| Shabbat | Iyar 24, 39th day of the omer | 5703 |
| Bless Rosh Chodesh Sivan; say the entire Tehillim in the early morning. Day of farbrengen. At Shlishi, the Torah-reader says the brachot without being called to the Torah. Say av harachamim (p. 191). | ||
| Torah lessons: | Chumash: B'chukotai, Shevi'i with Rashi. | |
| Tehillim: 113-118. | ||
| Tanya: Ch. 51. To return (p. 265)..has been explained above.) (p.267). | ||
"If you go in My statutes."1 Our Sages interpret the word "if" as a plea,2 in the sense of "if only you would go in My statutes." G‑d's pleading (as it were) with Israel to keep the Torah, in itself aids man and gives him the ability to remain steadfast in his choice of the good. Moreover, "...you go in My statutes" - the soul then becomes a mehaleich, it progresses.3
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With the advent of Mashiach, there will be revealed the superior quality of the traits of simplicity and wholeheartedness found in the avoda of simple folk who daven and recite Tehillim with simple sincerity.
Why is it necessary for mankind to await the Messiah to reveal the superior qualities of simplicity and wholeheartedness? Why is mankind not able to see this now? And if we don’t see it and haven’t for millennia, who’s to say mankind will accept it during a Messianic era? We keep putting things off that will benefit mankind as though we fear how humans will react any differently than they have. It’s just possibly wishful thinking. We’ve been praying and waiting for centuries. If it promises to make humans better than they currently are, what are we waiting for?
There is certainly the potential for a "taste" of it now, even before the coming the Messiah. That taste is meant to encourage us to do even more to make the real thing a reality.