The prayer that Kabbalists say in the morning is called 'Shacharit,' which means 'darkness'. Now you may be wondering why a morning prayer would be called darkness? It doesn't make much sense. Shouldn't it be called something like boker, which means "morning"? The answer here is beautiful. When is the darkest part of the night? Just before the dawn. The reason the prayer is called Shacharit is because we are all living in that darkest part of the night called shacharit. That's why the world looks the way it does: the acid rain, the air and water full of pollution, the hatred and wars. Through the years, we have been filled with so much greed, envy, and anger that now this spiritual darkness is the natural existence we must endure. The only way we can bring the Light is by changing and imbuing ourselves with spiritual light in every way we can. The tzaddikim (righteous souls) are made from people like us. They are the people who can go through the streets and pick up their heads to fight; not to fight other people, but to fight their own egos with certainty and perseverance. |
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