משמעות החיים
this differs from a
seller who sets conditions for his own
benefit the Creator heaven
forbid has no deficiency requiring the
lower beings to fulfill his conditions
as it is written if you are righteous
what do you give him the conditions the
creator sets are solely for man's
benefit this can be understood through a
parable a person tells his friend I want
to give you much gold and silver
but with one condition otherwise you'll
receive
nothing the friend asks what do you
require before giving me the gold and
silver he answers bring large and small
sacks that you can fill with gold and
silver know that from my side there is
no limitation on the
quantity the amount of gold and silver
depends only on your limitation I will F
exactly as many vessels as you bring
no less and no more this is my condition
and it is clear that here the conditions
are not for the benefit of the
giver but entirely for the benefit of
the receiver similarly in Divine
service the Creator's requirements are
solely
for man's benefit although initially man
thinks they are for the Creator's
benefit since Man was created with a
desire to
receive he cannot comprehend anything
that he doesn't see as benefiting
himself when told to work for the
Creator and others not for his own
benefit his body Consciousness and its
shells resist yet this is our work to go
against our
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nature and this is called work in
contrast when one works and feels reward
for his own
benefit in external Torah and
Commandments
he doesn't feel it as work he wants to
escape from due to Pride when one feels
they're receiving something without
exchange the matter of bread of Shame
nadua arises and they feel embarrassed
to
receive therefore one doesn't complain
about the need to
work but rather about receiving less
compensation than they think they're
worth we find that it's not true work
when one knows they'll receive
compensation in contrast True Divine
service not for its own sake is called
work because it requires working without
compensation not for the sake of
receiving reward this isn't in our
nature hence it's called work indeed in
this state the Creator conceals
everything from man and therefore the
body resists such work and there's
always complaint against the Creator for
giving such difficult work that
contradicts our nature
