Example: Food with a Soul
Hama'aseh Hu Haikar | May 07, 2025
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Example: Food with a Soul

Hama'aseh Hu Haikar | June 27, 2025

Take eating for example: In addition to eating for the sake of Heaven, i.e., in order to have the strength to serve Hashem, we should also be aware that the strength that we obtain from the food stems from the sparks of G-dliness within that food.

ABSOLUTE HASHGACHAH PRATIS

In a more general sense, this means: We should contemplate how every detail of this world, each human being and all the paths he takes, are being created anew each and every moment by Hashem – and He watches over all of His creation, orchestrating every minutest detail.

PERCEIVE THE DIVINE IN EVERYTHING

We should seek the knowledge of Hashem from each particular matter in which we involve ourselves. This is similar to the directive of the Ba’al Shem Tov, that “from everything we hear or see (even the minutest detail), we should take a lesson for our divine service.”

Take eating for example: In addition to eating for the sake of Heaven, i.e., in order to have the strength to serve Hashem, we should also be aware that the strength that we obtain from the food stems from the sparks of G-dliness within that food.

ABSOLUTE HASHGACHAH PRATIS

In a more general sense, this means: We should contemplate how every detail of this world, each human being and all the paths he takes, are being created anew each and every moment by Hashem – and He watches over all of His creation, orchestrating every minutest detail.

PERCEIVE THE DIVINE IN EVERYTHING

We should seek the knowledge of Hashem from each particular matter in which we involve ourselves. This is similar to the directive of the Ba’al Shem Tov, that “from everything we hear or see (even the minutest detail), we should take a lesson for our divine service.”

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