Sublime

We receive sustenance daily from Above. 2. Observing the Sabbath does not cause a decrease in income; indeed, it generates a blessing of income. We now continue to learn our third lesson of the manna, the three levels of bitachon.

From earliest rabbinic times there were such institutions as the tamchui, or mobile kitchen, which distributed food daily to whoever applied,

Our sages say that a person's livelihood is a greater miracle than the splitting of the Red Sea (Pesachim 118a).

IN THE REBBE’S OFT-REPEATED words—paraphrasing the Mishnah408—”hamaaseh hu ha’ikar,” which means that the essential thing is the deed, not abstract study. Otherwise, teachings and words, no matter how beautiful, wise, or aesthetic, are devarim beteilim “empty expressions” and their

The words al yetze ish mimekomo bayom hashevi’i (Ex. 16:29) are not to be taken as a command: “No one should leave their place on the seventh day,” but rather as a blessing: “No one will have need to depart from their home in search of food” [since a double portion will arrive on Friday].

In a very real sense, the covenant is vulnerable to history and must be ratified again and again. The holiday of Shavuot is the response to these concerns. Shavuot celebrates and renews the covenant of the Jewish people.

In private encounters and public addresses,410 the Rebbe emphasized that only through countering default cynicism and actively embracing educated optimism can we see the true import of our lives and move toward reaching our highest potential.

The strength to yield The willingness to hold our judgments lightly

Speaking instead of striking is putting request and faith above force. Because these sins were not rectified, our task now is to toil in perpetual perplexity, trying to create our own space of pure permission, understanding, and peace. This is only achieved by finding the good, by learning, and by strengthening our emunah, drawing ourselves closer