This is the most important lesson of all the teachings of Rabeinu!

Rabeinu teaches us that in order for a person to attain true joy, to do teshuva, and not to fall into sadness/give up completely, he must judge himself positively! One has to find a good point within himself, and continue finding more and more good points… and even if you see there’s ulterior motives and flaws within the good action you did, dig deeper and you’ll find that there’s a point of good that is completely pure.

Just as we must do this to ourselves constantly, we have to judge others to the side of merit as well… even the completely wicked person. By doing this, we are able to tilt the scale of judgment for this wicked person from guilt to merit!

Rabeinu also teaches us that this concept of finding the good points is the aspect of making melodies and songs.

Rabeinu also teaches us about the chazan/shliach tzibur and that only one who is engaged in finding the good within every Jew is truly worthy of leading the congregation during prayer.

Rabeinu explains that Moshe is the faithful shepherd, and in every generation there are Tzadikim that are the aspect of Moshe. Each one of these Tzadikim builds a mishkan, from which the “infants in the house of the Rabbis” receive their pure breath.