Daily Chizuk #0815

Torah and mitzvot are our greatest treasures, and it is not a given that if a person wants to do a mitzvah that he’ll for sure succeed. To complete a mitzvah is a privilege and should not be taken for granted. Somebody may purchase a new pair of tefillin only to find out years later that they were disqualified. It is true that many rabbis hold that he would not need any kapara for saying a blessing in vain every day for those years, and there are rabbis who hold that he will even get rewarded for putting on those tefillin if he bought them from a reliable sofer, but it’s still not the same as if he would have actually had 100% kosher tefillin. The same applies regarding the food we eat. We could try to keep kosher 100%, but there are so many things that are beyond our control. Part of our prayers should be requesting that we have the zechut to fulfill all of the mitzvot in the best way possible. We need so much help in doing them and Hashem can provide it.