We need to do things together with the Tzaddik

WE NEED THE TRUE TZADDIK TO GET ANYWHERE, SPIRITUALLY

A shiur that was given over Wednesday night of Parshat Ki Tetzae, (August 22, 2018), after the morning prayers.

> It’s impossible to achieve any spiritual level at all, except by following the path of the Tzaddik HaEmet (the True Tzaddik).

Everything that a person tries to do without the tzaddik – it’s written on page 22 of Ki Tisa – is akin to acting like a magician, a sorcerer and like a Cuthite. A person is called a goy, a sorcerer when he tries to do things without the Tzaddik.

When he’s without the Tzaddik, he’s just operating with his own natural abilities. A person comes to this world in order to have free choice, and to choose good.

BUT IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO MERIT ACHIEVING THIS [I.E. CHOOSING GOOD] UNLESS HE COMES CLOSER TO THE TRUE TZADDIK.

And this is the secret, why everyone travels to Uman: it’s in order to receive a new level of bechirah (ability to choose). To be able to only choose good.

From the moment a person even just gets to Uman, his mind is already being completely cleansed. He no longer has any bad thoughts, and he will merit to see Hashem face-to-face, and to see the geula shleima (full redemption).