The Importance of "Little things"

This Shabbos was the Yahrzeit of my mother, Mirka Bas Yosef (who I have dedicated this blog to), please have her in mind when you read this Devar Torah.

Yakov went back to retreive the small pots that had been left behind.  We learn from this that the Chachamim value their possessions.  This may not seem to make sense, why should a few small possessions be so important?  The answer is that everything that Hashem gives us, was given to us to use for a reason, and can be a means to attaining kedusha.  If we value everything that we own, we will be able to make the most of all of the gifts that Hashem gives us and we will be able to grow more spiritually.

from a Siyum by Reb Yakov Pascal in memory of Mirka Bas Yosef