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Daily Chizuk #0652
Holidays / Yamim Tovim
Talk to Him: Lifting Your Spirits through Prayer
Chizuk For Lag Baomer Tragedy
Klal Yisrael is in a state of mourning. 45 tzaddikim taken in such a heart wrenching way on a day that was supposed to be the conclusion of the mourning period, when Jews from across the globe, were all united together, celebrating Lag BaOmer. Tens of thousands of people were in the midst of singing to Hashem arm-in-arm. Meron at that time was the center of attention of all of world jewelry and right in the middle of the celebration, the unthinkable happened. נסתרים דרכי ה- The ways of Hashem are hidden from us. What is there to say? When the Navi Yirmiya wanted to console the Jewish people at the time of the destruction of the Bet Hamikdash, he said to them מה אשוה לך ואנחמך- what could I compare this to, to give you consolation? One of the ways of consoling a person is to show him how others have gone through what he went through, but by the churban, he said, I can't compare this to anything that ever happened. Who can console you?
At a time when our hearts are open and we want to help so badly, the best thing we could do is improve ourselves. Whatever we were thinking of maybe changing, now is the time to do it. We need Mashiach. We could also additionally, work on bringing more life to those people around us, going out of our way to give honor to people and to give them encouragement. That gives people more life. Everybody could use a good word, and we are the ones who are able to give it to them. And it doesn't cost us anything. It's not good enough just to hold back from dishonoring people. We have to proactively give honor. The gemara says, if someone gives money to a poor man, he deserves six berachot. But if he gives the poor man chizuk, if he lifts him up with elevating words, then he deserves 11 berachot. Tell somebody “you're doing a great job. Keep it up.” Be free with compliments, compliment your spouse, your children, your friends, your coworkers, give people kavod. It'll bring more unity and more love. We pray that those who are injured should have a Refuah Shelemah. We pray for those in mourning to have a complete Nechama that only the Ba’al Hanechamot can give them. And we pray that these 45 tzaddikim will go in front of the kiseh hakavod and plead with Hashem to bring us mashiach. Then we will see the fulfillment of the pasuk בלע המוות לנצח ומחה ה’ דמעה מעל כל פנים-death will cease to exist and Hashem himself will come down in all of His glory and personally wipe off the tears of every single person's face. And then we will be able to live together forever in a complete state of joy.
Klal Yisrael is in a state of mourning. 45 tzaddikim taken in such a heart wrenching way on a day that was supposed to be the conclusion of the mourning period, when Jews from across the globe, were all united together, celebrating Lag BaOmer. Tens of thousands of people were in the midst of singing to Hashem arm-in-arm. Meron at that time was the center of attention of all of world jewelry and right in the middle of the celebration, the unthinkable happened. נסתרים דרכי ה- The ways of Hashem are hidden from us. What is there to say? When the Navi Yirmiya wanted to console the Jewish people at the time of the destruction of the Bet Hamikdash, he said to them מה אשוה לך ואנחמך- what could I compare this to, to give you consolation? One of the ways of consoling a person is to show him how others have gone through what he went through, but by the churban, he said, I can't compare this to anything that ever happened. Who can console you?
At a time when our hearts are open and we want to help so badly, the best thing we could do is improve ourselves. Whatever we were thinking of maybe changing, now is the time to do it. We need Mashiach. We could also additionally, work on bringing more life to those people around us, going out of our way to give honor to people and to give them encouragement. That gives people more life. Everybody could use a good word, and we are the ones who are able to give it to them. And it doesn't cost us anything. It's not good enough just to hold back from dishonoring people. We have to proactively give honor. The gemara says, if someone gives money to a poor man, he deserves six berachot. But if he gives the poor man chizuk, if he lifts him up with elevating words, then he deserves 11 berachot. Tell somebody “you're doing a great job. Keep it up.” Be free with compliments, compliment your spouse, your children, your friends, your coworkers, give people kavod. It'll bring more unity and more love. We pray that those who are injured should have a Refuah Shelemah. We pray for those in mourning to have a complete Nechama that only the Ba’al Hanechamot can give them. And we pray that these 45 tzaddikim will go in front of the kiseh hakavod and plead with Hashem to bring us mashiach. Then we will see the fulfillment of the pasuk בלע המוות לנצח ומחה ה’ דמעה מעל כל פנים-death will cease to exist and Hashem himself will come down in all of His glory and personally wipe off the tears of every single person's face. And then we will be able to live together forever in a complete state of joy.
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