Page 2 - The Jewish Voice - October '22

Page 2, The Jewish Voice

From the rabbis

Success Doesn’t Lead to life, and has blessed them with children, to say that, “all my have enough. Emphasizing the light attracts even more light;

Happiness — Happiness life, good has eluded me,” is ingratitude in a most shocking obsessing over darkness keeps us in the dark. No one likes
manner…
a grouch. When G-d sees us graciously thanking Him for
Leads to Success! Hundreds and thousands of people who pray every what we have, He gets inspired to give us ever more!
day to be blessed with children, and would give all that Being grateful is so vital to our lives that it’s actually
By Rabbi Dovid Vigler they have for a single son or daughter, have yet to merit a mitzvah. In the opening of one Torah portion, we are
Do you complain often? If it (may G‑d bless them with the speedy fulfillment of their commanded to gather our first fruits and joyously bring
you do, beware, it’s actually heart’s desires), while you, who received this blessing them to the Temple in Jerusalem in order to verbalize our
bad for you! (seemingly without an overabundance of praying for it) do gratitude to G-d for the bounty He has bestowed upon us.
When someone wrote not recognize what a treasure and joy this is, writing as you Unlike any other mitzvah, the Torah states that the reward
to the Rebbe complaining do in your letter… for this mitzvah is the highly desirable assurance of life in
bitterly about his life, the My point is that perhaps the reason for your weak health the year ahead and the ability to do this again next year.
Rebbe’s incredible response and your difficulties in earning a living is your utter failure The Torah is clearly showing us that G-d provides
(Igros Kodesh, vol. 12, to appreciate G‑d’s blessing to you in a far more basic abundantly when we are in a state of gratefulness.
p. 270) was that his own matter than perfect health and abundant sustenance — the Contemporary philosopher Eckhart Tolle comes to the same
negative attitude was blessing of sons and daughters who follow the ways of G‑d. conclusion when he says that: “Acknowledging the good
hindering his success. His When one does not recognize the explicit good bestowed that you already have in your life is the foundation for all
choice to overlook the great blessings of marriage and from Above, particularly when one’s lack of recognition is abundance.”
children that G-d had showered upon him was repelling his so extreme that it results in statements such as you express We see this truth unfold in what is one of the most
ability to experience more abundance in his life. An attitude in your letter, is it any wonder that blessings are not heartbreaking episodes in all of the Torah. The Torah tells us
of gratitude is the key to prosperity. forthcoming from Above in other matters?” of two women who struggled deeply with infertility, Rachel
In answer to your letter . . . in which you write of the This principle is fundamental to the Jewish approach and Chana. After many years of persistence and prayer,
current state of your affairs, adding that “all my life, no in how G-d chooses to operate: What you give is what you they both conceived. After Rachel bore her son Joseph,
good has befallen me” . . . It seems that you are unaware get, and you’ve got to be careful what you pray for. she conceived again and died while giving birth to her son
of the contradiction in your letter. When we’re thankful for what we have, we’ll end up
For a man whom the Creator has provided his partner in having more; when we focus on what we lack, we’ll never From the Rabbis on page 3

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