On the day of bedikas chametz, a girl living in Yerushalyim went to the home of Rabbi Michel Horowtiz with a question the for the Rav. When she went inside, she was surprised to see that thre was none of the typical pre-pesach hustle and bustle taking place in the Rav's house. There was chametz on the table, and it was obvious that no effort had been made to put it out of sight.
Seeing the girl's surprise, the Rav said, "I want you to know that all of the preparations and exertion that take place in a Jewish home before Pesach have great spiritual significance. But that is only on condition that the preparations do not bring a person to anger. The moment a drop of anger enters the heart of the family members, the lofty significance of these preparations disappears and becomes like the dust of the earth.
"My rebbetzin is ill, and if I insist that she follow ever possible stringency in her Pesach preparation, it will result in anger entering our home. It might also cause the rebbetzin's health to deteriorate. I therefore prefer to keep the basic halachah, without the many accompanying stringencies. When the time for the bedukas chametz comes, I will take a broom and thoroughly clean away the chametz."
All this is only in order to avoid brining into the house the worst "chametz" of all, which is anger. The girl heard what the Rav said, and the impression of those words remained with her for the rest of her days.
Our Torah is a "Torah of life" and its teaching are relevant to every step of a person's life. One who merits contact with a great tzaddik is privy to his insights and wisdom, and will soon realize what an elevated level this tzaddik has attained, for his every action is weighted and considered, to assure the correct outcome. - "Artsroll's Aleinu L'shabei'ach Vol. 3 "Parsha Tzav" Page 90"
AS WE ALL CONTINUE TO FINISH OFF OUR CLEANING LET US REMEMBER THAT KEEPING THE PEACE IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT THEN ALL THE AMAZING HIDDURIM THAT WE MAY HAVE. MAY WE ALL BE ZOCHE TO A KOSHER AND FRELCHIN PESACH.
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