SIGHING The sighs and groans of a Jew are very precious. When a person is lacking something, sighing and groaning can bring wholeness and completeness. But only if he is close to the Tzaddik who is the guide and leader of the age. The breath of the sigh is drawn from the breath of life with which God created the world. When a thing is incomplete, it is really lacking in life-force - the breath of life which keeps it in existence. When a person breathes long and deep, he draws new life. But the breath of life is in the Torah. The Tzaddik is totally bound to the Torah. Therefore the breath of life is with the Tzaddik. From him we can draw the breath of life for our groans and sighs, and bring wholeness and completeness where before they were missing (8:1,2).
אֲנָחָה
א. אֲנָחָה וּגְנוּחֵי שֶׁל אִישׁ הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִי הִיא יְקָרָה מְאֹד, כִּי הִיא שְׁלֵמוּת הַחֶסְרוֹנוֹת. אֲבָל אִי אֶפְשָׁר לְהַשְׁלִים הַחִסָּרוֹן עַל־יְדֵי אֲנָחָה, כִּי אִם עַל־יְדֵי הִתְקָרְבוּת לְהַצַּדִּיק שֶׁהוּא הָרַב הָאֱמֶת שֶׁבַּדּוֹר. כִּי מִמֶּנּוּ מְקַבְּלִין הָרוּחַ חַיִּים לְהַשְׁלִים הַחִסָּרוֹן עַל־יְדֵי אֲנָחָה (עַיֵּן צַדִּיק אוֹת י"א): (לק"א סי' ח' אות א' ב')
SIGHING
The sighs and groans of a Jew are very precious. When a person is lacking something, sighing and groaning can bring wholeness and completeness. But only if he is close to the Tzaddik who is the guide and leader of the age. The breath of the sigh is drawn from the breath of life with which God created the world. When a thing is incomplete, it is really lacking in life-force - the breath of life which keeps it in existence. When a person breathes long and deep, he draws new life. But the breath of life is in the Torah. The Tzaddik is totally bound to the Torah. Therefore the breath of life is with the Tzaddik. From him we can draw the breath of life for our groans and sighs, and bring wholeness and completeness where before they were missing (8:1,2).