Editing And All Delicacies Will Be Common as Dust (section)

== Nature of the Promise ==
The reason that in the redemption material abundance and tranquility of soul and body will be given is so that people will be able to engage solely in the study and contemplation of Torah, particularly since new aspects of Torah that did not exist before (called "new Torah") will be revealed in the future. As the Rambam explains in the previous law: "The Sages of all generations did not desire the days of Moshiach neither for dominion that Israel would then have over the entire world, nor to eat, drink and rejoice, but in order to be free for Torah study," since there will be complete material abundance without the need for work and physical exertion on the part of man.

The Rebbe adds that this promise also indicates that spirituality will permeate the world so thoroughly that the physical world will be refined, and therefore it too will be materially perfect.

In another place, the Rebbe explains that the reason why delicacies will be common as dust throughout the entire world is precisely because no one will be interested in materiality and physical delicacies, as they will be occupied and immersed in spiritual delicacies and the lofty revelations that will be revealed in the days of Moshiach, as it is written about that time: "the only occupation of the entire world will be solely to know Hashem." A hint to this is that it says "as dust" - just as dust has no value (in addition to being abundantly available), so too physical delicacies will not be considered valuable in the future era.