Parshas Bechukosai How to Use This World

Understanding the Blessing of Physical Abundance

Parshas Bechukosai begins with, “If you will follow My decrees and observe My commandments and perform them, then I will provide your rains in their time.” When one leads a life of exertion in Torah and doing Hashem’s will, there is a guarantee from Hashem that the physical side of life is improved as well. Through the power of the holy Torah, which is rooted in the highest realms, there is shefa (Heavenly abundance) poured down onto the world, which improves even the most physical needs – the rain specifically, and all physical aspects of life in general.

Let us understand what the blessing of physical shefa (abundance) is.