Prayer #2 Bring Other Closer

Bringing Others Closer

Help me bring others back to You as well. You alone know the tragedy

of all who are far from Your Name, imprisoned in their desires and

trapped in the net of vanity. Help me to talk to them in a way they will

accept. Let my words penetrate their hearts. Let me speak words of

truth and holiness that will enter their ears and arouse their hearts to

come back to You in true Teshuvah. “The sinners will disappear from

the earth and the wicked will no longer be there. Let my soul bless

HaShem, Halleluyah

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-Rav Nosson of Breslov

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The Hidden Light

From now on, bring me genuinely close to You and lavish me with kindness from Your treasury of goodness. My eyes are hanging on You, waiting for You to bring me to true prayer. Help me to immerse myself in constant prayer, until I come to grasp the true secrets of the Torah, and I will have a taste of the hidden fight which You are going to reveal to the true Tzaddikim in the future – the innermost secrets of the Torah. Let me gaze upon the pleasantness of HaShem and contemplate in His sanctuary.Master of all, kind, loving G-d: Grant that I should attain such a level of Torah and fervent prayer that, even in this world, I will be worthy of a taste of the hidden light that is concealed and stored away for those who fear You, as it is written: “How great is Your goodness that You have hidden away for those that fear You and have made for those who take refuge in You against the sons of man.”HaShem: You are good and benevolent to all. You know that there is no true good in the world except to turn from evil and to do good, to genuinely subject ourselves to the Torah and divine service with complete sincerity at all times, until we are granted a taste of the hidden light even in this world. This is the true and enduring good. Deal with me mercifully and grant that I should taste Your true goodness. “He lifts up the lowly from the dust, He will raise up the destitute from the trash-heap.”” Be kind to me. Elevate me and satisfy me with Your goodness. Show me the radiance of Your glory and grant me eternal life from now and for ever. Amen. Selah.

–  Rav Nosson of Breslov

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