RaYBaSH’s Ponderings of the Perkei Avot
Chapter 2:2
By: Yehudah ben Shomeyr
Rabban Gamliel the
son of Rabbi Judah HaNassi would say: Beautiful
is the study of Torah with the way of the
world, for the toil of them both causes sin to be forgotten. Ultimately, all
Torah study that is not accompanied with work is destined to cease and to cause
sin.
They say idle
hands are the devil’s workshop.
I say this is
true, for Rav Sha’ul (Apostle Paul), Gamliel’s talmid (student) took his advice and was not
only a Rabbi but a Tallit (Tent/Prayer Shawl) maker as well.
ACTS
18:3 And because he (Rav Sha’ul) was of the same craft, he abode with them, and
wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
The goal is two
fold:
1.
BE so busy
you haven’t the time to sin.
2.
A
secular job will allow you to readily put into practice what you’ve learned in
Torah.
Is it any wonder
we see so many Christian “full time” ministers caught is money or sex scandals?
Shalom,
-- Yehudah ben
Shomeyr
