behar/ bechukosai

The posuk says וכי ימוך אחיך when your brother will be impoverished והחזקת בו and you will strengthen him. Why does it say והחזקת בו it should say והחזקת אותו , you will strengthen him? Similarly, asks the Chafetz Chaim on the posuk of עץ חיים היא למחזיקים בה, a tree of life for those who grasp it. Why does it say למחזיקים בה & not למחזיקים אותהthose who grasp it? He explains that even though it appears on the outside that the supporters of Torah are the ones that uphold it, in reality, it's the Torah that's upholding its supporters. So too over here, says the אדמו"ר מסקולען, one who uplifts & supports the poor man is in reality supporting himself. As chazal say, more than the homeowner does for the poor man, the poor man does for the homeowner. We can understand how this works from the following mashal from the דובנא מגיד. There was a wealthy man who had two sons who went to live in a faraway city. One was a successful businessman while the other was a pauper. After many years of not seeing their father, the wealthy son got a telegram from him saying that their younger brother was getting married, & he should get his brother & get whatever clothes & things that he needs & come back to town. He told him not to skimp on anything for whatever he spends for his father's honor he would be reimbursed. When the wealthy son read that letter he went out to the stores & bought expensive clothes & jewelry for himself, his wife & children. He spared no expense. As they were getting ready to leave, he remembered he had to get his brother too, so he sent messengers to find his brother. They found him in tattered clothes & barefoot, & they just put him in the carriage without even an explanation. As the carriage came closer to town people came out to greet them. First the wealthy brother came down from the carriage all dressed in his fancy clothes. All the people asked, who's that? The others answered, that's the son of the wealthiest man in town. Then the other brother came down in his raggedy clothes & barefoot, & the people asked, who's that? The answer they got was the same: the son of the wealthiest man in town who lives in the same town as his brother. While the people thought this was despicable, they didn't say anything. A few weeks after the wedding the wealthy son came to the father & said he had to go back home. The father said ok, so go. No one's stopping you. When he saw that he wasn't forthcoming with the monies he had promised, the son said, here's the bill for all I spent. The clothes for me my wife & kids, the money I spent on traveling; please pay me so I can go. The father said, I don't owe you anything. The son cried out, what do you mean?? You said you would pay for everything! The father said, read what I wrote again. I said that anything you spent for my honor I would pay for, but you didn't spend anything for my honor - only for your own. If you had done it for my honor then how could you have brought your brother here barefoot & in tattered clothes? Didn't you think that would cause me embarrassment & pain? Is there no better proof that everything you did you did only for yourself? Hashem is the same way with us. When we take care of the poor brother then whatever we spend on ourselves is on Him too & 'ה will make sure we have all that we need. However, if we neglect the poor man then we're on our own. By helping the poor person we're in reality helping ourselves; we're showing 'ה that even what we do for ourselves we're really doing for His honor!