Likutei Moharan 55:4/ליקוטי מוהר"ן נ״ה:ד׳

14. As a result of the tzaddik’s vision being strengthened through his seeing God’s justice, his faith is strengthened and he is able to pray. This is because his heart is divested of the crookedness that it had before he saw God’s justice. For by means of the Divine justice that he sees, the heart is divested of its crookedness and becomes upright, in the aspect of “Your justice to the upright of heart” (Psalms 36:11). At first the crookedness of his heart prevented him from believing completely in God, because it seemed to him that the Holy One had perverted the verdict, God forbid. But now that he sees God’s justice, his heart is upright with perfect faith.

2Then he strengthens himself and prays for his needs. For the foundation of prayer is faith—he believes that everything is in God’s jurisdiction, even to change nature. And the Holy One does not deny any creature its due reward, because God is just. This is the aspect of “I will give thanks to You with an upright heart” (Psalms 119:7)—by means of an upright heart, which corresponds to faith, the aspect of prayer is made. {“Instruct the Israelites to bring you a red cow temimah (without blemish), in which there is no defect and on which no yoke has been laid” (Numbers 19:2).}

3This is also the aspect of the red cow, as in the teaching in the Zohar (III, 180b): The cow that receives from the shor (ox).

4cow—This is the aspect of prayer, the aspect of “We will offer [the words of] our lips instead of cows” (Hosea 14:3) .

5that receives from the ShoR—The aspect of gazing, as connoted by “aShuRenu (I behold it), but it is not near” (Numbers 24:17). For by means of the aspect of “I lift my eyes up to the mountains,” as explained above, the aspect of prayer is made. And this is:

6red [cow] temimah—“Red” indicates a decree of judgment; “TeMimah” indicates a shor TaM (an innocuous ox), mitigated judgment. In other words, he sees the Holy One diminish the intensity of the judgment, in the aspect of “grasp judgment in My Hand.”

7on which no yoke has been laid—This refers to “those of Israel whose faith is perfect” (2 Samuel 20:19). It is the aspect of strengthening faith, of prayer, which is achieved by means of strengthened vision, in the aspect of “Your justice to the upright of heart,” as explained above.