A Jew Must Bind Himself to the Tzaddikim and Attain Simplicity A Jew must avoid every type of inauthentic, this worldly wisdom. He must guard himself from every type of heresy and degradation of faith that comes from such wisdoms. Instead, he should connect himself to Tzaddikim and to the good, pure-hearted people of the generation who serve the true Tzaddikim, and he should receive instruction for leading a true and straight way of life from them. He must throw away all of his cleverness and intellect, and do everything that they say. Then he will attain the ways of simplicity with true, complete faith in God, and he will keep the Torah with love, truth and a whole heart for the rest of his life. A Jew Must Be Simple “Fortunate are those whose way is perfect, who walk with the Torah of HaShem.” “I will concern myself with [attaining] integrity — when will it come to me? I will walk with a simple heart within my house.” “Sincerity and uprightness will guard me, because I have hoped in You.” “I will walk with sincerity; redeem me and be gracious to me.”
Master of the world, You are filled with compassion. You are perfect in Your deeds. Be pure and perfect with those who are pure. Have compassion on me and help me become truly simple.
Binding Oneself to the Tzaddikim Help me connect myself wholeheartedly to Tzaddikim and to the worthy, pure-hearted people of the generation who serve the true Tzaddikim and receive from them a true and straight way of life.
May I throw away and nullify all of my cleverness, intellect and mind, as though I have no intellect at all. May I do everything that they say. Whatever they declare, may I not turn aside, right or left.
Master of compassion, have compassion on me. Rescue me from every type of confusion and inauthentic, this-worldly wisdom. May my heart not spend any time on these.
May I never turn aside from the words of the holy, true Tzaddikim who guide us with compassion and purity, in accordance with the ways of the Torah that we received from Moses.
Bring me to the ways of simplicity so that I will attain true, complete faith in You and fulfill Your entire Torah with love, truth and a whole heart for my entire life. “May my heart be whole in Your laws so that I will not be ashamed.”
“You are HaShem, God, Who chose Abram and took him out of Ur Kasdim and changed his name to Abraham, and You found his heart faithful before You.” Abraham walked before You wholeheartedly because he was the first of all true believers, who serve You wholeheartedly with simplicity and complete faith.
In his merit, and in the merit of all of the true and wholehearted Tzaddikim, have compassion on me. Help me start from this moment on to walk in Your ways wholeheartedly and simply, with truth and complete faith.
Remove the stubbornness of my heart, so that my heart will not stray after the meaningless wisdoms that abound in the world, which confuse a person and prevent him from thinking about his ultimate end, and from coming close to You.
Help me destroy and remove all these wisdoms from my heart. May I know my foolishness and what knowledge I lack. “I am more of an animal than a human being, and I lack human understanding.” “I am a beast and I do not know anything. I have been like an animal with you.” “I said that I will be wise, yet it is far from me.”
Have compassion on me so that I will not fool myself with any this-worldly wisdoms, which cause a great deal of confusion. May I truly and wholeheartedly fulfill all of the words that come from the mouths of our true rabbis, as I nullify my mind and intellect before them entirely, as though I have no intellect at all — which is truly the case.
May I fulfill the verses, “Be wholehearted with HaShem your God” and, “HaShem, who will sojourn in Your tent, who will dwell upon Your holy mountain? A person who walks upright and acts righteously, and who speaks truth in his heart.”
[עַל־פִּי תּוֹרָה קכ"ג - עַם נָבָל וְלֹא חָכָם]
אַשְׁרֵי תְמִימֵי דָרֶךְ הַהוֹלְכִים בְּתוֹרַת יְהֹוָה. אַשְׂכִּילָה בְּדֶרֶךְ תָּמִים מָתַי תָּבוֹא אֵלָי אֶתְהַלֵּךְ בְּתָם לְבָבִי בְּקֶרֶב בֵּיתִי. תֹּם וָיֹשֶׁר יִצְּרוּנִי כִּי קִוִּיתִיךָ. וַאֲנִי בְּתֻמִּי אֵלֵךְ פְּדֵנִי וְחָנֵּנִי.
A Jew Must Bind Himself to the Tzaddikim and Attain Simplicity
A Jew must avoid every type of inauthentic, this worldly wisdom. He must guard himself from every type of heresy and degradation of faith that comes from such wisdoms.
Instead, he should connect himself to Tzaddikim and to the good, pure-hearted people of the generation who serve the true Tzaddikim, and he should receive instruction for leading a true and straight way of life from them.
He must throw away all of his cleverness and intellect, and do everything that they say. Then he will attain the ways of simplicity with true, complete faith in God, and he will keep the Torah with love, truth and a whole heart for the rest of his life.
A Jew Must Be Simple
“Fortunate are those whose way is perfect, who walk with the Torah of HaShem.” “I will concern myself with [attaining] integrity — when will it come to me? I will walk with a simple heart within my house.” “Sincerity and uprightness will guard me, because I have hoped in You.” “I will walk with sincerity; redeem me and be gracious to me.”
רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, מָלֵא רַחֲמִים, הַתָּמִים בְּמַעֲשָׂיו, הַתָּם וּמִתַּמָם עִם תְּמִימִים. רַחֵם עָלַי וְזַכֵּנִי לִתְמִימוּת בֶּאֱמֶת,
Master of the world, You are filled with compassion. You are perfect in Your deeds. Be pure and perfect with those who are pure. Have compassion on me and help me become truly simple.
וְאֶזְכֶּה לְקַשֵּׁר אֶת עַצְמִי בֶּאֱמֶת וּבְתָמִים לְצַדִּיקִים וּכְשֵׁרִים וּתְמִימִים אֲמִתִּיִּים שֶׁבַּדּוֹר, אֲשֶׁר זָכוּ לְשַׁמֵּשׁ צַדִּיקִים אֲמִתִּיִּים וּלְקַבֵּל מֵהֶם דֶּרֶךְ הָאֱמֶת וְהַיָּשָׁר.
Binding Oneself to the Tzaddikim
Help me connect myself wholeheartedly to Tzaddikim and to the worthy, pure-hearted people of the generation who serve the true Tzaddikim and receive from them a true and straight way of life.
וְאֶזְכֶּה לְסַלֵּק וּלְבַעֵר וּלְבַטֵּל כָּל חָכְמָתִי וְשִׂכְלִי וְדַעְתִּי נֶגְדָּם, כְּאִלּוּ אֵין לִי שׁוּם שֵׂכֶל כְּלָל, רַק לְקַיֵּם כָּל הַיּוֹצֵא מִפִּיהֶם, וְעַל כָּל אֲשֶׁר יֹאמְרוּ כִּי הוּא זֶה, לֹא אָסוּר יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאל.
May I throw away and nullify all of my cleverness, intellect and mind, as though I have no intellect at all. May I do everything that they say. Whatever they declare, may I not turn aside, right or left.
רַחֵם עָלַי בַּעַל הָרַחֲמִים, וְהַצִּילֵנוּ מִכָּל מִינֵי בִּלְבּוּלִים וּמִכָּל מִינֵי חָכְמוֹת שֶׁל הָעוֹלָם שֶׁאֵינָם אֲמִתִּיִּים, רַחֵם עָלֵינוּ וְהַצִּילֵנוּ מֵהֶם, אַל יִשְׁעוּ אֶל דַּרְכֵיהֶם לִבִּי,
Master of compassion, have compassion on me. Rescue me from every type of confusion and inauthentic, this-worldly wisdom. May my heart not spend any time on these.
וְלֹא אָסוּר מֵאִמְרֵי פִּיהֶם שֶׁל הַצַּדִּיקִים הַקְּדוֹשִׁים הַאֲמִתִּיִּים, הַמְּנַהֲלִים אוֹתָנוּ בְּרַחֲמִים בֶּאֱמֶת וּבִתְמִימוּת עַל פִּי דַרְכֵי הַתּוֹרָה שֶׁקִּבַּלְנוּ מִפִּי מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ עָלָיו הַשָּׁלוֹם.
May I never turn aside from the words of the holy, true Tzaddikim who guide us with compassion and purity, in accordance with the ways of the Torah that we received from Moses.
שָׁמְרֵנוּ וְהַצִּילֵנוּ מִכָּל מִינֵי כְּפִירוֹת וּבִלְבּוּלֵי אֱמוּנָה הַבָּאִים מֵחָכְמוֹת הָאֵלֶּה.
The Ways of Simplicity
Guard me and rescue me from every type of heresy and degradation of faith that comes from this-worldly wisdoms.
זַכֵּנוּ וְהַכְנִיסֵנוּ לְתוֹךְ דַּרְכֵי הַתְּמִימוּת בֶּאֱמֶת לַאֲמִתּוֹ, בְּאֹפֶן שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה לֶאֱמוּנָה שְׁלֵמָה בֶּאֱמֶת, וּלְקַיֵּם אֶת כָּל תּוֹרָתְךָ בְּאַהֲבָה וּבֶאֱמֶת וּבְתָמִים כָּל יְמֵי חַיַּי. יְהִי לִבִּי תָמִים בְּחֻקֶּיךָ לְמַעַן לֹא אֵבוֹשׁ.
Bring me to the ways of simplicity so that I will attain true, complete faith in You and fulfill Your entire Torah with love, truth and a whole heart for my entire life. “May my heart be whole in Your laws so that I will not be ashamed.”
כִּי אַתָּה הוּא יְהֹוָה הָאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר בָּחַרְתָּ בְּאַבְרָם וְהוֹצֵאתוֹ מֵאוּר כַּשְׂדִּים וְשַׂמְתָּ שְׁמוֹ אַבְרָהָם. וּמָצָאתָ אֶת לְבָבוֹ נֶאֱמָן לְפָנֶיךָ, כִּי הָלַךְ לְפָנֶיךָ בִּתְמִימוּת, כִּי הָיָה רֹאשׁ לְכָל הַמַּאֲמִינִים הָאֲמִתִּיִּים הַתְּמִימִים וְהַיְשָׁרִים, הָעוֹבְדִים אוֹתְךָ בִּתְמִימוּת וּבִפְשִׁיטוּת בֶּאֱמֶת וּבֶאֱמוּנָה שְׁלֵמָה,
“You are HaShem, God, Who chose Abram and took him out of Ur Kasdim and changed his name to Abraham, and You found his heart faithful before You.” Abraham walked before You wholeheartedly because he was the first of all true believers, who serve You wholeheartedly with simplicity and complete faith.
