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Master of the Universe, merit us to come close to true tzaddikim and to visit them regularly. By this, merit us to receive a great radiance from them in our brains, minds and understanding. As a result let us escape ‘small brains’constricted thinking and rise to reach expanded consciousness. By this, let all the harsh decrees be sweetened from upon us and from upon all Jews. Arouse compassion in the hearts of true tzaddikim so that they will bring us, closed and shine their countenance upon us, comforting us with words of comfort and love. Let them show us a pleasant, happy and friendly face. Then, help us to accept their words with love and great willingness. And even if they sometimes talk to us harshly and chastise or insult us, let us not have doubts abut them. Rather, we should know and really believe that this is all for our good. Because the tzaddik sees in us that the boldness of the body, wit its physical cravings, has overcome us and we are not capable of accepting his holy radiance and he cannot shine unto us, then he has to rebuke us in order to ignite the flame of holiness within us.
When we occasionally travel to them to be close to them, even so we cannot receive their holy radiance because it is too great for us. So, have mercy on us; arouse great compassion upon us in the heart of the true tzaddikim, until they clothe themselves in great humility, to such a degree that they bring themselves down to our very lowly level. When they constrict their great light within holy ‘garments’ then even people as lowly as ourselves can then receive their light. Arouse such compassion in their hearts that they see it is not enough for them to remain in their own homes, rather they will take the trouble, for our sake, to go and travel to our dwelling places. In this way, their light is restricted even more so that we can all accept.
Therefore, please have compassion on us, in the merit of our Fathers. Don’t let the efforts of tzaddikim with us be wasted, Heaven forbid. They nullify their own service of G-d which is very sublime indeed and reduce themselves in order to rectify us. So, please be kind and merciful with us in the merit of the true tzaddikim who are constantly engaged in trying to rectify Jewish souls. Let us at the least subdue our stubbornness and really negate our mind against the holy mind and knowledge of the true tzaddikim. As a result merit is to really come close to them and receive their holy radiance. So, arouse compassion in their hearts in such a way that they reduce themselves to our level in order to bring us close with love. Maybe there is hope to receive their radiance with perfection, despite the blemishes to our minds. Shine their holy radiance into our souls, spirits and neshamot, in our brains, intellect and hearts until our hearts are enthused to serve You with great enthusiasm, fear and love.
Amen, so may it be.
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(a) Every single thing was created only for the People of Israel. And the People of Israel themselves were created primarily for the aspect of Shabbat which is the ultimate purpose; Shabbat is the ultimate purpose of the Creation of the heavens and earth, for the ultimate purpose is the world of souls, the world which is entirely Shabbat. There the souls will ascertain the Holy One properly, without any veil of separation. Each one will indicate with his finger and say "This is G-d; we have longed for Him", as the Sages said (Ta'anit, 31). This ultimate purpose is impossible to perceive completely other than by the neshama passing through This World which is lowly and was created in the six days of creation. This is truly one of the wonders of the Creator, may He be blessed (see inside). A person has to deepen his contemplation in order to know and recognize the greatness of the Creator through every detail of the creation which he sees, its form and characteristics and the details of its limbs and structure etc. One has to serve G-d with this knowledge until one comes to the ultimate purpose of this particular thing. This is an aspect of Shabbat, as mentioned previously. These people of little worth, like we are nowadays, for we are all on a low spiritual level, it is impossible for us to reach this knowledge so we have to yearn long for it very much. Oh that we had a leadetr of the generation, a trustworthy shepherd who could enlighten us with the above mentioned knowledge and perception so that we merit to come to this ultimate purpose.
(b) What the Sages said: "It would have been better for a person if he had not been created" refers only to This World because according to all the troubles and suffering that each person experiences in This World it would certainly be better if he hadn't been created at all. However, in the World to Come it is certainly better that a person was created for, specifically through this, we come to the ultimate purpose, as above.