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And Hashem is happy when people do so, because that is His entire It Is Good to Cry Out
will (Likutei Moharan I 124):
It is important to understand the nature of an outcry. An
“A song, a melody, for the conductor” (Psalms). The outcry to Hashem is a state in which a person calls out from the
Hebrew word for “conductor” can be translated as deepest place in his heart. As the verse states, “Their heart cried
“conqueror.” Thus, this phrase from Psalms may be out to Hashem” (Lamentations 2:18). He feels his troubles vividly
rendered, “Sing to the One Who rejoices when people and distinctly, and he reaches the most genuine intent. The Pele
conquer Him” (Pesachim 119a). When a person speaks Yoetz explains (Tza’akah): “The meaning of the word ‘outcry’ is
to the Holy One, blessed be He, and in his speech he that a person raises his voice in prayer from the depths of his heart”
employs arguments and requests, he is showing that he because “a fire is burning in him and, due to his pain, he cannot
wants to conquer the Holy One, blessed be He, as it keep from crying out loud.”
were. And Hashem, may He be blessed, gains pleasure The cry bursts out, but it is something deeply internal.
from this. Therefore, Hashem sends this person words It is an expression of an inner, burning intent that pulses
so that he will be able to conquer Him, as it were, so within a person. Therefore, telling someone to cry out to
that Hashem will receive pleasure. Without that help, Hashem is not practical advice. Rather, practical advice is
it would certainly be impossible for creatures of flesh telling him to attain forceful and complete intent, with a
and blood to conquer the Holy One, blessed be He. So settled mind and with proper visualization in his heart, and
Hashem, may He be blessed, Himself sends this person that will lead to a true outcry.
words and arguments to conquer Him.
When a person cries out about his spiritual state, that means
Even if this person is the lowest of the low, even if he has no right that he has attained whole and forceful intent. He truly intends to
to ask Hashem for anything, he can ask Hashem to draw him close, change. His outcry to Hashem contains the wholeness of his will,
because that is why he was created (Sichot Haran 69): and thus it is the perfection of the work of the will. The fact that
you are able to come to Hashem and express your intentions every
Even if it appears to a person that Hashem, may He be day is very important and makes an impression in heaven. But go
blessed, does not want to draw him close because he has beyond that and have the ambition to attain a will that is so forceful
brought about a great deal of [spiritual] damage, and even and strong that it will bring you to truly cry out to Hashem. That is
the wholeness of will. The holy Zohar states explicitly that “a whole
now he is not acting properly and in accordance with His will” is an outcry (Zohar: Shemot 19b).
will, may He be blessed, he must nevertheless encourage
himself greatly until Hashem will have compassion on Rabbi Berachia said: When the Holy One, blessed
him and draw him close to serve Him, because “despite be He, told Samuel, “I regret that I made Saul king,”
everything, I want to be a Jew!” Thus, he wants to the verse states that “Samuel grew upset, and he cried
conquer Hashem, may He be blessed, as it were. And out to Hashem the entire night” (Samuel I 15:11). He set
Hashem, may He be blessed, derives pleasure from the everything aside and engaged in crying out, because
fact that people conquer Him, as it were. that is closer to the Holy One, blessed be He, than
anything else.
When a person devotes time to the work of the will every day,

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