חסידות אויף בראשית 43:11

"And the main creation of the world was in the beginning, for the sake of Israel, who are called 'reshit' (first/fruits) (Vayikra Rabbah 36:4). This is explained in the manner of the saying of our Sages (Pesikta de-Rav Kahana 12:21): 'Every day should be in your eyes as new,' meaning that every person, even if he serves the Lord constantly, nevertheless needs to reflect every day on his distance from God, and all his service is as nothing compared to what is required of him. In his eyes, it should be as if he has not yet begun to taste any pleasantness from the Lord, and he should be like a newborn today, starting to serve the Lord. He should gaze and seek to behold the pleasantness of the Lord, and he should pray to the Lord for help to begin and complete his service for Him. He should cry out for the good fortune to see the pleasantness of the Lord, and he should humble his heart greatly for the days and years that have passed over him from the day of his birth without benefiting at all from the pleasantness of the Lord. Moreover, this has greatly impaired him, and a barrier has been created that separates him from his Creator. As a result, he has distanced himself greatly from God. But from now on, let him read and pray to the Lord from a distance through a hint, like the example of a servant who is far from his master and cannot speak to him face to face, requesting his needs and the necessities of his life. Instead, he communicates with him from a distance through a hint, thereby alluding to his master and asking him to grant him his life needs. Similarly, when a person reflects on himself and finds that he is far from God, he should pray to the Lord only through this hint, which is called 'zimmurah.' As the Scripture says (Isaiah 24:16): 'From the ends of the earth we heard zimmurot,' meaning from a distance, we are heard only through hints, specifically using the language of zimmurot. This is called 'reshit,' for every day, in his eyes, is as if it is the beginning of his service to the Lord through the zimmurot. This is what Jacob said to his sons (Genesis 43:11): 'Take of the best fruits of the land,' meaning the aspect of zimmurot, as explained above.

3. Saying of Hallel and giving charity are a segula (special charm) for [having] favor in the eyes of the minister (t.n. The commentators do not provide any citation here, perhaps we can gather a hint from the gift Jacob sent with his sons to Joseph in Egypt, to find favor in his eyes (Gen. 43:11-12). Rabbi Nachman says this was a song of the Holy Land -- Likutay Moharan vol. 2 Torah 63; thus it is an aspect of Hallel. And the money that the authorities take from the Jews is also considered charity -- see Likutay Moharan #25)