רב יחזקאל שרגא ב״ר חיים הלברשטאם
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Today, ו טבת, marks the 125th yahrtzeit of the Divrei Yechezkel, Rav Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam, ZTL, the Shineveh Rav, and eldest son of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz.
When contrasting the different approaches of two of his illustrious sons; Rav Yechezkel Shraga and Rav Boruch of Gorlitz (fourth son of the Sanzer Rav, the “Imrei Boruch”), the saintly Divrei Chaim would express it as follows:
“My Boruch’el (Rav Boruch of Gorlitz) has such an unswerving loyalty to the truth, that he would reject an entire mountain of truth if there was even ‘ah brekeleh’ (tiny crumb) of falsehood within.
“But my Chatzkel is so attached to the Dvar Hashem, that he would embrace a whole mountain of falsehood if there was even ‘ah brekeleh’ of truth within!!”
There is a beautiful thought from the Divrei Yechezkel, which was quoted by Rav Meilich Biderman Shlita:
In Parashas Vayigash, after revealing his true identity to the Brothers, Yosef tells them:
ועתה אל תעצבו ואל יחר בעיניכם וכו׳
“And now, do not be sad, nor view yourselves with anger.....”
The Divrei Yechezkel brilliantly referenced the words of the Mechilta:
אין ׳ועתה׳ אלא תשובה, שנאמר ועתה ישראל מה ה' אלקיך שואל מעמך'
The Mechilta tells us that the word ועתה in the Torah always refers to the process of teshuva.
Consequently, says the Divrei Yechezkel, the following can be derived from what Yosef was saying:
Even when one is engaged in the process of Teshuva for his many sins, even then, one should not be overly saddened. One should not be repenting from a place of sadness or bitterness in his heart.
Rather, one should strengthen oneself with great joy, and in the fact that he is actually doing teshuva, because there can be no greater means of becoming closer to Hashem than through the means of heartfelt sincere repentance!!
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