QUESTION:
Does it make sense to say that Hashem placed millions of Jews in communist Russia without any Torah in their life, so that they will come to feel that they are missing something and then reveal the light of the Keser?
ANSWER:
Yes! There are two parts [to reaching the light of Keser]. One part is the ratzon (the inner will) – through this exile [of communist Russia], the will of a Jew for Torah and mitzvos is intensified. When a person wants it and it is held back from him, it increases his desire for it. Another part of it is mesirus nefesh, which was greatly awakened through being in this exile [of communist Russia].
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