The Bottom Line
A person cannot be fully committed to serving Hashem, doing mitzvos with passion, staying away from aveiros and learning Torah, without the middah of gevurah. This middah is equally necessary for those who embrace Yiddishkeit for the first time and those who toil to give a psak halacha. The middah of gevurah is also essential for working on improving one’s middos. In these last remaining days before the Yom Tov of Shavuos, I will bravely identify one area in which I want to use the middah of gevurah to change. It might be a weakness in performing a certain mitzvah, staying away from a particular aveirah, or even not wasting time that could be used productively. I will, bli neder, demonstrate a little more mesiras nefesh and gevurah in that specific area. In this zechus, IY”H, I will become more committed to Hashem, and be a stronger link in the chain of Torah. I will earn more sechar, and be zoiche to experience a true Kabalas haTorah!
