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a) When a person feels some hunger, that the desire to eat overcomes him, he should know that he has enemies, as the Sages said, "Because a person is made poor (feels a lack) down below (in this world), he is made poor in the world above" (Sanhedrin,103). Therefore, he has to destroy and break the animal within him which desires to eat, for the essence of hunger is the animalistic element in a person. By this, he will be saved from his enemies.

b) Hunger also reflects controversy, "the reproach of famine"(Ezekiel,36,30), that's to say, the craving for food brings controversy, that they reproach and disgrace him, and also the opposite. This hunger is an aspect of uncircumcised skin, as it says, "It is a disgrace for us" (Gen. 34). For there are three husks that surround the brit of peace. But, when you break this disgrace, the craving for food, the covenant of peace becomes revealed and one merits to peace in the world below. Then, there is also peace in the world above in the Heavens. As a result, the bounty increases and becomes revealed in the world. (This is what the verse says, "He makes peace in your borders and fills you with the finest wheat."(Psalms,147,14). )

c) When you have relations with your wife with holiness and you break the animal soul which craves for the physical, imagining that an angel forces you to engage in relations, by this your children will not die when young. The death of young children, Heaven forbid, is because of the animal soul.

d) Also, you should see to it that the main time for having relations with your wife is on the night of Shabbat in order that your children live a long time.

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Master of the universe, king, leader, ruler, merciful one, You had compassion on us and sent a saver and redeemer, Moshe, our teacher, who took us out of the darkness unto a great light and gave us the Torah. He enlightened our eyes and taught us the true, holy faith. In his greatness he was able to enlighten even the lowest of the lowly Jews like we are today. He revealed to everyone Your greatness and might so that they could grasp in their minds the true ultimate purpose of life which is to know and recognize You, through all created things, and to come close and cleave to You.

Have compassion on us and teach us what to do now. Who can we turn to for help? Where is the holy shepherd? Our lowliness and weakness nowadays is so immense, who can help us other than a true leader who is as great as Moshe. Only he can instill on us holy understanding such that we can come to the true ultimate purpose, to know and recognize You through the created world. But how can we merit to find such a leader? Where is he? Where is the advice that will enable us to find him? Even though there are famous tzaddikim, they admit that they haven’t the power of Moshe to enable every individual to ascertain this ultimate purpose for which we were created. However You have promised that even in the depths of our descent in this exile, bodily and spiritually, You will not desert us nor despise us. You promised to our forefathers to always help and redeem us in each generation. Where is Your compassion? Where are Your wonders? Why should Your people be like a flour without a shepherd?

Have compassion and mercy upon us; merit us to pray and plead a great deal before You, to shout and cry out with a tremendous bitter shout, while shedding profuse tears until You take pity on us and send us a real, compassionate leader and shepherd like Moshe who can rectify us and bring us to return us to you. Let him radiate and instill in us a perception of his holy understanding such that we also ascertain the ultimate purpose from all created things. Merit us to really recognize You and to come close to You, cleaving to You for all eternity.

Help us to receive Shabbat properly, with happiness, great joy and wonderful attachment to You, as You desire, until we come to ascertain the purpose of the creation of the heavens and earth. Let me come to know and recognize You in this world, as you and your tzaddikim desire from us. Merciful one, open our eyes so that we see the absolute truth and how to behave now in order to search for and find a true leader who can bring us in our lifetime to this ultimate purpose. We have no one to rely upon other than our father in Heaven. We are of physical substance and You are our maker. So, merit us to find this true leader and shepherd who is like Moshe. Do that which is good on Your eyes with us. We caste our prayers upon You until You will look down on us from Heaven. Speed and hasten our redemption; bring us mashiach, who is my servant David, the shepherd.

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(a) Someone who knows of the Land of Israel, who has really tasted the flavour of the Land of Israel, he can recognize in a Jew if he was in the presence of a tzaddik on Rosh Hashana or not, for someone who merits to be with a true tzaddik on Rosh Hashana, wherever he looks the air becomes an aspect of the air of the Land of Israel. Therefore, someone who knows the taste of the Land of Israel, each person according to his spiritual level, must feel the taste of the Land of Israel when he meets and gets together with this person who was with a true tzaddik on Rosh Hashana, for the air becomes an aspect of the Land of Israel because of this person.

(b) The main virtue of the holiness of the Land of Israel is only through the Divine Providence in it, because the Holy One looks at it always, as it says, "The eyes of the Lord, your G-d are always upon it, from the beginning of the year" etc. (Deut. 11:12). "The eyes" allude to wisdom. By this, the Land of Israel is sanctified and its air makes wise.

(c) The true tzaddik, who strives to bring Jews closer to G-d, is the main splendour that the Holy One receives from the People of Israel (which is an aspect of the Holy One's tefillin) for, through him, Jews come closer to G–d and His pride is aroused. Therefore, someone who looks at him (the tzaddik) ,primarily at the time of the gathering of the public, when people come to hear the word of G-d, especially on Rosh Hashana which is the time of the biggest gathering, for then the splendour is the biggest as a result of the gathering of many people who desire to come close to G-d, and then the splendour and charm of the tzaddik becomes greater and is added to, for he is the main splendour, as mentioned. And whoever looks at this true tzaddik, this is an aspect of looking at and seeing the light of the tefillin of the Holy One and then, as a result, that person receives (an aspect of tefilin and 'brains') and merits to reach perfect faith. Faith is dependent on the mouth of a person and then, wherever he looks he draws an aspect of the holiness of the Land of Israel, an aspect of the air of the Land of Israel makes wise.