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Daily Chizuk #1301
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Parashat Mishpatim: The Segula for Parnasa
A man once asked the Saba Kadisha if he knew of a segula for parnasa. The Rabbi answered with a pasuk in this week's parasha Mishpatim. ועבדתם את ה' אלוקיכם - You are to serve Ha-Shem your God. וברך את לחמך ואת מימך - and then He will bless your bread and your water. The word avodah, the Rabbi said, refers to tefila. And it's in plural, ועבדתם, because it's referring to tefila with a minyan. If somebody prays properly with a minyan, then Hashem will bless his sustenance.
And the pasuk concludes, והסירותי מחלה מקרבך, that Hashem will remove sickness from his midst. We know tefila is great for everything, but here there's a hint in a pasuk specifically for parnasa and refuah.
The Gemara says in Masechet Pesachim, אין אדם יודע במה משתכר – a person never knows in what way his parnasa will come. We have to make an effort to earn an income, but Hashem may have a completely different plan on how He's going to send that income. The main thing for us to know is that the parnasa always comes only from Him.
Parnasa comes from Hashem, and the best hishtadlut we could make is heartfelt tefila.
Shabbat Shalom & Rosh Chodesh Tov!!!
A man once asked the Saba Kadisha if he knew of a segula for parnasa. The Rabbi answered with a pasuk in this week's parasha Mishpatim. ועבדתם את ה' אלוקיכם - You are to serve Ha-Shem your God. וברך את לחמך ואת מימך - and then He will bless your bread and your water. The word avodah, the Rabbi said, refers to tefila. And it's in plural, ועבדתם, because it's referring to tefila with a minyan. If somebody prays properly with a minyan, then Hashem will bless his sustenance.
And the pasuk concludes, והסירותי מחלה מקרבך, that Hashem will remove sickness from his midst. We know tefila is great for everything, but here there's a hint in a pasuk specifically for parnasa and refuah.
The Gemara says in Masechet Pesachim, אין אדם יודע במה משתכר – a person never knows in what way his parnasa will come. We have to make an effort to earn an income, but Hashem may have a completely different plan on how He's going to send that income. The main thing for us to know is that the parnasa always comes only from Him.
Parnasa comes from Hashem, and the best hishtadlut we could make is heartfelt tefila.
Shabbat Shalom & Rosh Chodesh Tov!!!
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