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Are our physical desires to be tolerated
and relegated to their needed moments, and otherwise to be despised or forgotten?
If we do G-d's commandments properly, G-d will help us
to not be driven by our physical urges except when a specific need arises, like
eating or sleeping. Other than those times, G-d is promising that we will be
free of our physical desires in order to be able to invest our energy in
spiritual thoughts and actions connecting to G-d.
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Why does the Torah emphasize physical rewards?
Any person
who serves G-d is most certainly blessed for his efforts with all manner of physical and spiritual blessings. Nevertheless, it must be done sincerely for G-d's sake, without an ulterior motive of "serving the Master for the sake of receiving a reward".
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