אות - שז

Every year, people say that previous years were better and times are not as good as they were before.

The Rebbe spoke to us about this at length. He said that people might say that things were much cheaper in the good old days, but then again, people did not have as much money as they have now. A simple householder, even one living from charity, spends more today than the wealthy of yesteryear.

He said, “ Aderaba. Der Eibershter firt heint sheiner die velt – The opposite is true. God now directs the world better than ever.” 375 See Sichot VeSipurim , p. 212, #33; above, note 192.