Chasidut for Bava Kamma 33:9
שנאמר אשריכם זורעי ואין זריעה אלא צדקה שנאמר (הושע י, יב) זרעו לכם לצדקה וקצרו לפי חסד ואין מים אלא תורה שנאמר (ישעיהו נה, א) הוי כל צמא לכו למים
Then he said to us: Even if sometimes we also say. 'He fulfilled [the law] …' we never say. 'He expounded [the law] …' But did not the Master say: The importance of the study of the law is enhanced by the fact that the study of the law is conducive to [the] practice [of the law]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Meg. 27a; Kid. 40b; thus indicating that the practice of the law is superior to its study. ');"><sup>7</sup></span>
Kedushat Levi
Numbers 11,7. “and the manna was like coriander seed;” when a person gives charity to a poor person he is turned into a משפיע, a dispenser of largesse. Our sages in Vayikra Rabbah 34,8 have taught that contrary to common belief, the recipient of the handout does more for the donor than the donor has done for him. If this is true, the poor man himself is also a dispenser of largesse, as he bestows spiritual merit whereas the wealthy man giving him a handout had only provided physical sustenance.
This parable while true, does not hold true when the dispenser of the manna is the Creator, Who by His very nature dispenses spiritual food at the same time as He hands out the manna. Doing tzedakah, performing charitable deeds, is equivalent to planting a seed in the ground which will provide others with sustenance in the future, something that we already learned from Avraham in Genesis 22,33 when he planted an orchard.
This parable while true, does not hold true when the dispenser of the manna is the Creator, Who by His very nature dispenses spiritual food at the same time as He hands out the manna. Doing tzedakah, performing charitable deeds, is equivalent to planting a seed in the ground which will provide others with sustenance in the future, something that we already learned from Avraham in Genesis 22,33 when he planted an orchard.
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