When a person falls from his spiritual level, he should know that it is Divinely ordained. This is because being rebuffed is the beginning of being drawn close. He therefore fell, in order that he should motivate himself to draw closer to God.
The advice for him is to start anew, to enter the service of God as if he had never begun before. This is a very important rule in the service of God: Literally every day, people need to begin anew. {See more on this subject elsewhere in the works of Rabbeinu z’l; how important it is that a person strengthen himself in the service of God and not become discouraged because of anything in the world, but rather always start anew. Study this subject well, and it will be forever pleasing to you.}
כְּשֶׁנּוֹפֵל אָדָם מִמַּדְרֵגָתוֹ, יֵדַע שֶׁמִּן הַשָּׁמַיִם הוּא, כִּי הִתְרַחֲקוּת – תְּחִלַּת הִתְקָרְבוּת, עַל־כֵּן נָפַל, שֶׁיִּתְעוֹרֵר יוֹתֵר לְהִתְקָרֵב לְהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ.
When a person falls from his spiritual level, he should know that it is Divinely ordained. This is because being rebuffed is the beginning of being drawn close. He therefore fell, in order that he should motivate himself to draw closer to God.
וַעֲצָתוֹ – שֶׁיַּתְחִיל מֵחָדָשׁ לִכָּנֵס בַּעֲבוֹדַת הַשֵּׁם, כְּאִלּוּ לֹא הִתְחִיל עֲדַיִן כְּלָל מֵעוֹלָם. וְזֶה כְּלָל גָּדוֹל בַּעֲבוֹדַת הַשֵּׁם, שֶׁצְּרִיכִין מַמָּשׁ בְּכָל יוֹם לְהַתְחִיל מֵחָדָשׁ: (וְעַיֵּן עִנְיָן זֶה עוֹד בְּכַמָּה מְקוֹמוֹת בְּסִפְרֵי רַבֵּנוּ זַ"ל, כַּמָּה צָרִיךְ הָאָדָם לְהִתְחַזֵּק בַּעֲבוֹדַת ה', וְלִבְלִי לִפֹּל מִשּׁוּם דָּבָר שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם, רַק לְהַתְחִיל בְּכָל פַּעַם מֵחָדָשׁ. עַיֵּן הֵיטֵב בְּעִנְיָן זֶה, וְיֶעֱרַב לְךָ לָעַד.)
The advice for him is to start anew, to enter the service of God as if he had never begun before. This is a very important rule in the service of God: Literally every day, people need to begin anew. {See more on this subject elsewhere in the works of Rabbeinu z’l; how important it is that a person strengthen himself in the service of God and not become discouraged because of anything in the world, but rather always start anew. Study this subject well, and it will be forever pleasing to you.}