Sunday, March 25, 2012

CLD #548


For the Ilui Neshama of Avraham ben Ester ZT’L.
We never know why Hashem gives us Nisyonot (spiritual tests), or do we? Rav Darmoni shlit’a explains that Rabi Nachman says each person has a special connection in Hashem where Hashem wants to give them a present for this world. But because the Middat HaDin (the Judgment aspect of Hashem) wakes up to prosecute the person and explain to Hashem how he/she does not deserve the present, Hashem does a deal. 

He tells the spiritual prosecutors “Let’s see if this person really deserves this gift that I want to give him/her, whether it be his/her Shidduch, Parnasah, Hatzlacha in Education, etc. What will I do? Let’s give him/her a big test to see if they can overcome the challenge. If they can, then it proves they deserve the gift, if not; you are right.”

From this little piece of Torah not only do we see how much Hashem loves us, but we see Nisyanot is only a pathway how Hashem can really send us spiritual energy, shefa, and just gifts and presents that we actually deserve. Nisyonot is also a way Hashem pushes us to work on ourselves as human beings. Thank G-d, we all know we are not perfect (or at least I hope we all know this), and this means we should all strive to become better people and more connected with Hashem. 

Therefore, Hashem has us go through situations like getting angry and wanting us to tell ourselves “Yelling at Person X is not worth it, Hashem is in front of me right now, I need to act with respect” or “That girl with the mini skirt is not the ideal woman for me, NO, I will not go and start a conversation with her” or even something simple “I’ve had already 3 shots of whiskey tonight, why risk fighting with my wife after I have completely embarrassed us at the wedding for doing x,y,z because I was drunk, I will stop drinking now.”

All these situations and many many more push us to stay STOP. THINK. Be’ezrat Hashem Pesach is right around the corner. Let’s enter Pesach while taking advantage of Chodesh Nissan’s spiritual energy, which is filled with Ahava from Hashem (love) and overall Geula (redemption).

SHAVUA TOV & CHODESH TOV!
Judaism=Think.

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