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Daily Chizuk #1085
Parnasa / Money
אורה ושמחה: The Practical Merit of Learning on Purim
Life Changing Information
The Chovot HaLevavot in the Shaar HaBitachon at the end of perek 3 shares with us life changing information. He writes that when a person is involved, whether mentally or physically, in trying to earn a livelihood, he is fulfilling a positive commandment from the Torah. When Adam HaRishon was in Gan Eden, Hashem commanded him to work the land and preserve it. That command, he says, applies to every single person as well, which obligates him to do something to make sure he has a livelihood. Yes, it is true what the Rambam says that anyone who wants to dedicate his life to the service of Hashem and learn Torah full time, has the right to do so. However, those who are going to work have an opportunity to gain Olam Haba in a way they never imagined.
Our intentions make all the difference. If we view work as an avodat Hashem and do it the way Hashem wants us to, we will be rewarded for doing that avodat Hashem. Our greatest benefit from work, with this in mind, is no longer the money we earn from it, but rather the mitzvah we are earning from it. And if a person works with Hashem on his mind all day long and acts the way Hashem wants him to act and makes a kiddush Hashem, his rewards will be unimaginable. May Hashem help us have the right intentions and do everything l’shem Shamayim.
The Chovot HaLevavot in the Shaar HaBitachon at the end of perek 3 shares with us life changing information. He writes that when a person is involved, whether mentally or physically, in trying to earn a livelihood, he is fulfilling a positive commandment from the Torah. When Adam HaRishon was in Gan Eden, Hashem commanded him to work the land and preserve it. That command, he says, applies to every single person as well, which obligates him to do something to make sure he has a livelihood. Yes, it is true what the Rambam says that anyone who wants to dedicate his life to the service of Hashem and learn Torah full time, has the right to do so. However, those who are going to work have an opportunity to gain Olam Haba in a way they never imagined.
Our intentions make all the difference. If we view work as an avodat Hashem and do it the way Hashem wants us to, we will be rewarded for doing that avodat Hashem. Our greatest benefit from work, with this in mind, is no longer the money we earn from it, but rather the mitzvah we are earning from it. And if a person works with Hashem on his mind all day long and acts the way Hashem wants him to act and makes a kiddush Hashem, his rewards will be unimaginable. May Hashem help us have the right intentions and do everything l’shem Shamayim.
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