Dear Friends,When we received the Torah at Mount Sinai, Hashem looked at the pureness of our hearts and asked, who will guarantee that our hearts will remain like this always?  We said that “we” would guarantee it.  But the Gemara teaches (Avodah Zarah 5a) that that was the wrong answer!  We should have said “Hashem, You guarantee that we stay this way!”  Contained here is a fundamental lesson about gratitude and how to avoid the trap of relating to ourselves when we are really trying to connect with G-d.The post Who Will Guarantee Our Hearts Will Remain Pure? first appeared on Spiritual Tools for an Outrageous World.The post Who Will Guarantee Our Hearts Will Remain Pure? first appeared on Spiritual Tools for an Outrageous World. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.