The Ribbono shel Olam gifted us with His Torah and with His mitzvos. They’re “a tree of life for those who grasp them,” and “the Torah’s ways are sweet and pleasurable.” This means that there’s no greater pleasure than a life of Torah and mitzvos!
The Torah speaks to every Yid and says: בפיך מאוד הדבר אליך קרוב כי לעשותו ובלבבך, The matter is very close to you, and the ability is in your mouth and heart to accomplish it. Start doing! Close to you doesn’t mean that the Gemara is accessible to you—but that the Ribbono shel Olam is within reach! The essence of Yiddishkeit is close to us.
We must simply stop living galus’dig and begin thinking about what’s important in life. We must remember what it is that Hashem really wants from us—that we should feel such closeness that even when we feel distant, we should immediately want to escape to Him. ומנוס עוזי ה׳ לי, Hashem is my strength and my escape! When we have a problem, there’s nowhere else that we should run but to Hashem.
