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0:00 From the day Simchas Torah ends, after Isru Chag, this corresponds to the glow of the Yom Tov, what remains of the impression of the Yom Tov. So in effect the year begins, it is the beginning of the year, so it begins. And then one can see in each person's seal what was sealed, what Hashem, blessed be He, decides in His mercy. Therefore, at this time, the Maariv prayer of Simchas Torah is a very important prayer to have kavanah in, because it has the power to open all the gates that we say in the Maariv prayer.
0:32 "Who by His word brings on evening, with wisdom opens gates, with understanding." Have kavanah, because this is the time of the opening of the gates. In the Maariv prayer of the eve of Simchas Torah, when we pray, all the gates that we prayed for on Yom Kippur are opened, on Rosh Hashanah, we say: "Open for us the gates of siyata d'Shmaya, gates of wisdom, gates of grace and kindness." The time of the opening of the gates is in the Maariv prayer of Simchas Torah, and from there they remain for the whole year, so this is a time to have kavanah.
0:59 Whoever prays with us every year on Simchas Torah knows that we always take care to lengthen, to put such an emphasis on the Maariv prayer. There is a special kavanah, and I will explain it too. Everyone... I will explain to you what to have in mind. Have in mind the mercifulness of Hashem, blessed be He, how He is merciful, full of mercy; this is the main kavanah to think about. And also simple people who do not have involvement or kavanah in the lofty matters, who do not know, the very fact that they have in mind a connection to all the tzaddikim, and especially when they think about this, what the Yosher Divrei Emes writes, Rabbi Meshulam Feivush of Zvildor, he wrote that he connects himself both to those greater than me and to those lesser than me.
1:39 The benefit of connecting to those greater than me, through whom my thought will be elevated, and the benefit of connecting to those lesser than me, that they will answer Amen through me. So he says: that the staying together as one, that one connected to the pure is pure. Because I rise and receive that same level, that same holiness of his. Because I am connected to the pure, pure. And then in effect there is an ascent, which becomes even more.
2:04 So that Hashem, blessed be He, is merciful, full of mercy, endless mercies are bestowed, that surely will be bestowed, endless mercies on me and on all that is mine. And Hashem, blessed be He, in His mercy will have mercy on me, will cancel from me all the judgments, and open for me all the gates, and no gate will be closed before me from now and forever. It is true that this moment is a little long. But to have this in mind during the Maariv prayer of Simchas Torah, the night of Simchas Torah, in the Maariv prayer.
2:31 And one can also at the end of Simchas Torah, in the Maariv prayer at the end of Simchas Torah, and then when we already say "He makes the wind blow and the rain fall," because it is already the end of the Yom Tov, but to say this, the main thing is at the end of the time. This is in effect the next-to-last prayer of the "Morid HaTal." They say that this corresponds to the dew, which is the dew of revival in the future. And all the abundance that we have in mind, but we say it toward the end, so that this illumination will continue for the whole year.
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3:01 Therefore, have in mind "opens gates with understanding." Have in mind that Hashem, blessed be He, will open all the gates, and then remember that all the elevation and closeness that each one of us has throughout the whole year, this illumination continues from these holy times.
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