Torah 119

What if the rahamim you're begging Hashem for depends on the compassion you're willing to give somebody else? The Torah teaches that when visiting a sick person on Shabbos, we say Nachman explains something incredible. When someone needs rahamim, Hashem gives them an opportunity to have compassion, rachmanus, on another person. This is called When you show compassion to others, Hashem shows compassion to you. But what does this have to do with Shabbos? Compassion comes from daas, real understanding. Anger comes from foolishness. During the week, we're running around, chasing money, business, and material things. Our minds get caught caught up in all that noise. Shabbos is different. Shabbos brings daas, a clearer [music] mind to every person. That's the deeper meaning of Shabbos gives you the daas to have compassion for others. So this Shabbos, when your child tests your patience or your spouse says something upsetting, someone who [music] gets on your nerves, don't react right away. Try to understand where they're coming from. Choose compassion over anger, cuz sometimes the rahamim you're asking Hashem begins with the rahamim you show someone else.