The Daily Chizuk from The Rav, the holy Gaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a: “Whoever does not come to help the Tzaddik has no light within him”

Thursday, 10 Iyar 5785 — Netzach she’b’Netzach, taken from the shiur of 3 Iyar 5782; these are his holy words:

“Netzach she’b’Netzach.” Rebbe Nachman said: “I have won and I will win”—because all those who draw close to Rebbe Nachman are sparks of Rebbe Nachman.

Therefore it is written in Likutey Halachos (Milah 4) that all righteous women are sparks of Queen Esther, of Devorah the Prophetess. Every woman today is a spark of Devorah the Prophetess, who defeated Sisera.

“I have won and I will win”—“From Heaven the stars fought” (Judges 5:20). All the stars came to help Devorah; all the stars fought on behalf of Devorah.

There were a few stars that did not come (to help Devorah); they turned into black stars. “Curse Meroz,” said the angel of Hashem (Judges 5:23)—the angel curses whoever does not come to help the Tzaddik.

Whoever does not come to daven with the Tzaddik, to help the Tzaddik—the angel himself curses him: “Curse Meroz,” said the angel of Hashem.

It’s not me saying this—the Torah says that the angels cursed them. The angels cursed the stars that did not arrive, and they became black stars from which no light comes forth.

They cannot shine, because whoever does not come to the Tzaddik has no right to exist, no right to shine in the world, to shine upon the earth—only one who comes to the Tzaddik, to help the Tzaddik, to daven with the Tzaddik, to fight together with the Tzaddik.

And the moment Barak hesitated—he only said to her, “You should come with me as well”—she said to him: You were told to go, so why aren’t you going? You have already lost the merit to defeat Sisera!

“Then your glory will not be on the path you are going, for Hashem will deliver Sisera into the hand of a woman” (ibid. 4:9)—because you hesitated. If a person hesitates… yes, I’ll go to the Tzaddik, I won’t go with the Tzaddik—he has only a slight hesitation.

He has hesitation—some kind of hesitation—he’s wavering. Why is he wavering? Because he is in ga’avah (pride)!

If he isn’t pushing himself to go with the Tzaddik, then he has lost everything—he has lost all his merits, he has lost all his Olam HaBa, all his Olam HaZeh.

Even to defeat Sisera—you can no longer do that either; nothing at all. If he has even the slightest wavering, a single doubt about drawing close to the Tzaddik—then he is rejected completely; they throw him outside.