With a whole heart and a willing soul
With great sincerity. With true willingness and without doubts.
("And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing soul, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every inclination of thought" – I Chronicles 28:9 (David to his son Solomon); and likewise: "God is a judge… and in His wisdom He created His world and prepared it, and afterward He created man and brought him into the world, and He created him only so that he would serve Him with a whole heart" – Tanna Devei Eliyahu I; and likewise: "And the woman left her husband’s house with thoughts of repentance in her heart. She accepted upon herself the corrections of repentance and returned to the Lord with a whole heart. And He who sits in heaven, who does not desire the death of the wicked but rather that he return from his way, accepted her repentance as well" – Mordechai ben Yechezkel, Sefer HaMa’asiyot, Part Four, Ma‘aseh Adam, 142)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בְּלֵבָב שָׁלֵם, בְּלֵב שָׁלֵם וּבְנֶפֶשׁ חֲפֵצָה
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּכֵנוּת רַבָּה. בְּרָצוֹן אֲמִתִּי וּלְלֹא סְפֵקוֹת.
("וְאַתָּה שְׁלֹמֹה בְנִי דַּע אֶת אֱלֹהֵי אָבִיךָ וְעָבְדֵהוּ בְּלֵב שָׁלֵם וּבְנֶפֶשׁ חֲפֵצָה כִּי כָל לְבָבוֹת דּוֹרֵשׁ ה' וְכָל יֵצֶר מַחֲשָׁבוֹת מֵבִין"- דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים א כֹּחַ ט (דָּוִד לִבְנוֹ שְׁלֹמֹה), וְכֵן:"אֱלֹהִים דַּיָּן הוּא, ...וּבִתְבוּנָתוֹ בָּרָא עוֹלָמוֹ וְהֵכִינוּ, וְאַחַר כָּךְ בָּרָא אֶת הָאָדָם וְהֵבִיאוּ לָעוֹלָם, וְלֹא בְּרָאוֹ אֶלָּא עַל מְנַת שִׁעְבַּדְנוּ בְּלֵבָב שָׁלֵם"- תַּנָּא דְּבֵי אֵלִיָּהוּ א, וְכֵן: "וְהָאִשָּׁה יָצְאָה מִבֵּית בַּעְלָהּ וּבְלִבָּהּ הִרְהוּרֵי תְּשׁוּבָה. וּתְקַבֵּל עַל עַצְמָהּ תְּקוּנֵי תְּשׁוּבָה, וַחֲזָרָה אֶל ה' בְּלֵב שָׁלֵם. וְהַיּוֹשֵׁב בַּשָּׁמַיִם, שֶׁאֵינוֹ חָפֵץ בְּמוֹת הָרֶשַׁע, כִּי אִם בְּשׁוּבוֹ מִדַּרְכּוֹ, קִבֵּל גַּם אֶת תְּשׁוּבָתָהּ"- מָרְדְּכַי בֶּן יְחֶזְקֵאל/ סֵפֶר הַמַּעֲשִׂיּוֹת חֵלֶק רְבִיעִי, מַעֲשֵׂה אָדָם, 142)