The Pity When We Forget the Love
Havineini | February 28, 2026
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The Pity When We Forget the Love

Havineini | February 28, 2026

This is the approach of a Yid who has merited to feel the pleasure of a connection with the Ribbono shel Olam; he knows what to do with things go wrong.

On the other hand, you have a Yid who finds himself in a bind, but he makes the mistake of not turning to Hashem. “I don’t have the wherewithal to daven... I am going through so much. It’s been two weeks since I’ve been able to daven properly—I’m just so beside myself with angst and worry.”

Such a person is to be pitied for the tzaaros he’s experiencing, but the even greater rachmanus is that he can’t turn to Hashem! He doesn’t feel that Hashem is the address—precisely now. He doesn’t recognize and appreciate the extent of the love that Hashem has for him.... This attitude borders on insanity.

Such a person must be asked whether he’s never celebrated Purim. Has he not learned anything from the neis Purim that should remain with him all year?! How can it be that a person should be too consumed with his problem to daven—when davening is precisely—and the only thing— we must do in this situation. Purim teaches us that the first and only thing we must do in a tzarah is to escape to the Ribbono shel Olam! It will only help! This is where you need to run—to, not from!

This is the approach of a Yid who has merited to feel the pleasure of a connection with the Ribbono shel Olam; he knows what to do with things go wrong.

On the other hand, you have a Yid who finds himself in a bind, but he makes the mistake of not turning to Hashem. “I don’t have the wherewithal to daven... I am going through so much. It’s been two weeks since I’ve been able to daven properly—I’m just so beside myself with angst and worry.”

Such a person is to be pitied for the tzaaros he’s experiencing, but the even greater rachmanus is that he can’t turn to Hashem! He doesn’t feel that Hashem is the address—precisely now. He doesn’t recognize and appreciate the extent of the love that Hashem has for him.... This attitude borders on insanity.

Such a person must be asked whether he’s never celebrated Purim. Has he not learned anything from the neis Purim that should remain with him all year?! How can it be that a person should be too consumed with his problem to daven—when davening is precisely—and the only thing— we must do in this situation. Purim teaches us that the first and only thing we must do in a tzarah is to escape to the Ribbono shel Olam! It will only help! This is where you need to run—to, not from!

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