In a previous post we explained how Avraham Avinu tapped into the Midah of Kol (everything) in order to attain satisfaction in life. Attaining this attribute means that I have exactly what I need and anything else is as if it doesn't even exist.
With this is mind we can explain an interesting Medrash. The Passuk says ואברהם זקן that claims that Avraham lived to a long life in the merit of כל, which is a reference to the Mitzvah of giving Ma'aser. This is because the Passuk says, ויתן לו עשר מכל, And you shall give him tithes from כל, from everything.
There is an interesting Israeli statistical phenomenon that poorer, Torah based communities give a collective amount of charity that exponentially surpasses richer business communities. The explanation is obvious. If I believe in Hashem and I know that He commands me to give Ma'aser and Tzedakah, then I have no problems parting with my money. The money that I'm commanded to give away isn't even mine! I'm just holding on to it until the proper recipient comes around. This is essentially the Midah of כל that we have been describing. When the Passuk says, ויתן לו עשר מכל it means that the driving force behind your Giving of Ma'aser will be your inner connection to כל.
This is also could be the meaning of the Bracha that we say in the morning: שעשה לי כל צרכי - You have made for me everything that I need. Alternatively we can read these words to mean "You have given me 'כל', You have filled my heart with inner peace. And that's the only thing I really need."
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