From Where Does the Money Come?
The Zohar states: Whoever the Holy One, Blessed be He, loves—He sends him a gift (Doron)! Dorona! The Zohar asks, what is this Dorona (gift)? He sends him a person in need!
What is the origin of money? Where does money come from?
What are the Hebrew letters that precede the letters of the word Keseph (כסף - money)?
Before Kaf (כ)—which letter comes first? Yod (י).
That is the Yod of the word "Ani" (עני - poor person).
Before Samekh (ס)—comes Nun (נ). That is the Nun of "Ani".
Before Pei (פ)—comes Ayin (ע). That is the Ayin of "Ani".
Do you see?
The origin of the letters of Keseph (money)—how do they arrive?
It comes through the poor person!
Torah scholars often have nothing to eat.
One supports them—they study Torah, and they are also poor.
You come and give them food.
I am not saying you must give to literally every poor person [without discretion].
A person who is able—who knows that this is truly a needy person—
Ah! What a merit that is!
Especially if he studies Torah, that is an even greater merit.
But one must support [them].
The Holy One, Blessed be He, gave him wealth—after all, it is merely a deposit entrusted in his hands.
Now, in honor of the month of Elul, it is a beautiful gift
when a person merits to give charity! Charity!
What a great merit this is!
The greatest merit in the world!
This is something a person should actively pursue.
It is an immense merit!
The Zohar states: Whoever the Holy One, Blessed be He, loves—He sends him a gift (Doron)!
Dorona!
The Zohar asks, what is this (gift)?
He sends him a person in need!
A present!
It saves him!
It saves him!
He gives him a person who is in need.
Look at that! What... what a merit this is!