Sforno's Jewish Work Ethic
Commenting on אעבדך שבע שנים ברחל (Gen. 29:18): אין ספק שלא היה הצדיק נושא אשה ומעמיד בנים אם לא היה בידו לפרנסם בפרט בשאר וכסות
posted by Lion of Zion at 10:48 PM
Thursday, December 04, 2008
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4 Comments:
Not everyone can be on the level of Yaakov Avinu. The Sforno I think makes this point and refers to him as a tzaddik.
TESYAA:
do you think that this the reason he mentioned yaakov here as a tzaddik?
anyway, the rambam has the same teaching, but with a general application and not limited to צדיקים. a blessing is that someone should have a parnasah, then esblish a home, and finally get maried. a curse is someone should first get married, then get a home, and finally have a parnasah.
and you don't have to read the sforno to
How about adding a disclaimer that the Siforno would have written the same thing even had there been foodstamps etc. in Medieval Italy ...
Lipu
LIPU:
well my original title for the post was a bit more caustic
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