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# Regardless of a person's stature, everyone must toil for their living. This was a result of Adam's sin and the subsequent curse put on mankind.<ref>Bereshit 3:19, Pesachim 118a</ref> | # Regardless of a person's stature, everyone must toil for their living. This was a result of Adam's sin and the subsequent curse put on mankind.<ref>Bereshit 3:19, Pesachim 118a</ref> | ||
# It is better to resort to embarrassing work in public than to rely on gifts from people for one's living. | # It is better to resort to embarrassing work in public than to rely on gifts from people for one's living. | ||
==Learning a trade and/or craft== | |||
#G-d implanted within every human being a desire and ability to succeed within a certain activity. This was done so the world would not lack anything. Therefore, it is one's obligation to seek out his/her talent(s) in order to benefit the world and thereby earn their sustenance. One who fails to do so forgoes a world of pleasure and will have to answer why they didn't partake in their talents. | |||
# A man must learn a trade and/or craft as well as teach his son a trade and/or craft in order to prevent his son(and himself) from theivery. <ref>Kiddushin 29a, 30b, Makot 8b</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 08:01, 1 May 2013
The importance of earning a living
- Regardless of a person's stature, everyone must toil for their living. This was a result of Adam's sin and the subsequent curse put on mankind.[1]
- It is better to resort to embarrassing work in public than to rely on gifts from people for one's living.
Learning a trade and/or craft
- G-d implanted within every human being a desire and ability to succeed within a certain activity. This was done so the world would not lack anything. Therefore, it is one's obligation to seek out his/her talent(s) in order to benefit the world and thereby earn their sustenance. One who fails to do so forgoes a world of pleasure and will have to answer why they didn't partake in their talents.
- A man must learn a trade and/or craft as well as teach his son a trade and/or craft in order to prevent his son(and himself) from theivery. [2]
