The holy Alsheich - Rabbi Moshe Alsheikh told a parable based on a true story:
In one of the towns lived a famous judge, an honest and decent man, a justice judge who also helped others and benefited everyone. That judge had a son who went off the road and deteriorated into a crime. He started with a small amount of theft and there "dragging" and moved on to serious robbery. In short, he was caught and brought to trial there... His father. What would his father, the judge, do? He could not acquit him, and indeed the son was sentenced to a long prison term. The father thought about how he could make the prison easier for him. In those days, heavy metal chains attached to a large metal marble were placed on the feet of the prisoners in order to restrict their movement and also to prevent escape attempts. Well, the father went down to the prison warehouse and looked for the lightest metal handcuffs, in order to make it easier for his son. If he can't get him out, at least he won't suffer so much there.
The Alsheich asked, "When a groom goes to a jewelry store to buy a gold bracelet for the bride, he is not looking for the lightest bracelet, but for the most beautiful and special one. The richer the groom, the larger and heavier the bracelet he will choose." And the gentleman of the town, when he comes to buy a bracelet for his wife, he asks the seller in advance - bring me the heaviest bracelet you have, "For my part, it will weigh half a kilo, the main thing is that it will be impressive..."Wait,
but it's heavy and restrictive and will make it difficult for her, how will she cut a salad with such weight on her hands? Why is the judge looking for the lightest and the groom looking for the liver? The answer is clear. Handcuffs are restrictive, uncomfortable, and annoying. But jewelry is comfortable and pleasant. The woman will rejoice at the difficulty, and she will show it off to anyone who sees it, it's true that it's half a kilo on her hands, but it's half a kilo of gold! That her son-in-law bought her!
There are those who think that the mitzvot are handcuffs. How is Shabbat restrictive – you can't travel on Shabbat, you can't talk on your phone, you can't light a fire, and so on. If it's handcuffs, then why is it so heavy, why is the Sabbath so long and endless? Getting up every morning to put on tefillin, praying and blessing - is there no vacation for at least one month a year? Ugh! But the truth is that the mitzvot are jewelry, gold and diamonds. Every mitzvah is a diamond, how Hashem rejoices in every Jew who observes Shabbat, how Father in Heaven waits for every prayer and keeps every tefillin in his safe, we collect diamonds! If so, the harder and heavier the better, it is a special mitzvah. We are blessed that we are doing the will of the King of Kings!!
