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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