"Then I will give you rain in due season"

Synopsis

Rabbi Shimon tells us that anyone who gives charity to the poor constructs the Holy Name.

Correction (Tikun) Holy Name Rain Strength Tikun (Correction) Torah Zeir Anpin

20. "Then I will give you rain in due season" (Vayikra 26:4). Everyone will bestow of his strength upon you. Who are they? The correction you made, OF THE UNISON of the Holy Name, THE UNISON OF STATUTE AND LAW, ZEIR ANPIN AND MALCHUT, SO THAT THEY WILL BESTOW PLENTY UPON YOU. It is similarly written: "and they shall keep the way of Hashem, to do justice and law" (Beresheet 18:19). If it is written: "and they shall keep the way of Hashem," why SHOULD IT SAY, "to do justice (lit. 'charity') and law?" HE ANSWERS: Whoever keeps the ways of the Torah is as if he does charity and law. What are charity and law? They are the Holy One, blessed be He. Rabbi Shimon wept and said: Woe to the people who do not know or care for the glory of their Master, for he who daily constructs the Holy Name is he who gives charity to the poor.

20. וְנָתַתִּי גִשְׁמֵיכֶם בְּעִתָּם וְגוֹ.' כָּל חַד וְחַד, יִתֵּן חֵילָא דִּילֵיהּ עָלַיְיכוּ. מַאן אִינּוּן. הַהוּא תִּקּוּנָא דַּעֲבַדְתּוּן דְּהַהוּא שְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא כְּגַוְונָא דָּא כְּתִיב, וְשָׁמְרוּ דֶּרֶךְ יְיָ' לַעֲשׂוֹת צְדָקָה וּמִשְׁפָּט. וְכִי כֵּיוָן דִּכְתִּיב וְשָׁמְרוּ דֶּרֶךְ יְיָ.' אֲמַאי לַעֲשׂוֹת צְדָקָה וּמִשְׁפָּט. אֶלָּא מַאן דְּנָטִיר אוֹרְחוֹי דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, כִּבְיָכוֹל הוּא עוֹשֶׂה צְדָקָה וּמִשְׁפָּט. וּמַאי צְדָקָה וּמִשְׁפָּט. דָּא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. בָּכָה ר"ש וְאָמַר, וַוי לוֹן לִבְנֵי נָשָׁא, דְּלָא יַדְעִין וְלָא מַשְׁגִּיחִין בִּיקָרָא דְּמָארֵיהוֹן, מַאן עָבֵיד שְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא בְּכָל יוֹמָא, הֲוֵי אֵימָא מַאן דְּיָהִיב צְדָקָה לְמִסְכְּנֵי.