 57). Even though the klipas (husk) Nogah "covers" (so to speak) the divine soul, the klipos certainly do not have control of G-dliness. In the same way that Hashem sometimes allows us to violate a mitzvah, e.g., to save a life, He also doesn't want us to perform a mitzvah (commandment) while at the same time committing a sin (e.g., making a brachah ona stolen lulav). The very specific dinstinctions and definitions of how, and when, everything in creation may be used. Distinguishing between hating the person and hating the evil in a person while loving that person at the same time. CLEARING THROAT ~ 26-29. The terrible danger of "defining" a whole group as "sitrah achah" (the other / evil side), be that chiloni (secular), hareidi, chassidic, reform, etc. The complaint against Yaakov Avinu for hiding Dina from Esav - understanding how that is different from the trials and temptations of regular people such as ourselves.
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