All The Problems and Tzaros in This World Stem from Lack of Thankfulness

All The Problems and Tzaros in This World Stem from Lack of Thankfulness

When we shake the Lulav during Hallel, most of the shaking is done when we say: הוֹדוּ לַה' כִּי טוֹב כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ Give thanks to Hashem whose kindness is forever. מְנַעַנְעִים Shaking the Lulav chases away bad Kochos (Gemara7), and being thankful by saying Hodu is for sure a Koach of bringing goodness, and pain & evil are diminished.

The truth is that if you aren't overflowing with appreciation and thankfulness over your own Maalos, then you have deep-seated complaints to Hashem for not making you better….

There are two famous Pshat'im in the Arba Minim. The Esrog has: טַעַם וָרֵיחַ good taste and smell, which symbolizes a Talmid Chochom who has Torah and Ma'asim Tovim. The Lulav (which produces dates and has good taste without smell) represents the person who has Torah without Ma'asim Tovim. Hadasim smell good without taste, like the person who has only Ma'asim Tovim, and the Arava has neither good taste or smell. (This can be the reason why the Arava becomes the biggest celebrity on Hoshana Rabba, since he has a Lev Nishbar (broken heart). The other Pshat is that Lulav is like a: שִׁדְרָה spine, Hadasim are like eyes, Aravos are lips, and Esrog is the heart.8

Keep appreciating, and make sure you go back to your very infancy, when you had plenty of Mof'sim (miracles), including survival inside your mother, which is Nisei Nissim. Chovos Halvavos8