Likutei Moharan 35:8/ליקוטי מוהר"ן ל״ה:ח׳

18. Now, when a person conducts his business activities faithfully, when he engages in monetary law—i.e., the Torah’s plain meaning—this is an aspect of bringing the daily-offering and burning the incense. This is because by means of the daily-offering, Chokhmah, Binah and Daat of the World of Action ascend into the World of Formation, and all the holy sparks within the kelipah (evil forces) ascend, in the mystery of the eleven incense spices, into the aspect of <faith>/ Malkhut.

2Now, when a person engages in business activities—business activity being an aspect of monetary law, the Torah’s plain meaning—at the time he does business he is occupied with the Torah in its plain meaning. This is an aspect of Metat, who resides in the World of Formation. Consequently, by doing business, the person’s Chokhmah, Binah and Daat ascend into the World of Formation—i.e., to the Torah in its plain meaning. And all the sparks of holiness that are among the nations and lands surrounding Yerushalayim ascend to the aspect of faith, which is called Yerushalayim and Malkhut. “When one rises, the other falls” (Rashi, Genesis 25:23). This is because the destruction of faith is the destruction of Yerushalayim. As our Sages expounded: Yerushalayim was only destroyed once it no longer had any men of faith (Shabbat 119b). {See there, where it is explained that what they meant was faithful business activity.}

3But when Yerushalayim, which is faith/business activity/Torah’s plain meaning, gains strength <by means of the chashmal>, then these nations and lands fall. And all the holy sparks within them ascend in the mystery of the eleven incense spices.

4This is as our Sages taught: Upon entering the Holy Land, the Jewish people were charged with three mitzvot: to appoint a king; to annihilate the seed of Amalek; and to build the Holy Temple (Sanhedrin 20b). One is dependent upon the other. For appointing a king is an aspect of faith, as explained.

5And annihilating the seed of Amalek are the sparks that ascend from among the nations and the lands, in the aspect of the eleven incense spices. As is brought in the Midrash: Why is the chapter of annihilating the seed of Amalek juxtaposed with the laws of weights? This is to tell us that the war with Amalek was due to the sin of weights (Ruth Rabbah 1:2). They are one and the same, as is known.

6And building the Holy Temple is an aspect of the Light of the Face, which is renewal of the mentalities, renewal of the soul, as our Sages taught: When someone has daat, it is as if the Holy Temple was built in his lifetime (Berakhot 33a).