אות - סח

"Sing to the One Who overcomes them and is joyful" (Pesachim 119a) — for one must overcome Him blessed He, so to speak. For even though it appears to the person that Hashem Yisburach does not wish to draw him near because of the much damage he has done, and even now he does not conduct himself properly as He wishes — even so, the person must strengthen himself very greatly and prostrate himself before Hashem Yisburach and pray and sing before Him. And through this he causes the Holy Blessed One, as it were, to be overcome by him — in the manner of: "You have overcome Me, My son." And this is: "Sing to the One Who overcomes them and is joyful" — for He blessed He is joyful when Israel overcomes Him in this way.

He answered and said: Is it conceivable that we leave Hashem Yisburach to do as He pleases and to decree decrees upon the world? (For at that time it was heard that decrees were going forth against Israel, Heaven forbid.) For we must call Hashem Yisburach away from His business — from whatever decree He is engaged with, and the like, Heaven forbid — to call Him away from there, that He should abandon it and turn His attention to the words of prayer and Torah and song that Israel engages in before Him. And this is the primary service — prayer and Torah — that through them one distracts Hashem Yisburach from the decrees.