Prayer for Torah 33

May I merit to always cleave to You and to recognize Your great love, Your love for the People of Israel whom You chose from all the nations and raised above all the tongues. That great, true love You have for Your People is clothed in the commandments with which You sanctified us. It is love and compassion which is infinite. Because of Your truly great love for us, You contracted Your godliness, so to speak, and clothed the love in the holy Torah and commandments which You granted us in love. Every mitzva is a contraction and holy measure so that we can perceive You and come to serve You with love and fear. So, have pity on me and let me perform each mitzvah with real love such that I can ascertain something of the hidden Torah which will be revealed in the future. In that Torah dwells the love that is between Israel and the Holy One from before the Creation, a love which is above attributes and above time, a love which is immense. It is impossible to ascertain fully the light of this love other than by true tzaddikim who subdue and break all their bad attributes and cravings until their heart is in the control of their understanding. Our Father, our King, in Your great mercy, help me to come close to You and to the true tzaddikim so that this light of love will shine in me as well. To achieve this, please help me to break, remove and nullify all the cravings and bad attributes I have in my heart until in the end I can taste the light of this holy love in Understanding. By this, let me have some perception of the hidden light in the Torah and the hidden light in the tzaddikim.