Daily Chizuk #0924

One of the reasons why yissurin – afflictions – are so good for a person is because they bring him kapara for his avonot(transgressions). It is a great chesed of Hashem to give a person kapara with temporary suffering in this world rather than having to get it in the Next World which is eternal. However, there are many ways in which a person can gain kapara without needing any affliction. Rabbenu Yona in Sha’arehTeshuva (4:11), teaches us about one of those ways. He writes there, a person’s toil in the study of Torah as well as his loss of sleep over it will take the place of other forms of yissurin. As Chazal teach us on the pasuk אדם לעמל יולד - Everyone experiences hardships in this world, but אשרי מי שאילו בתורה – fortunate is the person who gets it in his toil in the study of Torah.
When a person sits down in front of a Gemara or a Shulchan Aruch or a Tanach or a mishnah and puts his focus on trying to understand the meaning of the worlds in order to know what Hashem wants from him, he brings endless kedusha inside of him. He earns rewards in both worlds, he brings so much satisfaction to Hashem and he gains kapara, which will take the place of other forms of yissurin.