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==The importance of earning a living== | ==The importance of earning a living== | ||
# Regardless of a person's stature, one must toil for his bread. This was a result of Adam's sin and the subsequent curse put on mankind.<ref>Bereshit 3:19</ref> One's degree of toil depends on their degree of closeness to HaShem.<REF>{{NoSource}}</REF> | # Regardless of a person's stature, one must toil for his bread. This was a result of Adam's sin and the subsequent curse put on mankind.<ref>Bereshit 3:19</ref> One's degree of toil depends on their degree of closeness to HaShem.<REF>{{NoSource}}</REF> | ||
# One must live a Torah fulfilling life in the "way of the land".<ref> Berachot 35b. There is a discussion between R' Yishmael and R' Shimon Bar Yochai as to how a person should live a Torah fulfilling life; R' Yishmael taught that one should live by "the way of the land" and gather in one's grain while R' Shimon Bar Yochai taught that one should do the will of HaShem and their work would be done by others. The Gemara continues by stating that many did like R' Yishmael and it worked, while many did like R' Shimon Bar Yochai and it didn't work | # One must live a Torah fulfilling life in the "way of the land".<ref>Mishnah Avot 2:2, Berachot 8a, Berachot 35b. There is a discussion between R' Yishmael and R' Shimon Bar Yochai as to how a person should live a Torah fulfilling life; R' Yishmael taught that one should live by "the way of the land" and gather in one's grain while R' Shimon Bar Yochai taught that one should do the will of HaShem and their work would be done by others. The Gemara continues by stating that many did like R' Yishmael and it worked, while many did like R' Shimon Bar Yochai and it didn't work.</ref> | ||
# It is better to resort to embarrassing work in public than to rely on gifts from people for one's living.<REF>Pesachim 113a</REF> | # It is better to resort to embarrassing work in public than to rely on gifts from people for one's living.<REF>Pesachim 113a</REF> | ||
==Learning a trade and/or craft== | ==Learning a trade and/or craft== | ||
