Likutei Tefilot, Volume II 52/ליקוטי תפילות·חלק ב נ״ב

1When a Person is Close to God, Place Has No Meaning for Him / One Should Not Say that a Particular Place is Not Good for HimWhen a person has Godliness in his heart, he is close to God, and just as “[God] is the Place of the world, but the world is not His place” (Rashi on Exodus 33:21), so too, place has no meaning for this person.Thus, a person who has a Jewish heart should not say that a particular place is not good for him, since he is the place of the world, and the world is not his place.Making Our Heart a Tabernacle for HaShem’s Glory“Whom do I have in Heaven? Besides You, I have desired no one on earth. My flesh and my heart yearn; God is the Rock of my heart and my Portion forever.”

2Master of the world, Master of everything, Your governance prevails everywhere, for You are the Place of the world and the world is not Your place.

3Have compassion on me for the sake of Your Name. Truly give me a worthy and pure heart, a true Jewish heart, to serve You and fear You.

4May my heart be a sanctuary for Your glory. May the Presence of Your great and holy glory that dwells in the heart of every Jew, Your holy people, be drawn into my heart.

5As the verse states, “I will dwell in their midst” — and our sages explained that this teaches that the Holy One, blessed be He, brings His Presence to rest within every Jew.

6The essence of Godliness is in the heart. As the verse states, “God is the Rock of my heart and my Portion forever.”

7Have compassion on me and help me so that my heart will be filled with Your Godliness, until no place in the world will be able to distract or prevent me from serving You and fearing You.

8May I recognize You and find You in all places in the world and on every level in the world, because there is no place that is empty of You.

9Help me truly be absorbed into You with all my heart until I, too, will be on the level of the “place of the world,” so that the world is not my place.

10Finding God in Every PlaceMay every place in the world be completely nullified and eradicated. May no place have the power to distract me, Heaven forbid, from any holy matter.

11Instead, may I truly come to You, find You and cling to You in all places in the world.

12Constantly guide me and teach me how to act in regard to all movements and travels, so that everything will truly be in accordance with Your will. In accordance with the word of HaShem, may I camp in my house, and in accordance with the word of HaShem, may I travel on every journey.

13May every detail of the management of each journey and encampment — overall, in detail, and in the smallest detail — all truly be in accordance with Your will.

14May I truly find Your Godliness in every place that I come to as I camp and travel, in accordance with Your will. May I truly come close to You and cling to You.

15May no place in the world distract me from serving You and fearing You. Rather, may I be truly near and close to You, clinging to You in every place in the world, on every level.

16Have compassion on me for the sake of Your Name and compassionately fulfill the requests of my heart for the good, because my needs are many and my awareness is too abbreviated to explain even a thousandth or a ten-thousandth of them.

17Compassionate One, You Who are filled with compassion, purify my heart to truly serve You. “Unite my heart to fear Your Name.” “God, create within me a pure heart, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”

18“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing before You, HaShem, my Rock and my Redeemer.” Amen.