LIVING TORAH 8: STEP BY STEP

 I RECEIVING NEW RUACH CHAIM TO FILL ALL ONE'S LACKS.

1. Sighing (especially during prayer) about everything that is lacking in one's avodas Hashem, as well as about one's urgent physical needs.

2. Connecting to the tzaddik through whom one receives new ruach chaim to fill these lacks.


II  MAKING SURE THIS STATE OF SHLEIMUS (WHOLENESS) LASTS.

1. Developing patience, so that one's lacks can be filled through the ruach chaim d'kedusha that truly lasts, and not through the ruach searah (storm wind) that is very mightly but dissipates quickly, leaving even more lacks in tis wake.

2. Learning Halacha in order to know what is permitted and what is forbidden, and, through this, separating the good from the bad in one's soul. 

3. Praying to Hashem, asking Him to merit understanding the Halacha correctly. This form of prayer - about being able to understand and fulfil the Torah - is higher than the prayer about filling one's lacks that is mentioned in the first section.

4. Working on one's character, to ensure that one fulfils all that one has learned and doesn't sin again. Since sins are the main source of lack, if a person doesn't sin, then they won't develop any new lacks and their shleimus will last.


III ADDITIONAL PRACTICES.

1. Tztzis: since tzitzis are connected to ruach chaim, when putting them on, one should pray to Hashem about all that is lacking in one's life ("Mey HaNachal"). Alternatively, a woman can pray about this when wa 



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