For
the Ilui Neshama of Avraham ben Ester ZT’L, Moshe ben Amelia Z’L & Haviva bat Yocheved Z'L.
There
is an inyan (matter) regarding Tefillah (prayer) that says one should
have “Geula” directly linked to “Tefilah.” What does that mean? There is a
Beracha (blessing) in Tefillah that we say right before the Amida (which is
called ‘Tefillah’ in the Gemara). The Beracha blesses Hashem about the Geula
(redemption) from Egypt and then we immediately begin the Amida.
What
does this teach us about our spiritual rollercoaster of a life? A person gets
stronger with his observance of Judaism. He begins to say Berachot slowly
slowly, learns Halachot about certain things. Goes to make up a minyan here and
there. Slowly slowly the person begins to get closer to Hashem, to feel His
presence with him, etc. After a while he puts on a kippa in public, starts
wearing tzitzit. Goes to Shiurim, etc. This person is on his way to knock on
Hashem’s door!
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There
is an inyan (matter) regarding Tefillah (prayer) that says one should
have “Geula” directly linked to “Tefilah.” What does that mean? There is a
Beracha (blessing) in Tefillah that we say right before the Amida (which is
called ‘Tefillah’ in the Gemara). The Beracha blesses Hashem about the Geula
(redemption) from Egypt and then we immediately begin the Amida.
Rashi
on this Gemara (Berachot 4b) explains what someone is like (a metaphor) if they
do not follow this important act of lismoch geula le’tefillah. What is
it like? Its like a person who loves his King of the land and knocks on the Royal
room door to see the King! But what does the person do? As the steps of the
King are being heard and get closer to the door to open, the person runs away
in a hurry. Guess what Rashi says? The King does not run after him, rather he
runs away back into his Royal room!
What
does this teach us about our spiritual rollercoaster of a life? A person gets
stronger with his observance of Judaism. He begins to say Berachot slowly
slowly, learns Halachot about certain things. Goes to make up a minyan here and
there. Slowly slowly the person begins to get closer to Hashem, to feel His
presence with him, etc. After a while he puts on a kippa in public, starts
wearing tzitzit. Goes to Shiurim, etc. This person is on his way to knock on
Hashem’s door!
This
person continues to get closer and closer to the ultimate lifestyle of
happiness and closness to G-d. He begins to sacrifice his time for Torah
learning and gets away from those friends who bring him spiritually down and
gets closer to those who help him. Then what does he do after all that? He does
not do anything 100%! At the last minute he drops hope and just barely makes
it. For example he goes out of his way to go to a shiur and cancels his other
plans. Instead of going to shiur after a little bit of rest and with energy, he
does not fight off his urge to sleep and just sleeps through the shiur. If we are already going out of our way, why not do it completely!?
For
this we learn from the Ramban in the Igeret HaRamban to always ponder at the end
of the day the actions one has made throughout that day. Then forever the
person is fixing his actions and living a lifestyle that is more observant,
exciting and comfortable! Another example is waking up to put on tefillin and
praying alone at home instead of going to a minyan. Or another is in the
process of doing a Mitzvah the person ends up fighting with someone, G-d forbid. Never give up, because in the end of the day you will do it with 100% effort and with all your heart.
Judaism=Think.
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