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Daily Chizuk #0018
Holidays / Yamim Tovim
When a King Gives: Measuring Hashem's Goodness
When a King Gives
The Sefer HaChinuch writes in Mitzva 545, when a person takes to heart the goodness of Hashem then, Mida K'Neged Mida, it triggers Hashem to give that person extra blessing from that goodness. With this in mind, we can understand the gift of the Thirteen Middot of Mercy that Hashem gave us.
On Yom Kippur, a day which is described as an ocean of mercy, we say these Thirteen Attributes of Mercy twenty-six times, corresponding to the Name of Hashem which represents His Mercy. In Hashem's great love for us, he gave us so many ways to succeed in judgement. It behooves us to take some time out and study these Thirteen Middot so we can properly concentrate on Hashem's merciful attributes and understand them to their fullest.
Every time we say those Thirteen Middot, it automatically becomes a time of Divine favor. The Behag holds that reciting the Thirteen Middot fulfills a positive commandment from the Torah. One of those Middot is חנון, that Hashem gives us even though we don't deserve. Whenever we pray, we're asking Hashem to help us just because He's kind, not because we deserve. And when Hashem gives us, He gives us in the best possible way.
Tizku l'shanim Rabot u'gamar chatima Tova
The Sefer HaChinuch writes in Mitzva 545, when a person takes to heart the goodness of Hashem then, Mida K'Neged Mida, it triggers Hashem to give that person extra blessing from that goodness. With this in mind, we can understand the gift of the Thirteen Middot of Mercy that Hashem gave us.
On Yom Kippur, a day which is described as an ocean of mercy, we say these Thirteen Attributes of Mercy twenty-six times, corresponding to the Name of Hashem which represents His Mercy. In Hashem's great love for us, he gave us so many ways to succeed in judgement. It behooves us to take some time out and study these Thirteen Middot so we can properly concentrate on Hashem's merciful attributes and understand them to their fullest.
Every time we say those Thirteen Middot, it automatically becomes a time of Divine favor. The Behag holds that reciting the Thirteen Middot fulfills a positive commandment from the Torah. One of those Middot is חנון, that Hashem gives us even though we don't deserve. Whenever we pray, we're asking Hashem to help us just because He's kind, not because we deserve. And when Hashem gives us, He gives us in the best possible way.
Tizku l'shanim Rabot u'gamar chatima Tova
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