Likutei Moharan, Part II 12:2/ליקוטי מוהר"ן·תנינא י״ב:ב׳

12. The following relates to the above: And this is the concept of: If someone should ask you, “Where is your God?” tell him, “In the great walled city of Rome” (Yerushalmi, Taanit 1:1, p.3a). There too! Although it is filled with graven images and idolatry, the Blessed One is even there, concealed!

2This is the rule: When a person falls into there, God forbid, then when he consequently begins to ask, “Ayeh is the place of His glory?” he thereby revives himself with the life-force of holiness. For the life-force of the kelipot comes only from the concealment, from the fact that God is so thoroughly concealed there that people are completely unaware of Him.

3But the moment a person asks, “Ayeh is the place of His glory?” it indicates that he at least knows that God exists; only that He is concealed and hidden, and this is why he inquires, “Where is the place of His glory?” And with this in itself he revives himself in the place to which he has fallen.

4For Ayeh corresponds to the Hidden Utterance, from where [the kelipot] obtain life-force. However, the life-force of the kelipot derives from the concealment, whereas he revives himself in the place of his fall with the life-force of holiness, by seeking and searching “Where is the place of His glory?”

5Then afterwards, he merits ascending from there entirely, to holiness itself—i.e., to the place where God’s glory is revealed. For the revelation of His glory is the essence of holiness.

6Blessed be God forever. Amen. Amen.