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The following is from the new translation of RSRH's commentary on Chumash
Bereishis on 32: <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=4><b>25
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><i>Ya’akov was left alone,
and someone wrestled with him until the break of day.<br><br>
</i></b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>According to our
Sages, </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><i>nistyar al pachim
k'tanim </i>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><i>Chullin
</i></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>91a): After he<br>
brought everything across, he returned to see whether something had<br>
been forgotten. And to this they add:
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><i>mekan l'tzadikim
shechaviv</i> alayhem <br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>m'monom yoser m'goofom v'kol
kach lamah l'fee sheain poshtin yadeihen b'gezel (ibid.).<br><br>
Property that a righteous person acquires honestly — even<br>
something of the slightest value — is sacred in his sight. He will
not<br>
squander it or allow it to go to waste, and he is held responsible for
its<br>
proper use. A vast sum is like a shoelace to him, when he gives up
this<br>
sum for the sake of a good cause; but a shoelace is like a vast sum
to<br>
him, if it is about to be wasted for no reason or purpose. A person
who<br>
is not </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><i>poshat</i>
<i>yado b'gezel</i></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>, who
calls his own </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><i>only
</i></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>what he has acquired
through<br>
honest
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><i>effort</i></font>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>, will see the graces of God’s
providence in every possession<br>
that he acquires; everything that he owns — even the very smallest<br>
possession — has come to him through honest sweat and toil and<br>
through God’s blessing, and hence is of inestimable value.<br>
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