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Avodah be-gashmiyut

Worship through the material: the Hasidic teaching that ordinary physical acts can be service of God.

Also: worship through corporeality

Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism

Avodah be-gashmiyut teaches that eating, working, talking and all bodily acts, done with the right intention, are worship, since God’s presence fills all things and sparks of holiness are hidden in them. It has been compared with the Bhagavad Gītā’s action as offering.