Chasidut for Berakhot 62:8
משל למה הדבר דומה למלך בשר ודם שעשה סעודה לעבדיו בא עני אחד ועמד על הפתח אמר להם תנו לי פרוסה אחת ולא השגיחו עליו דחק ונכנס אצל המלך א"ל אדוני המלך מכל סעודה שעשית קשה בעיניך ליתן לי פרוסה אחת:
A parable : To what is the matter like ? To a human king who made a feast for his servants. A poor man came and stood at the entrance and said to them, "Give me a morsel of bread" ; but they took no notice of him. He pushed his way through and entered the presence of the king, exclaiming, "My lord, the king ! From all the feast which thou hast made, is it hard in thine eyes to spare me a morsel of bread ?"
Chovat HaTalmidim
And truly why should dear friends be haughty towards one another? Why not recognize yourselves and your friends as pure angels - the hosts of God - whom He has sent to this world, to conquer it for His sake? See that the God of the heavens and earth is called the Lord of hosts - meaning the Lord of armies. And what armies does the Holy One, blessed be He, have in this world? Channah hinted to this in her prayer (that used this name of God). And the Sages, may their memory be blessed, said (Berakhot 31b) that with this name, she intended to say, "Master of the world, from all of the many armies You have created in Your world, is it difficult in Your eyes to give me one child?" We can already see everything from this.
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