And it says that they all went home: שְמֵחִים וְטוֹבֵי לֵב עַל כָּל הַטוֹבָּה אֲשֶר עָּשָּה ה' לְדָּוִד עַבְדוֹ וּלְיִשְ רָּאֵל עַמוֹ with a happy good feeling about all the goodness Hashem did for His servant Dovid, & for His nation, Klal Yisroel! Again, Dovid is what it’s all about, and Shlomo is left out! So keep striving and wishing and looking for: עֵצוֹת (advice) to improve your Torah, Avoda, and Gemilus Chasadim; and especially if you worry all day about Klal Yisroel and Teshuva, you have no idea how one day it can be all you! רַחְמָנָא לִּיבָא בָעֵי Hashem wants our striving! R’ Baruch Ber Leibowitz Zatzal called Bnei Torah M’vakshei Hashem (seekers). In Novardok, the best Bachur was called the biggest M’vakesh (seeker)...
FAMOUS STORY
When R' Chaim Shmuelevitz came to Bialystok, he asked the Rosh Yeshiva, R' Avrohom Yoffen: Who is the best Bachur in Yeshiva? R' Avrohom started praising his Bachurim; this Bachur has the purest heart, this is the biggest Masmid, another is a Baal Regesh into his Tefila and Mussar, etc. R' Chaim interjected: True, each one has their Ma'ala, but who is the best “all around”? The Rosh Yeshiva thought hard for a minute, and said: R' Yisroel is the best Bachur. Not because he has the best head (he doesn’t), or Regesh (he doesn’t), but because he is the greatest Mevakesh! He is the most “growing” Bachur! Yankele Kanievsky grew and grew, and became the famous Steipler Gaon, R' Yaakov Yisroel Kanievsky Zatzal, the Baal Kehilos Yaakov (father of R' Chaim Kanievsky Zatzal).
