From The Maagid – HOW TORAH STUDY WITH PASSION TRANSfORMS

 

All of the Torah is the names of G-d – which refers respectively to the seven emotions from G-d (expressing his will) love, restraint, harmony, assertiveness, sensitivity, morality and effectiveness – when one studies these traits in the Torah (as we see through the entire Torah) and does so with passion, one elevates (the corresponding negative traits, such as lust, fear, hate, aggression, callousness, deceit and laziness) substituting the negative for the positive.