QUESTION:
What is the source of what the Rav said that if a person suspects that he may have a “Erev Rav” part in his soul, he should fulfill the mitzvah of “erasing Amalek” in his own soul, specifically through being ready to die al kiddush Hashem?
ANSWER:
The root of the Erev Rav is the evil that counters the holiness of the kutzo shel yud (the apex of the letter yud in the name of HaVaYaH). In the side of devastation, the root of the Erev Rav belongs to the chalal hapanuy (the vacant space which is empty from Hashem’s infinite light), but in the side of tikkun, dying al kiddush Hashem repairs it.
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