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צוואת הריב"ש 47

Tzava'at HaRivash · Chapter 47

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    איתא הרבה עשו כר"ש ב"י ולא עלתה בידם הכוונה היא שהי' רוצים לעשות לעצמם סיגופים כדי שיבואו למדרגת רשב"י ולכך לא עלתה בידם. ולא יכוין בעבודתו רק לעשות נחת רוח להבורא ית' לבד ולא שיבא למדרגה.

    It states,82Talmud Bavli, Brachot 35b “Many have acted like Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, but were not successful.” The intention is that they wanted to undergo self-mortifications in order to attain the level of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai (Rashbi). This is why they were unsuccessful. One’s intention in the service of HaShem should solely be to give satisfaction to the Creator, and nothing else. That is, your intention should not be to attain a lofty level of spiritual standing.

Hebrew: Warsaw, 1913 · Public Domain

English: The Way of The Baal Shem Tov. Adapted into English by Rabbi Amiram Markel and Yehudah Shimon Markel, 2020 · CC-BY

Texts from Sefaria.