Cutting Off the Supply

To fight evil face-to-face is futile. But we can cut off its supply.

Between good and evil lies a neutral ground, a battlefield—the realm of all things permissible. All supplies to the enemy must pass through this realm. Because evil has no power of its own—it lives entirely off the scraps thrown to it from above.

By taking all that is permissible and using it only for good, honestly and uprightly, with purpose that transcends our own selves, the supply lines are broken.

When every activity of life becomes a way to know G‑d, evil simply withers away and dies.

Tanya, chapter 37.

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RW USA September 7, 2017

One View This as an important step in advancing up one's ladder.

You words are well thought out.

Thank you! Reply

M. Diane August 30, 2017

Rabbi Tzvi! This DD really got my attention this morning and I have been thinking about how this really works day-to-day. Is this the opposite concept from when someone means something to hurt someone but it turns out to be the most tremendous and positive gift they could ever have imagined to give the person they intended to hurt? Is it like if we give a donation of charity to a person or organization meaning it to be used well in service of G-d but it is put to not the most positive uses, (or even negative ones) does the 'wicked' (for lack of a better word) recipient get the benefit of being touched by some holiness due to the fact that the thing received was given in G-d's name and intended as a mitzvah? So that should be a good thing then, right? That It had to flow directly through, and be connected with, G-d's name before getting to any recipient? Reply

Brenda Toronto, Canada August 30, 2017

How To Work With The Supply G_d supplied us with a corrupted nature.
The outcome has generated hatred, conflict and could lead to our ultimate destruction. This is necessary for us to learn how to resemble the Good ourselves.

If we want to live in a good world, we have to correct ourselves to unite as one heart. Then we will resemble the nature of G_d.

Of course it sounds an incredible, impossible act to rise above our nature.

First those who aspire to effort to unite above their nature will realize the method explored by the Kabbalists.

Then all those who once belonged to Abraham's group to form the Jewish nation that lived by the spiritual rule to 'love thy friend as thyself' will reunite as the people of Israel.

Only by forming the this spiritual template, the Light will enter our world and the darkness will disappear so that all humanity will absorb this Light they bring into this corrupted world.

Each has their time & part. The time to act is now. Otherwise we are forced by nuclear war to unite. Reply

Brian Joseph Dallman INDY July 24, 2016

Jacobs Logistics Global trade is closely monitored by inspectored trained to spot and identify shipments that could be a roadblock for the plan G-D has for all of us. Reply

S U.K. August 30, 2017

in response to Brian Joseph Dallman:

Respectfully Brian,

Nothing and no one can prevent HaShem fulfilling His will. Our purpose is to ensure we do likewise and follow only the teaching of the Torah, leaving worldly matters at a great distance as these are futile distractions.

Thank you, for your interesting contribution, I pray we will all be united when Moshiac comes, speedily in our days. Reply

Anonymous Dallas August 6, 2015

This is a extremely wonderful viewpoint! I choose to fully implement it.

Thank you for this perspective! Reply

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