From a Shiur by Rabbi Yitzchak Kirzner ztl
http://www.rabbikirzner.org/system/scripts/modules/admin/pages/show_page.cgi?p=Videos
Luzzato tells us that man was created “l’hitaneg al Hashem” to find pleasure in hashem. We have to know that there is an ability to absorb pleasure. We have been created with a thirst and a longing for pleasure, that creates within us a feeling of lack unless we find this pleasure.
We have to find the kind of pleasure that Hashem created us for, a pleasure of Ruchnius(spirituality). We have to know that there is pleasure in Ruchnius. If we do Mitzvas routinely, without using them as a way of developing a relationship with Hashem we will not find this pleasure.
We must have Emunah that we personally can find pleasure in Ruchnius. We have to refine our tastes so that we do not look for our pleasure in the “junk food of the world".
I just got an outreach call from someone who had a lot of trouble not overeating on Shabbos, after I spoke to her I listened to this Shiur and thought about how much we need to focus on Spiritual and not physical pleasure on Shabbos.
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