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“Now, O Israel, what does Hashem, your G-d, ask of you? Only to fear
Hashem.” Moshe implies that yirat Shamayim is a relatively simple
matter. Why, then, do we have such difficulty acquiring it? The way to
do so is by contemplating one’s actions and renouncing the pleasures of
this world. Many Torah scholars lack yirat Shamayim, for they are rooted
in the pleasures of this world. Only by contemplating Hashem’s
wonderful world can the Torah effectively detach a person from the
frivolities of this world.
My grandfather, Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto, zy”a, said that in order to
succeed in acquiring Torah and yirat Shamayim, one must eradicate his
natural love of money and material pursuits. All of his interests should be
directed heavenward.
The more one is drawn by the magnetic force of earthliness, the filthier is
his neshamah. It is all the harder for such a person to rise in spirituality.
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