EATING If the food a person eats is pure in accordance with the dietary laws and he eats it with dignity, without swallowing it hurriedly, the powers of his mind will be restored and grow and his foolishness will be subdued. But if he eats like a glutton, then he will be overwhelmed by foolishness. He will lose his intelligence and the light of the Tzaddik will be concealed from him. He will no longer be able to learn the love and fear of God from the Tzaddik (17:2,3).
אֲכִילָה
א. עַל־יְדֵי אֲכִילָה בְּכַשְׁרוּת כָּרָאוּי, שֶׁאוֹכֵל בִּמְתִינוּת וְאֵינוֹ אוֹכֵל בְּדֶרֶךְ הַלְעָטָה, עַל יְדֵי זֶה נִתְתַּקֵּן הַשֵּׂכֶל וְנִכְנָע הַכְּסִילוּת. אֲבָל כְּשֶׁאוֹכֵל כְּזוֹלֵל וְסוֹבֵא, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה מִתְגַּבֵּר הַכְּסִילוּת עַל הַשֵּׂכֶל. וְעַל־יְדֵי זֶה נֶחֱשָׁךְ אֶצְלוֹ אוֹר הַצַּדִּיק, וְאֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לְקַבֵּל מִמֶּנּוּ יִרְאָה וְאַהֲבָה: (לק"א סי' י"ז אות ב' ג')
EATING
If the food a person eats is pure in accordance with the dietary laws and he eats it with dignity, without swallowing it hurriedly, the powers of his mind will be restored and grow and his foolishness will be subdued. But if he eats like a glutton, then he will be overwhelmed by foolishness. He will lose his intelligence and the light of the Tzaddik will be concealed from him. He will no longer be able to learn the love and fear of God from the Tzaddik (17:2,3).