וְאֶת־רוּחִ֖י אֶתֵּ֣ן בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם וְעָשִׂ֗יתִי אֵ֤ת אֲשֶׁר־בְּחֻקַּי֙ תֵּלֵ֔כוּ וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֥י תִּשְׁמְר֖וּ וַעֲשִׂיתֶֽם׃
И Я вложу Свой дух в тебя и заставлю тебя ходить по Моим уставам, и ты будешь соблюдать Мои таинства и исполнять их.
Mevo HaShearim
The holy Besht remarked: If one who learns the talmudic laws of bartering animals is considered to be great before God, how much more so one who actually barters and engages in other business activities according to the regulations of the Torah must be great before Him.332This line is intriguing in light of R. Shapiro’s discussion below, in Chapters 9 and 10, of the challenges of the working-class hasid, and the need to reinstitute the kest system. Long ago our holy masters informed us that such would be the messianic revelation and form of avodah: “For in this world, My spirit spread in only one limb (that is, the intellect, according to the commentators), but in the future it will do so in the whole body; as it says ‘and I will place My spirit in your midst.’(Ezek. 36) [Genesis Rabbah 26:6]. Since the Besht’s revelation is the beginning of the shining rays of the Messiah, its sanctification inheres in the entire body and all physicality, and not just in the intellect and kavannot.