Chasidut for Bava Kamma 33:14
היתה מבעטת או שהיו צרורות מנתזין מתחת רגליה ושברה את הכלים משלם חצי נזק דרסה על הכלי ושברתו ונפל על כלי ושברו על הראשון משלם נזק שלם ועל האחרון משלם חצי נזק
as it is said: <i>Blessed are ye that sow</i> … Now, sowing [in this connection] signifies 'charity', as stated, <i>Sow to yourselves in charity, reap in kindness</i>;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hos X, 12. ');"><sup>11</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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