Hayom Yom 3 Elul - The soul awaits the time to refine and perfect its assignment

The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman

הַמַּאֲמִין בְּהַשְׁגָּחָה פְּרָטִית

A person who believes in Divine Providence

יוֹדֵעַ כִּי מֵהַשֵּׁם מִצְעֲדֵי גֶבֶר כּוֹנָנוּ

knows that “the steps of a man are made firm by G‑d.”

אֲשֶׁר נְשָׁמָה זוֹ צְרִיכָה לְבָרֵר וּלְתַקֵּן אֵיזֶה בֵּרוּר וְתִקּוּן בְּמָקוֹם פְּלוֹנִי

[A person goes to] a particular place because his soul must refine and perfect something there.

וּמֵאוֹת בְּשָׁנִים אוֹ גַם מִשַּׁעַת בְּרִיאַת הָעוֹלָם

For hundreds of years, or even from the very beginning of creation,

הִנֵּה הַדָּבָר שֶׁצָּרִיךְ לְהִתְבָּרֵר אוֹ לְהִתְתַּקֵּן

the object that must be refined or rectified

מְחַכֶּה לְאוֹתָהּ הַנְּשָׁמָה שֶׁתָּבוֹא לְבָרְרוֹ וּלְתַקְּנוֹ

waits for that soul to come and do that task.

וְגַם נְשָׁמָה הַלָּזוּ

Similarly, this soul itself,

הִנֵּה מֵאָז נֶאֶצְלָה וְנִבְרְאָה

from the moment of its emanation and creation,

הִיא מְחַכָּה לִזְמַן יְרִידָתָהּ

awaits the time that it will descend [to the physical world]

לְבָרֵר וּלְתַקֵּן אֵת אֲשֶׁר הוּטַל עָלֶיהָ

to refine and perfect that which has been assigned to it.

Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English

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