How many people out there feel like Hashem is out to get them, chas v'shalom? That they've got to do everything just right, and even then, kuli hi v'uli (just maybe it will help). That who knows what's next, chas v'shalom, and… (fill in the blank).
Rabosi, all this is exactly wrong! Not just not true, but exactly wrong! Says the Zohar (Shemos 5b, see below): If people would only know how much Hashem loves Klal Yisrael, they would roar like a lion to 'pursue' Him!
Where do all problems come from? Where does all that ruchniusdike (spiritual) trauma come from? Yes, you've guessed it, the algameina yeitzer hara (evil inclination), the melech zakein u'ksil (old, foolish king, see Koheles 4:13).
Says the Meshech Chachma: Hashem loves every Yid unconditionally. The more we serve Him the more love He'll show us—but at the same time that ahava aza (burning love) is always there.
