אות - רלז

He was speaking with a certain person. In the midst of this, he heard someone praying the evening prayer and saying: "And counsel us with good counsel from before You" — and that man said those words "and counsel us with counsel, etc." quickly. Rabbainu, o.b.m., answered and said to the one standing nearby: Did you see — this one snatches quickly those words "counsel us with good counsel etc."? Yet those words must be prayed with great arousal and with great intention from the depth of one's heart — for this is a very, very precious prayer. For one must very greatly beseech mercies from Hashem Yisburach that He merit us — that Hashem Yisburach give us good counsel — that we merit to know how to conduct ourselves, etc.[425] And this matter is very well understood to all who wish to enter the service of Hashem — that one must greatly beseech Hashem Yisburach about this: that we merit good counsel from before Him Yisburach. And he said about himself:[426] When the day arrives I surrender all my movements of the entire day to Him Yisburach — that all the movements of mine and of my children and of those who depend on me should all be according to His will Yisburach, etc. And likewise when Shabbos or a festival arrives, I surrender the day to Hashem Yisburach that all the conduct of that Shabbos should be according to His will Yisburach. And afterward — however matters go with him on that day or that Shabbos, etc. — after that, he does not confuse his mind about it at all. Whether the conduct of that day was as it should have been or not. And understand. 425. RAK: See above, section 52. 426. RAK: See above, section 2.