וַיִּירָא֙ וַיֹּאמַ֔ר מַה־נּוֹרָ֖א הַמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה אֵ֣ין זֶ֗ה כִּ֚י אִם־בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְזֶ֖ה שַׁ֥עַר הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃
און ער האָט מוֹרא געהאַט, און האָט געזאָגט: װי מוֹראדיק איז דער דאָזיקער אָרט! דאָס איז ניט אַנדערש װי דאָס הױז פֿון גאָט, און דאָס איז דער טױער פֿון הימל.
Noam Elimelekh
In my humble opinion it appears to relate to the verse “Shaken, he said, ‘How awesome is this place! This is none other than the abode of God, and that is the gateway to heaven.’” At first, the word ayn / this is none other, is superfluous and he should have said “How awesome is this place, this is God’s house.”It appears that the holy Torah is showing us how to conduct one’s service, may God’s name be blessed and exalted. When a person experiences love and enthusiasm in prayer or study and in all that one does for the Blessed Name, it is appropriate to think, who knows if this enthusiasm isn’t a strange fire, God forbidBut if the person’s heart burns again and again, the person can think that perhaps it is God causing this sanctity and enthusiasm because the person is now standing with other righteous ones. The person then will not say that this is the their doing at all and will be very humble and wonder how an ordinary person like me can merit this. And if this continues without stop, one can think truthfully that this is certainly God’s word, that the Blessed Name gave me a gift and hopefully my heart will remain like this all the time. This person will pray constantly to the Blessed Name that God help and guard so as not to fail, God forbid, in any nagging (desire to) sin, that no sin can douse the enthusiastic intensity in the service of the Blessed Creator.