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Even when a person is consumed with love of Hashem, he must pray for # 26347-EYAL-6
siyata di’Shemaya in order to be able to withstand nisyonot. This was the
case with David Hamelech. One should try to keep away from situations
of nisyonot, for, as our Sages exhort us, “Do not believe in yourself until
the day you die.”
The letters of the word (send forth) can be transposed to spell the
word (weak). When a person leaves the spiritual security of the Beit
Hamidrash, he exposes himself to the dangers of the street. He is liable to
stumble on the roadblocks. He would do well to fill his reservoirs with
ahavat Hashem. This will grant him the siyata di’Shemaya necessary to
help him in a time of nisayon.
“The entire assembly raised up and issued its
voice; the people wept that night”
(Bamidbar 14:1)
