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Be Mindful with a Minor Commandment as with a Major One \u2013 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cBe mindful with a minor&nbsp;<em>Mitzva<\/em>&nbsp;[commandment] as with a major one, for you do not know the reward given for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the descent, when the Torah and&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>&nbsp;[commandments] are minor in his eyes and he does not feel any importance or preciousness about them, he thinks he has no reason to engage in Torah and&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>&nbsp;because his work is in vain and that his work is worthless, since he does not find any rhyme or reason in it. Therefore, what point is there in exerting uselessly?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our sages said about this that one should be mindful with observing them the same as with a major one, as though the Torah and&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>&nbsp;are a grave matter to him now, meaning in their full importance, for then he could make efforts because he knew how to appreciate them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They said about this, \u201cYou do not know the reward given for the&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>.\u201d That is, a person does not know the reward for&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>, if he engages in Torah and&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>&nbsp;that he regards as important, or even if he does not regard as important, and yet he overcomes and does them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps there is more benefit in this overcoming that he does during the descent than during the ascent, since one cannot know which state brings more contentment above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why they said, \u201cBe mindful with a minor&nbsp;<em>Mitzva<\/em>, from the words [in Hebrew], \u201ctrifling and contemptible.\u201d A \u201cmajor\u201d one means that he feels the importance of Torah and&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>, for then is the time when he can engage above reason, for the reason of the descent always mandates the opposite of the truth. 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