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Thursday

י"ח אדר ב’ התשפ"ד

Thursday
י"ח אדר ב’ התשפ"ד

חיפוש בארכיון

Shem Olam / Ch. 9 – 75

Even when a person’s income is minimal and his expenses are great, and even when trials and tribulations surround and distract him, he should not be lax in his service of Hashem. He should accept his suffering and trust Hashem that it is all for his ultimate good.  He should remember that Hashem loves him more than he loves himself, and if He decreed that this is best for him, it is with ultimate love and compassion that He decided that this is the best way to purify his soul from any blemish. If a person internalizes these thoughts, he will be able to learn even under harsh conditions, knowing that learning with difficulty is especially dear to Hashem, as it shows that his love and devotion are stronger than the difficulty. A Mishna or daf learned under strenuous conditions is like learning a hundred in comfortable surroundings and gets ingrained deeper into a person’s soul.

“And the utterly undoubtable truth is that if the entire world, from one end to the other, would be absent of our engagement and delving into the Torah, even for one moment, literally, then all the worlds - both upper and lower - would be destroyed instantly, and would turn into utter chaos, chas v’shalom…” (Nefesh Hachaim)