The simple victory of good over evil is the final goal of Jewish teaching? Chassidic thought presents a higher ideal: transformation of evil into good, of darkness into light. On the national level, the enemy becomes a friend; on the inner personal level, the Evil Desire is transformed to good, and now works energetically in service of G-d. This is the ultimate of Teshuva (repentance), when the error of the past is transformed into a state of goodness and holiness.
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