כֹּל נְדִיב לִבּוֹ, יְבִיאֶהָ אֵת תְּרוּמַת יְהוָה
The Ohr HaHayyim learns out from this passuk in our parashah, (
Vayakhel 35:5) that there are two aspects to the world, the physical sensory one, and the spiritual intellectual one. (Terumat (lit: elevated by) HaShem) He explains that "
kol nediv libo," (all whose heart move them to give) teaches us that if an action is performed without thought, without real desire, then it cannot affect the spiritual/intellectual aspect of the world. (You can't be involved in the Terumah (the elevated nature of the world) without actively wanting to.)
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