There is an advantage to the Divine service of iscafia, breaking evil, over the Divine service of the righteous.
To cite a parallel: the Divine service involved in refining the body and the animal soul is superior to the devotion of the soul before its descent to this world. Although the soul had a more refined and elevated perception of G-d in the spiritual plane, its accomplishments in this material world are greater.
Similarly, when considering the Divine service of souls on this plane, there is an advantage to the service performed by benonim over that performed by tzaddikim.
There is also an allusion to this in the verse “Do not allow the fat of the festive offering to remain until the morning.” The phrase “Do not allow,” i.e., to avoid negative influences by refining material entities, prefigures “the morning” — the ultimate dawn, the era when “the sun will no longer serve you for the light of day.... Instead, G-d will be your eternal light.”
The refinement of the body and the animal soul in this material world will bring about the Future Redemption led by Mashiach. May it come speedily, in our days.
(Adapted from Sichos Yud-Tes Kislev, 5711)
