Baron Rothschild once invited Rav Shlomo Halberstam, the first Bobover Rebbe, zt”l, to visit his beautiful mansion. The Bobover Rebbe came, and Baron Rothschild showed him around his home.
“And here is the Pesach suite,” Baron Rothschild happily showed him. “Chometz never comes in here. It's Pesachdik all year round.”
The Bobover Rebbe wasn't impressed.
Baron Rothschild asked, “Isn't it important to be careful about Chometz?” “Of course,” the Rebbe replied. “So why aren't you impressed with my Pesach suite?”
The Bobover Rebbe replied, “It's true that you are wealthier than my grandfather, the Divrei Chaim of Sanz, zt”l, but when it comes to Mitzvos, my grandfather was wealthier than you. He would give away all his money to do a Mitzvah in the best possible way, yet he didn't have a Pesach suite. Apparently, it isn't a 'Hiddur' (an enhancement for Mitzva observance), and therefore, it is unnecessary.”
The Bobover Rebbe explained that the point of the Torah isn't to escape challenges. The Torah desires the challenge, the struggle. Hashem wants us to clean the house and get rid of the Chametz. If one makes the service of G-d too easy, for example, by moving into a Chametz-free environment for Pesach, he misses the point of the Torah.
An example of this principle, the Bobover Rebbe added, is seen from the Mitzvah of Matzah itself. Matzah is made from flour and water, ingredients that could potentially turn into Chametz if one isn't careful. But scrupulously observant Jews bake the Matzos quickly, before it has a chance to rise and leaven, and use that for the Mitzvah of Matzah.
If one would make Matzah from rice flour or from corn flour, ingredients that can never become Chametz, it wouldn't be considered as Matzah at all. This demonstrates that G-d desires the struggles, and that we should serve Hashem as best we can in those situations!
