Hayom Yom 27 Teves - Jewish materiality, is spirituality
The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Rabbi Yosef Katzman
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רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן אָמַר
The Alter Rebbe declared:
אִידִישׁעֶ גַּשְׁמִיּוּת אִיז רוּחָנִיוּת
The material [concerns] of a Jew are [in truth] spiritual.
דעֶר אוֹיבּעֶרשׁטעֶר גִיט אוּנז גַּשְׁמִיּוּת, מִיר זאָלן דעֶרפוּן מאַכעֶן רוּחָנִיּוּת
G‑d gives us material things in order that we transform them into spirituality.
אַמאָל אַז עֶס אִיז לְרֶגַע נִיט אַזוֹי
As for those times when this is briefly not the case [i.e., when G-d does not bestow bountiful material blessings],
דאַרפעֶן געֶבּעֶן דעֶם אוֹיבּעֶרשׁטעֶן אֲפִילוּ מִנְחַת עָנִי גִיט עֶר אַ פוּלעֶ
we must give Him even a poor man’s offering. In response, G‑d grants ample blessings.
Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English