Reply To: "Your not mechuyav to do it altz hishtadlus but you can do it if you want to…"

@Mammele: This is basically the impression I had going in to ask the Rabbi.

So what I was really asking (and I hope this is obvious to him) is “Rabbi, look at me, assess my level to the best you can, and tell me does a simple jew like me, who is a believer but not a tzadik, I have emunah but I also haven’t fully internalized like tzaddikim have…..me….What level of hishtadlus would you suppose I should do? Does doing “Y” hishtadlus sound like too much? Should I stop at “X”?

His answer did nothing but confuse me….