לְכוּ חֲזוּ מִפְעֲלוֹת ה'

The primary means of binding oneself to the above-mentioned holy intellect is through temimus [wholeness / sincerity / simple, wholehearted faith] — this being the aspect of: "And Yaakov was a wholesome man [ish tam]" [Genesis 25:27] — for Yaakov merited the light of the above-mentioned intellect in completeness. [Root: ת-מ-מ — tam, temimus — wholeness, sincerity, perfection. This is the key that unlocks the holy intellect and is the quality named in the opening verse of this Toirah: "Ashray temimay dorech" — "Happy are those of perfect/wholesome way."]

The primary weapon [k'lay zayin] of the Jewish person is prayer. All the battles that a person must conquer — whether battles against the Evil Inclination, or other battles with those who obstruct and oppose him — all of them are fought through prayer, and from prayer comes all his vitality [chiyus]. Therefore, whoever wishes to truly attain the holiness of Israel [kedushas Yisrael] must multiply prayers, supplications, and personal conversations between himself and his Maker [sichos baino l'vayn Kono] — for this is the primary weapon with which to prevail in the battle.

Whoever guards the holy bris [covenant of purity] merits prayer — and conversely, one who blemishes the bris has his prayer taken from him.

One must set aside charity [tzedakah] before prayer — and through this, his prayer flows fluently from his mouth. Furthermore, through charity one is saved from alien thoughts [machshavos zaros] during prayer, and can pray properly — neither turning aside to the right nor to the left — but rather weighing all his words with judgment [mishpat].

It is impossible to attain complete prayer except through complete guarding of the bris. Therefore every person must bind his prayer to the true Tzadikim of the generation — for they know how to elevate each and every prayer to the place where it belongs, and they build from the prayers the full stature of the Shechinah [Divine Presence]. Through this, the coming of Mashiach is brought nearer.