Giving the same amount multiple times has 3 benefits - Igeres HaKodesh 21- Rabbi Chaim Dalfin

so good day we're learning the a new chapter today it'ses in the fourth section of Tanya called sacred letters page K gim it's letter 21 that's an acronym for after receiving regards okay disas literally means to to be doish to request shom peace so simple English it means after receiving your regards or may or could mean after I'm seeking your peacefulness it's it's an opening to a to a letter like the the ruling to those that love his name who is called in the T the lover of the name of God AB your name sake AB is called the lover of hasem so the AL addresses his people is as you'll see soon with this endearing term you you are you're the lovers of God's name and it's it's interesting that he uses this it's because he's going to talk here about Sid which is the attribute of abam so he employs [Music] verage that denotes love oh the lovers of God's name let's [Music] continue and who is this letter written to to those amongst the nation that are M that are generous that that donate from the word to do the righteousness of hasem of God with hashem's Holy Land ER is how do they do how do these lovers of God's name do righteousness by giving yearly by giving yearly a designated amount of money to ER in particular toad was the alter Fund in eres the same K that exists today it's that K that started roughly 1788 so he's talk he's writing this to his in Russia and he calls them lovers of God's name by doing kindness and for the Jews and AR Isel by giving yearly a certain amount that's what it says the fourth line it is upon you upon them that my words my words another beautiful phrase and should drip like do what should drip like Drew IMI my saying and this a very endearing way with the Abal the AL talks this you're all making yearly donations to the to help for the Jews in and therefore the words I'm going to address should drip towards you should impact you okay here you see the word alacrity and to support the weak hands in the giving of money to every week says fellas you're doing wonderful that you're giving yearly your donations but that is not enough that shows that there's some weakness Y is an expression weak hands why because you're not giving weekly you're only giving yearly you know I I I I I prepared this this letter it's so real in in our life you come to a person he says I made my yearly pledge like you know the Federation in America you have your yearly pledge says thank you very much it's not enough it's not enough and is going to suggest another way of giving which he feels is better and this is a very important lesson for us today so he says so he says the ultimate would be would be to give each week mha instead of once a year the same amount of money he's not talking about a different amount you're going to give a $100 break it up by weeks not by the year then he says if that's too much at least once a month you can't do it every week it's too much accounting for you you're running all over you're busy you get fished then do it at least each each month in other words take the amount that you designated for the for the year and divide it by 12 months that's what he says all the money of you holy ones which ascended on your heart on the heart of man referring to his when you make a pledge it needs to be without making a vow the I'm particular if I'm able to when I get called to the T and I make a a pledge to give Saka for the alyah I say B NE under my own quietly because once you say I'm giving so and so and you don't say B in terms simply speaking it's a NE it's a promise and you're not allow to break a promise if you say B then it's less of an issue you shouldn't break you shouldn't break your words because there's another issue called but the question is whether it's in terms a NE a pledge is a Nether and a nether is binding if you say Bel you avoid The Binding aspect okay so says you made a pledge B without taking a vow to support to sustain our brothers s who sit in every year so he says take that amount of your pledge of your of your of youra and give it at least monthly rather than yearly that's what he says till now here now the question is H why what's the difference between giving $100 once a month once a year or giving $100 12 months 10 months seems to be the same question before that yes where are we oh want to pay okay and we are about seven eight lines down from the beginning after the period again but my page Nation might be different than yours you have to look for you got that so go down six seven eight lines there's a you have it so now Al now the question is why Al why he's he's coming up this a new demand imagine you're you're own B shees and and the AL sends you a letter you get in the mail a letter or comes and M comes and says I have a message from the Al and he says he thanks you for your yearly donation but he wants you to give it monthly he wants you to give it each week break it up some people will say it's easier once a once most people say once a year it's easier I don't have the the mindset to so the question is why does he why does he say this listen to what he says in addition to the to the fact that's that it's known the first thing is ality if you push it off for once a year then you're missing the aspect of laity you're very very organized once a year I'm going to give in that means what you're doing is you're not doing the Mitzvah with you're doing the Mitzvah like bus an accountant you're very organized very nice but the aspect of Z is is missing and the AL is now going to teach us that zus is a is Anar when doing a Mitzvah you hear that when doing a Mitzvah procrastination is surely not acceptable but even even just in an organized way if you there's no Z there it's lacking something and how do we know that let's continue because it's known the how important we know about the importance of when it comes to all which is mentioned and repeated in the words of a person should always pre preced the Mitzvah in other words rush to the Mitzvah that's why we get up early in the morning the me start 7 and you're in 6:30 you know you you're always doing that's what say it was theity of not the ACT hear this not the the act that he brought as a sacrifice but it was this it was how he did it that is the key he look what he says he the the ality stands for us in good instead that for us and our children forever because the The Binding itself it's not considered such a great test for a you're talking about a heavyweight a b the heavy weight hasem says bring your son he's ready I you're my God makes sense doesn't make sense so for the act itself to listen is not a big M neish that's what he says right here let's go further spoke to him take your only son says look at this line many many holy people who weren't as holy as that we see they had self sacrifice they gave away their life for the sancity of God every soldier in that we lost had self-sacrificed are you going to go say that the soldiers are on a simple level as holy as simp people I know what you know what I'm