Likutei Moharan, Part II
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מַה שֶּׁקָּשֶׁה קֻשְׁיוֹת עַל הַצַּדִּיקִים, זֶהוּ מֻכְרָח לִהְיוֹת. כִּי הַצַּדִּיקִים מִתְדַּמִּים לְיוֹצְרָם, כַּמּוּבָא, וּכְמוֹ שֶׁקָּשֶׁה קֻשְׁיוֹת עַל הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ, כְּמוֹ־כֵן בְּהֶכְרֵחַ שֶׁיִּהְיֶה קָשֶׁה קֻשְׁיוֹת עַל הַצַּדִּיק, כִּי הוּא מִתְדַּמֶּה אֵלָיו יִתְבָּרַךְ:
Of necessity, tzaddikim are the subject of difficult questions. This is because the tzaddikim emulate their Creator, as is brought. Thus, just as difficult questions are raised about God, difficult questions are of necessity raised about the tzaddik, who corresponds to the Blessed One.
וּבְעִנְיָן הַקֻּשְׁיוֹת שֶׁקָּשֶׁה עַל הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ, מַרְגְּלָא בְּפֻמֵּהּ לוֹמַר: אַדְּרַבָּא, כָּךְ רָאוּי לִהְיוֹת דַּיְקָא, שֶׁיִּהְיוּ קֻשְׁיוֹת עַל הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ, וְכָךְ נָאֶה וְיָפֶה לוֹ יִתְבָּרַךְ לְפִי גְּדֻלָּתוֹ וְרוֹמְמוּתוֹ. כִּי מֵעֹצֶם גְּדֻלָּתוֹ וְרוֹמְמוּתוֹ, שֶׁהוּא מְרוֹמָם מְאֹד מִדַּעְתֵּנוּ, עַל־כֵּן בְּוַדַּאי אִי אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁנָּבִין וְנַשִּׂיג בְּשִׂכְלֵנוּ הַנְהָגָתוֹ יִתְבָּרַךְ. וְעַל־כֵּן בְּהֶכְרֵחַ שֶׁיִּהְיוּ עָלָיו יִתְבָּרַךְ קֻשְׁיוֹת, כִּי כָּךְ נָאֶה וְיָפֶה לְהַבּוֹרֵא יִתְבָּרַךְ, שֶׁיִּהְיֶה מְרוֹמָם וְנִשָּׂא מִדַּעְתֵּנוּ, שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה קָשֶׁה הַקֻּשְׁיוֹת כַּנַּ"ל; וְאִם הָיָה הַנְהָגָתוֹ כְּפִי חִיּוּב דַּעְתֵּנוּ, אִם־כֵּן הָיָה, חַס וְשָׁלוֹם, דַּעְתּוֹ כְּדַעְתֵּנוּ:
Concerning the difficult questions raised about God, [the Rebbe] often said: On the contrary, that is precisely how it should be. There should be difficult questions concerning God. Given His greatness and exaltedness, it is fitting and becoming to Him. His prodigious greatness and exaltedness tower far above our minds. It is therefore certainly impossible for us to understand and comprehend His conduct intellectually. And so inevitably there will be difficult questions concerning God. For it is fitting and becoming the Creator that He tower above and be elevated beyond our minds, on account of which difficult questions arise. But if His conduct was as our minds prescribed, His mind would resemble ours, God forbid.