חסידות אויף משלי 15:15

"All the days of poverty are wretched" (Proverbs 15:15) -- In light of what our Sages of blessed memory taught (Nedarim 41a), "Poverty means nothing but a lack of wisdom", this verse means the following: "All the days of poverty" - this is lack of wisdom - "are wretched" - meaning, your prayer and your learning are nothing to the Blessed One, because they are lacking in awe and in love, and they do not fly upwards (cf. Tikkunei Hazohar 10). On this verse, the Talmud (Bava Batra 146a) questions - but what about Shabbat and festivals? Surely on these days every person is aroused from above, and prays in a state of attunement. The answer is given that there is a change of habit, which causes wretchedness: you see yourself praying with attunement and are filled with pride and grandeur. Seeing yourself rise to this high level, even so, there is wretchedness since "a change of habit leads to sickness of the bowels" - the evil urge only acts during eating and drinking (Zohar 1:110a), and in this sense, you are filled with pride. This is evident to those who can understand.

It states in Proverbs,²¹⁵Proverbs 15:15 “All the days of the poor are bad.” This may be understood in accordance with what our sages, of blessed memory, stated,²¹⁶Talmud Bavli, Nedarim 41a “There is no one poorer than a person who lacks knowledge of HaShem-Da’at.”²¹⁷Which as previously mentioned in section 98 is a term of adhesion and bonding, Dveikut. We may therefore understand the verse in Proverbs to mean, “All the days of a person who is poor in the knowledge of HaShem-Da’at are bad.” That is, HaShem, blessed is He, takes no notice of his prayer and Torah study, for certainly they lack love of HaShem and fear of HaShem, and thus do not ascend to HaShem above.²¹⁸Tikkunei Zohar 10:25b