Alter Rebbe – Quotes Terumah

Alter Rebbe Termuh

When we eat, we descend (ultimately we have a desire, our soul, in the food – this is similar to the story that there was a righteous man eating on Shabbos, and the Baal Shem Tov had his disciples form a connection, and they saw that he appeared as an ox with a shtreimel (for he was into it…) conversely when we Daven, we elevate the sparks of food (so in other words, we need to eat, and we need to Daven.)

Similarly, we study Torah, we elevate, hence a business-person must have daily Torah study times.

Alter Rebbe – Parshas Terumah

There are two Tzaddikim, Yosef and Binyamin, the former is called Tzaddik Elyoin – Higher Tzaddik, the latter, Tzaddik Tachtoin – lower Tzaddik.

There are two types of souls, those that come from the level of Yosef, and those who come from the level of Binyamin.

The former are those who draw God spiritually into themselves and others, through the study of Torah; the latter are those who draw God into the world, mainly through charity and Mitzvos – though of-course, they too must study.