QUESTION
Here is a question. This lady states that her family has advanced to the stage of not owning a radio and newspapers, ah ha ha! הָכָר¿ּב ם∆יכ≈לֲﬠ ‡ֹבוָּ ̇! Yet we feel emotionally distant from Hashem. What can we do to improve these feelings and get closer on a more permanent basis?
ANSWER
Well I must tell you that in this world it won’t be a permanent basis. In This World the yearning will continue. And one of the purposes of the yearning is to make us aware that this is not our final resting place. In order to give us an intimation of a World-to-Come.
But if you want to be closer to Hashem on a permanent basis I'll have to tell you a little bit of what I omitted today and that is to come as close to the chachmei haTorah as possible. If you're a Lubavitcher chassid be as close to the Rebbe as you possibly can be. Move in next door. If you can buy the house for a big price it's worth it. If you're not, if you're a yeshivah man, move in next door to Mirrer Yeshivah and stay there. Stay there! Get as close to the chachmei haTorah as you can. If necessary ask him to let you shine his shoes in order to be close to him. Get as close as you can because that's what the Rambam brings l’halachah. ַּ̃ב¿„ƒּ ̇ ֹבוּו, you want to stick to Hashem? ם∆ה≈„יƒמ¿לַ ̇¿בּו יםƒמָכֲחַּב ̃≈ּב¿„ַה, stick to the chachamim and their talmidim.
Now this deserves a lot of talk but that's brief in a nutshell. You want to get close? You're a girl? Then sell everything you have and buy yourself a talmid chacham. Or have your father buy for you a talmid chacham. It's worth selling, ׁ ̆≈ּי∆ׁ ̆ הַמ לָּכ םָ„ָ‡ רֹּכ¿מƒי םָלֹעו¿לֹלו, a man should sell everything he owns, „יƒמ¿לַּ ̇ ַּ̇ב ‡ָּׂ ̆ƒי¿ו םָכָח, and buy yourself a daughter of a talmid chacham. You can't get one here? Go to Yerushalayim. The prices are less. Only there they won't take you. Go to Yerushalayim. Big talmidei chachamim. You have ten daughters. And offer him a big sum of money for one of the daughters.
Now how that brings a person to Hakadosh Baruch Hu I cannot explain now because the time is too short.
TAPE #51
