QUESTION:
We bang Hoshanos on the ground Hoshanah Rabbah in order to nullify the Erev Rav and bring them down into the ground (as the Rav explained in one of the shiurim on Succos). But we know that there’s an infinite light of Hashem which repairs everything, even evil. Shouldn’t we then wish to repair the souls of the Erev Rav when we bang the Hoshanos, and instead of simply wishing to destroy them we should have the kavanah that they should receive their tikkun? After all, Hashem wants them to get a tikkun.
ANSWER:
Their tikkun is through bittul, through nullifying them. There are two ways to be nullified – lower bittul and higher bittul. Lower bittul is to simply be nullified (destroyed). Higher bittul is to become nullified to the EinSof, the Infinite.
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