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The Poverty of Israel

Said the Lubiner: "The Talmud tells us that 'poverty becomes Israel like a red ribbon becomes a white horse" (Hagigah 9). When the horse is for sale, the owner decorates him to please the eye of the purchaser. Likewise when Jews look poor (or perhaps? today we would say apear to be the victim), it pleases the non-Jews, and they do not do us harm because of envy."

Source: Niflaoth ha-Hozeh Lublin