Devarim תרל”א 2
איתא בשם הרמב”ן ז”ל ע”פ אשר יקשה מכם תקריבון אלי. שכל דבר שמסתפק אי מותר לעשותו יסלק הנאתו וכשירצה לידע באמת אם זה רצונו ית’ יראה האמת.
On the pasuk ‘Any matter that is too difficult for you, you shall.bring to.me and I will hear it’. The Ramban explains that this can also be understood, that if a person is bothered by something and can’t understand it, he should remove his own pleasure that he gets from it and subsequently he will be able to understand if it is HaShem’s will or not, for the truth will be apparent.
ע”כ בכתר ש”ט וכן שמעתי מפי אמו”ז ז”ל בשמו.
This is brought in the name of the Ba’al Shem Tov and was also heard from.the Chidushei Harim.
והפי’ תקריבון אלי לחיות הש”י שיש בדבר ההוא.
Now the idea of ‘bringing it to me’ (To Moshe), that the pasuk mentions, can also mean bringing the thing to it’s internal life force of HaShem in it.
(There is an element of Moshe Rabeinu in each Jew, and this is the part that needs to be used to clarify the truth. For the trait and request that Moshe excelled in was clarity).
כי כל קישוי רק מבחוץ ע”י הסתר החיצוניות, אבל כשמדבק עצמו בכח הפנימי אין הסתר כלל:
For any difficulty that one has with something is only on an external level. However when one connects to the internal life force there is just revelation and clarity.
ידע שור קונהו כו’.
The haftorah starts with a severe rebuke of Bnei Yisrael, that an ox knows it’s master etc whereas Bnei Yisrael don’t…
ח”ו שאין בנ”י מכירין הש”י כשור, הלא מברכין ומתפללין אליו ית’.
The Sfas Emes asks how can we even be compared to.such a thing. Bnei Yisrael pray and bless HaShem constantly. How can they be denigrated so?
אבל רצון הש”י שבנ”י יבררו מלכותו ית’ בכל הנבראים.
However it is the will of HaShem that Bnei Yisrael will clarify HaShem’s Dominion over all of creation
כי כן הי’ בזמן השלימות שבהמ”ק הי’ קיים והקרבנו תמידין בכל יום הי’ זה קירוב והתדבקות חיות כל הנבראים אליו ית’.
For this is how it was in the time of the Beis Hamikdash, when everything was perfect, and there were korbanos every day. This brought a closeness and connection of all of creation to HaShem.
(That was the place that heavens and Earth connected)
והיו גם האומות בהכנעה מהש”י.
And all the nations were also subjected and humbled before HaShem
וכן מ”ש קרי’ נאמנה כו’ ג”כ על כל העולם שאז היו נמשכים כל הנבראים אחר השורש.
And so too it was called a ‘faithful city’. This is referring not only to Jerusalem but to the whole world. For everything was drawn after it’s true source. The beis hamikdash was the source of the whole world.
וז”ש ישראל לא ידע כו’ שצריכין להמשיך ידיעה וחיבור לכל הנבראים.
And therefore we can understand the criticism above. It does not mean that ‘Bnei Yisrael do not know HaShem’. For they do indeed. The word ידע here is הפעיל ‘activated tense’, they do not make known. The criticism is that they are not making more effort to make the dominion of HaShem more known to all the world.
ובס’ אור המאיר פי’ כל שרוח הבריות נוחה הימנו.
And in the sefer Ohr Meir, it says on the Mishnah in Avot, anyone that people are pleased with, HaShem is pleased with him.
שעושה כל מעשיו בדביקות כח הפנימיות שהוא מהש”י.
This means that he does every action with an absolute connection to the internal power in everything that comes from HaShem
עי”ז משרה רוח הש”י בכל מעשה ונמצא רוח הבריות נוחה הימנו ודפח”ח:
This is someone that HaShem rests His spirit on every action, making the entire world pleased with him.
