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The Third Axiom: Hashem Wants to Give Everyone else but You cannot have compassion on me, heaven forbid. But abundance and attain all spiritual levels. As Rabbi Yerucham says:
Spiritual Life You are a compassionate Father and Your compassion is infinite, “That is the matter regarding which our sages said, ‘We bring about
even for me. And what am I asking for? Am I asking You to help positive matters through meritorious people.’ What merit did they
The Shulchan Aruch (Yoreh Deah 242:1) states, “A person is me sin, to give me the ability and funds to continue sinning? No! I have? They had the merit of making requests of Hashem. When
obligated to honor and fear his rabbi more than his father.” Why? am not asking to sin. I am asking You to help me live in accordance a person requests something good, it is impossible that his
“Because his father brought him into this world, but his rabbi has with Your will. I am asking for Your true compassion. You certainly request will return empty. ‘If a person says to you, I toiled
taught him wisdom that will bring him to the life of the world- want and desire to help me and to have compassion on me, even but I did not attain, do not believe him’ (Megillah 6b)” (Divrei
to-come” (Bava Metzia 33a). Eternal life, which is spiritual life, at this moment!” Torah: Bamidbar).
incomparably transcends physical life. This is because spiritual life
And the essence of Hashem’s compassion is expressed when He
Similarly, it is written that in this era, following the destruction
is the purpose of physical life, and it is the principal reason that gives a person a state of awareness that will keep him from sinning. of the Temple, a person’s outcry to Hashem for physical matters
Hashem wants to give us life on the physical plane.
As Rabbi Nachman teaches (Likutei Moharan I 7): might not be answered. As the Gemara states: “From the day that
Thus, if Hashem wants to save us physically, how much more the Temple was destroyed, the gates of prayer were locked. As the
does He want to save us spiritually. And if we do not question There is nothing more pitiful than when the holy verse states, ‘Even when I cry out and wail, my prayer is blocked’
our worthiness when we cry out to Hashem to give us physical nation of Israel falls and sins, heaven forbid, may the (Lamentations 3:8)” (Berachot 32b). There exist spiritual barriers, as it
well-being, how much more should we not question our worthiness Compassionate One have mercy. That is the most pitiful were, because of the state of the generation and the concealment
when we cry out to Hashem to give us spiritual well-being. kind of state, because all of the grievous afflictions in the of God’s countenance. All of this is true only regarding our prayers
world are considered as nothing at all compared to the for physical matters. But even at this time, our prayers for spiritual
If, regarding our physical lives, we must cry out and entreat heavy burden of sins, heaven forbid. When the people matters are answered. As Michtav Mei’eliyau writes in the name
Hashem to give us life immediately, how much more regarding of Israel fall and sin, heaven forbid, that is a very heavy of Rabbi Israel Salanter (Part 4, p. 77), “Even though, after the
our spiritual lives, which constitute the purpose of our existence, weight, an unbearably heavy weight, as in the verse: destruction of the Temple, the gates of prayer were locked, it is
must we cry out and entreat Hashem, “Rescue me and save me known with certitude that there is still one type of prayer that is
completely this very minute!” And if our heartfelt outcry for “Like a heavy weight, they are too heavy for me” (Psalms answered at every time and in every situation: and that is
physical life is certainly effective, how much more is our heartfelt 38:5). A person who knows the holiness of the people of prayer for heaven’s help in spiritual matters.” And he writes as well
outcry for spiritual life effective! As I have explained: What gives Israel, who knows where they come from and who knows that this is the sole counsel that can help a person break open his
prayer its power and transforms it into a vessel to receive every the spirituality and nobility of the people of Israel knows sealed heart.
sort of salvation? The answer is: a person’s wholeness of faith that the people of Israel are entirely removed from sin,
that Hashem wants to rescue him, due to the fact that Hashem and that sin has no connection to them at all, whatever, He Wants to Reveal His Compassion
is a King Who desires life. And why does He desire life? Because in the context of their great holiness at their root and
He loves every created being and He has compassion on all who their great nobility and spirituality. And so all of the The deep meaning of all of this is that Hashem wants to reveal
turn to Him. And if that is so regarding physical life, how much sufferings in the world are not considered a burden when His compassion. And to whom is His compassion revealed? It is
more does Hashem want to give us spiritual and eternal life, for compared to the heavy burden of sins, heaven forbid, revealed to a person who does not deserve it, because a person
whose sake He created us. In the Creator’s true love for every may the Compassionate One have mercy…. who deserves it will receive good things justly, and not as a result of
created being, He wants everyone to attain true success. And that Hashem’s compassion. Therefore, the lower a person is, the more
is genuine compassion: compassion on every person so that he will The essence of compassion, of having compassion on he can entreat Hashem, “I believe with complete faith that You
be transformed from animal to man, so that he will cling with and Israel, the holy nation, is to bring them out from under want to help me as I am, even if I am the lowest of the low, because
bond to the Creator, and do Hashem’s will completely. in my case Your compassion will be especially revealed. If You do
the heavy burden of sins. And so every time that the not have compassion on me, that indicates that Your compassion is
people of Israel fell and engaged in some sin, Moses finite, heaven forbid, as though You are compassionate to everyone