saying but yet everyone had Mish same Mish so if if you're talking Al's Point here is if you're talking about the act itself of of of bringing the son listening to God it's not the biggest m it's not the others others do it as well that's what he says here so what what was A's greatness why do we talk about he did it with wondrous alacrity because he wanted to show his happiness and his willingness to fulfill the will of of his creator next page page 266 and to bring pleasure to his creator and from our sages derive to fulfill all MIT generally speaking and act which is above and beyond allz which protects us its fruit are in this light in this world meaning from all kinds of punishments that are very difficult and emotional all that as it says and a emphasized the Reus so that's the that's unbelievable words the of the is not the ACT it's the way he did the act with joy in other words he could have brought his son y as a Caron right God says bring him as a bring him aada but he does it but he he's crying his his eyes out and he doesn't you know you know when you have have to go to a court case you have to go here you have to go there that you don't like you sleap your feet and you find excuses and you wake up late and you try whatever mentally it's like I don't want to do this AB should have done that with he's going to do it I'm going to bring him at the end to the to the binding but I'm going to drag my feet no he gets up early as though he's doing the happiest things in his life that's the so the AL says that the idea of idea of which is right stck save us from death protects us all the virtues that say about s it's all epitomized through zus and giving s and that's why it says I want you to give weekly if not weekly monthly cuz that shows that you're eager you're eager not like it's a um it's a a weight it's Weighing on you and you know you have to do it because you have to give your your participation to the poor people next Ro so you put it into the budget but you rather not and even if you do but it's like you know with a cut we say with a you know with a coldness with an apathy says so that's his explanation his first there me three points over here but that's his first explanation why he wants you rather to give your same donation that you gave yearly to give it at least monthly and if and Best Yet to give it weekly let's continue if says not only the say saves saves one for death needless to save from torture pain suffering agne him that are easier than death also helps with that so therefore it is best for us in this physical world to preface to preedee to to rush the giving it's very logical he says you know say a man is judged every day that means every day that we're judged and it could be the decision is you did something wrong I want you to have a a toothache a week from now you did something wrong I want you to have a body it's not once a year no no that's that's one idea and then say so that means every day you judge every day you need to have should protect you from death to protect you from from Agony suffering and pain so so theity of a I'm sorry the theity that we learn from a is is is helpful to this in to this issue and this is his first explanation of just of of explaining why he wants us to give the donation the same amount but monthly at best weekly next Point says another reason why I want you to do it this way because we find a great virtuous benefit by giving it's a wond is beyond any any reasoning you got to train yourself to give a a lot of times by putting in every week that dollar or that $10 whatever every week you train yourself you get into the habit of giving okay so the first point was what we callus the second point is you can call it the habit he says right don't give it all at once the amount is the same so we're emphasizing say the multiplicity the RO and it's true when you train yourself and you you know every every week to give to give you know and I I want to say I think uh I foret who one of the few of the don't spoke about you know the I think my show mentioned the same um whatever you come to sh and the same people from their perspective that's their issue but what you do by giving every time you're training yourself to give okay some so if it happens to be the same people it happens to be the same people but if you look at what you're accomplishing is the so says that's why I want you to give it the same amount but give it multiple times versus giving it all at once that's Point number two now we're going to get into Point number three says it's based on the second point is based on the say in addition to the fact that explains itself very well to refine your soul by make by making a habit of giving you get used to it which refines your soul to be giving right says in addition to the's explanation says I'll show you there's an open verse which speaks about which instructs us to do it this way it says the the impact and the is to draw down superal life from the living King the infinite God to the land of life this is the of our strength upon which it says you shall sustain en liven everything and this is the Su of David that fell all the way down that means the destruction of the earth we were exiled to why when you accustom yourself to give more and more often to to enliven the spirit of the downtrodden the who don't have anything so what you causes you cause a reciprocal effect that is a awakened and and this is true for any poor person especially says it's true when your generosity is for the yeen living in who are poor in land of Life whoever will think about this will find good reason and and understanding how how how it's supported by the words of quotes the previous idea of giving in a mul times the act of Charity that is done by doing the same thing over and over because he draw down this what's called superal life to to make the right many times I just want to finish and I'll explain this is similar this is similar he says this similar to what the ra writes his reason for giving multiple times is he says to refine the soul as it's know from look at top of page next page the divine presence is called soul is our life and our soul it says he spreads the theer other words brings the to erect it from the dust from the sand so it seems like that the third reason is associated with mhia that's what I understand from this third reason why should you give the same amount multiple times is because it brings this every time you do it which hes Masia that's what I take out of this long last paragraph the in other words like this the ram the rambam writes you should give multiple times it says he writes the words to refine your soul now that means is if you're in the habit of of giving you become more of a mench you're giving away from yourself you're you're less selfish right that's the simple explanation of the Ramba the AL takes his the same concept and first he looks at it cabalistic and cabalistic speaks about the concept of that the idea of the impact of brings life what life the superal life and you make a with the life here and all of that hello