QUESTION:
What is the perspective that every Jew needs to have towards himself/herself, and how can we become more in touch with it? [How can I know precisely what my main, personal avodah in life is (besides for the general task that the Jewish people has]?
ANSWER:
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That is a very complicating matter. Generally speaking, a person has to know his main quality and his main weakness in life, and these are the roots of his avodah. The rest are always details which one has to learn about himself, but the root of one’s task on this world is to know the depth of his main quality, and the depth of his weakest point. Then one can see the two extremes of his personality, and from then onward, one can figure out the rest of the details that are in between.
That is a very complicating matter. Generally speaking, a person has to know his main quality and his main weakness in life, and these are the roots of his avodah. The rest are always details which one has to learn about himself, but the root of one’s task on this world is to know the depth of his main quality, and the depth of his weakest point. Then one can see the two extremes of his personality, and from then onward, one can figure out the rest of the details that are in between.
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