Hidden Hostility

Now, don’t misunderstand me. I don’t say that you should adopt an attitude of hostility to every college professor, to all the judges and politicians and scientists. I don’t say you should be impolite. You also should be a person in disguise. Put on a nice mask, smile to everybody and extend a cordial hand. When they leave, let them leave with a pleasant impression of you. Why not?

But don’t be misled in the darkness – don’t look up to them. Because you must know beforehand that Hakadosh Baruch Hu made this test in order to deceive you. תשת חושך means He made it so; You, Hashem, made a darkness. It’s a test and the world is being deceived because the world does not understand that their function is life is to battle against the darkness.