The sefer / Tinyana / Tinyana 13
כשחולקין על האדם
No shiur on this Torah yet. R’ Moshe’s shiurim so far cover Torahs 1–34.
English translation by Moshe Mykoff © Breslov Research Institute, from Sefaria, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.
When people oppose a person, they are, in effect, pursuing him. As a result, he time and again runs to God. And the more they oppose him, the closer they bring him to God. For God is everywhere, as in “If I ascend to heaven—You are there; and if I make my bed in hell—here You are” (Psalms 139:8). It follows, that wherever it is, he is running to God.
This is the concept of “Then Pharaoh hikriv (drew close)” (Exodus 14:10)—he brought Israel closer to their Father in heaven (Shemot Rabbah 21:5). As a result of his chasing after them, they drew even closer to God.