"Hamten" (Wait) – A Supreme Attribute

Nahum Ish Gamzu taught us that waiting is a Keter (crown). Not everything needs to happen immediately. There is value in delay, in pausing, in giving time. Torah 6 in Likutey Moharan reveals that "Hamten" (wait) is a gate to supreme illumination – to the Keter. But specifically from this high place, one must be careful and clarify the boundary: when a person is hungry, when someone in front of you is in pain – now is not the time for crowns. Now is the time to act. Because even "Hamten," which is an attribute of the Keter, one must know when to set it aside – in order to be a human being.

Wednesday, 8th of Sivan - The Daily Strengthening from the Gaon and Tzaddik, Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a:

Until Nahum Ish Gamzu unpacked the bundles (Taanit 21a), he told the poor man, "Hamten" (wait). He said to him, study Torah 6 (Likutey Moharan).

First of all, there is the Torah of "Hamten" (waiting); this is Torah 6 in Likutey Moharan. He brought him Likutey Moharan and told him to study Torah 6.

Nahum Ish Gamzu told the poor man, wait a moment, a second, give me five minutes to unpack the bundles. After all, a person travels in the desert with a load for a week, a month; everything is packed, everything is tied well. Without this, everything would fall apart in the desert.

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Nahum Ish Gamzu ties the bundles; he travels with three donkeys loaded with food and drink. How can he untie it? He opened Torah 6 for him and said "Hamten" – Hamten is Keter (Crown), "Katar li ze'eir" (Wait for me a little) (Job 36:2). The word for Keter (Crown) in Aramaic is "Katar" (wait). Wait, Hamten, Hamten.

By the time Nahum Ish Gamzu told the poor man "Hamten," the poor man passed away. The poor soul went straight to Gan Eden (Paradise) – because through "Hamten" one merits Gan Eden. This is not for nothing; he saw that the poor man entered Gan Eden, so he also wanted to enter Gan Eden.

He said, "My hands that did not have pity on your hands – shall be cut off; my legs shall be amputated; my body shall be filled with boils (shchin); my tongue shall be cut, and my eyes shall be blinded." He became blind.

What happened? What are you guilty of? You aren't guilty of anything! But until a person serves food to another, if a person hasn't eaten for three days – he arrives from Uman and for three days he hasn't eaten – until you bring him food, until you make him an omelet, immediately bring him something to drink; don't wait a single second.

What, I just came from Uman now? For three days he didn't eat, for three days he didn't drink. Just from Kishinev to Uman is 12 hours, sometimes 18, and if it's from Budapest it's 24 hours, if it's from Warsaw it's 36 hours.