בִּזְכוּתוֹ וּבִזְכוּת כָּל הַצַּדִּיקִים הָאֲמִתִּיִּים וְהַתְּמִימִים, רַחֵם עָלַי, וְזַכֵּנִי לְהַתְחִיל מֵעַתָּה לֵילֵךְ בְּדַרְכְּךָ בִּתְמִימוּת וּבִפְשִׁיטוּת, בֶּאֱמֶת וּבֶאֱמוּנָה שְׁלֵמָה.
In his merit, and in the merit of all of the true and wholehearted Tzaddikim, have compassion on me. Help me start from this moment on to walk in Your ways wholeheartedly and simply, with truth and complete faith.
וְתָסִיר מִמֶּנִּי לֵבָב הָעִקֵּשׁ שֶׁלֹּא יִשְׂטֶה לְבָבִי אֶל דַּרְכֵי הַחָכְמוֹת שֶׁל הֶבֶל הַנּוֹהֲגִים בָּעוֹלָם, שֶׁהֵם מְבַלְבְּלִים וּמוֹנְעִים מְאֹד מִלַּחְשֹׁב עַל תַּכְלִיתֵנוּ וְסוֹפֵנוּ וּלְהִתְקָרֵב אֵלֶיךָ בֶּאֱמֶת.
Remove the stubbornness of my heart, so that my heart will not stray after the meaningless wisdoms that abound in the world, which confuse a person and prevent him from thinking about his ultimate end, and from coming close to You.
וַאֲבַעֵר וַאֲסַלֵּק מִלְּבָבִי כָּל הַחָכְמוֹת הָאֵלֶּה, וְאֵדַע הָאֱמֶת לַאֲמִתּוֹ גֹּדֶל שְׁטוּתִי וְחֶסְרוֹנִי מֵהַדַּעַת, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב, כִּי בַעַר אָנֹכִי מֵאִישׁ וְלֹא בִינַת אָדָם לִי. וּכְתִיב, וַאֲנִי בַעַר וְלֹא אֵדַע בְּהֵמוֹת הָיִיתִי עִמָּךְ. וּכְתִיב, אָמַרְתִּי אֶחְכָּמָה וְהִיא רְחוֹקָה מִמֶּנִּי.
Help me destroy and remove all these wisdoms from my heart. May I know my foolishness and what knowledge I lack. “I am more of an animal than a human being, and I lack human understanding.” “I am a beast and I do not know anything. I have been like an animal with you.” “I said that I will be wise, yet it is far from me.”
רַחֵם עָלַי לְבַל אֶטְעֶה בְּעַצְמִי בְּשׁוּם חָכְמוֹת שֶׁל הָעוֹלָם הַמְבַלְבְּלִין הַרְבֵּה, רַק אֶזְכֶּה לְקַיֵּם בֶּאֱמֶת וּבִתְמִימוּת כְּכָל הַיּוֹצֵא מִפִּי רַבּוֹתֵינוּ הָאֲמִתִּיִּים, וּלְבַטֵּל דַּעְתִּי וְשִׂכְלִי נֶגְדָּם לְגַמְרֵי כְּאִלּוּ אֵין לִי שׁוּם שֵׂכֶל כְּלָל, כַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא בֶּאֱמֶת.
Have compassion on me so that I will not fool myself with any this-worldly wisdoms, which cause a great deal of confusion. May I truly and wholeheartedly fulfill all of the words that come from the mouths of our true rabbis, as I nullify my mind and intellect before them entirely, as though I have no intellect at all — which is truly the case.
וְאֶזְכֶּה לְקַיֵּם בֶּאֱמֶת מִקְרָא שֶׁכָּתוּב, תָּמִים תִּהְיֶה עִם יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ. וְנֶאֱמַר, יְהֹוָה מִי יָגוּר בְּאָהֳלֶךָ מִי יִשְׁכֹּן בְּהַר קָדְשֶׁךָ. הוֹלֵךְ תָּמִים וּפֹעֵל צֶדֶק וְדֹבֵר אֱמֶת בִּלְבָבוֹ.
May I fulfill the verses, “Be wholehearted with HaShem your God” and, “HaShem, who will sojourn in Your tent, who will dwell upon Your holy mountain? A person who walks upright and acts righteously, and who speaks truth in his heart.”
חֲמֹל עָלַי וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנִי וְזַכֵּנִי לְכָל מַה שֶּׁבִּקַּשְׁתִּי מִלְּפָנֶיךָ,
Have mercy on me and save me. Help me attain everything that I seek from You.
יִהְיוּ לְרָצוֹן אִמְרֵי־פִי וְהֶגְיוֹן לִבִּי לְפָנֶיךָ יְהֹוָה צוּרִי וְגוֹאֲלִי:
“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing before You, HaShem, my Rock and my Redeemer.”