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Rabbi Eli Mansour

Torah Lecture

Give Us The Ability To Choose Right!

Lectured by Rabbi Eli Mansour

Published
September 19, 2025
Duration
1:45
Lecture code
Q2-REM-HH86-05

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I think we should add that to our prayers. We always pray to God for what we need. We need this, we need this, which is fine. But we should also pray to God to give us the ability to do what we're supposed to do. You have to pray for that assistance. Hashem is willing to give us assistance for this. You're not in this alone. We're partners. So I'm allowed to call my partner and say, "Listen, Hashem, partner, I need an infusion of cash. Partner, I need you to come down. I need you to go to the Orient. We have a crisis." I can call on my partner. So why don't we feel, when it comes to praying to God, that it's okay for us to ask our partner, "Listen, we need help"? The temptations are very great. We have a lot of Yetzer Hara (evil inclination) that's drawing us in there. Give us the ability to choose right. And if you make such a prayer, God will help us. Like it says, "If it wasn't for God helping you in that struggle, you wouldn't be able to do it." And that may be something we can pray for as well on Rosh Hashanah (new year).

But now we're re-signing a new contract for the new year. God says, we say, "Good, fine. God, we can't have you be a silent partner. We need you to be an active partner." We're going to do as much as we can to try. God helps those that help themselves. But we need Borei Olam (God) to give us that we should... And the more we think like that, then Borei Olam says, "That's somebody I want to be a king over. That's somebody that has taken my kingdom. Now I have a customer." And that's the Malchut (kingdom), that's the Avodah (service) of Rosh Hashanah.