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# 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 | # 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</ref> | # One must live a Torah fulfilling life in the "way of the land".<ref> Berachot 35b</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> | ||
Revision as of 07:50, 7 May 2013
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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.[1] One's degree of toil depends on their degree of closeness to HaShem.[2]
- One must live a Torah fulfilling life in the "way of the land".[3]
- It is better to resort to embarrassing work in public than to rely on gifts from people for one's living.[4]
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. [5]
- 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. [6]
- One must love "melacha"(creative activity). [7]
Sources
- ↑ Bereshit 3:19
- ↑ EVERY HALACHA ON HALACHIPEDIA STRICTLY REQUIRES A SOURCE. PLEASE ADD SOURCE HERE, OTHERWISE THIS HALACHA WILL BE REMOVED.
- ↑ Berachot 35b
- ↑ Pesachim 113a
- ↑ EVERY HALACHA ON HALACHIPEDIA STRICTLY REQUIRES A SOURCE. PLEASE ADD SOURCE HERE, OTHERWISE THIS HALACHA WILL BE REMOVED.
- ↑ Kiddushin 29a, 30b, Makot 8b
- ↑ Mishnah Avot 1:10
