When someone becomes spiritually healthier he automatically becomes physically healthier

20 Shevat, 5716 (1956)


When someone becomes spiritually healthier he automatically becomes physically healthier as well, for Jews are "the one nation on earth,"
which is to say that wherever they are, they implement the concept of oneness, and included in that is the conception of the overall unity of matter and spirit, body and soul.

This, too, is one of the explanations of the philosophical system of the Baal Shem Tov, that of serving G-d joyfully together with the body - not by afflicting the body, but by using the body as an active partner in one's Divine service.

We readily observe that when the body is healthy - understandably, in a Jewish manner, by eating kosher foods, etc. - the body does not hinder the study of Torah and performance of mitzvos, should the person truly desire to do so.

According to the well-known saying of our Sages, of blessed memory, regarding achieving peace between body and soul, and within the soul as
well: peace between the Divine soul and the animal soul, this peace also leads to peace in one's own immediate and close surroundings, as well as to peace in distant places, and ultimately to world peace.

All the above leads to the true state of peace that will take place with Moshiach's arrival, concerning which time the prophet Isaiah states:
"Nation will not lift sword against nation, and they will study warfare no more." ...