Connecting to the Essence of Our Actions

The Ribbono shel Olam Wants Your Inner Thought

The simple answer to this question pertains not only to the sugya of pre–Yom Tov hassles; it is one of the greatest principles and yesodos in Yiddishkeit in general!

The answer is that the Ribbono shel Olam commanded us that when we learn Torah or perform mitzvos, we should connect to the inner essence of what we are learning and doing. In everything—in the Torah learning or in the mitzvos that we do—we are commanded connect to its essence, and not to follow the yetzer hara, who wishes for him to be involved in it only on a superficial level.