The Benefits of Achdus

The Benefits of Achdus:

We also find that we can merit an abundance of goodness and blessing through the power of achdus.

The Kobriner Rebbe zy”a learns this from the pasuk in Tehillim (116:10): “He’emanti ki adaber.” (I believed so I spoke.) He says that “emunah” can mean dragging something down from above. Thus, the pasuk can be understood as saying that through the power of holy speech said by a united group of people, one can drag down all types of blessing from above.

Similarly, Yaakov Avinu told his sons (Bereishis 49:1): “H’asfi v’agida lachem.” (Gather and I will tell you.) Rav Osher Yeshaya of Ropshitz zy”a (quoted in Ohr Yesha, Parshas Vayechi) explains that “agidah” can mean to drag down (as in the expression “gud agid”). The pasuk is saying that through achdus one can drag down all of his needs from above.