Food and Spiritual Issues
Food and Spiritual Issues
A person's table (when kosher: with a bracha before eating and with Birkat Hamazon)—purifies him of all his transgressions and annuls decrees, because the table is like an Altar;
A person's table provides a livelihood, and Above, he is inscribed for good;
Leave some of what you have eaten, so that the bracha of G-d may descend upon your food;
Why did the Jewish people deserve to be destroyed on Purim? Because they enjoyed the non-kosher feast of King Achashverosh;
One does not drink water in front of a large number of people;
A person sings when he drinks, not when he eats, because the Jewish people sang at the well, not over the manna;
Fish awaken the desire for marital intimacy;
Through Birkat Hamazon, Hashem becomes known to the world;
Through Birkat Hamazon, states refrain from war;
If a person does not taste the flavor of food, G-d has departed from him;
The food of tzadikim is more significant than their marital intimacy and sacrifices;
Fatty fish are in the merit of sacrifices;
When a dog bites a person, it means that G-d's Mercy does not extend to him, and it is clear that he has eaten forbidden food;
Whoever does not eat forbidden food is protected from predators;
Because of his attraction to food, a person loves one son more than another;
The initial letters of the words “Go, eat my bread and drink the wine” (Proverbs 9:5) in Hebrew וּשְׁתו בְלַחֲמִי לַחֲמוּ לְכוּ - form the word “lulav” - לוּלָב.
Through fulfilling the mitzvah of the Four Species and the mitzvah of Sukkah, a person merits food, drink, clothing, and vitality for the soul:
Food—through the lulav and etrog, since they bear fruit (that is, they are types of food);
Drink—through willows (hadasa) growing beside a stream;
Clothing—through the Sukkah: “When I made the cloud its garment”;
Vitality—through the myrtle;
(Rabbi Nachman of Breslov—“Sefer HaMiddot”)
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