T93 PNC - Business in Emunah (Ve'ahavta/Above Time, 2 segs)

Opening teaching: 'All who does business in emunah (faithfulness/integrity) fulfills the positive commandment of Ve'ahavta — And you shall love [Hashem your God]' — which is the root (shoresh) of all positive commandments. As it is written in the Tikkunim (Tikkun 21): on the verse 'And make for me delicacies as I love' (Genesis 27:4), these 'delicacies' are the fulfillment of positive commandments. How does one fulfill the commandment of 'And you shall love'? The Talmud (Yoma 86a) teaches: through conducting business faithfully and honestly — causing others to see and say 'Blessed is so-and-so whose Torah learning brought him to this.'

Furthermore, through doing business in emunah, one ascends to a level that is above time. As the Talmud says (Yoma 86a, conclusion): 'And upon him the verse says: Israel, in whom I will be glorified' (Isaiah 49:3). 'Israel' rose up in thought — as the Sages taught (Bereishit Rabbah, 1): 'Israel rose up in thought (before creation).' To rise up in thought means to transcend time itself. Similarly, doing business with emunah enables one to transcend time and pray with pure intention, undistracted by temporal concerns.