| "And the people were like complainers…" (Bamidbar 11:1)
Rashi explains that "complainers" here means: seeking a pretext to distance themselves from following HaShem.
Rebbe Nachman, in the very first teaching of Likutey Moharan, teaches us that there must be a constant connection between wisdom (chochmah) and sovereignty (malchus). When that connection is broken, destruction follows.
In the realm of holiness, chochmah means recognizing that we don't know everything—and more importantly, we're not expected to. That awareness connects us to malchus, expressed through humility and submission: since I know I'm full of desires and negative impulses, I have no right to complain when something is lacking. Instead, I turn to HaShem in prayer, accepting His will and asking sincerely for my needs to be fulfilled.
In contrast, the chochmah of impurity is when a person thinks he knows everything, and heaven forbid anyone should question that! (Just take a look at some university professors…) That arrogance severs them from malchus, and they use their "wisdom" only to feed their cravings. From there, it's a short path to bitterness and complaint—against HaShem, against the tzaddikim, and against the Torah itself.
It's time to stop complaining.
May we merit a true connection between chochmah and malchus—to believe with humility, to accept that we are not perfect and not entitled to anything, and to know that everything is a gift from Heaven.
Shabbat Shalom | 
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