“Thou shalt open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy.’ With these words, God calls you to your loveliest, most God-like task, calls upon you to become a blessing with all He gives you, a blessing to those around you. … Everything sustains and is sustained, everything takes and gives and receives a thousandfold in giving — for it receives life instead of mere existence."
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Hirsch Haggada
Horeb Ch. 88 Tzedaka and Gemilus Chasadim
“It is not how much or how little you have that makes you great or small, but how much or how little you are with what you have, how much or how little you utilize what has been lent to you for action in the service of God — that is it which makes you great or small."
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Horeb: Taavah Covetousness, Ch. 13
“ ‘Love,’ say the Sages, ‘love which supports and is supported in turn’ — that is the character of the universe.”
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Horeb: Taavah Covetousness, Ch. 13
“What you want is not to collect around yourself the greatest possible circle of possessions, but to make yourself a centre from which as large as possible a collection of works pleasing to God streams forth."
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Ta'avah vs. Ahava Are you a Black Hole or a Font of Blessing
“Young men and young women of Israel! Let the consciousness of your mission penetrate you through and through! …Live in God’s creation as brothers and sisters of the greatest as of the smallest, all like you, you like all, called upon to be servants of the One and Only. …Then will the rolling thunder, the effulgent sun, the blade of grass that nods to you as you walk, the breeze that fans you as it passes, greet you and remind you of your task."
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Hirsch Horeb Ch5: Self Appraisal
LONG Self-Appraisal Companion to Horeb, Ch. 5 | Sefaria Source Sheet Builder
SHORT Self-Appraisal Companion to Horeb, Ch. 5 | Sefaria Source Sheet Builder