BARRIERS: All the barriers and obstacles which confront a person have only one purpose: to heighten his yearning for the holy deed which he needs to accomplish. It is part of man’s nature that the greater the barriers standing in the way of a certain goal, the more he desires to achieve it. When a Jew needs to do something whose purpose is to strengthen his very core, especially when it is something upon which his whole being as a Jew depends — to travel to the true Tzaddik — he is given desire from above. The desire is created through the barrier which is sent to him, and the barrier itself causes his yearning to grow. You should understand, therefore, that there is no barrier in the world that you cannot break if you want to. The entire purpose of the barrier is only to increase your desire. When you achieve the necessary desire and yearning for the holy act you need to accomplish, you will surely succeed in transforming the idea which is in your mind into an actual reality. The barrier itself can bring you to succeed by strengthening your desire to do so (66:4).
מְנִיעוֹת
[א]. כָּל הַמְּנִיעוֹת שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָאָדָם, כֻּלָּם הֵם רַק בִּשְׁבִיל הַחֵשֶׁק, כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּהְיֶה לוֹ חֵשֶׁק יוֹתֵר לְהַדָּבָר שֶׁבִּקְדֻשָּׁה שֶׁצָּרִיךְ לַעֲשׂוֹת. כִּי כֵן דֶּרֶךְ הָאָדָם, שֶׁכָּל מַה שֶּׁמּוֹנְעִים אוֹתוֹ יוֹתֵר מֵאֵיזֶה דָּבָר הוּא חוֹשֵׁק בְּיוֹתֵר לַעֲשׂוֹתוֹ. וְעַל־כֵּן כְּשֶׁאִישׁ הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִי צָרִיךְ לַעֲשׂוֹת דָּבָר הַצָּרִיךְ לוֹ לְיַהֲדוּתוֹ, וּבִפְרָט כְּשֶׁצָּרִיךְ לַעֲשׂוֹת דָּבָר שֶׁכָּל יַהֲדוּתוֹ תָּלוּי בָּזֶה, דְּהַיְנוּ לִנְסֹעַ לַצַּדִּיק הָאֱמֶת, אֲזַי נוֹתְנִין לוֹ מִלְּמַעְלָה חֵשֶׁק, וְהַחֵשֶׁק שֶׁנּוֹתְנִין לוֹ הוּא עַל יְדֵי הַמְּנִיעָה שֶׁמַּזְמִינִים לוֹ, כִּי עַל־יְדֵי הַמְּנִיעָה מִתְגַּבֵּר הַחֵשֶׁק כַּנַּ"ל. עַל־כֵּן יֵדַע הָאָדָם, שֶׁאֵין שׁוּם מְנִיעָה בָּעוֹלָם שֶׁלֹּא יוּכַל לְשַׁבְּרָהּ אִם יִרְצֶה, כִּי הַמְּנִיעָה הוּא רַק בִּשְׁבִיל הַחֵשֶׁק. וּכְשֶׁיִּהְיֶה לוֹ חֵשֶׁק וְרָצוֹן חָזָק וְכִסּוּפִין גְּדוֹלִים כָּרָאוּי לְזֶה הָעֵסֶק דִּקְדֻשָּׁה שֶׁצָּרִיךְ לַעֲשׂוֹת, בְּוַדַּאי יִזְכֶּה לְגָמְרוֹ וּלְהוֹצִיאוֹ מִכֹּחַ אֶל הַפֹּעַל. כִּי הַמְּנִיעוֹת הֵם רַק בִּשְׁבִיל הִתְגַּבְּרוּת הַחֵשֶׁק כְּדֵי שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי זֶה דַּיְקָא יִזְכֶּה לְגֹמְרוֹ כַּנַּ"ל: (לק"א סי' ס"ו אות ד')
BARRIERS:
All the barriers and obstacles which confront a person have only one purpose: to heighten his yearning for the holy deed which he needs to accomplish. It is part of man’s nature that the greater the barriers standing in the way of a certain goal, the more he desires to achieve it. When a Jew needs to do something whose purpose is to strengthen his very core, especially when it is something upon which his whole being as a Jew depends — to travel to the true Tzaddik — he is given desire from above. The desire is created through the barrier which is sent to him, and the barrier itself causes his yearning to grow. You should understand, therefore, that there is no barrier in the world that you cannot break if you want to. The entire purpose of the barrier is only to increase your desire. When you achieve the necessary desire and yearning for the holy act you need to accomplish, you will surely succeed in transforming the idea which is in your mind into an actual reality. The barrier itself can bring you to succeed by strengthening your desire to do so (66:4).