Shlomo HaMelech said: אִ ישׁ לְ פִ י מַ הֲ לָ לוֹ משלי כז כא a person according to his praise, i.e., you can tell the Madrega of a person by what he praises. R’ Avigdor Miller Zatzal gave a Mashal, that there were once three people who came back from a Chasidishe Rebbe’s Tisch. One person praised the Divrei Torah that they were great. The next person said that the music was Gevaldig. The third fellow praised the delicious kugel. Each person showed his true colors. Are you into learning Torah, or into fressing good food? Watch what a person praises, and then we know him.
Surely we should all aim for the top, and be involved in Divrei Torah. But sometimes it’s a big Mitzva to appreciate even your smallest and easiest Mitzvos. For example, if you’re depressed, and it’s hard for you to learn, and you cheer up with some cakes. Chazal say: ָהִ יר בְ מִ צְ וָה קַ לָ ה כְ בַ חֲ מוּרָ ה, שֶׁׁ אֵ ין אַ תָ ה יוֹדֵ עַ מַ תַ ן הֱ וֵי ז שְ כָרָ ן שֶׁׁ ל מִ צְ וֹת אבות ב א Be careful with the small Mitzvos, since you don’t know which Mitzva has more Schar. Sometimes the easiest Mitzva can give you the biggest Olam HaBah. The Chofetz Chaim once spent the whole night on Yom Kippur schmoozing and cheering up a depressed Bachur who never got married.
We see the unusual importance of being M'chazek a Yid! And what about being M'chazek yourself, with a piece of good cake? You don’t think that’s a big Mitzva? It may be one of your biggest Zechusim. (But of course a person must try to learn and Shteig in Avodas Hashem). Nobody knows anything. On Purim we have a special Inyan of remembering to wipe out Amalek.
Amalek is famous for belittling important things, like Kriyas Yam Suf. “It’s all nothing.” Wiping out Amalek means doing the extreme opposite, and giving value to the tiniest and easiest Mitzvos. You get a special Mitzva with this, since it goes so much against your Tevah (nature). Give loads of value even to your desires to improve yourself, and to the pain of your unwanted sins. If you really believed in the Mitzva of eating Hamantaschen, you could probably cause big miracles with every bite!
And if you take a double, maybe that will bring Moshiach.
What are baby faced K’ruvim doing in Kodesh HaKodoshim, the most-holiest of places? Perhaps it’s a Remez that a zero-baby Madrega can sometimes be the holiest of holy, especially if you value your tiny Avoda.
