Eli Y, Don’t put words in my mouth. It says לפום צערא אגרא the more effort the person exerts the more reward he gains. It is great to live in EY because you are living in the King’s palace but it comes with responsibilities. It is harder to live up to it. He needs heavenly help. If a person strives for it, he will be helped. He gets his reward for this strive. It says Pirkei Avos 4:15 that it is better to be a tail to lions than head of the foxes. זנב לאריות compared to ראש לשועלים. Better to be smaller to the great than greater to the small. A person learns more if he is among the great, so if we are in a holy place like EY, our effort to stay holy is rewarded.
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