Reb Noson of Breslov, Likutey
Halakhos, Hil. Shabbos 7:21 (abridged)
Translated by Dovid Sears
The essential reason we travel to the
true tzaddikim is in order to merit to teshuvah—to return to God—whatever our circumstances
may be. However, if someone travels or goes to a Rebbe for any self-serving
reason, such as to receive from him some sort of prestige or public position,
he utterly fails to draw close to the tzaddik; for he is traveling there for
his own glory. Rather, the essence of drawing close to the tzaddik is when one’s
intention is for God alone—so that the tzaddik may draw him closer to God and
bring him back from the spiritual straits into which he has fallen. This is why
most [chassidim] travel to spend Shabbos [with the tzaddikim]: because the path
of teshuvah primarily depends on the holiness of Shabbos.
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