Torah 171 · תורה קע״א

“V’rabim Miysheinei (And many of those who sleep) in the dust of the earth will awake, some to eternal life, and some to disgrace and eternal shame.” (Daniel 12:2)

Through an awakening of new insight in the service of God, something which was unknown until now, many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, but some to eternal life, and some to disgrace and eternal shame.

For “tzaddikim will go in them” (Hoshea 14:10)—with this insight they serve God; “but transgressors will stumble in them”—they do not serve God with this. Rather, through this they denigrate and disgrace everyone in the world, in that they know of this new insight and everyone in the world does not know of it.

As I [Reb Noson] heard:

to disgrace and shame olam, eternal—That is, to disgrace and denigrate the olam (world). For they do not make use of this insight except to denigrate and disgrace everyone in the world, because they know of this but everyone in the world is devoid of and lacking in this.