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The Main Gain
Category: Religion & Spirituality
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2021-09-01 13:00:00
Description: A man told me he accepted upon himself to do a certain mitzvah with the hope of getting a yeshua for an issue he was having. It’s been a very long time since he started doing that mitzvah and nothing has changed regarding his issue. He wanted to know what he is supposed to think and whether he should continue doing the mitzvah, or it’s not helping him anyway. I told him about the Gemara which says, if a man gives tzedaka on condition that his son gets healed from a sickness, the man is considered to be completely righteous in that act of giving. Rashi explains the reason, because even if the condition would not be fulfilled and his son would not be healed, the man would not question Hashem, and he would not feel bad about the money he gave to charity. This means, a Jew knows the real reason we do mitzvot is because it’s what Hashem wants us to do, and even if we don’t get back what we hoped for, our attitude is we are so happy to have had the zechut to do a mitzvah, and of course we should continue doing whatever we are able to because the mitzvot themselves are our greatest gain. I also told the man, he should feel happy that he made the right hishtadlut and the only reason he hasn’t received what he wanted was because it is not good for him to have it right now, and that doesn’t mean that in an hour from now it won’t be good for him to have. Whenever it will be good, Hashem will give it to him. The best response in times of difficulties is always to improve ourselves and perform more mitzvot . Rabbi Elimelech Biderman told a story which took place fairly recently. A man around the age of forty has a wife who, Rachmana litzlan , lost her eyesight in one eye ten years ago. This past winter, the second eye became very weak and kept deteriorating until it was operating at just 20% capacity. The doctors told her she needed a surgery to save her from going completely blind. However, that surgery did not go as planned and, in fact, the eye became even worse from it. Her family and extended family gathered together to see what they could do spiritually to help her. They decided they wanted to become much better in the area of having ayin tova – having a good eye. Perhaps if they would improve their eyes then Hashem would give their mother and wife a refuah for her eyes. They each accepted upon themselves that besides learning about how to improve in this area, they would all make sure, at least three times a day, to give somebody a good eye instead of the opposite. For example, if they would see a neighbor or another relative extending their home, instead of feeling jealous, they would be happy for that person and think to themselves, baruch Hashem, they are going to have more space for their family to enjoy. If they would hear of someone getting engaged, they would make sure to be truly happy for that person even if they had children at home still looking for shidduchim themselves. If they would hear of someone who is having a lot of success raising his children, they would be happy for that person even though they were having difficulties raising their own children. And the list went on. This was not going to be easy, but they all accepted upon themselves to do it 100% as best as they could. Just one month later, the eye that was deteriorating started feeling better and over the span of seven days following that, the eye was completely healed. The family continued with their kabbala and, just a few weeks later, Hashem gave them the miracle they were all hoping for – the other eye of this woman which had been blind for ten years, started working again. The mitzvot that we do are wondrous. It is always a good idea to accept upon ourselves to do more of them, but we must always remember, the main gain is the mitzvah itself, and we should feel so fortunate that we have the opportunity to do the ratzon Hashem all of the time.
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