We Are All Tzaddikim

The Slonimer Rebbe, the Beis Avraham, writes in the name of his father, Rav Shmuel (Weinberg) of Slonim, “צדיקים כולם ועמך, your entire nation are tzaddikim (Yeshayahu 60:21) When Yidden sit together with brotherhood, and love each other with a true love, they’re able to draw down all sorts of shefah, goodness, and blessings, and to uproot all of the evil roots, just as a tzaddik would. Therefore, in our generation, the yetzer hara does everything to prevent this level of brotherly love. Even if he allows people to succeed in their Torah and tefillah, he will not allow a person to love other Yidden—because he knows that it has the power to uproot all evil roots. Thus, all Yidden are truly tzaddikim.”