Materialism

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Value 1: Positive Value of Money

  1. Chullin 91a states the the righteous value their wealth more than their bodies.
  2. Having wealth is a precondition for becoming a prophet[1] or a Judge[2].

Value 2: Not an end in itself

  1. Juggler and the king

Yishuv Hadaat

  1. rambam - ability to learn better

In order to serve him better

  1. rambam - that's the reason that hashem gives us physical brachot in the first place
  2. rebbe always had physical success and still swore that he didn't enjoy this world inappropriately
  3. using physicality to serve him better makes the physical into spiritual - b'chol darchecha, rambam s"a

Value 3: Enjoying from Hashem's world

  1. Hashem is going to ask us in the future why we didn't enjoy from his world. rav hirsch on avot 3 about looking at a tree during learning.

Value 4: Sufficiency for the Essentials

  1. Avot - im ein kemach ein torah
  2. Avot - kol torah sheyeshi imo derech eretz . See Parnasa page about the value of parnasa.

How to Balance spirituality and physicality?

Mesilat yesharim - only involving yourself in physicality according to your need and no more.

Being happy with what you have

  1. crucial key to being a happy person. avot. rav dessler.

Sources

  1. ↑ Nedarim 38a. However, the Rambam takes this gemara out of context to say that a navi needs to have a broad mind but not technically wealthy.
  2. ↑ Ketubot 104b
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