QUESTION:
1) The Rav has said that it is not within our power to change the generation, except through mesirus nefesh (sacrificing our will for Hashem), which comes from Above. It sounds like we can indeed the generation, if we have mesirus nefesh – so what did the Rav mean that it’s not within our ability to change the generation? It seems that we can, if we have mesirus nefesh.
ANSWER:
It is not within our power to do anything that can bring about change. But if we show mesirus nefesh, we awaken a great light. When we have mesirus nefesh below on this world, our awakening from below causes an awakening above which brings a great light from above to come down to the world, and through that light, changes will happen on their own, not through us.
QUESTION
2) How is mesirus nefesh a light that comes from above? If each of us has the power to awaken ourselves and have mesirus nefesh, then it’s an awakening from below, from us, and it’s not coming from above.
ANSWER
See previous answer: Mesirus nefesh is an awakening from below, from us, which then brings about a light that comes from above, which then brings about change.
QUESTION
3) If Moshe didn’t get answered when he asked Hashem for a matnas chinam (a free gift) to be allowed into Eretz Yisrael even if he isn’t deserving, then how are we able to receive a matnas chinam from Hashem when we are undeserving? If Moshe, the greatest tzaddik, didn’t get answered when he asked Hashem for a matnas chinam, then certainly we can’t get it, so how can it be that we all have a power of matnas chinam to receive salvation from Hashem when we are undeserving because we are all children to Hashem?
ANSWER
Matnas chinam is a light that comes from the Next World. That light is shining strongly now. When tzaddikim aren’t answered even when they requested a matnas chinam, in each case there was a very specific unique reason why they weren’t answered. It is very possible that Moshe wasn’t answered because that mode of conduct (matnas chinam) wasn’t good for him, but for every other individual, whatever he needs he can get at the time he needs it.
QUESTION
4) Why does the Rav say that those who remain connected to evil, to the 50th level of tumah, won’t be by the Geulah? According to the concept of matnas chinam which the Rav explains so beautifully in the derasha “Asking Hashem For A Free Gift” (Tefillah 051), it seems that anyone can be zocheh to the Geulah even when they are undeserving, if they ask Hashem to be by the Geulah even though they are undeserving, and in that way they get a matnas chinam from Hashem, as long as they awaken this deep perspective in the soul, the fact that we are all children to Hashem, making anyone able to receive any salvation from Hashem even if he is undeserving due to his deeds and due to his low level? So how can it be that those who remain connected with the 50th level of tumah won’t merit the Geulah? Why can’t they ask all Hashem for a matnas chinam, to get it even though they are undeserving, simply because they are Hashem’s children?
ANSWER
The 50th gate of tumah is a total contradiction to the Geulah. If those who remain connected with the 50th level of tumah will indeed merit a matnas chinam, the first part of their ‘free gift’ would be that they will first have the merit to disconnect from the 50th gate of tumah, and only after that would their ‘free gift’ from Hashem enable them to receive the 50th level of kedushah.
QUESTION
2) How is mesirus nefesh a light that comes from above? If each of us has the power to awaken ourselves and have mesirus nefesh, then it’s an awakening from below, from us, and it’s not coming from above.
ANSWER
See previous answer: Mesirus nefesh is an awakening from below, from us, which then brings about a light that comes from above, which then brings about change.
QUESTION
3) If Moshe didn’t get answered when he asked Hashem for a matnas chinam (a free gift) to be allowed into Eretz Yisrael even if he isn’t deserving, then how are we able to receive a matnas chinam from Hashem when we are undeserving? If Moshe, the greatest tzaddik, didn’t get answered when he asked Hashem for a matnas chinam, then certainly we can’t get it, so how can it be that we all have a power of matnas chinam to receive salvation from Hashem when we are undeserving because we are all children to Hashem?
ANSWER
Matnas chinam is a light that comes from the Next World. That light is shining strongly now. When tzaddikim aren’t answered even when they requested a matnas chinam, in each case there was a very specific unique reason why they weren’t answered. It is very possible that Moshe wasn’t answered because that mode of conduct (matnas chinam) wasn’t good for him, but for every other individual, whatever he needs he can get at the time he needs it.
QUESTION
4) Why does the Rav say that those who remain connected to evil, to the 50th level of tumah, won’t be by the Geulah? According to the concept of matnas chinam which the Rav explains so beautifully in the derasha “Asking Hashem For A Free Gift” (Tefillah 051), it seems that anyone can be zocheh to the Geulah even when they are undeserving, if they ask Hashem to be by the Geulah even though they are undeserving, and in that way they get a matnas chinam from Hashem, as long as they awaken this deep perspective in the soul, the fact that we are all children to Hashem, making anyone able to receive any salvation from Hashem even if he is undeserving due to his deeds and due to his low level? So how can it be that those who remain connected with the 50th level of tumah won’t merit the Geulah? Why can’t they ask all Hashem for a matnas chinam, to get it even though they are undeserving, simply because they are Hashem’s children?
ANSWER
The 50th gate of tumah is a total contradiction to the Geulah. If those who remain connected with the 50th level of tumah will indeed merit a matnas chinam, the first part of their ‘free gift’ would be that they will first have the merit to disconnect from the 50th gate of tumah, and only after that would their ‘free gift’ from Hashem enable them to receive the 50th level of kedushah.
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