שְֽׂאוּ־זִ֭מְרָה וּתְנוּ־תֹ֑ף כִּנּ֖וֹר נָעִ֣ים עִם־נָֽבֶל׃
Kumandangkanlah nyanyian dan bunyikanlah rebana, kecapi yang merdu beserta gambus.
Likutei Moharan
To draw down full and complete providence is impossible until you have broken the lust for money. And breaking it is through “tzedaka”.
Likutei Moharan
For it says in the Zohar (Pinchas 224) “A spirit/wind comes down to cool the heat of the heart, and when the spirit comes down, the heart receives it with the joy of the melody of the Levites.”
Likutei Moharan
“Spirit/wind”—this is of the aspect of tzedaka, which is the spirit of generosity, through which the heat of the lust for money is cooled. And this is of the aspect of (Tehilim 76) (He will) contain the spirit of the powerful”—that the spirit diminishes the lust for power and money.