Are You Holier Than a Neshamah?
Tzedakah & chesedShabbos & Yom Tov
The Sanzer Rav, the Divrei Chaim, once asked a guest who had come to spend an uplifting Shabbos in Sanz where he was staying and what he was eating. “Is that what I came to Sanz for?” the chassid retorted in disbelief. “To sleep, eat and drink?”
The Divrei Chaim replied, “Are you any better than the neshamah? Do you think you are greater than your soul? The soul comes down to this world for one purpose only, to serve her Creator. And still, if she is not given the food, drink and sleep she needs to live, she will leave the body and go.”