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Closing Words slept during the Sabbath day (from She’al Avicha Veyagedcha, quoted in 6:6) (Likutei Moharan II 84). Help me so that I will receive my
Igeret L’ven Torah by the Rishon Letzion, Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef). entire life force from You, from the Torah, from prayer
and from complete faith. As the verse states, “New in
This entire book from beginning to end provides the practical Everything we have learned here must inspire us deeply to
tools with which to attain the mighty power that is called “the prepare ourselves so that we will sleep as little as possible on the the mornings, vast is Your faithfulness” (Lamentations 2:22-
trait of the will.” In all things, we require will. The main thing holy Sabbath. It is very important to prepare oneself physically 23).
that Hashem wants from everyone is his will. The essence of a by taking a nap on Friday afternoon, so as to enter the Sabbath
person’s free choice is his will. The purpose of all prayer, Torah and alert and clear. It is known that Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditshov In Your vast compassion, have compassion on us. Help
mitzvot is to arouse the will and to work on the will, because the said: “I am surprised that one of the Ten Commandments is not us and all Your nation, the house of Israel, cling to You
will is the strongest factor that binds a person to Hashem. By means ‘You must sleep on the eve of the holy Sabbath.’” But the main always, in truth and in faith, with total perfection. May we
of the will, a person is transformed and rises both physically and preparation is prayer. However much a person prepares himself, keep the mitzvah of “You shall cling to Him” (Deuteronomy
spiritually. By means of the will, a person changes his evil nature the evil inclination on the Sabbath activates all sorts of weapons 10:20) completely, in keeping with Your good will, at the
and nullifies his evil cravings and traits. to make him tired and exhausted. Therefore, he must fight against ultimate supernal level, with great holiness and purity.
it with a great deal of prayer, requesting the Creator’s help and May we give rest to our mind and awareness. When our
The practical application of this entire book is as follows. Dedicate assistance, asking Him to rebuke the Satan so that it will leave him
a set time every day with tremendous and unyielding regularity, alone to truly serve Hashem properly. mind is strained as a result of its tremendous clinging to
during which to arouse your will, build your will and express your You, may we then learn the Torah on a simple level, with
will in your own words, speaking to the Holy One, blessed be The general principle is that it is forbidden to want to sleep— truth and complete faith. May we meditate upon Your
He, speaking with complete faith and great and deep intent, with whether on the Sabbath or during the week. And that is possible Torah always, and learn much Gemara and halachah,
inspiration and fervor. only when we activate the trait of the will and engage in the work and may this cause our mind, awareness and soul to be
of the will, which gives a person life. The Sabbath gives life not renewed. As a result of learning the simple aspect of the
When we do this, we truly succeed in life. We truly choose only spiritually but also physically (Sefer Hamidot: Shabbat 1). Sleep is Torah in truth and with complete faith,, may we draw
goodness. We come to truly keep the entire Torah and the death, and will is life. All tiredness is simply a lack of will. When a down and receive new awareness and a new soul from
mitzvot—in particular, the duties of the heart. We attain complete, person is filled with intentions and longing for everything holy, he the light of the countenance of holiness. (Likutei Tefillot 35)
pleasant and sweet teshuvah, and we attain success in every realm does not want to sleep. When he attains intent, he does not need
in life, from overcoming cravings and gaining control of ourselves to sleep—in the simplest sense! That is because, when we attain the Master of the universe, help so that I will never want
to rectifying our traits and attaining absolute cleanliness and goal of intent, we literally cling to the Tree of Life, and then the to sleep. Help me know that Your wisdom decreed that
purification from all of the vanities of this world. Sitra Achra (the side of evil) has no power over us. Then the evil every day a person must cling to You directly by means

inclination and heresy—which come from the Sitra Achra—cannot
Then we can truly live a life of satisfaction, a life of delight, a life rule over us. of holy sleep. Please have compassion on me and help
of meaning, a life in which we bind ourselves to Hashem and cling me know when I must bind myself to You directly. Please
to Him, a life of true love of the Torah and mitzvot, and a life of a have compassion on me so that only when I sense that
true bond with faith and everything holy. May Hashem help us taste of the Tree of Life of the I really cannot concentrate on learning and praying will
holy will. “He will eat and live forever” (Genesis 3:22). I go to sleep. Help me so that my entire resolve will be
That which most binds a person with the Life of lives is the trait only to cling to You as I sleep. Help me attain such holy
of the will. When we want, yearn and long for Hashem the entire sleep, in which I cling to You directly.
day, we open up the supernal conduit of supernal life (the letters
of the Hebrew word for “conduit,” tzinor, may be rearranged to Master of the universe, give me the strength to use my
form the word ratzon, “will”), and it pours forth blessing and life,
intellect. As long as a person can use his intellect in a

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