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Re'eh: Quantity Over Quality in Ruchnius

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Parasa is speaking about the concept that the Rambam teaches that Hamasaki Hama says that it's more worthy to give a hundred people a dollar each and to give one person $100. So on the Rashi says the Rambam and the mission says that my will not be achieved in accordance with how great an act is only in accordance with how many times you do it. Basically is quantity over quality which is very big. It's a very big kadosh. It's better to give a hundred an a dollar each than to give one an $100. Why the Rambam says because it's not only about result. It's also about overcoming your nature and acquiring the habit and the practice of doing the good deed. So if you only overcame your sahara one time and you gave a hundred bucks, it required great kavishas hayets and you did an act of superhuman uh um generosity but nevertheless you only did it once. So it's not necessarily part of your nature. However, if you gave a 100 times now you've sort of so so to speak programmed yourself. You've acquired the habit of regular routine giving. Says You've accustomed yourself to battle the 100 times and now it becomes easier to overcome him and the hashist. So first of all it will now become easier to overcome the number two giving sedaka will uh become second nature because you train you've trained yourself to do this anyway wants to read this into the following it says into familiar with That is if you disperse your to many then you are vouched safe that your righteousness will stand forever and that you will always preserve and maintain this because you've come accustomed to it. In other words, the ring the like this if you're meaning you're constantly distributing and dispersing your money, then you could be assured that your righteousness will last forever because this is clearly not just a one-time uh deed. This is something that became second nature to you. So you're assured you'll you'll do it many times and uh you'll be guaranteed of your reward in Haba. Have a great rest of the day and agon chabis.