Chasidut · Breslov
Likutei Halakhot, Orach Chaim, Laws of Morning Conduct 4:6/ליקוטי הלכות·
אוְעַל־כֵּן צְרִיכִין לִזְעוֹק מָרָה וְלִצְעוֹק מְאֹד בַּחֲצוֹת עַל חֻרְבַּן בֵּית־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ וְכוּ׳, כְּדֵי לְשַׁתֵּף עַצְמוֹ עִם הַשְּכִׁינָה וְעִם כָּל הַמִּצְטַעֲרִים בְּצָרָתָהּ, אֲשֶׁר אִי אֶפְשָׁר לִסְבּוֹל קוֹל הַזְּעָקָה וְהַצְּעָקָה שֶׁיֵּשׁ שָׁם כְּשֶׁנּוֹפֶלֶת הַמַּלְכוּת בֵּינֵיהֶם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב שָׁם בְּהַתּוֹרָה הַנַּ״ל: וּמִי יָכוֹל לִסְבּוֹל אֶת קוֹל הַצְּעָקָה וְכוּ׳, עַיֵּן שָׁם.
1MOURNING THE TRUE TZADDIKIMReb Noson now introduces an added dimension to the midnight service: mourning the loss of the tzaddikim, who devote themselves to enlightening each Jew with perceptions of Godliness and to achieving a rectification for his soul.And so, in order to perfect Malkhut and lower wisdom, a person must cry out bitterly and wail greatly at midnight over the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash. This is so that he might sympathize with the Shekhinah and with all those who are pained by Her suffering. For it is impossible to bear the sound of the screaming and wailing at the time that Malkhut falls into the midst of the Four Kingdoms / extraneous wisdom. This is as the Rebbe writes in his lesson, “Who can bear the sound of the wailing…”49
בוְעִקַּר הַצְּעָקָה צְרִיכִין לִצְעֹק בְּיוֹתֵר עַל הִסְתַּלְּקוּת הַצַּדִּיקִים הָאֲמִתִּיִּים, שֶׁעָסְקוּ לְהַכְנִיס בָּנוּ הַשָּׂגַת אֱלֹקוּת, וְנִשְׁאַרְנוּ יְתוֹמִים וְאֵין אָב, כִּי צְרִיכִין לְבַקֵּשׁ וּלְחַפֵּשׂ מְאֹד אַחַר צַדִּיק אֱמֶת כָּזֶה כַּנַּ״ל, עַל־כֵּן צְרִיכִין לִבְכּוֹת וְלִזְעוֹק מְאֹד מְאֹד לִפְנֵי הַשֵּׁם־יִתְבָּרַךְ עַל זֶה בְּיוֹתֵר, שֶׁיָּחוּס וִירַחֵם עָלֵינוּ וְיַחֲזִיר לָנוּ הָעֲטָרָה לְיוֹשְׁנָהּ, שֶׁיַּחֲזֹר וְיִשְׁלַח לָנוּ מְהֵרָה צַדִּיקֵי אֱמֶת שֶׁיִשְׁתַּדְּלוּ בְּתַקָּנוֹתֵינוּ, וְיָאִירוּ בָּנוּ הַשָּׂגוֹת אֱלֹקוּת, לַהֲבִיאֵנוּ אֶל הַתַּכְלִית הַטּוֹב אֲשֶׁר לְכָךְ נוֹצָרְנוּ, אֲשֶׁר אִי אֶפְשָׁר לִזְכּוֹת לָזֶה כִּי אִם עַל־יְדֵי הַצַּדִּיק הָאֱמֶת הַגָּדוֹל בְּמַעֲלָה מְאֹד מְאֹד, שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ כֹּחַ לְרַפְּאוֹת חוֹלִים מְדֻכָּאִים בְּחֳלְיֵי הַנֶּפֶשׁ, כָּמוֹנוּ הַיּוֹם בְּעִקְּבוֹת מְשִׁיחָא, כַּאֲשֶׁר יוֹדֵעַ כָּל אֶחָד בְּנַפְשׁוֹ, וְכַנַּ״ל.
2But mainly our wailing needs to be intensified over the passing away of the true tzaddikim, who were engaged in instilling us with a perception of Godliness. Now that they are gone, we have been left as ‘orphans, with no one to connect us to our Heavenly Father.’50 5:3; the translation here follows Kitzur Alshikh on the verse. Finding a rav is very difficult. We must actively seek out and search for a true tzaddik such as this. Therefore we need to weep and cry out profusely to HaShem about this, so that He will have mercy and compassion on us and ‘restore our former glory.’51, Men of the Great Assembly, were so called because they restored HaShem’s crown of glory to its former magnificence; see Yoma 69b. And we must plead with Him to quickly send us once again true tzaddikim who will dedicate themselves to our spiritual rectification and enlighten us with perceptions of Godliness, so as to bring us to the ultimate good, whose attainment is the reason we were created. For this good is attainable only through the true tzaddik of superlative greatness. He alone has the power to heal the sick, those who are oppressed with the sickness of the soul—as we are today, in this era preceding the coming of Mashiach, which each of us knows in the depths of his soul.