91. Everything that the Holy One, blessed be He, does to Yisrael and the righteous among them is done in this way, TO ACHIEVE REDEMPTION LITTLE BY LITTLE instead of all at once. THIS IS SIMILAR TO a person who always dwells in the dark. To give him light, first we should shine upon him a small light, thin as a needle, and then a slightly stronger one, and so on until full light shines upon him.
91. וְכֵן כָּל מַה דְּעָבֵיד קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, וּלְצַדִּיקַיָיא דִּי בְהוֹ, הָכֵי כֻּלְּהוּ, וְלָאו בְּזִמְנָא חָדָא. לְבַּר נָשׁ דְּאִתְיְהִיב בַּחֲשׁוֹכָא, וְדִיּוּרֵיהּ הֲוָה בַּחֲשׁוֹכָא תָּדִיר, כַּד יִבְעוּן לְאַנְהָרָא לֵיהּ, בַּעְיָין לְאִפְתְּחָא לֵיהּ נְהוֹרָא זְעֵירְתָּא, כְּעֵינָא דְּמַחֲטָא, וּלְבָתַר רַב מִנֵּיהּ, וּכְדֵין בְּכָל זִמְנָא, עַד דְּיִנְהֲרוּן לֵיהּ כָּל נְהוֹרָא, כִּדְקָא יָאוֹת.