אות - רמז

The Rebbe said: The greater your honor and wealth, the farther you are from them.

When you have only a little money, you can keep it on your person. When you acquire more, you must keep it in a strongbox. It is then more distant from you. When you acquire still more, you must keep it in the bank. It is even farther from you. Acquire still more, and your wealth and investments are scattered in other cities and faraway places. They are even farther away from you.

The more honor and wealth you have, the farther away they are.

Great emperors and kings have very great honor, but it is farthest away of all. The tzar’s subjects sing his anthem here each evening while he sits far away in his palace. The more wordly honor a person has, the farther away it is from him.

But with Torah and good deeds, the more you have, the closer they are to you.