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most wicked person in the world must believe that Hashem wants Know that until you meet your marriage partner Hashem wants our teacher, peace be upon him, would dedicate his
to have compassion on him, to help him to do complete teshuvah, you to guard yourself with the fear of heaven and keep yourself soul to them and pray on their behalf—such as in
and to be on the level of Moses. from sinning, particularly in your present situation, when you are the case of the spies, and the like. That is because he
single. And that is something that you can ask heaven to give you knew that in accordance with the holiness of the people
Therefore, let us review: immediately: you can demand that heaven provide you with the of Israel and their nobility, they are far from sin, and
strength to overcome your evil inclination, because Hashem at this
We have learned that a person’s prayer is accepted in very moment wants to give you the fear of heaven and the power it is completely impossible for them to bear the heavy
accordance with his faith, and that the essence of weakness to overcome your evil inclination that is burning within you. If you burden of sin (as above). And in truth, how do they come
in a person’s prayer is due to a weakness in his faith, his stand up and ask to receive this immediately (as we are learning in to sin, heaven forbid? That happens only when a person
lack of certainty that Hashem wants to save him. Therefore, this chapter), you will receive immediately. But regarding meeting lacks awareness, because “a person does not sin unless a
even if such a person serves Hashem fervently and vigorously, all your marriage partner, ask for that only as an unearned gift that spirit of foolishness has entered into him” (Sotah 3). And
of his work of the will is still not “perfect prayer.” It is still a weak Hashem will give you when He wishes to, because only heaven that is the most pitiful matter of all, and we must
prayer compared to what it should be. That is because, when a knows the exact time when you must meet your spouse. have compassion on such a person and give him
person’s faith that Hashem wants to save him is not absolute, his awareness, as in the verse: “Fortunate is the person who
prayer is not absolute. As a result, he cannot cry out to Hashem A person’s prayer for physical matters must indeed be accepted gives wisdom to the poor” (Psalms 41:2), because “there
with all his might, “Bring me close to serve You.” by heaven—but it does not have to be accepted immediately. Why is no poor person except one who is poor in awareness”
must prayer for physical matters be accepted? That is because this
Our prayer as we cry out to Hashem is strong and unequivocal only is a law of nature (as was discussed in Chapter Four: The Laws (Nedarim 41). We must have compassion upon him and
when we know that Hashem waits and yearns to give us everything of Life). After Rachel gave birth to Benjamin, she said, “I have give him awareness.
in the spiritual dimension. More than you want to receive spiritual stubbornly pleaded to God to be equal to my sister, and I prevailed”
salvation, Hashem wants to give it to you. It is only that you are (Genesis 30:8, as translated by Rashi). And Rashi explains the phrase, “I That is the purpose of creation. Hashem created the world to
lacking the vessel, and Hashem is waiting for you to prepare the prevailed,” as “He yielded to my importunities.” The mashgiach, be inhabited. As the verse states: “Not chaos did He create it;
complete and full vessel (as we will learn here). The first vessel is Rabbi Yerucham Leibovitz, states: “This is something awesome to to be inhabited did He form it” (Isaiah 45:18). A person who
that you believe with absolute and complete faith that the Creator contemplate! When we are this stubborn and plead this much, we does not possess awareness is not called a human being. Thus, a
wants to give you everything. are assured that we will attain what we desire. Hashem must, as it world of people who lack awareness is a desolate ruin. As Rabbi
were, give it to us. That is because Hashem wanted and created Nachman says: “The world should be inhabited by human beings.
When we come to ask Hashem to save us spiritually, we must a world in which this will be the way of nature in the realm of The essence of a human being is his awareness. If a person does not
believe with perfect faith in the absolute will of the Creator to spirituality…. A person should consider everything that has been have awareness, he is not part of civilization and he is not termed a
save everyone spiritually. If you do not believe completely that said regarding the necessity to pray, and how wonderful prayer human being at all. Rather, he is on the level of an animal in human
Hashem profoundly wants to help you, if you think that Hashem is, because a person who engages in prayer is assured that he will form” (ibid.).
does not want to help and rescue you, that constitutes a flaw in certainly receive its positive results” (Divrei Torah: Bereishit).
your faith. Every day in the Shemoneh Esrei, we recite the words, Give Me Life in Your Ways
“King, Helper, Savior and Shield.” Hashem is not a vengeful king, But we want to have an effect in spiritual matters and to
nor a cruel king. He is not waiting to ambush you. He does not encourage ourselves to pray to achieve spiritual change. Therefore, When we know that Hashem is truly compassionate, that His
benefit from seeing you suffer, and He does not attempt to cause we must consider this logically. If a person’s perfect prayer to be compassion is infinite and it is His will to extend compassion to all
you to despair, heaven forbid. And so in the Shemoneh Esrei we rescued physically at a time that his life is endangered is certainly beings, we can make every spiritual request, which is the purpose
recite the words, “Who wants teshuvah.” Hashem wants everyone immediately effectively, how much more does perfect prayer of all creation and of the entire trait of compassion. In accordance
to do complete teshuvah. When a person makes an opening even as requesting spiritual assistance certainly have an immediate effect, with this, we may understand Moses’ prayer on behalf of the Jews
small as the eye of a needle for Hashem, Hashem makes an opening because Hashem’s entire will is that a person receive all spiritual during the episode of the sin of the spies: “Please forgive the sin
for him as wide as the portal of a banquet hall. Once we know this,