The kelipa of Noga was an important subject to the Gra. This is the energy of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. When people cheat in business that gives power to kelipat Noga which then steals souls and money from the realm of holiness. And the Gra said Hasidim is kelipat Noga. This explains why Chasidim lie and cheat in business, and why they also lie and cheat about spiritual things. That is they lie about what the Torah says, and they get away with it because they get power from the Dark Side. And that is how they steal souls from the realm of holiness.


1) Kelipat Noga mainly refers to something mention in the vision of Ezekiel. It is the kelipa or Dark Force that is closest to holiness and makes a parade of how Jewish it is. The main source of information about it is in the Eitz Chaim of Isaac Luria--the Ari.