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Z'chut


Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson

There is a common misconception that life is about being in the right place at the right time. In truth, how you experience life has more to do with what is happening inside you as with what is happening outside.

Like riding a roller coaster without being prepared, if you are not well-tuned to the channel of life, a symphony of miracles could come across as cacophony from the boiler room.

This is what the sages call z'chut –sometimes translated as merit. It means a refinement of the soul, so that it will be precisely on the right frequency and static-clean.
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From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. To order Rabbi Freeman’s book, Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.

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Posted: Jan 23, 2010
fear
Rabbi Freeman,
Your sensibility is honorable

Shavoua Tov!!
Posted By Madeleine, miami, FLORIDA

Posted: Jan 22, 2010
Author's edit
It's wonderful to hear from within the reader's mind. I took anon's "scary" reaction to heart and adjusted the text. Try it now.
Posted By Rabbi Tzvi Freeman

Posted: Jan 22, 2010
fear
I heard someone say, if you can put a finger on a specific fear, don't run from it but towards it .
just ask yourself what is so scary and why it frics you out..... relax!!!!
Posted By Madeleine, miami, FLORIDA

Posted: Jan 22, 2010
fear or love
I found the article, Z'chut, a great reminder of the choice we have every moment to make from either love or fear. It is not so much what comes at us, but what we do with what is given. Therein lies the choice. And do we make it from love or fear? I choose LOVE. I want to live every moment I am blessed with to connect intimately, fully engaged and embracing. When the wind blows, I feel it as a caress, when the rain falls, it washes and soothes my soul, I want to DANCE with all my soul like Miriam with tambourine and song realizing that each person, place or event placed before me IS that opportunity G-d has put before us to make that choice. The choice of love or fear. Standing as our ancestors at the waters edge, we too have the opportunity to jump in faith and land in love's choosing. And joy is in the jumping, eyes wide open knowing G-d's Hand is always there.
Posted By sharon Rest , mission viejo, ca

Posted: Jan 22, 2010
the ability to choose
I agree the language is strong. However, it clearly explains how our experience of the world depends on our perceptions... and how we have the power to shape our perceptions thereby allowing us an enhanced ability to choose a response to our experiences.
Posted By anonymous , NY

Posted: Jan 22, 2010
give us all a break
the language here is too over the top and very scary. this piece is not helping anyone. it puts people in a state of fear. please remove it.
Posted By anon

Posted: Jan 22, 2010
soul refinement
Soul refinement is a very general concept, to be able to connect and hear one's real self,it takes to calm down the anima soul, the ego that fears sooooo much to disappear, since it is mortal.In the moments one is able to trust that there is much more to him than the ego, than by emptying oneself from the ego, there is room to receive and "park" all the good opportunities that are all around us.
Good Shabbos
Posted By Madeleine, miami, FLORIDA

Posted: Jan 22, 2010
z'chut
this is precisely the explanation of Mazal tov, which can be explained as "dripping" from "nazel", how much space we make in our selves for the good to come in, it is up to us to create a big enough recepient .
Posted By Madeleine, miami, FLORIDA

Posted: Jan 22, 2010
Z'chus
I want to ask you: Do you think that a corollary of the second paragraph could be “If your soul is yes well prepared, a roller coaster from hell could become a paradise of miracles?”
And then, “If you are well tuned to the channel of life, then a cacophony from the boiler room can become a symphony of miracles?”
If so, it seems that the roller coaster and the boiler room have no objective reality in themselves, but depend on us and our preparations in order to configure them. Is that possible?
Posted By Yaakov Branfman, Jerusalem, Aretz HaKodesh

Posted: July 11, 2009
Z'chus
To be strong in spirit in your soul, you can control your life, along with God's help, keep prayer a daily part of your life. You will find that even out of control situations can be tolerated and put in your control,you will find inner strength will bring you above any situation and you will have the contol which gives you inner peace in body, mind and spirit.
Posted By Donna Stern-Ritch, GULF SHORES, ALABAMA



 


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