| Faith in the Tzaddikim |
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| נכתב ע"י R. Nati | |
 "And they believed in Hashem and in His servent Moshe" (shemot 14:31). The midrsah tells us: "whoever believes in Hashem is as if he believes in the true shepherd, 'Moshe', and whoever believes in the true shepherd is as if he believes in Hashem, Creator of the world" (mekhilta, BeShalakh). The Talmud teaches: The Torah is acquired by means of 48 qualities. One of these is Emunahs chachamim, "faith in the tzaddikim" (Avot 6:6) The vast majority of these qualities focus on one's diligence and efforts in pursuing Torah study and rectifying bad character traits. However right in the middle of all of these 48 is faith in the Tzaddikim. The Tzaddikim are the ones who transmit the Torah to us, so without faith in their teachings we will never be able to aquire the Torah. That being the case of what value is intellectual pursuit and diligent study? Thus, an integral part of achieving faith in Hashem is only by having faith in the Tzaddik. How can we with our defective Sekal and lack of Daat in this ever confusing and chancing world ever hope to come to choosing right from wrong, what is correct? All the codes of law how do we chose from pure and tamei, kosher from traif, for all this we have to rely on the Tzaddik. These righteous individuals they who have risen above the mudane and physical restaints and limitations of the defective human sekal they know. We can rely on them, much in the same way as a child relies on a parent whom he look up as all knowing. "Most sea men are Chassidim" (kiddushin 82a). " this is because they are in constant dangerand are always turning to Hashem" (Rashi, ad. loc.) we can relate this to the crossing of the sea of reeds. The jews believed in Moshe, the Tazddik, nd followed hin across. The sea was spilt like walls raising between the tribes. this was symbolic of the "sea of Knowledge" and to dangerous to navigate across it without proper tools 'navigational aides' these are the advice of the Tzaddik who guides us on the proper course. Pharaoh on the other hand, did not have any belief, in the Tzaddik, Yet he felt that he had the tools with which to cross on his own. As is the case with many today as artscroll and of the many translations we have a ready access to the deep Ocean of the Torah, we have to be even more careful than before as we sit at home without a Rav to teach us. Which was the way until 60 years ago. We will, like Paraoh, who discovered otherwise. Being ill trained and ill equipped to handle the this turbulent sea, the walls came crashing down upon him and the Mitzrim (Likutey Halakhot, Netilat Yadayim Li'seudah 6:39). Rebbe Nachman said, From me you can begin to get a gilmpse of the greatness of Hashem" (tzaddik #284). The Tzaddik is one who has attained Torah and has acquired Ruach Ha Kodesh. Through or faith in the Tzaddikim, their Holiness can decend upon us and help us achieve greatness in spirituality, and closeness to Hashem. "Even mentioning their names helps us draw from their Holiness (Likutey Halakhot, Netilat Yadayim li'Seudah 4:6). I would have to write an Encylopedia to give over all the quote about the importance of believeing in the tzaddik. I will Hashem willing continue on this. Blessings and shalom from Yerushalim |
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| עדכון אחרון ( , 24 2009 ) |
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