May 7, 2019 · 00:03:51
Welcome to another episode of NachDaily. Today we’re learning Mishlei Perek 16, which contains 33 pessukim. Shlomo Hamelech opens this perek by speaking about the need for a person to set his mind, heart, and actions on serving Hashem. Not only does one need to think about God, but needs to act in accordance with Halachah and Hashem’s will. Ultimately every circumstance in which we find ourselves, and every emotion, can be used to serve God. As it says in passuk 4: “Kol pa’al Hashem la’ma’aneihu v’gam rasha l’yom ra’a - Everything Hashem made, He made for His sake, even the evildoer for the day of retribution.” The simple meaning is that even the people who desecrated God’s Name will ultimately bring about a glorification of it when Hashem punishes them at the end of the final redemption. Rebbe Nachman explains in Lekutey Maharan Tinyana lesson 12 that the whole world is sustained through the asara maimaros shenivra ha’aolom, the 10 sayings with which the world was created. The most depraved, deep and dark places however, are sustained through the maimer sassum, hidden and closed meanings of the first word in the Torah, Bereishis. It goes without saying that if something didn't contain even a spark of divinity it could not exist within this world. Even the most decadent of places are sustained through the hidden maimer sassum. Everything Hashem created was for His honor. When we start to search out “ayeh mikom k’vodo? - where is the glory of God?” – we are able to connect the