One Heartfelt Krechtz | Rabbi Reuven Schmeltzer

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The opening of this shiur, in Vayimaen’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

The Balshemtov told the story of the Yid who spent an entire day in the marketplace hustling and bustling on his business. The whole day passes by in a jiffy. Suddenly he sees the sun is about to set. Time for Mincha. He gives a krechts. Oi! A whole day passed and I have not thought about the Aibershter even for one moment. He runs into an alleyway. He finds a quiet spot. He davens Mincha with his mind wandering. Not one drop of kavana. Said the Balshemtov, he is so beloved and precious in the eyes of Hashem because precious in the eyes of Hashem because he made one krechts. The krechts that he made is boykea rakiam. It breaks through the heavens. The feeling of disappointment in himself, that feeling itself is beloved to Hashem because that shows the ratzon that he had to really do good. The krechts itself has so much value. The Yismach Yisrael Parshas Eikev brings the story from the Heichal Arizaal that Reb Chaim Vital asked him a penetrating question. The Yerushalmi tells us about the Mishnah in Shabbos that says, we all know, an animal, a parah, cannot go out on Shabbos in the public domain with a retzua, with a strap hanging from its

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4. 1:37teshuvah he has to do for such a seemingly small aveirah, what's going to be with…
5. 2:08positive feeling, a step forward, has a value. And even if I fell, the avoyda in…
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