# Prayer for Torah 50

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Master of the Universe, we certainly know that in relation to Your immense grandeur and infinite exaltedness, our slightest movement or glance, which is inappropriate to Your glory, should bring in its wake some form of retribution, Heaven forbid. However, You are full of compassion and do not desire the destruction of the world. Therefore, merit us to strengthen ourselves in serving You for we rely on Your boundless compassion. Even if we experience difficult things that happen to us, let us always know and believe that You will never leave us, as long as we take upon ourselves to repent. The main thing is that from now on we shouldn’t repeat our mistakes. Merit us to complete repentance and, when we experience again the same circumstances in which we stumbled previously, Heaven preserve us, let us turn our backs completely to any temptation and thus subdue our evil urge. May we nullify our desire, entirely to Your desire so that we never blemish again.

Merit us to serve You with our two urges. That’s to say, help us to take all the passion and enthusiasm of the evil urge which burns in our hearts , without using it for any physical pleasure of the body, and turn it into passion and enthusiasm in studying Torah and praying, as is fitting for a Jew to have. By this we may fulfil the verse, “And you shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart”, with both your urges.

Amen, so may it be.

51.

 The evil urge ensnares a person again and again arousing him to do whatever he does. And even if he doesn't listen to the evil urge, even so, it traps him again for a second, third, and fourth time and more. But if a person is firm in his mind and doesn't pay attention to it at all, then the evil urge will leave him and go away. Similarly, during prayer, thoughts come to a person to confuse his prayer several times but if he is firm and doesn't take any notice of them at all then they go away, as explained elsewhere.

52.

 Don't become confused when you have questions about the true tzadddikim. The true tzaddikim are similar to their Maker and just as a person has questions about the way G-d runs the world, so it is inevitable that he will have questions about the tzaddikim. Concerning questions about G-d's providence, know that because of His immense exaltedness it is impossible to ascertain His understanding. If G-d's ways were according to what we think of as being necessary, Heaven forbid, then His understanding would be just like ours, Heaven forbid. Therefore it is good and appropriate for the Creator that He is exalted and far above our understanding.

53.

 The greatness and preciousness of the power of thought is beyond measure; really perfect things are made from it which will cause the worlds to exist always, for ever and ever. Wisdom is even more precious for the power of thought is only what comes into the mind whereas wisdom is what constructs with its wisdom buildings in a person's intellect and that is very precious. The main thing is that it should be with truth. Even a simple Torah innovation is also a very great thing. This also has to be with truth. The opposite is also true. When it is without truth, other, negative things are also made from it.

54.

 Free choice is in the hands of a Jew to do whatever he wants, as he chooses. With non-Jews there are things that they have to do, but a Jew, everything that he does, such as even traveling to a certain place etc. contains the service of G-d; and therefore he always has free choice about everything.

55.

 The profit to be made in This World is immeasurable. That's to say, what a Jew can gain in This World. He doesn't even have to invest from his own money, only that which the Creator has prepared for him; he can accumulate great gains such as ‘no eye has ever seen’ etc.

56.

 When a person has a heart, there is no place that will prevent him from serving G-d. He cannot excuse himself by saying that in such and such a place it is impossible for him to engage in the service of G-d. For when a person has a Jewish heart, all the places in the whole world belong to him.