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0:03 We must ask Hashem to cancel the suffering, to cancel the pain from His people, that no Jew, no creature in the world, should be in pain. We also need to ask that there be no pain in the world, that the nations of the world should not suffer, that there be no sword in the world, no war in the world, that there be no accidents in the world, that there be no harm in the world to any creature. We must ask for Hashem's mercy on all creatures, also on the nations of the world, also on those far away and cast out.
0:33 To ask for mercy in the world. And this is the secret of the Beis HaMikdash, the Holy Temple, when it stood on its foundation: when the Beis HaMikdash existed, all the nations of the world knew the secret of the Beis HaMikdash. Everyone desired its building. Everyone wanted the kingship of the Creator, blessed be He, of the great, mighty and awesome G-d. They asked for this, and pleaded with Hashem, blessed be He, that we should have the Beis HaMikdash. When Shimon HaTzaddik was alive, they would go out and win the wars.
1:00 And this is the secret of Shimon HaTzaddik, who would go and win all the wars: Alexander of Macedon would see his image, so that every war he went to, he won because of his likeness, because of the reality that there is such a tzaddik, who connects the creatures to the Creator, blessed be He. Mercy is drawn over the whole world. For what was the symbol of the Beis HaMikdash?
1:25 The Beis HaMikdash would appease Hashem, blessed be He, to have mercy on the world, to have mercy on the creatures. We do not understand that we are in a generation that has a flood of troubles, a flood of suffering. And a large and significant part of this is because of all the talebearers, people who speak lashon hara, people who cause pain to creatures by word or deed, who shame and pain one another.
1:52 Know that this is the pain and the great sword in the world. And we must do everything to settle the world. Everything, and through this there will be no more troubles among our people, there will be no more troubles in the world, if each one behaves nicely, in peace and calm with one another. If there is peace among the creatures, if they make peace among everyone, we will stop suffering from this sword that comes down and destroys the creatures, destroys the world.
2:20 May it be the will of the Holy One, blessed be He, that He give us Heavenly help from Heaven, that there be good influences, that there be no more suffering among the Jewish people, that there be no pain for any Jew in the world, that there be no pain for any creature in the world, that Hashem, blessed be He, have mercy on all of humanity, on all the creatures, that mercy be awakened from Heaven on all the creatures, that Hashem, blessed be He, save us and redeem us, and give good influences and a good life, that we merit the complete geulah speedily in our days, amen!
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