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Daily Chizuk #1641
Parnasa / Money
Birkat Hashem: Knowing Who is Truly in Charge of Parnassah
Hashem Is in Charge of Parnassah
Parnassah is from Shamayim. The pasuk says, Birkat Hashem hee ta'ashir — it is the blessing of Hashem that gives a person his wealth.
We are taught by the society around us that the more hours we work, the more money we'll make. But it's not true.
Rather, the more blessing we have from Hashem, the more money we'll make. Yes, we have to make a reasonable hishtadlut, but we must never forget that our main purpose in this world is avodat Hashem, which includes learning Torah, praying with a minyan, doing mitzvot, doing chesed for others, and having enough time for our families.
A person who knows his purpose will wake up early, go to shul to learn and pray, make an honest hishtadlut to earn parnassah, and then come home with joy, show his wife a happy face, sit with his children, and then go back out to learn more at night.
The greatest way to get blessing from Hashem is to follow His will. A person can do a minimal hishtadlut and earn a lot, and another can do a lot of hishtadlut and earn a little. The parnassah does not depend on the hishtadlut.
It depends only on Hashem!
Parnassah is from Shamayim. The pasuk says, Birkat Hashem hee ta'ashir — it is the blessing of Hashem that gives a person his wealth.
We are taught by the society around us that the more hours we work, the more money we'll make. But it's not true.
Rather, the more blessing we have from Hashem, the more money we'll make. Yes, we have to make a reasonable hishtadlut, but we must never forget that our main purpose in this world is avodat Hashem, which includes learning Torah, praying with a minyan, doing mitzvot, doing chesed for others, and having enough time for our families.
A person who knows his purpose will wake up early, go to shul to learn and pray, make an honest hishtadlut to earn parnassah, and then come home with joy, show his wife a happy face, sit with his children, and then go back out to learn more at night.
The greatest way to get blessing from Hashem is to follow His will. A person can do a minimal hishtadlut and earn a lot, and another can do a lot of hishtadlut and earn a little. The parnassah does not depend on the hishtadlut.
It depends only on Hashem!
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