Passover 10 (421987) Hagadah - Charoset

Then we come to the 'Charoset', the Ari says that the 'Charoset' is a code name. What is the code? 'Chas-rut'. What does that mean? So the Ari explains: Rut? What is Rut? Rut was the grandmother of King David. What did King David represent? King David represented the world of Malchut, warfare. The reason he couldn't build the "Beit Hamikdash' (Holy Temple) because he had blood on his hands, right? When we make this mixture, in essence what we are doing is putting life into death. Restoration of death, which was Rut, meaning warfare, bloodshed. But in this combination, we also have the word 'Sar', 'Chaim'. Chet, Yud, Yud, Mem, which means life, adds up to 68. Again when you instill life into death, what do you have? Resurrection. The person is no longer dead. There's been a complete restoration, a complete change over from death, to what? To life.